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Power Your 'Book With FireWire

How about this for the next PowerBook: Apple replaces the traditional power port with a FireWire port and allows charging of the PowerBook over FireWire. This is not impossible because 6-pin FireWire was designed to carry power in addition to data. In fact, if you’ve got Mac OS 10.3 you can toss that RJ45 cable, […]

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Quality of Apple Products

Is it just bad luck or has the quality of Apple products is gone down? My last four Apple products all had issues: PowerBook G4 500MHz: Four color lines in the screen, keyboard scratched the screen, bad scratches in the paint PowerBook G4 550MHz: battery lock broke, bad scratches in the paint (like an orange […]

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Unboxing Apple's 4G iPod

I’m sitting here listening to Vapor Trails and I figure I can hang in there long enough to provide a few details. From high atop the Chicago skyline at the south end of the Magnificent Mile, here are my first impressions of the latest offering. The iPod’s packaging has gone full color, using the images […]

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Unboxing Apple's AirPort Express

My much-anticipated Apple AirPort Express (APE) arrived yesterday at PowerPage world headquarters and I am absolutely thrilled with it so far. Setup was a snap requiring four simple screens in the the AirPort Express Assistant (which is installed in your Utilities folder) and, BAM, it’s online. Keep in mind that the AirPort Express can only […]

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Ask the Readers: Power Inverter Advice

DC to AC power inverters allow you to charge and use notebook computers, cell phones, camcorders and any electronic equipment from a standard auto cigarette lighter receptacle. One example is the KV-50: 50 Watts DC/AC Inverter (Power Inverter) w/ Auto Cigarette Plug.