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Review: Trager Courier Laptop Brief

Judging by your feedback you seem to be as fanatical about PowerBook luggage as I am, which is a good thing. (I thought I had a problem there for a minute…) That out of the way, why don’t we have a peek at doozy of a PowerBook bag that recently arrived at PowerPage headquarters in […]

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Apple Releases Mac OS 10.3.5 and Security Update

The 10.3.5 Update delivers enhanced functionality and improved reliability for Mac OS X v10.3 “Panther” and is recommended for all users. Key enhancements include: improved support for NTFS formatted volumes improves reliability for user logins and mounting of home directories in a networked environment updated ATI and NVIDIA graphics drivers improved Bluetooth compatibility for Apple […]

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Extreme PowerBook: Pepsi One

This month marks two separate anniversaries for my 1 GHz TiBook: the day I bought it, and the day I spilled a 16 ounce Pepsi One on it while it was running! Another in our ongoing series of Extreme PowerBook stories. Read on…

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The Case of the Stolen PowerBook

It?s been a while since I?ve posted here. This is mostly because I?ve been busy but at least partially because I?ve been a little demotivated to sit in front of a computer for much time. My friends and family are tired of hearing me whine about it, but my PowerBook was stolen while traveling on […]

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Extreme PowerBook: Iced Tea, Anyone?

An “Innocent Blunder,” and the Misery Begins… Thursday evening, just three short days ago, my G3 PowerBook (vintage 2000; a.k.a. “Pismo” and “PowerBook G3 Firewire”) was in bad shape–it wouldn’t even turn on, let alone boot. The battery was fully charged, and the AC adapter/charger was working, was connected to the PowerBook, and was receiving […]