It's time to let my Powerbook go. I don't like OSX, I don't have the
time to play with Linux or FreeBSD on it and the one-button touchpad
drives me nuts.
This is a 1 GHz 15" Titanium DVI Powerbook. 768 MB RAM, 100 MB 5400
rpm Seagate disk, internal wireless card, slot-loading Combo drive.
$1000 shipped insured continental U.S. (price valid for non-CC paypal only).
Keep in mind it has a full retail OSX and an expensive, almost new harddrive.
Photos:
http://www.cons.org/tmp/powerbook/
Full retail version of OSX 10.4 Tiger included, not an upgrade,
ordered from Amazon and I am the first owner, so you know the serial
number won't be in use.
The 15" 1280x854 screen is flawless with no dead pixels and no
backlight bleeding (best feature of this computer).
The disk is a Seagate Momentus 100 GB, 5400 rpm. Warranty 5 years,
started in spring 2005. Serial number in the last photo. I include
the retail box so that you have no problems getting the warranty. I
put this disk in in May and it is hardly used. Keep in mind it is an
expensive disk and they are non-trivial to change in Powerbooks. If
you don't get an upgraded Powerbook you have the 60 GB 4200 rpm drive
Apple puts in.
As you can see, there is a slight rupture in the lower left
corner. There is no functional damage from that and the Powerbook is
very clean and has no noticeable scratches otherwise. It does not have
the paint fall off the metal frame like many other Powerbooks of the
same period do. I always covered the keyboard against dust.
I also include two games, Sin Gold and Star Trek Elite
Force. Not that I think they'll be exiting but this Powerbook has a
Radeon 9000 so it'll be able to do this.
The only other accessories included are the power supply and the
DVI->VGA converter.
For the Linux people: this is the last Powerbook model that has all
devices supporting including the wireless card.
The current installation of OSX on the disk has X11, Xcode
(development), VLC, Mplayer and a few other things installed. The
harddrive is partitioned so that you can install Linux or BSD if you
like without wiping out OSX, otherwise the partitions are available
for OSX. New installation of OSX is as easy as popping in the DVD and
holding the "C" key (did that a few times).
More specs are here:
http://www.lowendmac.com/pb2/g4-1ghz.html
http://www.heatware.com/eval.php?id=35647 8/0/0
ebay memeto32 101/0/0
Trades considered:
- Pentium-M 1.6 GHz with 1MB cache, the old kind for first-generation Centrino
- I need cheap dual-head passively-cooled PCIe cards like GeForce 6200.
- Dual-head PCI Radeon 9200 PCI(!).
- DFI Infinity NF4 939 board.
- Asus A8N-SLI Premium.
- Tyan Thunder K8WE.
- PSU along the lines of Enermax 535 W with 24 and 8 pin.
- low-latency ECC registered RAM (e.g. OCZ or Mushkin).
time to play with Linux or FreeBSD on it and the one-button touchpad
drives me nuts.
This is a 1 GHz 15" Titanium DVI Powerbook. 768 MB RAM, 100 MB 5400
rpm Seagate disk, internal wireless card, slot-loading Combo drive.
$1000 shipped insured continental U.S. (price valid for non-CC paypal only).
Keep in mind it has a full retail OSX and an expensive, almost new harddrive.
Photos:
http://www.cons.org/tmp/powerbook/
Full retail version of OSX 10.4 Tiger included, not an upgrade,
ordered from Amazon and I am the first owner, so you know the serial
number won't be in use.
The 15" 1280x854 screen is flawless with no dead pixels and no
backlight bleeding (best feature of this computer).
The disk is a Seagate Momentus 100 GB, 5400 rpm. Warranty 5 years,
started in spring 2005. Serial number in the last photo. I include
the retail box so that you have no problems getting the warranty. I
put this disk in in May and it is hardly used. Keep in mind it is an
expensive disk and they are non-trivial to change in Powerbooks. If
you don't get an upgraded Powerbook you have the 60 GB 4200 rpm drive
Apple puts in.
As you can see, there is a slight rupture in the lower left
corner. There is no functional damage from that and the Powerbook is
very clean and has no noticeable scratches otherwise. It does not have
the paint fall off the metal frame like many other Powerbooks of the
same period do. I always covered the keyboard against dust.
I also include two games, Sin Gold and Star Trek Elite
Force. Not that I think they'll be exiting but this Powerbook has a
Radeon 9000 so it'll be able to do this.
The only other accessories included are the power supply and the
DVI->VGA converter.
For the Linux people: this is the last Powerbook model that has all
devices supporting including the wireless card.
The current installation of OSX on the disk has X11, Xcode
(development), VLC, Mplayer and a few other things installed. The
harddrive is partitioned so that you can install Linux or BSD if you
like without wiping out OSX, otherwise the partitions are available
for OSX. New installation of OSX is as easy as popping in the DVD and
holding the "C" key (did that a few times).
More specs are here:
http://www.lowendmac.com/pb2/g4-1ghz.html
http://www.heatware.com/eval.php?id=35647 8/0/0
ebay memeto32 101/0/0
Trades considered:
- Pentium-M 1.6 GHz with 1MB cache, the old kind for first-generation Centrino
- I need cheap dual-head passively-cooled PCIe cards like GeForce 6200.
- Dual-head PCI Radeon 9200 PCI(!).
- DFI Infinity NF4 939 board.
- Asus A8N-SLI Premium.
- Tyan Thunder K8WE.
- PSU along the lines of Enermax 535 W with 24 and 8 pin.
- low-latency ECC registered RAM (e.g. OCZ or Mushkin).
