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powerbook g4 mercury questions

post #1 of 13
9/22/06 at 5:22am
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i work as a part time super and when a group of tennants moved out of an apartment they left the powerbook stated in the title, i called them to make sure that they knew they left it and the guy told me that he left it cuz he bought the new black mac laptop (idunno which one that is) and its a real basic powerbook by todays standards but i wanted to know what i could do with it cuz he didnt leave the charger just the machine and i wanted to ix it up to kinda get back into usin a mac, can anyone please assist on if its worth it what to do and or tips? thanks.
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post #2 of 13
9/22/06 at 2:13pm
do u have any power in the battery? if so, u'll need to check the system specs. click on the apple in the upper left and hit "about this mac". if u don't have any juice, your first step will be to get a power adapter. u can get one from Apple or an alternative is...

http://us.kensington.com/html/6327.html
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post #3 of 13
9/22/06 at 3:56pm
There is no such thing as a PowerBook Mercury.

There's the Titanium G4 PowerBook and the Aluminium G4 PowerBook, however.
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post #4 of 13
9/24/06 at 3:47am
lol, i completely spaced on that. i read it and somehow attributed it to the hard drive locking feature. :S
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post #5 of 13
9/24/06 at 4:11pm
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its the titanium, i have the specs, althought i dont know if the memory is still in here, i dont know where the memory goes, mercury was its codename, if you put it in google you fint the exact model i have g4 500mhz, the battery is too weak to power the machine but im hopefull that it works i was at my uncles bar/lounge and a dj was using the same comp, and now that im starting to do the same id like to do such with this computer so i dont have to worry bout carring my pc one around
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post #6 of 13
9/24/06 at 5:25pm
I would so keep it, another machine never hurts does it?
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post #7 of 13
9/25/06 at 9:49am
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your right, i just dont know much of where to start with this PB, like im still looking to find some1 in NYC that would have a charger that i could end up using... ive asked as many of my friends as poss and i dont know any1 that has a mac, where would be a good place to get the charger & parts? and where does the memory go in this one?
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post #8 of 13
10/1/06 at 5:47am
go to the shiny apple store (the huge glass box with a giant white apple in it) on 5th street and buy a power adapter there. the adapters didn't change until the MacBook so chances are they will have them in stock. i hear it's open 24/7, too...

um... you are sure this is not *hot* right because a bare powerbook without any accessories just smells like someone nicked it from somewhere...
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post #9 of 13
10/3/06 at 1:22am
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yea he gave me,althought its worthless now his warranty papers and a car charger the regular charger he eventually gave me was damn near destroyed, so whenever i get the chance to be in a car is when i charge it, its in no way "hot" i even bought os x just out of excitement of not using windows,lol it seems so much i guess i could say fresher then windows, in nearly every way, there are things that i would end up still using my pc for, but wow i would end up using the mac as much as i can
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post #10 of 13
10/3/06 at 1:36am
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other then the charger which shall be replaced shortly, whats the compatability like with pcmcia wifi cards?
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post #11 of 13
10/3/06 at 4:36am
Running the latest version of OS X, pretty much any card should work right out of the box. Plus there are USB wireless adaptors now too.
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post #12 of 13
10/3/06 at 10:43am
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cuz i have a linksys wireless G with SRX and a older cisco aeronet 350 and i was hoping to get one to work
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post #13 of 13
10/4/06 at 3:07am
There's only one way to find out.
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