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Oof good point on the drive, I thought about it but I'll mirror it ASAP.

I'm not really sure why, like I'd imagine it would be stored on the actual OS and in a file somewhere. The iBook keeps time OK after I set it. I also honestly don't know what exactly is in the "hump" maybe there's a battery in there that keeps that alignment data and it's dead?

Hey all, I've recently got back into collecting some Macs after a hiatus and was doing my usual eBay trawling and saw one labeled 'Apple iBook G4" in newly listed, usually wouldn't be something I'd look at too deep but clicked it and noticed it had a weird "Troll Touch Touchstar" on the back...

Sorry for the ignorance but I don't think I've ever used one.. we do have Cherry keyboards at work that may be model M but I'm not too sure and never really thought to look. I just know they are stiff as it gets.. my fingers cry after typing anything. But then again I grew up in the mushy...

Wow great deal! Usually ones in my area sell for parts iBooks for freaking $50 (Reg Goodwill, not Computerworks)

Awesome deal! Is it the original one or the iSight one?

Wow, thats awesome.. I've never seen anything like that.

Just like Steve Jobs did with his display back in 1984 :lol: (at least according to LEM) Yeah it personally doesn't bother me that much. RAM really doesn't define any computer, but it's just a bit odd considering the model is referred to usually as the Macintosh 128k. Maybe someday in the...

I have seen that auction site before... it does seem pretty unfair. If they are getting them as donations from the local area then consumers in that area should benefit. There are like little pledges on the windows that say something like employees can't hold, buy, and I may be remembering...

Wow, that would haunt my for a while. What year was that if you remember at all? It's hard to believe that one day a computer as collectable and valuable as Lisa was sort landfill fodder but there is always that period for almost every computer before being collectable.

Whew, another bullet dodged. Looks like just the RAM was upgraded. Thanks for the help!

Ah! I thought that red light was weird, never saw it on my SE. I'm pretty certain that it has the 400k drive, as it won't read any of my 800k disks. I'll hold off on opening it for a while and just live with the RAM... though it is nice to see it's something reversible. I bet the guy I bought...

That's insane, glad to see most of them going to good homes. What a story.. like a kid in a candy store.

Ok so the seller also gave me a Microsoft multiplan disk and oddly it almost seemed to come with a new version of the finder (4.1?) when I put it in.. there I was able to confirm that it was upgraded to 512k of ram. :-/ I'm sort of disappointed but at the same time I don't really view it any...

That's what I've read too, interestingly I saw a for parts beige Power Mac G3 there the other day too... so maybe they put the Apples out as exceptions knowing there is a market for them. Though if that were the case I'd think we'd see a hell of a lot more of the really common models like iMac...