3lectr1cPPC
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A couple of week ago I bought myself a laptop I've been after for a while now. I never thought I'd find one for a good price though, as they seem to be quite rare and sought after.
But I found one! A PowerBook G4 Hi-Res DLSD 1.67GHz!
I found it on Mercari for $110. A good bit of money, but these go for much more on eBay, and it was worth it to me. The seller only provided a few potato pics, and they never specified what model it was. Luckily, one of the grainy photos had the model number visible - A1138, the DLSD. The seller took a while to ship, and I honestly though they weren't going to, but it did eventually get here.
The first thing I noticed was how good the condition of it is. Some minor scuffing on the bottom and a small dent on the top - that's it. Powering it up, it booted to a Chinese install of OS X Tiger of all things. I checked the battery cycle count and it read only 6! This thing had barely been used! I don't know the health yet - and it still seems to be waking up after going so long without charging, but the light on the bottom blinks when unplugged so it holds something. The power LED is also orange. It's just stuck at 0% at the moment, I'll give it time though.
I'm currently installing Leopard onto it, and it defaulted to Chinese in the language picker. Did it pick it up from the hard drive install, or is this a Chinese PowerBook? Not sure how that works. The text on the bottom is all in English, and it shipped from the US.
All the normal wear points on these are perfect - the bottom feet aren't missing (they fall off super easily on these), and the mirror finish on the display latch isn't worn either. The backlight doesn't look even the slightest bit yellow. I'm super stoked on the condition of this thing.

But I found one! A PowerBook G4 Hi-Res DLSD 1.67GHz!
I found it on Mercari for $110. A good bit of money, but these go for much more on eBay, and it was worth it to me. The seller only provided a few potato pics, and they never specified what model it was. Luckily, one of the grainy photos had the model number visible - A1138, the DLSD. The seller took a while to ship, and I honestly though they weren't going to, but it did eventually get here.
The first thing I noticed was how good the condition of it is. Some minor scuffing on the bottom and a small dent on the top - that's it. Powering it up, it booted to a Chinese install of OS X Tiger of all things. I checked the battery cycle count and it read only 6! This thing had barely been used! I don't know the health yet - and it still seems to be waking up after going so long without charging, but the light on the bottom blinks when unplugged so it holds something. The power LED is also orange. It's just stuck at 0% at the moment, I'll give it time though.
I'm currently installing Leopard onto it, and it defaulted to Chinese in the language picker. Did it pick it up from the hard drive install, or is this a Chinese PowerBook? Not sure how that works. The text on the bottom is all in English, and it shipped from the US.
All the normal wear points on these are perfect - the bottom feet aren't missing (they fall off super easily on these), and the mirror finish on the display latch isn't worn either. The backlight doesn't look even the slightest bit yellow. I'm super stoked on the condition of this thing.
