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I think this will actually grow on me a bit now!

And thanks to @3lectr1cPPC and the 'post your powerbook' thread, my Clamshell, now forgiven for its transgressions running what was actually 10.3, now reverted to 9.0.3 thanks to its actual restore CDs, which I forgot it even had.... There is something wholly satisfying in grabbing installers...

I'll keep my eye open for one, but thanks for the warning about the capacitors - I'm not in any hurry, so can wait. I seem to have enough alternatives to use!

I am very tempted to look for a 100, but they are rather uncommon. It's hard to even imagine how a 1400 keyboard would fit in one, but that is a great idea! As much as I've never really liked my 1400, I would admit that the keyboard is one of the better ones. That's an excellent idea! I have...

There was at one time a 'masking paint' or it might have been gel, that could be used in a situation like this - painted on, then oversprayed, and then peeled off afterwards. I'm pretty sure I didn't imagine it!

Also not a PowerBook, but since it spawned the Clamshell design, gets an honorable mention at least.... my eMate 300, which admittedly I have not had much use for, but has been fun to play with. I can't even remember how I got it connected to my iMac, it's been so long since I moved data on...

I have no real idea why I have never liked the 1400, but right from the start I was not really happy with it. I wasn't a laptop person, and still not right up until I bought the 145B that I began this thread with. The first thing that soured me on the 1400 though was the trackpad. I'd liked...

The 145B does certainly need to be recapped. When it's powered up, the display takes a couple of minutes to go from faded to correct brightness/contrast. Once it has settled down, it remains rock solid for as long as it is connected to power, even over several days and boot-ups. I've seen worse...

It was originally from a school district, and had been really well cared for. Sadly they don't age particularly well when stored in a closet for years, but I was lucky it was just the RAM card, and without it, it booted up perfectly. Disappointing that it has the tunnel vision problem, but on...

Nearly at the end of the PowerBook photos, but here is my 180, which was sold as being 'parts only' because it wouldn't boot, and occasionally produced the chimes of death instead, but usually did nothing, and my original 520c, which works rather nicely, even though this is not amongst my top...

I don't regret putting my TiBook away and then forgetting about it - it just wasn't inspiring, but it was very fussy and tended to roast itself a bit for no apparent reason. I gave up doing video work on it because it would run the fan so loudly.

If I recall, I bought the TiBook because I thought having a practical laptop for work would be a good thing, even though I'd never liked laptops all that much, and rarely used them. All things considered, that now seems quite ironic! But aside from the performance, which was pretty good, and...

I know. In my defense, I don't want it and don't need it, but I also didn't want it to sell for the $23 max bid it had up until the last minute. The PSU is worth more than that! No idea what got the Ti running. It hasn't booted in 2 years. Plugged it in, got the caps lock light as usual, and...

And, well, I need help. I saw a 520c on eBay with a $23 bid even though it was booted up and running, with power supply, which if you wanted one, would cost more than that. So I thought... who would let a 520c sell for that and dropped a $50 bid on it. Damn. Got it for $47. A working 520c, for...

Ah! It booted, though not before roasting my knees. First time in maybe 2 years. It is, apparently, a 800MHz model with 512Mb RAM. And now the fans have stopped running, it looks quite happy and contented. Oh well.

I forgot this one, because it was never a good purchase even back in 2002, and I didn't like it at all. It was my first foray into OS X, which probably says it all. It also doesn't work any longer, because when I try and boot it, the only thing that happens in the Caps Lock light comes on...

Ha!! Yes, true, I admit!

Yeah, the 540c I have was already suffering plastics issues before I accidentally killed it. This era of systems was obviously not expected to last this long! I'm not in a hurry for any other PowerBooks now, but you never know what might pop up. And I wouldn't mind paying a sensible price for...

I have a 520c which works perfectly (crosses fingers, just to be on the safe side), and which has not had it's photo taken for this thread yet. While the 540c's active matrix display looks amazingly sharp by comparison, the 520 is plenty good enough itself. The 500-series were not favorites of...

Oh, ok. I presumed there had been something like water damage since there's signs of that inside it, but I'll label it Typhoid Mary, and put it in a bag!