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Yeah. Not embarrassed at the number of PBs at all. Nope! I don't have a 100, but the Duo 230 is similar, and I would absolutely love it if the keyboard weren't totally awful. Still, these systems I have do I think represent the golden age of portables, even if just the Apple variety. By today's...

Oh, definitely!!!

Those were all working PowerBooks.... these two are not. On the left, the parts 520c I bought because it came with a power adapter which I needed. And despite it being broken, actually does boot up. On the right, the 540c I somehow managed to break by trying to switch a new keyboard into it. It...

Hey, thanks! I appear to have one or two more than I thought I did!

And finally... for today at least, my family of G4 PowerBooks, with the cutest of them all, the original 876MHz 12-inch at the top, and on the far side, a 15 and 17-inch MacBook Pro - technically not PowerBooks, but these are the 2005 first edition Intel models, so they almost count.

Here, my 13-inch Wallstreet, into which I switched a new keyboard since the original was fairly heavily gummed up, and the first Lombard I got, which the US Postal Service did its best to damage, but it mostly survived - just some damage on the front-left corner. The Wallstreet is actually...

I recall the original too - it did tempt me to have a go myself! Thanks!

Thanks!! It's ironic that the one thing I knew I wasn't going to get was a PowerBook, because I didn't want one. I hate to think how many I'd have gathered together if I had actually set out to collect them instead! Discovering the amazing qualities in some of these models, such as the PDQ and...

My 1400 is one of the few of my PBs I don't really like or get on well with, despite the fact it has always just worked when I have wanted to use it. Or nearly, there was one time it lit up the green sleep light and did nothing else, but one tantrum in 24 years is less than I've had. I really...

You guys sometimes make things look so easy! When I try and copy, what I get is a table covered in pieces that when reassembled look more like a bunch of cats having a fight, and where there are several parts left over that don't fit anywhere. And, a computer that won't work! I mean, I broke a...

I have not seen the vinegar effect on any of my PowerBooks - except maybe that's what had affected my now-broken 540c. It had an odd discoloration around the edges of the screen, almost as if rusty water seeped in, but there was no smell, and the screen worked normally otherwise. Sadly, I broke...

This is absolutely spot on right. The design journey from the necessary bulk of the early G3 systems, particularly iMac, to the wafer thin MBA, and the removal of all forms of thickness and texture from operating system appearance and structure was ultimately leading to Apple products being...

That's the one I saw, and because I had a 190 and 5300, but only one PSU, I thought I'd chance it at the price. Right the way up to it arriving, I expected it to be a scam, but it actually doesn't seem to be. Well, except it is certainly not a genuine Apple part as they show it or imply. I used...

I think rather disingenously they list their own supplies as Apple models, even though they're not. When it arrived, I was more than a little dubious, but the connector is right, the voltage and current is correct, and it measured right on my meter. I decided to chance it and it worked on the...

It was https://uspoweradapter.com/ which despite the name is obviously not in the US. I don't have a good feel for these folk, but mine arrived after a couple of weeks, and works apparently pretty well. That said, it uses an adapter from a larger barrel jack to the 190/5300 smaller one, so it's...

I have a new-build power adapter for the 5300s, which I've been testing on my 190, and is so far working well, and not getting even warm. I'm always a bit suspicious of these kind of things since they seem to all come out of China, and at $15 plus about $9 shipping, seemed too good to be true...

And this one... this is the better of the two PDQs. In fact is near-new condition, sold as untested for $29. It's one of the great computers of all time... according to me. Great performance, excellent screen, good keyboard, even a working floppy drive. And yes, that is the back end of a G4...

To offset that though, obtained from a seller who was very apologetic about it not being a newer model, one of my favorites - a Ge iBook 600... hopefully not about to self destruct. The battery holds a charge, it's pretty cute, and the screen is excellent. Amongst the least-bad of the post-PDQ...

Strictly speaking, not a PowerBook, but I think it counts towards The Problem... Clamshell SE. Amongst my least favorite computers ever, but I didn't know that until I had one! I used to see these in my local Seers (no Apple presence in my area at all for many years) and drool over them.

Other parts of The Problem... Three of my 100-series PowerBooks. There's another one at work that didn't want to be associated with these, because it's an active matrix 180. My 145B, not looking its best, and two 165 models. The bottom one is the parts machine, though it does actually work just...