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PowerBook G4!

IPNixon

IPNixon

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So, the story goes:

October 2005: I'm helping someone move into a new classroom for the afterschool program I'm in. We open the closet in the room and see a PowerBook G4 sitting there. No AC adapter, no battery.

So, the coordinator person gets a battery for it and uses it with the other 10 iBook G4s he had bought for the program. Though, since it looked "old" compared to the "new" iBooks, no one used it. At all.

June 2007: I'm cleaning out the computer cart, getting ready to wipe the iBook HDs and reinstall Tiger. I finish later in the day and put the iBooks back and realize the PowerBook is still sitting in the back. The afterschool program coordinator guy asks me if I want to take it home to work on (wipe and install). Of course, I said yes. He said not to worry about getting it back on time.

Yesterday: I bring the PB to show a Keynote presentation to the coordinator, and he says, "Ian, if it looks like you're getting a lot of use out of and like having the PowerBook, why don't you just hang on to it until/if someone comes looking for it? You've seen it; no one uses it in the cart."

So, that was that. I now indefinitely have a PowerBook G4. :D

Specs:

1.25GHz G4

15" screen

80GB HD

512MB RAM (I'm gonna get more soon)

Airport + Bluetooth

SuperDrive

Woot! :D

 
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NICE! :O An......AlBook???? :O (judging by the specs...no TiBook had a 1.25 Ghz G4 or Bluetooth)

 
Its not exactly a free powerbook G4, he could have to give it back any second.
Still, thats pretty neat.
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I doubt "any second", as the PB was in the room for at least 2 years and no one's asked about it, but you're right.

But I agree; I'm not calling it a free PowerBook G4...even though I technically own it, I'm going to try not to get too attached to it (even though I already am :p )

I am pretty much ready to get my stuff off, install Jaguar (what was on it before I got it), and give it back when the time comes. Just waiting for the word.

:)

 
Nice find for sure! How would someone look at that and not want to use it because it looked "older"? You would think people would notice that it doesn't look old... I would want to be the one on the oddball machine instead of being the conformist. :p

 
Nice find for sure! How would someone look at that and not want to use it because it looked "older"? You would think people would notice that it doesn't look old... I would want to be the one on the oddball machine instead of being the conformist. :p
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I always wanted to use the Apple IIGS even though our elementary school had new PCs, but the IIGS had all the really cool games and stuff on it and the PCs were really boring in comparison.

 
Nice find for sure! How would someone look at that and not want to use it because it looked "older"? You would think people would notice that it doesn't look old... I would want to be the one on the oddball machine instead of being the conformist. :p
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Exactly! I'd see it in the cart and want to use it, but I never knew its specs. There was always one less power adapter than there were computers in the cart, and since no one used that one, its battery was always depleted.

 
Does it have the backlit keyboard?
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Yep -- I don't use it much though. I have it set to turn off the light after 5 seconds, and when I notice it on, I turn it off. I find in the dark, I can see the text on the keys better than I can when the backlight is on.

 
I have a free 1.25GHz G4 Powerbook waiting for me. Trouble is, it's in another state, in pieces, and has a busted screen

 
I have a free 1.25GHz G4 Powerbook waiting for me. Trouble is, it's in another state, in pieces, and has a busted screen
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Ok, now its official....

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Or maybe not ;)

 
So, I was at the after school program today working on imaging 10 iBooks, and the coordinator guy came up and told me that he cleared it with his boss that I can *have* the PowerBook!

It's a tradeoff that I'll keep maintaining the website for the program through the end of my Senior year (Junior now). Not too big of a price tag ;)

Woo! :D

 
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