In two weeks, about 15 100series Powerbooks anda few Duos in that figure will become available to me. The cost is $10.00CAD (about $9.00USD) each. The are fair to good shape. They have batteries but no ac power. For the price, is it worth getting?
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Question on buying Powerbooks
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Grab 'em! By now most 1xx series PowerBooks have been thrashed like a stolen car, so if they're in good nick definately grab 'em. If you can find a good example they are nice machines...i have a mint condition PB180c here that i bought off bYrd a couple of years ago, and it is a wonderful machine.
Power adapters are harder to find than you might think though...
I wouldn't get them all at that price, as that adds up to a huge amount - maybe take a look at them and just pick the one or two in the best condition.
I wouldn't get them all at that price, as that adds up to a huge amount - maybe take a look at them and just pick the one or two in the best condition.
Yes!
A) if you're handy with a soldering iron, or you have a friend who is, then you can modify a PB to work with any 'standard' power supply.
B) at the very least you can rip out all the RAM, HD's, bezels, inverter boards and anything else useful and re-distribute - most likely making your money back (though you then have to get rid of the junk so please recycle or something)
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A) if you're handy with a soldering iron, or you have a friend who is, then you can modify a PB to work with any 'standard' power supply.
B) at the very least you can rip out all the RAM, HD's, bezels, inverter boards and anything else useful and re-distribute - most likely making your money back (though you then have to get rid of the junk so please recycle or something)
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oh yeah, and it's always a fun suprise seeing what you actually get. I got a "mixed bunch" of 500 series PB's once. One of them had a PPC board in it [
] ]'> Out of 5 or 6 powerbooks I got 500PPC in excellent condition, and a 520c and 520 in pretty good condition - the rest was just junk.
] ]'> Out of 5 or 6 powerbooks I got 500PPC in excellent condition, and a 520c and 520 in pretty good condition - the rest was just junk.
It is about a 5 minute drive, so there is no shipping costs. Going to buy them. They all work. Will keep some for spares, sell some and trade the rest.
Seriously?! 8-o Anyway, for me that is still a huge amount where old Macs are concerned - I've never considered acquiring any Mac for anything other than free!
If I did have $200 to spend on Macs then I would much rather have one iBook than an unlimited number of trashed 68k PBs with no adapters though. But maybe that's just me 
I got what was left. He had sold eight to one guy. Picked up the last ten. Seven 100 series and three Duo 230's.
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