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June 23, 2005

Using a PowerBook G4 with the display closed

[Switchblog] I usually go dual screen, but this is a pretty handy tip I didn't know about...If you use an external display or projector with any PowerBook G4 or PowerBook (FireWire), you can close the display and still use the computer. Here's how.

Some slightly related from Technorati and Google.

Maisonbisson.com[Maisonbisson.com] MaisonBisson.com » Blog Archive » Cold Weather Operations Force ...: Clearly, the extreme cold had confused the PMU and it needed to be reset. Many PowerBooks and iBooks have a PMU reset button tucked away among the ports on the back or side, but the aluminum G4s don’t.

http://www.tyborg.com [Tyborg.com] Twiddly Bits » Blog Archive » Reconditioned PowerBook G4 17”³: I found a dealmac special the other day, describing a reconditioned first-generation PowerBook G4 17″ , one of the 1GHz all-inclusive backlit-keyboard/Superdrive/Bluetooth/AirportExtreme models, at a really great price from techrestore.com. With a coupon code they’d even throw in a free 512MB iPod shuffle.

[Matt.makalumedia.com] Matt Henderson's Blog: 12" Powerbook G4: From a performance standpoint, it's about what any Powerbook owner would expect, given a 1GHz G4 processor. For the past few years, I've found that, except in the area of media processing (like making iMovies), the level of computing power in most Macintosh computers is quite comfortable for me.

Videosystems.com[Videosystems.com] Apple Titanium Powerbook G4: VideoSystems NAB Blog .The Powerbook G4 has one FireWire port and two USB ports on the back panel ”” all hot-swappable.

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Posted at June 23, 2005 09:35 PM

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