I ordered 512MB RAM for my 1GHz Titanium Powerbook a few weeks back and got a great deal from Global Laptop Solutions. I paid around $24 USD (including shipping) for 1 lightly used module and I couldn’t be happier. The local computer shop had some OEM modules for $199 a piece but I just wasn’t willing to spend $400 for a moderate performance increase.

Once I received the package I opened it up then turned off my Mac, flipped it over to find that I had no clue what I was doing. I did some googling and found this wonderful guide.

The machine now has 768MB and I am on the lookout for another 512 module.  If anyone is interested in my old 256 modules leave a comment.  Here are some pictures (I know the old girl needs a bath!)

Well it is 3:42 AM and I have a meeting to be at for 7:00 AM – after a two hour drive of course. My TIBook dies tonight and my Leopard install disc is four hours away on loan to a friend… ughh,

Luckily I am on beer 7, I am not driving and I have BB King sym-linked on my remote HTTP Box. I am also lucky that the guy I am staying with has a brand new Macbook Pro that has no issue sending my dinosaur Powerbook (via firewire) an install image.

Here was my plan and how it really turned out.

The old Superdrives WILL not read a +R dual layer disc, and obviously that is what I bough in desperation. I needed a quick way to get my Mac back in action without going grey or finding a computer store open at 4AM. I ended up recalling a quick chat I had with a “fanboy” regarding Apple hardware’s ability to boot in “Target Disc Mode” which ended up saving my ass for this meeting.

I stole the image from usenet at 1.3 MB / s (I did in fact purchase a legitimate family license) and had it within two hours. HellaNZB took care of the parring / unrarring and I was able to transfer the DMG to my buddies Macbook Pro in a matter of minutes using his external hard drive.

I then burned the DMG onto one of the Dual Layer discs I had earlier purchased and rebooted the Macbook Pro into Target disc mode by holding the letter “t” on boot whilst the newly burnt disc was in the drive.

I rebooted my Powerbook holding the option key and was immediately able to select the Leopard Install DVD media shared over firewire – whew.

Almost four hours in we are looking at a brand new Leopard 10.5.1 install, almost a full pack of cigarettes and a “retartedly” incapacitated man who has a meeting in just a few hours… wish me luck.

No I don’t mean XP, I hate that shit.

I am talking about my power supply debokkle. I found one on Kijiji in Hamilton for only $40 plus the same seller has 512 MB Ram baby!  Even better – she is selling it for only $25!  So I meet her tomorrow with $65 and I have a super fast Powerbook with a brand spanking new power supply for much less than I could find it anywhere else!

Just thought I’d mention that for all of you who were worried I was going through Leopard withdrawals, I was.

Anyway, I am going to read Craig’s blog.

During my last trip to Windsor to visit a friend we had a couple Hobgoblins and I left my power supply there. We drove back up to Toronto late at night after winning $200 at Windsor Raceway and I realized as soon as I got home that I left my PSU there, I swore a lot.

I decided to have it shipped back up here for about $15 which wasn’t so bad and my mom generously offered to pick it up and ship it instead of having to have Corvillus box it up. Well she left it in the front seat of her car (which has zipper windows) so locking doors is pretty useless. She left it there so she wouldn’t forget to ship it in the morning (I love my mom).

Well I guess some mischievous theives thought the 5 year old Mac power supply would be useful without the laptop so they decided to heist that and her brand new Chocolate phone. Well her phone was replaced which is all good unfortunately now I have to find a used 65W Mac power supply on Ebay for almost 3 times the price of shipping.

I am now stuck using Linux (Ughh) after switching to a quality Apple product I feel kind of dirty in this environment. I am no fanboy however my Powerbook made me feel happy. Anyway I am going to do some shopping now.

PS. If I ever find out who stole my PSU I will break their nose, that is a promise. Don’t f*ck with a man and his Apple.

Recently a friend gave me his untouched Powerbook G4 because it didn’t work with his proprietary software the way he wanted. I have never owned an Apple product and I must say, I have been missing out! Before owning a Mac, I had used several Ubuntu flavoured Linux dists. and became quite comfortable with them… but then came the free shiny new mac and my computing world was flipped upside-down

First Impressions

I found it difficult to get used to the fact that the menu bar at the top changes on window focus, and I absolutely despised the keyboard shortcuts. At the time it was running 10.2.1 and I thought it was a free upgrade to Leopard, but it wasn’t. So for the first time in my life I BOUGHT software! – Leopard to be exact. I was pissed tiger couldn’t play any video formats and Photoshop / Zend Studio were not supported.

After One Week

I had the keyboard shortcuts down 100%. I forced myself to learn how to use this new environment, even with a tight deadline. Though I was tempted to pick up my Linux box again to finish the job quickly, I stuck it out and in turn I have a deep respect for OS X developers.

Many people say mac is so easy to use and so intuitive however that statement is not 100% true. OS X is very easy to use and works extremely well, and can read your mind too but if you have been trained for years to use retard Windows, you no longer think logically. You expect things to break and crash and then try to find other ways to do something so that maybe it might work this time. I was conditioned to use Windows for years, then four years ago switched to Linux, now I finally have a Mac and though Tux holds a very dear place in my heart, he stays at home on my server and I bring my Mac with me to work.