Problems With The Drive...
Apr. 18th, 2009 | 06:09 am
Madonn!
My PowerBook G4 is at again w/ it's Optical Drive problem.
This time it won't read or write a CD/DVD whether burned/unburned, etc.
The last time this happened I upgraded to Leopard and then fixed it by downgrading to Tiger...
Must I now downgrade to Panther?
At this point I am considering it.
Among other things wrong with my PowerBook G4 is the trackpad that has given up the ghost thus leaving me with strict usage of a wireless mouse.
Unlike some whom have a laptop and use it on a desk or a flat surface I use it on my lap. Believe me that usage of a mouse on one's leg or atop the laptop is as much a hassle as it is a balancing act once some minor fatigue sets in and you want to stretch.
Also I am on my third charger...if I have to buy another one I'll stop using the Powerbook because it won't be able to be used anyways.
Oh and it's a thrid party charger because I wasn't about to step into an Apple store to buy a third charger for a computer almost half the age of my iMac Bondi G3. (Even that computer has proved to be more formidable than my PowerBook G4). For if I did step into an Apple store or go to their website it would be to buy a new mac.
At one point I was so dissatisfied with my Mac that I thought of just buying a Windows Computer--no, not even running a bootcamp on Mac or installing Mac OS X on a Windows machine...
Just buying a Windows Enabled Computer (Ha! As if it was enabled to do things without first giving you headaches...lol).
One reason being is that after having lost all of my games I am reluctant to re-install all my games on my Mac for two reasons:
One, because I can't--or not easily as I have no optical drive. (Sure I can hook up my External CD Drive but what then of those on DVDs...huh?) Two games I'd like to play I'd have to get another computer and/or find a port of for Mac.
So yeah...having problems with the drive...
My PowerBook G4 is at again w/ it's Optical Drive problem.
This time it won't read or write a CD/DVD whether burned/unburned, etc.
The last time this happened I upgraded to Leopard and then fixed it by downgrading to Tiger...
Must I now downgrade to Panther?
At this point I am considering it.
Among other things wrong with my PowerBook G4 is the trackpad that has given up the ghost thus leaving me with strict usage of a wireless mouse.
Unlike some whom have a laptop and use it on a desk or a flat surface I use it on my lap. Believe me that usage of a mouse on one's leg or atop the laptop is as much a hassle as it is a balancing act once some minor fatigue sets in and you want to stretch.
Also I am on my third charger...if I have to buy another one I'll stop using the Powerbook because it won't be able to be used anyways.
Oh and it's a thrid party charger because I wasn't about to step into an Apple store to buy a third charger for a computer almost half the age of my iMac Bondi G3. (Even that computer has proved to be more formidable than my PowerBook G4). For if I did step into an Apple store or go to their website it would be to buy a new mac.
At one point I was so dissatisfied with my Mac that I thought of just buying a Windows Computer--no, not even running a bootcamp on Mac or installing Mac OS X on a Windows machine...
Just buying a Windows Enabled Computer (Ha! As if it was enabled to do things without first giving you headaches...lol).
One reason being is that after having lost all of my games I am reluctant to re-install all my games on my Mac for two reasons:
One, because I can't--or not easily as I have no optical drive. (Sure I can hook up my External CD Drive but what then of those on DVDs...huh?) Two games I'd like to play I'd have to get another computer and/or find a port of for Mac.
So yeah...having problems with the drive...