Is it any easier to replace the hard drive of a new MacBook than, say, a G3 iBook? For the iBook it was a PITA, but I thought I head that it'd be much easier for the MacBook.

eta: I suppose I should learn to google before asking: [link]

First on AI: Owners of Apple Computer's new MacBook consumer notebooks will find that upgrading or replacing the computer's hard disk is as simple as adding more memory.

Yay!

I don't suppose anyone wants to buy my Apple Cube and LCD monitor?

There's an Apple store that takes trade-ins - think I'll trade the Cube and monitor for a new MacBook or MacBook Pro, unless someone here wants them.

If you don't tell Andi I asked, how much?

:)

I'm selling:

• 17" Apple Studio Display (with USB ports, Apple digital video - I forget what that's called) 1280x1024

Cube:

• 450 mhz G4
• 120 GB HD
• 1088 Meg RAM (512, 512, 64)
• USB speakers
• DVD/CD ROM
• Internal modem and Ethernet
• 2 USB, 1 Firewire
• OS X 10.3.9
• 1 small case imperfection

I'm willing to sell for less than what this stuff would go for on eBay, because I'm sure I'd get less than eBay $ on a trade-in.

So, maybe $130 for the monitor, $220 for the cube, plus shipping.

tommy- If Daniel isn't interested, I may be, as my home computer has completely shit the bed.

That would be cool! Let me know if you have any questions - it really is a nice computer system - it was just too expensive and not expandable enough in its day. But now you can upgrade the CPU to 1.7 Ghz G4 dual-processors: [link]

Looking for some help from the hivemind...

I'd like to buy a PDA to keep a calendar and various lists on. I've looked at Palm's PDAs and found one problem: I wouldn't be able to sync up with my home computer. See, my home computer is an old iMac running OS 9.0.4. I could upgrade it to 9.2.2, but no further. The Palm Desktop needs OS X in some form, and there are apparently no earlier versions of the Desktop that work with the current PDAs.

That being said, is it going to hurt me to not be able to sync the PDA with my computer? If so, what can I do, short of buying a new computer?

Thanks.

I keep all my addressbook/calendar/to-do list/notes-to-self stuff on my old Clié, and don't much use any of it on either my desktop PC or my laptop, so that use of the sync function isn't important to me. It might be more important to you.

Keeping a current backup copy of everything on my Clié IS important to me, and sync does that, but I also keep a copy on a flash memory card, and when I've let the battery in my Clié run too low (I've done it only twice in four years, but when it happens -- aaargh!) I've restored from the flash card as my first choice.

The biggest advantage I can think of to having something that syncs your PDA and your iMac is transferring files -- applications, data, pictures, music. It can almost always be done by transferring first to a flash card, and then to the PDA, but that extra step would become a PiTA if you had to do it a lot.

There seems to be another option...there are places that sell older models, which use software that works with OS 9.1. I've ordered an upgrade disk for 9.1, and will probably order a slightly older Palm.

So I got a new MacBook. The 2.0 Ghz white one.

Bah. The screen is the wrong shape. (Kidding - but it's wider than my 12" iBook.)

You know, a new computer doesn't really feel like mine until I customize everything and install my favorite apps....

Also, the keys feel weird. But I suppose I'll get used to them.