News: “Buying Apple stock instead of products”

Posted: April 26th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: | No Comments »

Buying Apple stock instead of products on kottke.org
Topics: PowerBook G4

In 2001, a PowerBook G4 would have set you back $3500. Suppose instead that you had purchased $3500 in Apple stock instead of the computer…that stock would now be worth about $110,000. Even an original iPod’s worth in AAPL ($399) would be worth…


News: “Julien Blache: pommed v1.32: maintenance release”

Posted: March 19th, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: | No Comments »

Julien Blache: pommed v1.32: maintenance release on Planet Debian
Topics: PowerBook G4

I’ve just released pommed v1.32, a minor maintenance release for the 12″ PowerBook G4. I’ve just realized that I did not post an announce for pommed v1.31 a while back, which was also a maintenance release, adding support for the…


News: “5 tips for switchers”

Posted: February 23rd, 2010 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , , , , | No Comments »

5 tips for switchers on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)
Topics: Mac OS X, Mac OS X v10.5, MacBook Pro, IBook, PowerBook G4, MacBook, Safari, System Preferences

Filed under: Switchers, Tips and tricks Every now and then I’ll have an “I never knew about that” moment as I come across a setting or nuance in Mac OS X that I never realized existed. Take, for instance, character viewer, which allows you to display…


News: “Apple DIY Projects for the New Year”

Posted: December 30th, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: | No Comments »

Apple DIY Projects for the New Year on TheAppleBlog
Topics: PowerBook G4

One of my new year’s resolutions is to pursue more DIY projects. This includes things like putting Jolicloud on my Hackintosh netbook, swapping out the hard drive on my iMac, and, most importantly, doing something with my old Apple hardware. I…


News: “The Mystery of the Next MacBook Guts”

Posted: December 29th, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , , , | No Comments »

The Mystery of the Next MacBook Guts [MacBook] on Gizmodo
Topics: Intel Core 2, MacBook, MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, Intel Nehalem, Intel Core i7, PowerBook G4

Intel’s announcing superfast and incredibly efficient new notebook processors in a few days. They’re the biggest jump in notebook hardware since the Core 2 Duo. But we might not see them in MacBooks for a while. Here’s the story: Starting with the…


News: “What’s Inside the Next MacBooks?”

Posted: December 29th, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , , , | No Comments »

What’s Inside the Next MacBooks? [MacBook] on Gizmodo
Topics: Intel Core 2, Intel Nehalem, MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, MacBook, Intel Core i7, PowerBook G4

Intel’s announcing superfast and incredibly efficient new notebook processors soon. They’re the biggest jump in notebook hardware since the Core 2 Duo. But we might not see them in MacBooks for a while. Or, even worse than a delay: New MacBooks could…


News: “[ubuntu] Powerbook G4 12″ powerpc ubuntu 9.10 – login and install problem”

Posted: December 2nd, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: | No Comments »

[ubuntu] Powerbook G4 12″ powerpc ubuntu 9.10 – login and install problem on Ubuntu Forums
Topics: PowerBook G4

Forum: Apple Users Posted By: kg3000 Post Time: December 2nd, 2009 at 12:30 PM


News: “Jordi Mallach: Dead PowerBook G4″

Posted: October 30th, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: | No Comments »

Jordi Mallach: Dead PowerBook G4 on Planet GNOME
Topics: PowerBook G4

A few weeks ago I was trying to get GRUB2 for PowerPC back to work on my PowerBook G4 15″, and had some problems getting OF doing the right thing. Not being an OF expert at all, I found myself making things a bit worse, ending up with an unbootable…


News: “Jordi Mallach: Dead PowerBook G4″

Posted: October 30th, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: | No Comments »

Jordi Mallach: Dead PowerBook G4 on Planet Debian
Topics: PowerBook G4

A few weeks ago I was trying to get GRUB2 for PowerPC back to work on my PowerBook G4 15″, and had some problems getting OF doing the right thing. Not being an OF expert at all, I found myself making things a bit worse, ending up with an unbootable…


News: “George Wright: New iMac”

Posted: October 28th, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , | No Comments »

George Wright: New iMac on Planet GNOME
Topics: Mac OS X, PowerBook G4, Mac OS X v10.3

Well yesterday I rejoined the ranks of Apple users and bought an iMac 27″. Why, I hear a thousand of you screaming at once. Well, when I left the UK I had to reluctantly sell my 30″ Dell monitor – quite simply one of the most astounding pieces…