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Bought my first powerbook

bash64

# 1
Priest of the Order of the Butterfly

Posts: 958 from 2010/10/28

From: USA

I bought an A1139 with the 1680x1080 screen.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/190777414758?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649

Its Apple refurbed in like new condition.
Best one ever made.

Any known issues with this one?
Stuff that won't work?

Price for first time Morph License?
Mac G5 ISight 21" 2.5 gb of ram 233gb hd matshita dvd-r uj-846
Powerbook G4 1.67ghz 2GB, ATI 9700M Pro 128mb
1TB hd, DL-DVD Burner, Netgear pcmcia wireless card.
ImageFX 4.5, PageStream 3.3, PhotoGenics 5.0
»31.12.12 - 05:11

Andreas_Wolf

# 2
Yokemate of Keyboards

Posts: 12403 from 2003/5/22

From: Germany

> Price for first time Morph License?

"111.11 EUR for one PowerBook G4 system"
http://www.morphos-team.net/faq
»31.12.12 - 05:56

Krashan

# 3
MorphOS Developer

Posts: 1107 from 2003/6/11

From: Białystok...

bash64,

Stuff that won't work?

As for all PowerBooks for now, 3D acceleration is not yet available. Also be prepared that built-in WiFi is not supported.
RastPort
»31.12.12 - 07:04

osco

# 4
Priest of the Order of the Butterfly

Posts: 680 from 2009/10/20

From: Boston, USA

Not sure but video out to say a TV is not there/
Mac Mini 1.5GHz, 1G, 250G Drive, Apple Cinema Display, MorphOS 3.1 registered, MacOS 10 PowerBook (5,8) 1.67Hz, 2G, 80G Drive,........Waiting
PowerBook (5,8) 1.67Hz, 2G, 40G MorphOS 3.1 unregisterd
»31.12.12 - 08:27

bash64

# 5
Priest of the Order of the Butterfly

Posts: 958 from 2010/10/28

From: USA

Thanks for all the info.
Will have it by wed/Thur this week.
Very excited.
Will want to dual boot mac OS and morph if that is possible.
Mac G5 ISight 21" 2.5 gb of ram 233gb hd matshita dvd-r uj-846
Powerbook G4 1.67ghz 2GB, ATI 9700M Pro 128mb
1TB hd, DL-DVD Burner, Netgear pcmcia wireless card.
ImageFX 4.5, PageStream 3.3, PhotoGenics 5.0
»31.12.12 - 09:00

osco

# 6
Priest of the Order of the Butterfly

Posts: 680 from 2009/10/20

From: Boston, USA

Happy to help. There is a large amount of information on the site about PowerBook, dual boot, and all

Mac Mini 1.5GHz, 1G, 250G Drive, Apple Cinema Display, MorphOS 3.1 registered, MacOS 10 PowerBook (5,8) 1.67Hz, 2G, 80G Drive,........Waiting
PowerBook (5,8) 1.67Hz, 2G, 40G MorphOS 3.1 unregisterd
»31.12.12 - 09:18

caver99

# 7
Acolyte of the Butterfly

Posts: 131 from 2012/6/14

I have my powerbook 5,8 duel booting with morphos and os x works really well.
Powermac quicksilver Dual 1ghz Dual Boot Morph OS 3.7 and OS X 10.5.8
PS3 x5
Xbox 360 x 6
Wii x 3
PSP x 3
DS x 3
Custom Gaming Rig
»03.01.13 - 06:23