Recent content by michinoku1

Thanks on that and I appreciate your comments. Sorry for the late reply. I made the jump to this PowerBook so I can buffer myself and get the most out of it. Wow on that MacBook Pro though.

Just three weeks ago I purchased a new 1.67 ghz powerPC G4 powerbook with 1 GB DDR2 SDRAM and a 100 GB 7200 rpm HD after using an G3 ibook originally with Jaguar but upgraded to Tiger. The ibook was working perfectly fine but for my work needs its performance was mediocre and sometimes...

FedEx is just great. Ordered it two days ago and it was here in Japan by this morning. Thanks for the info mdnky! The battery doesn't quite fit flush as the original but no worries it should do its job.

mdnky Ok instead of spending more money by going down to Tokyo I did the order as you suggested and opted for the larger battery. Hope to get it soon through fedex international. Looking forward to it.

Great! Thanks for explaining that info. That cycle information is neat and I didn't know about it. I did look at the Apple site (Japan). I live in Japan and yes the prices have gone down a little. Will check out Tokyo and see what they have in the electronics district. You can always find...

Thanks for your help and for showing how to get that info. Here's what it says. Battery Information: Battery Installed: Yes First low level warning: No Full Charge Capacity (mAh): 1218 Remaining Capacity (mAh): 1218 Amperage (mA): 0 Voltage (mV): 16617 Cycle Count: 487...

Hi don't know if this is an issue but I suddenly have short battery life after upgrading to Tiger. When working off the battery I can only get about 20 minutes and then goes into sleep mode or just shuts down. When charging it can suddenly charge back to 100% in a matter of 20 minutes. Is...

Problem solved! Had to reinstall Tiger and the iSight video fps is back to normal. I made the mistake of using easy install. For those who want to avoid this problem don't choose easy install but rather archive and install or a clean install instead.

Hi this problem seems to be all over, but is there any quick solution to fixing the video quality when upgraded to Tiger? My video is not smooth anymore reducing to 1fps and my CPU is maxed out. I've uninstalled Virex which people have said may cause problems but still there is no solution to...