SOLD: 1ghz 15" Titanium Powerbook, upgraded

DavidTO

I just bought a new MacBook Pro, so I'll be selling my Powerbook.

It's a Titanium, 15", 1ghz G4, with 1GB of memory, a SuperDrive (DVD burner), and I upgraded the hard drive from 60GB to 80GB.


I've had this computer for 41 months (or so the computer tells me). It's had the logic board replaced twice by Apple under warranty. The first was DOA and was replaced in the first week I had the machine. The second time was right before the warranty ran out, last October.

I've also replaced the battery once, and the current one is about a year old, running at 88% capacity of new, according to diagnostic software.

It's been well taken care of, but also shows some signs of wear.

1) There's a worn section of paint, I think from my watchband.




2) Also, this design is well known for having the keys hit the screen, and the little rubber dealy-bobs that keep the screen up (ineffectively) are worn down. There are markings on the screen, but I never notice them in use.

3) There is one stuck pixel that I've noticed, and it's on.

It comes with the box, book and AC Adapter. I'm looking for the original install disks (not much use to you, really) and will most likely find them and include them.
It does not include the DVI adapter or the S-Video to Composite adapter.

I am including a CF card adapter for the PCM/CIA slot, so you'll always have a card reader handy.

[EDIT: Price reduced] I'm asking $550, you pay shipping, no PayPal. I've been working on setting a fair price for this, and the original price was lower than completed sales on ebay, but still seemed high to me. I asked around, got some advice and lowered the price to $550.

Here's the history of the model:

MacTracker wrote:

Announced in November 2002, The aptly-named PowerBook G4 (1GHz/867 MHz) was essentially a speedbump of the PowerBook G4 (DVI). In addition to faster processors, the PowerBook G4 (1/867) gained a faster graphics system, and a CD-RW/DVD-RW "SuperDrive" on the highend model (The first such drive ever available in a slot-load configuration). There were two configurations: the 867 MHz model, with 256 MB of RAM, a 40 GB hard drive, a CD-RW/DVD-ROM drive, and 32 MB of VRAM, was $2299 U.S. The 1.0 GHz model, with 512 MB of RAM, a 60 GB hard drive, a SuperDrive, 64 MB of VRAM and a built-in AirPort card, was $2999 U.S., making it one of the lowest priced high-end PowerBooks ever.

And the stats for this model from MacTracker:

PowerBook G4 (1GHz/867MHz)
Codename: "P88"
Introduced: November 2002
Discontinued: September 2003
Machine ID: PowerBook3,5
Model Number: n/a
Support Status: Supported
Processor: PowerPC 7455 v3.2 (G4)
Processor Speed: 867 MHz or 1.0 GHz
Cache: 64k L1, 256 k on-chip (1:1) L2, 1MB DDR L3
System Bus: 133 MHz
Hard Drive: 40 or 60 GB 4200-rpm
Media: DVD/CD-RW Combo drive or DVD-R/CD-RW SuperDrive
Weight and Dimensions (US): 5.4 lbs., 1" H x 13.4" W x 9.5" D
Weight and Dimensions (Metric): 2.4 kg, 2.6 cm H x 34.1 cm W x 24.1 cm D
Original Mac OS: Mac OS X 10.2.1 and Mac OS 9.2.2
Maximum Mac OS: Latest release of Mac OS X
Hardware Test: AHT (PowerBook) 1.2.3
Firmware: Open Firmware
Firmware Update: None
Logicboard RAM: None
Maximum RAM: 1.0 GB
Type of RAM Slots: 2 - PC133 3.3V 144-pin SO-DIMM
Minimum RAM Speed: 10 ns
Graphics Card: ATI Mobility Radeon 9000 (AGP 4x)
ATI Card Model: ATY,RV250M9 (Mobility Radeon 9000)
Graphics Memory: 32 or 64 MB DDR
Built-in Display: 15.2" active matrix TFT
Display Connection: DVI (Max 24-bit 2048 by 1536 non-mirror), S-video
Expansion Slots: Single Type I or II (CardBus compliant)
Expansion Bays: None
Hard Drive Bus: Ultra ATA/66 (ATA-5)
Backup Battery: 922-5205
Power Adapter: 65 W Apple Portable Power Adapter (M8743**/A)
System Battery: 61 Wh Lithium Ion
Max Watts: n/a
Line Voltage: 100-240V AC
AirPort: Optional (867 MHz) or Built-in (1.0 GHz) AirPort card (802.11b)
Bluetooth: None
Ethernet: 10/100/1000BASE-T (RJ-45)
Modem: 56k v92
ADB: 1 - Internal for Trackpad
Serial: None
SCSI: None
USB: 2 - 12 MBit/s
FireWire: 1 - 400 MBit/s (6W total power)
Audio In: 1 - 3.5-mm analog input jack, Built-in microphone (16-bit 48 kHz sample rate)
Audio Out: 1 - 3.5-mm analog output jack, Built-in 20mm speakers (16-bit 48 kHz sample rate)

patch29

Which MacbookPro did you get?

Good Luck with your sale. I may be upgrading soon too.

DavidTO

patch29 wrote:

Which MacbookPro did you get?

Good Luck with your sale. I may be upgrading soon too.

15", 2.0

Andy

Buy from David with 150% confidence

Bob Bell

Does it run windows? and my Photoshop versions for PC.

DavidTO

Bob Bell wrote:

Does it run windows? and my Photoshop versions for PC.

Well, you could run Virtual PC, but I wouldn't recommend it.

It's a PPC G4 processor, not capable of running Boot Camp. It doesn't support Core Image, either, which means that widgets won't make that cool rippley effect when you open them, you can't reliably play HD video, and it doesn't support Aperture.

Bob Bell

DavidTO wrote:

Well, you could run Virtual PC, but I wouldn't recommend it.

It's a PPC G4 processor, not capable of running Boot Camp. It doesn't support Core Image, either, which means that widgets won't make that cool rippley effect when you open them, you can't reliably play HD video, and it doesn't support Aperture.

Too bad, thats a good price for that lappy.

DavidTO

Bob Bell wrote:

Too bad, thats a good price for that lappy.

It is!

DavidTO

Sale pending.

DavidTO

Sold.