Apple PowerBook G4 15.2 in. (M9676LLABND) Mac Notebook
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- HDD Size: 80 GB
- Mobile Technology: Wi-Fi Certified
- Family Line: PowerBook G4
- Processor: PowerPC G4 1.5 GHz
- Operating System: Apple MacOS X 10.3
- Installed Memory: 512 MB (DDR SDRAM)
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Keep an eye on your lower RAM slot!
Pros
Good ol' Mac delightful usability.
Cons
Mac not so useful or delightful at half the RAM.
Recommended it?
No
The Bottom Line:
I'm sorry. I love Mac, but they blew it. I can't recommend their computers anymore. They are ignoring the RAM problem because of the impending processor change to Intel. Shameful.
I am a lifelong Mac user and I have always recommended Apple to friends and family for their speed, sleek appearance, ease of use, and reliability. I currently have a Powerbook 15" 1.5 SuperDrive and I've been happy with it...until today.
I noticed a few weeks ago that my start-up chime wasn't chiming and I naively searched around the computer for a way to fix this to no avail. Nothing else seemed terribly wrong, so I added it to the growing list of issues I needed to fix so that I could get them all done at once. I purchased the Apple Care like a good girl, but don't want to ship my computer off to Cali more than once. (That problem list, by the way, includes dents to the cover and inner body of the machine from the last time it was sent to Apple for a RAM upgrade and a loosely seated connection for the power cord)
I was checking out the System Profiler to see where my RAM was going, because my computer seemed a little slower than usual. That's when I realized that the computer was not recognizing my lower DIMM slot. Therefore, my 1GB of RAM was really only 512. Annoying.
More upsetting than that was the fact that a little internet research revealed that this is not an isolated case. There are postings on discussion boards worldwide with people frustrated by this problem both in and out of warrantee. Most of the people who have had this fixed under Apple Care or paid out of pocket have had to replace the logic board more than once. Not only that, but Apple will not acknowledge the issue as a hardware or software problem (some people link their troubles to an upgrade to 10.4) and in an act of extreme ill-will, has removed the main thread on the subject from it's mac.com discussion boards. I found a petition at
http://lowermemoryslot.editkid.com/ and I have signed it, as have over 400 others. Four hundred users is not a fluke: it's a design flaw. Mac users are a devoted lot, but Apple is threatening their reputation in a big way with this issue. There are other models listed with this exact problem. In fact, it is every 15" G4 Powerbook in the line that is 1Ghz or faster, including the 1.67!
I plan on requesting a computer replacement from Apple (which I'm sure I will not get) . Second to that I'll have the logic board replaced as many times as necessary under my Applecare warrantee. And Probably again the week it is set to expire just in case.
Moral is: purchase Applecare (or, better yet, the extended warrantee at the store where you purchased it to save you from mailing your computer away for days at a time) and ALWAYS check your system memory!
I noticed a few weeks ago that my start-up chime wasn't chiming and I naively searched around the computer for a way to fix this to no avail. Nothing else seemed terribly wrong, so I added it to the growing list of issues I needed to fix so that I could get them all done at once. I purchased the Apple Care like a good girl, but don't want to ship my computer off to Cali more than once. (That problem list, by the way, includes dents to the cover and inner body of the machine from the last time it was sent to Apple for a RAM upgrade and a loosely seated connection for the power cord)
I was checking out the System Profiler to see where my RAM was going, because my computer seemed a little slower than usual. That's when I realized that the computer was not recognizing my lower DIMM slot. Therefore, my 1GB of RAM was really only 512. Annoying.
More upsetting than that was the fact that a little internet research revealed that this is not an isolated case. There are postings on discussion boards worldwide with people frustrated by this problem both in and out of warrantee. Most of the people who have had this fixed under Apple Care or paid out of pocket have had to replace the logic board more than once. Not only that, but Apple will not acknowledge the issue as a hardware or software problem (some people link their troubles to an upgrade to 10.4) and in an act of extreme ill-will, has removed the main thread on the subject from it's mac.com discussion boards. I found a petition at
http://lowermemoryslot.editkid.com/ and I have signed it, as have over 400 others. Four hundred users is not a fluke: it's a design flaw. Mac users are a devoted lot, but Apple is threatening their reputation in a big way with this issue. There are other models listed with this exact problem. In fact, it is every 15" G4 Powerbook in the line that is 1Ghz or faster, including the 1.67!
I plan on requesting a computer replacement from Apple (which I'm sure I will not get) . Second to that I'll have the logic board replaced as many times as necessary under my Applecare warrantee. And Probably again the week it is set to expire just in case.
Moral is: purchase Applecare (or, better yet, the extended warrantee at the store where you purchased it to save you from mailing your computer away for days at a time) and ALWAYS check your system memory!
