Break my ‘puter, pls!
I was recently asked if I wanted to upgrade my powerbook… want and need… hmmm.
I looked for problems with it that might justify a swanky new toy. Alas, the 4-yr old machine, with its ol’ fashioned PowerPC chip is still chugging away and rather well, in all fairness.
The battery life was non-existent - that’s a point. So I went to Apple store and rather hoped it would be a pain in the arse to order in a battery. No problem, they were in stock and $200 and 10 minutes later, that problem was solved.
I thought maybe my machine would not be grunty enough to run the latest operating system. Upgrade? Click. No problem there either.
Looks like I’ll be waiting a while longer.
When it does start falling apart and require a replacement, I’m thinking this project, found in LifeHacker, might be fun
http://blog.glowview.com/2009/03/20/custom-self-contained-hanging-wall-pc/