Scott Stevenson, of Theocacao, shares this picture of Matt Johnston's Powerbook. It has obviously been through a lot, but it still boots and Airport works as well.
TUAW does not recommend you do this to your own Powerbook.
Mangled Powerbook still works
Scott Stevenson, of Theocacao, shares this picture of Matt Johnston's Powerbook. It has obviously been through a lot, but it still boots and Airport works as well.
TUAW does not recommend you do this to your own Powerbook.
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4-07-2006 @ 9:10AM
andy said...
thats value for money, might chuck my g5 out the window to see if still works.....not
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4-07-2006 @ 9:22AM
iFelix said...
Re: TUAW does not recommend you do this to your own Powerbook.
Why?
Please tell us why?
;-)
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4-07-2006 @ 9:32AM
fanguad said...
I'm guessing the CD/DVD drive does *not* still work...
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4-07-2006 @ 9:39AM
Gareth Burleigh said...
Lucky him, I knocked my 12" iBook off the desk. The screen, HD (so much for the motion sudden sensor) and video card all died.
Combo drive still worked though so I guess I score 1 point
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4-07-2006 @ 9:42AM
Rob L. said...
Oh, so that's NOT the ergonomic keyboard model?
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4-07-2006 @ 10:37AM
Vince said...
Well, that's what Windoze will do to ya.
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4-07-2006 @ 10:38AM
BobMac said...
Where can I get that desktop picture?
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4-07-2006 @ 10:57AM
GadgetTV said...
Wow! did not see this warning before loading boot camp and Win XP on this machine. Should have read the fine print.
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4-07-2006 @ 11:35AM
Tony Ward said...
What the hell did he do.... lend his Mac to Bobby Knight?!
Ah well, still works better than most Dells do out of the box.
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4-07-2006 @ 11:37AM
Phil Jackson said...
I know how this guy feels. I just spilled a Starbucks coffee into my Macbook Pro. The repair costs $1297, if anyone is interested, and is considered a Tier 4 repair. It arrived yesterday in Houston, TX and is currently "being worked on."
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4-07-2006 @ 11:46AM
Matt Johnston said...
It sucks but it works.
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4-07-2006 @ 11:49AM
BorderPatrol said...
#7 BobMac,
"Where can I get that desktop picture?"
Why, right here of course :)
http://www.fontblog.de/C1413545161/E1863918477/index.html
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4-07-2006 @ 11:56AM
Timothy Uruski said...
I doused my 12" PowerBook with a tall cup of tea and it works fine over a year later, I just let it dry out for a day.
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4-07-2006 @ 12:34PM
Don Wilson said...
Don Wilson encourages you to do this to your laptop.
;)
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4-07-2006 @ 2:07PM
Dan Bedford said...
Awww!! the optical drive slot looks like a frowning mouth!!!
Poor baby!!!!
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4-07-2006 @ 3:52PM
Sid said...
the night i got together with my girlfriend, i spilt an entire bottle of red wine on my powerbook (while trying to play a more romantic song)
i then tried to blow dry it (half drunk) and melted all the keys
i then prayed for a week really hard
and then miraculously it decided to turn on after a week
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4-07-2006 @ 5:00PM
Thomas said...
I wanna know the whole story too. I recently soaked a Powerbook with a tall glass of water. It freaked and quit. I let it dry completely and then it started right up. Some Mac products can take a likin and keep on tickin.
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4-07-2006 @ 11:40PM
DNA said...
> 3. I'm guessing the CD/DVD drive does *not* still work...
The disc slot looks like it's frowning :(
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4-08-2006 @ 8:52PM
GBower said...
BTW, most electronics will take almost any spill, except cola's, if you kill them right away. A roadie once told me I could drink anything but jack and coke over his mixing console, so he handed me a beer. Something about the sugar and it's recrystallization on the electronic parts, either that or he was coked up.
But as said, most electronics can take spills, but as the picture indicates, only the best can take the crap being beaten out of them.
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4-09-2006 @ 4:12PM
Ger Nijkamp said...
This one is much more worse...
http://cowboyneal.org/ex-powerbook.jpg
But it also won't boot anymore, I guess...
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