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Posted by: MultiFinder on 2008-01-13 20:04:09
A fellow MLAer was kind enough to give me a Duo 2300c, the one PowerBook that I've lusted after since I got into older Macs! UPS managed to beat the snot out of it, and I've spent most of this weekend with it pieces around my room fixing things, but it now works wonderfully (except that the battery slider cover was smashed to bits and is now covered in tape). It's an awesome little lappy, and will me replacing the 540c in my schoolbag! I love my 540c, but it's just so freaking heavy and bulky. This 2300c is, well, not 🙂
100MHz PPC 603e
40 megs RAM
10 gig HDD
Mac OS 8.1
On that note, anybody got a spare battery slider cover thing? PM me if ya do 🙂
Here's a picture of the little bugger. Yes, it says 280c, but I preferred the trackball so I had that top put on 🙂
http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/3210/im000897sq8.jpg
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Posted by: funkytoad on 2008-01-13 20:09:51
well, sorry about the UPS problems. They have always treated my stuff great. I have learned not use FedEx.
Looks like a nice machine though!
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Posted by: bigD on 2008-01-13 20:25:21
That is pimp. I love that machine.
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Posted by: Christopher on 2008-01-13 20:45:47
Is that OS 9 with a theme? I ask because the menu bar has this Windows 98 Rain theme color to it.
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Posted by: MacTCP on 2008-01-13 20:47:35
That looks nice…
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Posted by: MultiFinder on 2008-01-13 21:22:15
Is that OS 9 with a theme? I ask because the menu bar has this Windows 98 Rain theme color to it. Nope, just standard OS 8.1 and crappy lighting in my room 😛
To everyone else: Yes, it's a very nice machine and I already love it quite a bit 🙂
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Posted by: Mike Richardson on 2008-01-13 21:48:29
File a UPS claim.
The laptop was probably packaged not well enough. You really need to use vacuum chambers with anti gravity levitation platforms and shock absorbers encased in lead to protect anything these days.
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Posted by: MacMan on 2008-01-14 10:02:46
Nice conquest! The 2300cs are brilliant little machines and so small given their power. Mine also has the earlier Duo top case with a trackball but it was like that when I got it. There's no name printed on it at all!
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Posted by: Christopher on 2008-01-14 10:51:37
My iBook came sitting on a 2 and a half inch block on styrofoam and bubble wrap all around it, and it was fine via FedEx, despite showing up in a work van with a piece of paper say its FedEx Home Delivery.
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Posted by: Temetka on 2008-01-14 23:37:25
a free 2300c?
So envious.
Congrats.
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Posted by: 68Kollector on 2008-01-19 09:22:42
So.... Cute.... 8-o You do know you're giving it to me, right? [😀] ]'>
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