The Disassembly of an iBook G3

I've had my iBook G3 for over a year now and I can tell you it was very good for it's time. But then as time goes on, it gets out dated. So I've decided to disassemble my iBook G3. Was there a purpose? No, not really. It was just to have fun. Apple put so many different screws in that thing, it's a forest of wires. But really I can't say much because I have taken apart a Dell Dimension and that was held together by chewing gum! (not kidding!). Back on topic now, iBook have a very interesting display. It has a cellphone type hinge where it closes without a latch, yet it stays closed. Taking the iBook G3 apart was pretty hard... but putting it back together was easy. ;) You just had to remember what kind of screws going what hole, where the wires went to, where all the components went to. For example the modem, ram, sound, keyboard, trackpad, and the airport wireless card would all have to be put back in the original spot. It's a monster but it was a lot of fun overall. Try it with your old Mac laptop sometime. It's great.

Compaq Presario 4000

So I found this little computer sitting in a storage shed. I figured I'd collect these old beige computers no one wants anymore. However this computer is not as old as some others. It was made in 2000 and ran Windows ME (Millennium Editon, yet I call it Mistake Edition). It didn't work when I initially powered it on... because the ram was not all the way inserted! Only after bashing the SDRAM with a screw driver, THEN it booted. Good as new I thought. But then as soon as it did power on, the cd drive showed a red light meaning it wasn't good anymore. This was nothing but a dud but at the same time, that's why I use a Mac.