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Apple Computing Products:
macOS - Notebook Hardware
Battery Life and backlit Keyboard
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<blockquote data-quote="PowerbookG417" data-source="post: 50363"><p>you bet the HDD is replaceable like tariq said and if you wanna do it yourself..its not that hard...just becareful...here are step by step instructions on how to do it yourself</p><p><a href="http://61.194.6.236/pbg417h1.html" target="_blank">http://61.194.6.236/pbg417h1.html</a></p><p></p><p>- to address the backlight keyboard..it is different than the ipod, the ipod uses LED's where as the backlight on the powerbook is fibreoptics, but yes it is going to cut down your battery time forsure, my suggestion is really to only use it when in a dark room...most of the time you can see the keys just fine under low light and turning the backlight on just a bit causes it harder to see anyways...plus if your using your book alot you get really use to the keylayout and not often need the backlight...what i will do is keep it cranked out to max brightness and use the off/on key to trigger it when needed</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PowerbookG417, post: 50363"] you bet the HDD is replaceable like tariq said and if you wanna do it yourself..its not that hard...just becareful...here are step by step instructions on how to do it yourself [url]http://61.194.6.236/pbg417h1.html[/url] - to address the backlight keyboard..it is different than the ipod, the ipod uses LED's where as the backlight on the powerbook is fibreoptics, but yes it is going to cut down your battery time forsure, my suggestion is really to only use it when in a dark room...most of the time you can see the keys just fine under low light and turning the backlight on just a bit causes it harder to see anyways...plus if your using your book alot you get really use to the keylayout and not often need the backlight...what i will do is keep it cranked out to max brightness and use the off/on key to trigger it when needed [/QUOTE]
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