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Sandy Sandy McMurray is a long-time technology journalist whose work has appeared in Time, the Globe & Mail, the Toronto Sun, Report on Business, Profit, and other sources. Between 1995 - 2002, Sandy wrote a weekly column about technology for the Toronto Sun, and served as Technology Editor for five Sun Media newspapers. He has been publishing on the Web since 1996.
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November 16, 2005

Inside the iBook

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motherboard of an 800MHz iBook G4Apple Power Mac towers are relatively easy to upgrade. Just remove the side panel and you have easy access to most of the components inside.

iBooks and PowerBooks are entirely different animals. Once you take them apart, they're never quite the same. If you want to add or change anything other than RAM, you need to know what you're doing.

That's what makes this illustrated guide to iBook surgery so impressive. If you've always wanted to see the inside of an 800 MHz iBook G4, click here.

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1. michael McKee on November 16, 2005 06:58 PM writes...

Just today sat with a friend, a former Apple reseller and tech as he replaced my iBook hard drive. Scary how many screws the thing has, and how tightly packed. Even with the best of manuals I don't think I'm going to attempt iBook surgery.

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2. George Lien on November 16, 2005 09:54 PM writes...

They are still nothing when compared to taking apart of a PowerBook 2400c.

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