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The 15" PowerBook G4 was rolled out to approved Mac users among the full time faculty during the 2003 upgrade. The PowerBooks are governed by the same Guidelines as Windows laptops.

For a full introduction to this computer and its use at CCSF, look at this PowerBook PowerPoint presentation, part of the original user orientation.

There is No Zip or floppy drive. A Combo drive allows reading CDs or DVDs. The computer also writes to blank CD-R or CD-RW: For a how-to, look at this Word doc on backing up your documents to CDs.

15 inch PowerBook

Things you need to do

  • Login / Change your password
    You have to log into your CCSF Mac laptop in order to use it. You should also change your password. The pages linked in the bullet or this PowerPoint presentation tell you how.
  • Update your Virus software
    Your virus checker is Virex by McAfee. If you don't regularly connect to the CCSF network it won't update to the latest virus information. Use the information in the Word document on updating to make sure your virus protection stays current.
  • Add printers
    You have to add CCSF printers manually. Use the information in the Word document on adding printers to make sure you can print on campus.

Some specs

  • 60 GB Hard Disk and 512 MB RAM (Memory)
  • USB 2 and Firewire
  • One FireWire 400 and one FireWire 800 port
  • Two USB 2.0 ports
  • One PC Card/CardBus slot supporting one Type I or Type II card
  • Modem and Ethernet 10/100 (Network/DSL) ports
  • Built-in stereo speakers
  • Touchpad

Storage and backup

  • A Combo drive allows reading CDs or DVDs. The computer also writes to blank CD-R or CD-RW disks. To see directions, look at this Word doc on backing up your documents to CDs.
  • There is no floppy or Zip drive. If you'd like to add the capability of reading from or writing to floppies or Zip disks, buy an external Zip drive that connects using the USB port.
  • Another way to back up or carry around your documents is to buy a flash drive (also called a pen, key, thumb or jump drive). You can plug them into the USB slot on this laptop or an iMac, and even use them on CCSF's Windows computers. Makes exchanging documents easy!
Vic Fascio: vfascio@ccsf.edu | Last updated: September 13, 2004