10 Powerbook Upgrades To Get Extra Years From Your Powerbook

As your PowerBook begins to show signs of aging, rather than shelling out over a thousand dollars for a new laptop, a more financially viable choice would be to simply upgrade some of the components of your current laptop.

Here are ten PowerBook upgrades that can extend the life of your PowerBook as well as improve the overall performance of your machine.

1. Hard Drive Upgrade
Upgrading the hard drive of your PowerBook can offer more storage space for your files as well as introduce a speed boost to your computing experience.

2. Display
Whether your laptop's screen is broken or merely at the end of its run, upgrading a PowerBook's display will make those colors pop like they did when you first bought your computer.

3. RAM
Upgrading the quality or amount of RAM in your machine is possibly one of the most beneficial upgrades you can give your machine in terms of performance.

4. SuperDrive
A fully-functioning optical drive almost always comes in handy one time or another.

5. Case
If you're afraid that your laptop does not look as good as it used to, some repair shops offer an upgrade or replacement of a PowerBook's casing.

6. Diagnostic
Sometimes before upgrading a PowerBook, the best idea is just to send it in to see what needs to be upgraded. No sense wasting money on a part that's working fine.

7. AirPort/Wireless Card
There are both external and internal wireless card replacements, and some can offer enhanced internetperformance.

8. Battery
As most people have found out, batteries don't last forever. Replacing an old battery can stretch out the amount of time you can use the laptop unplugged.

9. Power Adapter
It is always a good idea to have a nice, fresh power adapter lying around.

10. Operating system
If you are still running Tiger or an older version of OS X, an option is possibly upgrading to Leopard. It should not tax your system too harshly, but it offers a nice array of new features (Snow Leopard might be too harsh for some older models).

Illume Solutions is a certified Apple technician and can offer many of these PowerBook upgrades at a reasonable and competitive rate.

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