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The iBook Can't Replace the Hard Drive Blues, John Hatchett, Recycled Computing
The iBook Can't Replace the Hard Drive Blues, John Hatchett, Recycled Computing
Replacing the hard drive in a Pismo PowerBook or polycarbonate MacBook is easy. But those iBooks are another thing entirely.
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