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More likely that it was an original clear case prototype. I'm pretty sure it's a known thing that Apple still has one of those that they keep on display...somewhere?

I hope they've pulled the PRAM battery from that....

I’d be a bit worried with those that there would be too much flexing there and that it could damage the new parts or worse, cause the bezel to stress crack. I just feel like there’s a reason the originals were rubber. How do they feel to you?

I *think* so. The 150’s is different too though, but you didn’t mention that one.

Shame indeed. Luckily the 100 series laptops don't usually stress crack on the display housing itself, only the mounts. Probably because they used thicker plastic.

Yes, here: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4391026 Installing the BlueSCSI will cause the cage mounts to break for sure, some of them at least. They’re likely already broken though, they do so in their own. As long as some are still intact, you can leave it be. But you can also fix them, and...

The 170 needs the hinge mounts replaced for sure, they all do. That’s a proven fix though.

With 90s laptops, there isn't a brand out there who didn't build a bad hinge/hinge mounting design. TiBook in particular is because they just glued the hinge to the housing display-side. So yeah, that breaks! I think they also do snap in other places though too.

Can you post hi-res photos of your board? Sounds to me like you may indeed have something broken somewhere. Using a system with old caps installed (if any) can accelerate corrosion. It's certainly possible for an ultrasonic cleaner to break already weakened connections.

Congratulations: You officially win the award for the worst cracked 1400 display housing! That is truly remarkable. You have a few options here. The 1400's hinge failures are twofold: 1. As ClassicHasClass described, the hinge mounts can break. This sort of failure can and does happen to...

Would I have to take it apart to get to the log? Will try to do that tomorrow.

Title. It’s in a PowerBook 170, System 7.1 and I can’t see any way to make it not spin down the drive in that version. Is there any fix for this? I can’t play Tetris properly, or leave it for more than a couple minutes or it locks up. Otherwise, I’m happy with the device. Have seen this brought...

+1 on cars without buttons. The UIs are usually laggy and just not great to use in general, especially while driving I'd imagine. Glad our car doesn't have any of that.

It shouldn't be that difficult to test the slider I'd imagine. If you attach a probe to each connector point and measure what I'd assume would be resistance off it. If sliding it results in a steady change, you should be good there. I do have a 145, so I can verify that we get the same readings...

No idea then. Try spraying deoxit into the contrast slider? Check for loose solder joints on the inverter?

What caps did you use on the screen? Ceramics have the potential to lead to this behavior on certain panels.

How about the fact that the settings app and control panel are STILL two different apps, 11 years on from what the settings app first was released. And the old control panel is still needed to complete certain tasks, like to manage network devices and partition a disk.

This is just one reason, I have many for why I like this stuff, but: Not really extremely vintage or anything, but stuff just looked nicer back then, in general. Nowadays we have thin and boring laptops, smartphones, and flat bland UI. I want to know whatever happened to UI like Windows Aero...

I don’t get the toxicity here? I’m sorry if I insulted you - that wasn’t my intention. I don’t doubt your experience, I was just offering my opinion based on my own experience to try to help out. Yours is welcome too.

It will vary a lot depending on the era and the make you’re looking at. For 90s computers, desktops are typically far more reliable. But for that early 2000s capacitor plague period, getting a laptop avoids that ever being an issue. I definitely wouldn’t call their reliability the same, when...