After experiencing some issues with sound output on SUSE Linux and my work station I started to wonder when was the last time I had some problematic issue with my home computer, 12" Powerbook with OS X 10.4 Tiger. I have had this small laptop since March 2005 so it is already a little bit outdated. It has only 1.5 GHz G4 processor and 768Mb RAM memory.

Recently I received a brand new battery through exchange program so it is hard to say about battery related things but I get over four hours while surfing, chatting and listening podcasts over WLAN. I have had no data loss and I haven't reinstalled operating system. Updating software has been trouble free through Software Update. Also other non-Apple programs have behaved well without strange crashes or such.

I don't have any special carrying carrying case for this laptop but I have a Tucano Second Skin which protects it from scratches in my back bag. The aluminum case is anyways pretty durable and does not show signs of wear easily. But the metal surface is also a source of annoyance. When computer is plugged to ungrounded socket it leaks some electricity to the surface. Even though it is not strong or lethal but it gives tickling sensation if one happens to touch ground while touching laptop's metal skin at the same time.