On Wednesday, December 18, 2002, at 12:19 PM, Amber Rhea wrote: > On Wednesday, December 18, 2002, at 11:18 AM, (G-Books) wrote: > >> Compare this to Mac OS (9 or X) where you plug in a USB or FireWire >> drive and (*GASP*) it just works! > > I have to add to this discussion, too. A few weeks ago I was using an > Olympus digital camera borrowed from my department at the university. > After I was done taking pictures I came back to download them to a > computer. Now, the department has IBM Thinkpads and Dell Inspirions. > (No Macs! And this is the "New Media Institute!") <snip bad Windoze experience> > Fortunately, I had my iBook with > me. I took it out, plugged in the camera, which immediately showed up > as a drive on the desktop, then opened iPhoto and imported the > pictures. Simple as that. Took less than a minute. I could've spent > another 15-30 minutes (at least!) futzing with that IBM trying to get > it to work, but hey, I don't have time for that kind of crap. (I felt > like the Switcher commercial about the girl who saved Christmas.) :)
I hate to say it, but I had a nightmarish experience trying to use my Olympus C-3030Z on my Dad's 8500 (OS 9.1) when my Pismo died. The Olympus, like Amber's, just *worked* under OS X. It has a Belkin USB card that I put in, but never installed the software for (it was cheap and I was ordering one for a Beige G3 that *needed* it.) Installing the USB support wasn't bad and took about 15-20 between downloading, installing and rebooting. I then realized had lost my Olympus CDs and proceeded to check the Olympus site for software. I found no love with them, under their Mac section, all they have to say something to the effect that the camera just works with OS X. So, I tore the desk apart until I found the CD. I installed the Olympus Camedia software that I needed and plugged the camera in. Nothing. Tried to force Camedia to see the camera. Nothing. ASP said something like "OlympusC3030Zblahblah" for the USB card, so the Mac knew it was there and knew what it was. Then it dawned on me that the iMac at home has OS X. Kicking myself for wasting 3 hours with the 8500, I went home, plugged the camera into the iMac and it worked. I love OS X :-) GmG -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
