> So, I'm guessing you use WINDOWS? Most of us on this list use Macs.
AHH! Busted!
I must confess that I have a few PC's (Thinkpad 560x (solid state), D**L desktop, HP200Lx Dos 5.0 Palmtop) in addition to the Apple machines (Lombard 400, several 5** blackbirds (one with the expansion bay PC card reader) and a Plus( actually a 512 hopped up with the "fat MAC" upgrade and 4Mb RAM).
I've been using the 560 lately because my daughter has pretty much taken over the Lombard which suits me fine since I don't have to worry about must virri out there.
It's also nice using the 560 since it's totally silent (no hard drive).
>All modern computers have a MAC.
Not sure what this means?
>You may be veryfond of PC card slots but since Mac notebooks >are full featured we find we don't need them.
I don't consider a portable without a card slot to be "full featured".
For that matter I don't consider a desktop computer without PCMCIA to be "full featured" either. But that's my problem.
Mostly I use the cards to transfer megabytes between the MACs and the PCs. Perhaps someone has a better way to do this?
I don't think you could use a USB/Firewire drive since the FAT systems are different. Memory keys are an option but seem to cost more per MB and don't fit in my pocket as well. You could burn a CD but that costs money and adds more polycarbonate (?) to the biosphere.
Could a firewire mode PB in target mode be mounted as an external drive on a M$ system? Somehow I don't want to think about that option.
>If she isn't sure and she's been using a Mac for some years, she >probably is still using 8 or 9. For the last year or so most new Macs >haven't been OS 9 bootable, but most of the G3 dual USB iBooks (the >white ones) have booted into OS 9.
I think my dear sister could be using Panther and might not be aware of which OS she was using. The classic individual "user" who just wants the thing to work.
I'm inclined to limit my search to computers which can run OS 9 or OS X.
I'll start her out in OS 9 (since I have it and am familiar with it) but I want something that could handle X in the future.
>Owners of the clamshell iBooks also tend to be quite happy with their >machines.
I'll look at these, are they listed as "Clamshell" or is it "G3 iBook USB alpha"? I have a hard enough time remembering whether my Mom has a WS I or II and never paid much attention to the iBook name conventions.
>As to venders...Smalldog gets a big thumbs up from me.
I'll certainly check them out (I think they sponsor some mailing lists).
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