> ---------- > From: letsplay > Reply To: PowerBooks > Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 11:24 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Unusual Topic: 3400 subbing for IBM laptop > > A friend is about to graduate law school (an exception to lawyer jokes) > and her IBM laptop is about to die. The top right corner of the screen > is no longer visible. It's out of warranty so there's no chance of a > loaner while in for repair. > > 3400 to the rescue! > There's a step up from the StinkPad! ;)
> I'm going to loan my 3400 to her. We're hoping her ethernet card will > work in the 3400 as she connects for downloads while in class. > Hard to say. If she's using an IBM Ethernet card I doubt it. > She has > MS Office on a Windows CD and we have no idea if it will work on the > 3400. She's more than two hours away so it's not easy to just drop over > and make a test. > > Does anyone know, for sure, if the 3400 will read the MS Office CD? > Anyone ever try it before? > It will read it but it won't do you any good as the software is for Windows, not Mac. She'd need to get a Mac version of Office. ------------------------------------------------ Tom Roth * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * tel 336.716.4493 Wake Forest University School of Medicine Dept of Biomedical Communications Medical Center Blvd * Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1011 http://www.wfubmc.edu/biomed/ -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at <http://roadtools.com>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml> 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/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
