Re: Applecare in Florida

2004-04-20 Thread Nikon's World
On Tuesday, April 20, 2004, at 11:04 AM, Wayne wrote: I want to purchase Applecare for my 700 mhz Ibook. It is my understanding you have up to 1 year from purchase to get this, am I correct? Do you have to go back to the original seller (in this case, Powermax, new factory sealed unit). I

Re: WMV

2004-04-19 Thread Nikon's World
On Monday, April 19, 2004, at 03:32 PM, Tom Ethen wrote: I have some family movies that were made on a PC in WMV and I was wondering if there is some way I can play them on my Mac? Tom Get Mplayer it plays everything. http://download.com.com/3120-20-0.html?qt=mplayertg=dl-

Re: Panther, Groovy, iChat AV

2004-04-03 Thread Nikon's World
On Saturday, April 3, 2004, at 02:08 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yup, finally installed Panther on both the G-4 powerbook and the Pismo. Flawless, swift, excellent. For iChat AV to work, does it require certain hardware? On the Pismo, it said I didn't have the right gear. I need more than

Re: 802.11g base units besides AirPort?

2004-03-29 Thread Nikon's World
On Monday, March 29, 2004, at 09:02 AM, Timothy J. Luoma wrote: I plan to get an AirPort+Modem for my home, but for my office I'd like to get a less expensive option that will let me wander the office and outside area. Ideally it would be something that would work equally well with a 15 PB

Re: newbie laptop questions

2004-03-27 Thread Nikon's World
On Friday, March 26, 2004, at 10:12 AM, Rad Craig wrote: I just got my first mac laptop (wallstreet) and I have some questions. 1. It had OS X 10.2.6 on it when i got it and I want to upgrade to the latest version. I did software update, but 10.2.8 is the highest it seems to go, which is on

Re: Which book to buy?

2004-01-01 Thread Nikon's World
On Wednesday, December 31, 2003, at 10:51 PM, Pauline Turtle-Bear Guillermo wrote: Take a look here at a comparison chart (scroll down page): http://www.backupbrain.com/2003_10_19_archive.html Turtle-Bear On Tuesday, December 30, 2003, at 08:34 PM, btripp wrote: Hi guys, I need an

Re: TiBook vs. AlBook ??

2003-12-27 Thread Nikon's World
Ti Books always have and always will have terrible wireless reception. The poor reception has to do with the books titanium shell. The only way to get decent reception is to use a wireless card that plugs into the computers PC Card/ CardBus slot and has an external antennae. The only other way

Re: G5 Laptops [was] Pismo improvement

2003-12-08 Thread Nikon's World
On Monday, December 8, 2003, at 07:26 AM, Charles wrote: On Saturday, December 6, 2003, at 10:33 PM, Stewart Ebneter wrote: I read somewhere that g5's will never be used in powerbooks, because they are just too hot for such. this is why they went to so much trouble with the cooling system

Re: Do Wallstreet batteries last longer than a year?

2003-11-09 Thread NIKON'S WORLD
I infrequently use the battery, like once every 2 months, but it can't hold a charge. I hate forking out $150 every year for the battery. I'm I missing something, or do they normally last this short? Laptop batteries are supposed to be used so if your not going to use battery power for months

Re: 10.2.8

2003-10-03 Thread NIKON'S WORLD
On Friday, October 3, 2003, at 09:40 PM, Stuart Saunders wrote: Could those brave folks who want to try to update with it please check their battery life before and after upgrading. I am concerned about reports of greatly reduce battery life after upgrading to 10.2.8. Would be grateful for

Re: bridging/extending airport networks

2003-07-26 Thread NIKON'S WORLD
On Saturday, July 26, 2003, at 01:49 AM, Hal wrote: Anyone know a good/easy way to extend airport networks (not extreme) by using base stations as repeaters? I've heard that this is a standard feature in airport extreme, but I have the older model. I'm trying to extend my coverage to my whole

Re: disappointing tiBook wireless

2003-07-23 Thread NIKON'S WORLD
It seems that you have several options to improve your wireless situation. You can get a new laptop, you can buy a third party wifi card with an external antenna, or you can get a wifi bridge which should greatly extend your range. 700mhz i-Book running Jaguar Macs for life!

Re: Wireless card advice for my Wallstreet2 (SBC local phoneservice)

2003-07-21 Thread NIKON'S WORLD
On Monday, July 21, 2003, at 01:21 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've just subscribed to the SBC DSL...29.00/mo for a year. I ordered the wireless set up, and have a Sharp laptop with an 802.11b card built in, but prefer using my vintage 1998 Powerbook around the house for most use. Should I

Re: G4 550 vs newer iBook/ Currency Exchange Rates

2003-07-05 Thread NIKON'S WORLD
On Saturday, July 5, 2003, at 12:24 AM, K. wrote: the current bank exchange rate is 1 Euro = $1.15 USD so add about 18% to it for service chargesif they want E 600 it will cost roughly $708 in US dolars...if not more... Regards, Mike K Ryan Coleman wrote: That's only if it is in pristine

Re: Webcam and NetMeeting ?

2003-06-21 Thread NIKON'S WORLD
On Saturday, June 21, 2003, at 01:33 AM, Vincèn Pujol wrote: Hi everyone, I'm a recent switcher (two months) with a powerbook G4 17 and I have two questions.Is it possible to use Creative Labs Webcam (USB model) as I found none Mac driver !! Also is there an equivalent or compatible