Hard drive recommendations?
The HD in my recently acquired Icebook just died, and I need to get a replacement. I would like to get a 30-40 gig drive. What brands or particular drives would you recommend? I have not needed to buy a new drive in a while, so I don't really have any idea what to be looking for. I have noticed that most of the junk drives I have laying around are Western Digital, but these are older desktop drives. I've noticed that the IBM Travelstar drives are mentioned here quite often. Are they a good choice? How about drive speed? Where is a good place to get one at a decent price? (other than eBay) Thanks! John I'm out of my mind right now, but feel free to leave a message. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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 ---
How do I get rid of the blinking question mark?
I'm hoping one of you Powerbook gurus might be able to help me get my Powerbook to boot up. I recently purchased a PowerBook G3 on eBay (Lombard/G3/333/OS9.0/192Mb/4Gb/) It arrived on Christmas eve (perfect!) The 9.0 system installed on it booted ok, but was very s - l - o - w ! Years ago I had a Mac Powerbook 160, so I used a SCSI cable I still had (with the square 30-pin connector) and connected the Powerbook in slave mode to my PowerMac 7300, and installed Mac OS 8.5 from a CD-ROM disc, using the 7300's CD-ROM drive. Everything seemed to install successfully -- I intended to then update the system to 8.6, using the PowerBook itself to do the updating. But unfortunately, ever since then, when I try to re-boot, I get the blinking question mark; apparently, it cannot find the 8.5 installed system. I now regret that when I had it in slave mode, I didn't switch the startup disk to the PowerBook itself and iron out any difficulties from my PowerMac 7300, because I have also been unable to to connect the PowerBook in slave mode again. That SCSI cable I used the first time is quite tricky to get its square end connected to the Powerbook -- true enough, but something else now seems to prevent the slave mode connecting, and I don't know what it is. I've zapped the PRAM, held down the C key to try to get it to start up with my 8.5 system disc, but nothing seems to qork. I wonder if perhaps the original CD that came with this Powerbook might work -- but then again, the CD player doesn't boot the Mac OS 8.5 dis either, so would any other CD-ROM disk be any different? I wonder if somewhere inside this Powerbook is a cuda button, similar to the PowerMacs. Despite being an experienced 20-year Mac user, I'm so far unable to get my Christmas present to boot up. Any helpful suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance. Greenfield Bowie -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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 ---
Re: Hard drive recommendations?
At 3:10 AM -0500 27/12/03, John Acuff wrote: The HD in my recently acquired Icebook just died, and I need to get a replacement. I would like to get a 30-40 gig drive. What brands or particular drives would you recommend? I have not needed to buy a new drive in a while, so I don't really have any idea what to be looking for. I have noticed that most of the junk drives I have laying around are Western Digital, but these are older desktop drives. I've noticed that the IBM Travelstar drives are mentioned here quite often. Are they a good choice? I put an IBM Travelstar (32 Gig) in my WallStreet a few years ago and it was nice. Very quiet, which was one of my main requirements. After the WallStreet's PMU board packed it in and I already had a Ti I put the TravelStar in an external FireWire case and I now use it as a backup drive for the Ti. It's still working well. I'd buy another one without hesitation. - web -- Adding manpower to a late software project makes it later. - Brooks' Law -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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 ---
Re: How do I get rid of the blinking question mark?
Greenfield, As to your CD drive, you need OS 8.6 at a minimum (the one delivered with the 'bronze' PowerBooks), which could explain your failure to boot from the 8.5 CD. You really need to find a generic (retail) OS-install CD, as the system from your 7300 will be missing pieces your PowerBook needs to operate correctly, and may explain the slow performance and question-mark on booting you're experiencing. As to the CUDA switch, on the PowerBook, you instead reset the Power Manager circuitry, by pressing the reset button on the back of the unit (small button under the IO door). Wait five seconds and press the Power key. If using the correct system CD doesn't fix your problems, then your HD may also be either marginal or deceased. Once you've got the appropriate CD, you can attempt to wipe the HD and reinstall a new system. Worst case scenario would have you replacing the drive - a simple procedure on a Lombard, but maybe you can get a partial refund of your purchase price if this is the case. Good luck, let us know how you fare with this. Rick I'm hoping one of you Powerbook gurus might be able to help me get my Powerbook to boot up. I recently purchased a PowerBook G3 on eBay (Lombard/G3/333/OS9.0/192Mb/4Gb/) It arrived on Christmas eve (perfect!) The 9.0 system installed on it booted ok, but was very s - l - o - w ! Years ago I had a Mac Powerbook 160, so I used a SCSI cable I still had (with the square 30-pin connector) and connected the Powerbook in slave mode to my PowerMac 7300, and installed Mac OS 8.5 from a CD-ROM disc, using the 7300's CD-ROM drive. Everything seemed to install successfully -- I intended to then update the system to 8.6, using the PowerBook itself to do the updating. But unfortunately, ever since then, when I try to re-boot, I get the blinking question mark; apparently, it cannot find the 8.5 installed system. I now regret that when I had it in slave mode, I didn't switch the startup disk to the PowerBook itself and iron out any difficulties from my PowerMac 7300, because I have also been unable to to connect the PowerBook in slave mode again. That SCSI cable I used the first time is quite tricky to get its square end connected to the Powerbook -- true enough, but something else now seems to prevent the slave mode connecting, and I don't know what it is. I've zapped the PRAM, held down the C key to try to get it to start up with my 8.5 system disc, but nothing seems to qork. I wonder if perhaps the original CD that came with this Powerbook might work -- but then again, the CD player doesn't boot the Mac OS 8.5 dis either, so would any other CD-ROM disk be any different? I wonder if somewhere inside this Powerbook is a cuda button, similar to the PowerMacs. Despite being an experienced 20-year Mac user, I'm so far unable to get my Christmas present to boot up. Any helpful suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance. Greenfield Bowie -- Rick Smykla [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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 ---
Re: TiBook vs. AlBook ??
On Dec 26, 2003, at 12:45 PM, G'kar wrote: On 12/26/03 3:13 PM, Paul Nicholson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't have an AlBook, but I do have a tiBook, and it's WiFi is miserable. It would barely do 25 feet straight line of site with no obstructions between my kitchen table and dining room table. Forget going an even shorter distance through a sheet rock wall. tiBook WiFi is lame. There's no question that the tiBook WiFi reception doesn't compare to the iBook's but your reception is so extreme that I can only imagine that something very strange is going on with your computer, the base station, or your home. With a DLink 802.11b router on the kitchen table, I was able to communicate to my tiBook on the dining room table. However the speed was slower than my DSL connection and it was sensitive to both the computer and router orientation. Yes, if I turned the router just so and typed into a tiBook at a bizarre angle. It probably would have worked at the dining room table. However, I also wanted it to work at a desk in the office and a desk in the bedroom. I expect wireless performance that would allow me to use by tiBook at full DSL speed from any room in my house. The tiBook won't do that. I have a two story (and basement) home. My base station is in the hall closet putting it roughly in the center of the house vertically and horizontally. It is a first generation airport with no external antenna. Several of my friends own tiBooks and none have trouble with reception on the first floor or outside on the patio. That's anywhere from 30 to 60 feet from the base station. They don't get the same strength of signal as my iBook or new alBook but they can print and surf. They do have varying success connecting when we are in my basement office. Can you use your alBook or IBook in the basement office? When you are elsewhere does your tiBook have similar lousy reception? Never tried it elsewhere. Have you checked that the card is seated properly? Yes, it is seated. I also checked the antenna connections. Have you had it back to Apple? It's out of warranty, and besides they don't fix design engineering problems, just component defects. To fix it right would require a redesign of the frame, ti cladding, and antennas. What about the basestation? It was a DLink, a rather nice product. Do you have any wifi visitors who have similar lousy reception? No, I took the DLink back to BestBuy while I still could and strung more 100 base-T wiring. Perhaps it isn't placed well. Router orientation did make a difference, but not enough to make it acceptable. Have you tried changing the channel it uses? It was equally bad on all channels. Paul -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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 ---
Re: Does Panther Really Bite?
On Dec 23, 2003, at 8:34 PM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: Then, do a clean install, or, at a minimum, an archive and install. I always did a clean install and it always worked fine for me. I highly recommend doing archive and install. My tiBook went from 10.1 to 10.3 with just upgrades. Along the way it picked up some nasty habits. A process would persistently access the disk, causing a repetitive seek pattern to repeat every minute or so. I did a port scan from another computer and found some strange port numbers open. Occasionally the mouse/ text selection driver would hiccup and the computer would not recognize a left click from the USB mouse, and hang in a loop that could only be broken by sleep, or clicking the trackpad button. I did and archive in install, and manually moved documents from my previous user folder into the new one. The gremlins seem to have left. Paul -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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 ---
Re: TiBook vs. AlBook ??
On 12/27/03 1:20 PM, Paul Nicholson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Dec 26, 2003, at 12:45 PM, G'kar wrote: On 12/26/03 3:13 PM, Paul Nicholson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't have an AlBook, but I do have a tiBook, and it's WiFi is miserable. It would barely do 25 feet straight line of site with no obstructions between my kitchen table and dining room table. Forget going an even shorter distance through a sheet rock wall. tiBook WiFi is lame. There's no question that the tiBook WiFi reception doesn't compare to the iBook's but your reception is so extreme that I can only imagine that something very strange is going on with your computer, the base station, or your home. With a DLink 802.11b router on the kitchen table, I was able to communicate to my tiBook on the dining room table. However the speed was slower than my DSL connection and it was sensitive to both the computer and router orientation. Yes, if I turned the router just so and typed into a tiBook at a bizarre angle. It probably would have worked at the dining room table. However, I also wanted it to work at a desk in the office and a desk in the bedroom. I expect wireless performance that would allow me to use by tiBook at full DSL speed from any room in my house. The tiBook won't do that. I have a two story (and basement) home. My base station is in the hall closet putting it roughly in the center of the house vertically and horizontally. It is a first generation airport with no external antenna. Several of my friends own tiBooks and none have trouble with reception on the first floor or outside on the patio. That's anywhere from 30 to 60 feet from the base station. They don't get the same strength of signal as my iBook or new alBook but they can print and surf. They do have varying success connecting when we are in my basement office. Can you use your alBook or IBook in the basement office? Yes - sorry that wasn't obvious. My iBooks and the alBook get a full connection (all the bars lit up). When I go outside I can go anywhere in the yard with the iBook and get 2 of 4 bars in the extreme corners. With the alBook I get a wavering 1-2 bars in the corners. I can go to either neighbor's house and get 2 bars with the alBook but with the iBook 3 bars. When you are elsewhere does your tiBook have similar lousy reception? Never tried it elsewhere. Have you checked that the card is seated properly? Yes, it is seated. I also checked the antenna connections. Have you had it back to Apple? It's out of warranty, and besides they don't fix design engineering problems, just component defects. To fix it right would require a redesign of the frame, ti cladding, and antennas. But you are assuming that your reception is normal - my experience tells me otherwise and that's why I bothered to describe my setup and the reception other TiBook users got there. What about the basestation? It was a DLink, a rather nice product. Do you have any wifi visitors who have similar lousy reception? No, I took the DLink back to BestBuy while I still could and strung more 100 base-T wiring. So you tested with one base station and assumed your poor reception was the norm? I agree, the TiBook reception doesn't match that of the iBook but your description is abnormal from my experience. === The terrible thing about terrorism is that ultimately it destroys those who practise it. Slowly but surely, as they try to extinguish life in others, the light within them dies. Terry Waite -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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 ---
ASF was: Re: SO SORRY!!
On 12/26/03 12:24 PM, Krevnik [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't think it is a problem, however, I don't think there is much of an answer other than to return the camera if possible. ASF is so horribly neglected by the PC community that created it, that the chance of stumbling over some Mac software to convert it is lower than getting struck by lightning in the next week. This is puzzling, because many companies, including Gateway, just released their own tapeless camcorders, most output the videos in ASF format. Is ASF coming back from the grave? But even so I searched the internet for a while and only found one application (for windoze :( that could convert the ASF files. I tried it, and it worked, but it produces a watermark on the converted .AVI files unless purchased for $24.99 (double-bummer). This is my only option unless someone in the programming community makes an ASF converter for Mac when Microsoft comes out with Windows Media Player 9 for Mac OS X. -- Andrew A Mac Freak -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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 ---
Wi-Fi Reception problems
I am one of those original Ti-book owners with lousy wi-fi range, but almost all my problems were solved with proper placement of the base station. I did what I saw in the store: hung the base station on the ceiling dead center in the house. That allows reception in every corner of the place, even on this weak receiver. My wife can dance down the street with her old blueberry i-book, of course and leave me in the dust -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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 ---
Re: ASF was: Re: SO SORRY!!
WMP 6 for MacOS could play ASF files, WMP7 and later on the Mac cannot. People might be migrating to it because of the fact that MS ditched it and didn't renew the patent or something to that effect? I don't know for sure, since I haven't looked extensively into it. Unless the camera has a firewire port and can interface with iMovie... I wouldn't go with it personally, because I can take a Firewire DV camera to nearly any machine without problems with software. ASF is riddled with incompatibilities with various technologies, since it was originally an MS-only development. On Dec 27, 2003, at 11:39 AM, Andrew, a Mac Freak wrote: On 12/26/03 12:24 PM, Krevnik [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't think it is a problem, however, I don't think there is much of an answer other than to return the camera if possible. ASF is so horribly neglected by the PC community that created it, that the chance of stumbling over some Mac software to convert it is lower than getting struck by lightning in the next week. This is puzzling, because many companies, including Gateway, just released their own tapeless camcorders, most output the videos in ASF format. Is ASF coming back from the grave? But even so I searched the internet for a while and only found one application (for windoze :( that could convert the ASF files. I tried it, and it worked, but it produces a watermark on the converted .AVI files unless purchased for $24.99 (double-bummer). This is my only option unless someone in the programming community makes an ASF converter for Mac when Microsoft comes out with Windows Media Player 9 for Mac OS X. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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 ---
Re: How do I get rid of the blinking question mark?
At 8:20 AM -0600 12/27/03, Greenfield Bowie wrote: I'm hoping one of you Powerbook gurus might be able to help me get my Powerbook to boot up. I recently purchased a PowerBook G3 on eBay (Lombard/G3/333/OS9.0/192Mb/4Gb/) It arrived on Christmas eve (perfect!) The 9.0 system installed on it booted ok, but was very s - l - o - w ! Years ago I had a Mac Powerbook 160, so I used a SCSI cable I still had (with the square 30-pin connector) and connected the Powerbook in slave mode to my PowerMac 7300, and installed Mac OS 8.5 from a CD-ROM disc, using the 7300's CD-ROM drive. Everything seemed to install successfully -- I intended to then update the system to 8.6, using the PowerBook itself to do the updating. But unfortunately, ever since then, when I try to re-boot, I get the blinking question mark; apparently, it cannot find the 8.5 installed system. I'd go looking for a CD-ROM module for the Lombard and do it that way. You were installing a system for the 7300 in the Lombard, using SCSI Disk mode. Paul Nelson -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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 ---
Re: TiBook vs. AlBook ??
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 to improve the reception is to remove the titanium shell and cover it with something else. 700MHz iBook running 10.2.8 Macs for life! http://homepage.mac.com/nikon80x/Menu2.html -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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 ---
Re: TiBook vs. AlBook ??
I thought it was because the wire was wrapped around the base instead of the screen...:P on 12/27/03 6:06 PM, Nikon's World at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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 to improve the reception is to remove the titanium shell and cover it with something else. 700MHz iBook running 10.2.8 Macs for life! http://homepage.mac.com/nikon80x/Menu2.html -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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 ---
Re: TiBook vs. AlBook ??
On Dec 27, 2003, at 9:51 AM, James Rohde wrote: Should we also ask if Paul (or a near neighbor) uses a cordless phone in the home? Many use the same frequency range as 802.11b. That's one more reason I avoid cordless phones in my home - one less thing to have messing with WiFi. There were no clues of a temporaneous interruption such as that caused by neighbors on phones. My 100 base t works well! Paul -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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 ---
Re: TiBook vs. AlBook ??
On Dec 27, 2003, at 6:22 PM, Illovox Media wrote: I thought it was because the wire was wrapped around the base instead of the screen...:P on 12/27/03 6:06 PM, Nikon's World at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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 to improve the reception is to remove the titanium shell and cover it with something else. tiBooks have two slot antennas about 1.5 by 1/8 inches on each edge of the cast frame. Obviously, these two little slots don't provide enough radiating area for decent reception. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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 ---
Re: TiBook vs. AlBook ??
On Dec 27, 2003, at 11:17 AM, G'kar wrote: So you tested with one base station and assumed your poor reception was the norm? I agree, the TiBook reception doesn't match that of the iBook but your description is abnormal from my experience. There's plenty of stories like mine. Maybe I did have a sub optimal base station and/or maybe I do have sub average tiBook. The tiBook's out of warranty and I'm not throwing good money after bad to maybe get a few more feet out of the wireless reception. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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 ---
Re: TiBook vs. AlBook ??
On Dec 27, 2003, at 6:06 PM, Nikon's World wrote: 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 to improve the reception is to remove the titanium shell and cover it with something else. Or you can run a coax cable from the WiFi card out to an external antennae. You can route the cable non destructively out through the PCMCIA slot, or destructively through one of the existing slot antenna openings. The you have to fasten the antenna to the display so it won't flop around, and remove it when you pack the computer. I see the tiBook wireless reception an example of round mouse syndrome at Apple. The powers thought that a round mouse would be way cool, forgetting that the hand on round mouse does not know which way the mouse is oriented. Someone at Apple thought the idea of an all metal PowerBook case was so cool that one of the primary advantages, wireless connectivity, was sacrificed. I'd rather have bit of plastic in my tiBook case with a decent WiFi antenna behind it. And I'd rather have a mouse that my hand knows which way it's oriented without having to finger for the connection cord. We expect great things from Apple and they usually deliver, but when they miss they really miss. Paul -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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 ---
Re: Hard drive recommendations?
The IBM's are quiet. Highly recommended! I put one in my WallStreet and my tiBook came with one. IBM has since sold the disk division to Hitachi, but I believe they still make the Travelstar. On Dec 27, 2003, at 6:49 AM, Bill Briggs wrote: At 3:10 AM -0500 27/12/03, John Acuff wrote: The HD in my recently acquired Icebook just died, and I need to get a replacement. I would like to get a 30-40 gig drive. What brands or particular drives would you recommend? I have not needed to buy a new drive in a while, so I don't really have any idea what to be looking for. I have noticed that most of the junk drives I have laying around are Western Digital, but these are older desktop drives. I've noticed that the IBM Travelstar drives are mentioned here quite often. Are they a good choice? I put an IBM Travelstar (32 Gig) in my WallStreet a few years ago and it was nice. Very quiet, which was one of my main requirements. After the WallStreet's PMU board packed it in and I already had a Ti I put the TravelStar in an external FireWire case and I now use it as a backup drive for the Ti. It's still working well. I'd buy another one without hesitation. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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 ---
Panther and Norton
Hi Again, Thank you very much for taking the time to respond to my question about installing Panther. It is up and running well, as far as I can see so far. However, I have found that while DiskWarrior and Apple's Disk Utility are happy with the end result (with some post-installation repairs), Norton Utilities (including the December 22nd 8.01 update) does not seem to agree and seems to identify spurious errors. Two questions from this. What has been others' experience with Norton Utilities and Panther? Second, what would you recommend as an alternative to Norton's Speed Disk for defragmenting files with Panther? Thanks, John -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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 ---
