Upgrading.
Hello All, I'm a new subscriber, living in the Netherlands and using Mac's since '89 but never owned a laptop. To clarify my alias in my e-mail address, I'm also a fervent fly fisher and Invicta is a well-known wetfly. My present home-system is ADSL ethernet modem Vigor 2200E router and one Flatpanel 800 Mhz iMac, 1 GB SDRam, running OS X v. 10.3. My wife has an 400 Mhz SE iMac connected to the same router aswell as a spritly SE/30 with OS 7.5 and 128 MB, to play with. We decided to acquire an iSight to communicate with my son in Needham, USA who has a G 4 iBook, 14, 933 Mhz, 640 SO-DIMM also running OS X v. 10.3. As the 400 Mhz iMac is too slow for iSight I decided to give my Flatpanel iMac to my wife and get a 17 Powerbook for myself. To make the powerbook free from cables I intend to install an Airport base station without modem connected to one free portal of my router. The laptop can than be moved around in the house and in the garden aswell, weather permitting. Would this setup have your approval or have I forgotten some or more things? Thank you for your help, greetings, Andre. -- 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: G5 Laptops on the way???
Should be possible now... although in a different form factor of sorts. The largest battery shipped with an Apple Laptop since the Kanga G3 seems to actually be the Lombard/Pismo shipping with 4800mAh batteries (and you can get up to 6600mAh from 3rd party batteries), and recently the 17 Powerbooks with 5400mAh batteries. The G4 12/15 are at 4400mAh... so it is possible to get batteries that compare with the increased power usage, but they will cost a fair amount more, increasing the cost of a G5 Powerbook for the end user. On Jan 23, 2004, at 10:15 PM, Kochkodin wrote: VERRRY INTERESTING FYI... The Mac Channel IBM claims massive power cut for 90nm G5 Good news for AMD - but not Intel http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/39/35057.html The 970FX, meanwhile, consumes a mere 12.3W at 1.4GHz, paving the way for PowerBook G5s. That figure is comparable to the 7.5W a 1GHz consumption of the G4-class Motorola MPC7447 that drives the current PowerBook G4s. Regards, Mike K -- 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 --- -- 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: Ram upgrade enquiry on the Pismo
Geoff-- An excellent response. I recently followed other listers suggestions and did the upgrade to 2 - 512s and all went well (I currently have the Viking 256 on eBay) but I have another question. My Pismo was an upgraded Daystar version to G4/550 and I went back to them for the purchase since I had had good service before (as you say where you buy is important) and since this was new to me I wanted some assistance if needed. I do think I paid a little too much from them--OWC would probably have been better. The question-- they recommended that I buy pc133-- they said it would be a little faster??? Any comments about this. Interestingly they also recommended Viking or Edge, but when I got their sticks for a premium price--they had no indication of manufacturer. I think I was taken in--but the Pismo works great. John in Tucson On Jan 23, 2004, at 9:51 PM, Geoffrey Loeffler wrote: Howdy! I currently have 128mb of ram installed on my Pismo and it's suffering slightly with multiple applications running in OSX 10.2.8. According to the manual the max limit is 512mb but I've heard that some of you out there have increased this to 1Gb. If so, which chips did you use and did you have any problems arising as a result of this, and what were they? At 19:01 -0900 1/23/2004, Geoffrey Loeffler wrote: I have upgraded 3 pismos to 1gig and have had no problems Mine came from Data Systems Memory I do not work for these guys just had very positive purchase results. www.datamem.com TThe chip you need is the 512 meg, 144 pin PC 100 32x64 CL 2 SD RAM T The performance from adding 1- 512 with your 128 will be noticeable. The prices seem to be edging up a little, if you can swing 2- 512s I would go for it. There are other places for RAM OWC comes to mind, maybe small dog computer. These are stable folks who will stand behind the ram. You can also check Ramseeker.com to compare prices. Remember lower is not always better. I have read more problems related to poor ram cause problems with 10.2 and now 10.3 so while a stick of ram is a stick of ram, who you buy it from is important if you get a bad stick. If I upgraded to 512mb should I buy 2x256mb chips or 1x512mb? Does it make any difference performance wise?. Again if all you swing at this time is 1- 512 go that way, you will see a real difference and keep you 128 stick. If you put in 2X256, your throwing out your 128 stick so to upgrade to 1 GIG you will have to sell both 2X256 and the 128.Maxing it out will make it useful for longer period of time. Each new program seems to eat ram just because its there, they should be writing better programs instead of pigging out on ram.. I would put the max in I could afford. The amount of RAM you have is what you have, but you will be able to open more programs faster with more ram. With 2-512s your virtual memory will be turned off and the book will really zing. The next step would be to upgrade the hard drive to a bigger and faster speed.. The good news you could sell your old one or put it a fire wire box $50.00 bucks OWC and use it for backups Finally if anyone has some spare pc100 chips they no longer require please drop me a line! Wish I could help you Geoff -- 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: Upgrading.
My present home-system is ADSL ethernet modem Vigor 2200E router and one Flatpanel 800 Mhz iMac, 1 GB SDRam, running OS X v. 10.3. My wife has an 400 Mhz SE iMac connected to the same router aswell as a spritly SE/30 with OS 7.5 and 128 MB, to play with. We decided to acquire an iSight to communicate with my son in Needham, USA who has a G 4 iBook, 14, 933 Mhz, 640 SO-DIMM also running OS X v. 10.3. As the 400 Mhz iMac is too slow for iSight I decided to give my Flatpanel iMac to my wife and get a 17 Powerbook for myself. To make the powerbook free from cables I intend to install an Airport base station without modem connected to one free portal of my router. The laptop can than be moved around in the house and in the garden aswell, weather permitting. Would this setup have your approval or have I forgotten some or more things? That is exactly the set-up I use, only your machines are newer. My son, daughter, and I use G4-ed PM 7500s and a G3-ed Performa connected to the internet via DSLmodemrouter and just installed an airport (an older one, naturally ;-) ) to link my son's Pismo and my 1400 wirelessly to the proceedings. It should be a simple matter. Connect the Airport via ethernet to the router and (presuming you have an airport card installed in you PBook) follow the Airport Setup instructions. We had a bit of difficulty only because we had selected to connect via PPPoe to the router, and we needed to select via Ethernet as the PPPoe protocol is apparently taken care of by the router. Once it's set up, and unless Apple has somehow changed this, any laptop/wireless card combination that complies with 802.11b standards should be able to use it to connect. Best Regards, David Thrower __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free web site building tool. Try it! http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ps/sb/ -- 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 ---
Latest version of OSX for wallstreet/beige g3?
I own a wallstreet and beige g3 tower. I'd like to upgrade them to OSX. I recall reading that these two computers were only able to run early versions of OSX. What is the latest OSX version each of these computers can run? TIA -- 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 Canon digital Rebel
I am considering the purchase of the Canon digital Rebel or the 10D (and possibly the Canon i9100 printer). Anybody on the list using the camera or printer with either Panther or Jaguar? Is so what have been your experiences? It looks like Canon primarily supports Windows - not much mention of OS X. Thanks. -- 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: Panther and Canon digital Rebel
On Jan 24, 2004, at 2:39 PM, dreeder wrote: I am considering the purchase of the Canon digital Rebel or the 10D (and possibly the Canon i9100 printer). Anybody on the list using the camera or printer with either Panther or Jaguar? Is so what have been your experiences? It looks like Canon primarily supports Windows - not much mention of OS X. Thanks. If what passes for tech support from Canon is any indication, I'd stay away from their products. I have a Canon USB scanner. I had to jump through some web hoops before even being allowed to send them an email. I got a canned response that was not at all helpful (directing me to irrelevant tech documents). I was then allowed to send them an email, and got another canned response, advising me to do a couple of steps I'd already done. When I wrote back telling them that, I never heard from them again (except for a survey asking me what I thought of their tech support). I've repeatedly asked for further help, and not heard anything back. At this point, I'll have nothing to do with Canon again. Regards, Harry Corsover === Harry Corsover, Independent Business Owner CyberWize: The Home Business Solution Amazing Travel * Health * Tax Benefits http://www.hc.cyberwize.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] * 877-507-9562 === -- 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: Panther and Canon digital Rebel
I have used several Canon cameras including the Digital Rebel with my Mac computers including Panther. The camera comes with software for the Mac but really it is much easier to use a card reader and iPhoto or similar program. By the way the Digital Rebel is a great camera. I have the 18-55mm lens and 55-200mm lens. Ralph On Jan 24, 2004, at 4:39 PM, dreeder wrote: I am considering the purchase of the Canon digital Rebel or the 10D (and possibly the Canon i9100 printer). Anybody on the list using the camera or printer with either Panther or Jaguar? Is so what have been your experiences? It looks like Canon primarily supports Windows - not much mention of OS X. Thanks. -- 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 --- -- 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: Latest version of OSX for wallstreet/beige g3?
On 1/24/04 11:01 AM, Andrew [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I own a wallstreet and beige g3 tower. I'd like to upgrade them to OSX. I recall reading that these two computers were only able to run early versions of OSX. What is the latest OSX version each of these computers can run? TIA For the time being it's OSX 10.2 Jaguar. However, XPostFacto 3 alpha already has 10.3 Panther running on some Beige G3s and Wallstreets. -- 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: Ram upgrade enquiry on the Pismo
At 8:51 -0700 1/24/2004, John Collins wrote: The question-- they recommended that I buy pc133-- they said it would be a little faster??? Any comments about this. Interestingly they also recommended Viking or Edge, but when I got their sticks for a premium price--they had no indication of manufacturer. I think I was taken in--but the Pismo works great. On the PC 133 I am sticking my neck out here a bit because you have the G4 550 upgrade, but I do not think you will get a speed bump out of it. It may work in the Pismo just fine but I have never seen it posted or read that PC 133 will give you more horsepower in the stock Pismo then the PC100. jmo Viking and Edge or both named brands and the sticks I have seen the Viking sticker is on there. I have not come across and Edge brand stick. So they may have whacked you a bit on price and played a bit loose with the name. However, you did buy all these upgrades from them, so the real advantage is if anything goes wrong they can not come back and say your no name brand ram messed up the G4 upgrade. So if you paid a bit more, I think you bought yourself some insurance for that G 4 upgrade. If you can go to the link below and give a report of how things went with the G4 upgrade, it will help others make a choice. Post the PC 133 question, and put the ram situation in there too, you will get better answers then I can give and if indeed the ram was a bait and switch these reports will help stop this practice, if indeed it was a switcheroo on the ram. http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/ So John sit back and enjoy the pismo. Mine have been great, a litle problem with Apple Care on one but Apple is going to really have to work and come out with a speed demon to get my pismo away and buy a new one. I think it's there best lap top. Then who cares what I think Be well Geoff -- 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 ---
MPEG-4 on WallStreet with 4MB VRAM
Is there any software that would let me watch MPEG-4 movies or VCDs on a wallstreet without a DVD drive? Thanks. -- 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: Panther and Canon digital Rebel
On Jan 24, 2004, at 4:38 PM, Harry D. Corsover wrote: If what passes for tech support from Canon is any indication, I'd stay away from their products. I have a Canon USB scanner. I had to jump through some web hoops before even being allowed to send them an email. I got a canned response that was not at all helpful (directing me to irrelevant tech documents). I was then allowed to send them an email, and got another canned response, advising me to do a couple of steps I'd already done. When I wrote back telling them that, I never heard from them again (except for a survey asking me what I thought of their tech support). I've repeatedly asked for further help, and not heard anything back. At this point, I'll have nothing to do with Canon again. My newspaper ordered a 50mm lens for our D10 and three weeks later the thing fell apart. Sent it back to Canon and they rejected to fix it. Reasons they listed: 1. Cost to fix would be more than the value of the lens. 2. They suspected abuse of equipment. I was there when it fell apart. The photographer just put the thing on the camera body, gave it the twist to lock it, and it fell in about three pieces. Me and photog had and have a good relationship; asked him if it had been dropped and told him I readlly didn't give a shoot one way or another; he said no, and I had good reason to believe him. So yeah, I'm ticked at Canon, too. -- 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 ---
iPod off my Pismo
I am looking at the new mini iPods, they require 6 pin fire wire or USB 2. My Pismo has a 4 wire firewire fire wire and USB 1. So does this put me out of the market for the new mini iPods ? Thanks Geoff To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public. --Theodore Roosevelt -- 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 ---
