Re: java development on a PowerBook
on 08/06/04 20:53, Leon C. Webster at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am a java developer who is thinking of switching. I would like to hear reports from other developers who develop on a Powerbook rather than on Windows (I work for a windows-centric client), or on Linux (which I currently run on an aging ThinkPad). Specifically, *what tools do you use? Eclipse? Intellij? something else? How about J2EE frameworks and application servers (for development)? Does anyone use BBEdit? When do you think the JDK 1.5 vill be available for the Mac? What is the lag time between Windows Availability and and Mac availability for JDKs? Hi! I've been using Eclipse for Mac OS X sporadically and had a very good experience with it. That's on (a now) lowly PowerBook G3 500MHz. I was also able to install and run WebLogic Workshop and Server 8.1sp2 on my PowerBook. These were not too easy but I managed to configure and set them up correctly. JEdit has also a Mac OS X version that runs pretty well. Tomcat is already available on OS X and you can use Xcode to do development for it, although I've never done it myself. I'm sure that JDK 1.5 will be available quickly after the Windows release. Apple have a pretty good track so far to provide the latest version of the JDK. If you become an Apple Developer Connection member, you can often download and try pre-release versions of the upcoming JDKs. All and all, with its Unix-based roots and the suite of productivity software available, I think that Mac OS X is the best Java development platform! -Laurent. -- Laurent Daudelin AIM/iChat: LaurentDaudelinhttp://nemesys.dyndns.org Logiciels Nemesys Software mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] foo /foo/ 1. interj. Term of disgust. 2. [very common] Used very generally as a sample name for absolutely anything, esp. programs and files (esp. scratch files). 3. First on the standard list of metasyntactic variables used in syntax examples. See also bar, baz, qux, quux, corge, grault, garply, waldo, fred, plugh, xyzzy, thud. -- 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: iPhoto and Old Images ?
on 08/06/04 22:51, MacAddictvja at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I checked out Bruce's pictures at http://oscar.pharmacy.arizona.edu/Taos_trip/Taos_trip.html My question is -- Can I take my old images saved as old JPEGS, GIF, PICTS and use iPhoto to work with the images? I am still waiting for my new iBook G4 1Ghz 14 superdrive and need to do something with the thousands of family pictures. Yes, you can. -Laurent. -- Laurent Daudelin AIM/iChat: LaurentDaudelinhttp://nemesys.dyndns.org Logiciels Nemesys Software mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Brooks's Law prov.: Adding manpower to a late software project makes it later -- a result of the fact that the expected advantage from splitting development work among N programmers is O(N) (that is, proportional to N), but the complexity and communications cost associated with coordinating and then merging their work is O(N^2) (that is, proportional to the square of N). The quote is from Fred Brooks, a manager of IBM's OS/360 project and author of The Mythical Man-Month (Addison-Wesley, 1975, ISBN 0-201-00650-2), an excellent early book on software engineering. -- 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: Questions about Wallstreet II
The National Enquirer reports at 11:02 AM -0400 6/8/04, Kenneth Vann wrote: Hello all. I have just obtained a used Wallstreet II (PDQ). I am using OS 9.1. Dont want to go to OSX yet. Are their any alternet ccl files for the internal modem? I travel to a place that has bad phone lines, and I need to force the modem to connect at 33.6. I have a ccl for the iMac, and for a older supra v90 PCMCIA card that will force the respective modems to 33.6 Any suggestions? These will be some of the best you will find anywhere. Ross is a modem wizard. They are specifically configured for the Apple internal 56k modem. They should work with the internal 56k modem in any Mac (PowerBook G3 Series, BW G3, iMac, iBook, G4), as well as some Global Village modems (those which are V.90/K56Flex, not V.90/x2). And they're free. The only problem is that there is very little explanation for the various scripts. The best thing to do is to try them and see which one(s) give you the best results. http://www.taniwha.org.uk/files/RBScriptsFeb2001.hqx FWIW I would suggest investing in IPNetMonitor (the monitor is what you will want to watch) so you can see how your actual throughput is affected by the different modem scripts: http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/2226 Good Luck, Bob -- 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: Pismo Audio Echo
[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: X and 9 capable? 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 ---
iChat on Lombard
on 6/9/04 3:24 AM, G-Books at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Subject: FireWire for Lombard? From: Ely Zimmerman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Does anyone know: 1. if a video ichat via an iSight on a Lombard would work in terms of the processor speed? If it would be reasonable, then You have to use a hack, think it's called iChat AV USB. Otherwise iChat requires a G3 600 with built in Firewire. 2. can you recommend an inexpensive firewire card for the Lombard and where to get it? Ebay... Perhaps off topic but perhaps not: 3. Does anyone know if it is possible to do a video chat (perhaps with AOL) between a mac and a Dell laptop (with USB 2)/ If so what's needed? Yup, with iChat or with Yahoo Chat -- 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 ---
Value of tiBook
on 6/9/04 3:24 AM, G-Books at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Subject: Powerbook value? From: supershanefx [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In-Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] So whats the value of my 500mhz titanium? I have Panther and an external firewire CDRW drive. Oh and 768 ram, and 60gig 4800 hard disk, and airport card. Thanks, According to who? -- 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: OS 10.3.4
At 2:37 pm -0400 8/6/04, Laurent Daudelin wrote: No problem here on a lowly Pismo... Seems to have settled down. I re-ran the updater and then upgraded the original Snapz Pro screen grabber to the latest version and (touch wood) my problems seem to have subsided. -- With best wishes, Roger Shufflebottom -- 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 ---
issues with OS 10.3.4?
Have been getting dropouts of wireless since upgrading; must switch to bootP, apply, then back to DHCP and apply to reconnect. And today my Epson 1520 seems to have bitten the dust - won't print from either colour, ex. a ghosting of the black. Seems serious. Most likely this is not 10.3.4 tho I would say. On 9 Jun 2004, at 6:24 PM, G-Books wrote: On 07/06/2004, at 4:12 AM, Roger Shufflebottom wrote: Anyone having issues with OS 10.3.4? My TiBook 800 DVI (768MB RAM) was running happily with 10.3.3 but after I recently installed 10.3.4, I get slow performance, lockups (mostly Safari) and failure to log out correctly (never gets back to the log-in screen). Any clues? -- 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 ---
Lombard fan(!)
First of all, let me thank those who helped me w/ the Lombard mobo-DVD question very helpful! Now I am in the beginning phases of diagnosing this recently acquired Lombard, which will startup at times (sometimes it gives me a contant green light before I reset) but then usually crashes a few minutes after reaching the desktop. My initial observation is that the little fan on the left, right beside the PC card bay, never seems to be on. I am testing the Lombard w/o the keyboard in place, so I am looking right at it I am a Wallstreet expert of sorts, and I know the fan is always going in that G3; it also is constantly on when you get the solid green light while the laptop is off... In the Lombard I have, in both situations, the fan is still silent. It jumps a lil' bit when I press the reset button... Is the fan supposed to be running on the Lombard whenever it starts up? Craig W. Atlanta, GA Power corrupts. Absolute power's a blast. - John Fund -- 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 ---
Macromedia Freehand (OT)
I wonder if there are any people here using Freehand in OS X ? I have recently migrated from FH9 in OS 9 to FH11 in OS X and I am finding more and more things that I don't like that they have changed, but then again it may be small changes where the feature is still there, just not so apparent. An example: I want to change the colour of a bunch of grouped objects. I now have to ungroup them to change the colour, whereas in FH9 I could just change the colour... Any FH users here ? Larry _ The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail -- 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: OS 10.3.4
At 1:36 pm +0200 9/6/04, Larry le Mac wrote: My AluBook 15 1GHz takes longer to shut down and I feel that performance has decreased in some apps, but it may be imagination or due to something else... When I had the problem, I had the fan on a lot as though the processor was working hard, too. Now it seems fine (see earlier post). -- With best wishes, Roger Shufflebottom -- 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: Value of tiBook
http://www.everymac.com Look up your system and it will give you the current pricing. on 6/9/04 3:24 AM, G-Books at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Subject: Powerbook value? From: supershanefx [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In-Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] So whats the value of my 500mhz titanium? I have Panther and an external firewire CDRW drive. Oh and 768 ram, and 60gig 4800 hard disk, and airport card. Thanks, According to who? -- 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 ---
Which FireWire hard-drive?
Hello all. We need a firewire hard-drive for backup and extra storage. Which is the manufacturer of choice in terms of reliability or is it all the same? Also, I asked last week which older laptop was the right choice and got limited response. Are the plastic cased ibooks tough enough as compared to metal cased machines? Is 12 screen really too small? Are Pismos the cheapest best choice? Thanks. -- Peter Max Polshek 1715 NW 8th Avenue Gainesville, FL 32603 Fax: 352-371-2994 -- 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 ---
Need Lombard service treatise
Hey gang, I inadvertently left my service manual for the Lombard at home this morning; and NOW I am staring at 8 hours of boredom at work on a s-l-o-w day... can anyone direct me to an alternate source for one? Craig W. Atlanta GA If you go to war you have already lost ---Shogun Tokugawa -- 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: OS 10.3.4
On 9-Jun-04, at 4:36 AM, Larry le Mac wrote: My AluBook 15 1GHz takes longer to shut down and I feel that performance has decreased in some apps, but it may be imagination or due to something else... Larry My Al 15 PB 1.25 GHz is also taking much longer to shut down than it did before I installed 10.3.4. I have not noticed the performance difference in my apps yet but have not tried the heavier duty apps since installing the upgrade. Amber -- 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 ---
Temperature of a G4 15 PB?
I am using http://www.bresink.de/osx/TemperatureMonitor.html after a suggestion from someone on one of these lists. I noticed today while I was using it that my hands were getting hot. I had not noticed this before. I am using the PB on my desk with nothing under it, and it is running about 131F / 55C. Is that normal? TjL Sent using the Microsoft Entourage 2004 for Mac Test Drive. -- 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: pismo for recording
on 6/8/04 3:01 PM, G-Books at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Subject: Re: pismo for recording From: lily [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In-Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you. I am serious about digitizing sound and doing a high quality record in the field. I am VERY new at this. Want to make a good decision. And keep it simple. I am considering using my pismo for recording ambient One option to consider is MOTU 828 firewire D/A interface. 8 analog ins and outs, also SPDIF and ADAT lightpipe digital I/O. I use it with a pismo, G3/400, 512 RAM, this laptop really is a good recording rig. Seth -- Seth Austen http://www.sethausten.com email: [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: New PowerBook question.
On 6/8/04 6:40 PM, Marcin Wichary [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My questions are: - is the described system good enough (or too good) for me? - can you upgrade/change the memory later with generic sticks, or can you only do it via the official Apple stores? Sounds good to me! (I own the slightly older 1.25Ghz model) and I love the keyboard light. Summer evenings I like to sit out on the porch and the backlit keyboard means I can keep the lights off and enjoy the evening. Basically, when buying a notebook I recommend buying the most powerful machine you can afford because what you buy is what you'll have until you sell it. Except for memory, notebooks aren't upgradeable in the same way desktops are. - can I drive both digital LCD screens and analogue projectors from this PowerBook out of the box? My PB came with dongles for video - I use mine to drive a projector and I *think* the PB can drive digital but since I don't have a digital display I can't say for certain. - is AppleCare REALLY recommended? (yeah, I know it is, but it's a really steep icing on top of the already hefty cake... I guess I need some horror stories to convince me ;) ) I've owned/used 10 PowerBooks/iBooks since Apple first introduced the PB140 and I've bought AppleCare for every one but the first. I recommend AC for all new notebook purchases but don't think desktops need it. And make sure the computer is covered under your homeowners/renters insurance too. AC is not an insurance policy, it covers only defects in manufacture, so if you drop or step on your PowerBook it won't be covered. But it could be covered under your homeowners policy. Still, I tend to think of AC in the same light as an insurance policy. In the 15 years I've been paying for home insurance I've made only one claim but I'd never think of canceling it. In the years I've owned PowerBooks AC has paid for at least one repair on 5 of the 10 PowerBooks I've owned. In most cases, one repair will cover the cost of the AC. But the choice is yours. Working at an Apple reseller I've seen more than one customer decide to sell a broken notebook for a loss because s/he couldn't afford the cost of repair. BTW, some businesses offer extended warranty policies other than Apple's. I've seen good experiences and bad, but more bad than good and past experience or good word of mouth doesn't always mean much. Locally, a popular extended warranty provider with a very good reputation was bought out by a company that has quickly developed a local reputation for weaseling out of its obligations and not paying the repair service after authorizing the repair. also, you have to buy it straight with the computer, right? or can you purchase it later? In the US AC can be bought after purchase so long as it is covered by the 1 year warranty. I don't know about outside the US. - I assume that I can't buy this system at my local Apple Store, but I have to order it as BTO from Apple Store. How much time do you reckon it should take for the machine to be delivered? BTO delivery is a crapshoot. I once bought a BTO desktop for myself and a stock desktop for my wife on the same day. Mine arrived in a week, three days before hers. OTOH, I once waited a month for a BTO - and it wasn't a backordered model. david -- 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: New PowerBook question. (OT now)
On Jun 8, 2004, at 7:26 PM, Jeff Hubatka wrote: Neat pics, Bruce. May I ask what software you used to set up the pages? I have used Photoshop for some of mine, but I like the larger thumbnails with captions you have. Straight outta iPhoto. I created a new album, dragged the pictures I chose from my film rolls to the new album, entered the captions, then (in Organization mode) selected all and chose File Export. One of the options is web page. Since I have the web server running on the same Mac I just saved it to a new folder in /Library/Webserver/Documents and it was live. I used to use a program called PhotoPage http://www.javworld.com/PhotoPage.html (not responding right now) which was by an Apple programmer. I really suspect that the code ended up in iPhoto -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Phar macy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- 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 ---
Looking for some empties....
Does anyone have any empty Pismo/Lombard cd/dvd drive expansion bay caddies, or complete but defective Pismo/Lomabrd cd/dvd assemblies they can part with? Thanks... Craig W. Atlanta GA If you go to war you have already lost ---Shogun Tokugawa -- 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 ---
Lombard Prototype FYI
If anyone is interested, there is a clear-cased Lombard prototype auction about to end on that site we all know... Search for: *RARE* Clear Apple Prototype G3 Powerbook 101 It is over $700 currently... Craig W. Atlanta GA If you go to war you have already lost ---Shogun Tokugawa -- 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 Book (was: Taking the plunge)
Samantha wrote: in and/or other improvements I really should make? Im also looking for a good handbook on Panther. Any recommendations there? Sorry for the delay. I caught a QA between Samantha and JeffW in Digest 1775, but I never received 1774 where your original post and any other responses may have appeared. A great Panther book is the one by David Pogue: Mac OS X: The Missing Manual, Panther Edition. His web site keeps things up to date with the Panther release versions up to 10.3.3. I expect he will update for 10.3.4 too. Robin Williams is another excellent author. Her new Panther version book just came out within the past month. -- Al Poulin Anger, hate, and revenge are for the devil, forgiveness is for God, proactive self-defense is for the rest of us. -- 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: Lombard Prototype FYI
On Jun 9, 2004, at 1:02 PM, Donald Keenan wrote: On Wednesday, June 9, 2004, at 03:51 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If anyone is interested, there is a clear-cased Lombard prototype auction about to end on that site we all know... Search for: *RARE* Clear Apple Prototype G3 Powerbook 101 It is over $700 currently... Craig W. Atlanta GA Takes all the mystery out of it! I love it :) Now if I could only bid... How many of these clear caes PBs are out there? I've seen the famous Newton prototype. (I actually have a wooden model protoype of a Newton!) Actually Apple sold a clear Newt 110 for a short while as a promotion. I'd *love* to see a picture of that wooden one... -- Bruce Johnson This is the sig who says 'Ni!' -- 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: New PowerBook question.
On 6/8/04 6:40 PM, Marcin Wichary [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To get straight to the point: I am currently thinking of buying a PowerBook G4 15 1,33 GHz Combo with 512 MB DDR 333 SDROM in 2 SO-DIMMs and with a backlit keyboard (which as a touch-typist I don't really need, but I just wanna have it for the cool factor :) ). That would cost me around 2200 euro with discount for [PhD] students. (I am currently residing in Eindhoven, the Netherlands.) It seems that with some slight effort I can afford that. I would recommend getting the 512mb on ONE SODIMM. IIANM, one SODIMM is fixed and cannot be replaced later. So if you order it with 2x256, you will always have one 256mb SODIMM in there, and you can only increase to 1gb + 256mb by putting a 1gb in the 2nd slot. If you start out with 512 in one SODIMM you will always have that one, but you can get another 512 SODIMM and have 1gb RAM now, and in few years upgrade that 2nd SODIMM to 1gb and have 1.5gb RAM. (I'd love to hear that I am wrong and we can replace both SODIMMs in Powerbooks, as I currently have 2x512MB SODIMMs in my 15/1.5Ghz PB. - I assume that I can't buy this system at my local Apple Store, but I have to order it as BTO from Apple Store. How much time do you reckon it should take for the machine to be delivered? I ordered mine the day that the new ones were released and I had it in little over a week (ordered Monday, came the following Tuesday or Wednesday IIRC). The local Apple store may have it, call to find out! TjL Sent using the Microsoft Entourage 2004 for Mac Test Drive. -- 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: Taking the plunge
On 6/8/04 7:21 PM, Samantha Goodson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Today I ordered a refurb 12 Ibook 800Mhz G4/256MB/30GB/Combo from the apple store. This is a big jump for me, as I'm writing this on a 250Mhz G3 upgraded 1400cs running OS 8.6. WOW! I once upgraded an office from 386/486 machines running DOS to Pentium3s running Win2k. They skipped Win9x altogether like you skipped OS9!! The ibook was as much as I could afford at one go, but I'd like to get AppleCare, max out the ram, and get an airport card and base station. 1) RAM 2) Airport and base station (checkout AirTunes!) 3) AppleCare Unless you drop your iBook, in which case I would suggest getting AppleCare first :-) RAM will effect everything else that you do, so get it first. Airport and base station is a nice addition. If you don't need AppleScript, you can get a non-Apple base for cheaper than Airport (although Airport is nice and easier IMO). Im also looking for a good handbook on Panther. Any recommendations there? I hear the Missing Manual is great. I wonder if our library has it, or will order it... TjL Sent using the Microsoft Entourage 2004 for Mac Test Drive. -- 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: Taking the plunge
Samantha: You're gonna really like the iBook. It's a wonderful machine. Ram should be the first priority and unless they changed things, it should have only one slot, so you're gonna have to save and buy the big one. Otherwise you'll be taking out one RAM chip when you get a bigger one. AppleCare is really important to, but you have a year. The computer comes with a one year warranty and as long as you buy it before the year is up, you're ok. Timothy is right about third party base station, but Apple just introduced the new airport express, which goes for $125. As I understand it, it pretty much does everything you would want for a small base station, except: 1)limited to 10 connections rather than 50, 2) no modem, so if you have dial up, that's a problem 3) No external antennae option 4)on ethernet jack to connect to a wired lan. But it also has a connection to speaker, so you can connect to you stereo and a usb jack so you can connection to you printer. So if you have a small network, I'd look seriously at these little gagets, if you want to stay with apple. John Slavin On Wednesday, June 9, 2004, at 04:43 PM, Timothy Luoma wrote: On 6/8/04 7:21 PM, Samantha Goodson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Today I ordered a refurb 12 Ibook 800Mhz G4/256MB/30GB/Combo from the apple store. This is a big jump for me, as I'm writing this on a 250Mhz G3 upgraded 1400cs running OS 8.6. WOW! I once upgraded an office from 386/486 machines running DOS to Pentium3s running Win2k. They skipped Win9x altogether like you skipped OS9!! The ibook was as much as I could afford at one go, but I'd like to get AppleCare, max out the ram, and get an airport card and base station. 1) RAM 2) Airport and base station (checkout AirTunes!) 3) AppleCare Unless you drop your iBook, in which case I would suggest getting AppleCare first :-) RAM will effect everything else that you do, so get it first. Airport and base station is a nice addition. If you don't need AppleScript, you can get a non-Apple base for cheaper than Airport (although Airport is nice and easier IMO). John Slavin Kirksville, MO [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: OS 10.3.4
I have no problems, except that VPN is flaky. Could be the account though. -- 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 ---
Determine firmware in the powerbook g4
Is the firmware the same as the Boot ROM-version in System info? Or how can I determine the firmware? Is it possible to downgrade the firmware? -- 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 ---
New Powerbook Question
First, great support to Mr. Wichary on his PB buy. Mr. Johnson's iPhoto examples were quite vivid. Thanks! I, too am ready to leap, as lil ol' Lombie is destined to never run OS X and no cpu upgrades are in the offing these days. My consolation is that she's less of a theft target than Al! My uses are all over the map from biz apps to party music and effects I don't have many questions about the 1.5/15 but I'm not sure why I need a SuperDrive on a 2nd machine, thanks to Firewire. I just have no idea what an extra 64MB of video ram will really do - like for the Visualizer and G-Force in iTunes (through an inFocus projector at 20') or what the 5400 rpm drive will do that the 4200 won't, and you can't demo these options (maybe at an Apple retail store?). Even more arcane are the benefits of 1GB of RAM in a single stick - but with Apple's price the 3rd party memory choice beckons strong. As for the case, my old Targus may be better camo than a shiny new one. Leaving a final question - AppleCare - someone mentioned it's a good idea as laptops are more vulnerable to damage - but does the contract cover damage - like droppage? Lil' Lombie fell off the bellboy's cart not once but twice at one hotel! But it seemed to sort of heal itself after giving off everything but sparks and smoke for half an hour afterwards (did the broken solder joints reflow themselves somehow?) And at parties, on a stand, it's topple city. Another question is whether to wait weeks for stock in AirTunes in order to bypass Airport. Am I alone on that? Comments and advice welcome, please. Tom Meade -- 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: New PowerBook question.
You can replace both in the 15 and 17 inchers, only the 12 has the on-board memory soldered on (256MB). Andrew On 6/9/04 2:22 PM, Timothy Luoma [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 6/8/04 6:40 PM, Marcin Wichary [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To get straight to the point: I am currently thinking of buying a PowerBook G4 15 1,33 GHz Combo with 512 MB DDR 333 SDROM in 2 SO-DIMMs and with a backlit keyboard (which as a touch-typist I don't really need, but I just wanna have it for the cool factor :) ). That would cost me around 2200 euro with discount for [PhD] students. (I am currently residing in Eindhoven, the Netherlands.) It seems that with some slight effort I can afford that. I would recommend getting the 512mb on ONE SODIMM. IIANM, one SODIMM is fixed and cannot be replaced later. So if you order it with 2x256, you will always have one 256mb SODIMM in there, and you can only increase to 1gb + 256mb by putting a 1gb in the 2nd slot. If you start out with 512 in one SODIMM you will always have that one, but you can get another 512 SODIMM and have 1gb RAM now, and in few years upgrade that 2nd SODIMM to 1gb and have 1.5gb RAM. (I'd love to hear that I am wrong and we can replace both SODIMMs in Powerbooks, as I currently have 2x512MB SODIMMs in my 15/1.5Ghz PB. - I assume that I can't buy this system at my local Apple Store, but I have to order it as BTO from Apple Store. How much time do you reckon it should take for the machine to be delivered? I ordered mine the day that the new ones were released and I had it in little over a week (ordered Monday, came the following Tuesday or Wednesday IIRC). The local Apple store may have it, call to find out! TjL Sent using the Microsoft Entourage 2004 for Mac Test Drive. -- 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: DSL - Connect Multiple Computers ??
My Reply follows quote. On 09/06/2004 18:27 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: What kind of hardware and software do I need to get so we can have three computers on our DSL line? These are the computers I want to connect to our DSL -- 1) - PowerBook 540c (12MB RAM, OS 7.5.5) 2) - PowerMac 7300/500 (200MB RAM, OS 9.1) 3) - iBook G4 1Ghz (768MB RAM, OS X 10.3 ?) Thanks. -- If the 540 has a built in ethernet port, all you need is a router with at least three ports. Connect them all to the router, and go to town. You can find wired 10/100 routers with 4 built in ports for less than $40 or so. On a special sale, probably $20. Even wireless 10/100 routers with 4 ports are less than $50 or so. Ken -- 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: New Powerbook Question
On 6/9/04 8:55 PM, Tom Meade [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't have many questions about the 1.5/15 but I'm not sure why I need a SuperDrive on a 2nd machine, thanks to Firewire. If you already have one computer that can burn DVDs then maybe you don't need a SuperDrive. I've used mine a grand total of twice but both times I was in the field and the convenience factor was quite high. I'm glad I decided to pop for the whole shebang. I just have no idea what an extra 64MB of video ram will really do - like for the Visualizer and G-Force in iTunes (through an inFocus projector at 20') or what the 5400 rpm drive will do that the 4200 won't, and you can't demo these options (maybe at an Apple retail store?). I remember thinking that 16MB of video RAM was the ultimate! Who knows what Apple has up its sleeve to take advantage of more video RAM...and certainly more video RAM allows for driving a large external monitor in millions of colors. One of the truly nice things is driving the onboard LCD and a 17 LCD too. The 15 could easily become my only machine. The higher drive speed makes itself known on large drive accesses like video and very large Photoshop documents but I do a good deal of Photoshop work and can't tell the difference. I see it in benchmarks but not in *my* real life applications. Even more arcane are the benefits of 1GB of RAM in a single stick - but with Apple's price the 3rd party memory choice beckons strong. With only two RAM slots, adding additional memory can be expensive. Say you go for 512, 256 in each slot. Later you decide you really need more. So you replace one 256 with a 512 stick and sell the 256 stick for pennies on the dollar. It isn't a bad idea to get as much as you can afford in ONE slot leaving the other empty for later expansion. As for the case, my old Targus may be better camo than a shiny new one. Or you can buy a new one and drag it behind your car for a day or two grin. I use a nice Spire case day to day but when I travel I use just the Spire sleeve along with either a large LLBean bag or backpack so I don't scream I've got a computer for you to thieve! Leaving a final question - AppleCare - someone mentioned it's a good idea as laptops are more vulnerable to damage - but does the contract cover damage - like droppage? Lil' Lombie fell off the bellboy's cart not once but twice at one hotel! But it seemed to sort of heal itself after giving off everything but sparks and smoke for half an hour afterwards (did the broken solder joints reflow themselves somehow?) And at parties, on a stand, it's topple city. AppleCare covers only manufacture defects. Drop your PowerBook and the repair is on you...or your insurance company. OTOH, I dropped my 1400cs and cracked the case though it didn't affect the functioning of the computer at all. About a year later the backlight died and when it came back from Apple (under AppleCare warranty) not only was the backlight replaced but so was the case. YMMV. Another question is whether to wait weeks for stock in AirTunes in order to bypass Airport. Am I alone on that? I placed an order last night but I already own an AE. The one thing that concerns me is the range. My AE base is downstairs and I can go throughout the house and out into the yard. I wonder if the AirTunes range will be as good...or better?? But the ability to stream music from my PowerBook to my home theatre system! david -- 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: Taking the plunge
The National Enquirer reports at 5:43 PM -0400 6/9/04, Timothy Luoma wrote: On 6/8/04 7:21 PM, Samantha Goodson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Today I ordered a refurb 12 Ibook 800Mhz G4/256MB/30GB/Combo from the apple store. This is a big jump for me, as I'm writing this on a 250Mhz G3 upgraded 1400cs running OS 8.6. WOW! I once upgraded an office from 386/486 machines running DOS to Pentium3s running Win2k. They skipped Win9x altogether like you skipped OS9!! The ibook was as much as I could afford at one go, but I'd like to get AppleCare, max out the ram, and get an airport card and base station. 1) RAM 2) Airport and base station (checkout AirTunes!) 3) AppleCare Unless you drop your iBook, in which case I would suggest getting AppleCare first :-) Hate to bring it up, but if you drop your iBook, AppleCare will be as useless as a screendoor on a submarine. AppleCare will not cover abuse, neglect or accidents. But that raises an issue that I don't see mentioned very often. I have had Safeware coverage since I bought my PB six years ago. It covers practically everything that AppleCare won't. Safeware has an excellent reputation and is used by a lot of PB owners. As easy as it is to have an accident carrying around, and setting up, a PB from place to place, I wouldn't dream of being without that extra coverage. It's well worth the minimal cost IMO. http://www.safeware.com/ My $.02 worth, B0b -- 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 ---
Wireless Routers - Old Computers?
Can the PB 540c do wireless? What about the PM 7300? I know the iBook G4 can do wireless. I didn't get the airport card or Bluetooth though. I know that I will regret not getting bluetooth!! From: Ken [EMAIL PROTECTED] If the 540 has a built in ethernet port, all you need is a router with at least three ports. Connect them all to the router, and go to town. You can find wired 10/100 routers with 4 built in ports for less than $40 or so. On a special sale, probably $20. Even wireless 10/100 routers with 4 ports are less than $50 or so. Ken -- 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: Lombard fan(!)
on 09/06/04 22:13, Bob at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The National Enquirer reports at 7:17 AM -0400 6/9/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am a Wallstreet expert of sorts, and I know the fan is always going in that G3 Maybe, but the one on my Wallstreet II **never** comes on though it used to. I have upped the RAM, installed a 30GB HDD and doubled the cache speed. All of which added to the heat inside the unit. All I did was use a CoolPad and set up a small desk fan to direct air under the unit from the back. BTW the inside temperature here can run as high as 85-88 degrees F. Bob Never heard the fan either in the Wallstreet II I used for some time. -Laurent. -- Laurent Daudelin AIM/iChat: LaurentDaudelinhttp://nemesys.dyndns.org Logiciels Nemesys Software mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] farming n.: [Adelaide University, Australia] What the heads of a disk drive are said to do when they plow little furrows in the magnetic media. Associated with a crash. Typically used as follows: Oh no, the machine has just crashed; I hope the hard drive hasn't gone farming again. No longer common; modern drives automatically park their heads in a safe zone on power-down, so it takes a real mechanical problem to induce this. -- 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 ---
Open Firmware On WallStreets
The National Enquirer reports at 12:18 PM +0100 6/5/04, Susan Platter wrote: When I tried this on my Wallstreet, which is showing exactly the same symptoms as described in Macintouch, I got a message that reset-nvram was an unknown word. reset-all seemed to work, as the screen blanked out and the Wallstreet went into a normal OS X startup, but what does reset-nvram do and why should it not be a recognised command? Will it work without the hyphen? Sorry I took so long responding. I have been up to my ears in alligators working on some things here. I noted your later reply that you were able to get it to work in your WS. Here's more than you need to know about Open Firmware: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=60285. At 1:55 PM -0400 6/5/04, Laurent Daudelin wrote: I didn't know the Wallstreet had built-in OpenFirmware. Open Firmware problems on Macs: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25249 And it indicates that OF is incorporated in the PowerBook 2400, 3400, and G3/G3 series and newer computers. ALL PCI-based Macs (from the 7200 onward) have OpenFirmware. Some have a more complete OF than others (this *may* be why reset-nvram didn't work for Susan's WS), but all PCI-based Macs have OF to one degree or another. IIRC OF will is not available with any OS under 9.x. At 12:18 PM +0100 6/5/04, Susan Platter wrote: Incidentally, I have great difficulty getting Open Firmware to start. Sometimes it does, but most times not. Is there any way of setting it to start up, without having to hold those keys down? There is no other way. And maybe you weren't able to hold all of the keys down simultaneously each time, therefore not getting the unit to boot into OF. HTH, Bob -- 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: Lombard fan(!)
The National Enquirer reports at 10:44 PM -0400 6/9/04, Laurent Daudelin wrote: on 09/06/04 22:13, Bob at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The National Enquirer reports at 7:17 AM -0400 6/9/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am a Wallstreet expert of sorts, and I know the fan is always going in that G3 Maybe, but the one on my Wallstreet II **never** comes on though it used to. I have upped the RAM, installed a 30GB HDD and doubled the cache speed. All of which added to the heat inside the unit. All I did was use a CoolPad and set up a small desk fan to direct air under the unit from the back. BTW the inside temperature here can run as high as 85-88 degrees F. Bob Never heard the fan either in the Wallstreet II I used for some time. I honestly hate to get into these types of discussions (that and those about what temperature a PB should normally be), because there are s many variables that can affect how hot a unit runs. - how much RAM - how big the HDD is - the cache speed - the ambient temperature - how is the air-flow under the unit - is the internal modem in use - how much HDD access is occurring - some applications make the computer run hotter than others - etc. The only reason I jumped into this discussion was the statement that COCCORP's WS fan was **always** on. That's the antithesis of my experience; and apparently yours too. Bob -- 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 ---
Printer Sharing?
I'd like to share a USB laster printer over a small SOHO Ethernet network. There are a couple of issues that come into play with my setup. First of all, the printer is *not* a network printer. It will have to be used connected to one of the PowerBooks on the network. Secondly, I'd like to be able to do this from various Operating Systems (primarily 8.6 9.2.2, but eventually Jaguar). It seems like I could accomplish this through program linking to the unit where the printer is connected. But there are surely other (and probably better) ways to do it as well. I have just spent 12-14 hours whittling down another learning curve. I'm pretty burnt out researching things. So if someone could help me out here, I'd appreciate it. Thanx, Bob -- 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 ---
CardBus SCSI Card?
Hello All: Here is a stupid one for you: I am suddenly finding myself wanting SCSI on the Pismo, so that I can plug in (and with luck use via OneScanner Dispatcher) an old OneScanner 600/27. I was intent on using this with my NeXTStation, and thought I had appropriate software, but turns out that works for the older OneScanner, but _not_ 600/27, so that idea has been stuffed for now. So, suggestions/comments on CardBus SCSI Cards? Or, should I be shopping for a 1394 or USB connected scanner instead;-) TIA. -- Regards, Dante McLean Dante McLean Photography [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- NeXTmail soon to be welcome! [EMAIL PROTECTED] DS16 #19 A Humming Bird Christian Island, Ontario N44° 51.472' W080° 12.349' -- 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: CardBus SCSI Card?
There's always USB-SCSI converters to consider. Gary On Wednesday, June 9, 2004, at 11:52 PM, Dante McLean wrote: Hello All: Here is a stupid one for you: I am suddenly finding myself wanting SCSI on the Pismo, so that I can plug in (and with luck use via OneScanner Dispatcher) an old OneScanner 600/27. I was intent on using this with my NeXTStation, and thought I had appropriate software, but turns out that works for the older OneScanner, but _not_ 600/27, so that idea has been stuffed for now. So, suggestions/comments on CardBus SCSI Cards? Or, should I be shopping for a 1394 or USB connected scanner instead;-) TIA. -- Regards, Dante McLean -- 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: Wireless Routers - Old Computers?
On Jun 9, 2004, at 11:12 PM, Ken wrote: My Reply follows quote. On 09/06/2004 19:46 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Can the PB 540c do wireless? What about the PM 7300? I know the iBook G4 can do wireless. I didn't get the airport card or Bluetooth though. I know that I will regret not getting bluetooth!! From: Ken [EMAIL PROTECTED] If the 540 has a built in ethernet port, all you need is a router with at least three ports. Connect them all to the router, and go to town. You can find wired 10/100 routers with 4 built in ports for less than $40 or so. On a special sale, probably $20. Even wireless 10/100 routers with 4 ports are less than $50 or so. Ken -- Don't know anything about the 540c (according to MacTracker it has PC card slots, so may be able to take an Orinoco or similar wireless card) but there are wireless PCI cards that should work in the 7300. However, for the 540 and the 7300, wireless is probably overkill. The iBook G4 would be a good wireless platform, especially if you travel much. Ken Actually the 520/540 had an optional PCMCIA Expansion Module that you could slip into the left battery bay, but the module is VERY hard to find. What would be easier is finding an Ethernet adaptor: AAUI to RJ-45. Turtle-Bear -- 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 ---
