Re: Wireless Condo. . .
Let's see... You will likely need to set up the router to send the DSL modem your name and password to log onto the network, and your router may, or may not do this, even with an upgrade. Most do, but I'm not sure about some older ones. I would suggest keeping the router, since it's setup, working, and likely provides some firewall protection. I think it's also necessary to send the dsl modem your password info. Finally, you can share the printer by connecting it to a mac and sharing it over the network, or you could hook it up to a usb print server and connect it to the router. You could also connect it to the airport BS if it's a new one with usb. Paul On 6/18/04 12:06 AM, Zoltan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello all, I have been living in my wireless condo for almost two years now. . .the setup is a PowerMac G4, PowerBook (Pismo), iBook (snow), and a 17 PowerBook G4. The iBook is my roomates. All of these computers; with the exception of the PM G4, have an Airport (b) installed in them all running Panther 10.3.4. Each have a gig of RAM and are used almost 24/7. I have several clients/friends who come over from time to time and they've got their ibooks, powerbooks, and laptops (yea. . .PC's actually ARE in my life!) and they already have their computers configured to work with my Airport base station. In otherwords, someone could walk right onto my deck, whip out their portable computer and after turning it on they are connected automatically via broadband. Now, here's the question. My source for the internet is going to change. I am currently with Charter Communications who provided my cable modem. I'm having issues with their customer service and am tired of them screwing up my bill every month. I have already given the go with Earthlink DSL. Supposedly, they have stated they can offer the same speed of 3Mbps down and 384kbps up for only $34.95 a month. Sounds good but surfing is believing right? What I need to know is what I will be needing to do to my router, if anything, to get this new DSL modem up and running. There's going to be changes to the hardware as well. Right now the system is as follows: Cable modem (Charter), to Linksys Router. PowerMac G4 and the Airport Station are connected to router. The other computers are connected via Airport. The new setup will not include the PowerMac G4, and have the DSL modem instead of Cable, along with the Airport station and the mentioned Power/i/laptops. Will I need to update firmware in my router? Or do I even need the router anymore? Can the DSL modem simply plug directly into the Base Station? Also, what type of setup is recommended to share my Epson printer in this network? Before, nobody needed to print, but now it's become second nature for printing. Just wondering folks. . .will figure it out eventually, but I figured I'd throw this question out to this list, since everyone in this list is like me. . brilliant Mac users who simply love computers! :) -- Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened. -Sir Winston Churchill -- 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 ---
Pismo Boot CD, wireless, etc.
A few things: I use BootCD (v0.6) for OS X. Up until recently there was no OS X version, but I just tried it again and although it took some time (6+ minutes), it worked. (another reason for me not to partition...) I have an airport card and a Belkin wireless router with an iMac and my son's PC hooked up through ethernet. It took calling their tech support for my Pismo to recognize the router (needed to use channel 7) but it works great for $49 from Best Buy. I second the opinion that b is plenty fast. I see no reason for me to upgrade to g speed and I like the fact that nothing is sticking out of the side of my laptop. Now for a couple of questions that I think have been covered before but I need a refresher: Is there anything I can do about the pink tinge on the bottom left-hand corner of my screen? I replaced the upper plastics of the bottom of my computer and noticed the coloring immediately after. Maybe just be the age of my machine or did I damage some component? I took it pretty much all apart to replace the PCMCIA cage. And lastly, should I encrypt my home wireless system? Anything hard about setting up WEP? If I just follow the instructions will I be OK? I seem to remember something about using a specific symbol for Macs... Oh and one more... Over on the PowerList there was quite a bit of difference of opinion about using someone else's wireless connection. I was at my daughter's soccer game and sitting on the sidelines I could pick up 3 different wireless connections from the nearby neighborhood. Am I at risk to use these to get online? (I did... surfing the net at halftime on a spring day from a comfortable chair made up for the fact we lost the game...somewhat...) Thanks for any info, Dan- Pismo 400MHz, 768 MB RAM, 40G drive, OS 10.3.4 -- 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: Using Apple DVD-Rom ATA/IDE drive/Wallstreet II?
Jeff, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: the 400mhz (Lombard) model has a decoder chip on the motherboard. Doesn't that apply to Pipsmo as well? -- 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: More wireless questions - Pismo Bronze
On Thu, Jun 17, 2004 at 7:58 pm -0700, Jeff Hubatka wrote: Routers are generally set up through a web browser, and don't need specific drivers. Just to set this thread off on yet another tangent :), it's worth bearing in mind when shopping for routers that although router admin is normally through a browser, and therefore more or less cross-platform, some routers are less accommodating when it comes to firmware upgrades. My (extremely cheap 'n' cheerful) router requires a PC of less than 900MHZ, running non-emulated DOS and USB 2.0 to flash the firmware. I'm just hoping I never need to do it :) I should say that most aren't as bad as this, but many do require a Windows PC for upgrades. TimH -- 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: Another Wireless Question
On 18 Jun, 2004, at 02:31, G-Books wrote: A Pismo has only an internal regular AirPort card slot. AirPort (the 1st generation) only supports 802.11b. If you want to use 802.11g, then you will need to buy a 3rd party card and make sure they provide a driver for the OS you want to use it with. This 3rd party card will be a PCMCIA card, so you will need to plug it into the PCMCIA slot of your Pismo. I haven't heard about any 3rd party 802.11g card that works in OS X right now. That is not to say that it doesn't exist, but I haven't heard about any. You could check the driver of IOExpert.com. They sell a driver that supports a wide range of 802.11b card in OS X. Maybe they do support 802.11g cards as well, I don't know. I think that it will be hard to find anything 802.11g for OS 9. The OS hasn't been updated in over 2 years and Apple has clearly stated that it's a dead-end. So, most manufacturers and software developers focus their resources for OS X and you're more likely to get support for 802.11g for OS X only. However, you do have to remember that with OS X having maybe 2% or 3% of the computer market, few wireless equipment makers provide drivers even for OS X. That's where IOExpert might come handy... -Laurent. Hi Laurent and all, I hesitate to contribute further to this long thread, BUT, I have spoken to Buffalo (UK) this a.m. and their Tech guys say that a Buffalo WLI-CB-G54A Airstation PCMCIA Card (802.11g and backwards compatible to 802.11b) will work in a Pismo G3/400, running Mac OS X, as Airport and Buffalo use the same chipset, hence the Airport software is OK, and no drivers needed. (Hope they're right for me and anyone else who decides to go this way!) Based on this, I have bought one for my Pismo G3/400 Mac OSX 10.3.3) and it's on its way. Cheers -- Peter [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: More wireless questions - Pismo Bronze
on 18/06/04 07:58, Tim Hodgson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Jun 17, 2004 at 7:58 pm -0700, Jeff Hubatka wrote: Routers are generally set up through a web browser, and don't need specific drivers. Just to set this thread off on yet another tangent :), it's worth bearing in mind when shopping for routers that although router admin is normally through a browser, and therefore more or less cross-platform, some routers are less accommodating when it comes to firmware upgrades. My (extremely cheap 'n' cheerful) router requires a PC of less than 900MHZ, running non-emulated DOS and USB 2.0 to flash the firmware. I'm just hoping I never need to do it :) I should say that most aren't as bad as this, but many do require a Windows PC for upgrades. Very good point, Tim! -Laurent. -- Laurent Daudelin AIM/iChat: LaurentDaudelinhttp://nemesys.dyndns.org Logiciels Nemesys Software mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] GIGO /gi:'goh/ [acronym]: 1. `Garbage In, Garbage Out' -- usually said in response to lusers who complain that a program didn't do the right thing when given imperfect input or otherwise mistreated in some way. Also commonly used to describe failures in human decision making due to faulty, incomplete, or imprecise data. 2. `Garbage In, Gospel Out': this more recent expansion is a sardonic comment on the tendency human beings have to put excessive trust in `computerized' data. -- 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: Another Wireless Question
on 18/06/04 08:16, Peter DeAth at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Laurent and all, I hesitate to contribute further to this long thread, BUT, I have spoken to Buffalo (UK) this a.m. and their Tech guys say that a Buffalo WLI-CB-G54A Airstation PCMCIA Card (802.11g and backwards compatible to 802.11b) will work in a Pismo G3/400, running Mac OS X, as Airport and Buffalo use the same chipset, hence the Airport software is OK, and no drivers needed. (Hope they're right for me and anyone else who decides to go this way!) Based on this, I have bought one for my Pismo G3/400 Mac OSX 10.3.3) and it's on its way. Let us know if it works in OS X without a driver. That would be a first! -Laurent. -- Laurent Daudelin AIM/iChat: LaurentDaudelinhttp://nemesys.dyndns.org Logiciels Nemesys Software mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] fudge: 1. vt. To perform in an incomplete but marginally acceptable way, particularly with respect to the writing of a program. I didn't feel like going through that pain and suffering, so I fudged it -- I'll fix it later. 2. n. The resulting code. -- 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: More wireless questions - Pismo Bronze
I use a D-Link DWL-122 USB adapter for wireless; it requires software (included of course) which it installs as a pref. pane. It looks like a USB keydrive, but comes with a USB extension cord, so one can hang it from on high if necessary, for better reception. I use it when I'm on the road (as a forester I'm on the road a lot); most Starbucks have pay-for wireless access, and of course there is always war-driving... -Peter On Jun 17, 2004, at 12:48 PM, Imal Tornapart wrote: I'm a low-end computing person, and would like to get as good a deal on the wireless gear as I have so far on the box and accessories I've put together. I don't need the fastest bestest gear on the block, but you-all seem to share the same attitude of getting it working and keeping it for as long as possible. -- 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: Using Apple DVD-Rom ATA/IDE drive/Wallstreet II?
From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Mikael=20Bystr=F6m?= [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Using Apple DVD-Rom ATA/IDE drive/Wallstreet II? Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 13:57:29 +0200 Jeff, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: the 400mhz (Lombard) model has a decoder chip on the motherboard. Doesn't that apply to Pipsmo as well? All Pismos have hardware decoding on the mobo. My response was to the note saying that Lombards required the PC card for decoding. --- JSH TiBook -- 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: Another Wireless Question
On Jun 18, 2004, at 8:14 am, Laurent Daudelin wrote: on 18/06/04 08:16, Peter DeAth at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Laurent and all, I hesitate to contribute further to this long thread, BUT, I have spoken to Buffalo (UK) this a.m. and their Tech guys say that a Buffalo WLI-CB-G54A Airstation PCMCIA Card (802.11g and backwards compatible to 802.11b) will work in a Pismo G3/400, running Mac OS X, as Airport and Buffalo use the same chipset, hence the Airport software is OK, and no drivers needed. (Hope they're right for me and anyone else who decides to go this way!) Based on this, I have bought one for my Pismo G3/400 Mac OSX 10.3.3) and it's on its way. Let us know if it works in OS X without a driver. That would be a first! -Laurent. I have been researching a card for my Lombard. Buffalo says their card will work without a driver and so does Macwireless. To be safe I have one of both on their way. Alan -- 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 question - Boot from CD?
On Jun 17, 2004, at 5:55 PM, Imal Tornapart wrote: This is a really cool, well-integrated machine. It picked up my digicam right off the bat with OS's own drivers, which is more than Widnows 2000 could do. You will find, again and again, that this is the prime virtue of the Mac Way; things that work, just work no fuss, no muss, no unneeded user intervention required. An example. We use our sandisk 256 meg USB sticks *constantly* here. They're great for installing patches, av patches, etc etc to new windows systems before we hook 'em up to the network. On a Mac, we stick 'em in a USB port and they appear on the desktop as drives. On a Windows XP system first a box pops up Hey I found new hardware!!! I have to load some things!, soon, I gotta rebuild my device database!! then Hey it's a disk device! finally Hey I installed software for this sandisk 256K memory card! Then a dialog pops up saying What do you want to happen when you plug in this card and offers a list of options: start Windows Media Player, do this, do that. You have to select Cancel to just make it appear as a removable drive in My Computer. You do this dance with any other different brand of memory stick that's inserted. Someimes it's *stick* dependent. I've seen the same thing happen sequentially for each of two of the same n=model sandisk sticks that were inserted. All of that was useless. I don't NEED to know that the computer found new hardware...it's *supposed* to do that; I expect that of it. It said on the package that this was a certified plug and play device. I should only be told if there's a *problem*. None of all of that dance was necessary information for the user. But Microsoft seems to feel this desperate need to continually inform the user that, yes, the computer is STILL WORKING! WOW! Sometimes, I think they secretly hired Dave Barry as their Human Interface consultant years ago... You will find that the mac largely just gets the heck out of your way and lets you work, only interrupting you if you need to make a decision. (note throughout that entire USB Stick dance, no decision is required of the user) This is not to say that things don't break, or mysteriously not work at all or any of a number of other ills. And you'll love the fact that viruses and spyware will bug you no more... -- 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 ---
Re: Pismo question - Boot from CD?
At 9:39 am -0700 18/6/04, Bruce Johnson wrote: Then a dialog pops up saying What do you want to happen when you plug in this card and offers a list of options: start Windows Media Player, do this, do that. Which it never seems to remember . . . -- 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: Pismo question - Boot from CD?
On 6/18/04 12:39 PM, Bruce Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You will find, again and again, that this is the prime virtue of the Mac Way; things that work, just work no fuss, no muss, no unneeded user intervention required. An example. We use our sandisk 256 meg USB sticks *constantly* here. They're great for installing patches, av patches, etc etc to new windows systems before we hook 'em up to the network. On a Mac, we stick 'em in a USB port and they appear on the desktop as drives. On a Windows XP system first a box pops up Hey I found new hardware!!! At home I use a KVM to switch between a Mac, Windows, and Linux box. When I switch to the Mac or Linux box about 1.5 seconds pass before the mouse and keyboard are functional. However, when I switch to the Windows box, about 3 seconds pass and then Windows tells me it detects a new device. Then I have to swear and click the mouse (I'm certain the swearing is crucial to success) before the box goes away. In other words, what Linux and the Mac does in less than two seconds with no hassle, Windows takes nearly 10 seconds and aggrevation to complete. Interestingly, at work, the dialog doesn't *usually* pop up but it does take about 5 seconds for the keyboard and mouse to be recognized. 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 ---
Powerlogix Pismo upgrade
Powerlogix has a new upgrade available for the Pismo CPU. The new upgrade is a G3 750gx running at 900mhz with 1mb internal L2 cache. An old upgrade available from Powerlogix was a G3 750fx running at 800 or 900mhz with .512mb internal L2 cache No performance benchmarks comparing these are available on the Powerlogix website. Are there any available anywhere? Has anyone any guesses about what such a comparison would look like? Would the 750gx be 10% faster than the 750fx? 25%? 05%? Thanks Leslie Burkholder -- 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 ---
Powersupply for my TiBook 550mhz
Hello List, I am looking for an economical replacement for Apple part 611-0304 Powersupply for my TiBook 550mhz.. I'm also interested in doubling the ram to a Gigabyte, adding an airport card, and maybe adding bluetooth... I love the idea of using my cell phone and PowerBook in tandem. Thanks you all for the helpful information, Gabriel -- 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@mail.maclaunch.com
[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Andrew in Ann Arbor technology is the answer, what was the question? -- 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: G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com
on 18/06/04 21:16, Andrew in Ann Arbor at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Andrew in Ann Arbor technology is the answer, what was the question? I don't know... -Laurent. -- Laurent Daudelin AIM/iChat: LaurentDaudelinhttp://nemesys.dyndns.org Logiciels Nemesys Software mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] brute force adj.: Describes a primitive programming style, one in which the programmer relies on the computer's processing power instead of using his or her own intelligence to simplify the problem, often ignoring problems of scale and applying naive methods suited to small problems directly to large ones. The term can also be used in reference to programming style: brute-force programs are written in a heavyhanded, tedious way, full of repetition and devoid of any elegance or useful abstraction (see also brute force and ignorance). -- 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 ---
powerbook/ibook reccomendation?
Hello list I've been commissioned to find a MAC powerbook or ibook for my sister. She's an artist and needs a little more power than the 520 powerbook for word processing, spread sheets, photo editing and e-mail/web browsing. I had been thinking an ibook might provide more horsepower per doller. She's not inclined to poke around inside so i figured that if I got a decent ibook she wouldn't need to upgrade it. However a little looking around Low End Mac suggests that most (all?) ibooks come without PC card slots which I am very fond of. So I'm back to considering an older powerbook. I'd like to be able boot to OS 9, I think that's what's on her computers at work (she's not sure). CD drive is required, CD burner would be nice but could be external. Floppy drive would be nice, could be external. Battery life is not a huge issue, this will be used as a desktop computer most of the time. She has a dial up ISP so built in ethernet or wireless is not particularly useful. Reliability is probably more important than performance, she's in Santa Barbara CA and I'm in Michigan so I can't easily pop over and swap out parts. Any thoughts? Recomended vendors? Thanks Andrew in Ann Arbor -- 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: powerbook/ibook reccomendation?
On 6/18/04 10:19 PM, Andrew King [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello list I've been commissioned to find a MAC powerbook or ibook for my sister. So, I'm guessing you use WINDOWS? Most of us on this list use Macs. All modern computers have a MAC. She's an artist and needs a little more power than the 520 powerbook for word processing, spread sheets, photo editing and e-mail/web browsing. I had been thinking an ibook might provide more horsepower per doller. She's not inclined to poke around inside so i figured that if I got a decent ibook she wouldn't need to upgrade it. However a little looking around Low End Mac suggests that most (all?) ibooks come without PC card slots which I am very fond of. You may be right that an iBook would suit her quite well. You may be very fond of PC card slots but since Mac notebooks are full featured we find we don't need them. PowerBook or iBook the computer will have USB, NIC, modem and be able to have an airport card installed. Except for the original iBook they'll also have firewire and video out. That pretty much obviates the need for a PC card. So I'm back to considering an older powerbook. There are lots of happy Pismo and Wallstreet owners so that is a possible computer...but so is an iBook. I'd like to be able boot to OS 9, I think that's what's on her computers at work (she's not sure). If she isn't sure and she's been using a Mac for some years, she probably is still using 8 or 9. For the last year or so most new Macs haven't been OS 9 bootable, but most of the G3 dual USB iBooks (the white ones) have booted into OS 9. CD drive is required, CD burner would be nice but could be external. Floppy drive would be nice, could be external. CD drive isn't an issue...all G3 and G4 model notebooks have a built in CD drive and I wouldn't advise buying anything older if you are looking to replace a 520 with something more powerful. Battery life is not a huge issue, this will be used as a desktop computer most of the time. She has a dial up ISP so built in ethernet or wireless is not particularly useful. Reliability is probably more important than performance, she's in Santa Barbara CA and I'm in Michigan so I can't easily pop over and swap out parts. Any thoughts? Recomended vendors? There are risks to buying an older computer and that risk is compounded with a notebook mostly because repairs are vastly more expensive. I know lots of Pismo and Wallstreet owners who are very happy...some are using these older machines without ever having any problems while others have replaced numerous parts. Owners of the clamshell iBooks also tend to be quite happy with their machines. This is evidenced by the premium prices these machines still command. As to venders...Smalldog gets a big thumbs up from me. 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: powerbook/ibook reccomendation?
I've been commissioned to find a MAC powerbook or ibook for my sister. She's an artist and needs a little more power than the 520 powerbook for word processing, spread sheets, photo editing and e-mail/web browsing. I had been thinking an ibook might provide more horsepower per doller. She's not inclined to poke around inside so i figured that if I got a decent ibook she wouldn't need to upgrade it. However a little looking around Low End Mac suggests that most (all?) ibooks come without PC card slots which I am very fond of. So I'm back to considering an older powerbook. I'd like to be able boot to OS 9, I think that's what's on her computers at work (she's not sure). CD drive is required, CD burner would be nice but could be external. Floppy drive would be nice, could be external. Battery life is not a huge issue, this will be used as a desktop computer most of the time. She has a dial up ISP so built in ethernet or wireless is not particularly useful. Reliability is probably more important than performance, she's in Santa Barbara CA and I'm in Michigan so I can't easily pop over and swap out parts. Any thoughts? Recomended vendors? Thanks Andrew in Ann Arbor If Classic mode would work instead of booting into OS 9, try one of the G4 iBooks. Apple has refurb units, with full warranty, for $779 (12/800) and $889 (14/933). I have had very good luck with the Apple Store refurb units over the years. I just bought one of the 12 800 units and you would never have known it wasn't new. Then I added an additional 512MB RAM and I should be set for a few more years. JeffW. -- 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 ---
An internal CDRW for Wallstreet powerbook
Hi all, I have been wondering if it is possible to install a PC type CDRW drive in the case for the 20x CD-ROM drive in a wallstreet G3 powerbook? And if so what models do you recommend. Matt -- 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 ---
