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Re: Pismo vs ibook?
The National Enquirer reports at 6:58 PM -0700 10/4/04, Andrew wrote: It's a preference for light weight and compact size. The laptop that stays home doesn't do anything to help me on the road. I learned this the hard way back in the mid 90s. I owned a PowerBook 5300c and a Duo 210 (as well as a desktop PowerMac), and it was the Duo that saw the most use. Even today, many times I find my newish (rev B) 12 PowerBook to be a bit too bulky and instead grab my 4-year-old laptop PC, which instead of 4.6lbs weighs only 3.4. If Apple would take the current 12 PB and shave 1/2 of thickness and 1lb of weight (by ditching the optical drive), I'd buy one right away. Andrew Can I chuckle about that, Andrew? I remember hauling my 128k/256k original Mac (with an internal 10MB hard drive, which made it even heavier) back and forth to work in an Apple carrying bag for 3 years. Talking about heavy!! So, a pound or two of extra weight doesn't seem like much. Even my nearly 8 pound G3 PowerBook is no big deal. But I can understand how not everybody would feel the same way. Everything is relative. I did enjoy the chuckle though. :-) Bob -- If replying privately, please include my name in the To: address, so that my filters won't send your reply to the trash. -- 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: [OT] Laptop windoze
From: John [EMAIL PROTECTED] I didn't see any question there, more a commentary/observation regarding the differences between Windoze (ugh) and Macs. No question intended, just pure selfindulgence of being happy with my Mac(S)!!! --- When some kind soul explained to me about how to drag drop, then bless the system folder on the new drive and set it as the start-up drive, I couldn't believe how much simpler it all was! The amount of times I have had PC users in awe of that!! :o) --- Makes me thankful for my Macs... And may it so remain for many years to come!! Larry _ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus -- 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 vs ibook?
I've carried heavy and/or bulky laptops around as well, and based on that experience have settled my preferences on the smaller and lighter machines. Most of the time the 12 PB is about right is about right, as I like to watch DVDs when I fly, which is far too often. For shorter hops or when I have many connecting flights to make, however, I prefer the little Toshiba, which despite being stuck with Windows (may put Linux on it) and having no optical drive, is light and small enough to just dissappear into my non-computer carry-on. 8lb laptops were fine in 1993 when that was all you could get, but now we have more choices and I vote with my wallet for thin and light. Andrew --- Bob [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The National Enquirer reports at 6:58 PM -0700 10/4/04, Andrew wrote: It's a preference for light weight and compact size. The laptop that stays home doesn't do anything to help me on the road. I learned this the hard way back in the mid 90s. I owned a PowerBook 5300c and a Duo 210 (as well as a desktop PowerMac), and it was the Duo that saw the most use. Even today, many times I find my newish (rev B) 12 PowerBook to be a bit too bulky and instead grab my 4-year-old laptop PC, which instead of 4.6lbs weighs only 3.4. If Apple would take the current 12 PB and shave 1/2 of thickness and 1lb of weight (by ditching the optical drive), I'd buy one right away. Andrew Can I chuckle about that, Andrew? I remember hauling my 128k/256k original Mac (with an internal 10MB hard drive, which made it even heavier) back and forth to work in an Apple carrying bag for 3 years. Talking about heavy!! So, a pound or two of extra weight doesn't seem like much. Even my nearly 8 pound G3 PowerBook is no big deal. But I can understand how not everybody would feel the same way. Everything is relative. I did enjoy the chuckle though. :-) Bob -- If replying privately, please include my name in the To: address, so that my filters won't send your reply to the trash. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com --- -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Pismo vs ibook?
On Oct 4, 2004, at 11:45 PM, Bob wrote: It's a preference for light weight and compact size. The laptop that stays home doesn't do anything to help me on the road. Then you're lucky not to have suffered the torture of carrying mid-90s Compaq bricks (I mean, laptops) around. My Wallstreet is a joy to carry, and is worth the power. I learned this the hard way back in the mid 90s. I owned a PowerBook 5300c and a Duo 210 (as well as a desktop PowerMac), and it was the Duo that saw the most use. Kind of funny. I always though of the 5300 / 190 as tiny compared to other laptops. Even today, many times I find my newish (rev B) 12 PowerBook to be a bit too bulky and instead grab my 4-year-old laptop PC, which instead of 4.6lbs weighs only 3.4. If Apple would take the current 12 PB and shave 1/2 of thickness and 1lb of weight (by ditching the optical drive), I'd buy one right away. Simply amazing. -- 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 vs ibook?
If you think a Wallstreet is a joy to carry and worth the power, then you obviously haven't tried a recent iBook or 12 PowerBook, which are MUCH smaller and lighter, and far more powerful. Andrew --- Dan Palka [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Oct 4, 2004, at 11:45 PM, Bob wrote: It's a preference for light weight and compact size. The laptop that stays home doesn't do anything to help me on the road. Then you're lucky not to have suffered the torture of carrying mid-90s Compaq bricks (I mean, laptops) around. My Wallstreet is a joy to carry, and is worth the power. I learned this the hard way back in the mid 90s. I owned a PowerBook 5300c and a Duo 210 (as well as a desktop PowerMac), and it was the Duo that saw the most use. Kind of funny. I always though of the 5300 / 190 as tiny compared to other laptops. Even today, many times I find my newish (rev B) 12 PowerBook to be a bit too bulky and instead grab my 4-year-old laptop PC, which instead of 4.6lbs weighs only 3.4. If Apple would take the current 12 PB and shave 1/2 of thickness and 1lb of weight (by ditching the optical drive), I'd buy one right away. Simply amazing. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com --- -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Pismo vs ibook?
Its funny to see other peoples different tastes. I've always been for bigger, heavier, faster, and in my opinion better. When I sold my Duo 280 and bought my 190cs I was happy, then I sold that and bought a 3400c I was overjoyed. When I sold the 3400c and bought my Wallstreet I was equally joyous. Now I have this hot 17 as well. Likewise, when I sold my tricycle and bought my small bicycle I was happy, then I sold that and bought a 10 speed mountain bike, which was way more fun... then I sold that and bought the Saturn, I was pretty happy. Then I sold the Saturn and bought a Camaro, which is like living in a dream land of speed and noise and large-ness. On Oct 5, 2004, at 9:37 AM, Andrew wrote: I've carried heavy and/or bulky laptops around as well, and based on that experience have settled my preferences on the smaller and lighter machines. Most of the time the 12 PB is about right is about right, as I like to watch DVDs when I fly, which is far too often. For shorter hops or when I have many connecting flights to make, however, I prefer the little Toshiba, which despite being stuck with Windows (may put Linux on it) and having no optical drive, is light and small enough to just dissappear into my non-computer carry-on. 8lb laptops were fine in 1993 when that was all you could get, but now we have more choices and I vote with my wallet for thin and light. -- 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: Help is not helpful
When nothing is open and all applications (according to the dock) are not open, and my menu bar has finder as the open application, and I click help, there be nothing in the resulting opened window. I have Help's own red/yellow/green buttons, the left/right arrows, the little house button, the ask a question field, and nothing in the white area below it. The left/right arrows are black, but go nowhere. Clicking the little house takes me nowhere. When I type anything in the ask a question field and hit enter, nothing happens as a result. I'm using Panther on a 17 PB 1.5GHz. My iMac DV400 also is running on Panther. On my iMac, it works fine. I close all apps, click Help, and get the usual stuff filling in the big white space: the big X on the left half and a few links on the right, such as What's New, etc... Claire Does the help menu in the Finder says Mac Help? Have you checked, in Help Viewer, what is in the Library menu? any Mac Help there? If so, what happen if you select it? -Laurent. I selected Mac Help under Library, and the Mac Help window filled in as it should. I clicked here and there, and it works fine. Yeah! I quit it, then opened it again, and it was blank again, requiring me to go up to the menu and select it again! Thanks for helping me get access to it, but any clues as to why I have to add the extra step? Claire -- 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: Help is not helpful
On 05/10/04 14:18, Claire Hart [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When nothing is open and all applications (according to the dock) are not open, and my menu bar has finder as the open application, and I click help, there be nothing in the resulting opened window. I have Help's own red/yellow/green buttons, the left/right arrows, the little house button, the ask a question field, and nothing in the white area below it. The left/right arrows are black, but go nowhere. Clicking the little house takes me nowhere. When I type anything in the ask a question field and hit enter, nothing happens as a result. I'm using Panther on a 17 PB 1.5GHz. My iMac DV400 also is running on Panther. On my iMac, it works fine. I close all apps, click Help, and get the usual stuff filling in the big white space: the big X on the left half and a few links on the right, such as What's New, etc... Claire Does the help menu in the Finder says Mac Help? Have you checked, in Help Viewer, what is in the Library menu? any Mac Help there? If so, what happen if you select it? -Laurent. I selected Mac Help under Library, and the Mac Help window filled in as it should. I clicked here and there, and it works fine. Yeah! I quit it, then opened it again, and it was blank again, requiring me to go up to the menu and select it again! Thanks for helping me get access to it, but any clues as to why I have to add the extra step? Dunno. As an experiment, you might want to quit Help Viewer. Then, going in your home directory, go in 'Library', then, inside 'Library', 'Preferences' and retrieve the files named 'com.apple.help.plist', 'com.apple.helpui.plist' and 'com.apple.helpviewer.plist' and take them out of the Preferences folder. Then, try again and see if that helps. -Laurent. -- Laurent Daudelin Developer, Multifamily, ESO, Fannie Mae mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Washington, DC, USA Usual disclaimers apply *** -- 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 ---
I need some ideas/help
I'm running Word 2001 on my Wallstreet (sys 9.1). When I send Word attachments to non-Mac users (yeah, dark-siders), most of the time they claim they can't open them-and, often can't. Once in a while one will fly through, open simply by the other end clicking on the attachment. But mostly, they can't I just finished a three hour stint of sending an attachment to a friend and he wasn't able to open it, until something happened-he doesn't know what or why-and he got it open. Can anybody help me with why this happens? And, how do I walk the others through the process of opening the attachments? I've had serious p.c. types give up on figuring it out at their end. Thanks in advance. Skinny Butt -- 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: I need some ideas/help
On Oct 5, 2004, at 12:06 PM, Peter Webster wrote: I'm running Word 2001 on my Wallstreet (sys 9.1). When I send Word attachments to non-Mac users (yeah, dark-siders), most of the time they claim they can't open them-and, often can't. 1) Make sure the checkbox for 'add extension' is checked in the save file dialog. If it doesn't have '.doc' on the end a PC doesn't know what it is. 2) what's your e-mail client? OS X Mail adhered to standards too rigorously, and many Windows clients cannot properly sort out the attachments. Sending the file as a .zip or .sit file will fix this. I don't know of any clients on OS 9 that do this though. Eudora offers a host of different encodings, though, which can also screw stuff up. -- 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: I need some ideas/help
Eudora 3.1. Any advantage into moving to the latest version (for doing this sort of stuff)? Really appreciate the help! At 12:19 PM -0700 10/5/04, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Oct 5, 2004, at 12:06 PM, Peter Webster wrote: I'm running Word 2001 on my Wallstreet (sys 9.1). When I send Word attachments to non-Mac users (yeah, dark-siders), most of the time they claim they can't open them-and, often can't. *** 2) what's your e-mail client? OS X Mail adhered to standards too rigorously, and many Windows clients cannot properly sort out the attachments. Sending the file as a .zip or .sit file will fix this. I don't know of any clients on OS 9 that do this though. Eudora offers a host of different encodings, though, which can also screw stuff up. Skinny Butt -- 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: Motorola V400 iPhoto on my PowerBook G3 via USB with OS X
macdaniel3400c said: In fact I don't even use OS X on that thing period because it runs so lousy and isn't worth my effort, nor is it worth the retarded drive partitioning that must be done. Panther ran as well as or better than OS 9 on my powerbook G3 series 266 (WS II or PDQ). So what if I needed to use XPostFacto? It worked very very well. I had been using partitioned discs to separate OS from my data anyway, so I don't see the fuss in having 2 partitions. Rather I émbraced it as a small price to be able run the latest OS on old hardware. -- 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: GV Teleport 56 disconnects and bad communication
Bob said: Which is why plain old PPP didn't actually make sense. I wondered what they were using to control PPP (to the best of my knowledge PPP and MacPPP are not options for OS 9) My apologies for creating confusion. ARA didn't enter my mind as it isn't called that in the swedish version of OS 9. Also I haven't been using OS 9 since a couple of years. Anyways, it's the builtin Remote Access that I use. -- 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 vs ibook?
If you read my statement in context, it was comparing it to mid 90s compaq laptops. On Oct 5, 2004, at 10:11 AM, Andrew wrote: If you think a Wallstreet is a joy to carry and worth the power, then you obviously haven't tried a recent iBook or 12 PowerBook, which are MUCH smaller and lighter, and far more powerful. Andrew -- 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 ---
SmartMedia printing on the road
I was following the thread on SmartMedia cards. I was wondering what you folks do when on the road in terms of printing. I suppose my questions are: -any good tiny weensy printers one can usefully take along? I googled for it and came up either with very expensive ones or very bulky ones, or both, or perhaps those needing proprietary paper like fax paper. Is there really nothing clever and spacesaving that can print a few A4 sheets when you're stuck in a hotel room and need to print out the latest version of your paper or whatever? -I was thinking of getting one of those cute USB flash memory card that you can plug into your 'book and move your files there, then go to a print shop and have them printed. That seems a good alternative, provided one has access to printing shops nearby and that they accept such a medium (never asked or tried, so far). But: we have an external Firewire LaCie (one of the Porsche models) that we use for backup. Tried to take that to a print shop and their machine would not 'see' the drive, which came formatted from LaCie and I hadn't bother reformatting. Given that Panther recognised it without a hitch, I assumed (for some reason) that Windows machines would be equally accommodating. The 'net sites selling these flash cards (like Crucial) say 'mac and pc compatible'. Anyone has any experience of taking files on one of these things and getting them printed on the road without hassle? -given that both our 12 Albook and 20 iMac G5 have Bluetoooth, I was also wondering whether one can get any of these cards with Bluetooth in them so that one doesn't even need to plug them into the USB socket? Maybe this is impossible/impractical, because rather extensive googling returned no joy in that department. In short: I would be interested (and grateful) to know what you guys consider to be the best option for fully compatible printing when on the road. Thanks in advance for all your fantastic tips and apologies if the questions sound daft... Walter -- 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 vs ibook?
That's the difference, I do not program at all, nor do I work in art or graphics. I use my laptop for business tasks, and as an entertainment center when I am away. Yes, a 17 LCD is gorgeous, but the 19 LCD on my desk is probably nicer, as the Bluetooth keyboard and mouse sitting on that desk are nicer than any laptop built-ins. Personally, I find OS X delightful on the 12 monitor, and have no issues when I use Windows XP or Linux (SuSe 9.1) on the 11 of my PC (same 1024X768 as the PB). Personally, I'd rather have fewer toolbars open in Word in order to have a machine that I can use when I make that 12-hour trans-Pacific flight everyyear. I guess for me, the reason I own portables instead of desktops (the Sawtooth is for my daughter, I only use it to share a printer) is because they are portable, and where portability is concerned, the more portable the better. Now if only they'd shave off that optica drive and another 1 1/2 lbs from the 12 PB, then my dream machine would finally be available for the Mac OS. Andrew -Original Message- From: G-Books [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Laurent Daudelin Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2004 4:39 PM To: G-Books Subject: Re: Pismo vs ibook? I guess it's mostly personal taste. I've been carrying a 17 to the office and back home for the last 3 weeks and I don't feel it too heavy. Whenever I open it up, I'm glad I did pick up the 17 as the screen is really gorgeous and must needed with OS X, for the kind of work I do, mostly programming... -Laurent. -- -- 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 vs ibook?
Andrew said this: I've carried heavy and/or bulky laptops around as well, and based on that experience have settled my preferences on the smaller and lighter machines. Most of the time the 12 PB is about right is about right, as I like to watch DVDs when I fly, which is far too often. I think that, for me at least, if you only have one machine the display of the 12 PB is too small. I prefer PB G4 15.2 DVI or later titaniums and would consider a 17 if my budget could afford it and if I could keep it my backpack. I don't think the 15.2 are bulky at all and I'm used to have 5-15 ibs in my backpack anyway (powerbook, baby stuff, grocery products, books and so on). So when I have only the 'book I don't even notice it. For me, the amount of pixels on screen are as important as the portability of the machine. The 12 is just too small for the work and fun that I do. If one have a desktop machine with a 23 cinema display then obviously the 12 will be a great compliment, but not everyone can afford the luxury of several machines. But now I have drifted away from the subject. But so was the 12 PB actually. -- 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: Help is not helpful
Claire Hart said: I selected Mac Help under Library, and the Mac Help window filled in as it should. I clicked here and there, and it works fine. Yeah! I quit it, then opened it again, and it was blank again, requiring me to go up to the menu and select it again! Thanks for helping me get access to it, but any clues as to why I have to add the extra step? I have had the same situation on several machines, . Usually only with the help files of certain apps, only a smaller amount of time with the OS X help files. -- 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 ---
Large or small (was Pismo vs ibook?)
I would rather have a 2300c than a Wallstreet. The 2300c was the lightest Apple laptop ever, and while incapable of running OS X, it IS capable of wireless internet and office productivity work in comfort. If someone made a module to replace the old Duo modem with a WiFi card, I'd even take a Duo (even monochrome) over an 8lb behemoth like the Wallstreet. Just like the modern machines, the Wallstreet is too big for a coach-class airplane seat, but a 2400c is perhaps the best airline Mac ever made, at least in terms of form factor. While I love OS X, I actually like my 4-year-old laptop PC better in terms of hardware (the software doesn't come close to comparing, however). That computer, a Toshiba Portege 3490CT, is only .8 thick, weighs 3.4 lbs and has 1024X768 resolution on an 11.3 LCD. It is physically smaller in every dimension than the 12 PB, not to mention considerably lighter. If Apple made OS X for Intel, I wouldn't even have bought my 12 PB. I used that laptop as my primary PC for three years (docking station on my desk plugged into the same 19 LCD I use on my PB today). Just goes to show that different strokes are for different folks. Plugged into a large external monitor and with a Bluetooth mouse and keyboard, the size of the laptop's built-in screen makes no difference at all save how much of your desktop it clutters. On the road, however, less is more. Andrew -Original Message- From: G-Books [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dan Palka Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2004 5:12 PM To: G-Books Subject: Re: Pismo vs ibook? I was just commenting on someone's ridiculous statement that they would rather have a 2400c than a Wallstreet or something like that. And I do enjoy it. I sold my iBook 366 to get this Wallstreet because I wanted the bigger screen and faster processor. I never play games so the Rage 128 wasn't worth anything to me. -- 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: Motorola V400 iPhoto on my PowerBook G3 via USB with OS X
Dan Palka said: Panther ran as well as or better than OS 9 on my powerbook G3 series 266 (WS II or PDQ). No it didn't. Read my lips: on *my* powerbook g3 series 266. That was with only 384MB. It ran Panther from January to May this year. Please don't try and detract my personal experience. My experiences does not detract yours. So what if I needed to use XPostFacto? It works very very well. No it doesn't. Working very very well would be getting it right on the first try. Or the first few tries. Without me having to look at documentation and browse through forums. If you're were using an alpha what can you complain about? I had more problems with Jaguar than Panther with XPFa11, a14 and I think a17. a9 and some other versions was not very good at all. Everything worked for me, including the PCMCIAbased airport card, except for built in sound input that was distorted. For me Panther was noticeable faster than Jaguar. Especially considering there was no graphics hardware accelaration support. Keep in mind that I use my Wallstreet mostly for Final Cut Pro, Quark Xpress, and Dreamweaver and Photoshop, and the OSX versions of all these programs are quite silly on a Wallstreet II. I used Dreamweaver MX (not the 6.1 update) and Photoshop 7 (only small images) of those and OmniGraffle, OmniOutliner, Bbedit 7, Jedit, Script Debugger, Apache 2, MySQL, PHP 4, Fast Track Schedule 8, iView Mediepro, PowerMail 4, Ragtime Solo and XCode (a bit painful, but worked) and WO 5.1 Developer. Another focus perhaps. Most of this WOULDN'T RUN under OS 9, mind you. A 15% slower machine is a small price to pay IMHO. But except for a few apps, I could have real work done and my experience when booted into OS 9 was that the machine didn't feel faster overall, rather I was reminded of all the wait states OS 9 enforces upon you. Don't get me started on crashes Of course my Powerbook G4 / 400 is a lot snappier and I want a 1Ghz, but one step at a time. -- 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 ---
Problems with OS 9.2 applications opening
While in OS X environment some 9.2 app's won't open: Nisus 4.6 for one, Simple Text, however, MS Word does fine. Any suggestions or advice? TIA -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Large or small (was Pismo vs ibook?)
I don't understand the logic behind this statement though. I honestly do not believe if somebody offered you a free Wallstreet OR a free Duo 280 (monochrome) you would take the Duo. You could not take both, and you could not sell the one that you take, and you had to keep it permanently and use it daily, there's no way you would take a Duo. On Oct 5, 2004, at 7:24 PM, Andrew wrote: I'd even take a Duo (even monochrome) over an 8lb behemoth like the Wallstreet. -- 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: Help is not helpful
on 05/10/04 21:59, Claire Hart at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dunno. As an experiment, you might want to quit Help Viewer. Then, going in your home directory, go in 'Library', then, inside 'Library', 'Preferences' and retrieve the files named 'com.apple.help.plist', 'com.apple.helpui.plist' and 'com.apple.helpviewer.plist' and take them out of the Preferences folder. Then, try again and see if that helps. Since I didn't know what a home directory was, I did a search to find 'com.apple.help.plist'. (Now I know what my home directory is.) Yes, it did help. It seems to have fixed the problem. I clicked a few links, did a little search, and all is well. Thanks! Now, what do I do with those three files that I took out of the Preferences folder? They are sitting on my desktop at the moment. One more question: Zinio reader opens at startup. I rarely use it. I thought I'd take it out of the Startup Items folder (OS 9 thinking) but I can't find such a folder. I checked Zinio's preferences, but the startup mentioned there seems to refer to when Zinio starts up rather than when your computer starts up. Any recommendations? Well, since the problem is fixed, I guess you can safely trash these preference files, since Help Viewer probably recreated them anyway. As for Zinio, check your account in the 'Accounts' system preferences. Look in the 'Startup Items' for something with 'Zinio' in the name. Then, select it and press backspace or the little minus button at the bottom left, below the list. That should take care of it... -Laurent. -- Laurent Daudelin AIM/iChat: LaurentDaudelinhttp://nemesys.dyndns.org Logiciels Nemesys Software mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] fascist adj.: [common] Said of a computer system with excessive or annoying security barriers, usage limits, or access policies. The implication is that said policies are preventing hackers from getting interesting work done. The variant `fascistic' seems to have been preferred at MIT, poss. by analogy with `touristic' (see tourist or under the influence of German/Yiddish `faschistisch'). -- 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: Large or small (was Pismo vs ibook?)
I would rather have a 2300c than a Wallstreet. The 2300c was the lightest Apple laptop ever, and while incapable of running OS X, it IS capable of wireless internet and office productivity work in comfort. No it's not. The 2300c has no ethernet port, no USB port, and no PCMCIA slots. It can't easily do wireless (though with an ethernet microdock and an ethernet-wireless transceiver, it's technically possible). If someone made a module to replace the old Duo modem with a WiFi card, I'd even take a Duo (even monochrome) over an 8lb behemoth like the Wallstreet. As the owner of a Duo 230, 280c, 2300c, and several Wallstreets, I'd take the Wallstreet. The 2300c is a neat machine, but it's DOG SLOW by any reasonable standard (even when word processing). A fully featured PCI-architecture sub-notebook (like the 2400c, which was underpowered and has a low RAM ceiling) would be fantastic, but with the sub-notebook form comes trade-offs. I wouldn't want to give up the power of my Wallstreet for the _slight_ gain in portability that a sub-notebook offers. 7lbs isn't sooo heavy, after all. Just like the modern machines, the Wallstreet is too big for a coach-class airplane seat You think so? I never had any trouble with mine on the airliners It fit alright on the tray table, though opening the display all the way could be troublesome if the seat ahead of me were reclined. But I'd rather be able to see what I'm writing than have to squint at an itty-bitty screen. Peace, Drew -- Author of ClassicStumbler email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: http://www.alksoft.com/ Visit the PowerBook 5300 FAQ! http://www.alksoft.com/5300_FAQ/ -- 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: Large or small
Before I bought my 17 PowerBook, I got on this list and asked questions. I wasn't sure if I wanted a tower or a PB. As the various opinions came in, I began to lean toward a PowerBook, but probably a 15 one. A few more posts here and there, and I went for the 17 instead. I love it. I will admit that it's a little heavy when I put it in my purse; in fact, 1/3 of it sticks out the top. (I've only done that once, and it was because I didn't want to leave it in my car while attending a lengthy meeting.) The thing is, I was replacing my iMac 400DV, and I took that thing on nearly every road trip I made (really). And possibly this PB will have to last as long as the iMac has lasted as my most current Macintosh computer. So I wanted big, and I wanted full-featured. I don't think it's necessary for this discussion to almost turn into an argument. Yes, this PowerBook is not a lightweight, but I don't think others need to refer to it as a boat anchor. What's the point of that? Speaking of boat anchors, my laptop case weighs a ton. But then I have EVERYTHNG in it, including one of those fan things that sits under your laptop (which I rarely use), ALL of the car adaptors, S-video connectors, power cables, and extra long RCA cable to connect to the TV, a couple of MacAddict disks, PrintShop CD, iPod and ALL of its parts, a couple of blank CD-Rs, about a half dozen Mac magazines, and a few manuals (InDesign Classroom in a Book plus one on Final Cut Express are currently in there.) (I feel like I am carrying around a diaper bag for the baby again.) Shaving two inches and a pound off of this baby would probably not make my case weigh much less. Having said that, I love my 17 PowerBook. I love it on road trips, because our movie screen is big enough for several people to see. I can have lots of stuff open and see a corner or edge of everything. It fits stably on my lap with lots of hand-resting room. The speakers right there on either side of the keys are nice - Mail is sent out in stereo from left to right. People look over and say, Nice. When I go back to my iMac, it seems small, like my Centris seemed after I got my iMac. Big or small is relative to your needs. It is not lightweight, but it is just right for me. Claire -- 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: Large or small (was Pismo vs ibook?)
If offered a free Wallstreet or a free Duo 280, AND THAT WAS MY ENTIRE COMPUTER BUDGET, I'd take the wallstreet and immediately sell it on eBay so I could buy something smaller and better, like the 2400c. Andrew -Original Message- From: G-Books [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dan Palka Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2004 6:07 PM To: G-Books Subject: Re: Large or small (was Pismo vs ibook?) I don't understand the logic behind this statement though. I honestly do not believe if somebody offered you a free Wallstreet OR a free Duo 280 (monochrome) you would take the Duo. You could not take both, and you could not sell the one that you take, and you had to keep it permanently and use it daily, there's no way you would take a Duo. On Oct 5, 2004, at 7:24 PM, Andrew wrote: I'd even take a Duo (even monochrome) over an 8lb behemoth like the Wallstreet. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com --- -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Large or small
Claire: Did you go ahead an buy applecare? I would highly recommend it for laptops. There has never been a case where I haven't got my money's worth for applecare. And Apple will provide service from you door (in the way of an overnight shipping box). John Slavin On Oct 5, 2004, at 10:01 PM, Claire Hart wrote: Before I bought my 17 PowerBook, I got on this list and asked questions. I wasn't sure if I wanted a tower or a PB. As the various opinions came in, I began to lean toward a PowerBook, but probably a 15 one. A few more posts here and there, and I went for the 17 instead. I love it. I will admit that it's a little heavy when I put it in my purse; in fact, 1/3 of it sticks out the top. (I've only done that once, and it was because I didn't want to leave it in my car while attending a lengthy meeting.) The thing is, I was replacing my iMac 400DV, and I took that thing on nearly every road trip I made (really). And possibly this PB will have to last as long as the iMac has lasted as my most current Macintosh computer. So I wanted big, and I wanted full-featured. I don't think it's necessary for this discussion to almost turn into an argument. Yes, this PowerBook is not a lightweight, but I don't think others need to refer to it as a boat anchor. What's the point of that? Speaking of boat anchors, my laptop case weighs a ton. But then I have EVERYTHNG in it, including one of those fan things that sits under your laptop (which I rarely use), ALL of the car adaptors, S-video connectors, power cables, and extra long RCA cable to connect to the TV, a couple of MacAddict disks, PrintShop CD, iPod and ALL of its parts, a couple of blank CD-Rs, about a half dozen Mac magazines, and a few manuals (InDesign Classroom in a Book plus one on Final Cut Express are currently in there.) (I feel like I am carrying around a diaper bag for the baby again.) Shaving two inches and a pound off of this baby would probably not make my case weigh much less. Having said that, I love my 17 PowerBook. I love it on road trips, because our movie screen is big enough for several people to see. I can have lots of stuff open and see a corner or edge of everything. It fits stably on my lap with lots of hand-resting room. The speakers right there on either side of the keys are nice - Mail is sent out in stereo from left to right. People look over and say, Nice. When I go back to my iMac, it seems small, like my Centris seemed after I got my iMac. Big or small is relative to your needs. It is not lightweight, but it is just right for me. Claire -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com --- -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Large or small (was Pismo vs ibook?)
Sorry, I meant 2400c, typo. Andrew On 10/5/04 7:33 PM, Andrew Kershaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would rather have a 2300c than a Wallstreet. The 2300c was the lightest Apple laptop ever, and while incapable of running OS X, it IS capable of wireless internet and office productivity work in comfort. No it's not. The 2300c has no ethernet port, no USB port, and no PCMCIA slots. It can't easily do wireless (though with an ethernet microdock and an ethernet-wireless transceiver, it's technically possible). If someone made a module to replace the old Duo modem with a WiFi card, I'd even take a Duo (even monochrome) over an 8lb behemoth like the Wallstreet. As the owner of a Duo 230, 280c, 2300c, and several Wallstreets, I'd take the Wallstreet. The 2300c is a neat machine, but it's DOG SLOW by any reasonable standard (even when word processing). A fully featured PCI-architecture sub-notebook (like the 2400c, which was underpowered and has a low RAM ceiling) would be fantastic, but with the sub-notebook form comes trade-offs. I wouldn't want to give up the power of my Wallstreet for the _slight_ gain in portability that a sub-notebook offers. 7lbs isn't sooo heavy, after all. Just like the modern machines, the Wallstreet is too big for a coach-class airplane seat You think so? I never had any trouble with mine on the airliners It fit alright on the tray table, though opening the display all the way could be troublesome if the seat ahead of me were reclined. But I'd rather be able to see what I'm writing than have to squint at an itty-bitty screen. Peace, Drew -- 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: I need some ideas/help
The National Enquirer reports at 1:28 PM -0700 10/5/04, Peter Webster wrote: At 12:19 PM -0700 10/5/04, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Oct 5, 2004, at 12:06 PM, Peter Webster wrote: I'm running Word 2001 on my Wallstreet (sys 9.1). When I send Word attachments to non-Mac users (yeah, dark-siders), most of the time they claim they can't open them-and, often can't. *** 2) what's your e-mail client? OS X Mail adhered to standards too rigorously, and many Windows clients cannot properly sort out the attachments. Sending the file as a .zip or .sit file will fix this. I don't know of any clients on OS 9 that do this though. Eudora offers a host of different encodings, though, which can also screw stuff up. Eudora 3.1. Any advantage into moving to the latest version (for doing this sort of stuff)? Is there a specific reason for staying with 3.1? BTW which flavor? Qualcomm still had Light and Pro back then. I don't remember when they discontinued Eudora Light, but once you purchased Pro, all of the new versions were free until version 4.3 as I recall. There are a ton of reasons for going all the way to 4.2 (still free for Pro owners). It would take a copyrighted manual to explain them all. The 4 or 5 top reasons IMO are: 1. A great new search/find engine -- much faster 2. Multiple accounts became simple with Personalities 3. The ability of making changes in Eudora with clickable x-settings 4. Better text-wrapping via something called flow-control 5. Colorized quoted text makes multi-layered messages easier to follow. Really appreciate the help! It sure wouldn't hurt to give 4.2 1 try, unless you are using Light now and don't want to pay for Pro. But Pro is definitely worth it. Bob Bob -- If replying privately, please include my name in the To: address, so that my filters won't send your reply to the trash. -- 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: Large or small (was Pismo vs ibook?)
What airline are you flying on??? I've never had trouble with any laptop (Compaq, IBM, or beloved Apple) on any airplane seat. Most tray tables not only fold out, but then also SLIDE forward. The Wallstreet fits fine (as did the leviathan iBook 366 I had). On Oct 5, 2004, at 10:17 PM, Andrew F. wrote: Just like the modern machines, the Wallstreet is too big for a coach-class airplane seat -- 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 startup problems
Hi, I'm trying to diagnose a Lombard that was working well until it got its LCD panel replaced. I guess something could've been put back together wrong. The problem is that now, to boot the Lombard, you have to use the Reset button on the back, near the modem port. Otherwise it won't boot. What do you think? PRAM battery? Or something worse? Any help much appreciated. Thanks, Chris -- 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: Large or small (was Pismo vs ibook?)
Religious zeal or not, Wallstreet and similar models are still too big. Andrew On 10/5/04 9:37 PM, Bob [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The National Enquirer reports at 8:33 PM -0600 10/5/04, Andrew Kershaw wrote: Just like the modern machines, the Wallstreet is too big for a coach-class airplane seat You think so? I never had any trouble with mine on the airliners It fit alright on the tray table, though opening the display all the way could be troublesome if the seat ahead of me were reclined. Yep, the blanket statement that the Wallstreet is too big for Coach Class on an airplane was indeed nonsense. I've used mine that way a number of times. I'm careful with it when I do, but then I'm careful with it no matter where I use it. You know it's kind of interesting. Most know that Mac owners are almost religious when it comes to their loyalty for their Macs. But it seems that Wallstreet owners and maybe even Pismo owners make up a distinct sub-culture within the Mac community. The vast majority of Wallstreet and Pismo owners have an extra zeal and loyalty regarding their PowerBooks. It's not surprising that there are so many current owners of these 4-6 year old models on this list. If you want a guaranteed way to raise the ire of a PowerBook owner, just say something bad about their Wallstreet or Pismo. :- 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: Large or small (was Pismo vs ibook?)
If I couldn't sell it and it was the only machine I could have, that would be a very difficult choice since the 280 has no wifi possibility, and that is something I use frequently. If the choice was changed to a Wallstreet or a 2400c, I would grab the 2400c in a heartbeat. Andrew On 10/5/04 9:48 PM, Dan Palka [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One of the rules was you couldn't sell it. On Oct 5, 2004, at 10:11 PM, Andrew wrote: If offered a free Wallstreet or a free Duo 280, AND THAT WAS MY ENTIRE COMPUTER BUDGET, I'd take the wallstreet and immediately sell it on eBay so I could buy something smaller and better, like the 2400c. -- 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: Large or small (was Pismo vs ibook?)
As a 12 PB owner, I think that religious zeal for anything, including religion is a bad thing. Andrew On 10/5/04 9:49 PM, Dan Palka [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As a Wallstreet owner, I couldn't agree more. On Oct 5, 2004, at 11:37 PM, Bob wrote: The vast majority of Wallstreet and Pismo owners have an extra zeal and loyalty regarding their PowerBooks. It's not surprising that there are so many current owners of these 4-6 year old models on this list. -- 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: Large or small (was Pismo vs ibook?)
United, Delta, Southwest and Alaska for domestic, United, Asiana and JAL for international. Yes, a Wallstreet can be used, if you shove the base of the computer against your chest and only open the display halfway, which makes for a very awkward typing position. The small machines, on the other hand, are quite comfortable to use on a tray table in coach, and even allow some empty space between my larger-than-I'd-prefer gut and the forward edge of my laptop. Andrew On 10/5/04 9:52 PM, Dan Palka [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What airline are you flying on??? I've never had trouble with any laptop (Compaq, IBM, or beloved Apple) on any airplane seat. Most tray tables not only fold out, but then also SLIDE forward. The Wallstreet fits fine (as did the leviathan iBook 366 I had). On Oct 5, 2004, at 10:17 PM, Andrew F. wrote: Just like the modern machines, the Wallstreet is too big for a coach-class airplane seat -- 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: Large or small (was Pismo vs ibook?)
The National Enquirer reports at 10:17 PM -0700 10/5/04, Andrew F. wrote: Religious zeal or not, Wallstreet and similar models are still too big. Good grief, give it a break. You made your feelings known long ago. You're free to think what you want, but nobody died and made you the final authority. You obviously don't respect other people's opinions. I'm beginning to wonder why we should care what you think. Bob -- If replying privately, please include my name in the To: address, so that my filters won't send your reply to the trash. -- 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: Large or small (was Pismo vs ibook?)
Perhaps your religious zeal annoyed me. Andrew On 10/5/04 10:31 PM, Bob [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The National Enquirer reports at 10:17 PM -0700 10/5/04, Andrew F. wrote: Religious zeal or not, Wallstreet and similar models are still too big. Good grief, give it a break. You made your feelings known long ago. You're free to think what you want, but nobody died and made you the final authority. You obviously don't respect other people's opinions. I'm beginning to wonder why we should care what you think. 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 ---
