Re: "Less is more" or "Bigger is better"

2004-12-31 Thread Andrew F. 
But a 4lb laptop is lighter still.  Those who claim it makes no difference,
just haven't tried it yet.

Andrew


On 12/31/04 5:13 PM, "Brian Rule" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> When you carry around a bag full of books everywhere, a 7 lb laptop
> isn't going to feel like much.  In fact, when I do go around with only
> my laptop the bag feels as light as a feather.
> 
> On Dec 31, 2004, at 12:50 AM, Andrew F. wrote:
> 
>> Most people would.  I prefer the 14" screen of my Pismo over the 12"
>> screen
>> of my AlBook, but not enough to fuss with the extra size and weight.
>> I used
>> to carry around 7lb full-sized laptops everywhere I went, and didn't
>> know
>> how bad it was only because I didn't know that there was a better way.
>>  Even
>> my 12" PowerBook feels bulky now, though I suspect that the 3lb 11"
>> screen
>> toshiba Portege I used to carry (still do when I want to go really
>> light)
>> has a lot to do with that.
>> 
>> I know that if Apple ever came out with an updated PowerBook 2400c I'd
>> rush
>> out and buy one.  That is my dream machine, G4 at 1.5GHz (though a
>> slower
>> chip would not bother me in the interest of reducing power comsuption
>> and
>> heat), a 10.4 or 11.3" screen at 1024X768, though the current 12.1"
>> would be
>> even better if they could reduce the size of the surrounding bezel.
>> Finally, leave the optical drive OUT OF THE CHASIS and make the whole
>> thing
>> weigh 3lbs or less.  I'd pay current 12" AlBook prices for such a
>> machine,
>> and I'd wager a lot of other people would too (though probably very
>> few on
>> this list).
>> 
>> Andrew
>> 
>> 
>> On 12/30/04 10:36 PM, "Brian Rule" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> 
>>> My iBook G4 14" works wonders for me.  I do almost all of my college
>>> notes, projects, assignments, papers etc on it.  Pretty much my whole
>>> life is on it.  On top of that, it goes just about everywhere with me,
>>> and even though it's a 14" iBook, I have no problem at all toting it
>>> around.  It may have the same techinical "screen real estate" as it's
>>> 12" brother, but I still prefer the 14" screen.
>>> Brian
>>> 
>> 
>> 
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Re: "Less is more" or "Bigger is better"

2004-12-31 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
On 12/31/04 10:44 AM, "diane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> 
> I am contemplating a *book purchase myself and find that I'm leaning
> towards the 14" systems. I use 2-21" on the desktop and I'm not sure
> I can do one 12" LOL
> 
The thing to keep in mind with the iBook is that the 12" and 14" LCDs have
the same resolution. The result is that the 14" model is easier on 'old'
eyes like mine. If I ever had to give up my 15" pBook I'd grab a 14" iBook
because of this.

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Re: "Less is more" or "Bigger is better"

2004-12-31 Thread MTH 
On Dec 31, 2004, at 9:44 AM, diane wrote:
At 12:47 AM -0500 12/31/04, John wrote:
Andrew F. wrote:
I love my 12", even now that I'm not in school anymore, its still 
nice to
have a laptop that is so small and light that I actually do bring it 
out
with me.

Andrew
I really like my 12" iceBook 700. But in all honesty, if I could 
trade it for an equal 14" version, I'd do it in a minute. I keep 
finding myself wishing for a bit more screen real-estate like my old 
Wallstreet had.

I am contemplating a *book purchase myself and find that I'm leaning 
towards the 14" systems. I use 2-21" on the desktop and I'm not sure I 
can do one 12" LOL

Diane
You won't gain any screen real-estate by getting a 14" iBook, it has 
the same 1024 x 768 resolution that the 12" iBooks have. unless your 
eyesight is failing there isn't much advantage to the 14".


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Re: "Less is more" or "Bigger is better"

2004-12-31 Thread Brian Rule 
When you carry around a bag full of books everywhere, a 7 lb laptop 
isn't going to feel like much.  In fact, when I do go around with only 
my laptop the bag feels as light as a feather.

On Dec 31, 2004, at 12:50 AM, Andrew F. wrote:
Most people would.  I prefer the 14" screen of my Pismo over the 12" 
screen
of my AlBook, but not enough to fuss with the extra size and weight.  
I used
to carry around 7lb full-sized laptops everywhere I went, and didn't 
know
how bad it was only because I didn't know that there was a better way. 
 Even
my 12" PowerBook feels bulky now, though I suspect that the 3lb 11" 
screen
toshiba Portege I used to carry (still do when I want to go really 
light)
has a lot to do with that.

I know that if Apple ever came out with an updated PowerBook 2400c I'd 
rush
out and buy one.  That is my dream machine, G4 at 1.5GHz (though a 
slower
chip would not bother me in the interest of reducing power comsuption 
and
heat), a 10.4 or 11.3" screen at 1024X768, though the current 12.1" 
would be
even better if they could reduce the size of the surrounding bezel.
Finally, leave the optical drive OUT OF THE CHASIS and make the whole 
thing
weigh 3lbs or less.  I'd pay current 12" AlBook prices for such a 
machine,
and I'd wager a lot of other people would too (though probably very 
few on
this list).

Andrew
On 12/30/04 10:36 PM, "Brian Rule" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
My iBook G4 14" works wonders for me.  I do almost all of my college
notes, projects, assignments, papers etc on it.  Pretty much my whole
life is on it.  On top of that, it goes just about everywhere with me,
and even though it's a 14" iBook, I have no problem at all toting it
around.  It may have the same techinical "screen real estate" as it's
12" brother, but I still prefer the 14" screen.
Brian

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Re: Quadrupled RAM shows no improvement

2004-12-31 Thread Geoff WALLACE 
Hello All,

After a Firmware Update my G5 1.8 SP would only see 512 MB of RAM instead of
1.5 GB.

After removing the RAM and refitting I got it recognised again.

I could certainly notice the difference in machine performance when it
dropped back to 512 MB after 1.5 GB.

Remove the added RAM and see how the machine runs now, we very quickly
adjust to the added performance additional RAM gives and just accept that
its the speed the machine works at.

Before removing the added RAM, open the Activity Monitor and look at memory
usage while you have all your usual programs open, take a screenshot and
then compare with only running the base RAM, you will be surprised at the
difference.

-
Geoff WALLACE
Melbourne Victoria Australia
Mobile 0412 056 033

Sent on a G5 Power Macintosh using Entourage version 11.1.0

"Buy a Mac and be thought a fool or buy a Windows box and remove all doubt."


On 1/1/05 6:28 AM, "Bruce Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> 
> On Wednesday, December 29, 2004, at 05:49 PM, Claire Hart wrote:
> 
>> I did install and run OnyX recently, since I usually don't leave the
>> PB on overnight.  That made a huge overall improvement, and seemed to
>> restore the PB to its original state.
> 
> This is a big one. Log writers typically load the entire logfile into
> memory to write to them or at the very least large chunks, so properly
> truncated logfiles do help things a lot, especially if these things
> have been running for months without the maintenance scripts running.
> (We ran into a problem with a neglected logfile on our web server...one
> we thought was being properly rotated wasn't, and we found the hard way
> that Apache will not run with a logfile > 2G...)
> 
> 
>>   I know that if I was working on huge files on high-powered software,
>> with tons of photos, long movie clips, graphics, rendering, etc., I
>> might see a more noticeable difference with the RAM upgrade.
>> 
> 
> You really only see a dramatic improvement with added ram if you move
> up from an inadequate amount. At 512 M your system had more than
> adequate amount of RAM, so until you start doing things that are RAM
> constrained, you will not notice the difference.
> 
> To make a very strained analogy, what you did was the equivalent of
> installing auxiliary gas tanks in your truck (that you don't drive in
> more than 100 miles in any direction) and are wondering when you're
> going to see the improvements...you're not going to see anything until
> you actually need to use that RAM.
> 
> You probably have no practical limit now on how many programs you can
> run at once...but this doesn't really seem to be much until you look at
> your dock and notice it's crammed with little black triangles.
> 
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Re: Less is more- a little story (Gather 'round!)

2004-12-31 Thread starfleet52 
I have a happier tale that involves replacing a Powerbook

Lets go back to well early September 2004 I being a student in HS need a
laptop due to my bad handwriting. First laptop was a Thinkpad 755cd that
lasted from 9/03-9/04 I bought a Powerbook 5300ce that lasted me until its
flaws started to show their ugly heads. The keyboard cable broke in an
expedition to repair it so it was useless even if I replaced the damaged
power connectors. In October 2004 I bought off eBay a G3 kanga and I have
been happy with it ever since with 64MB ram and the 250MHZ G3 it outperforms
my old 117MHZ 5300. Just goes to show you a old 7.7LB Powerbook can still
make you happy even 7 years after it was built.

Steve Greer
Powerbook G3 "Kanga"
Mac Plus 1MB

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From: G-Books [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dylan Moore
Sent: Friday, December 31, 2004 1:02 PM
To: G-Books
Subject: Less is more- a little story (Gather 'round!)

Hey all,

My bronze Gbook and I-- You couldn't separate us, and I just flat out
loved that machine. All it took was some terrible circumstances and a
shady motherfucker like my ex-roomate's boyfriend, and that was the end
of the romance. Several days later, I had to watch as lombard parts
went up on ebay from some undisclosed place in jersey, painfully aware,
but unable to prove, that they were probably the remnants of my
computer. (Nothing that was sold could be tracked back to mine, but  I
knew the guy lived in jersey.  My keyboard was partly broken, and the
only part not listed was --drum roll--- the keyboard. Bastard.)

So, friendly reminder from an ex-owner of the world's best laptop-
watch your stuff, don't even think for a SECOND to let it out of your
sight. It WILL walk.

Since then, I bought a 12" ibook.  Yeah, it rocks and it was really
cheap (799), but I miss those sexy curves and jaw-dropping matte black
case. I took so much pride in having the last version of an apple
laptop with the upside-down illuminated apple-- just seeing the right
side up one on my ibook is a constant sore reminder.

Someday when I'm not a poor college kid, I'm going to buy one for
myself again. Its up to you guys to keep them in good shape, so when
you're ready to move on to a G5 'book, I'll be ready with a loving
home.

Take care,
-dylan


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Re: Wallstreet and Lexmark Jumpdrive

2004-12-31 Thread Bruce Johnson 
On Wednesday, December 29, 2004, at 05:51 PM, Hubert Phillips II wrote:
Does anyone have experience getting a Lexmark Jumpdrive connected to a 
Wallstreet via a USB card to mount on the desktop?
I am running OS 9.2.2 and finally have my USB card working.  The Apple 
System Profiler even sees the Jumpdrive and the card as connected.  
But the drive does not show up on my desktop...

IIRC I had to install some special JumpDrive drivers, and it was 
inconsistent, sometimes it worked, sometimes it didn't. I ended up just 
getting a regular USB card reader and using that. My two JumpDrive 
flash cards work fine in those as well.

Also, make sure you have the various PC compatibility extensions 
loaded, as it mounts as an MS-DOS volume.

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Re: Quadrupled RAM shows no improvement

2004-12-31 Thread Bruce Johnson 
On Wednesday, December 29, 2004, at 05:49 PM, Claire Hart wrote:
I did install and run OnyX recently, since I usually don't leave the 
PB on overnight.  That made a huge overall improvement, and seemed to 
restore the PB to its original state.
This is a big one. Log writers typically load the entire logfile into 
memory to write to them or at the very least large chunks, so properly 
truncated logfiles do help things a lot, especially if these things 
have been running for months without the maintenance scripts running. 
(We ran into a problem with a neglected logfile on our web server...one 
we thought was being properly rotated wasn't, and we found the hard way 
that Apache will not run with a logfile > 2G...)


  I know that if I was working on huge files on high-powered software, 
with tons of photos, long movie clips, graphics, rendering, etc., I 
might see a more noticeable difference with the RAM upgrade.

You really only see a dramatic improvement with added ram if you move 
up from an inadequate amount. At 512 M your system had more than 
adequate amount of RAM, so until you start doing things that are RAM 
constrained, you will not notice the difference.

To make a very strained analogy, what you did was the equivalent of 
installing auxiliary gas tanks in your truck (that you don't drive in 
more than 100 miles in any direction) and are wondering when you're 
going to see the improvements...you're not going to see anything until 
you actually need to use that RAM.

You probably have no practical limit now on how many programs you can 
run at once...but this doesn't really seem to be much until you look at 
your dock and notice it's crammed with little black triangles.

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Bruce Johnson

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Re: Another wireless question

2004-12-31 Thread diane 
At 12:14 PM -0700 12/31/04, Bruce Johnson wrote:
On Thursday, December 30, 2004, at 08:17 AM, diane wrote:
At 7:57 PM -0800 12/29/04, Andrew F. wrote:
Any router will work.  The ones sold by PC networking companies are usually
configured through a web browser as opposed to Apple's AirPort utility, but
once set up, 802.1 is 802.1, though of course speed varies by which protocol
you use.

How fast is wireless compared to 10 or 100BT these days? When I 
looked into it years ago it was pretty slow.
Apple's airport base station supports up to 10 systems at 11 mbs, 
shared, best case scenario. It isn't switched, which most wired 
networks are these days so it'll end up slower than 10-base-t. At 
farther distances your transmission rate will drop.

Of course 100BT will blow it out of the water.
The catch, of course is that even 11 Mbs shared is faster than 
99.99% of home user's connection to the internet...

Thanks for the replies! One of the reasons I had discounted it for 
the office network way back when (which you reminded me of) was that 
the 100BT network was much quicker.  But I had a friend recently ask 
me for an opinion for home use with the internet and I drew a blank. 
They do not have a home network, we do (again at 100BT)

Interesting to hear the facts from those that use it.  :)
Diane
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Re: Another wireless question

2004-12-31 Thread Bruce Johnson 
On Thursday, December 30, 2004, at 08:17 AM, diane wrote:
At 7:57 PM -0800 12/29/04, Andrew F. wrote:
Any router will work.  The ones sold by PC networking companies are 
usually
configured through a web browser as opposed to Apple's AirPort 
utility, but
once set up, 802.1 is 802.1, though of course speed varies by which 
protocol
you use.

How fast is wireless compared to 10 or 100BT these days? When I looked 
into it years ago it was pretty slow.
Apple's airport base station supports up to 10 systems at 11 mbs, 
shared, best case scenario. It isn't switched, which most wired 
networks are these days so it'll end up slower than 10-base-t. At 
farther distances your transmission rate will drop.

Of course 100BT will blow it out of the water.
The catch, of course is that even 11 Mbs shared is faster than 99.99% 
of home user's connection to the internet...

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Less is more- a little story (Gather 'round!)

2004-12-31 Thread Dylan Moore 
Hey all,
My bronze Gbook and I-- You couldn't separate us, and I just flat out 
loved that machine. All it took was some terrible circumstances and a 
shady motherfucker like my ex-roomate's boyfriend, and that was the end 
of the romance. Several days later, I had to watch as lombard parts 
went up on ebay from some undisclosed place in jersey, painfully aware, 
but unable to prove, that they were probably the remnants of my 
computer. (Nothing that was sold could be tracked back to mine, but  I 
knew the guy lived in jersey.  My keyboard was partly broken, and the 
only part not listed was --drum roll--- the keyboard. Bastard.)

So, friendly reminder from an ex-owner of the world's best laptop- 
watch your stuff, don't even think for a SECOND to let it out of your 
sight. It WILL walk.

Since then, I bought a 12" ibook.  Yeah, it rocks and it was really 
cheap (799), but I miss those sexy curves and jaw-dropping matte black 
case. I took so much pride in having the last version of an apple 
laptop with the upside-down illuminated apple-- just seeing the right 
side up one on my ibook is a constant sore reminder.

Someday when I'm not a poor college kid, I'm going to buy one for 
myself again. Its up to you guys to keep them in good shape, so when 
you're ready to move on to a G5 'book, I'll be ready with a loving 
home.

Take care,
-dylan
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playstation and bridging the wireless base stations

2004-12-31 Thread VicNaz1 
What are you using to "bridge" the wireless base stations? Although I had 
read about the possibility I've not been able to track down an actuall 
procedure 
to make the units speak to each other and pass data. I'd like to be able to 
bridge using directional antennas over some significant distances.

As to getting the playstation hooked up, have you been able to pass data over 
the playstation's connection using another computer? In short, are you sure 
the connection you've rigged up to the playstation is even "hot" or not.

Victor

In a message dated 12/31/04 11:01:11 AM, G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com writes:

>Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 19:23:54 -0800
>
>Subject: Another networking question
>
>From: "Michael J. Granado" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>
>
>Hello,
>
>
>
>I=B9m trying to connect my Sony Playstation 2 to my wireless network to
>get t=
>
>o
>
>online games. I have 2 Airport Express Base stations bridging each other
>
>with a DSL modem to the primary BS. Does anyone know how I need to configur=
>
>e
>
>the network so I can plug the playstation to the 2nd BS to get my
>
>playstation online?
>
>
>
>I've set up a WDS bridge, but the playstation still doesn't get online.
>
>
>
>Any information would help. Thanks
>
>
>
>Michael

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Re: Wallstreet 3400 AC adapter compatibility

2004-12-31 Thread Kenneth Vann 

>I'm looking on E-bay for an WAllstreet AC adapter as backup
>and  find one that looks like the one that came with my Wallstreet
>but they list compatibility with 3400 et.al.
>
>Are they?
>
>If so I have a back up for my 3400
>so I'd be set.
>
>thanks,
>Cliff

Check This Out.

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=16168

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=75448


Dont forget, a recall covered the Model Number: M4402 adaptor, made by two
different vendors.

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Re: G3 AC adapter replacements

2004-12-31 Thread Kenneth Vann 

>Anyone who still has the small black rectangular power adapter that came with
>the Wall Street and early Pizmo PowerBooks should go to this web site and get
>a new one. They may discontinue the program any time now that they are
>technically not supporting the Wall St.
>
>http://depot.info.apple.com/
>
>Victor

Hello all. I just returned two of them under this recall.  It took about 10
days to receive them. As it was in conjunction with a CPSC agreement, I
don't think their will be any problem getting a new adaptor any time soon.

The recall covered the Model Number: M4402 adaptor, made by two different
vendors.

According to this page http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=16168

The adaptor was also sold as a compatable replacement for the PowerBook
1400, 3200 and G3. It is also used by the VST Chargers for these models of
computers.

I don't remember the service part number, but it comes in a padded mail
envelope with a new power cord. The adaptor does say Model Number M7332, on
it.

(If any one can find a article that crossreferences the M7332 with the
service number , I would appreciate it.)

The only problem I see is if you have more than two adaptors. The site says
they will replace any extra that you have purchased, and any that came with
a VST charger. But the site only lets you key in two serial numbers and
requires a serial number off a G3 Powerbook.

If you have the M4402 adaptor, by all means replace it under this recall.
While the replacement is not as small as the origional, its much safer.

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Re: 12 inch Powerbook G4

2004-12-31 Thread Tim Collier 
Well, it's not that oldonly 2 years.  And I tried removing the RAM without 
success.  I'm trying Carbon Copy Cloner now.  It's in progress as I type this.

Tim

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Steve Fuller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>> First of all, I tried booting from it and got a kernel panic on the 
>> screen
>> with the silver Apple.  I rebooted from the Hard drive and tried to 
>> launch
>> the install program from the CDit restarted and I got the same 
>> kernel
>> panic about 5 seconds after the Apple shows up.
>
>On older PBs, people had issues installing Jag if they had installed 
>3rd party memory modules. I wonder if this is a case of the same thing?
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Re: "Less is more" or "Bigger is better"

2004-12-31 Thread diane 
At 12:47 AM -0500 12/31/04, John wrote:
Andrew F. wrote:
I love my 12", even now that I'm not in school anymore, its still nice to
have a laptop that is so small and light that I actually do bring it out
with me.
Andrew
I really like my 12" iceBook 700. But in all honesty, if I could 
trade it for an equal 14" version, I'd do it in a minute. I keep 
finding myself wishing for a bit more screen real-estate like my old 
Wallstreet had.

I am contemplating a *book purchase myself and find that I'm leaning 
towards the 14" systems. I use 2-21" on the desktop and I'm not sure 
I can do one 12" LOL

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Re: 12 inch Powerbook G4

2004-12-31 Thread Steve Fuller 
First of all, I tried booting from it and got a kernel panic on the 
screen
with the silver Apple.  I rebooted from the Hard drive and tried to 
launch
the install program from the CDit restarted and I got the same 
kernel
panic about 5 seconds after the Apple shows up.
On older PBs, people had issues installing Jag if they had installed 
3rd party memory modules. I wonder if this is a case of the same thing?

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Re: Quadrupled RAM shows no improvement

2004-12-31 Thread Timothy Domst 
There is a shareware program called Xbench, you can use it with both 
RAM configurations and compare them.

On Dec 29, 2004, at 7:49 PM, Claire Hart wrote:
I have two questions, so I'll send them as separate posts.
My Powerbook is a 17" 1.5 GHz, July issue.  I bought 2 GB of RAM last 
month, replacing the factory-installed 512 stick.  What improvements 
should I see after having made this installation?  I am not currently 
running anything high-powered, although I hope to finally find some 
time to make use of my Powerbook and have some fun.  However, it seems 
that I should see some improvements.

I did install and run OnyX recently, since I usually don't leave the 
PB on overnight.  That made a huge overall improvement, and seemed to 
restore the PB to its original state.  I know that if I was working on 
huge files on high-powered software, with tons of photos, long movie 
clips, graphics, rendering, etc., I might see a more noticeable 
difference with the RAM upgrade.

What benchmarks are available to compare the performance of my 
computer with this RAM upgrade?

Thanks,
Claire
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12 inch Powerbook G4

2004-12-31 Thread Tim Collier 
I just bought my wife a new iBook (14 inch).  She was using a G4 Powerbook
867 12 inch model.  We had upgraded the OS to 10.3.7--it originally came
with 10.2.x.  I am planning on selling it and last night I went to put it
back to it's original state and inserted the original Install/Restore CD.
First of all, I tried booting from it and got a kernel panic on the screen
with the silver Apple.  I rebooted from the Hard drive and tried to launch
the install program from the CDit restarted and I got the same kernel
panic about 5 seconds after the Apple shows up.
I did a little exploring on the Apple Support site and didn't find much.
Will I be unable to put Jaguar back on it?  I'd really like to sell it with
the *original* software.
A thought, if I put in the Panther install CD and formatted the drive, would
it then accept 10.2?

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Re: "Less is more" or "Bigger is better"

2004-12-31 Thread Zoltan Batiz 
An interesting thread, so I thought I'd chime in.  My Pismo is my main 
computer. . .period.  I use it at home docked on it's multiple fan 
cooling station, elevated for my ergonomic needs, which of course is 
connected to my Firewire and USB devices.  Oh and on the subject of 
screen real estate?  At home my Pismo is always connected to my 17" 
Apple Studio Display. . .PLENTY of real estate to do my work.  For 
those rare occasions when I have to go out to see clients, I grab my 
laptop bag, which can neatly house my Pismo, flat bed scanner, CD/RW, 
Zip Drive, and two extra batteries.  The bag isn't even too big either. 
. .but probably weighs as much as the average American, but hey I LOVE 
to see my clients reactions as I bust out an entire office on the 
table; of which everything mentioned is powered from my Pismo via the 
Firewire and USB ports.

By the way folks, this brings me to the TWO REASONS I will have a very 
hard time ever parting from my Pismo.  Besides two batteries, the hot 
swappable expansion bays are key elements for my needs, that always pop 
up when least expected.  So, if Apple somehow figures out how to make a 
PowerBook G5 with those two main elements, I'll be the first in line.  
And yea, it's gonna have to be a G5 to get me away from my Pismo.

Probably a third reason is due to the advent of wireless technologies.  
Wireless, as we all know, has put an enormous jump on laptops in 
general through sales and overall demand.  Of course my two bedroom 
condo is wireless and yes, I'm "technosexual" as was described the 
other day on the news. . .I have the occasional "geek" parties with as 
much as 12 to 14 people all wirelessly connected to my network via 
their laptops, PB's and iBooks, surfing and downloading.  I've got a 
shared T1, so I might as well be generous with the bandwidth when I'm 
not using it right?

Anyway, as a former desktop user who had a computer it seems that was 
the size of my room with SCSI this and SCSI that just four short years 
ago, the Pismo has made me a true believer in laptop technology and I 
will never go back to a tower at home.  NEVA!  LOL.

Anyway, happy new year everyone. . .no more shots for me.
Z
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