Satanic Lombard - Exorcised!!! And how about a Superdrive?
Just to let you know that with a new CPU card - all problems gone, even with the original memory. Also a plug for Crucial Memory, who get 10/10 for helpful tech support. The person who picked up the customer support number **was the technician** (no transfers!) and knew all about macs, straight off the top of his head, even down to which models had firmware revisions for RAM speeds. Soo.. now it works, I want to know if anyone has managed to put a superdrive in one of the beasties. It should fit surely! Any pointers to info? Ben -- The VidaVerde Seed Collection 14 Southdown Avenue, Lewes East Sussex, BN7 1EL Excellent Vegetables For the Kitchen Garden: Illustrated Catalogue at http://www.realseeds.co.uk Or call 01239 821107 for a paper copy. -- 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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Wallstreet Video Problem
Well, since we're discussing Wallstreet problems, I have one for you. I could research it myself, but I'm not sure how to accurately describe it, or what it's called. This is my setup: Wallstreet II 266 384MB RAM 40GB H.D. (8 partitions, plenty of room in each one) OS - 8.5 to 10.2.4. VM turned off if not prohibited FWIW I have had the disk cache set to 1024 (I just changed it to 2048 to see if that has any effect) I almost always have at least 8 applications running simultaneously (which I use all the all the time), including the Finder/System, which consumes memory like an application. I also always have around40-50 application/Finder windows open all of the time. Sometimes I run 8 or 9 simultaneous applications. That's when I see the following problem. How do I describe what happens to the video? Well, in OS 8.6, every time certain windows are changed, there is a brief moment where they have squiggly lines in them (hard to explain, but similar to lines full of tilde ~ marks). I haven't done a lot of self-diagnosis, but it *seems* to be windows that are active even when in the background. For instance, I'm in Eudora now, if I switch to my Telnet client (for Unix email), that window -- which is in essence always active -- that window has the momentary video weirdness. The same thing happens if I bring the Monitor window of IPNetMonitor to the front (it is constantly showing TCP/IP input/output, so it is active all the time as well). This does not happen if I reactive a Eudora window, or a browser winder, or a text edit window. In this OS, the problem will eventually cause the System to crash. However, if I am judicious with opening additional windows after the problem appears, I can usually continue using things for another 3-7 days before experiencing the system crash (I rarely shut down, except to change OSes or recover from a crash). If I'm in OS 9.2.2, it usually manifests itself after waking up from sleep. There the problem is worse. All the text on the screen is fuzzy and hard to read. If I scroll any window the text becomes muddied and completely illegible. The cursor become almost transparent. It's practically impossible to see ( or even find) on the screen. I have not noticed the problem in OS X. But I use it the least of all of the operating systems. Now, this acts likes a memory problem. It seems to only occur after opening one or two additional programs. However, I am very meticulous as to the manner in which I open and close applications (in fact, I almost never close any of the primary 8 that I use all of the time), so I don't have a fragmented memory problem. And I usually have between 180 to 250MB RAM free when the problem occurs. The only other thing I can think of that would cause this kind of problem, would be the video/video RAM. I don't know if the System heap could cause this or not. Seems like I have heard of Wallstreet problems that might have been similar (but again, it's a difficult problem to be described the same way by everyone). Does it sound familiar to anyone? Does anyone know what the solution is? I sure would appreciate some knowledgeable input. It's made OS 9 all but unusable. 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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Pismo G3 900MHz or G4 500MHz
On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 18:04:24 -0800, CR [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been watching Pismos and saw one with a G4 500MHz upgrade. Than Andrew posted his ? regarding pricing his G3 900MHz upgrade. I wonder if I can solicit opinions relative to advantages of each? I chose the G3 900MHz as I read a review that said that although the G4 had the advantages of the Altivec, the fact that the G3 was 400MHz faster managed to push it ahead in terms of raw speed, for instance, iTunes encodes faster with the G3 900MHz than with the G4 500MHz, despite it not having Altivec. I am sure there will be *some* cases where the G4/500MHz is a faster chip, but not many. -- Thanks, Andrew McCall [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Lombard superdrive
On 15/02/2005 10:43, G-Books G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com wrote: Soo.. now it works, I want to know if anyone has managed to put a superdrive in one of the beasties. It should fit surely! Any pointers to info? Ben No problem putting a Superdrive in. I'd suggest a slot-loading one, so that if you move to a G4 in the future you can take the Superdrive with you. As to models, the Panasonic UJ slot-loading drives are the way to go: UJ-815 is a 2x burner, UJ-825 is 4x (also does DVD+R), the UJ-835 is 8x (also DVD+R and Dual Layer disks) and I believe the UJ-845 is out now too (I think still 8x, though maybe expanded Dual Layer support). Prices have fallen, though not proportionally, i.e. the different models tend to be similarly priced online (Euro 120-150), therefore you might as well go for a UJ-835, which I've seen as low as Euro 115. 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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Pismo G3 900MHz or G4 500MHz
This isn't the article I was talking about, but it says a similar thing to what I was saying: http://www.lowendmac.com/misc/04/0601.html On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 10:22:17 +, Andrew McCall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 18:04:24 -0800, CR [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been watching Pismos and saw one with a G4 500MHz upgrade. Than Andrew posted his ? regarding pricing his G3 900MHz upgrade. I wonder if I can solicit opinions relative to advantages of each? I chose the G3 900MHz as I read a review that said that although the G4 had the advantages of the Altivec, the fact that the G3 was 400MHz faster managed to push it ahead in terms of raw speed, for instance, iTunes encodes faster with the G3 900MHz than with the G4 500MHz, despite it not having Altivec. I am sure there will be *some* cases where the G4/500MHz is a faster chip, but not many. -- Thanks, Andrew McCall [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com --- -- Thanks, Andrew McCall [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Two-finger scrolling on older PowerBooks and iBooks.
Check this site here: http://www-users.kawo2.rwth-aachen.de/~razzfazz/ I installed the driver on my 2004's AlBook and it seems to work perfectly. Marcin Wichary e:\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary Attached w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary/gui Graphical User Interface gallery w:\ www.10yearsofbeingboring.com 10 years of Being Boring w:\ www.usability.pl Usability.pl -- 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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Two-finger scrolling on older PowerBooks and iBooks.
on 15/02/05 08:41, Marcin Wichary at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Check this site here: http://www-users.kawo2.rwth-aachen.de/~razzfazz/ I installed the driver on my 2004's AlBook and it seems to work perfectly. There is also uControl http://gnufoo.org/ucontrol/ which doesn't require any hacking in the system and comes as an installer. You can scroll with it but you can also remap meta keys (shift, control, etc.) to whatever you want. Although uControl doesn't require you to do any hacking, it does some hacking itself internally, but I've been using it for many months now without any problem... -Laurent. -- Laurent Daudelin AIM/iChat: LaurentDaudelinhttp://nemesys.dyndns.org Logiciels Nemesys Software mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] bug-compatible adj.: [common] Said of a design or revision that has been badly compromised by a requirement to be compatible with fossils or misfeatures in other programs or (esp.) previous releases of itself. MS-DOS 2.0 used \ as apath separator to be bug-compatible with some cretin's choice of / as an option character in 1.0. -- 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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Two-finger scrolling on older PowerBooks and iBooks.
Check this site here: http://www-users.kawo2.rwth-aachen.de/~razzfazz/ I installed the driver on my 2004's AlBook and it seems to work perfectly. There is also uControl http://gnufoo.org/ucontrol/ which doesn't require any hacking in the system and comes as an installer. Well, there's also Sidetrack [1], but both Sidetrack and uControl are old news. Besides, two-finger scrolling is just plain cool and innovative. The version I link to above also gives you the ability to scroll continuously like on iPod -- something that, as far as I understand, even new PowerBooks won't let you. [1] http://www.ragingmenace.com/software/sidetrack/index.html Marcin Wichary e:\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary Attached w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary/gui Graphical User Interface gallery w:\ www.10yearsofbeingboring.com 10 years of Being Boring w:\ www.usability.pl Usability.pl -- 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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Fuse in Yo-Yo?
-Original Message- From: G-Books [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bryan Kattwinkel Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 00:12 To: G-Books Subject: Fuse in Yo-Yo? Is there a fuse inside the Yo-Yo power cord (for dual-USB iBook G3), and if so is there any way to get in there and replace the fuse? TIA, Bryan I don't know if there is a fuse or not, but the Yo-Yo adapters are completely glued together you can break them apart but they never go back together right. I took one apart one day when I was having a momentary lapse of intelligence. The battery was completely drained so I plugged it in it didn't turn on so I thought that the adapter wasn't working. Later I remembered that it was work's Dell laptop that had the blinking green charging light not my Pismo. Oh well the frayed cord on it was starting to worry me anyway, so a new one was in order. I still have it and it works, but its just duct taped together. -- 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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Lombard superdrive
The 835 is only the way to go if you don't need a Region Free firmware update, which is not available yet on the 835 (not sure about 825). The 815 has region free firmware and a backwards flasher to region locked (for warranty repairs so they can't blame the region hack). This is the one dissappointment I had with my new PowerBook, I can no longer use it to watch my region 3 DVDs. Andrew On 15 Feb 2005 at 11:34, My Name wrote: On 15/02/2005 10:43, G-Books G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com wrote: Soo.. now it works, I want to know if anyone has managed to put a superdrive in one of the beasties. It should fit surely! Any pointers to info? Ben No problem putting a Superdrive in. I'd suggest a slot-loading one, so that if you move to a G4 in the future you can take the Superdrive with you. As to models, the Panasonic UJ slot-loading drives are the way to go: UJ-815 is a 2x burner, UJ-825 is 4x (also does DVD+R), the UJ-835 is 8x (also DVD+R and Dual Layer disks) and I believe the UJ-845 is out now too (I think still 8x, though maybe expanded Dual Layer support). Prices have fallen, though not proportionally, i.e. the different models tend to be similarly priced online (Euro 120-150), therefore you might as well go for a UJ-835, which I've seen as low as Euro 115. 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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Open Firmware for Powerbook Superdrive?
I seem to recall someone talking about an Open Firmware update for the Powerbook Superdrive which would allow it to use DVD-RW and also let it burn at 2x speeds. Does anyone have more information about that? TjL There is a firmware upgrade meant for at least some TiBooks with superdrives. I have it installed (Powerbook G4 Titanium 1GHz) and have had no major issues with it, but mind you this is a totally unsupported thing, and you may well ruin your drive if something nasty happens during the upgrade. This upgrade allowed me to burn DVD-R at 2x (originally 1x), and also to double the burning speed for CD-R (16x vs 8x) and CD-RW (8x vs 4x). Support for DVD-RW, though, is not very consistent. I have burned one or two successfully, failed some others, but in at least one occasion an apparently successful burn produced a disk that wouldn't be recognized and was even hard to eject. In that event Disk Utility could not be used (it kept the spinning beach ball, apparently trying and trying to read this disk). I had to restart holding the mouse button to get that stubborn DVD-RW out of the drive. Remember, this is *unsupported* and, if something goes wrong, can render your drive unuseable. Luis Sequeira -- 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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: New iBooks/PB's compared to Pismo's, etc.
Re. BTO Compare a PowerBook to a Dell Laptop!! At Dell you can configure your laptop just about any way you want and it is designed around this concept, while the PowerBook is designed the way all good Macs have always been designed, to be the way the design guys thought best, and so far it's obvious Apple has done the right thing. Look at a Dell and see what the BTO concept has done for their range of laptops, they're shit!! Larry _ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ -- 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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: New PowerBooks
From: Andrew [EMAIL PROTECTED] Well, I've had the new 1.5GHz 12 for a week now, and must say that the upgrade was really worthwhile. Excellent news!! Partly for you, obviusly, but also for me as I have just sold my 12 AlBook, yes the one which I debated over for a week, the one with a dent in the corner and twisted frame. I also sold my iMac G4 FP and an interim PB G4 667DVI, so now I'm gonna go out and buy myself a brand new AlBook, just undecided about the size... 12 or 15 The illuminated keyboard has certain practical advantages... Larry _ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ -- 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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: New PowerBooks
On 15/02/05 12:34, Larry le Mac [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Andrew [EMAIL PROTECTED] Well, I've had the new 1.5GHz 12 for a week now, and must say that the upgrade was really worthwhile. Excellent news!! Partly for you, obviusly, but also for me as I have just sold my 12 AlBook, yes the one which I debated over for a week, the one with a dent in the corner and twisted frame. I also sold my iMac G4 FP and an interim PB G4 667DVI, so now I'm gonna go out and buy myself a brand new AlBook, just undecided about the size... 12 or 15 The illuminated keyboard has certain practical advantages... Larry, Also think carefully about the screen. The usual motto is the more the better. Of course, for a laptop, that has to be compounded with the transportability factor. I have a 17 and has no problem carrying to the office and back home every single day... -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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: New iBooks/PB's compared to Pismo's, etc.
That's not a fair comparison, Dell's laptops are generic Taiwan models with the Dell brand. Look at a high-end IBM ThinkPad, the T42 for example, and you find a build-to-order model that allows a choice of processors, screen size, networking and connectivity options, even options for embedded security and finger print readers. They even let you choose the built-in pointing device (the eraserhead, which I love) or the eraserhead AND the touchpad. Apple is getting better with video options on the 15 PowerBook, but for the most part they come one way. Yes, the Apple laptops are very well integrated, but pick up a ThinkPad T42 and you will see the same build quality and integration. IBM used to even give you the option of Linux instead of Windows, not sure if they still do that or not. Using the car analogy that is so common, if Apple is selling BMW, comparing to Dell you are comparing to Chevrolet, while IBM would represent Mercedes. I have (and currently) own both Apple and IBM laptops, and there are honestly things that I like better about each, not to mention a few areas in which IBM's design is better than Apple's. For example, hinges. Any long time Apple laptop owner has likely had issues with hinges. My current 12 PowerBook is great, but my last 12 POwerBook, while not loose, tended to bind a bit (new is smooth as glass). Titanium PB hinges flat-out break, as do those on Wallstreets, while Lombard and Pismo hinges just get loose. I've owned four ThinkPads over the years, and every single one of them had firm, smooth and sturdy hinges that held up to hard use. IBM's current T-series are very thin and light, weighing about the same as my 12 PowerBook and being just as thin, though with a 14 screen and a swappable drive bay that takes a second battery. That is great design, though Apple's trade-off is the wonderful slot-loading drive, which if they put their design emphasis on it, could probably be made to work in a removable bay, which could probably be crammed into the current form-fact. What I'm saying is that Apple's design, while up there with the very best in the industry, is not THE BEST in every area. Other companies (Sony, Toshiba to name two) also have design elements in their laptops that are innovative and superior. As Mac users we have it pretty good, but the fact that so many people here hang on to their Pismo and Lombard models makes it pretty clear that people value removable drives and multiple battery capability. Starting with the Titanium, Apple abandoned those features, while IBM continues to improve them with every revision to their T-series ThinkPad. Andrew On 2/15/05 9:26 AM, Larry le Mac [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Re. BTO Compare a PowerBook to a Dell Laptop!! At Dell you can configure your laptop just about any way you want and it is designed around this concept, while the PowerBook is designed the way all good Macs have always been designed, to be the way the design guys thought best, and so far it's obvious Apple has done the right thing. Look at a Dell and see what the BTO concept has done for their range of laptops, they're shit!! Larry _ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ -- 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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: New iBooks/PB's compared to Pismo's, etc.
On 15/02/05 12:44, Andrew F. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's not a fair comparison, Dell's laptops are generic Taiwan models with the Dell brand. Look at a high-end IBM ThinkPad, the T42 for example, and you find a build-to-order model that allows a choice of processors, screen size, networking and connectivity options, even options for embedded security and finger print readers. They even let you choose the built-in pointing device (the eraserhead, which I love) or the eraserhead AND the touchpad. Is this the reason why they sold their PC division to a Chinese company because it was not profitable? -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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: New PowerBooks
From: Laurent Daudelin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Also think carefully about the screen. The usual motto is the more the better. Of course, for a laptop, that has to be compounded with the transportability factor. I have a 17 and has no problem carrying to the office and back home every single day... This is one of the main issues, yes! I have now had a 12 and use a 15 1GHz AlBook at work and the desktop realestate is quite different. The initial thought was a 12 for everywhere; sofa, outside on the patio and then hook it up to a 17 TFT in my study, but if I went for the 15 I wouldn't have to switch between 1024 and 1280, sods law is that I'd like to do something that required 1280 while not being in the study... Like I said, the illuminated keyboard is a big one for me. Gigabit Ethernet another, as FW800 and S-video out. And I've just realised one of the real killers in the decision, the RAM!! The 12 has 2x256 while the 15 has 1x512, making it much cheaper to add more memory!!! I just have one question regarding the timing of the purchase; As the G5 is some way off, the 1.5GHz is plenty good for me, but what about Tiger, would it not be better buying the AlBook with Tiger installed ?!? I will always have access to Tiger later (no need to harp on about software licensing, we all have different levels of conciense...) ;o) but maybe it'd be better to wait ?!... Larry _ Don't just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/ -- 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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: New iBooks/PB's compared to Pismo's, etc.
I think they kept the ThinkPad division, not sure. Anyway, ThinkPads have been made in China for the last four years, so I suspect nothing will change other than the location of the headquarters. ThinkPads have always been profitable, but my take is that IBM wants to sell eCommerce solutions, which laptop and desktop PCs don't really fit into. Andrew On 2/15/05 9:47 AM, Laurent Daudelin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 15/02/05 12:44, Andrew F. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's not a fair comparison, Dell's laptops are generic Taiwan models with the Dell brand. Look at a high-end IBM ThinkPad, the T42 for example, and you find a build-to-order model that allows a choice of processors, screen size, networking and connectivity options, even options for embedded security and finger print readers. They even let you choose the built-in pointing device (the eraserhead, which I love) or the eraserhead AND the touchpad. Is this the reason why they sold their PC division to a Chinese company because it was not profitable? -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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: New PowerBooks
Good for you! For me it was very difficult choosing between the 12 (superdrive) and 15 (combodrive) this time around. The lighted keyboard would be nice, as would the larger screen. Also, while I do travel and like the small size of the 12, I'm not a student anymore and thus do not have to carry and set up multiple times per day, so the 15 wouldn't be too bad. What it really came down to was comfort. I've owned the 12 (1GHz) for a year and found that it really fit my lifestyle. It is small enough to take almost everywhere, and as a result, it is always there when I need it. I've had machines the size of the 15 before (T-series ThinkPad was my preferred laptop in my Windows days) and while only around 5lbs and not too bulky, it was just large enough that I often left it at home. The little PowerBook, on the other hand, is actually small enough that I don't bother with a PDA anymore. The screen on the 12 is fine (as you probably know). It may be inadequate if you do heavy content creation, but considering that until the Titanium came out 1024X768 was the best you could do on a Mac laptop anyway, it remains plenty for most of what a laptop is used for. I only want more resolution when doing things like video editing, for which I just plug in my external monitor. Andrew On 2/15/05 9:34 AM, Larry le Mac [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Andrew [EMAIL PROTECTED] Well, I've had the new 1.5GHz 12 for a week now, and must say that the upgrade was really worthwhile. Excellent news!! Partly for you, obviusly, but also for me as I have just sold my 12 AlBook, yes the one which I debated over for a week, the one with a dent in the corner and twisted frame. I also sold my iMac G4 FP and an interim PB G4 667DVI, so now I'm gonna go out and buy myself a brand new AlBook, just undecided about the size... 12 or 15 The illuminated keyboard has certain practical advantages... Larry _ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ -- 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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Battery Chargers
Disclaimer: I am not a tech. Look at the wattage requirements/tolerances (?) of both 'books and adapters. Higher W adapters can deal with lower W machines, but not vice versa. On Mon, 14 Feb 2005, bobgir2004 wrote: I know I can research the answer on this, but I betcha one of you knows the answer right of the top of your head. The wife got a new iBook, G4, 14' screen in late 2004. My Dual-USB, G3, 12 iBook was purchased in early 2003. I'm guessing that when we travel and take the smaller, lighter G3, that we won't be able to charge its battery with the smaller, lighter battery charger unit that came with the G4. Gotta drag that big, bulky yo-yo and it's stiff cord, instead? Right? Wrong? TIA, bob -- Non Illegitimi Carborundum -- 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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: New PowerBooks
On 15/02/05 12:50, Larry le Mac [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Laurent Daudelin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Also think carefully about the screen. The usual motto is the more the better. Of course, for a laptop, that has to be compounded with the transportability factor. I have a 17 and has no problem carrying to the office and back home every single day... This is one of the main issues, yes! I have now had a 12 and use a 15 1GHz AlBook at work and the desktop realestate is quite different. The initial thought was a 12 for everywhere; sofa, outside on the patio and then hook it up to a 17 TFT in my study, but if I went for the 15 I wouldn't have to switch between 1024 and 1280, sods law is that I'd like to do something that required 1280 while not being in the study... Like I said, the illuminated keyboard is a big one for me. Gigabit Ethernet another, as FW800 and S-video out. And I've just realised one of the real killers in the decision, the RAM!! The 12 has 2x256 while the 15 has 1x512, making it much cheaper to add more memory!!! I just have one question regarding the timing of the purchase; As the G5 is some way off, the 1.5GHz is plenty good for me, but what about Tiger, would it not be better buying the AlBook with Tiger installed ?!? I will always have access to Tiger later (no need to harp on about software licensing, we all have different levels of conciense...) ;o) but maybe it'd be better to wait ?!... There is no saying as to when Tiger will be released. Many think it will be at the World Wide Developer Conference in June. From what I've seen, Tiger is not ready for prime time yet. But, if you're not in a hurry and can wait until the beginning of July, then why not waiting? But then, at that time, rumors of a G5 PowerBook might be more persistent, so maybe you will want to wait in September to see if they are finally released. You see, you can always have a good reason to wait... -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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: New PowerBooks
On Feb 15, 2005, at 1:33 PM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: There is no saying as to when Tiger will be released. Many think it will be at the World Wide Developer Conference in June. From what I've seen, Tiger is not ready for prime time yet. But, if you're not in a hurry and can wait until the beginning of July, then why not waiting? But then, at that time, rumors of a G5 PowerBook might be more persistent, so maybe you will want to wait in September to see if they are finally released. You see, you can always have a good reason to wait... Then again, I wouldn't recommend getting any .0 release of either hardware (i.e. the first batch of G5 Powerbooks) or software (Tiger version 0) unless you are comfortable sitting on the cutting edge. Me, I like a .2 release (i.e. Jaguar) for both hardware and software. Sure there are exceptions, but by and large, those who are on the front line end up doing the last little bit of real-life beta testing. TjL -- 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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: New PowerBooks
On 15/02/05 13:40, Timothy Luoma [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Feb 15, 2005, at 1:33 PM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: There is no saying as to when Tiger will be released. Many think it will be at the World Wide Developer Conference in June. From what I've seen, Tiger is not ready for prime time yet. But, if you're not in a hurry and can wait until the beginning of July, then why not waiting? But then, at that time, rumors of a G5 PowerBook might be more persistent, so maybe you will want to wait in September to see if they are finally released. You see, you can always have a good reason to wait... Then again, I wouldn't recommend getting any .0 release of either hardware (i.e. the first batch of G5 Powerbooks) or software (Tiger version 0) unless you are comfortable sitting on the cutting edge. Me, I like a .2 release (i.e. Jaguar) for both hardware and software. Sure there are exceptions, but by and large, those who are on the front line end up doing the last little bit of real-life beta testing. TjL That's a really good point, Tim. For example, I'm sure that, with some insight now, owners of Titanium PowerBooks are probably happy but maybe not as happy as they would want, as a few flaws started coming out quite a bit after they were initially introduced. I remember when the first generation was released. They were beautiful, with their almost pure Titanium casing. But then, stories about how the paint was peeling off started appearing and I've never wanted to get one at that time... -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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Slow iBook G4 1Ghz
About one year ago I had a Wallstreet II / PDQ 266 with 128MB RAM running Panther (I believe 10.3.5. and Jaguar 10.2.6 before that). I know this was too little, but unless I used very memory intensive apps it was OK. Now have encountered an iBook G4 1Ghz with 128MB running Panther 10.3.6 that is slower than my old WS machine! I looked at the processor with Top and it was running at about 50%. Some VM activity was going on, but it didn't seem excessive nor did the drive trash. Also I only found 3 swap files, which I'd expect with this little RAM. In my old WS changing to another app could take about 5 seconds at times, longer if I ran more than say 5 apps. To start an app took maybe 10 dock bounces. On this book starting an app takes very long time, like 15 bounces. Changing app takes way more than 15 seconds, between say, Word and System Preferences, those two being the only ones loaded. While any machine with 128MB is running sub-optimally, I was impressed on the WS 266 when Panther support in XPostFacto arrived and how much snappier my machine felt even with as little as 128MB ( I later upgraded to 384MB). It seems that I'm not looking at processor overload, but something more complex. Anyone have any suggestions what to look for including hardware problems in this model? I'm going to try to redo prebinding and getting rid of all suspect prefs, before I install more RAM. Any other suggestions? -- 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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: New PowerBooks
From: Andrew F. [EMAIL PROTECTED] For me it was very difficult choosing between the 12 (superdrive) and 15 (combodrive) this time around. My decision is combo either way as I want an external FW/USB2 dual layer +/- drive which I can use on any of the Macs in the house. --- The lighted keyboard would be nice More than nice for me, very practical. No light required. Larry _ Don't just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! http://search.msn.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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: New PowerBooks
From: Andrew F. [EMAIL PROTECTED] For me it was very difficult choosing between the 12 (superdrive) and 15 (combodrive) this time around. My decision is combo either way as I want an external FW/USB2 dual layer +/- drive which I can use on any of the Macs in the house. --- The lighted keyboard would be nice More than nice for me, very practical. No light required. Larry _ Don't just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/ -- 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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: New PowerBooks
From: Laurent Daudelin [EMAIL PROTECTED] There is no saying as to when Tiger will be released. But, if you're not in a hurry and can wait until the beginning of July, then why not waiting? But then, at that time, rumors of a G5 PowerBook might be more persistent, so maybe you will want to wait in September to see if they are finally released. You see, you can always have a good reason to wait... Yes, been there done that. Bought my TiBook 550 three weeks before they fitted it with Combo and bought my 15 AlBook a couple of weeks before they fitted it with SuperDrive (I thin it was, or was there some other upgrade on the standard machine ?) In any case, the cash burning a hole in my pocket and my wife's student discount does point towards an imminent purchase as soon as I'm allowed out of the house. I am currently housebound due to a 4 nail in my shoulder (intentially fitted to reconnect my shoulder after a motorbike accident...)... Larry _ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ -- 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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: New PowerBooks
On 15 Feb 2005, at 18:53, G-Books wrote: The initial thought was a 12 for everywhere; sofa, outside on the patio and then hook it up to a 17 TFT in my study, but if I went for the 15 I wouldn't have to switch between 1024 and 1280, sods law is that I'd like to do something that required 1280 while not being in the study... This is my wife's setup and I am becoming a believer. I love the 12 form factor for travel, work in non-desk situations (plane, train, coffee shop, airport, living room sofa, etc.) and for when you're at home/office, a nice 17 external TFT monitor (they have really come down in price too!) gives you a superb 29 of screen real estate (if you have monitor spanning, which even my wife's G3/900 iBook has, thanks to the spanning hack) all for a lot less than the $3000 sticker price of a 30-inch cinema HD! (not a fair comparison, I know, but the wife's setup is outstanding value at about $750 for the whole lot: used iBook and new Samsung 17 LCD). Everyone's needs are different, obviously. I'm now keeping my eyes peeled for a super deal on used 12 AlBook 1Ghz and up, with DVI for an external monitor. Sweet. 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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: New PowerBooks
On 15-Feb-05, at 12:34 PM, Larry le Mac wrote: The illuminated keyboard has certain practical advantages... The only thing better than an illuminated keyboard is not needing one in the first place, because you touch-type... But chances are if you truly do touch type without having to look at the keys at all, you type Dvorak, which has more freak factor than cool factor, unlike the illuminated keyboard. I'm not sure why all AlBooks didn't come with that keyboard, since even my 12 had the same keys so it *could* be illuminated... -- 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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: New PowerBooks
From: Timothy Luoma [EMAIL PROTECTED] Then again, I wouldn't recommend getting any .0 release of either hardware (i.e. the first batch of G5 Powerbooks) or software (Tiger version 0) unless you are comfortable sitting on the cutting edge. I am inclined to agreen as the current lineup have been seriously upgraded and have some really nice features that were pay-extra before. Larry _ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ -- 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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: New PowerBooks
On 15/02/05 14:23, Larry le Mac [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Laurent Daudelin [EMAIL PROTECTED] There is no saying as to when Tiger will be released. But, if you're not in a hurry and can wait until the beginning of July, then why not waiting? But then, at that time, rumors of a G5 PowerBook might be more persistent, so maybe you will want to wait in September to see if they are finally released. You see, you can always have a good reason to wait... Yes, been there done that. Bought my TiBook 550 three weeks before they fitted it with Combo and bought my 15 AlBook a couple of weeks before they fitted it with SuperDrive (I thin it was, or was there some other upgrade on the standard machine ?) In any case, the cash burning a hole in my pocket and my wife's student discount does point towards an imminent purchase as soon as I'm allowed out of the house. I am currently housebound due to a 4 nail in my shoulder (intentially fitted to reconnect my shoulder after a motorbike accident...)... Sell the motorbike, you'll have enough cash to go all the way to the 17 And no more dealing with 4 nails in your shoulders! ;-) -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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Screen size and iBooks (was Re: New PowerBooks)0
On 15-Feb-05, at 12:53 PM, Andrew F. wrote: For me it was very difficult choosing between the 12 (superdrive) and 15 (combodrive) this time around. The lighted keyboard would be nice, as would the larger screen. Also, while I do travel and like the small size of the 12, I'm not a student anymore and thus do not have to carry and set up multiple times per day, so the 15 wouldn't be too bad. As far as screen size go, does anyone here have a 14 iBook? Their max resolution is 1024x768, same as the 12, right? Unless you got it for the SuperDrive, why would someone want the extra weight and bulk? Why can't they make iBooks display any higher resolutions, anyways? -- 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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Screen size and iBooks (was Re: New PowerBooks)0
On 15/02/05 14:26, - drive - drift - dream - [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 15-Feb-05, at 12:53 PM, Andrew F. wrote: For me it was very difficult choosing between the 12 (superdrive) and 15 (combodrive) this time around. The lighted keyboard would be nice, as would the larger screen. Also, while I do travel and like the small size of the 12, I'm not a student anymore and thus do not have to carry and set up multiple times per day, so the 15 wouldn't be too bad. As far as screen size go, does anyone here have a 14 iBook? Their max resolution is 1024x768, same as the 12, right? Unless you got it for the SuperDrive, why would someone want the extra weight and bulk? Why can't they make iBooks display any higher resolutions, anyways? I would imagine that 14 1024 x 768 LCD displays are pretty cheap these days. As soon as they would go up, then that would mean a more expensive iBook 14. Plus, I'm not saying that they don't exist, but I've rarely seen a 14 LCD display with a higher resolution than 1024 x 768. Cost must be involved. I guess that a 14 iBook makes sense for people that want a slightly larger image or a more actual size of what's on the screen. At 1024 x 768 on the 12, everything appears smaller than it is actually... -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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: New PowerBooks
From: Laurent Daudelin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sell the motorbike, you'll have enough cash to go all the way to the 17 It wasn't a normal motorbike, it was speedway (dirt track in the US) www.speedwayworld.tv Though not at that level... Larry _ FREE pop-up blocking with the new MSN Toolbar - get it now! http://toolbar.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200415ave/direct/01/ -- 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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: New iBooks/PB's compared to Pismo's, etc.
I think they kept the ThinkPad division, not sure. Anyway, ThinkPads have been made in China for the last four years, so I suspect nothing will change other than the location of the headquarters. I believe they sold the whole thing, and Lenovo can use ThinkPad brand for five years to come. Marcin Wichary e:\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary Attached w:\ www.aci.com.pl/mwichary/gui Graphical User Interface gallery w:\ www.10yearsofbeingboring.com 10 years of Being Boring w:\ www.usability.pl Usability.pl -- 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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: New PowerBooks
On 15 Feb 2005 at 14:23, - drive - drift - dream - wrote: I'm not sure why all AlBooks didn't come with that keyboard, since even my 12 had the same keys so it *could* be illuminated... Especially since the 12 is more likely to be used in a bed or on an airplane, it is the one most in need of the lighted keyboard. I use a USB flylight (or my ThinkPad) 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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Screen size and iBooks (was Re: New PowerBooks)0
On 15 Feb 2005 at 14:26, - drive - drift - dream - wrote: As far as screen size go, does anyone here have a 14 iBook? Their max resolution is 1024x768, same as the 12, right? Unless you got it for the SuperDrive, why would someone want the extra weight and bulk? Why can't they make iBooks display any higher resolutions, anyways? There are reasons for the larger screen at the same resolution, the most important being that it is easier on the eyes. My 12 PoewrBook and 14 Lombard have the same 1024X768 resolution (I think the Lombard uses the same screen as the 14 iBook), and while the available real estate is exactly the same, the 14 is a lot nicer when working at a desk or reading text. On the 12, I end up zooming the text on most websites and usually have my word documents set to 140% magnification (plenty of real estate for that), and end up with nice, readable text. On the 14 I do the same, mainly out of habit, and end up with giant-size text that is a pleasure to read, but looks freakishly large. The 12 is definitely adequate, but the 14 is just a lot more relaxing. Of course, the price is bulk. 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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Screen size and iBooks (was Re: New PowerBooks)0
On 15 Feb 2005 at 14:32, Laurent Daudelin wrote: I would imagine that 14 1024 x 768 LCD displays are pretty cheap these days. As soon as they would go up, then that would mean a more expensive iBook 14. Plus, I'm not saying that they don't exist, but I've rarely seen a 14 LCD display with a higher resolution than 1024 x 768. Cost must be involved. There are many higher resolution 14 screens out there. IBM has 1600X1200 14 panels, and I'm sure other manufacturers do as well. I guess that a 14 iBook makes sense for people that want a slightly larger image or a more actual size of what's on the screen. At 1024 x 768 on the 12, everything appears smaller than it is actually... Thats the whole point of the 14 iBook, larger image. -- 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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: New iBooks/PB's compared to Pismo's, etc.
On 15 Feb 2005 at 20:41, Marcin Wichary wrote: I think they kept the ThinkPad division, not sure. Anyway, ThinkPads have been made in China for the last four years, so I suspect nothing will change other than the location of the headquarters. I believe they sold the whole thing, and Lenovo can use ThinkPad brand for five years to come. Then they got a very good deal, as the ThinkPad brand has SERIOUS equity. Hopefully, they maintain the same quality level (shouldn't be hard as they are already made in China) and keep the same philosophy. I know they also got the IBM designers and engineers, so with any luck, nothing will change. 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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
OT - Re: New iBooks/PB's compared to Pismo's, etc.
Just looked it up. Lenova has a 5-year-license on the Think names, including ThinkPad, and that is renewable. Also, IBM will continue to sell the machine, only Lenovo will be the primary manufacturer (IBM owns an 18% stake in Lenovo. There will still be IBM ThinkPads for years to come, but there will also be Lenovo ThinkPads, most likely sold in China and Asia, with the IBM models continuing in the US and Europe. This is a merger, not strictly a sale, kind of like the HP/Compaq merger. We still have iPaqs, only they are called HP iPaqs now. Hopefully that means that nothing will really change, if the IBM press release can be believed. Check it out at http://www1.ibm.com/press/PressServletForm.wss?TemplateName=ShowPressRele aseTemplateSelectString=t1.docunid=7450 Andrew On 15 Feb 2005 at 12:01, Andrew wrote: On 15 Feb 2005 at 20:41, Marcin Wichary wrote: I think they kept the ThinkPad division, not sure. Anyway, ThinkPads have been made in China for the last four years, so I suspect nothing will change other than the location of the headquarters. I believe they sold the whole thing, and Lenovo can use ThinkPad brand for five years to come. Then they got a very good deal, as the ThinkPad brand has SERIOUS equity. Hopefully, they maintain the same quality level (shouldn't be hard as they are already made in China) and keep the same philosophy. I know they also got the IBM designers and engineers, so with any luck, nothing will change. 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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Screen size and iBooks (was Re: New PowerBooks)0
-Original Message- From: G-Books [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andrew Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 15:01 To: G-Books Subject: Re: Screen size and iBooks (was Re: New PowerBooks)0 There are many higher resolution 14 screens out there. IBM has 1600X1200 14 panels, and I'm sure other manufacturers do as well. -- Yeah I love my (work's) Dell Insprion 8200's 15 1600x1200 display I really wish I could get a PowerBook with one. -- 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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: New PowerBooks
On 15-Feb-05, at 2:49 PM, Andrew wrote: I'm not sure why all AlBooks didn't come with that keyboard, since even my 12 had the same keys so it *could* be illuminated... Especially since the 12 is more likely to be used in a bed or on an airplane, it is the one most in need of the lighted keyboard. I use a USB flylight (or my ThinkPad) I had no problem typing on it, thanks to the Dvorak layout, it just didn't look so damn cool. My iBook doesn't taunt me with looking like it has the capability. -- 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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Screen size and iBooks (was Re: New PowerBooks)0
On 15-Feb-05, at 2:54 PM, Andrew wrote: There are reasons for the larger screen at the same resolution, the most important being that it is easier on the eyes. I'll take easier on the back and shoulders carrying it around, personally! But I guess some people leave them parked more than 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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
protection [was: Fuse in Yo-Yo?]
On Feb 15, 2005, at 12:28 AM, Ben Dyer wrote: No, there's nothing but wires inside the cord. The device itself is a switchmode power supply (SMPS), and as such has built-in over-current and over-temperature protection. No fuses required. This touches on a question that's been wandering around in my head. Do protections built into modern power adapters eliminate the need for surge protectors? The manual for my Aluminum PB seems to make no official statement on the subject, but it shows an illustration that indicates one is not needed. This could be an oversight, however. I plan on traveling to places where power fluctuations occur more often than in the US, so I'm interested in the wisdom of folks on this list. TIA. Peter -- 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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Screen size and iBooks (was Re: New PowerBooks)0
On 15 Feb 2005 at 15:43, - drive - drift - dream - wrote: On 15-Feb-05, at 2:54 PM, Andrew wrote: There are reasons for the larger screen at the same resolution, the most important being that it is easier on the eyes. I'll take easier on the back and shoulders carrying it around, personally! But I guess some people leave them parked more than me... Me too, that's why I bought the 12 PowerBook, TWICE! 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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Screen size and iBooks (was Re: New PowerBooks)
On 15 Feb 2005, at 20:21, G-Books wrote: The 12 is definitely adequate, but the 14 is just a lot more relaxing. Of course, the price is bulk. Andrew I would love to see a 13.3 low- and wide-screen iBook with a 1280x800 resolution. Played around with a Sony Vaio with that screen in a computer store and it was very nice, apart from the XP on the notebook. Cool black case too. 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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Screen size and iBooks (was Re: New PowerBooks)0
On 2/15/05 2:26 PM, - drive - drift - dream - [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As far as screen size go, does anyone here have a 14 iBook? Their max resolution is 1024x768, same as the 12, right? Unless you got it for the SuperDrive, why would someone want the extra weight and bulk? Old eyes? I found the 14 easier to read than the 12. Also, taking advantage of the extra size, the battery is larger so battery life is significantly improved. Why can't they make iBooks display any higher resolutions, anyways? Apple can - but keeping the iBook at 1024x768 is a way of differentiating the iBook from the PowerBook line. Already the line is seriously blurred at the 12 line. david -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: protection [was: Fuse in Yo-Yo?]
On 2/15/05 4:14 PM, peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Do protections built into modern power adapters eliminate the need for surge protectors? A couple years ago I was sitting at home online minding my own business when the transformer down the way was struck by truck sending a surge through the neighborhood. My TV, microwave, and thermostat were fried. So was my iBook's power adaptor. Computer was fine. However, don't forget that surges can come through the Ethernet line and phoneline if you are struck by lightning. We took a direct hit at work two summers back. Took out the chimney! The surge somehow didn't get the phones or electric but somehow jumped to Ethernet cable and took out every NIC in every computer in the building. Insurance company was a real PITA about settling - they'd never heard anything like it before. So they said. david -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: protection [was: Fuse in Yo-Yo?]
At 4:14 PM -0500 2/15/05, peter wrote: This touches on a question that's been wandering around in my head. Do protections built into modern power adapters eliminate the need for surge protectors? The manual for my Aluminum PB seems to make no official statement on the subject, but it shows an illustration that indicates one is not needed. This could be an oversight, however. I plan on traveling to places where power fluctuations occur more often than in the US, so I'm interested in the wisdom of folks on this list. There is a certain amount of cumulative protection. That is having a power strip with surge protection means that the protection built into your computer won't have to work much. And surge suppressors are usually rated for a total amount of energy absorbed, above that and they stop protecting. So putting a protected power strip ahead of your equipment does protect your equipment better. A laptop has a double layer of protection too, the external power supply has protection on the AC line and the power controller in the laptop protects against noise and surges coming in from the external power supply. Thus a strong enough surge might blow the power supply but not hurt the laptop. An external surge protector will add another layer of protection but it's more to protect the power supply than the laptop. Personally I don't use an added surge protector with my laptop. It's a convenience thing and basically I'm willing to risk the power supply as it's a small risk. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway -- 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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Screen size and iBooks (was Re: New PowerBooks)0
At 2:26 PM -0500 2/15/05, - drive - drift - dream - wrote: On 15-Feb-05, at 12:53 PM, Andrew F. wrote: For me it was very difficult choosing between the 12 (superdrive) and 15 (combodrive) this time around. The lighted keyboard would be nice, as would the larger screen. Also, while I do travel and like the small size of the 12, I'm not a student anymore and thus do not have to carry and set up multiple times per day, so the 15 wouldn't be too bad. As far as screen size go, does anyone here have a 14 iBook? Their max resolution is 1024x768, same as the 12, right? Unless you got it for the SuperDrive, why would someone want the extra weight and bulk? To have a bigger screen!. I have a 14 iBook (the machine I'm using now) and have used a 12 iBook. While the 12 has a very good screen I wouldn't want to stare at it for extended periods. IIRC you can special order the SuperDrive in an iBook 12. Why can't they make iBooks display any higher resolutions, anyways? Because then they would be PowerBooks. Apple runs a fine line between putting enough features in the iBook line and not encroaching on the PowerBook line. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway -- 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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: New iBooks/PB's compared to Pismo's, etc.
On Tuesday, February 15, 2005, at 10:44 AM, Andrew F. wrote: Look at a high-end IBM ThinkPad, the T42 for example, and you find a build-to-order model that allows a choice of processors, screen size, networking and connectivity options, even options for embedded security and finger print readers. They even let you choose the built-in pointing device (the eraserhead, which I love) or the eraserhead AND the touchpad. And IBM lost money on their PC business for the last how many quarters? -- Wherever you go, there you are. - B. Banzai, Ph.D. Bruce Johnson -- 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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: New iBooks/PB's compared to Pismo's, etc.
On Tuesday, February 15, 2005, at 01:01 PM, Andrew wrote: Then they got a very good deal, as the ThinkPad brand has SERIOUS equity. Hopefully, they maintain the same quality level (shouldn't be hard as they are already made in China) and keep the same philosophy. I know they also got the IBM designers and engineers, so with any luck, nothing will change. Then neither will the profitability. IBM has been losing GOBS of money doing things this way. This is why one of the first things Steve Jobs did when he came back to Apple was reduce the model line to 4. The complexity's crept up, and now the model line is 5 again, but it's a rational 5. Well, call it 5.5 with the eMac, but I expect the eMac is on it's way out. I remember shopping for a laptop for out College Dean a few years back trying to sort out IBM's offerings. Whatta mess. (he's now supposed to get his 12 Powerbook any day now...) Dell and Gateway are much the same: an assortment of boxes all slightly different. NO one, it seems truly learned the Performa Lesson except Apple. -- Wherever you go, there you are. - B. Banzai, Ph.D. Bruce Johnson -- 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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Fed-up, selling WT for parts
Arrgg. I'm fed up with my Wallstreet starting when it wants and not when I do. For sale for parts: WS pb 233Mz with extra292Mz card , 385 Memory, extra 64 mem. module,floppie drive, cd drive, battery, PMCIA cards: USB, Firewire, 56K Modem, all original cables, plus scsi cables for plugging it to other computers or externals, owners manuals and booklet of how to disassembly it. plus original cds. Make me an offer. Hector I. Macedo Lord of the Flies Dallas, TX 75248 Piscaro Itaque dicet mendacium Then round his hook the chosen fur he winds, And on the back a speckled feather binds; So just the colours shine through ev'ry part, That nature seems to live again in art. John Gay Rural Sports 1720 -- 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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Screen size and iBooks (was Re: New PowerBooks)0
On 15-Feb-05, at 4:48 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why can't they make iBooks display any higher resolutions, anyways? Apple can - but keeping the iBook at 1024x768 is a way of differentiating the iBook from the PowerBook line. Already the line is seriously blurred at the 12 line. Which is why when I wanted a faster machine, my 12 PB became a 12 iBook...since I don't use Bluetooth and the PB didn't have a SuperDrive anyways, and I need something compact... A 14 screen at a bit higher resolution in an iBook price range might have made me consider it a bit longer than the half second I did, probably still wouldn't have bought it, though. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Safari/Camino/non-IE browser problems?
Does anyone else have problems using any browser other than IE, or is it just me/my router/my ISP? I've gotten along reasonably well with just IE until I installed Panther, where it seems to crash more, and until more sites started not working in IE... I've tried Netscape, Opera, Camino, Mozilla, Firefox, Safari, iCab, and OmniWeb, always a similar problem. There's a few sites I'm forced to use Camino for, like Gmail, so it's irritating. In all of these browsers, I almost always have to stop-reload-stop-reload-stop-reload a zillion times before any page will load, though for some like Safari and OmniWeb, the first page or two will load, and then nothing else period (for Safari) or nothing else without the stop-reload thing frequently (OmniWeb). iCab works very slightly better than OmniWeb, loads and doesn't load in fits and spurts, though it's lack of a bar at the top window and no preferences place that I can find. The rest, you're lucky to even load the start page! This occurs with all Macs connected to this network, wired or wireless, Jaguar or Panther. It does not happen when the same machines are moved to another network using different providers and routers. Changing ISPs is not an option. Anyone else have this problem? If so, what kind of router/ISP do you use? Is there any sort of setting I have to change that's on by default for all these browsers? -- 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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Slow iBook G4 1Ghz
I too would really like to know about this. I recently acquired a G4 800mhz iBook and immediately upgraded it to a gig of RAM and I swear that it is slower at most tasks than my 400mhz Pismo, also with a gig of RAM. I really expected a big difference in speed and I just haven't seen it. Any ideas?? Nancy On Feb 15, 2005, at 2:03 PM, Mikael Byström wrote: About one year ago I had a Wallstreet II / PDQ 266 with 128MB RAM running Panther (I believe 10.3.5. and Jaguar 10.2.6 before that). I know this was too little, but unless I used very memory intensive apps it was OK. Now have encountered an iBook G4 1Ghz with 128MB running Panther 10.3.6 that is slower than my old WS machine! I looked at the processor with Top and it was running at about 50%. Some VM activity was going on, but it didn't seem excessive nor did the drive trash. Also I only found 3 swap files, which I'd expect with this little RAM. In my old WS changing to another app could take about 5 seconds at times, longer if I ran more than say 5 apps. To start an app took maybe 10 dock bounces. On this book starting an app takes very long time, like 15 bounces. Changing app takes way more than 15 seconds, between say, Word and System Preferences, those two being the only ones loaded. While any machine with 128MB is running sub-optimally, I was impressed on the WS 266 when Panther support in XPostFacto arrived and how much snappier my machine felt even with as little as 128MB ( I later upgraded to 384MB). It seems that I'm not looking at processor overload, but something more complex. Anyone have any suggestions what to look for including hardware problems in this model? I'm going to try to redo prebinding and getting rid of all suspect prefs, before I install more RAM. Any other suggestions? -- 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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Safari/Camino/non-IE browser problems?
on 15/02/05 18:49, - drive - drift - dream - at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone else have problems using any browser other than IE, or is it just me/my router/my ISP? I've gotten along reasonably well with just IE until I installed Panther, where it seems to crash more, and until more sites started not working in IE... I've tried Netscape, Opera, Camino, Mozilla, Firefox, Safari, iCab, and OmniWeb, always a similar problem. There's a few sites I'm forced to use Camino for, like Gmail, so it's irritating. In all of these browsers, I almost always have to stop-reload-stop-reload-stop-reload a zillion times before any page will load, though for some like Safari and OmniWeb, the first page or two will load, and then nothing else period (for Safari) or nothing else without the stop-reload thing frequently (OmniWeb). iCab works very slightly better than OmniWeb, loads and doesn't load in fits and spurts, though it's lack of a bar at the top window and no preferences place that I can find. The rest, you're lucky to even load the start page! This occurs with all Macs connected to this network, wired or wireless, Jaguar or Panther. It does not happen when the same machines are moved to another network using different providers and routers. Changing ISPs is not an option. Anyone else have this problem? If so, what kind of router/ISP do you use? Is there any sort of setting I have to change that's on by default for all these browsers? No problem here with Safari... -Laurent. -- Laurent Daudelin AIM/iChat: LaurentDaudelinhttp://nemesys.dyndns.org Logiciels Nemesys Software mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] careware /keir'weir/ n.: A variety of shareware for which either the author suggests that some payment be made to a nominated charity or a levy directed to charity is included on top of the distribution charge. Syn. charityware; compare crippleware, sense 2. -- 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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: New PowerBooks
I just have one question regarding the timing of the purchase; As the G5 is some way off, the 1.5GHz is plenty good for me, but what about Tiger, would it not be better buying the AlBook with Tiger installed ?!? I will always have access to Tiger later (no need to harp on about software licensing, we all have different levels of conciense...) ;o) but maybe it'd be better to wait ?!... Larry Larry, Since you suggest that you will always have access to Tiger, there really isn't much of a reason to wait for it to be pre-installed on the PB's is there ? If the 1.5 GHz is going to suit your needs, I'd say go and buy one so you can start enjoying it now ! Amber -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: New PowerBooks
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 13:46:32 -0500 Subject: Re: New PowerBooks From: Laurent Daudelin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In-Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 15/02/05 13:40, Timothy Luoma [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Feb 15, 2005, at 1:33 PM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: There is no saying as to when Tiger will be released. Many think it will be at the World Wide Developer Conference in June. From what I've seen, Tiger is not ready for prime time yet. But, if you're not in a hurry and can wait until the beginning of July, then why not waiting? But then, at that time, rumors of a G5 PowerBook might be more persistent, so maybe you will want to wait in September to see if they are finally released. You see, you can always have a good reason to wait... Then again, I wouldn't recommend getting any .0 release of either hardware (i.e. the first batch of G5 Powerbooks) or software (Tiger version 0) unless you are comfortable sitting on the cutting edge. Me, I like a .2 release (i.e. Jaguar) for both hardware and software. Sure there are exceptions, but by and large, those who are on the front line end up doing the last little bit of real-life beta testing. TjL That's a really good point, Tim. For example, I'm sure that, with some insight now, owners of Titanium PowerBooks are probably happy but maybe not as happy as they would want, as a few flaws started coming out quite a bit after they were initially introduced. I remember when the first generation was released. They were beautiful, with their almost pure Titanium casing. But then, stories about how the paint was peeling off started appearing and I've never wanted to get one at that time... -Laurent. I will have to disagree with both of these comments, I hear this all over the net, Never buy a Rev A. It is not true, when the Ti 500 first came out as the first PowerBook G4 there were problems with ejection of CD's etc. those problems were fixed by March of 2001, that's when I bought my Rev A Powerbook, now it's almost 4 years old and I'm typing on it now. Rev A's are OK. Also, my office mate across the hall from me has a Rev A G5 Dual 2 Ghz, it is also smooth as silk. So the Rev A comments as far as I am concerned are a myth. Brian -- 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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: New PowerBooks
Sometimes they are fine, but your chances of trouble are reduced by going with a mature product. Rev A on the 12 powerbook had serious heat issues and bottom cases that warped, making the machine wobble on a flat surface. SOme did it, some didn't, but the problem is much reduced on the Rev B, which also runs much cooler. Andrew On 16 Feb 2005 at 9:49, bee wrote: Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 13:46:32 -0500 Subject: Re: New PowerBooks From: Laurent Daudelin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In-Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 15/02/05 13:40, Timothy Luoma [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Feb 15, 2005, at 1:33 PM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: There is no saying as to when Tiger will be released. Many think it will be at the World Wide Developer Conference in June. From what I've seen, Tiger is not ready for prime time yet. But, if you're not in a hurry and can wait until the beginning of July, then why not waiting? But then, at that time, rumors of a G5 PowerBook might be more persistent, so maybe you will want to wait in September to see if they are finally released. You see, you can always have a good reason to wait... Then again, I wouldn't recommend getting any .0 release of either hardware (i.e. the first batch of G5 Powerbooks) or software (Tiger version 0) unless you are comfortable sitting on the cutting edge. Me, I like a .2 release (i.e. Jaguar) for both hardware and software. Sure there are exceptions, but by and large, those who are on the front line end up doing the last little bit of real-life beta testing. TjL That's a really good point, Tim. For example, I'm sure that, with some insight now, owners of Titanium PowerBooks are probably happy but maybe not as happy as they would want, as a few flaws started coming out quite a bit after they were initially introduced. I remember when the first generation was released. They were beautiful, with their almost pure Titanium casing. But then, stories about how the paint was peeling off started appearing and I've never wanted to get one at that time... -Laurent. I will have to disagree with both of these comments, I hear this all over the net, Never buy a Rev A. It is not true, when the Ti 500 first came out as the first PowerBook G4 there were problems with ejection of CD's etc. those problems were fixed by March of 2001, that's when I bought my Rev A Powerbook, now it's almost 4 years old and I'm typing on it now. Rev A's are OK. Also, my office mate across the hall from me has a Rev A G5 Dual 2 Ghz, it is also smooth as silk. So the Rev A comments as far as I am concerned are a myth. Brian -- 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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: New PowerBooks
On Feb 15, 2005, at 7:49 PM, bee wrote: I will have to disagree with both of these comments, I hear this all over the net, Never buy a Rev A. It is not true, when the Ti 500 first came out as the first PowerBook G4 there were problems with ejection of CD's etc. those problems were fixed by March of 2001, that's when I bought my Rev A Powerbook, now it's almost 4 years old and I'm typing on it now. Rev A's are OK. Also, my office mate across the hall from me has a Rev A G5 Dual 2 Ghz, it is also smooth as silk. So the Rev A comments as far as I am concerned are a myth. Ok, do you realize you're contradicting yourself? You say There were problems with Rev A that were fixed and therefore Rev A concerns are a myth HUH? Ok, from the time that the first Ti500s came out until it was fixed, there were Rev A problems. Once that was fixed, I would no longer consider that Rev A (maybe Rev A.1 or Rev A.01 or something). I'm not saying All of the entire batch of Rev A G5 Powerbooks will be bad What I am saying is, Given the history of Rev A products writ large [which have ranged from CD ejection to paint coming off to weak battery life / wifi signal], if you are looking to buy a Powerbook and will buy one of the first batch off the presses [Rev A.0], you have a much higher likelihood of running into problems than you do if you were to buy a G4 Powerbook at this point when the line is fairly well polished. Does buying Rev A guarantee you problems and buying Rev Z guarantee you won't have problems? Heck no. But I'll stand by my suggestion that you'd be better off, statistically speaking, to avoid the potential problems. Saying Rev A problems are a myth is absurd. There's far too much evidence to the contrary. TjL -- 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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Safari/Camino/non-IE browser problems?
On Feb 15, 2005, at 6:49 PM, - drive - drift - dream - wrote: It does not happen when the same machines are moved to another network using different providers and routers. Changing ISPs is not an option. If it doesn't happen when the machines are on another network, then there's a problem with your network connection, not your browser. Have you tried removing the router and directly connecting one of the machines to your Internet connection? It could be your router is bad. If it isn't your software and it isn't your hardware, then your options are to live with it or get your ISP to help diagnose the problem. TjL -- 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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: New PowerBooks
On 15-Feb-05, at 8:06 PM, Andrew wrote: Rev A on the 12 powerbook had serious heat issues and bottom cases that warped, making the machine wobble on a flat surface. SOme did it, some didn't, but the problem is much reduced on the Rev B, which also runs much cooler. No warping, but I've gotten mild burns through jeans while using the one I had on my lap...had no idea that any of the newer metal 12 ones were better, hence the iBook... -- 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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: New PowerBooks
They seem to run cooler every revision. I tried the Rev A in the Apple Store and after just ten minutes playng with iTunes and exploring Jaguar the machine was scalding hot (I didn't buy it). I did buy the Rev B 12 last year, and it did get rather warm, but nowhere near as bad as the Rev A models. I bought the Rev D two-weeks-ago, and despite a 50% faster processor, it runs at about the same temperature as the Rev B, or maybe a little cooler (on account of the processor not being pushed as hard?). They have definitely improved the product during the production run, but more than the added features, the Rev B model had a totally new system board design that addressed the majority of the heat issues. Andrew On 2/15/05 5:42 PM, - drive - drift - dream - [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 15-Feb-05, at 8:06 PM, Andrew wrote: Rev A on the 12 powerbook had serious heat issues and bottom cases that warped, making the machine wobble on a flat surface. SOme did it, some didn't, but the problem is much reduced on the Rev B, which also runs much cooler. No warping, but I've gotten mild burns through jeans while using the one I had on my lap...had no idea that any of the newer metal 12 ones were better, hence the iBook... -- 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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Safari/Camino/non-IE browser problems?
On 15-Feb-05, at 8:43 PM, Timothy Luoma wrote: It does not happen when the same machines are moved to another network using different providers and routers. Changing ISPs is not an option. If it doesn't happen when the machines are on another network, then there's a problem with your network connection, not your browser. Not strange settings my ISP or router would need set differently from default? Argh. I was hoping it might be something fixable on my end. Have you tried removing the router and directly connecting one of the machines to your Internet connection? It could be your router is bad. Yeah, same thing happens, though. If it isn't your software and it isn't your hardware, then your options are to live with it or get your ISP to help diagnose the problem. If you don't die of old age on hold until someone picks up the phone, you find thhey don't seem to know dick all about Macs, and they say just use IE. -- 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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Google refusal
I am getting the following error trying to use Google. Looks official, could it be otherwise? (Both Safari and Firefox on Pismo G4 10.3.7) Thanks for any insights, Stuart. Error We're sorry... ... but we can't process your request right now. A computer virus or spyware application is sending us automated requests, and it appears that your computer or network has been infected. We'll restore your access as quickly as possible, so try again soon. In the meantime, you might want to run a virus checker or spyware remover to make sure that your computer is free of viruses and other spurious software. We apologize for the inconvenience, and hope we'll see you again on Google. -- 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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: New PowerBooks
On 15-Feb-05, at 4:49 PM, bee wrote: I will have to disagree with both of these comments, I hear this all over the net, Never buy a Rev A. It is not true, when the Ti 500 first came out as the first PowerBook G4 there were problems with ejection of CD's etc. those problems were fixed by March of 2001, that's when I bought my Rev A Powerbook, now it's almost 4 years old and I'm typing on it now. Rev A's are OK. Also, my office mate across the hall from me has a Rev A G5 Dual 2 Ghz, it is also smooth as silk. So the Rev A comments as far as I am concerned are a myth. Brian Well - sometimes you get a Rev A that gives you no trouble at all but it seems most have some sort of problem initially. Even you admit that the first Ti 500 had problems with rejecting CD's.I still think it's wise to go with a product that has gone through a reasonable trial period. I don't agree that the Rev A comments are a myth. They are backed by fact and personal experience from hundred's of Apple consumers. Amber BTW...you sort of contradict yourself in your comments. -- 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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: New PowerBooks
well, I chose the 15 myself, its on its way from china right now... with the superdrive got it with a gov't employee discount, under 2k the way I ordered it.. On Feb 15, 2005, at 09:34, Larry le Mac wrote: From: Andrew [EMAIL PROTECTED] Well, I've had the new 1.5GHz 12 for a week now, and must say that the upgrade was really worthwhile. Excellent news!! Partly for you, obviusly, but also for me as I have just sold my 12 AlBook, yes the one which I debated over for a week, the one with a dent in the corner and twisted frame. I also sold my iMac G4 FP and an interim PB G4 667DVI, so now I'm gonna go out and buy myself a brand new AlBook, just undecided about the size... 12 or 15 The illuminated keyboard has certain practical advantages... Larry _ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ -- 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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Google refusal
At 11:08 AM +0800 2/16/05, Stuart Saunders wrote: I am getting the following error trying to use Google. Looks official, could it be otherwise? (Both Safari and Firefox on Pismo G4 10.3.7) At what point do you get this message, just by going to www.google.com, as a response to your search or using the Google search field (at least in Safari, don't know about Firefox)? Thanks for any insights, Stuart. Error We're sorry... ... but we can't process your request right now. A computer virus or spyware application is sending us automated requests, and it appears that your computer or network has been infected. We'll restore your access as quickly as possible, so try again soon. In the meantime, you might want to run a virus checker or spyware remover to make sure that your computer is free of viruses and other spurious software. We apologize for the inconvenience, and hope we'll see you again on Google. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway -- 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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Safari/Camino/non-IE browser problems?
On Feb 15, 2005, at 9:01 PM, - drive - drift - dream - wrote: On 15-Feb-05, at 8:43 PM, Timothy Luoma wrote: It does not happen when the same machines are moved to another network using different providers and routers. Changing ISPs is not an option. If it doesn't happen when the machines are on another network, then there's a problem with your network connection, not your browser. Not strange settings my ISP or router would need set differently from default? Argh. I was hoping it might be something fixable on my end. Did it used to work and then stop? It's highly unlikely IMO that there'd be some strange setting, unless your ISP was doing something very non-standard. Have you tried removing the router and directly connecting one of the machines to your Internet connection? It could be your router is bad. Yeah, same thing happens, though. Have you tried making a new administrator account on the computer, logging completely out of your old account and into the new account, and then try to connect? I'm completely pulling this out of the air, but it might be worth a shot. If it isn't your software and it isn't your hardware, then your options are to live with it or get your ISP to help diagnose the problem. If you don't die of old age on hold until someone picks up the phone, you find thhey don't seem to know dick all about Macs, and they say just use IE. Ah yes, the old tech support lemmings... Let me guess, you live in a rural area with few broadband options? (there are NONE where I live, so I can relate) TjL -- 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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: protection [was: Fuse in Yo-Yo?]
On 16 Feb 2005, at 08:14, peter wrote: This touches on a question that's been wandering around in my head. Do protections built into modern power adapters eliminate the need for surge protectors? The manual for my Aluminum PB seems to make no official statement on the subject, but it shows an illustration that indicates one is not needed. This could be an oversight, however. I plan on traveling to places where power fluctuations occur more often than in the US, so I'm interested in the wisdom of folks on this list. TIA. SMPSs are inherently better than older transformer-based devices at filtering over-voltage (surge) and under-voltage conditions out, but spikes (e.g. due to lightning strikes) are still a problem. Of course, most consumer surge protectors aren't particularly effective against severe spikes either. I'd say you'd generally be fine as far as the power supply is concerned, but if you plan on hooking into any hotel modem or ethernet jacks, you'll definitely want surge protectors for them. Cheers, Ben -- 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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Safari/Camino/non-IE browser problems?
On 15-Feb-05, at 11:36 PM, Timothy Luoma wrote: Not strange settings my ISP or router would need set differently from default? Argh. I was hoping it might be something fixable on my end. Did it used to work and then stop? It's highly unlikely IMO that there'd be some strange setting, unless your ISP was doing something very non-standard. Nope, it's been a problem the entire time I've had the Macs and tried to use any browser other than IE (first few months of my Mac use, I never tried any other browser, next several months I was on a different ISP). Yeah, same thing happens, though. Have you tried making a new administrator account on the computer, logging completely out of your old account and into the new account, and then try to connect? I'm completely pulling this out of the air, but it might be worth a shot. No, it's not a specific computer thing, I've run four different Macs on this connection and they've *all* had the same problem. It'd have to be some default setting, if it were on the machines, so to fix them, I'd have to know what the thing was and how to fix it, rather than just another default setup. If it isn't your software and it isn't your hardware, then your options are to live with it or get your ISP to help diagnose the problem. If you don't die of old age on hold until someone picks up the phone, you find thhey don't seem to know dick all about Macs, and they say just use IE. Ah yes, the old tech support lemmings... Let me guess, you live in a rural area with few broadband options? (there are NONE where I live, so I can relate) No, I live in downtown Toronto, where you can get DSL through Sympatico or cable through Rogers (which, in a highly populated area, is far worse - used the free trial last year and it was horrible! I'm not sure I thought to check other browsers during the short time we tried that, though...), and before we got DSL there was this line of sight from the CN Tower broadband thing that *never* worked. -- 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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Safari/Camino/non-IE browser problems?
Do you have similar problems connecting with other protocols (e.g. FTP, POP3, SMTP)? To me, the issues you describe seem similar to those caused by high rates of packet loss over your connection; however, the fact that IE works doesn't fit in with that hypothesis. Just a check: try opening Terminal, and typing telnet www.apple.com 80, hitting return, waiting a couple of seconds, typing GET /, and hitting return again. What happens? If everything is working correctly, you should see a large amount of text outputted within a few seconds of you typing the commands. Cheers, Ben On 16 Feb 2005, at 10:49, - drive - drift - dream - wrote: Does anyone else have problems using any browser other than IE, or is it just me/my router/my ISP? I've gotten along reasonably well with just IE until I installed Panther, where it seems to crash more, and until more sites started not working in IE... I've tried Netscape, Opera, Camino, Mozilla, Firefox, Safari, iCab, and OmniWeb, always a similar problem. There's a few sites I'm forced to use Camino for, like Gmail, so it's irritating. In all of these browsers, I almost always have to stop-reload-stop-reload-stop-reload a zillion times before any page will load, though for some like Safari and OmniWeb, the first page or two will load, and then nothing else period (for Safari) or nothing else without the stop-reload thing frequently (OmniWeb). iCab works very slightly better than OmniWeb, loads and doesn't load in fits and spurts, though it's lack of a bar at the top window and no preferences place that I can find. The rest, you're lucky to even load the start page! This occurs with all Macs connected to this network, wired or wireless, Jaguar or Panther. It does not happen when the same machines are moved to another network using different providers and routers. Changing ISPs is not an option. Anyone else have this problem? If so, what kind of router/ISP do you use? Is there any sort of setting I have to change that's on by default for all these browsers? -- 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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
