Not a PowerBook after all...?
Hi! I have been doing some serious thinking and have realised that maybe a PowerBook isn't what I really need, but a slightly more powerfull, but semi-moveable computer, and when I read on Apple's site that the iMac G5 is even sold as a moveable machine, I figured that maybe I should consider this instead. Well, I am pretty much decided, half the price, G5 instead of G4, 1440 over 1280 is enough to sell it to me. However, the PowerBook range was recently updated with speeds and specs going up, and prices going down, but as I haven't taken much notice of the iMac, I presume we're still buying rev.1 machines... Any rumours, or typical timing of an update ? Laurence _ 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: Interchangeability of Power Adapters
on 23/02/05 03:08, Valerie Vavrik at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My computer always runs very hot so maybe it is the computer. I have it on an ergonomic stand that props it up and gives it air underneat. It is plugged in to a new APC Surge Protector w/Battery Backup so I don't think that is it. If I just unplug the adapter from the computer and then plug it back in that does not work. I actually have to unplug the outlet from the surge protector and then plug it back in to get the power flowing again. I've learned to live with it, but if there was a fix I would go for it. If I have to leave my computer for a little while it is frustrating to find it shut down sometimes when I come back to it. Try another adapter and see if that helps. -Laurent. -- Laurent Daudelin AIM/iChat: LaurentDaudelinhttp://nemesys.dyndns.org Logiciels Nemesys Software mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] field servoid [play on `android'] /fee'ld ser'voyd/ n.: Representative of a field service organization (see field circus). This has many of the implications of droid. -- 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 life for current ALBook 15 inchers..
On 2/22/05 8:58 PM, Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What kinda time are you getting on your powerbook battery? Looks like mine is getting about 2.5 to three hours, is that right or should I be trying to get it replaced, as the book is 4 days old If you can get close to 3 hours you are doing better than me. I get 2:15 to 2:30 - - - I use airport and it is always on. If I turn it off I get an extra 10 minutes or so. 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: battery life for current ALBook 15 inchers..
If you can get close to 3 hours you are doing better than me. I get 2:15 to 2:30 - - - I use airport and it is always on. If I turn it off I get an extra 10 minutes or so. Similar situation here. The battery life has been somewhat disappointing, even though it's not such a big problem for me (my commute time is shorter :) ), and I don't know how it's like for other modern notebooks. Only once it was somewhat unpleasant, dying on me by the end of a DVD that was just over two hours. 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 ---
Network Questions
Hello Everyone, I will be staying in a home in Europe for several weeks, where there is a Mac G3 hooked to a broad band connection. The owner says that he has no active proxy and it is set up to work only with his computer. He believes that he has a static connection, but is not sure. He is not opposed to trying a router, or a wireless router, to share the connection, but he doubts it will work with my PB G4. I was also thinking that a switch and an Airport Express might work to keep his Mac connected, and allow my AP Extreme PowerBook to connect wirelessly. It would seem to me that it would have to work, but surely some one out there can tell me with a bit more certainty. Any suggestions? Additionally, I am using a Belkin 54g WiFi router in my office. Belkin claims that my 2.4 GHz is interfering with the wireless connection. Are there wireless routers that are less susceptible to this type of interference? Any help appreciated. Regards, Tom Adams please also send response to: [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: Not a PowerBook after all...?
At 9:46 AM +0100 2/23/05, Larry le Mac wrote: Any rumours, or typical timing of an update ? Yes. Updates usually come out shortly AFTER you make a decision and buy a new computer. If you wait for the next edition, you'll never buy anything. -- Sincerely, Dennis B. Swaney Windows is a command-line OS with a GUI shell while Mac System 10 is ... oh, never mind. -- 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: Not a PowerBook after all...?
From: Dennis B. Swaney [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yes. Updates usually come out shortly AFTER you make a decision and buy a new computer. Yes, it's happened twice to me with Powerbooks, and NOW is the time to buy an AlBook, but looking at the iMac G5 it's been fairly quiet... --- If you wait for the next edition, you'll never buy anything. I agree to a point but with the iMac G5 nothing's happened for a while, and there are the odd rumours out there... 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: Network Questions
The only option for you is to get router that enables you to change MAC address. Most European operators register one MAC address for a location and do not allow any other machines to connect/share the connection. If your friend has Ethernet cable connected to the computer there is some hope. The way to do change his setup is as follows: 1. When his Mac G3 is up open Terminal and run the ifconfig command. Then note the MAC address of his connection (it is the long hex number next to the word 'ether' for his network card - the one that has IP address - e.g. has IP address next to the word inet). 2. Setup the router / wireless hub - in the setup of the WS hub change the MAC address for the external interface to the MAC address you recorded in step 1. Do not plug the network to the hub just yet. 3. Take the network cable from his Mac and plug it into the router, connect other PCs to the network and everything should go fine. Not sure if Belkin supports the custom MAC address, but keep in mind that the crazy Europeans (I'm one of them) have different power source than US (e.g. 220V/50Hz). Good luck. -- Honza www.lesninoviny.com - Blog z lesu a haju Pennsylvanie (.mac: musiljan) (ICQ: 134361915) (Y!: musiljan) (M: +1 610 570 9349) -- 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: Network Questions
On Feb 23, 2005, at 6:17 AM, Tom Adams wrote: Hello Everyone, I will be staying in a home in Europe for several weeks, where there is a Mac G3 hooked to a broad band connection. The owner says that he has no active proxy and it is set up to work only with his computer. He believes that he has a static connection, but is not sure. He is not opposed to trying a router, or a wireless router, to share the connection, but he doubts it will work with my PB G4. I was also thinking that a switch and an Airport Express might work to keep his Mac connected, and allow my AP Extreme PowerBook to connect wirelessly. It would seem to me that it would have to work, but surely some one out there can tell me with a bit more certainty. Any suggestions? More than likely a router will work after resetting the broadband device (DSL or cable modem) and connecting the router. Additionally, I am using a Belkin 54g WiFi router in my office. Belkin claims that my 2.4 GHz is interfering with the wireless connection. Are there wireless routers that are less susceptible to this type of interference? By 'My 2.4 Ghz' I presume you mean your cordless phone. No. All 802.11G and B devices will have conflicts with 2.4 Ghz phones, since they all use the same frequencies. The best suggestion is to get a 900 MHz or 5.8 Ghz phone. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pha macy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto: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: Not a PowerBook after all...?
It's hard to say, Apple did a good job over the last year of falling completely out of their upgrade cycle in several lines. The iMac G5 has remained the same since September when it was released. Typically apple revamps each series every 6 months or so, so March-April would be a good guess, but you can't really say for sure since so many lines lately have fallen out of the normal routine. I think the only line that is still on it's normal routine for revamping is the iBook, but, of course, that could change come this spring. If you want one, keep an eye on www.macrumors.com and I wouldn't wait any longer than a month or month and a half if you absolutely need the most up to date version. Brian On Feb 23, 2005, at 2:46 AM, Larry le Mac wrote: Hi! I have been doing some serious thinking and have realised that maybe a PowerBook isn't what I really need, but a slightly more powerfull, but semi-moveable computer, and when I read on Apple's site that the iMac G5 is even sold as a moveable machine, I figured that maybe I should consider this instead. Well, I am pretty much decided, half the price, G5 instead of G4, 1440 over 1280 is enough to sell it to me. However, the PowerBook range was recently updated with speeds and specs going up, and prices going down, but as I haven't taken much notice of the iMac, I presume we're still buying rev.1 machines... Any rumours, or typical timing of an update ? Laurence _ 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: Not a PowerBook after all...?
Larry, On 23-Feb-05, at 7:02 AM, Larry le Mac wrote: From: Dennis B. Swaney [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yes. Updates usually come out shortly AFTER you make a decision and buy a new computer. Yes, it's happened twice to me with Powerbooks, and NOW is the time to buy an AlBook, but looking at the iMac G5 it's been fairly quiet... --- If you wait for the next edition, you'll never buy anything. I agree with Dennis, If you keep waiting, you won't end up with anything. You will never get ahead by waiting for the next upgrade to come out. There will always be newer and better technology just around the corner and inevitably, soon after you buy your new system, another upgrade will be released. What can you do about it ? Nothing. Just decide what you want - desktop or laptop - and go out and buy it so you can start enjoying it. Good luck ! 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: battery life for current ALBook 15 inchers..
On my iBook G4 I can get (bluetooth on, airport on and connetced to the home network) 3 hrs pretty easisly. Never gone over 2 hrs with the Aluminium. I guess the biggest difference is on the display. Ben If you can get close to 3 hours you are doing better than me. I get 2:15 to 2:30 - - - I use airport and it is always on. If I turn it off I get an extra 10 minutes or so. Similar situation here. The battery life has been somewhat disappointing, even though it's not such a big problem for me (my commute time is shorter :) ), and I don't know how it's like for other modern notebooks. Only once it was somewhat unpleasant, dying on me by the end of a DVD that was just over two hours. -- 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: Not a PowerBook after all...?
At 9:46 AM +0100 2/23/05, Larry le Mac wrote: Any rumours, or typical timing of an update ? Yes. Updates usually come out shortly AFTER you make a decision and buy a new computer. If you wait for the next edition, you'll never buy anything. True, but not completely. A friend of mine wanted to buy a 15 Aluminium. I told him to wait a couple of weeks: well he has now the chance to buy the 1.5 GHz for 300 euros less from a local large computer store or the new 1.67 Ghz for 100 euros less. So in this case 2 weeks meant 100 euros and a new machine o 300 euros and the same thing. I have now to buy a replacement desktop for my G5 2 x 2: I am waiting for the new top of the line and then decide for a 2 x 2.5 for a better price or the new one. It is a matter of fluctuation: or you buy a Mac immediately after it is introduced or at the end of its life: it is only a matter of 6 to 8 months so my suggestion is to wait. Regarding the iMac I would wait for the new stuff this coming summer, if you can wait. 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: Not a PowerBook after all...?
From: Brian Rule [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you want one, keep an eye on www.macrumors.com and I wouldn't wait any longer than a month or month and a half if you absolutely need the most up to date version. I don't have to have, it's that as I have decided to buy brand new instead of buying and then selling to buy something else. If I buy new I will lose if I sell, so therefore I will keep... And as it's a private long term purchase I might as well buy the best I can get, and if waiting a little longer gives me a slightly better spec. machine, then I'm prepared for that, but how long... I have sold all (!) my Macs bar a Sawtooth motherboard! I am even setting up a PC tonight so my wife has Internet access... A Mac 128K ain't too good for Internet... I'm streamlining my computer inventory. :o) 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: Not a PowerBook after all...?
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OT..OS 10.3.8 Program help needed
Greetings 'Listas, Sorry for the interruption...Does anyone know of a program similar to the old PrintShop that will work in Panther? I used to use PS heavily before moving to Panther and need a similar program for cards, calendars, banners etc. I amrunning a Pismo 400 that has had Classic removed and I have no idea if it is possible to add Classic or OS 9 w/out having to reformat the hd... Regards and thanks for your indulgence in this matter.. Mike K -- 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: OT..OS 10.3.8 Program help needed
On 23/02/05 12:28, K [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Greetings 'Listas, Sorry for the interruption...Does anyone know of a program similar to the old PrintShop that will work in Panther? I used to use PS heavily before moving to Panther and need a similar program for cards, calendars, banners etc. I amrunning a Pismo 400 that has had Classic removed and I have no idea if it is possible to add Classic or OS 9 w/out having to reformat the hd... Regards and thanks for your indulgence in this matter.. Mike K I think that the most recent version of PrintShop was ported to OS X by a Russian company. In any case, you can certainly reinstall OS 9 without formatting the hard drive... -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: Not a PowerBook after all...?
On 23-Feb-05, at 9:17 AM, Larry le Mac wrote: I don't have to have, it's that as I have decided to buy brand new instead of buying and then selling to buy something else. If I buy new I will lose if I sell, so therefore I will keep... I will collapse in shock when you finally make a decision and buy something ! - Who knows - by then the G5 PB's may be out :-) 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: Not a PowerBook after all...?
The $500 Mac Mini has upset the whole Mac pricing structure and the market will force a correction. As a result the eMac is probably extinct and the the iMac will have to be given a substantial upgrade and/or it's price cut to under $1000. Meanwhile, the PC makers have responded to the Mini by offering a PC with Windoze AND an LCD display for a bit under the Mini's price point. In the laptop market with Linux and Windoze running PC laptops below $500 there's no point in spending over $1000 for a laptop. The PowerBook's market is thusly limited to a small but loyal cadre of Apole devotees and the iBook will need further price drops to be competitive.. flame away... Dyna It's hard to say, Apple did a good job over the last year of falling completely out of their upgrade cycle in several lines. The iMac G5 has remained the same since September when it was released. Typically apple revamps each series every 6 months or so, so March-April would be a good guess, but you can't really say for sure since so many lines lately have fallen out of the normal routine. I think the only line that is still on it's normal routine for revamping is the iBook, but, of course, that could change come this spring. If you want one, keep an eye on www.macrumors.com and I wouldn't wait any longer than a month or month and a half if you absolutely need the most up to date version. Brian On Feb 23, 2005, at 2:46 AM, Larry le Mac wrote: Hi! I have been doing some serious thinking and have realised that maybe a PowerBook isn't what I really need, but a slightly more powerfull, but semi-moveable computer, and when I read on Apple's site that the iMac G5 is even sold as a moveable machine, I figured that maybe I should consider this instead. Well, I am pretty much decided, half the price, G5 instead of G4, 1440 over 1280 is enough to sell it to me. However, the PowerBook range was recently updated with speeds and specs going up, and prices going down, but as I haven't taken much notice of the iMac, I presume we're still buying rev.1 machines... Any rumours, or typical timing of an update ? Laurence _ 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 --- -- 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: OT..OS 10.3.8 Program help needed
On Feb 23, 2005, at 9:28 AM, K wrote: Greetings 'Listas, Sorry for the interruption...Does anyone know of a program similar to the old PrintShop that will work in Panther? I used to use PS heavily before moving to Panther and need a similar program for cards, calendars, banners etc. I amrunning a Pismo 400 that has had Classic removed and I have no idea if it is possible to add Classic or OS 9 w/out having to reformat the hd... Regards and thanks for your indulgence in this matter.. Mike K Broderbund has a Mac OS X version of The Print Shop: http://www.broderbund.com/jump.jsp? itemID=420mainPID=420itemType=PRODUCTpath=1%2C2%2C6%2C48iProductID=4 20 -- 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 ---
New Power Book and OS 9
Hello all-- Well, it' time to look into a new computer. I want to go whole hog but cost is a limiting factor of course. I am currently using a Revision B Grape iMac (333 MHz) running OS 9.2.2 with a 120 GB Hard Drive. I have not made the jump to OS X. I want to upgrade to a PowerBook (probably the 17 inch) and it comes with Panther (OS 10.3.x) I believe. I still have a great many programs which I use all the time that will not work in OS X -- mostly because they need to be upgraded, but some do not offer anything beyond OS 9 anyway. When OS X first came out there was a way to still run Classic applications within OS X or still boot the computer into OS 9 for those applications needing it. I'm not totally up to speed on how this worked but I will need this capability until I can upgrade all my applications and even beyond for those not offering any upgrade path. My initial questions are: What is the last (newest) PowerBook which offered the capability to still run OS 9 applications? Which operating system did it ship with? Thanks for any help anyone can offer. I'm sure I will have more questions but don't know what else to ask right now. I am on digest mode so it may take a few hours to respond to any advise. Thanks again, Wally -- Miz Book Biz Booksellers Used, Rare, and Out of Print Books http://www.mizbookbiz.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 ---
Kanga problem diagnosis
I recently inherited an original G3 (Kanga) PowerBook which the previous owner, a friend, said was non-functional. The price was right (free), and she said it might boot, but the unit has been in long-term storage, so the PRAM and battery are drained. I got the system started with an external yo-yo, and got the good chimes. I hear disk activity and believe that the O/S is starting up, but I do not get a display to confirm this, even with the brightness cranked up full. I tried it in the dark and can see some barely visible initial flickering when the system is first starting, but then the display goes dark and never comes up. Does anyone have an idea what I might be looking at here (problem- and expense-wise), and what I should/can check out for myself? I am pretty handy with tear-downs and minor repairs, but I don't want to invest a whole lot of time and money into making this system work again if it's going to take more than, say, buying a working, used Pismo off eBay. If it's something relatively minor, I'd like to fix it, though. Thanks in advance for any advice. -- 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: Not a PowerBook after all...?
On 23/02/05 12:48, Dyna [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The $500 Mac Mini has upset the whole Mac pricing structure and the market will force a correction. As a result the eMac is probably extinct and the the iMac will have to be given a substantial upgrade and/or it's price cut to under $1000. Meanwhile, the PC makers have responded to the Mini by offering a PC with Windoze AND an LCD display for a bit under the Mini's price point. In the laptop market with Linux and Windoze running PC laptops below $500 there's no point in spending over $1000 for a laptop. The PowerBook's market is thusly limited to a small but loyal cadre of Apole devotees and the iBook will need further price drops to be competitive.. flame away... I'm not going to flame you because I take your whole argumentation as your own opinion. Time and again, when you compare Macintosh with similarly equipped PeeCees, most of the time, the Peecees end up being far more expensive than the Mac. -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: Kanga problem diagnosis
On 23/02/05 13:38, David Gardner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I recently inherited an original G3 (Kanga) PowerBook which the previous owner, a friend, said was non-functional. The price was right (free), and she said it might boot, but the unit has been in long-term storage, so the PRAM and battery are drained. I got the system started with an external yo-yo, and got the good chimes. I hear disk activity and believe that the O/S is starting up, but I do not get a display to confirm this, even with the brightness cranked up full. I tried it in the dark and can see some barely visible initial flickering when the system is first starting, but then the display goes dark and never comes up. Does anyone have an idea what I might be looking at here (problem- and expense-wise), and what I should/can check out for myself? I am pretty handy with tear-downs and minor repairs, but I don't want to invest a whole lot of time and money into making this system work again if it's going to take more than, say, buying a working, used Pismo off eBay. If it's something relatively minor, I'd like to fix it, though. Thanks in advance for any advice. Have you tried booting up from an external system CD or something? The OS installation on the hard drive might be corrupted, although you should still get something on the screen. Have you tried to reset the PRAM? If all of this fail, I guess you'll need another screen. I don't think you're looking at something minor if it's a hardware problem. If the screen flickers a bit but you don't see anything, then maybe the backlight of the screen is burned up. You could try to use a bright light and, after turning it on, try to move the light in some angle with the screen. You might be able to see something if you light up the screen from the right angle. That would probably confirm the backlight is dead. -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: OT..OS 10.3.8 Program help needed
On Feb 23, 2005, at 10:28 AM, K wrote: Greetings 'Listas, Sorry for the interruption...Does anyone know of a program similar to the old PrintShop that will work in Panther? How about PrintShop? http://www.mackiev.com/print_shop.html :-) -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Phar macy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto: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: Kanga problem diagnosis
Laurent Daudelin wrote: That would probably confirm the backlight is dead. Thanks, Laurent, for the diagnosis info. It is the backlight after all. It boots MacOS off the hard drive or CD just fine, and I see a desktop, but the display is faint. I don't mind spending $100 or so for a new backlight/LCD or whatever I need to get this working, since the PowerBook seems to be working fine otherwise. I just don't want to pour, say, $350 or more into it, since I could find a better older PowerBook for about that much. Does this sound reasonable or am I dreamin'? I just hate to see good hardware go to waste, even if it is a bit dated. 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: New Power Book and OS 9
Wally Hartley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am currently using a Revision B Grape iMac (333 MHz) running OS 9.2.2 with a 120 GB Hard Drive. I have not made the jump to OS X. I want to upgrade to a PowerBook (probably the 17 inch) and it comes with Panther (OS 10.3.x) I believe. I still have a great many programs which I use all the time that will not work in OS X -- mostly because they need to be upgraded, but some do not offer anything beyond OS 9 anyway. When OS X first came out there was a way to still run Classic applications within OS X or still boot the computer into OS 9 for those applications needing it. I'm not totally up to speed on how this worked but I will need this capability until I can upgrade all my applications and even beyond for those not offering any upgrade path. My initial questions are: What is the last (newest) PowerBook which offered the capability to still run OS 9 applications? Answering your specific question, new PowerBooks still run Classic applications. If you are happy with your applications under 9.2.2, those same applications will run in Classic mode with the PowerBook booted in OS X (now Panther 10.3.x). You will have to install those applications on the new machine. However, the new machines will not boot into OS 9. To buy a Mac to boot into OS 9, you would have to find an older, used model. Frankly though, I do not know of a good reason from the applications point of view, to insist of buying a Mac that can boot OS 9. But a good reason might be buying used to save money. Another good reason might be that your printer, scanner, and whatever else you have plugged in to your old iMac may not run with OS X. You can check on that at the equipment vendors' web sites for your models to see if there are OS X drivers available for your equipment. Also, bear in mind that OS X now includes many drivers for old printers that are no longer supported by their makers. So the Apple list of drivers bears checking too. Another angle on printers is that many sellers of Macintosh will throw a cheap inkjet printer into the deal for free. Which operating system did it ship with? All the latest dual boot machines probably included OS 9.2, which is what I received on my QuickSilver G4 made in 2001. It came with OS X v10.0.4, I think, which was horrid. Other folks can say whether the last dual boot machines came with 10.1 or 10.2. Refer to: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=86209 for Macs that start up only in OS X. You can learn more by going to the web site of this list's sponsor, http://www.lowendmac.com/ Look under Computer Profiles on the right side of the home page for specific models. Al Poulin Anger, hate, and revenge are for the devil, forgiveness is for God, proactive self-defense is for the rest of us. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto: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: Kanga problem diagnosis
On 23/02/05 14:23, David Gardner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Laurent Daudelin wrote: That would probably confirm the backlight is dead. Thanks, Laurent, for the diagnosis info. It is the backlight after all. It boots MacOS off the hard drive or CD just fine, and I see a desktop, but the display is faint. I don't mind spending $100 or so for a new backlight/LCD or whatever I need to get this working, since the PowerBook seems to be working fine otherwise. I just don't want to pour, say, $350 or more into it, since I could find a better older PowerBook for about that much. Does this sound reasonable or am I dreamin'? I just hate to see good hardware go to waste, even if it is a bit dated. David David, I have no idea on how much the backlight might cost for a Kanga. Have you checked eBay? However, once you get it, it might be a little difficult to replace as you will have to disassemble the screen and this is probably not for the faint of the heart... -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 ---
PCs are crap (was Not a PowerBook after all...?
From: Laurent Daudelin [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'm not going to flame you because I take your whole argumentation as your own opinion. Time and again, when you compare Macintosh with similarly equipped PeeCees, most of the time, the Peecees end up being far more expensive than the Mac. I started this topic as I am constantly swaying as to which new Mac to buy and I am now carrying on helping to make this topic even more off-topic... I have just spent an our with my son on our PC, a 600MHz AMD with 32MB video card and fairly decent spec, and it pisses me off that is so difficult just to get it to run, let alone run anything else than the OS... There is a saying; the more I meet people the more I like my dog, well, mine is the more I use PCs the more I love my Mac(s)... 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: Kanga problem diagnosis
If you have a monitor handy, you might try plugging it and see if it lights up. David Gardner wrote: Does anyone have an idea what I might be looking at here (problem- and expense-wise), and what I should/can check out for myself? I am pretty handy with tear-downs and minor repairs, but I don't want to invest a whole lot of time and money into making this system work again if it's going to take more than, say, buying a working, used Pismo off eBay. If it's something relatively minor, I'd like to fix it, though. Thanks in advance for any advice. -- -- 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: Kanga problem diagnosis
Thanks, Laurent, for the diagnosis info. It is the backlight after all. It boots MacOS off the hard drive or CD just fine, and I see a desktop, but the display is faint. I don't mind spending $100 or so for a new backlight/LCD or whatever I need to get this working, since the PowerBook seems to be working fine otherwise. I just don't want to pour, say, $350 or more into it, since I could find a better older PowerBook for about that much. Does this sound reasonable or am I dreamin'? I just hate to see good hardware go to waste, even if it is a bit dated. If you're comfortable doing your own repairs, there's a guide to replacing the backlight on a laptop at http://www.jkllamps.com/laptop.cfm -- 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 Power Book and OS 9
On 23-Feb-05, at 1:14 PM, Aaron Willems wrote: The newest PowerBook can run classic. Classic is simply a way to run OS 9 on top of ten. It treats OS 9 like an application, and runs OS 9 within OS X. You could kind of look at like Virtual PC. If your OS 9 apps can run in classic, then your set. If you need the ability to actually boot into OS 9, then you'll need a Titanium PowerBook from 2 years ago. The Titanium PowerBook was the last PowerBook Apple made that had the ability to boot into OS 9. However, Classic support may *not* be enabled by default, it wasn't with my new iBook, I had to install it separately from the application restore DVD... -- 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: Not a PowerBook after all...?
On 24 Feb 2005, at 04:48, Dyna wrote: The $500 Mac Mini has upset the whole Mac pricing structure and the market will force a correction. As a result the eMac is probably extinct and the the iMac will have to be given a substantial upgrade and/or it's price cut to under $1000. Meanwhile, the PC makers have responded to the Mini by offering a PC with Windoze AND an LCD display for a bit under the Mini's price point. In the laptop market with Linux and Windoze running PC laptops below $500 there's no point in spending over $1000 for a laptop. The PowerBook's market is thusly limited to a small but loyal cadre of Apole devotees and the iBook will need further price drops to be competitive.. flame away... Dyna Really, your statement is about as accurate as saying In the auto market, with Korean and Malaysian cars selling for less than A$15,000, there's no point in paying more than A$30,000 for a car -- if there wasn't, Lexus, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Audi, Porsche, Ferrari, and Lamborghini would be in severe trouble. So, instead of getting distracted by the ultra low-end, why don't we compare the price points Apple actually competes in? For example, for A$2999 (same price as the entry-level 15 PB) would get me an Inspiron 6000, with a 2GHz Pentium M (similar to the 1.5GHz G4 -- a 1.25GHz G4 is much faster, in my experience, than a 1.5GHz Pentium M), same RAM as the PB, a smaller, slower hard drive, a significantly worse GPU (X300 versus 9700), and a similar optical drive. In terms of software bundles, you'd have to spend a few hundred on the Dell to get it comparable to the PowerBook. And then you'd have to pay A$99 for delivery on the Dell, compared with free shipping on the PowerBook. If that's not enough, the Dell is also incredibly ugly, and over half an inch thicker (and doesn't have Bluetooth, doesn't have FireWire 800, probably doesn't have DVI out, is unlikely to have gigabit Ethernet, etc.). Low-end PC laptops (the ones below US$500) are invariably based on the Pentium 4 processor, which generally means no integrated wireless, and always means appalling battery life, chunky appearance, and hefty weight. Let's see what the Dell catalogue offers -- A$1699 (plus $99 shipping, so really A$1800) gets the Inspiron 1150 (Awesome Value). Pentium 4, 2.8GHz XP Home Edition 256MB DDR RAM (shared with the graphics card) 30GB hard disk Integrated Graphics (the desktop version is laughable enough, imagine it on a laptop!) DVD burner 15 1024x768 display and a free leather carry case... For A$200 less, you could get the 12 iBook: 1.2GHz G4 (admittedly somewhat slower than the Pentium 4) OS X (equivalent to XP Professional -- that's a $100 upgrade for the Dell) 256MB RAM (NOT shared with graphics) 30GB hard disk Radeon 9200 32MB (slow, but vastly, vastly better than integrated graphics) Combo drive and a 12 1024x768 display The iBook also comes with wireless, a much better battery life, and much, much smaller dimensions (the Dell is more than half an inch thicker). 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: Interchangeability of Power Adapters
On Tue, Feb 22, 2005 at 10:11:35PM -0500, bobgir2004 wrote: I have a Dual-USB, 500MHz G3 12 iBook, with the yo-yo power adapter. Wife has a G4 iBook, 14, 1.2GHz with the small, white, square brick power adapter. When we travel, we prefer to take the smaller G3 iBook. You should be able to find the power rating somewhere on the yoyo adapter, though my memory is that the yoyo is rated 45 watts. (FWIW, my 1.5 GHz 12 PB came with a 45 W white brick). So the 65 W brick from the 14 is well within its comfort zone running the smaller machine. On the other hand, trying to run the 14 with the old yoyo is probably a bad idea -- you may be trying to eat power faster that the yoyo can safely pull it from the mains. If the yoyo limits its output for safety, its voltage will sag, which could lead to the run it or charge it dilemna (assuming it runs). If the yoyo valiantly goes ahead and tries to supply the full voltage, it can overheat, leading to any number of bad outcomes... Romain -- 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 life for current ALBook 15 inchers..
On Wed, 23 Feb 2005, Beniamino Cenci Goga wrote: On my iBook G4 I can get (bluetooth on, airport on and connetced to the home network) 3 hrs pretty easisly. Never gone over 2 hrs with the Aluminium. I guess the biggest difference is on the display. I'd think so. On my TiBk 867 I just now went from 0:54 to 1:36 remaining by dimming the display down 4 'notches'. -- 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: Kanga problem diagnosis
Hector I Macedo wrote: If you have a monitor handy, you might try plugging it and see if it lights up. Thanks for the tip, Hector. With the external monitor, the PowerBook works great. I spent about an hour on it to make sure it's definitely not the power or logic board, or hard drive. Back on the LCD after that, I got the same dark screen, but this time also a lot of crazy-wavy lines rather than a desktop, so it might be the inverter as well as the backlights. Does this sound correct? I think it's probably a good idea to replace the whole LCD unit. Thank you, everyone, for your tips and hints. -- 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: Kanga problem diagnosis
Laurent Daudelin wrote: However, once you get it, it might be a little difficult to replace as you will have to disassemble the screen and this is probably not for the faint of the heart... Thanks, Laurent. I did think about dissembling the LCD but after looking at the instructions, figured it was more trouble than it was worth. I found a source for a whole replacement LCD, so I think I'll go that way. -- 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: Kanga problem diagnosis
Thanks, Laurent, for the diagnosis info. It is the backlight after all. It boots MacOS off the hard drive or CD just fine, and I see a desktop, but the display is faint. I don't mind spending $100 or so for a new backlight/LCD or whatever I need to get this working, since the PowerBook seems to be working fine otherwise. I just don't want to pour, say, $350 or more into it, since I could find a better older PowerBook for about that much. Does this sound reasonable or am I dreamin'? I just hate to see good hardware go to waste, even if it is a bit dated. If you're comfortable doing your own repairs, there's a guide to replacing the backlight on a laptop at http://www.jkllamps.com/laptop.cfm Its a lot easier to buy a whole 3400/3500 screen on Ebay and swap that out. Mad Dog -- 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: Not a PowerBook after all...?
Dell: Integrated Graphics (the desktop version is laughable enough, imagine it on a laptop!) Apple: Radeon 9200 32MB (slow, but vastly, vastly better than integrated graphics) TECHNICALLY, they're both integrated. It's just that one is using a chipset built by a company that does nothing but design graphics chips, where the other one has one that's designing it's graphics chipsets as a way to sell more processors and motherboards. :) Steve -- 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: Not a PowerBook after all...?
On 24 Feb 2005, at 12:19, Steve Fuller wrote: Dell: Integrated Graphics (the desktop version is laughable enough, imagine it on a laptop!) Apple: Radeon 9200 32MB (slow, but vastly, vastly better than integrated graphics) TECHNICALLY, they're both integrated. It's just that one is using a chipset built by a company that does nothing but design graphics chips, where the other one has one that's designing it's graphics chipsets as a way to sell more processors and motherboards. :) Steve Even more technically, they're actually not -- integrated graphics refers to a GPU built into the chipset used in the machine (often, it's in the northbridge), while the GPUs used in Macs are essentially the same as those used in add-in graphics cards, operating via an AGP bus. So, you have the Radeon 9200, which supports AGP and PCI interfaces, and the Radeon 9100, which is the equivalent integrated graphics processor. The fact that the 9200 is soldered onto the motherboard in the case of the iBooks doesn't make it integrated. 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: OT..OS 10.3.8 Program help needed
Greetings 'Listas, Sorry for the interruption...Does anyone know of a program similar to the old PrintShop that will work in Panther? I used to use PS heavily before moving to Panther and need a similar program for cards, calendars, banners etc. I amrunning a Pismo 400 that has had Classic removed and I have no idea if it is possible to add Classic or OS 9 w/out having to reformat the hd... Regards and thanks for your indulgence in this matter.. Mike K There is an X version of PrintShop Deluxe. There is also another similar App but I can't think of its name right now. John -- Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity. -- 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: PCs are ??? (was Not a PowerBook after all...?
There is a saying; the more I meet people the more I like my dog, well, mine is the more I use PCs the more I love my Mac(s)... In my world money is an OBJECT! I run a couple of macs at a sever budget. PeeCees at the same price I pay for my macs would be serious crap. I just went out an picked up a 12 867 used PowerBook. WOW... The overall speed and feel is a little better then my G4-500 for a price just less than a new 12 ibook. The battery is new and the aluminum case needs a little wipe to look like new. This thing is PERFECT! It is just too sexy... My apple dealer did screw me for a $30 CND VGA video adapter. I clearly said, I want the older powerbook for the dual monitor capability over a new iBook. He said yes, it comes with all the required video adapters. Now he is denying the conversation ever happened and he wants me to order the adapter... With this in mind, I still prefer the Powerbook 12 over my 15 P-3 1.2 Gig Dell Laptop. Hands Down... this thing runs so much nicer. Quick Question... Why cripple the CPU cache on the laptops? My old G4 has a 1MB cache and this thing has only 256K The faster bus speed and clock speed are crippled with such a small cache? Go for a powerbook!!! -- 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 ---
Okidata Okipage 8z OSX driver
Has anyone out there been able to find an OS X driver for the Okidata Okipage 8Z laser printer? I loved this little unit but all I can find are Windows drivers. Okidata was zero help, they said since the printer was discontinued before OS X 10.2 really became popular so they never made a driver and are not planning to. On that note just one point. Does everyone agree that if a company sells a printer that claims to work on both Mac and PC that they should be olbligated to continue develolpment of the driver on both platforms. I was disgusted by Okidata's absolute lack of concern for their customers. I suppose if they had stopped development of the Windows drivers then I would not have much to complain about, but they have nice fresh XP drivers only a few months old. Sorry for the rant Orlando Mac Geek -- 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: Okidata Okipage 8z OSX driver
on 23/02/05 11:26, Orlando Mac Geek at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Has anyone out there been able to find an OS X driver for the Okidata Okipage 8Z laser printer? I loved this little unit but all I can find are Windows drivers. Okidata was zero help, they said since the printer was discontinued before OS X 10.2 really became popular so they never made a driver and are not planning to. On that note just one point. Does everyone agree that if a company sells a printer that claims to work on both Mac and PC that they should be olbligated to continue develolpment of the driver on both platforms. I was disgusted by Okidata's absolute lack of concern for their customers. I suppose if they had stopped development of the Windows drivers then I would not have much to complain about, but they have nice fresh XP drivers only a few months old. Sorry for the rant Orlando Mac Geek What kind of printer is this? -Laurent. -- Laurent Daudelin AIM/iChat: LaurentDaudelinhttp://nemesys.dyndns.org Logiciels Nemesys Software mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] flat adj.: 1. [common] Lacking any complex internal structure. That bitty box has only a flat filesystem, not a hierarchical one. The verb form is flatten. 2. Said of a memory architecture (like that of the VAX or 680x0) that is one big linear address space (typically with each possible value of a processor register corresponding to a unique core address), as opposed to a `segmented' architecture (like that of the 80x86) in which addresses are composed from a base-register/offset pair (segmented designs are generally considered cretinous). -- 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: PCs are ??? (was Not a PowerBook after all...?
On 24 Feb 2005, at 14:29, Brian Stewart wrote: Quick Question... Why cripple the CPU cache on the laptops? My old G4 has a 1MB cache and this thing has only 256K The faster bus speed and clock speed are crippled with such a small cache? Go for a powerbook!!! IIRC the older G4's cache ran at half processor speed, whereas the new G4 has its cache integrated into the processor, and runs it at full speed. From the benchmarks I've seen, it's not a huge performance hit. 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: PCs are ??? (was Not a PowerBook after all...?
My new 1.5GHz 12 feels awfully fast to me, regardless of cache size. Much faster than the 2.2GHz Pentium 4 desktop I am stuck using at work. Andrew On 2/23/05 8:12 PM, Ben Dyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 24 Feb 2005, at 14:29, Brian Stewart wrote: Quick Question... Why cripple the CPU cache on the laptops? My old G4 has a 1MB cache and this thing has only 256K The faster bus speed and clock speed are crippled with such a small cache? Go for a powerbook!!! IIRC the older G4's cache ran at half processor speed, whereas the new G4 has its cache integrated into the processor, and runs it at full speed. From the benchmarks I've seen, it's not a huge performance hit. 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: PCs are crap (was Not a PowerBook after all...?
On Feb 23, 2005, at 16:10, G-Books wrote: In-Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Larry le Mac [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PCs are crap (was Not a PowerBook after all...? Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 21:13:39 +0100 I have just spent an our with my son on our PC, a 600MHz AMD with 32MB video card and fairly decent spec, and it pisses me off that is so difficult just to get it to run, let alone run anything else than the OS... Does it have any RAM? My GF's 633 Celeron was all but unusable with the 128 MB it came with, kicking it up to 256 made it almost usable, 384 MB made it somewhat stable, upgrading to XP made it almost tolerable. But it's still no Mac, I only did it so she could work from home where the requirements were PC only. There is a saying; the more I meet people the more I like my dog, well, mine is the more I use PCs the more I love my Mac(s)... Larry Yep, I wouldn't part with my dawg or my Macs for nuttin honey. 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: Not a PowerBook after all...?
. Time and again, when you compare Macintosh with similarly equipped PeeCees, most of the time, the Peecees end up being far more expensive than the Mac. -Laurent. Perhaps I should clarify that I'm largely comparing hardware here- I have refused gifts of bootleg Windoze with no regrets! Looking Mac and PC hardware these days one finds that a lot of the parts (hard drives, optical drives, memory, etc.) are the same. The Power PC is clearly a more powerful and efficent processor, but the PC processor will none the less handle most people's computing tasks capably. As for build quality, many Macs are now built by the same subcontractors that make PCs so there is no Mac advantage. In software Macs are clearly far superior to Micro$oft's attempts, but Linux is reasonably user friendly and will meet most peoples needs. Given the bugs in OSX, I sometimes wonder why I pay good money for upgrades when I could be having just as much fun tearing my hair out at 3 am trying to make it work running Linux for free... So how much cost premium is a Mac worth? For the user on a tight budget with basic needs an old PC running Linux will do the job for less than the cost of a Mac. For me I figure a 20% premium over PCs is the most I'll pay extra for a Mac. For some, a Mac is a status symbol like a luxury car and they will pay any amount to obtain one... Dyna -- 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 ---
