Re: Replacing hard drive in PowerBook under extended AppleCare?
At 10:50 PM -0500 9/13/05, Steve Fuller wrote: if you are concerned about the Applecare warranty, then you could probably have an Apple certified technician replace the drive. Apple might continue to cover the warranty then. About six months ago, AppleCare told me that I couldn't even do that--that I was stuck with the drive I originally bought with my PowerBook (Ti G4 667 rev. 2). This struck me as draconian, but there didn't seem anything I could do about it. (Now that the computer is out of warranty I am planning on replacing the drive.) That's interesting. I could understand them not covering the drive, but to not cover the rest of the warranty seems a bit odd. I wonder if that could be challenged under the Magnuson-Moss act. That one comes up a lot when a car dealer will try and invalidate a car warranty claim based on the fact that an aftermarket part is installed on the car (one that does not have anything to do with problem being covered under warranty). For example, I replace the shifter in my car myself, the water pump fails, and the dealer won't cover the water pump failure even though it's covered under warranty. One problem is that changing a hard drive on an iBook involves taking apart most of the laptop. -- 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: Does AL powerbook read DVD+R disks?
On Sep 14, 2005, at 11:41 AM, G-Books wrote: I changed the drive to a +/- superdrive (Pioneer DVR-K05) *and* installed PatchBurn, and it will read + disks. Without PatchBurn, it would only read - disks. I believe it is more related to the system software's view of the drive's capabilities than it is of the drive's capabilities themselves. Before PatchBurn, the drive was not supported; after PatchBurn, it was supported by vendor (but not by Apple), but nevertheless, it now will read + disks, whereas before it wouldn't. Okay, that's good news. But I wanted to clarify: does the Pioneer also BURN DVD+R disks? I think that may make a difference. The Superdrive in my 12 Al book does not burn DVD+R. It's the Matshita UJ-825. Thanks. Chris -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto: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: Replacing hard drive in PowerBook under extended AppleCare?
On Sep 14, 2005, at 1:25 AM, Clark Martin wrote: At 10:50 PM -0500 9/13/05, Steve Fuller wrote: if you are concerned about the Applecare warranty, then you could probably have an Apple certified technician replace the drive. Apple might continue to cover the warranty then. About six months ago, AppleCare told me that I couldn't even do that--that I was stuck with the drive I originally bought with my PowerBook (Ti G4 667 rev. 2). This struck me as draconian, but there didn't seem anything I could do about it. (Now that the computer is out of warranty I am planning on replacing the drive.) That's interesting. I could understand them not covering the drive, but to not cover the rest of the warranty seems a bit odd. I wonder if that could be challenged under the Magnuson-Moss act. That one comes up a lot when a car dealer will try and invalidate a car warranty claim based on the fact that an aftermarket part is installed on the car (one that does not have anything to do with problem being covered under warranty). For example, I replace the shifter in my car myself, the water pump fails, and the dealer won't cover the water pump failure even though it's covered under warranty. One problem is that changing a hard drive on an iBook involves taking apart most of the laptop. If the installation is done by Apple, or an Apple certified technician, this should not be a problem. They still warranteed my powerbook after they replaced the hinge clutch assembly, and that involved taking a good portion of my 17 PB apart I'm sure. I can understand voiding applecare if I replace the drive, but not if an authorized service center does it for me. I wonder if the same holds true if you were to buy your hard drive from Apple? My guess is probably not. 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 ---
VOIP Option
I was just wondering if and how many listers here use Skype to make long distance phone calls over the internet? It seems to be pretty popular and much cheaper then others such as Vonage. (Of course 9-1-1 is not available at this time, so this is not a substitute for a regular phone in that context) Now that I've finally got a fast connection out in the rural area using Clearwire, I am able to utilize voip w/o having to wait a few seconds for my transmission to reach by friends. The port Skype uses is also not blocked with Clearwire DSL, whereas I understand the one Vonage uses is (port 80). For those who don't know, Skype is a VOIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol) program that basically allows you to make phone calls over the internet. With Skype, calls are free to those who also have skype on their computer. If you call to a land line or cell phone, there is an average local rate charge and you buy minutes up front using Paypal even. You can check it out at www.skype.com. I'm also curious how those with powerbooks are dealing with the slight inadequacies of their lower quality microphone and speakers, which does make for poor voice quality. I have an old Jabra that clears things right up, but my speaker jack seems to have a slightly loose contact, so need to find a better headset. It's also a minor hassle having to plug and unplug both mic and speaker all the time, nobody wants to wear any kind of headphone all the time. So I'm just wondering if anybody has come up with a better solution? Dave -- 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: External FW drives problems and Tiger?
Unplug all your firewire devices before you install. Also repair permissions disk first aid before after installation. This is recommended by macfixit.com Apple. Jim On Sep 13, 2005, at 10:03 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm ready to install Tiger on my PB G4 and will first backup critical files to a Smartdisk Firelite 20GB firewire drive. I understand there were problems with fw drives not being recognized in 10.3. Does anyone know if that problem has been fixed with Tiger or should I be concerned? -- 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: Does AL powerbook read DVD+R disks?
But I wanted to clarify: does the Pioneer also BURN DVD+R disks? I think that may make a difference. The Superdrive in my 12 Al book does not burn DVD+R. It's the Matshita UJ-825. The Pioneer DVR-K05/K15 will indeed record [ * ] + DVDs. The Panasonic (misnamed Matshita on account of certain SNAFUs in naming; should be Matsushita) drive which will record + DVDs is the UJ-845. I have one of these, too. I bought my UJ-845 for $105 from one if the usual suspects. One which has a hidden coupon which is exercisable at checkout. Otherwise, the drive would have been $120. [ * ] For reasons I don't understand, perhaps marketing reasons alone, - media is called writeable/rewriteable, whereas + media is called recordable/rerecordable. I'm not sure there is really that much difference. However, I have noticed that with my set-top DVD recorder, - media does not need to be initialized (and its chapters cannot be edited before finalization), whereas + media MUST be initialized (and its chapters may be edited before finalization, but not afterwards). Strange. -- 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: VOIP Option
I was just wondering if and how many listers here use Skype to make long distance phone calls over the internet? It seems to be pretty popular and much cheaper then others such as Vonage. (Of course 9-1-1 is not available at this time, so this is not a substitute for a regular phone in that context) SNIP I'm also curious how those with powerbooks are dealing with the slight inadequacies of their lower quality microphone and speakers, which does make for poor voice quality. I have an old Jabra that clears things right up, but my speaker jack seems to have a slightly loose contact, so need to find a better headset. It's also a minor hassle having to plug and unplug both mic and speaker all the time, nobody wants to wear any kind of headphone all the time. So I'm just wondering if anybody has come up with a better solution? Dave I normally use a Bluetooth headset when using Skype. I also have a USB headset I can use if the BT headset ear loop is bothering me. I only use Skype for international calls to other Skype users or I use SkypeOut if I'm having reception problems at home with my cell phone (severe thunderstom, etc). JeffW. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto: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: VOIP Option
you might want to also check out gizmoproject at http:// gizmoproject.com joey On Sep 14, 2005, at 11:53 PM, David Rodriguez wrote: I was just wondering if and how many listers here use Skype to make long distance phone calls over the internet? It seems to be pretty popular and much cheaper then others such as Vonage. (Of course 9-1-1 is not available at this time, so this is not a substitute for a regular phone in that context) Now that I've finally got a fast connection out in the rural area using Clearwire, I am able to utilize voip w/o having to wait a few seconds for my transmission to reach by friends. The port Skype uses is also not blocked with Clearwire DSL, whereas I understand the one Vonage uses is (port 80). For those who don't know, Skype is a VOIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol) program that basically allows you to make phone calls over the internet. With Skype, calls are free to those who also have skype on their computer. If you call to a land line or cell phone, there is an average local rate charge and you buy minutes up front using Paypal even. You can check it out at www.skype.com. I'm also curious how those with powerbooks are dealing with the slight inadequacies of their lower quality microphone and speakers, which does make for poor voice quality. I have an old Jabra that clears things right up, but my speaker jack seems to have a slightly loose contact, so need to find a better headset. It's also a minor hassle having to plug and unplug both mic and speaker all the time, nobody wants to wear any kind of headphone all the time. So I'm just wondering if anybody has come up with a better solution? Dave -- 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: Replacing hard drive in PowerBook under extended AppleCare?
At 7:33 AM -0500 on 9/14/05, Steve Fuller wrote: If the installation is done by Apple, or an Apple certified technician, this should not be a problem. They still warranteed my powerbook after they replaced the hinge clutch assembly, and that involved taking a good portion of my 17 PB apart I'm sure. I can understand voiding applecare if I replace the drive, but not if an authorized service center does it for me. I wonder if the same holds true if you were to buy your hard drive from Apple? My guess is probably not. In my case, Apple told me I could not upgrade the drive, even by an Apple certified service dealer. As I said, I thought this was rather draconian. 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: Replacing hard drive in PowerBook under extended AppleCare?
At 10:50 PM -0500 on 9/13/05, Steve Fuller wrote: That's interesting. I could understand them not covering the drive, but to not cover the rest of the warranty seems a bit odd. I wonder if that could be challenged under the Magnuson-Moss act. That one comes up a lot when a car dealer will try and invalidate a car warranty claim based on the fact that an aftermarket part is installed on the car (one that does not have anything to do with problem being covered under warranty). For example, I replace the shifter in my car myself, the water pump fails, and the dealer won't cover the water pump failure even though it's covered under warranty. I agree with you, Counselor, but the court (Apple) told me that if they saw the drive was replaced, they would assume that was the cause of any other problem. That was their rule and there was no reasoning with them about it. 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: Replacing hard drive in PowerBook under extended AppleCare?
On Sep 14, 2005, at 2:19 PM, David Brostoff wrote: At 10:50 PM -0500 on 9/13/05, Steve Fuller wrote: That's interesting. I could understand them not covering the drive, but to not cover the rest of the warranty seems a bit odd. I wonder if that could be challenged under the Magnuson-Moss act. That one comes up a lot when a car dealer will try and invalidate a car warranty claim based on the fact that an aftermarket part is installed on the car (one that does not have anything to do with problem being covered under warranty). For example, I replace the shifter in my car myself, the water pump fails, and the dealer won't cover the water pump failure even though it's covered under warranty. I agree with you, Counselor, but the court (Apple) told me that if they saw the drive was replaced, they would assume that was the cause of any other problem. That was their rule and there was no reasoning with them about it. I can vouch for the fact that they blamed my 3rd party RAM for a hard drive problem that I was having. I remember reading somewhere about someone's experience working in a tech support call center where their job was basically to get people off the phone ASAP. He struggled with the fact that helping someone took too long and would reflect poorly on his evaluation. One of his superiors had mastered the kill of We only support the original configuration meaning that he could essentially end any request for help if you had even installed any software on the computer! Wish I could find the link now, it was amusing in a sad sort of way. 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: External FW drives problems and Tiger?
Thanks to all who posted comments and suggestions which I will follow. I did check the Smartdisk site and they comment on the issue with Panther but suggest it only exists with 60G+ sized drives (mine is 20G). I will probably b/u my super critical files (of which there aren't many) on zip disks I already have, and then hope Tiger plays well with the FW drive. Thanks again, Don Original Message: - From: Harry Corsover [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 22:20:20 -0700 To: G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com Subject: Re: External FW drives problems and Tiger? There are two things to watch out for. One is whether the disk will be recognized (or mount). The other is whether the disk is bootable. The first is much less likely to be a problem, but I ran into the second when I bought two FireWire 80GB disks from IOGear. They were not bootable. I went several rounds with them claiming we never advertised them as bootable (which IMO is like selling a car without a fuel system, saying we never advertised that it had a fuel system) before they agreed to replace them with bootable models. The only way I know (short of trial and error) is to get direct information from the drive manufacturer about this. Regards, Harry Corsover --- On Sep 13, 2005, at 9:06 PM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: I've been using 3 or 4 different FireWire drives under 10.4.2 without any problem... = Empower Your Future www.harryc.biz mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.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: VOIP Option
I have niece in Atlanta and a nephew in Minnesota who I have talked to using Skype. Seems just as good as a regular phone line to me. I use a 12 Powerbook and the mike is fine, just plug in my ipod earphones to avoid the feedback echo. I have also use dit locally with a few friends and again no problems, so I haven't bothered with a head set. I haven't tried their Skype out service as I haven't found a need, but VOIP is probably the way of the future. Leonard Smith Rosedale Street Gallery 2A Rosedale Street Dulwich Hill NSW Australia 2203 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.rosedalestreetgallery.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: 12.1 in. 1.5ghz powerbook
Sorry for the late response. I love my 1.5ghz 12 inch. I had the original 12 inch. The one I have now has the built in SuperDrive. I love the size, the portability. I put in a 1gig memory chip. I find the speed just fine. I helped my housemate set up her new IBM Thinkpad tonight. It's about 15 inches. It's way to big in my opinion. I've done photo editing on the 12 inch with no problems. Some people want a larger screen but for me, the increased weight wouldn't be worth it. Meg On 13 Sep 2005, at 9:49 AM, Matthew Dudek wrote: Hey guys and girls, My old Pismo seems just about ready to be put out to pasture... or at least used as my media PC, and I am trying to figure out the best deal for the money, and something that will also stick around for at least as long as my Pismo has. Any opinions on the 1.5ghz 12 inch? vs. the 1.33ghz? and also, does anyone have an idea of when the product line should be revised again? If it will be revised in January I can put up with my Pismo until then. Thanks in advance, Matt -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto: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: 12.1 in. 1.5ghz powerbook
Matthew, I traded up to a 12 1.5 Ghz PB after my G3 900 iBook broke 3 times in 18 months. I always thought the PBs were over priced for what they were. Was I wrong! I researched the 12 PB after my iBook broke the 2nd time. I decided to give my iBook one more try. Then on the 88th day of the 90 day warranty for the replaced logic board it broke again. Enough was enough! Now that I have my PB I wish I'd gotten earlier! Once thing I like most about the 12 1.5 PB is that the hard drive has a head parking mechanism if the powerbook is dropped. It has a G-force sensor and can tell when it's dropped. If I had to complaints it would be these mild criticisms. A) The bottom gets pretty hot, especially if it's in your lap while the Mac is doing processor intensive things (such as iMovie). B) The battery clocks 3 1/2 to 4 hrs. My iBook was cooler (only a G3) and the battery could do 5 1/2 to 6 hours without sweating it. --- Matthew Dudek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey guys and girls, My old Pismo seems just about ready to be put out to pasture... or at least used as my media PC, and I am trying to figure out the best deal for the money, and something that will also stick around for at least as long as my Pismo has. Any opinions on the 1.5ghz 12 inch? vs. the 1.33ghz? and also, does anyone have an idea of when the product line should be revised again? If it will be revised in January I can put up with my Pismo until then. Thanks in advance, Matt -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto: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 --- __ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.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: 12.1 in. 1.5ghz powerbook
On Sep 14, 2005, at 10:58 PM, Muddle Man wrote: I traded up to a 12 1.5 Ghz PB after my G3 900 iBook broke 3 times in 18 months. I always thought the PBs were over priced for what they were. Was I wrong! I researched the 12 PB after my iBook broke the 2nd time. I decided to give my iBook one more try. Then on I concur; I've had the 12 1.5GHz since June; I love it. It is so portable, and it does everything. The DVD-R has been much more fun that I thought it would be. It's so nice to make huge data disks. I do a fair amount of stats and scientific graphing and I can make everything fit on the display just fine. All the eye candy and tools in the latest version of Word can be a pain sometimes though. I had put off buying a PB as although I wanted a very portable size (12), it was hard for me to give up a PCMCIA slot... but I have an adapter for my camera flash cards that is about the sie of a credit card (though external), some other nice USB and firewire toys, and I'm not looking back! HTH. 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: VOIP Option
On Sep 14, 2005, at 11:53 AM, David Rodriguez wrote: I was just wondering if and how many listers here use Skype to make long distance phone calls over the internet? It seems to be pretty popular and much cheaper then others such as Vonage. (Of course 9-1-1 is not available at this time, so this is not a substitute for a regular phone in that context) Now that I've finally got a fast connection out in the rural area using Clearwire, I am able to utilize voip w/o having to wait a few seconds for my transmission to reach by friends. The port Skype uses is also not blocked with Clearwire DSL, whereas I understand the one Vonage uses is (port 80). For those who don't know, Skype is a VOIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol) program that basically allows you to make phone calls over the internet. With Skype, calls are free to those who also have skype on their computer. If you call to a land line or cell phone, there is an average local rate charge and you buy minutes up front using Paypal even. You can check it out at www.skype.com. I'm also curious how those with powerbooks are dealing with the slight inadequacies of their lower quality microphone and speakers, which does make for poor voice quality. I have an old Jabra that clears things right up, but my speaker jack seems to have a slightly loose contact, so need to find a better headset. It's also a minor hassle having to plug and unplug both mic and speaker all the time, nobody wants to wear any kind of headphone all the time. So I'm just wondering if anybody has come up with a better solution? Dave I use Skype and Gizmo. I prefer Gizmo. http://www.gizmoproject.com Peter Apockotos: http://www.apockotos.com http://www.macmariner.com http://www.knightrider.org -- 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 ---
