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: Memory - from iMac G4 to AlBook ?
On 21-Feb-05, at 2:55 AM, Larry le Mac wrote: I know someone that kept some RAM from an iMac G4 that was bought before the iMac shipped, who then cancelled the order on the iMac, and planned to use it in a 12 AlBook, until the AlBook came and we found that the RAM was the high profile stuff I guess, and so was too big for the AlBook...not sure whether the 15 ones can accommodate that size RAM, or if the newer iMac G4s shipped with smaller RAM, but it might not actually be the same, even though people sometimes claim it is... Mine is 32mm. The RAM that is... Could have been the wrong RAM for the iMac, too, never know since we never got it in one... -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: More RAM, trade offs ??? (was Memory from iMac G4 to AlBook ?
On 21-Feb-05, at 4:59 PM, Larry le Mac wrote: Are there any trade offs with having 2x512MB in a PBook 15 1.5GHz? as opposed to one 512MB... Power consumption, battery ? Heat ? How much better would 1GB be than 768MB ? And, how much worse would 512MB be than 768MB ? I run my 900mhz-upgraded BW G3 with 768MB (much of that swiped from the old PC that's sitting gathering dust in the hallway, because it was left with so little RAM that Windows XP will probably barely even load...oh, wait, I think I felt sorry for it and stuck a bit more in when it was cheap somewhere...), and it seemed better than when it had 512, but I think any easing of bottlenecks in that kind of machine is going to help. (just wish I had a PCI-X slot, the 66mhz one is an insult to my Radeon 9200) My 12 iBook runs cooler and longer at 1.2ghz with 768MB than my old 12 PB at 867mhz and 256MB (this was the machine the iMac RAM was supposed to fit), and of course, significantly faster. Not really having an equivalent machine to compare, I'm still going to make a wild guess and say that the additional RAM will probably be more than worth any potential heat/battery tradeoffs. -- 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: RAM for Powerbook (brand/where)
On 21-Feb-05, at 11:37 PM, Timothy Luoma wrote: Anyone have any experience with OWC, or other reputable brands that you'd recommend? I've gotten RAM from them for my G3 (PC133) that's worked fine, that's also where my processor upgrade and video card have come from... The RAM upgrade in my iBook says AZENRAM on the package it came out of. It seems to work fine. -- 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: Memory - from iMac G4 to AlBook ?
On 20-Feb-05, at 4:57 PM, Larry le Mac wrote: Basicaly I have the SoDIMM from the iMac G4 1GHz that I sold, and I will probably be getting the 15 AlBook which has one spare slot, so why not use it there ?!... I know someone that kept some RAM from an iMac G4 that was bought before the iMac shipped, who then cancelled the order on the iMac, and planned to use it in a 12 AlBook, until the AlBook came and we found that the RAM was the high profile stuff I guess, and so was too big for the AlBook...not sure whether the 15 ones can accommodate that size RAM, or if the newer iMac G4s shipped with smaller RAM, but it might not actually be the same, even though people sometimes claim it is... -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Safari/Camino/non-IE browser problems?
On 16-Feb-05, at 2:26 AM, Ben Dyer wrote: Do you have similar problems connecting with other protocols (e.g. FTP, POP3, SMTP)? To me, the issues you describe seem similar to those caused by high rates of packet loss over your connection; however, the fact that IE works doesn't fit in with that hypothesis. Oh, yeah, my incoming/outgoing mail servers through my ISP are pretty pissy. I have a hard time finding an FTP client that works and it sometimes gets toasted, too. I use AOL as well and it frequently has trouble getting a complete connection, causing it to not always be able to view websites, but can do IM and email fine, usually. Instant messaging programs are usually fine. I did what you said and seemed to be getting the source code for the main page, so I assume that's working fine, right now. I also have a lot of DNS issues even in IE, for a while half the sites I want to visit it'll say it can't find the server, and I just have to wait nutil it goes away... -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Safari/Camino/non-IE browser problems?
On 16-Feb-05, at 10:44 AM, John C. Swanson wrote: It sounds to me like something is either overloading your connection or there is a problem with your DSL 'Modem' or ISP. If you have any Windows based systems I would check them for viruses and spyware. The one Windows machine I do have but rarely use has a recently updated antivirus program, and three different anti-spyware programs, all of which have been run recently. It's usually not connected. The issues seem to also happen when only one machine is connected to the internet. I've used both DSL modems I have with the Windows machine I used to use, and even in IE on Windows I get a *lot* of Cannot find server pages, etc...IE on Mac is *much* better behaved. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Safari/Camino/non-IE browser problems?
On 16-Feb-05, at 11:48 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: Oh, yeah, my incoming/outgoing mail servers through my ISP are pretty pissy. I have a hard time finding an FTP client that works and it sometimes gets toasted, too. I use AOL as well and it frequently has trouble getting a complete connection, causing it to not always be able to view websites, but can do IM and email fine, usually. Instant messaging programs are usually fine. Get another ISP. Betcha they're using poorly configured web caching or something, or if it's cable, your local segment is hosed. Don't let 'em tell you it's 'a Mac thing'. I don't know of many other DSL services in Toronto that aren't just business providers. There's AOL High Speed Edition, which may or may not support Macs and in any case I don't think you can network with it as easily, I don't always want to be connected to AOL when I'm online, there's Primus, which is evil and screwed me over so bad when they bought out the company that provided my dialup service a few years ago that I switched to AOL because it was better, and cable is a zillion times worse. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Safari/Camino/non-IE browser problems?
Weird. Today when I opened iCab, the bar at the top was back where it should be, so I can access preferences and whatnot. And here I'd just thought that for some weird reason, it didn't have one... -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: New PowerBooks
On 15-Feb-05, at 12:34 PM, Larry le Mac wrote: The illuminated keyboard has certain practical advantages... The only thing better than an illuminated keyboard is not needing one in the first place, because you touch-type... But chances are if you truly do touch type without having to look at the keys at all, you type Dvorak, which has more freak factor than cool factor, unlike the illuminated keyboard. I'm not sure why all AlBooks didn't come with that keyboard, since even my 12 had the same keys so it *could* be illuminated... -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Screen size and iBooks (was Re: New PowerBooks)0
On 15-Feb-05, at 12:53 PM, Andrew F. wrote: For me it was very difficult choosing between the 12 (superdrive) and 15 (combodrive) this time around. The lighted keyboard would be nice, as would the larger screen. Also, while I do travel and like the small size of the 12, I'm not a student anymore and thus do not have to carry and set up multiple times per day, so the 15 wouldn't be too bad. As far as screen size go, does anyone here have a 14 iBook? Their max resolution is 1024x768, same as the 12, right? Unless you got it for the SuperDrive, why would someone want the extra weight and bulk? Why can't they make iBooks display any higher resolutions, anyways? -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: New PowerBooks
On 15-Feb-05, at 2:49 PM, Andrew wrote: I'm not sure why all AlBooks didn't come with that keyboard, since even my 12 had the same keys so it *could* be illuminated... Especially since the 12 is more likely to be used in a bed or on an airplane, it is the one most in need of the lighted keyboard. I use a USB flylight (or my ThinkPad) I had no problem typing on it, thanks to the Dvorak layout, it just didn't look so damn cool. My iBook doesn't taunt me with looking like it has the capability. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Screen size and iBooks (was Re: New PowerBooks)0
On 15-Feb-05, at 2:54 PM, Andrew wrote: There are reasons for the larger screen at the same resolution, the most important being that it is easier on the eyes. I'll take easier on the back and shoulders carrying it around, personally! But I guess some people leave them parked more than me... -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Screen size and iBooks (was Re: New PowerBooks)0
On 15-Feb-05, at 4:48 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why can't they make iBooks display any higher resolutions, anyways? Apple can - but keeping the iBook at 1024x768 is a way of differentiating the iBook from the PowerBook line. Already the line is seriously blurred at the 12 line. Which is why when I wanted a faster machine, my 12 PB became a 12 iBook...since I don't use Bluetooth and the PB didn't have a SuperDrive anyways, and I need something compact... A 14 screen at a bit higher resolution in an iBook price range might have made me consider it a bit longer than the half second I did, probably still wouldn't have bought it, though. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Safari/Camino/non-IE browser problems?
Does anyone else have problems using any browser other than IE, or is it just me/my router/my ISP? I've gotten along reasonably well with just IE until I installed Panther, where it seems to crash more, and until more sites started not working in IE... I've tried Netscape, Opera, Camino, Mozilla, Firefox, Safari, iCab, and OmniWeb, always a similar problem. There's a few sites I'm forced to use Camino for, like Gmail, so it's irritating. In all of these browsers, I almost always have to stop-reload-stop-reload-stop-reload a zillion times before any page will load, though for some like Safari and OmniWeb, the first page or two will load, and then nothing else period (for Safari) or nothing else without the stop-reload thing frequently (OmniWeb). iCab works very slightly better than OmniWeb, loads and doesn't load in fits and spurts, though it's lack of a bar at the top window and no preferences place that I can find. The rest, you're lucky to even load the start page! This occurs with all Macs connected to this network, wired or wireless, Jaguar or Panther. It does not happen when the same machines are moved to another network using different providers and routers. Changing ISPs is not an option. Anyone else have this problem? If so, what kind of router/ISP do you use? Is there any sort of setting I have to change that's on by default for all these browsers? -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: New PowerBooks
On 15-Feb-05, at 8:06 PM, Andrew wrote: Rev A on the 12 powerbook had serious heat issues and bottom cases that warped, making the machine wobble on a flat surface. SOme did it, some didn't, but the problem is much reduced on the Rev B, which also runs much cooler. No warping, but I've gotten mild burns through jeans while using the one I had on my lap...had no idea that any of the newer metal 12 ones were better, hence the iBook... -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Safari/Camino/non-IE browser problems?
On 15-Feb-05, at 8:43 PM, Timothy Luoma wrote: It does not happen when the same machines are moved to another network using different providers and routers. Changing ISPs is not an option. If it doesn't happen when the machines are on another network, then there's a problem with your network connection, not your browser. Not strange settings my ISP or router would need set differently from default? Argh. I was hoping it might be something fixable on my end. Have you tried removing the router and directly connecting one of the machines to your Internet connection? It could be your router is bad. Yeah, same thing happens, though. If it isn't your software and it isn't your hardware, then your options are to live with it or get your ISP to help diagnose the problem. If you don't die of old age on hold until someone picks up the phone, you find thhey don't seem to know dick all about Macs, and they say just use IE. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Safari/Camino/non-IE browser problems?
On 15-Feb-05, at 11:36 PM, Timothy Luoma wrote: Not strange settings my ISP or router would need set differently from default? Argh. I was hoping it might be something fixable on my end. Did it used to work and then stop? It's highly unlikely IMO that there'd be some strange setting, unless your ISP was doing something very non-standard. Nope, it's been a problem the entire time I've had the Macs and tried to use any browser other than IE (first few months of my Mac use, I never tried any other browser, next several months I was on a different ISP). Yeah, same thing happens, though. Have you tried making a new administrator account on the computer, logging completely out of your old account and into the new account, and then try to connect? I'm completely pulling this out of the air, but it might be worth a shot. No, it's not a specific computer thing, I've run four different Macs on this connection and they've *all* had the same problem. It'd have to be some default setting, if it were on the machines, so to fix them, I'd have to know what the thing was and how to fix it, rather than just another default setup. If it isn't your software and it isn't your hardware, then your options are to live with it or get your ISP to help diagnose the problem. If you don't die of old age on hold until someone picks up the phone, you find thhey don't seem to know dick all about Macs, and they say just use IE. Ah yes, the old tech support lemmings... Let me guess, you live in a rural area with few broadband options? (there are NONE where I live, so I can relate) No, I live in downtown Toronto, where you can get DSL through Sympatico or cable through Rogers (which, in a highly populated area, is far worse - used the free trial last year and it was horrible! I'm not sure I thought to check other browsers during the short time we tried that, though...), and before we got DSL there was this line of sight from the CN Tower broadband thing that *never* worked. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: iBook mini and PowerBook mini
On 14-Feb-05, at 11:54 AM, John C. Swanson wrote: If I am not mistaking that is a modified picture of Nintendo GameBoy Advance SPs. Nice job on the vMod though, I'd buy one. Though I'd rather have a Mac Tablet. I just don't get tablet PCs. The entire point of my carrying my laptop around with me is so I can type rather than have to write, and if I can't read my own writing, I highly doubt my computer could, either! If you'd rather write than type, why not just use paper? -- 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: iBook mini and PowerBook mini
On 14-Feb-05, at 4:04 PM, Bruce Mitchell wrote: I'd take a Mac Tablet in a minute. I spend a lot of time doing interviews and taking notes as the person talks. For me it would be wonderful if a computer could translate my writing into text, eliminating the need to transcribe my notes, thus enabling more rapid production of a final report. But it would have to be a Mac Tablet, as I don't have the patience to contend with Windoze. But couldn't you type faster than you can write legibly? -- 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: iBook mini and PowerBook mini
On 14-Feb-05, at 4:59 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: I just don't get tablet PCs. The entire point of my carrying my laptop around with me is so I can type rather than have to write, They're highly useful in situations where you have to fill out forms and capture signatures, don't have the room to type, or have to do it standing up. This is why they're limited largely to vertical market things like fieldwork for various industries etc. Yeah, I can understand them in that case...but I'm guessing that even if there was a Mac tablet, companies would still be using Windows on their machines... -- 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: Mac OS X 10.3.8 update.
On 13-Feb-05, at 12:37 PM, Amber R. wrote: Not a problem at home (although a major hassle !) but when on an airplane or bus or even at a cafe, I cannot let it fall asleep or that's it unless I have access to a power outlet. Yeah, mine freaked out during the blackout a year and a half ago, because it was asleep and plugged in, then suddenly no power... It had no issues with it not waking up from sleep if I put it to sleep while on battery power, or put it to sleep plugged in and then pulled the plug out of the Powerbook, only if I pulled the plug out of the wall still attached to the machine. This was the 12 aluminum one, I don't recall a friend's 15 TiBook having any issues with sleeping and waking up while on battery power, though it may never have been unplugged from the wall when the plug was still in the computer. -- 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 ---
Reviving dead things...
Anyone know any sort of trick for making a dead power supply work again? As in one that just up and died today? Beat it, freeze it, nuke it? I just need it to work again for a week and a half or so... -- 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: Mac OS X 10.3.8 update.
On 10-Feb-05, at 5:14 AM, Marcin Wichary wrote: One of the changes in the 10.3.8 update is an issue in which a PowerBook G4 computer would, on rare occasion, wake from sleep with a black screen and not respond to any keyboard, mouse, or trackpad input. Hope this will resolve the problem that affected some of the people here (incl. me)... I used to have that sleeping sickness with my G3 tower, but I finally zapped...something...and it worked. That was while running Jaguar, though. My 12 Powerbook would freeze like that if it was asleep and you accidentally pulled the power cord out of the wall while it was still attached to the machine...is this just how they work and you shouldn't do that, an issue with certain Powerbooks, or something weird with my old machine? I don't know if my iBook will do that, too, I'm afraid to check! -- 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: iBooks booting from CD?
On 9-Feb-05, at 5:12 AM, Tim Hodgson wrote: Is there any chance the problem is due to the version of Python installed (2.2 on Jaguar, 2.3 on Panther)? In which case you might be able to fix it by downgrading your Python installation. I'm not sure, I don't know where to find a copy of Python that's that age, I tried to install the Python Kitchen Sink thing on top of the other Python installation, and that didn't work, but I don't know exactly what version it is... When I first tried this on Panther, even the Python apps that come with Panther, like PackageManager, wouldn't even run, they'd immediately crash after a dock bounce or two...I was able to dick around and finally convince PackageManager to run, and after some more stuff that hopefully didn't hurt the system, use PackageManager to download all the Pygame stuff and things that are needed for that, but it still doesn't help any with Pydance. -- 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: iBooks booting from CD?
On 9-Feb-05, at 11:04 AM, John C. Swanson wrote: Here is the link for a package that fixes some problems with 10.3's python. It may or may not help. http://homepages.cwi.nl/~jack/macpython/beta.html I will try to figure out the problem when I get back to my Mac tonight if nobody else comes up with a solution. Doesn't help. :-( -- 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: iBooks booting from CD?
On 9-Feb-05, at 4:43 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: Oh yeah, your problem is almost certainly fixable without re-installing your OS or trying to back down an version... Hope so. I was talking to the pydance people and they said they haven't yet found a way to fix it, or even figure out what exactly is wrong... -- 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 ---
iBooks booting from CD?
My otherwise lovely new iBook came preinstalled with Panther, which unfortunately, I just found that one of my main apps won't run in, and there's no known fix. So I go and partition off part of the drive to install Jaguar on, reboot with the Jaguar CD in the drive as the selected startup disk, and it reboots into Panther. Figure ok, maybe I wasn't too clear on that, reboot holding down the C key. I get the folder/flashing question mark icon thing until I finally let go of the key, and then it boots back into Panther. It just refuses to boot off the Jaguar CD! Any way I can force it to do this, or am I stuck never being able to use that app on that machine, ever? Thanks! -- 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: iBooks booting from CD?
On 8-Feb-05, at 9:03 PM, Jacob wrote: 10.3 is the minimum OS that new iBooks can run. I'm writing this on a 1GHz iBook which came with the minimum OS for this machine: 10.3.4. What app are you trying to run? Could there be an open source or shareware equivalent? It's a program in Python, PyDance. It *is* open source. But no one knows how to fix it. I don't know of any sufficiently functional equivalents. Why do they do that to the machines? I'm buying a new computer, why can't I install whatever OS version I like on it? It's not like I'm trying to install the no longer supported OS 9 or anything. What difference would it make to them if someone wanted to run Jaguar on their machine, too? Can it boot off an external Firewire drive running Jaguar? -- 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: iBooks booting from CD?
On 8-Feb-05, at 10:19 PM, - drive - drift - dream - wrote: 10.3 is the minimum OS that new iBooks can run. I'm writing this on a 1GHz iBook which came with the minimum OS for this machine: 10.3.4. What app are you trying to run? Could there be an open source or shareware equivalent? It's a program in Python, PyDance. It *is* open source. But no one knows how to fix it. I don't know of any sufficiently functional equivalents. Well, there's StepMania, but it's just not the same...it's like Fireworks when you're a diehard Photoshop user... -- 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: iBooks booting from CD?
On 8-Feb-05, at 11:11 PM, Jim Dynes wrote: It most likely won't boot on any OS before 10.3.5. I recently bought the 2005 12 Ibook 1.2 and it was shipped with 10.3.5 it won't boot with anything else. Yeah, that's what I got...even though I managed to get Jaguar installed on the iBook by using it as a Firewire target drive from my desktop, still can't convince it to boot from that... (can't use my desktop for the program due to the floors where my desktop's located...) -- 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: strongest solvent you can use on a ALBook...
On 5-Feb-05, at 9:48 PM, W. David Stephenson wrote: I'm convinced that those Mr. Clean sponges are the greatest thing since sliced bread -- if they clean a TiBook the way they did my iBook (that was the first and last white computer of any sort I'll buy -- too easy to get stains from my fingerprints, etc.) you'll be a happy camper. I've used them for all sorts of stains where I previously used solvents, with no scratches or damage to the plastics. They should probably work pretty well on that, I've used them to clean slightly textured plastic surfaces before in addition to smooth metal, they're amazing for stuff like scuff marks and whatnot. I should have tried that on the little black mark I had on my old PB on the metal on the side of the screen and beside the keyboard where it contacted it...have no idea what caused it, could never get rid of it... -- 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: iBook G4 ext Batt
On 3-Feb-05, at 9:47 AM, Andrew, a Mac Freak wrote: On all the international flights I have been on I have *never* seen a power socket to plug up a laptop. Never. It has always made me wonder if they really exist, I have just assumed that they are for the first class. I have seen outlets on run of the mill domestic American Airlines flights, in coach...they just weren't in every row, they were kinda under/between the seats, IIRC... I just remember having a laptop and no adapter at the time, and kicking myself... -- 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: iBook not playing nice on the network!
On 31-Jan-05, at 4:23 AM, Timothy Domst wrote: Try making the computers all static, all you need to do is tell the router which addresses (192.168.1.x) have computers (routing table). I am guessing you mean by the interface a webpage. It can be disconnected from the internet if that's what you mean, that has nothing to do with transfers between computers on the subnet. The iBook MUST have a different address from the hard wired computer at all times. Maybe you could try ftp instead of appletalk. It does have a different address, every time I look in the information thing it gives the address of every machine connected, and they're not the same. They generally seem to get the same address they got the last time each time they connect, though, so it's more or less static I guess, even though I didn't set it that way specifically. -- 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: iBook not playing nice on the network!
On 30-Jan-05, at 5:58 PM, Timothy Domst wrote: The router still functions fine with a PC laptop and the ethernet-wireless iMac, and with the old Powerbook up until I got rid of her. It gets reset every time the iBook kills the wired connection. The orange light that says the machine's transmitting or receiving data still lights up when it's not working, the machine just can't find the host. The router's connected through DHCP to my DSL modem, it basically runs at factory settings all the time except for the SSID is different. Are the MTU settings the same on all the computers? The MTU is the number that's usually either 1500 or 1492, and all the computers should be the same duplex, like half-duplex or full-duplex, and the same speed. In OSX it's all in the Network settings under ethernet, if they are all on automatic then that eliminates my idea, because they would match the settings from the router. They probably are, because I have no idea what an MTU is or how it would be different from one machine to the next... I have a Linksys wireless router, and there are two subnets, one for wireless and one for ethernet. This will be the same on all routers. I use static routing, with as few computers as you and I have it's easier to configure. You can go into the router and change from DHCP to static, give each computer a different address, (i.e. 192.168.1.x), then go into the network settings of each computer and make them static and give them one of the addresses you just put into the router. The router interface, when my wired machine goes down, will say it's still connected, with a different address than the iBook that's interfering. And sometimes it doesn't cause a problem, like if I start pinging the router from the wired machine, and keep it pinging while the files transfer, for some reason... -- 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: iBook not playing nice on the network!
It's a Belkin, a couple years old, has three wired ports and wireless, it's been used with wireless cards in 3 different PCs, my old Powerbook, and an iBook I was cleaning up to sell, as well as a USB wireless PC adapter and an ethernet wireless adapter for the G3 iMac downstairs - no other machine has ever made the wired one disconnect, though *once* a month or so ago it stopped transmitting wirelessly, so had to be reset through the machine that's connected with a cable. Hmmm, sorry, I don't have any experience with the Belkin, but I would be tempted to say that it's the problem. -Laurent. I too agree it sounds like the router. Power it down and reset it to default as per the instructions that came with it. The router still functions fine with a PC laptop and the ethernet-wireless iMac, and with the old Powerbook up until I got rid of her. It gets reset every time the iBook kills the wired connection. The orange light that says the machine's transmitting or receiving data still lights up when it's not working, the machine just can't find the host. The router's connected through DHCP to my DSL modem, it basically runs at factory settings all the time except for the SSID is different. -- 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 ---
'Book batteries...
To get the best battery life, is it better to leave them on and plugged in and asleep all the time you're not using them, and keep them plugged in as much as possible when you are, or is periodically draining the battery better? And if so, how far should you drain it before recharging? Thanks! (was never able to even get 3 hours out of her 12 PB with the 5 hour battery life, even with the optimized energy saver settings...) -- 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 ---
