Re: Cable internet and Macs
Oh yeah! I'm located in southern Ontario (the Canadian version) and I do a lot of tech support for the 2 local MUG's. My dealings with the local cable and DSL providers have resulted in amazing levels of patience and persistence! When I get the tier 1 weenies on the phone, I speak slowly and give them the answers to their next question before they ask it. If they try to play games, I bark at them immediately and demand that they get back to the program or transfer me to their supervisor. I tell them what the symptoms are, what I've done, and what I want them to do. When they ask me to do things that I've already done or that don't need to be done, I say no and ask then to move on. 99% of the time I'm working with a router so the Mac or other computers are not a factor anyways. And it is also the router that they blame and want removed, then they try to sell me their router. A polite 'Thanks, but no thanks.' is all they get. If you know what you are doing, hold your ground! If you don't, learn or get someone who does! Dave -- Windows (WIHN-doze), n. - A 32-bit extension and graphical shell to a 16-bit patch to an 8-bit operating system originally coded for a 4-bit processor built by a 2-bit company that couldn't stand 1-bit of competition. On 31-Dec-05, at 02:44, Caleb Cupples wrote: I'm finally taking the jump and going to broadband internet access, but I'm wondering if anyone has had any problems with the cable monkeys looking at a Mac like it's a Pandora's Box or not. I'm in redneck land, so I figure that'll happen with my Linux/OS X/Windoze network, so I want to be sure that I'm covered on all bases. Also, does anyone know of any good PCI wireless cards on the cheap? Thanks, Caleb -- 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: Internet on Virtual PC
I remembered making the same changes to virtual machine RAM, and I was reading through the VPC help files and found that allocating more RAM may actually slow the virtual machine and possibly make it unusable. The same applies to VRAM. It's their product, and I'm not attempting to use VPC for anything strenuous, so I'm back to default settings and running acceptably. Sometimes less is more? And my internet speed tests were way off. Reported downloads (VPC running Win2K and using Firefox) were around 430 KB/s and uploads around 150 KB/s when actual speeds were 150 down and 60 up. The same tests using Safari were around 300 down and 70 up. I used Activity monitor and X Resource Graph to monitor the actual speeds. HTH Dave On 29-Dec-05, at 21:51, Harry Corsover wrote: On Dec 29, 2005, at 4:15 PM, Tim Collier wrote: Actually if you read the documentation, it recommends that you run VPC with 256 allocated. They say it runs best that way. Forget where I read it so don't ask me to site a resource. :) I did have it set that way for years, but when I bumped up total physical RAM to 1 GB, I figured I'd try doubling it to see if it sped things up. It didn't, as far as I could tell. Regards, Harry Corsover -- 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 driver needed
Have you tried SANE? http://www.sane-project.org They claim that their support is good as listed here: http://www.sane-project.org/sane-mfgs.html#Z-MUSTEK I've been using their drivers to get an old UMAX scanner working in Tiger. There is a learning curve, but I found it to be both educational and rewarding to be able to get old hardware working again. Dave On 25-Dec-05, at 19:55, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Merry Christmas to everyone! Could someone show me where I can download a Mac driver for a MUSTEK SCANMAGIC 1200 UB PLUS SCANNER. I went to MUSTEK and Driverguide and other websites but could not find one. TIA Terry -- 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: RDC
On 16-Jul-05, at 02:08, Claire Hart wrote: Sorry to be posting so many questions lately, but this real estate situation really has me trying to take my PowerBook to a new level, somewhere that I've not yet been! Regarding Virtual PC, I've read that either it's buggy with Tiger, or it doesn't yet work with Tiger. Now on to my current question: Sorry, but I haven't been following this closely. I'm having no problems with VPC 7 and Tiger. I've got Win 98SE, 2000 Pro, XP Pro and (just installed yesterday) BeOS virtual machines on my iBook. Other than a minor networking issue that M$ is aware of, it has worked as well as on Panther for me. That is to say that it is frustratingly slow at times, but functional. Dan Van alluded to the use of RDC as a possible solution to my real estate - having to get a PC computer question. I have surfed around and googled around to learn about RDC. In the same context, VNP also usually comes up. If I used RDC, would I have to buy a PC, and then I'd leave it at the office? Then I would access it from my PowerBook? Would I still need Virtual PC running Windows to access a PC with RDC? This is a new idea for me, so I'm not very knowledgeable about it. I've found lots of forums of people asking questions. Sure, you could do this. It effectively reduces your Mac to a terminal. Okay, that is an exaggeration, but it is certainly the idea. And it is rather wasteful as the PC must always be running, though it doesn't need to have it's monitor on. And you become reliant on having a good internet connection, the PC in the office remaining running, the office network and internet connection having the bandwidth to support this heavy use. I do this every day for work with my 14 iBook 1.33 G4. Once I have an internet connection (33.6 modem connection or better), I connect to work's VPN, then use RDC to connect to the PC's (running 2000 Server, 2003 Server or XP) in the office. It is as if I was actually working on the PC, though full screen refreshes may take a second to 2 depending on the connection. It is possible to transfer clipboard contents between your Mac to the PC, share printers and drives, and have alert sounds come to your Mac, but all this requires more bandwidth. I have also tried VNC and found that it required too much bandwidth. Is this going to be a good solution for you? I doubt it. It may be a stop gap measure until you get frustrated with it and either just get this all running natively on your Powerbook or if you are real stubborn, in VPC. Eventually you will come to the conclusion that time _is_ $ and are doing this to make $. You will want the fastest performing, reliable, easiest solution available. I hope that this will be your Powerbook, but unless you can get required software running natively, I honestly doubt it will be. Also, why would you want to buy a desktop PC and have the hassle of internet connection, VPN connection, and RDC connection every time you need to use it? Why not just buy a PC laptop? The total support requirements are actually reduced by using the PC laptop, and the software requirements are the same. And just incase nobody else has mentioned it yet, you will want a complete back-up plan. Software AND hardware. Why hardware? When my Realtor's laptop was giving him troubles at 11:00 PM with deadline at 12:01 AM, he drove like a madman to his office and used a PC there to finalize documents. His preparedness got me the home and him the commission. Sorry for going on... Dave -- The code of tribal wisdom says that when you discover you are riding a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount. In law firms, we often try other strategies with dead horses, including the following: buying a stronger whip; changing riders; saying things like 'this is the way we have always ridden this horse'; appointing a committee to study the horse; arranging to visit other firms to see how they ride dead horses;increasing the standards to ride dead horses; declaring that the horse is better, faster and cheaper dead; and finally, harnessing several dead horses together for increased speed. Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson, 16 February 1999, in the courtroom after lunch on the second day of testimony from Microsoft's Brad Chase. -- 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:
