Re: iBook as Desktop

[Matt and Sue Halter]

On Feb 14, 2006, at 10:48 PM, Kevin Avery wrote:



On Feb 14, 2006, at 7:28 PM, Al Poulin wrote:

I have the neat little 12" iBook G4/1.33 GHz, with Combo drive, which 
I use for occasional genealogy research trips outside the house.  Our 
main Mac, which I share with my wife, is a G4 QuickSilver 733 with 
Apple's 17" LCD.  I particularly love that monitor.


In setting up another work desk in another room of the house, I could 
try using the iBook, or I could buy a new iMac.  I will be working 
(or playing) hours at a time, sometimes all day with meal breaks.  
Principal uses are e-mail, web browsing, word processing, researching 
CD-ROMs for .pdf pages, and running the genealogy Reunion software.


Is anybody here happy with using their iBooks or small screen 
PowerBooks as desktop machines?  Do you hook up an extra keyboard and 
mouse?  Happy with the small screen?  Or do you hook up a larger 
monitor?  Elevate the laptop on a stand?


Any helpful hints welcome!  Oh, has anyone tried using a laptop like 
this and found it best to move on to a conventional desktop or 
tower/monitor setup?


Al,

I saved up my pennies and bought the same iBook you have last October. 
I have a gigE dual 450 G4 that used to be my main machine, but now 
this iBook is it. The G4 is still in the same place  on my desk but is 
now acting as a server for the most part. I love the portability of 
this iBook, I use it everywhere in the house, I even put it on the 
book holder of my exercise bike and do a little web surfing while 
riding the bike. I also find it nice to have while waiting for my kids 
at the different lessons I take them to all week. I love this iBook, 
it has replaced my desktop 100%. I do like having everything I do on 
this iBook, I think that is part of the draw, it would be hard to have 
some things on this and some things on a desktop. I guess it all comes 
down to personal preference and how you work.


Now, you did say you could buy a new iMac and set it up, I have to 
admit, if I had the cash on hand I might buy a new iMac and replace 
the old beige G3 we have in our kitchen. :)


take care,
Kevin Avery


I use my G4 iBook as my main computer. I'm a heavy user often on my 
'book 10+ hrs a day, but my son brought his new G5 iMac home over 
winter break.  There's no comparison.  The iMac is awesome.  If I had 
to choose one it would be the iMac.  The screen, the speed.  You'll be 
much more productive on it.


Matt H 
 



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Re: Problem with Wallstreet HD install

[Matt and Sue Halter]

On the WS the OS needs to be located in a partition less than 8GB in 
size and it must be located in the first 8GB on the drive.


Matt
On Jun 22, 2005, at 2:53 PM, Ben Woodard wrote:


Decided today to try to get a little more life out of
the old Wallstreet by putting in a new hd. I had a 30g
Hitachi i bought six months ago and stuck it in.
Holding down the C key I tried to boot to the 10.2
disk, but only got the flashing question mark. This
made no sense so I tried resetting pram, power
manager, tried an external keyboard, used a zip with
9.1 on it, and diskwarrior but no luck.

Thinking I must have damaged something, I took the new
drive out and replaced the old. It started up and I
was able to boot the 10.2 disk. Put the new drive in
an enclosure, hooked it up to my G4 and formatted and
partioned it. Back into the Wallstreet and the same
problem.

I have installed a number of drives over the years,
but this has me stumped. Its got to be something
simple I'm overlooking - a real forehead smacker.
Could someone please tell me what I'm missing here?


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Re: Opinion wanted

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On May 19, 2005, at 6:05 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote:
On May 19, 2005, at 2:30 PM, Laurent Daudelin wrote:
I got a homeowner policy. How could that be covered?
Homeowner's policies cover personal possessions against loss or 
damage, not just the house. It depends on your coverage, it could well 
cover dependent children at school as well.

That said, they may require a specific rider to do that. Check with 
your agent.
Correct.  Many homeowner's policies cover personal possessions from 
loss, accidents, etc.  If I leave my iBook sitting in the airport, drop 
it down the steps, spill a drink on it, it's covered. (minus the 
deductible of course, up to the policy limit, which is $3500 in my 
case.)  A few years back my son's bicycle was stolen while he was at a 
friend's house.  Covered.

Check with your agent.
Matt
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Re: Opinion wanted

[Matt and Sue Halter]

Got a homeowners or renters policy?  Should be covered.  At least part  
of it.

Matt Halter
On May 19, 2005, at 3:54 PM, Laurent Daudelin wrote:
I'd like to have opinions on what I should do with my daughter's iBook.
Back in September 2004, I purchased a 12", 1GHz iBook for my daughter.  
All
was well and she was very happy.

About a month ago, she called me and said that her iBook was suddenly  
acting
strangely. I went over and noticed that the display would only show
vertical, narrow colored lines on a black background. I think I posted  
to
the list about what the problem could be.

In anycase, I asked her what happened and she said "nothing". I was a  
little
suspicious because after having used a PowerBook for more than 3  
years, I
know that things cannot get wrong all of a sudden for no reason.

I took the iBook, still under warranty, to the closest Apple store. The
genius looked at it and said there was obviously something wrong with  
the
main logic board and said they would have to send it to the Apple's  
repair
facility.

3 days later, I've got an email from the Apple repair facility asking  
me to
call them because they had discovered a problem. I knew that this  
wouldn't
be good so I called my daughter immediately and told her what was  
happening
and that before calling Apple, I wanted to have the truth. Sure enough,
something wrong happened. She actually spilled water over the keyboard  
and
since she didn't know what to do and didn't want to tell me, you can  
imagine
the consequences.

So, I called Apple and they confirmed what I had just found out. There  
was
still liquid residues on the motherboard and this had shorted the  
display
circuit. It seems that the computer is still working fine because I  
was able
to boot it in target disk mode just fine.

Anyway, Apple quoted me at over $750 to replace the motherboard of the  
iBook
who was purchased for $1000.

So, what are my options here? I thought I could maybe find a  
replacement for
less and replace it myself, since I have disassembled various  
PowerBooks and
was able to put them back together and they still worked. However, that
would probably void her warranty. OTOH, my experience is that the  
warranty
might not be that helpful and will be running out anyway in a few  
months.

So, what are you people suggesting?
Thanks for any opinion!
-Laurent.
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Re: Dead (ish) Wallstreet help ?

[Matt and Sue Halter]

First, after you do shift-Fn-ctl-power  and the fan runs hit the power 
button again.

Second, a bad keyboard will give you startup problems.  Do you have 
access to another keyboard?

Third, I saw the tech in our High School bring more things back to life 
by resetting the pram.  She would reset it at least 3 times before 
trying anything else.  Here's the drill if need to refresh:
  1. Locate the keys Command, Option, P, and R.

  2. Make sure the Caps Lock key is not down.
  3. Restart your Macintosh (using the Command, Control, and Power 
keys or the reset button, if necessary).
  Immediately after hearing the startup sound, press the Command, 
Option, P, and R keys simultaneously. If you don't hold down the key 
combination within 5 and 10 seconds after you restart, you may need to 
repeat steps 1 through 3.

  4. Hold down the keys until you hear the startup sound again.
  5. If the computer shuts itself off, press the Power key to turn 
it back on.

  6. When the computer has finished starting up, restore any custom 
control panel and network settings.

Also, does it exhibit this behavior plugged in and unplugged, battery 
only?  Have you tried to startup from a system CD?

I think a dead pram battery can also cause startup problems.  Sometimes 
it can be revived by leaving the computer plugged in for a few days.

Matt
On May 11, 2005, at 9:43 AM, Ken wrote:
My Reply follows quote. On 10/05/2005 22:38 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
I've got a Wallstreet given to me that is somewhat dead. It was 
working
normally and then one day refused to startup. The power key alone 
won't
start it. The reset keys combination Shift-Fn-Ctl-Power will get the
green light and fan going, but there is no sign of life in the LCD and
no noise from the HD. The reset keys combo will also shutdown, so
basically the thing is dead except the reset keys combo will toggle on
the light & fan. Any ideas?

Since I've got nothing invested I'm game for some inexpensive parts, I
was thinking about the PMU or the CPU card for starters. I've removed
the HD and tested it as good. I've also removed RAM and tested with
known good RAM with no effect. Help. Thanks! Kris
-
First thing to try is to reseat the processor card. Make sure it
is FIRMLY pressed into its slot.
Next would be to replace the processor.
Mine had the same symptoms. Turned out to need a new processor.
Ken
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Re: Wallstreet vs iBook G3-G4

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My wallstreet w/bluechip 466 G3 will run many programs faster under OSX 
than my 800 G4 iBook, even though I have 640 mb ram in the iBook and 
only 256 in the WS.  I think it has to do with the difference in L2 
cache size as much as anything.  Just speculation though.

Matt
On May 5, 2005, at 3:22 PM, Beniamino Cenci Goga wrote:
I have several Macs, including PowerBook G4, PowerMac G5, iBook G4 and 
G3.

Today I had to set up and old WS with the BlueChip 500 MHz processor 
to use with an even older projector (this old projector seems to be 
not compatible with any of the Aluminium screen resolution).

Well after a year away from the WS (OS X 10.2.8) I noticed it is 
pretty faster than the iBook G3 500 MHz and not so slower than the 
iBook G4.

Opinions?
Ben

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Re: New 12" PB

[Matt and Sue Halter]

Congrats, I agree the 12" is a great combination of size and power.  I 
always thought I'd want the 15" until I got to play with them in the 
Apple Store.  I quickly warmed up to the 12".  If I had the money I 
would buy one in a heartbeat.  If Apple keeps lowering prices...

Matt
On Feb 2, 2005, at 11:18 PM, Andrew F. wrote:
Well, I went and got my new 12" PB with SuperDrive this afternoon from 
the
Apple Store in Pasadena CA.  Actually, I called them earlier and was 
told
that they only had the 15", so I went to look at it, but the 12" 
models got
there about an hour before I did.

As I am all finished with school, I thought that perhaps the 15" model 
would
be a better fit, as I no longer truck my laptop all over the greater 
LA area
day in and day out, but looking at them side by side, the 12" was just 
just
so much sexier, and well, I couldn't resist.

Part of it also was the EXTREMELY positive experience that I had with 
my
previous 12" G4 (1.0 GHz), and while I'm sure that the 15" is just as
reliable and well made, the 12" really fits the way I use a laptop.

So far, I really don't notice much of a performance difference, 
although my
1GHz book already had a fast 5400RPM TravelStar drive like the new one 
does.
There are small differences though.  The new scrolling trackpad is very
nice, and only took me about a minute to get used to (no more SideTrack
driver), and the keyboard feels even better, if such a thing is 
possible.
I'm scoring the keyboard as just production variance, but it is 
possible
that somewhere in the last two years that Apple may have switched 
suppliers
or just improved on the design, as the keys are both quieter and a 
little
crisper in feel, VERY NICE.

Everything else is about the same.  I don't have any BT devices so I 
can't
test the new BT speed.  I'll install "Knights of the Old Republic" and
"Return to Castle Wolfenstein" over the weekend and I'm sure the 
difference
of 50% faster processor speed and double the VRAM will make a huge
difference.

In all, I cannot complain.  With my student pricing (they gave it to 
me even
though I graduated at the end of July) I ended up with a 1.5GHz, 80GB 
HD,
SuperDrive and AirPort Extreme for the same price I paid for the 1GHz 
with a
40GB slow drive and the add-on AirPort Extreme card last year.  What a 
deal!

Andrew

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Re: 1 printer, 1 Mac, 2 accounts

[Matt and Sue Halter]

I would uninstall and then reinstall the printer drivers.  This has 
cured similar behavior for me in the past.

Matt
On Jan 29, 2005, at 4:21 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am currently at a loss, so any ideas are appreciated. Thank you.

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