Re: 12 Powerbook G4: an AppleCare and AppleStore assesment
I have mixed feelings about the Apple store. When the one near me first opened, it was great. As was said earlier, the geniuses really did seem to be geniuses. And they took a look at my Pismo (!) after what I came to find out was a kernel panic, recommended DiskWarrior, and I was up and running that very day, all for free (yeah, I bought the DiskWarrior but it's not like they charged me for looking at my way-out-of-warranty laptop). However, fast forward two years. I finally convinced my SO to switch. We go to buy a bright shiny new Powerbook, i.e., to drop $1,500-$1,700. I have never been treated so rudely. The salesperson tried to upsell Applecare (which we planned to buy, but not right then, thank you). I mentioned that since it was available throughout the time of the original warranty we were going to hold off because this was a big purchase for us. He then made this face like, Well, if you're willing to risk it, I hope nothing bad happens, as if somehow we were at some additional risk by not purchasing Applecare at the time of purchase. Please. But the worst thing was what happened next. It took him a really long time to get the Powerbook from the back and when he finally arrived, I asked if the Airport extreme card was there. (I know they're stock, but I had a friend who had gotten home and discovered that it wasn't there). He looked at me like he hated me, raised the box up to my face, tapped his finger on the side where the spec labels are, and glared at me. Didn't say a word, didn't say Yes, of course, Yes, they're stock, Yes, if there's any problem you can bring it back, Yes, would you like me to open it and double-check?, nothing. Just tapped the box about 6 inches from my face. I have never been treated like that before, not at BestBuy, not at CompUSA, not at Circuit City, hell, not even at Wal-Mart. And *especially* not when I was spending well over a grand. I mean, it's not like I was buying a USB hub and asked if the adapter was really there. So after that, I am really, really soured on the Apple store. I think Apple needs to regroup and refocus regarding exactly what they want the Apple store to be. Right now it seems like it's a storefront no different than the other retailers I mentioned, except that it happens to sell only one brand. Nancy On Oct 9, 2005, at 5:49 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Oct 9, 2005, at 1:05 PM, david wrote: work part-time for an Apple reseller and your experience is why I'll continue to strongly suggest people buy their products from an independent reseller rather than directly from Apple. What you require is a service my boss offers. When a customer's drive is damaged/dead, if desired, we'll attempt to transfer data or send the drive to a data-recovery service if we can't access it. That's only if your local reseller isn't a bunch of arrogant elitist pinheads who think that customer service is when they've whacked all the tennis balls at our head, and its time for us to throw them back for another go-round. IMO, from my vantage point as a consumer, Apple gave the resellers nearly 20 years to get the retail stuff right, then gave up and created the Apple Stores out of self defense. And you ARE one of the few who think the Apple Stores are a disaster in the making. Most of the rest of the world thinks that they were a brilliant marketing move that's paying real dividends for Apple in both bottom line sales and mind share. I have three influential faculty members who are switchers because of visits to the Apple store. (One is the Dean of the college) Also, don't forget, the Apple store is geared mainly to supporting new sales and systems. How many years has it been since Apple shipped a G4 tower that could accept an internal Zip (don't forget, neither the Quicksilver or the MDD models could take an internal Zip. The last one that could was the Digital Audio) -- Bruce Johnson No matter where you go, there you are, B. Banzai -- 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
Re: New to list with questions on Pismo
On Jul 18, 2005, at 12:44 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I just joined this list with the hopes of learning more about upgrading my G3 PowerBook. It's 400 MHz and has FireWire ports, so I'm assuming it's the Pismo FireWire model (if that's not correct, please tell me!) Yes, it's a Pismo Firewire model, also sometimes referred to as Powerbook G3 2000. It currently has 64MB of memory, which I'd like to increase as inexpensively as possible. I'd also like to upgrade it to OS X. My questions are: --Can I upgrade it to OS X? Which version is the best for this model? Do I need to do anything besides add more memory in order to do this? I'm running 10.4.2 on my 400mhz Pismo and it's very snappy and so far also fairly stable, so I would recommend starting with it. But I also upgraded to 1GB RAM and a 7200 rpm hard drive (stock drive, if that's what you have is 4200 rpm). --What is the minimum amount of memory I can get away with and still run OS X. My computer needs are pretty basic: cruising the Web, email, basic word processing, etc. I was thinking of adding a 256MB module, which I saw for $28.67 at macsolutionsinc.com. I'm a little unclear as to how this works though. I know there are two slots. Can I keep the existing 64MB memory chip and add the 256MB module as well to bring it up to 320MB? I'd love to add two 512MB modules to bring it up to 1 GB of memory, but I can't afford the $200.00 that would require right now. Yes, you can do that. If you're doing the RAM installation yourself, be sure to re-seat the processor card very firmly, so much so that it feels very much like you're doing something wrong and might break it. You really have to press on it, but do so only in the bottom right corner. When I upgraded my RAM I didn't know this, didn't have the processor card seated properly, and freaked out because I thought I had broken by beloved Pismo. Which brings me to another point, with which I'm sure someone will disagree. The Pismo is quite simply the best laptop Apple ever made. It's a great machine, still robust despite being 5 years old, and very versatile and upgradeable as well. I love mine and wouldn't part with it for anything. --I have AirPort installed in this machine. Does it work with the newer wireless technology? For example, could I go into Starbucks and hook into their network using this model? Yes. --Can I use an iPod mini with this computer? Since I do have the FireWire port, I'm thinking that I could if I'm able to upgrade to OS X and install iTunes on my computer. Yes. Also, is there any way to access the archives of previous messages on the list? Yes, see below. Thanks for any tips or advice--it's greatly appreciated! Karin -- 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: Tiger on a Pismo?
Ditto the two previous responses. It actually seems a little snappier, although there are bugs here and there but I'm assuming they'll be fixed in 10.4.2. On Jun 30, 2005, at 3:10 PM, Pace wrote: Anyone running Tiger on a Pismo smoothly? Is it worth the upgrade on a Pismo? Thanks -- Don't leave our children with the burden of the IRS! www.fairtax.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 --- -- 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: using external monitor with a pismo.
If I understand what you'd like correctly, I think you want to check 'mirror displays' under display preferences. HTH, Nancy On Jun 21, 2005, at 10:25 AM, Pace wrote: Can anyone tell me how to be able to use an external monitor with my Pismo? I hooked up a 19 to my Pismo it was like an extension of my Pismo monitor. So when I looked under the monitor setup/controls it puts the external monitor above or below my Pismo monitor. Not what I want. I want to view as if I'm looking at the Pismo. Any help is appreciated! -- Don't leave our children with the burden of the IRS! www.fairtax.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 --- -- 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 ---
external monitor on iBook
Hi. I finally got my best friend to switch and she wants to buy an iBook but she wants to be able to occasionally use it on an external monitor. She is completely not tech-savvy and when she went to the local Apple store and told the Apple Genius this he didn't listen and went into great gobs of detail, so much so that I couldn't make any sense of it when she got back. So I thought I'd turn to you all for help. Can anyone tell me a quick and reliable place to go for which models can run external monitors with which cables, etc.? I would really appreciate it because this information will make or break the deal for her to buy the iBook. Thanks in advance, Nancy -- 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: Is Apple really moving to x86 architechture?!
Actually, as I'm gearing up to being one of those potentially highly paid Professors in the next year or so, I can attest first-hand to the fact that money from the forced sale of IBM Thinkpads at my school does not in any way see the light of day in anyone in my department's paycheck. I would look first to the Chancellor, then the Provosts and Vice Provosts, then the Deans, and even various lower-level administrators for excessive salaries due to fascist computer policies. Since it's a publicly funded university you can check it out yourself--the exact amount of everyone's salaries is publicly available. Meanwhile, there is *one* guy on the whole of campus that I can go to if I have trouble with my Apple product, plus the only discount I get is the one Apple itself provides me. Nancy On Jun 11, 2005, at 7:26 PM, Tom Ethen wrote: Hey, they get them by the truckload for almost nothing and then force the students to purchase them for full retail-I should say rent them for the small fee of $500 each semester! Just another way for our Colleges to make some extra cash, so their Professors won't have to teach more than two hours a day. If you are a lowly Art Student, you then get an iBook for the same price and if you don't like it, transfer to another school. Tom On 6/11/05 6:14 PM, Brian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I find it interesting how fascist our higher education system is becoming. 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 --- -- 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: Pismo Porcessor Upgrades ... G3 or G4?
I've been trying unsuccessfully to find out or actually purchase a Powerlogix 900 G3 upgrade for at least 6 months, maybe longer, and I always get that the store is not available at this time, and no other places seem to be carrying it. So if you want an upgrade soon, then you might abandon hope of getting a Powerlogix upgrade. If I remember correctly, the store became permanently unavailable right around the time of some big lawsuit in which Powerlogix is involved, so perhaps that has something to do with it. Please post or e-mail me directly if you find anything else out, because I would really like to get this upgrade. Good luck, Nancy On Jun 3, 2005, at 3:44 PM, Pacer wrote: That is actually another reason why I am leaning towards FastMac. If I could find a price on a PowerLogix upgrade for the Pismo I would be more sure, but the FastMac G4 550 seems to have a higher cache size and speed. Of course, with the PowerLogix 900 I wouldn't have to purchase the iChat hack for PowerBooks under the 600 mhz mark. It always depends on what you're planning to use. If you are planning to use any application that would benefit (or even require) a G4, then the choice is obvious. Otherwise, the faster G3 will deliver more speed. Also, the processor speed itself should not always be the only factor to consider when buying a processor upgrade. The speed of the cache is also important. For instance, Sonnet offers an 1GHz G4 processor upgrade for Beige G3, BW G3 and first generation PowerMac G4. However, the system bus in this upgrade runs at 66% of the original speed of the BW and G4 bus, which is 66MHz instead of 100MHz. The bottom line is that it is not much faster than the OWC Mercury Z600 G4 500-600MHz ZIF because of this. More details here: http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/G3CARDS/G3_1.1GHz_vs_G4_1GHz_review/ index.html -Laurent. -- 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: Backup question, and a tip
I'm a big fan of SuperDuper. I've been using it through the last few versions and I couldn't be happier. Cheap, easy, highly-functional. It will back-up to a remote server and I think it has an option to do the type of incremental backup you want. If not, you could use it in conjunction w/ChronoSync--there's a nice article on that here: http://www.mac360.com/index.php/mac360/more/ backup_and_sync_best_mac_apps_are_now_better/ and of course, there's a wealth of user experiences/reports here: http://www.macintouch.com/backup06.html#apr09 HTH, Nancy On Apr 10, 2005, at 9:02 AM, walter wrote: Hello again, just wondered if anyone had any suggestions about good (and cheap) remote backup options for Macs. I considered .Mac, of course. But at the moment the MB allocation seems rather paltry. SpyMac offers a lot of space for email but not so much for storage (I think it's again 250MB). One option is of course to email oneself with one's important files as attachments. But it would be cumbersome. The ideal arrangement would be a remote server to which a backup application automatically uploads the changed files for the day. There are several offerings out there and I was wondering whether anyone had had good experiences (in Mac-terms) with any of them. I suppose the ideal space would be 3-5 GB or thereabouts. And now for the tip: although I love OS X, one thing that gets me is that when I single-click on a file/folder name in a finder window (I use the 'view as columns' option), if there is not enough space in the right column, the left columns gets moved off to the left and the file name disappears under the next column. It makes getting back to that column a bit of a pain, especially when it happens all the time. Well, I've discovered that if you command-click on the file name again (or any area of the half-hidden column), the left column comes back into full view again without any need to reach for the scroll bar. Neat, I thought. Walter. -- 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: Kernel Panic
I don't know if this is relevant since consensus seems to be leaning towards a RAM issue, but I suffered a kernel panic when my hard drive got too full, i.e., not leaving at least 10% empty, something I didn't know not to do until it was too late. DiskWarrior was the *only* thing that rescued my data. Luckily for me I got everything back, promptly installed a bigger drive, and now run at never more than 80% of the capacity of the drive. I haven't had a kernel panic since. FWIW, I had 1GB third-party RAM installed, up from the stock 256, throughout the whole ordeal and through every system update (I'm running 10.3.8 now). On Mar 14, 2005, at 1:57 PM, Rowan, Michael wrote: Agreed. I was running for months with a cheap 512 chip added to my PB (giving me a gig). When the upgrade happened, same thing. I started chasing all kinds of stuff based on what was loading when it paniced, etc. The apple dude yanked the new memory chip (which, when he did it, had me shaking my head - it was *obvious* to me the upgraded os was broken since the memory has been fine for months -- what are the chances that my memory went south at precisely at the moment of upgrade... ) Sure enough, the thing just booted up and ran flawlessly. Apparently, the new os level is incredibly sensitive to memory quality. (probably a feature added by the high end memory makers - since we are entertaining conspiracy theories on gbooks.) I thought it was the uplift to 10.3 that did this, but its been a while. Might have been 10.2. -Original Message- From: Bruce Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Mon Mar 14 13:47:27 2005 To: G-Books Subject:Re: Kernel Panic On Mar 14, 2005, at 11:36 AM, Adam Hargrove wrote: My first time having to deal with this, I'd love some assistance. I have an old 466MHz SE Graphite iBook (the clamshell one). I had 10.1.5 up on the machine and yesterday tried to upgrade to 10.2. The upgrade went through well apparently until time to reboot. Now it kernel panics. Following Apple's documentation, I've reset NVRAM PRAM and tried to boot from the Mac OS X.2 install disc. When this happens, it boots to the gray apple, then I get video problems (once an overly bright screen wash, once lots of verticle gray lines) and a freeze. A soft restart is possible (Apple-ctrl-Power), so I've not reset the PMU. Reseat your RAM, possibly replace it...such kernel panics are usually related to poor ram. (although if you had OS 10.1 installed it should have given you hassles before.) It could also well be a munged upgrade. Try resetting the PRAM three or four times in a row (hold down control-alt-p-r until it bongs that many times. Some people recommend ten times for particularly resilient NVRAM resets) -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pha cy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com --- -- 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
Re: Hard Drive upgrade choices
FWIW, I've upgraded (twice) with Travelstar 7200rpm drives, a 40gb and a 60gb, and I've never had any problems with heat or noise. I haven't put them in an iBook, though, so I don't how that would go. Nancy On Feb 16, 2005, at 3:47 PM, Tim Collier wrote: Dear Listers: I bought this G4 iBook 1.2 gig about 3 months ago. I love it! It gets a LOT of use and it seems to be my primary Mac. The only thing I don't love about it is that it only has a 30 gig hard drive. Mind you, I currently have 21.02 gig free but a 30 gig hard drive just seem sort of 'small'. If I were to invest in a bigger hard drive, how hard would it be to upgrade it myself (I've done a lot of work on PCs in the pastname it, I did it and I've installed RAM and switched out hard drives on G4 towers). Is the iBook a bit too compact to go doing this myself? I don't want to kill it! And, if it's not too difficult, what is a good choice for a replacement? Lastly, if I needed to have it done at my local Apple storeabout how much $$ am I looking at? Thanks, Tim Collier Exterminate all rational thought. -- 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: Slow iBook G4 1Ghz
I too would really like to know about this. I recently acquired a G4 800mhz iBook and immediately upgraded it to a gig of RAM and I swear that it is slower at most tasks than my 400mhz Pismo, also with a gig of RAM. I really expected a big difference in speed and I just haven't seen it. Any ideas?? Nancy On Feb 15, 2005, at 2:03 PM, Mikael Byström wrote: About one year ago I had a Wallstreet II / PDQ 266 with 128MB RAM running Panther (I believe 10.3.5. and Jaguar 10.2.6 before that). I know this was too little, but unless I used very memory intensive apps it was OK. Now have encountered an iBook G4 1Ghz with 128MB running Panther 10.3.6 that is slower than my old WS machine! I looked at the processor with Top and it was running at about 50%. Some VM activity was going on, but it didn't seem excessive nor did the drive trash. Also I only found 3 swap files, which I'd expect with this little RAM. In my old WS changing to another app could take about 5 seconds at times, longer if I ran more than say 5 apps. To start an app took maybe 10 dock bounces. On this book starting an app takes very long time, like 15 bounces. Changing app takes way more than 15 seconds, between say, Word and System Preferences, those two being the only ones loaded. While any machine with 128MB is running sub-optimally, I was impressed on the WS 266 when Panther support in XPostFacto arrived and how much snappier my machine felt even with as little as 128MB ( I later upgraded to 384MB). It seems that I'm not looking at processor overload, but something more complex. Anyone have any suggestions what to look for including hardware problems in this model? I'm going to try to redo prebinding and getting rid of all suspect prefs, before I install more RAM. Any other suggestions? -- 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: Setting up a prev. owned iBook Was: Re: Questions: OS Upgrades, browser/Mail/News choice
Actually, you can change user short names, but you have to let someone do it who really knows what they're doing. The tech guy at my school did it for me when I bought my used Pismo. On Jan 17, 2005, at 10:15 AM, Aase Marit Waage wrote: Hi Ben, The Password field in the accounts preferences pane *always* displays the same number of dots, regardless of password length or whether there's one there or not. It's an added security measure. Oooh... :) I just assumed it had to mean that some password had been entered, like it usually has been with other things... I guess that is what they want you to think... You can't really change the account to your name, at least not fully -- short user names cannot be changed once set. Too bad... It would make a lot of things easier. iTunes is set so that you have to enter his user name to access it. I guess it can be moved to my user account, but... The obvious easy solution would be to just change the account name and all would be OK, if it weren't for the other challenges, that is... Language changes don't take full effect until you log out and back in again (or until you quit all open applications, including the Finder and some system services). If you've done that, and some applications still use the wrong language, they may not have Norwegian localisations. Since you speak English, you should drag English into second place in the Languages preference pane. This will force every app that doesn't support Norwegian to use English instead. Changing to English as second, then Swedish and Danish (which I can read) as third and fourth, was the first thing I did. I thought I had logged out and back in, but to be sure, I first double checked the language preference panel, and logged out again and re-started. When it started up, it showed french during the start-up. Then when I tried to log out again, it still showed french. I really can't imagine that it wouldn't show these basic things in Norwegian, all other OS's has done in the past. I just don't get why I can't get rid of it... Maybe the only choice I have, is to start over again. Hmmm... If I load iTunes and it's contents over to an external HD, re-install the system etc., and load it back, would I be able to access it? Then I won't have the account with the previous owner's name anymore, the one which I have to enter now to be able to access iTunes... Maybe I am forced to move the library first? I have no idea how I can do that, not being used to OS X (or different accounts in general), but I am sure it can't be all that difficult. Can you change the settings for iTunes, so that it becomes available from all accounts? Thanks a lot for your help, I really appreciate it!!! Aase :) -- 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: Setting up a prev. owned iBook Was: Re: Questions: OS Upgrades, browser/Mail/News choice
Aase--FWIW, the jumpiness of the trackpad on my ibook is something I'm still not used to, especially compared to my Pismo. I've fiddled with the settings on it and it doesn't seem to help, so I guess it's just something I'm stuck with. Enjoy your new 'book! On Jan 17, 2005, at 4:10 PM, Aase Marit Waage wrote: Hi Nancy, Thanks a lot! I don`t know if I have anybody who can do that. My best bet is probably just to start over... We`ll just have to transfer all the music, I just can`t lose 35 Gigs of music... One big thing just happened though... I am now typing on my new iBook... Got it set up in a flash... I didn`t get it to work because of a little, super silly mistake! That is how it often is, I think, I just assume that it is much more serious and difficult than it is... How super-neat to be on though!!! I am having some problems while typing though, even if I don`t touch the track pad properly, the cursor suddenly moves. The same thing happens at work when I have a fever, and actually I do have one now, so maybe the same thing is happening with this track pad. The one on the Pismo isn`t that sensitive... Right now I really want to go and start downloading stuff, but I guess I will have to wait until tomorrow, after we have re-installed the OS... I must say, even if it is odd with a smaller screen, I love the colors and all on this new one. It is really clear... Thanks again! I am afraid that I will be bugging you guys a lot in the near future... Aase :) På 17. jan. 2005 kl. 21:39 skrev Nancy Lawrence: Actually, you can change user short names, but you have to let someone do it who really knows what they're doing. The tech guy at my school did it for me when I bought my used Pismo. On Jan 17, 2005, at 10:15 AM, Aase Marit Waage wrote: Hi Ben, The Password field in the accounts preferences pane *always* displays the same number of dots, regardless of password length or whether there's one there or not. It's an added security measure. Oooh... :) I just assumed it had to mean that some password had been entered, like it usually has been with other things... I guess that is what they want you to think... You can't really change the account to your name, at least not fully -- short user names cannot be changed once set. Too bad... It would make a lot of things easier. iTunes is set so that you have to enter his user name to access it. I guess it can be moved to my user account, but... The obvious easy solution would be to just change the account name and all would be OK, if it weren't for the other challenges, that is... Language changes don't take full effect until you log out and back in again (or until you quit all open applications, including the Finder and some system services). If you've done that, and some applications still use the wrong language, they may not have Norwegian localisations. Since you speak English, you should drag English into second place in the Languages preference pane. This will force every app that doesn't support Norwegian to use English instead. Changing to English as second, then Swedish and Danish (which I can read) as third and fourth, was the first thing I did. I thought I had logged out and back in, but to be sure, I first double checked the language preference panel, and logged out again and re-started. When it started up, it showed french during the start-up. Then when I tried to log out again, it still showed french. I really can't imagine that it wouldn't show these basic things in Norwegian, all other OS's has done in the past. I just don't get why I can't get rid of it... Maybe the only choice I have, is to start over again. Hmmm... If I load iTunes and it's contents over to an external HD, re-install the system etc., and load it back, would I be able to access it? Then I won't have the account with the previous owner's name anymore, the one which I have to enter now to be able to access iTunes... Maybe I am forced to move the library first? I have no idea how I can do that, not being used to OS X (or different accounts in general), but I am sure it can't be all that difficult. Can you change the settings for iTunes, so that it becomes available from all accounts? Thanks a lot for your help, I really appreciate it!!! Aase :) -- 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
Re: wireless for pismo: card or airport?
I have a Pismo 400 mhz, 1gb RAM, running 10.3.5 and have used both the Buffalo 54g w/port for optional antenna and the Belkin 54g (the one that can go up to 125 mbs) PCMIA cards. I have been happy with both. I take my Pismo to and from my workplace at least every other day and haven't yet even bumped the card. I liked the convenience of not having to do an internal installation and the option of faster speeds/upgrading. I can get the model #'s if you're interested. Nancy On Jan 10, 2005, at 2:41 PM, Nina Lerman wrote: A friend's pismo (400 Mhz, 320MB RAM) will now be living in the vicinity of a base station, so I'm playing consultant and looking into adding wireless (it doesn't have an airport card now). It's running 10.3.7 (very happily, by the way). As far as I can tell, the advantages of getting an airport card are full support and once it's in there it's in there, doesn't stick out at all, but on the other hand it costs more, needs to be installed (not a big problem), and runs 802.11b rather than g (right?). The various cards run 802.11g, are mostly cheaper and by all reports the broadcom ones seem to work well. The macwireless one is supported, but costs more. I do worry a little about how robust they are when traveling -- maybe the policy will be to remove the card before putting computer in case, and find special case to put card? or is it pretty safe once it's in there? And then there was something about breaking a little plastic tab somewhere on the way to finding how to release the battery (I haven't examined closely, but I think we're talking about the card slot on that one, does she need to fix it if she wants to use a card?) Any thoughts, questions, suggestions, and warnings welcome! thanks in advance, Nina -- 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: Graphite iBook and iMovie problems
Not specifically to do with iMovie but I crashed my orig. 10gb Pismo hard drive by getting it too full and it was a week-long nightmare that eventually ended with it being mostly restored, thanks to DiskWarrior. Shelled out the $100 for DW after two days of kernel panics and fscks to no avail and then an additional 5 days of DW running non-stop restoring the drive. Before that happened, I didn't know about the keep 10-15% of your hard drive free no matter what rule but I found out about it afterwards and now abide by it religiously. Just my .02... Nancy On Jan 10, 2005, at 5:47 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Jan 10, 2005, at 2:30 PM, Charles Meyerson wrote: Hey, G-Bookers, I have a venerable graphite iBook (466 mHz, 320M RAM), running iMovie 2.1.2 under Panther. The iBook's hard drive is almost full (less than 1 of its 10Gs is free), but I have a brand-new 120G external firewire drive attached, and my digital camera (Canon ZR-70) attached to the external drive. I can't get iMovie to accept the camera's output (repeated get error message disk responded slowly) -- same problem I'd hoped the external drive would solve. I'll bet that the problem resides, still, on the internal disk, or the system isn't happy with the chaining setup. It's where important stuff like VM and temp directories are created, no matter where your project files get stored. Get a larger internal drive, go here http://caslis.com/mac/ibook/ibdrive.html, get a torx 8 screwdriver and have at the iBook ... There are a number of articles on Apple's web site dealing with this error: http://tinyurl.com/6t2dn -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Ph cy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com --- -- 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: Pismo HD replacement, 7200 rpm?
I really like my Hitachi 40gb 7200rpm drive. I have a Pismo 400 and my only complaint is that I should've gotten a 60 gb. It did make a peculiar whirring sound after about a month of use but I figured that perhaps the whole sled had gotten jarred--I carry it on a bike quite often--and so I removed the drive sled and put it back and put an eyeglass pad on top for good measure. I haven't heard anything from it since. Oh, and my fan has *never* come on. I really noticed a big speed difference, too. I upgraded from the stock drive, which is 4200 rpm. HTH, Nancy On Dec 13, 2004, at 4:50 PM, Dave Bjur wrote: I am considering an internal HD repalcement for my Pismo. Any experince with the IBM/Hitachi 7200 rpm models? Thanks, 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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: Pismo max ram and floppy options
Pismos can indeed take 1GB of ram. I've been running 10.3.5 on a 400mhz with 1GB quite happily for a while now. A few months after I installed the ram I also upgraded to a 7200rpm 40gb Hitachi drive and I was surprised by how much difference there was between it and the old 4200rpm drive. Don't know about the floppy drives. Nancy On Dec 11, 2004, at 5:00 PM, chris wrote: I've got a PowerBook G3/500 Firewire model (Pismo). I'm running OS X.3 on it, but it spools the hard drive OFTEN which drags performance to a halt. Currently it has 256 MB ram. So I want to max out the ram, but I'm unsure if the max is 512 or 1024. Apple and EveryMac claim 512. However, I know Apple often specs the max lower then it really is (they spec based on what could be tested when the unit was released, so if 256 was the largest chip size in 2000, they will claim it tops out at 512 (2x 256)). LowEndMac claims 1024 is the max, as does Crucial.com. Before I spend $200 getting a pair of 512 chips, I wanted to know if anyone was actually running 1024 successfully in a Pismo (and are there any gotchas I should be aware of). Also, as long as I am on the Pismo topic, I want to get a floppy drive for it. I found an Apple Tech Note that says the Pismo can use the Lombard drive modules (but not always the other way around). I was under the impression the Lombard has a floppy drive available for it. Can anyone confirm that I can in fact use a Lombard floppy in my Pismo? I'd rather get a floppy drive that uses the drive bay over a USB based one. Or does anyone know of a 3rd party floppy drive module that works with the Pismo? Thanks! -chris http://www.mythtech.net -- 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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: Default Application in OS X Panther
FWIW, it's not anything you did. The same thing happened to me when I downloaded Nisus. Apparently changing your default word processor is supposed to be a helpful feature. I spent a while trying to get the icons to change to no avail. Eventually some of them changed but I don't know why. Nancy On Nov 16, 2004, at 9:04 PM, Andrew F. wrote: Well I sort of found the answer. I did a Get Info on a word document and from there was able to set Word as the default application. Everything works fine now, with all word documents opening in Word, only trouble is that they still have the Nisus icons with doc on them. Any way to reset the icons back to Word icons? Andrew On 11/16/04 5:47 PM, Andrew F. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello. I have Microsoft Office 2004 and Nisus Express 2.1. Recently I upgraded my Nisus to the newest version (very nice, by the way) but somehow my PowerBook got confused and thinks that ALL .doc documents should open in Nisus. How can I set the default back to Word? Andrew -- 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Pismo disaster - please help!
I'm sure someone else will mention this, and I know you already tried it, but are you sure that you've re-seated the processor card firmly? When I upgraded the ram in my Pismo I didn't press hard enough the first time and I got nothing upon booting up. I did some checking online and found that you actually have to press pretty hard on the bottom right corner (as you're facing the open screen) in order to properly re-seat the processor. I thought for sure I was going to break it but it worked after that. HTH... On Nov 7, 2004, at 9:07 PM, David Thrower wrote: hello all, i'm putting together a Pismo for my daughter's Christmas present as i did for her older brother last year. as before, i decided to add a new 5400 rpm Toshiba drive, making sure of course that is is ATA-5 compliant as per Other World Computer's item description. so... i installed it, which is easy in these 'Books as i'm sure you all know, buttoned it back up, and upon attempting to boot, was greeted not with The Chime, but rather with a single beep and a black screen. i opened it back up and made sure connectios were secure, and tried again with the same result. i subsequently tried: 1) checking the connections again (keyboard, hard drive, LCD, PRAM battery) 2) removing, and reseating the processor daughterboard, as i had inadvertantly pulled on it's tab when pulling the original hard drive out (of course, i checked it immediately, but did it again) - *this might come up again* 3) reinstalled the original hard drive (which worked fine initially) 4) reseated the processor daughterboard again, and the single 512Mb RAM chip 5) tried booting with the keyboard and hard drive(s) unconnected to see if i could at least get the ?/Boot Volume (of course, the battery and CD/DVD drive were unconnected the entire time) 6) pressing the reset button on the back, and then holding down the power button for twenty seconds 7) and finally, disconnecting the PRAM battery, power cord, battery, and CD drive, waiting 24 hours, then resetting and attempting to boot again ... each time, single note chime and black screen. my thinking is that i must have damaged the processor daughterboard when i pulled on it's tab accidentally with the heat tube assembly still screwed down, but i don't want to buy a new 500mhz processor/board only to find out it's something else... any suggestions would be much appreciated, as a 14 year-old girl's Holday (and, therefore, global peace and happiness) hangs in the balance. best regards, David __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Wireless but not AirPort ???
If you decide to go with PCMIA, I recommend the Buffalo G54A (the whole model # is WLI-CB-G54A). I have been using it in my Pismo and it works great. I didn't have to install any drivers or anything because the OS apparently already recognizes it, so it was just plug-n-play. It also has an external jack for an antenna if you decide that's something you want. And it cost around $30 at newegg but I think that it was on sale at the time. On Nov 2, 2004, at 2:00 PM, John C. Swanson wrote: -Original Message- From: G-Books [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Larry le Mac Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2004 12:37 To: G-Books Subject: Wireless but not AirPort ??? I am fixing a PowerBook Lombard or an IceBook for my wife and she'll probably want it to be wireless, but rather than spending (too much) money on AirPort I'm thinking of buying a standard PC basestation/sender. Which ones work well with a Mac ? Makes ? USB or PCMCIA ? Larry P.S. I have asked about this before but I recall the topic going off rails due to Windoze topics so I never got a real answer... I would recommend a Netgear base station I have had very good experiences with them and they are completely configured through a web interface so they are completely OS independent. As far as a card goes I definitely recommend PCMCIA over USB. First of all PCMCIA is faster so you could use 802.11g (54Mbps) if you wanted to. Second you usually have a sturdier device that doesn't stick as far out the laptop. Lastly I've personally had too many reliability problems with USB in the past to recommend 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
