Re: Warning - .Mac Mail

[Timothy J. Luoma]

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On Fri, 27 May 2005 13:50:19 -0400 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>  Just like to suggest that you check your mail account 
>>regularly if you use .Mac mail; while they are generous, (let my 
>>total get up to 130 megs out of 100 set!)
>
>130 MB is generous

Giving someone 30% more than they paid for is generous, yes.  



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Re: Signal boost for APXT, besides APXP

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On Fri, 1 Apr 2005 22:06:18 +0930 "themacuser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>What is APXT and APXP?

airport exteme and express.

Please trim your posts.



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Re: More RAM, trade offs ??? (was Memory from iMac G4 to AlBook ?

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On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 10:42:37 +0100 "Larry le Mac" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
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>One can always add RAM later...

yes but if you run out of RAM slots you end up having to spend more in the 
long run.




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Re: ...broadband cable modems + Airport ???

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On Fri, 21 May 2004 20:25:37 -0700, Ken <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Usually, the modem is "free" or at least included in your monthly bill.
You're much better off paying for one than "renting" one from your cable  
company.  A few years ago they were selling for $3-400 and the technology  
was changing, so buying them wasn't a good idea, but now they are less  
than $100 and relatively standardized, so I'd definitely buy one with the  
features that you need/want.

"NAT" (Network Address Translation) is a basic feature, although not  
always called that.  Almost all of them will let you connect multiple  
computers to the 'net.

I depends on what kind or router you get. If I were buying one, I would
get one with "built in" wireless capability. There are a ton available.
Airport is one, but on the pricey side. Unless you have to route
AppleTalk, save some $$ and get a Linksys or such.
Or unless you also want the USB printer port and a dialup modem and ease  
of use, in which case Airport Extreme is a nifty choice.

But yes, if you don't need/want those things (nor AppleTalk), Linksys and  
others are a good, cheaper option.

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Re: ...WiFi why?.....

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Yes the advantage is that you can print to it w/o any other computer being  
connected to the printer.  That means that there does not need to be a  
computer plugged in/turned on for the printer to work.

Many routers/cable modems have USB connectors but they are only for  
network connection, not peripherals.

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Re: ...Panther + MS Virtual PC v6.1

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I was really disappointed to see that VPC 7 is being delayed until the 2nd  
half of 2004... I can only imagine that the folks with G5s who need VPC  
are even more frustrated.

At this point the only thing I really need to work under Windows is ACT!  
and I would like to be able to view my web pages in IE for Windows w/o  
having to boot my Windows machine.

I was wondering whether Win98 vs Win2000 vs WinXP would make a significant  
difference.  I'm on a PB 15"/1.5Ghz with 512mb ram perhaps this would  
be a good time to add another 512mb?

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Re: Compact Flash reader for PC Card Slot

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On Tue, 18 May 2004 18:50:57 -0500, Thomas Ethen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>  
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I have two, a Lexar and a Sandisk and I can't see the difference between
them.
Is it faster than a USB reader?
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Compact Flash reader for PC Card Slot

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Has anyone used a Compact Flash card reader that fits in the PC Card Slot  
of a Powerbook?

Can anyone recommend one to use (or avoid, for that matter)?
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Re: WiFi range?

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On Sat, 8 May 2004 12:14:37 +0200, invicta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Set up: DSL modem in the hall > Airport Base Extreme in the study at 6  
m. distance from the modem > 17" PB running OS X v. 10.3.3. The APBE is  
mounted on the side of a wooden cupboard ± 2 m. from floor level and  
facing at 1.5 m. a window out to the garden. Signal level shows 12 of  
the 15 dots lighted. Building is bungalow type with brick walls.
My guess would be the brick walls are what are killing your signal.

I know that range is influenced by many factors but I would expect a  
range in my garden to reach 25 m. but it doesn't. My Kensington WiFi  
finder also does not recognize the base station at this distance.
My base station covers the entire house, upstairs and down, but it's  
largely open space.

Someone suggested that the ABE is lousy for signal strength, but again  
that depends on a lot of factors.

The suggestion to get an antennae is a good one.  You might also want to  
get another base unit and see if that one works better.

...

Hrm... re-reading above, are you saying that you can see the base station  
through the window 25m away and it won't reach you?  Are there  
microwaves/florescent lighting around?  If you change the orientation of  
the station (physically turn it different ways) does that help?

If you have a clear line of sight, that should work from that distance.   
My Linksys said to put the WIFI unit as high as possible for best range,  
so perhaps raise it higher off the ground?

TjL

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Re: OT - Spoof Warning

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On Wed, 5 May 2004 22:50:31 -0600, Harry D.Corsover <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>  
wrote:

None of these companies will ever ask you for passwords, credit card  
info, etc. in an email.
True but the scammers generally send you to a website that looks  
remarkably like the original.

Lack of https is a big tip off.  A lot of times the mail will come in as  
HTML and the URL looks like an https but when you click on it you get sent  
to a page with http instead.

The one scamming for Bank of America was identical to its original site.   
Really well done not that it takes any talent to copy someone else's  
website.  They were also exploiting an old IE/Win bug that would cut off  
user:[EMAIL PROTECTED] urls and fool people (who were dumb enough to a) use  
IE/Win and b) not keep it updated) into thinking it was Bank of America.   
Still no https in the final URL.

Anyway, yeah, don't give your info to anyone who asks.  If you have any  
online accounts, manually type in the address to the site (www.ebay.com)  
and go from there.

TjL
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Re: mac osx equivalent to hibernate?

[Timothy J. Luoma]

On Thu, 29 Apr 2004 07:53:35 +0200, Larry le Mac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>  
wrote:

I think you guys have completely misunderstood Timothy's question.
He's not asking about a 2 hour sleep during a journey or a 60s sleep
during a battery change, he's talking about what is efectively a shut-
down but without a reboot.
Right
I have never heard of any mention of this on a Mac.
That's what I was gathering..

IMO not necessary as the Mac OS X.3 boots so fast...
Sure, but then I still have to have my apps setup as I like them, and if I  
was working on a file I have to go and find it and re-open it, etc.

Like I said, not a huge deal, just curious.
It's not like I'm off the computer for that long on an average day anyway  
;-)

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Re: mac osx equivalent to hibernate?

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On Thu, 29 Apr 2004 07:12:51 -0600, Mike Kauspedas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>  
wrote:

I've done the same thing with batteries. I've left my laptop in sleep  
for an entire day and it used 2% of the battery, no joke. Plus its  
almost instant on, so I don't have to wait for data to transfer from  
hard drive back to RAM like in a Wintop. I prefer the sleep option over  
a hibernate one.
I was actually thinking that Mac might have both.  There's no need to just  
have one, and 2% of the battery is pretty good, but 0% is what I was  
looking for.  Not a huge deal.  Hopefully at some point they will add it  
as another option.

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mac osx equivalent to hibernate?

[Timothy J. Luoma]

Windows has something for laptops called "hibernate" which is basically  
this: everything that you are working on is saved to a hibernation file,  
then the computer goes to sleep.  When you restart, everything appears  
just as you left it, all the windows are still there, etc.

Now the real feature here is this: while in Hibernate mode, the computer  
is completely turned off.  I could unplug it and the battery would not  
drain one little bit.  I can put the laptop in my bag while in hibernate,  
leave it there for a few days or a week or month or year and open it back  
up and have it appear just as I left it.

Now I see that OSX has a sleep mode, but this does not seem to shut the  
computer down completely, and I am wondering if it is safe to leave it in  
that mode when going from home to work or whether I should shut it down  
completely and just restart when I get home.

Thanks!
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Re: advice on laptop purchase

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On Mon, 26 Apr 2004 21:16:55 +0300, P. H. Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Another feature to consider that I haven't seem mentioned yet is that  
the PB has a PCMCIA slot (like the Pismo).

...Perhaps a niche feature, but when taking all things into  
consideration, it might be the thing that tips the scales to the PB's  
favor. It was certainly a factor for me.
Yes!  I'm glad you mentioned that as it was an important factor for me as  
well.  Given that a laptop doesn't have any "expansion bays" I like having  
a PCMCIA slot as a little bit of "future proofing".

My current laptop was made before Firewire or Wireless Ethernet was well  
known, but because it has the PCMCIA slots, I was able to get a WIFI card  
and a FW card and add it to my computer.

You never know what next big thing is just around the corner and will  
require a port that you might not have on your machine.  PCMCIA gives you  
a bit of upgrade power.

Good thing, too, otherwise I would have had no way to use my iPod for the  
last year ;-)

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DVD-R

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What brands of DVD-Rs have folks used?  Where's a good place to get them?
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Re: advice on laptop purchase

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On Sun, 25 Apr 2004 16:54:37 -0700, Kathryn Odell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>  
wrote:

With the ibook I know I would need to upgrade memory. How important is  
the faster RAM, the extra video memory, the improved video card, and the  
bump in processor speed for working with iMovie and iDVD? The price  
difference is pretty dramatic-- like $500-600!
FWIW, I tend to amortize the price difference over the life of the  
machine.  This is especially true with laptops as they can't be upgraded  
easily (or at all in some aspects).

Assume you can get 5 years out of the machine
$500 / 5 years / 12 months = $8/month for the extra.  Or about $0.30/day.
In the end, I decided that it was worth it to me in the long run to get  
the extra performance of a Powerbook.

I think you're the only one who can answer the "is it worth it" question.   
I would believe that the overall speed of the Powerbook would be better  
for your tasks in the long run, but I can't say for sure.

This article might be helpful as a comparison:
http://www.techstuff.ca/archives/666.html
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Re: Must Have Apps?

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On Sun, 25 Apr 2004 11:17:49 -0400, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Go to AmbrosiaSW and get some games.  Gotta have a few games. :)
True, but I mainly ust

GraphicConverter, http://www.graphicconverter.com/

GC is half way between iPhoto, Photoshop Elements and full expensive  
Photoshop.  It's one of the best shareware apps on the market.
Will check it out.

FYI it's www.graphicconverter.net not .com

TjL

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Re: Must Have Apps?

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On Sun, 25 Apr 2004 07:40:31 +0300, P. H. Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

On Apr 25, 2004, at 4:08 AM, Jim Eddy wrote:

On Apr 24, 2004, at 6:55 PM, Timothy J. Luoma wrote:

So, what's your favorite MacOSX app/utility/whatnot?

The one I would hate to be without is LaunchBar.
I'd like to second LaunchBar. You really have to use it to see how  
amazing it is -- it will literally change the way you think about  
interacting with computers. The new LaunchBar 4 (currently in beta) is  
phenomenal. I can't say enough good things about this app.
Heh... yeah I'm familiar with LaunchBar from its NeXTSTEP origins... it's  
actually on my list of "Must Have Apps" for NeXTSTEP
http://www.peak.org/~luomat/articles/software/must-have/

I've used WinKey for Windows machines
www.copernic.com/winkey/
which lets you use the Windows key +  to launch  
an app or URL but it's just not the same.  IIRC LaunchBar used to  
automatically learn what programs you used more often, so if you use  
"WordPerfect" more than "Word" (just as an example), typing "W" would soon  
offer WordPerfect as an option before Word.

As a Unrepentant Keyboard Advocate, I look forward to using it again.

TjL

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Must Have Websites?

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As soon as I sent the message about must have apps, I also started to  
wonder about what websites I ought to be reading for my Mac news and  
information, cool tools, etc.

I've been reading MacWorld for awhile (print version, which my wife found  
strange since I didn't have a Mac so I bought a Mac ;-) other than  
that I'm relatively clueless when it comes to sites that are good for  
news, etc.

If you have a list of sites to IGNORE, please be sure to send them offlist  
so we don't start a flamewar (-:

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Must Have Apps?

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Ok folks, the Powerbook is arriving Monday (it is only 5 hours from here  
right now but I'm guessing they won't let me just go over and pick it up,  
so I'll have to wait).

I've seen a few "must have" lists around [1] [2] but I'd like to hear your  
favorite apps, especially those little utilities and programs that you  
can't (or don't want to) live w/out.

Free is good, but I'm not against paying for something that's a better  
alternative.

So, what's your favorite MacOSX app/utility/whatnot?

(and remember, this is my first Mac, so don't assume I know anything, and  
you won't be far off :-)

TjL
really hoping this doesn't get sidetracked into a thread where we end up  
comparing 1 or 2 programs which are roughly the equivalent to "Which is  
better, chocolate or vanilla?"

[1] http://bradchoate.com/weblog/2004/04/14/inventory
[2] http://justinblanton.com/archives/2004/03/29/required_os_x_programs/
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Re: Mail question

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On Wed, 21 Apr 2004 11:14:52 -0500, John Slavin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>  
wrote:

I have a spare Wallstreet I'd like to give to my 85 year old mother to  
use to get email from her family.  The first time she gets an organ  
enlargement email, she'll never use the machine again.  I think I'd like  
to create a system for her where only approved persons can send her  
email, or at least put unapproved emails automatically in the trash.  Is  
there a way to do that?
The most effective way to do this is at the server.  What ISP does she  
have?  As loathe as I am to suggest AOL, they have this feature.

Others may have webmail clients where you can setup filters.  Filter mail  
you want to INBOX and then set any other mail with a "." in the :From:  
line to go to a certain folder and then setup exception filters.  That  
ought to do it.

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Re: Applecare in Florida

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On Tue, 20 Apr 2004 12:04:30 -0400, Wayne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

I also heard about the extended warranty was not available in Florida  
due to laws we have here.
...
Does anyone know how this all works in Florida?
Only that I know it was true when I bought a computer from Dell whilst  
living in Florida.  Not sure what the actual law is, but Dell doesn't  
offer their "Complete Care" for machines bought in Florida either (and  
California, iirc).  Seems a stupid law, to prohibit people from getting  
insurance on something like that.

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Re: G4 to G4 Megahertz comparison

[Timothy J. Luoma]

On Tue, 20 Apr 2004 09:20:02 -0500, Phillip Burk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

It's not that simple, however.  I left out the iBook bench numbers since  
there's a dramatic difference between the architecture of the iBook and  
a Powerbook, L2 cache being the primary difference.  The new 1.5 GHz  
PowerBook and the previous top-of-the-line 1.33 GHz PowerBook are  
virtually identical:  167 MHz bus, 1 MB L3 cache.  I don't expect a  
dramatic difference in speed, just an incremental improvement - probably  
around 135 to 136 on the CineBench scale.

Does that help?
Yup.

The overall speed of a system is dependent on many different factors, and  
L2/L3 cache makes the overall system faster, if I understand correctly.

Thanks

TjL
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Re: New Powerbooks announced / I bought my first Mac today

[Timothy J. Luoma]

On Mon, 19 Apr 2004 21:02:35 -0500, Tom Zahm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Wow!

I'm new to the G-Books list.  I am absolutely honored to receive an  
email from *the* Timothy J. Luoma, if even indirectly.
HA!  I thought this was a setup.

I have only a '98 Wallstreet, but I *do* still use a screamin' 400 MHz  
OpenStep (Intel) machine, and an '040 Cube to boot.

Thanks again for all your contributions to the NeXT world.
You're welcome.  Believe it or not it was about a decade ago that I  
started working for PEAK on the next-ftp site.  I remember thinking that  
the WWW was a waste of time (well, it still is, but in a different way ;-)

(For the non-NeXTers: PEAK was one of the two main FTP sites.  Just about  
every NeXTSTEP/OpenStep program was available on one or both of PEAK or  
Peanuts, which was in Germany, IIRC.  This was long before anyone had  
their own web page to sell software.  If you are familiar with Tucows or  
Download.com it was something like that except a lot less sophisticated.   
I essentially ran the PEAK site, answered questions, etc.  This was back  
when Usenet was actually worth using and before there was much spam... ah  
the golden days.  Believe it or not I still get a few emails/month about  
NeXT stuff.  You can still find a bunch of it at www.peak.org/~luomat/  
[which you are only allowed to visit if you agree not to mock the web  
design.  It was the late 1990s.)

NeXTStep/OpenStep was absolutely awesome and I missed it terribly when I  
finally had to quit using it (I sold my NeXTStation in 2001 and my NSFIP  
machine went to the trash heap because I couldn't find anyone to buy it  
:-/  I was truly hoping for OS-X for Intel but I'm looking forward to  
getting back into the Unix world (tried FreeBSD but it had the same  
problem as Windows; it was too hard to get it to do what I wanted it to  
do.  Even getting a window manager to work was a colossal pain.)

...

I just realized that I bought a new computer in 1997 (133mhz Pentium with  
64mb ram [I think] which became the main machine instead of my 25mhz  
NeXTStation w/ 32ram) then 2000 (650mhz Pentium with 128mb ram) and now  
2004 (1ghz G4 with 512mb ram).  I wonder what I'll be looking at in  
2007/2008 :-?

Anyway, thanks for the ego boost.  I think this is the first time I've  
been referred to as "*the* Timothy J. Luoma" :-DDD   As if my wife  
didn't already have too much to put up with (-:

TjL

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Re: New Powerbooks announced / I bought my first Mac today

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On Mon, 19 Apr 2004 17:24:19 -0700, Terry McCune <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

You may or may not go YAY to your HP 5150  printer. I have one hitched  
to an eMac running Panther and your clothing could go out of style in  
the time it takes to print.
Huh... strange... It has gotten largely positive reviews where I've seen
it.
Well I can always ship it back.

TjL



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Re: G4 to G4 Megahertz comparison (was Re: New Powerbooks announced / I bought my first Mac today)

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On Mon, 19 Apr 2004 19:07:26 -0500, Phillip Burk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

We'll have to wait until benchmarks are released...
Well what about the difference between an 800 - 900 or 900 - 1ghz?

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Re: New Powerbooks announced / I bought my first Mac today

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On Mon, 19 Apr 2004 18:18:05 -0500, James Rohde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>  
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On 4/19/04, "Timothy J. Luoma" wrote:

I have ordered my first PowerBook today :-)

Are you rubbing it in? ;-)
No, rubbing it in would be telling you that I qualified for the  
educational discount price (-:

Would it help if I told you I've been using Windows for the past 4 years?

Seriously, congratulations, Tim, and welcome! I'm sure you will enjoy
your new 'Book a lot. Enjoy learning how much fun computing can be, away
from "the Dark Side." :-)
It's a "homecoming" of sorts, as I was a NeXTSTEPer in a previous life  
during Steve's "hiatus" from Apple.

TjL

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Re: New Powerbooks announced / I bought my first Mac today

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On Mon, 19 Apr 2004 14:28:48 -0700, Jeff Hubatka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Yay for you too. That 1.5ghz is the fastest G4 Apple has made. I didn't  
think they would bump up the G4 speed anywhere since the G5 came out  
last year. Hard to imagine three times faster than mine...
I was holding out hope for a G5 Powerbook, but I assumed that if they just
released an updated G4 Powerbook, the G5 is some ways off in the distance.
And besides, I really want one.

TjL
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G4 to G4 Megahertz comparison (was Re: New Powerbooks announced / I bought my first Mac today)

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On Mon, 19 Apr 2004 14:28:48 -0700, Jeff Hubatka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
Yay for you too. That 1.5ghz is the fastest G4 Apple has made. I didn't  
think they would bump up the G4 speed anywhere since the G5 came out  
last year. Hard to imagine three times faster than mine...
In the Pentium world, a 750mhz is not 50% faster than a 500mhz.  Is that
true for G4 as well?
I think they used to use 5% increase per 100Mhz as a general rule.  I'm
not sure where that rule came from or if it's true, but it's just one of
those things I heard somewhere.
TjL

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New Powerbooks announced / I bought my first Mac today

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http://www.apple.com/powerbook/

I have ordered my first PowerBook today :-)

Product Name: PowerBook 1.5GHz (15.2" TFT)
Options: 
 065-5069   1.5GHz PowerPC G4 with 128MB Graphics Memory
 065-4861   512MB DDR333 SDRAM - 1 SO-DIMM
 065-5068   80GB Ultra ATA drive @ 5400 rpm
 065-4825   SuperDrive (DVD-R/CD-RW)
 065-4820   AirPort Extreme Card
 065-4819   Backlit Keyboard/Mac OS - U.S. English
(I also got a HP 5150 printer, free after mail in rebate)

YAY

TjL


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Re: 802.11g base units besides AirPort?

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On Mon, 29 Mar 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> Lynksys will work, as well as any others.
> THe biggest problem i've seen is that most of the non-Apple units fail 
> horribly at 1. allowing Appletalk (ie for printing, filesharing, etc), and 2. Apple 
> interfaces..

Well at work I will be the sole Mac in a Windows network.  At home I'll 
get the AirPort.

TjL


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Re: My Video

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On Mon, 29 Mar 2004, w miller wrote:

> I'm still researching what I need to transfer VHS tapes to DVD, and have
> been looking at My Video. 

Please let us know what you end up using... This is something I would like 
to do once I get the PB.

> The specs include "High powered USB port or
> powered USB Hubs" in addition to bulit-in USB. Can someone tell me what that
> is and why it's required?

I am not sure what "High Powered USB port" means but "powered USB hub" 
means that it plugs into the wall outlet.  There are USB hubs which run on 
"bus power" (i.e. the power they get from the main USB port on the 
computer).  Most USB hubs have a switch which you can choose either "self 
powered" (aka bus power) or "A/C Power" (or the like).


> Any opinions on My Video vs. Studio DV? Should I be considering other
> contenders? I'd like to include the TV capture, as well.

No ideas but I would be interested to find out what you learn.

TjL


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Re: 802.11g base units besides AirPort?

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Interesting.  I have used Linksys in the past.  Have had not great luck 
with the products but good luck with the support.

Configure via web is also interesting.  

One thing I forgot to mention was important is RANGE.  I hope to find one 
with enough juice to give me a good amount of space to wander, but this 
depends so much on environmental factors that it is probably hard to 
compare.

Thanks!

TjL

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802.11g base units besides AirPort?

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I plan to get an AirPort+Modem for my home, but for my office I'd like to 
get a less expensive option that will let me wander the office and outside 
area.

Ideally it would be something that would work equally well with a 15" PB 
as well as a Windows XP laptop.

If anyone has recommendations, I'd be most appreciative.

Thanks
TjL


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Re: Compare Apple to Orange (err.. I mean Pentium)

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On Tue, 23 Mar 2004, Clyde Kahrl wrote:

> It's really hard to compare G4s to P3s because of the intervention of 
> things like operating systems, software, buses, disk drives, and so 
> forth.   

Sure, understood.  the "Apples to Oranges" does apply...
 
> A long time ago, a P3 had to be almost double the clock speed of a G3 
> to be equal (in some things).  When the P4s came out, they had to be 
> double the speed of a P3 to compete with the P3!  

You lost me there in that last sentence.  Did you mean P4 or G4?  I think 
you meant "When the G4s came out they had to be double the speed of the P3
to compete with the G4"

 
> So a 1.2Ghz G3 should be 4 times faster than the 600Mhz P3, and for a 
> few things, the G4 will be maybe 10 times faster  on some things. 
> But this all depends on cache size, and location and a bunch of other 
> things---like your disk drive.   The different G4 laptops have 
> different speeds unrelated to the chip speeds.

 
> If you have a 600MhzG3 

650Mhz Pentium3 actually


> it's probably really old, and so everything on 
> the new machine will be a lot better in every way.

The machine is 4 years old (or will be in July) running WindowsXP with all 
the eye candy turned off.


> Check out XLR8  your mac. 

As a place to buy a mac or are you suggesting their products?  Sorry, my 
brain is still a bit lagged I fear.

Thanks for your time

TjL


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Compare Apple to Orange (err.. I mean Pentium)

[Timothy J. Luoma]

Is there anywhere I can some sort of a 'real world' comparison between a
Pentium and G4?  I'm not looking for crazy "Pantyum Sux" basically I'm
just trying to figure out how much faster a G4/1.25GHz would be compared
to a 650mhz/Pentium 3)
I don't need to be convinced that G4/G5 is better than Pentium.  I
understand the megahertz myth, I'm just doing my comparison shopping and
consideration.
Looking at http://www.barefeats.com/pvp.html it looks like there is a big
jump between G4 and G5... but of course no one knows when the G5
Powerbooks are coming out.
TjL

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Re: Timing my first Mac purchase

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On Sat, 13 Mar 2004, Clyde Kahrl wrote:

> As for Dell, my wife got a brand new Dell last summer at work.   It 
> was the worst piece of garbage I've ever seen. 

Like any other company, Dell can have problems as well.  I've overseen the
purchase of a dozen Dell machines over the past few years and none of them
has had any problems, and my Dell Inspiron 7500 has been a great machine,
very reliable and still going strong 4 years later... the only problem is
that I want to get Unix without all the fuss of Linux/FreeBSD... I'm not 
really worried about the virus a day because procmail takes care of all 
the attachments at the server level...

I think I'm going to hold out for the time being.  I'll definitely get the 
AppleCare when the time comes... Don't think I'll get a refurb... I like 
that "fresh out of the box" experience... I will keep an eye out, however.

As for speed, my current machine is a 650mhz Pentium3 with 512ram, so 
pretty much anything is going to be a good step up, and I'm sure even VPC 
will be faster.

TjL

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Timing my first Mac purchase

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Hello all

I am currently planning to buy a 15" PB to replace my 4 year old 
Dell Inspiron.  I am trying to figure out how to time this purchase so 
that I don't buy a Powerbook only to have a newer model come out a  later (which is what happened to me with the 
Dell).

While I understand that there are no guarantees and Apple doesn't 
tell people when they are releasing new hardware, are there guidelines 
that I should consider (i.e. "Apple generally releases new hardware in 
")??

I have seen some speculation about G5 PBs this year, but that 
seems really optimistic IMO (not that MO counts for much).  It seems worth 
the wait to get the G5 since my current computer is still working 
acceptably... but then I wonder about things like the first round of new 
hardware and the potential for problems with them in general, battery 
life, the fact that VirtualPC (which I will need for a few pieces of 
proprietary software) doesn't yet work on the G5 (but hopefully will 
soon?).

Anyway, I am just looking for any advice folks might be able to 
give.

TjL


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