Re: GUIs Re: MacWorld Expo

[Diane]

> They're astonished that it works, and they forget about it before I  
> leave their office.
> 
> I'm slowly larnin' them, though. As they come in with some issue or


> 

> It's odd. Only Windows users seem to have this problem. All of my Mac  
> users get it right away.

I still have a couple of Mac friends who don't get it. We play the "learn the 
keystroke of the 
day" game when I see them with their computers. They are always amazed at how 
much they 
can do with the keyboard!

Diane

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Re: GUIs Re: MacWorld Expo

[diane]

At 7:33 AM -0700 1/13/06, Bruce Johnson wrote:

On Jan 13, 2006, at 6:38 AM, Alan Miller wrote:

Unless of course you have trouble typing or might be dyslexic and 
have trouble getting the letters in the correct order, or you live 
your live with a spell checker running all the time.


Some of us are just that much more visual than others!


That and applying, then fading a gaussian blur on a custom mask of 
the background elements of your photo is  just plain a b*tch on the 
command line.


Same for layering a guitar track over a drum loop.

And don't EVEN get me started on merging particle effects and a 
moving matte into a video layer, and adding titles on top of it all.


Gee, I don't think it's all that rare, after all



Bruce, I'm not arguing against graphics. I do love them. I am just 
saying that in many instances (and a point of sale system is a great 
example) they are slower. I am visual, yes. But there are times I 
just can't get a handle on an applications stock icon in the dock, 
for whatever reason. I have my finder set up in list view as well, as 
not only am I visual, but things need to stay in the same place (you 
should see my frustration when a manufacturer changes the color or 
design of a favorite grocery store item, I am completely lost LOL).


I entered computers in the days of TI 99-/4A's (and I know that's not 
"spelled" right, it's been years). Then DOS, then the Mac in '87. But 
where I can use a keyboard, I will.


Photoshop and Illustrator are for the most part mouse apps for me, 
for the reasons you listed above.  :)


Diane

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GUIs Re: MacWorld Expo

[diane]

At 5:10 PM -0800 1/12/06, sandra ragan wrote:
Take the near demise of the Desktop metaphor Finder (specifically as 
iconic/object representations) in the first round of OSX... I for 
one spent 5 years in a firm moving people from command line 
interfaces to GUIs... not because it made money, but because our 
brains process massive amounts of information faster visually and we 
see patterns in that information easier visually... comes with being


That's really interesting, as in the "pc" world I find the command 
line to much quicker for me than GUI. And in the Mac world (since 
1987) I am first and foremost a keyboard person rather than mouse. I 
see someone in a store with their GUI cash register typing one word, 
reach for the mouse, type, reach, etc, and all I can say is "TAB KEY!"


Not that I'd give up my Mac interface but...


Diane

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Adapter for cig lighter

[diane]

Any recommendations on an adapter to use my iBook in the car? I see 
that Linksys has one that will actually allow you to plug a 2 or 
3-prong plug into it, while others (APC was one that I saw) just 
allows you to plug the ibook into the lighter. The APC one is $40 
while the others were $80.


TIA,

Diane

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Re: New iBook now or wait until after Tiger is launched?

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When did they start that? I got my ibook in early March and don't 
remember seeing anything about that but perhaps it was before the 
announcement.

Diane
At 1:33 AM -0400 4/28/05, Simon Tang wrote:
The Tiger update fee is only $9.95 + tax, shipped free, so the wait 
is marginal.

Simon
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Re: New laptop possibility

[diane]

Hi Tim! The scary thing is that I was using a borrowed XP laptop on 
the couch, and more than the G4 MDD.  It's too easy to sit there and 
surf, isn't it.  ;)

Hopefully with the ibook I can get rid of the two machines I use for 
my home business as well, providing I can get my cutter to work off 
it. Worst case I keep the 6500 which isn't worth much on the open 
market anyway!

Right now the book is a bit slower at only 256mb. When will Apple put 
real ram in their machines?  I upgraded the desktop to 1gb 
right off the bat.

I have 2 iPods compliments of my SO. The 5gb 1G when it first came 
out, and then xmas 03 for some reason he decided I needed a bigger 
one so he got me the 40gb 3G. I hadn't even filled the 5gb yet. 
Anyway, I do take them out blading, biking, running etc and even in 
the car, depending on where I go, I'm a nervous wreck with them.  I 
think the Shuffle will put my mind at ease some. If he had bought it 
for me without the 'book, I know I'd have the bigger one but honestly 
neither of us will use it for more than 8 hours at a stretch!

I did find the 9.2 install on the cd's with the iBook. It's on the 
repair cd, under install additional software. How odd is that, you'd 
never find it unless you looked. Are your cd's like that or are they 
complete 9.2 cd's? You may be able to twist my arm if that's the 
case, esp if I need to keep the 6500.

Thanks for the offer and glad to know I'm not the only crazy one 
sitting on the couch with a laptop. Not too good for the posture 
though LOL

Diane
At 6:30 PM -0500 3/13/05, Tim Collier wrote:
Hi Diane:
I have the same iBook as you.  I find that I use it more than my main
desktop.G5 iMac 1.8 gig.reason is it's so comfortable to use
(reclining on the sofa with the news playing on the TV right now).  I also
treated myself to the $99 Shuffle and I LOVE it!  So easy to use and a joy
to listen to.Apple is the 'bomb'!  Anyway, the reason for my response, I
have a few OS 9 install CD's sitting around from old G4 purchases, if you
need one, I'd be more than willing to send one to you.  Let me know...no
cost involved!
Tim
On 3/13/05 3:50 PM, "diane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
 At 4:38 PM -0700 3/11/05, Bruce Johnson wrote:
 On Mar 11, 2005, at 3:41 PM, diane wrote:
 I was thinking iWork, not iLife, oh well. I do have an AT&T
 wireless card already, I guess I'll wing it when I get there~
 Won't work. iBooks don't have pc card slots. Airport Extreme is the
 only choice, beyond the generally dodgy USB adapters.
 (and if that moves you towards a Powerbook, the 12" Powerbooks don't
 have 'em either)

 Thanks, I hadn't realized that! I ended up with the $999 iBook. I had
 called them earlier in the day and "Dave" said there were a fair
 number of $799 1ghz machines in the stock room. When we got there
 however, Dave was busy (the place was packed). I got the absolutely
 worst person I had ever seen at that store - ever! He looked twice
 (15 mins each time) and swore that there was only 1 refurbed
 powerbook back there. All I can say is that it's a good thing I know
 and love the product, else I would have walked out, that's how bad he
 was. I just decided it wasn't worth it and went with the new one.
 So new iBook, Airport Express and a 512 Shuffle for "the house".
 Hubby said I would have gotten the Shuffle for my bday but now that I
 have the 'book, we share the Shuffle LOL.
 I am loving the 'book! But, Panther does not come with 9.2 installed
 for Classic, does it? Any way I can get it off my G4 MDD CD's? I know
 I have 9.x disks but I don't think I have 9.2 itself 
 Always something!  :)
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Re: New laptop possibility

[diane]

At 2:14 PM -0700 3/13/05, Bruce Johnson wrote:
On Mar 13, 2005, at 1:50 PM, diane wrote:
I am loving the 'book! But, Panther does not come with 9.2 
installed for Classic, does it? Any way I can get it off my G4 MDD 
CD's? I know I have 9.x disks but I don't think I have 9.2 itself 


A new iBook should have OS 9 installed. If not it's on your restore 
disks. Panther works fine with 9.1 if that's what you've got. Yes, 
you should be able to get it off the G4 disks using Pacifist.

There is no 9.x folder at all, I searched for it. If 9.1 will work, 
that is great, I know I have those in my piles o'cds!

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Re: New laptop possibility

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At 4:38 PM -0700 3/11/05, Bruce Johnson wrote:
On Mar 11, 2005, at 3:41 PM, diane wrote:
I was thinking iWork, not iLife, oh well. I do have an AT&T 
wireless card already, I guess I'll wing it when I get there~

Won't work. iBooks don't have pc card slots. Airport Extreme is the 
only choice, beyond the generally dodgy USB adapters.

(and if that moves you towards a Powerbook, the 12" Powerbooks don't 
have 'em either)

Thanks, I hadn't realized that! I ended up with the $999 iBook. I had 
called them earlier in the day and "Dave" said there were a fair 
number of $799 1ghz machines in the stock room. When we got there 
however, Dave was busy (the place was packed). I got the absolutely 
worst person I had ever seen at that store - ever! He looked twice 
(15 mins each time) and swore that there was only 1 refurbed 
powerbook back there. All I can say is that it's a good thing I know 
and love the product, else I would have walked out, that's how bad he 
was. I just decided it wasn't worth it and went with the new one.

So new iBook, Airport Express and a 512 Shuffle for "the house". 
Hubby said I would have gotten the Shuffle for my bday but now that I 
have the 'book, we share the Shuffle LOL.

I am loving the 'book! But, Panther does not come with 9.2 installed 
for Classic, does it? Any way I can get it off my G4 MDD CD's? I know 
I have 9.x disks but I don't think I have 9.2 itself 

Always something!  :)
Diane
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Re: New laptop possibility

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At 2:10 PM -0700 3/11/05, Bruce Johnson wrote:
On Mar 11, 2005, at 12:48 PM, diane wrote:
My SO is trying to convince me to buy a *book for my bday. (he's a 
great guy). I do all the bills so of course I am money conscious.

I have a dual 1.42 desktop so I am not looking to replace that, but 
I would be replacing my Yikes! and 6500 with it. So power is not 
really an issue.

Current ibooks are $999. Our local Apple store has some of the 
1.0ghz ibooks for $799.

I *believe* he said the older ones were 256mb/30gb which is the 
same as the current ones. Combo drives. I didn't ask about airport, 
oh, and iLife. I suppose those two features alone would be worth 
the extra $200
An airport Extreme card and iLife are $79 each, so that's less than 
the difference. The older one will come with iLife, but possibly the 
older version.

But given that this is the Apple store, they may come with the 
current version.

I'd say the $799 model is the better deal.
(and, off topic, but the Apple Store is selling iPod mini's for $179 
in the clearance section. Damn! Now my new shuffle doesn't look like 
such a deal :-( )

I was thinking iWork, not iLife, oh well. I do have an AT&T wireless 
card already, I guess I'll wing it when I get there~

Diane
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New laptop possibility

[diane]

My SO is trying to convince me to buy a *book for my bday. (he's a 
great guy). I do all the bills so of course I am money conscious.

I have a dual 1.42 desktop so I am not looking to replace that, but I 
would be replacing my Yikes! and 6500 with it. So power is not really 
an issue.

Current ibooks are $999. Our local Apple store has some of the 1.0ghz 
ibooks for $799.

I *believe* he said the older ones were 256mb/30gb which is the same 
as the current ones. Combo drives. I didn't ask about airport, oh, 
and iLife. I suppose those two features alone would be worth the 
extra $200

I was really hoping to find a 14" but I suppose in a pinch this would 
do, I would still do heavy editing on the 21" monitors attached to 
the tower.

I can't seem to find the specs on the older ones on the Apple site, 
any opinons on the price difference and airport/iLife?

Thanks!  :)
Diane
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Re: Another wireless question

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At 12:14 PM -0700 12/31/04, Bruce Johnson wrote:
On Thursday, December 30, 2004, at 08:17 AM, diane wrote:
At 7:57 PM -0800 12/29/04, Andrew F. wrote:
Any router will work.  The ones sold by PC networking companies are usually
configured through a web browser as opposed to Apple's AirPort utility, but
once set up, 802.1 is 802.1, though of course speed varies by which protocol
you use.

How fast is wireless compared to 10 or 100BT these days? When I 
looked into it years ago it was pretty slow.
Apple's airport base station supports up to 10 systems at 11 mbs, 
shared, best case scenario. It isn't switched, which most wired 
networks are these days so it'll end up slower than 10-base-t. At 
farther distances your transmission rate will drop.

Of course 100BT will blow it out of the water.
The catch, of course is that even 11 Mbs shared is faster than 
99.99% of home user's connection to the internet...

Thanks for the replies! One of the reasons I had discounted it for 
the office network way back when (which you reminded me of) was that 
the 100BT network was much quicker.  But I had a friend recently ask 
me for an opinion for home use with the internet and I drew a blank. 
They do not have a home network, we do (again at 100BT)

Interesting to hear the facts from those that use it.  :)
Diane
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Re: "Less is more" or "Bigger is better"

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At 12:47 AM -0500 12/31/04, John wrote:
Andrew F. wrote:
I love my 12", even now that I'm not in school anymore, its still nice to
have a laptop that is so small and light that I actually do bring it out
with me.
Andrew
I really like my 12" iceBook 700. But in all honesty, if I could 
trade it for an equal 14" version, I'd do it in a minute. I keep 
finding myself wishing for a bit more screen real-estate like my old 
Wallstreet had.

I am contemplating a *book purchase myself and find that I'm leaning 
towards the 14" systems. I use 2-21" on the desktop and I'm not sure 
I can do one 12" LOL

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Re: Another wireless question

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At 7:57 PM -0800 12/29/04, Andrew F. wrote:
Any router will work.  The ones sold by PC networking companies are usually
configured through a web browser as opposed to Apple's AirPort utility, but
once set up, 802.1 is 802.1, though of course speed varies by which protocol
you use.

How fast is wireless compared to 10 or 100BT these days? When I 
looked into it years ago it was pretty slow.

Thanks,
Diane
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Looking for recommendations on secondary machine

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Hi folks,
I've been a Mac user since 1987 but always desktops. I currently run 
a dual 1.42 FW800 machine (although I still use my Yikes! and PM6500 
for my home business). Considering how long my other machines have 
lasted, I expect this one to last for many years as well.

I've love to pickup an *book in the near future. Primary uses would 
be Illustrator/Photoshop (have both OS9 & X versions), email, web and 
maybe Quickbooks. I can see this being used for my business more than 
personal use. I have an old 540C that I was using for QB and web 
browsing but it's incredibly painful for the web.

Using X on it isn't a requirement but it would be nice (I still use 9 
on the other two machines). I am using a 350mhz iMac at work with X 
and it's slow, but tolerable. It only has 192mb so I think an 
increase would speed it up.

Firewire and USB would be nice but I know I can add a card if I have 
to. I don't have wireless at the house so it's not a necessity but 
again, the ability to add it would be nice.

With that in mine I asked a friend who works with Macs if he knew 
what the used prices were these days, the sites I used to use 
(American Computer Exchange and one other) are now defunct.

He came back with a few machines that he, his family and friends may 
be convinced to part with. In a nutshell they are:
Wallstreet
Original Blueberry iBook
iBook 600mhz (icebook from what I can tell)
Pismo 400mhz

A couple need batteries, the 600mhz needs a new combo drive, all are 
running X right now.

It seems like400 mhz Pismo's are averaging $500 or so on ebay Some 
Icebooks are going for over $600

Of course, with that in mind it's almost worth looking for closeouts 
on new machines isn't it! Especially if you have to consider a 
battery or additional RAM.

Is it even possible to get an X-capable *book for under $500?
Sorry for the long winded post but TIA for any advice!
Diane
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Re: How does a crossover cable differ?

[Diane Gamm]

Thanks for your explanations & resources on the difference between 
crossover and regular ethernet cables!  One of life's little mysteries 
cleared up . . . Diane


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How does a crossover cable differ?

[Diane Gamm]

A crossover cable was mentioned in a recent post for transferring files 
between computers.  I've wondered what the difference is between a 
crossover and a regular ethernet cable.  Can anyone enlighten me? 
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Re-awakening a Pismo?

[Diane Gamm]

Subject: Re: re-awakening a Pismo?

My used Pismo came not able to wake up from sleep - ever!  I did quite a 
bit of research to try to solve the problem, and there seems to be many 
possible reasons and suggested solutions.

Mine turned out to be an extension problem. I believe it was Norton's 
"disk light" extension (whatever that's supposed to do). I can't be 
certain, as I disabled a few at the same time, but with the leaner 
extension set it hasn't occurred once! If you haven't done so yet, I'd 
suggest initialy seeing if it wakes after starting with a basic OS 
extension set. Simplest place to start.

Apple has some resources on this apparently common problem - you can 
find lots of info on other possible causes by doing a search on the 
Apple Discussion boards. Also:

Troubleshooting sleep: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58645

Good luck! It's a frustrating problem. - Diane

>>I find that it's rare that I can reawaken my sleeping Pismo -- usually
>>have to do a forced restart.  This has been true with 9.0, 9.1, and
>>9.2.  Any secrets I don't know??
>
>
>When mine did that I had a bad power management unit. Since Apple 
>replaced it I haven't had any problems.
>
>Brian
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Re: Expansion Bay products

[Diane Gamm]

Does anyone know if you could put any other kind of drive (like CD-RW or 
a hard drive) into one of the $20 Pismo Zip 100 expansion bay drive 
casings?  And if so, where do you get just the "innards" like Tom seems 
to be talking about here.  This is new territory for me.  - Thanks, Diane

On May 10, Thomas Ethen wrote:

> Speaking of not being able to resist, I ordered the Zip 250 for $39 
> before I realized I have nothing else that reads the Zip 250 disks, 
> just the Zip 100's.
>
>  Now I just need a broken Pismo DVD/CD module, so I can install the 
> CD-RW I just purchased in it, so I will have another expansion bay 
> item to carry around with me.
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Common courtesy

[Diane Gamm]

Hi, as a new subscriber here, I have to agree that this comment - and a 
few others I would consider disrespectful and arrogant -  put me off as 
well; wondering what kind of response I'll get if I ask a simple 
question . . .  I did appreciate the information that came with it, but 
one has to learn it somewhere!   I have a Mac but don't spend much of my 
time researching company attitudes towards Macs.  My $.02 worth - Diane

p.s. CompUSA has a Belkin wireless router on sale for $99 this week.

>>>
>
>That's because I have grown tired after so many years of the same conversations
>over and over again.  Maybe it is coming through in the supposed timbre of my
>posts?  Maybe you are just interpreting it that way?  Who knows.  I assure you
>that I mean you and no one else here any harm or offense.  I help far more
>often than I offend.
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VST 250-mb Zips on Sale

[Diane Gamm]

>
>
>Subject: VST 250-mb Zips on Sale
>
>Question, though:  Are the Sept. '98 Wallstreets (266mhz) designed/shaped
>differently from the '99-'00 models?  The below description says this
>VST-Zip would go in the right expansion bay, and that is where the CD-ROM is
>on my '98/266 WS.  Will this VST-Zip fit there?
>
>Seems I went thru this before... searching for an internal zip drive but
>they always say they are for '99-'00 models, but not the '98 powerbook/WS.
>
>Thanks for any insight.
>Best regards/BG
>
BG - No, the expansion bay drives for 99/00 models won't fit the 
Wallstreet; it's a different model.  Do a search on eBay for Wallstreet 
and zip drive, and you can see the physical difference between those and 
the later version.   They seem to be available often on eBay, though not 
as common as the Pismo model.  Hope that helps, Diane

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zip drives

[Diane Gamm]

Todd and others:  thanks for the info on the Iomega zip drive problems 
and cure.  I had no idea the problems were that extensive!  Ignorance 
can be bliss I guess, at least temporarily.   I've left all the Iomega 
drives behind for someone else to manage and only have a VST zip 
expansion bay now.  I'm still going to do a better job at frequent 
archiving to CD!

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Re: Zip 100 Drive for PB G3 for sale

[Diane Gamm]

>
>
>Todd, on the reliability question, I've been using zip drives and disks for years - 
>for backup and for storing and moving projects between computers, both Macs and PC's 
>- and have never had any problems with any of them. 
>
>I've had Iomega SCSI and USB external drives, and internal drives in all computers in 
>a Multimedia Lab I managed; and now VST's expansion bay zip drive in my PowerBook G3 
>Pismo - which so far has worked flawlessley.  Come to think of it, we also had a VST 
>exp bay drive in a Pismo used for projecting lectures, without problems also.  The 
>dreaded "click of death" sounds bad, but I actually have never known anyone who has 
>experienced it. (Now, where's that wood to knock on?) - Diane  
>
- - - - - - - -

> on 05/05/02 01:24, Todd Moody at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>
>While Zip disks aren't what I'd call reliable storage, that's a tough price
>to beat.  Does anyone know whether the VST Zip drives are subject to any of
>the design flaws (click of death, file system corruption, etc.) that plagued
>so many Iomega drives?  Tom, what was your shipping cost?
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Zip 100 Drive for PB G3 for sale

[Diane Gamm]

I have a new/sealed VST expansion bay 100MB Zip Drive for PowerBook G3's 
(Lombard or Pismo) for sale for $49 plus $8 shipping/insurance. 

I also have a used drive (same type) in excellent condition  for $39 
plus $8 shipping.

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