Re: OSX 10.3.8 on Pismo?

[Zoltan Batiz]

I just wanted to add my two cents on this thread; 10.3.7 has been 
nothing but problems on my Pismo.  Here's my config:

Pismo 500/G3, 1gig RAM, external 17" Studio Display, external FireWire 
SmartDisk CD/RW, USB powered Canon Scanner, USB powered 100meg Zip 
Drive, FireWire LaCie HDD for backup, USB Epson C84 printer. . .and a 
bunch more stuff like powered sub-woofer, cool speakers, digital camera 
etc.

ANYWAY. . .under 10.3.7 my apps. were very sluggish.  Slow response 
time was not only common in Safari which was mentioned before in 
another thread, but also in Mail.  Sometimes it would take up to 5 
minutes just for Mail to retrieve my email.  I used to argue with 
Earthlink customer service time and time again wondering why my email 
wasn't working property.  But then I started to notice the lag in 
programs.  Another lag was in iChat.  There were times it would take 
almost 10 minutes just for it to start up.

Moving on to 10.3.8:  Everything is perfect.  It's like going from 10.1 
to 10.2.  Night and day!  No delays!  Email in seconds!  I almost feel 
like I just bought a new system!

Now, what I'm curious about is my configuration; attention brought to 
the 17" Studio Display.  Why the display?  Well, the change was so 
different, I had to call Apple directly and get some answers, 'cause 
heck, my performance was so bad under 10.3.7 I was worried that Apple 
was starting to phase out G3 support.  A nice rep. spoke to me and 
surprised me with her answers to say the least.  I first told her of 
the problems under .7 and now the awsome performance under .8 but 
before I could tell her my config., she immediately asked me if I had a 
monitor plugged into my Pismo that I use as a second display.  Uh. . 
.yea, I said.  Well, long story short, apparently, 10.3.8 is a major 
update on the ATI drivers that control our beloved video cards built 
into our Macs.  Who'd ah thought a little driver or two would make such 
a difference?  At least Apple is on the ball I guess. . .just wish they 
had updated the ATI drivers sooner is all.

Anyone heard of this?  Or did I catch someone in the Apple customer 
support on her last day?

Zoltan
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Re: OSX 10.3.8 on Pismo?

[Jeff Drummond]

On Feb 11, 2005, at 3:19 am, K <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Put 10.3.8 on yesterday...seems to be working fine..LG POS died a while
back..wouldn't recognize dvd's or cd's unless I removed the entire
enclosure and smacked it on the table on the edge...I have located a
Matshita unit that is the bare drive .Have called A/C tech but they
couldn't tell me if the LG and Mat face plates are the same.Anyone 
know?
No, they're not. The faceplate for the LG attaches with two screws on
the bottom and the faceplate for the Panasonic/Matshita attaches with
three screws.
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Re: OSX 10.3.8 on Pismo?

[Kevin Bellerose]

My G4 500 pismo has not missed a beat 10.3.8 went on without a hitch, never
any issues with disc recognition or sleep issues I would imagine these are
hardware glitches. I am toying with the idea of selling my pisom to get a
mini. It's a G4 500 upgrade 1 gig of ram, airport, new apple dvd rom,
toshiba 60 gig drive, yoyo, 1 dead BTI battery and 1 apple that lasts about
an hour, powermedic Pismo manual, kensington saddle bag logitech quick cam
pro and bookendz dock  microsoft laptop usb scroll optical mouse. Tons of
software. email me off list with interest.

Kevin


On 2/10/05 2:19 PM, "K" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I just remembered...My Pismo w/ an LG DVD unit stopped recognizing the
> dvd's/cd's  immediately after I updated to 10.3.5 last summerI
> called AC Tech and raised hell about it and was told that it was just a
> coincidence and that the update had absolutely nothing to do with the
> failure and that I could replace the LG for $379..which I would not
> do..Since there are reports of this same thing happening with .8 I am
> going to call again and raise hell about it...
> Mike K
> 
> 
> Rad Craig wrote:
> 
>> I did post, a couple of different posts actually and found a link on
>> the net talking about the same problem with no fix, or nothing listed
>> worked.  It happened on two different pismos I had.  They worked fine
>> on .3.6, but as soon as .3.7 was loaded, it would no longer recognize
>> CDs.  Maybe it was specific to a certain batch of Pismos, but it was
>> definitely a problem.  I was setting both of those machines up from
>> scratch, fresh partitions, fresh installs.
>> 
>> ===
>> Rad Craig,
>> Induction Concepts,
>> High Performance Twin Turbo Systems
>> http://www.inductionconcepts.com
>> (918) 825-TWIN (8946)
>> ===
>> On Feb 10, 2005, at 12:26 PM, Laurent Daudelin wrote:
>> 
>>> On 10/02/05 13:22, "Rad Craig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>> 
 I see that 10.3.8 just came out and x.3.7 wouldn't work on my Pismos,
 wouldn't recognize the CDs.  I wanted to know if anyone has put
 this  on
 a Pismo and had it work successfully yet.
 
 Rad...
 
>>> 
>>> I don't remember if you posted for that problem with 10.3.7 but I
>>> doubt that
>>> it would be caused by 10.3.7. I have 10.3.7 running on my old Pismo
>>> and it
>>> still recognizes CDs just fine...
>>> 
>>> -Laurent.
>> 
> 



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Re: OSX 10.3.8 on Pismo?

[K]

I just remembered...My Pismo w/ an LG DVD unit stopped recognizing the 
dvd's/cd's  immediately after I updated to 10.3.5 last summerI 
called AC Tech and raised hell about it and was told that it was just a 
coincidence and that the update had absolutely nothing to do with the 
failure and that I could replace the LG for $379..which I would not 
do..Since there are reports of this same thing happening with .8 I am 
going to call again and raise hell about it...
Mike K

Rad Craig wrote:
I did post, a couple of different posts actually and found a link on  
the net talking about the same problem with no fix, or nothing listed  
worked.  It happened on two different pismos I had.  They worked fine  
on .3.6, but as soon as .3.7 was loaded, it would no longer recognize  
CDs.  Maybe it was specific to a certain batch of Pismos, but it was  
definitely a problem.  I was setting both of those machines up from  
scratch, fresh partitions, fresh installs.

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High Performance Twin Turbo Systems
http://www.inductionconcepts.com
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On Feb 10, 2005, at 12:26 PM, Laurent Daudelin wrote:
On 10/02/05 13:22, "Rad Craig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I see that 10.3.8 just came out and x.3.7 wouldn't work on my Pismos,
wouldn't recognize the CDs.  I wanted to know if anyone has put 
this  on
a Pismo and had it work successfully yet.

Rad...
I don't remember if you posted for that problem with 10.3.7 but I  
doubt that
it would be caused by 10.3.7. I have 10.3.7 running on my old Pismo  
and it
still recognizes CDs just fine...

-Laurent.


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Re: OSX 10.3.8 on Pismo?

[K]

John C. Swanson wrote:
I see that 10.3.8 just came out and x.3.7 wouldn't work on my Pismos, 
wouldn't recognize the CDs.  I wanted to know if anyone has put this on 
a Pismo and had it work successfully yet.

Rad...
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10.3.7 and 10.3.8 both work perfectly on my Pismo, though my old LG
drive did finally bite the bullet a few months ago.  I still I am
holding out for a solution that will give me a new reliable drive and
fit the side of the Pismo correctly.
 

Put 10.3.8 on yesterday...seems to be working fine..LG POS died a while 
back..wouldn't recognize dvd's or cd's unless I removed the entire 
enclosure and smacked it on the table on the edge...I have located a 
Matshita unit that is the bare drive .Have called A/C tech but they 
couldn't tell me if the LG and Mat face plates are the same.Anyone know?
Regards,
Mike K

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Re: OSX 10.3.8 on Pismo?

[Rad Craig]

I did post, a couple of different posts actually and found a link on  
the net talking about the same problem with no fix, or nothing listed  
worked.  It happened on two different pismos I had.  They worked fine  
on .3.6, but as soon as .3.7 was loaded, it would no longer recognize  
CDs.  Maybe it was specific to a certain batch of Pismos, but it was  
definitely a problem.  I was setting both of those machines up from  
scratch, fresh partitions, fresh installs.

===
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Induction Concepts,
High Performance Twin Turbo Systems
http://www.inductionconcepts.com
(918) 825-TWIN (8946)
===
On Feb 10, 2005, at 12:26 PM, Laurent Daudelin wrote:
On 10/02/05 13:22, "Rad Craig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I see that 10.3.8 just came out and x.3.7 wouldn't work on my Pismos,
wouldn't recognize the CDs.  I wanted to know if anyone has put this  
on
a Pismo and had it work successfully yet.

Rad...
I don't remember if you posted for that problem with 10.3.7 but I  
doubt that
it would be caused by 10.3.7. I have 10.3.7 running on my old Pismo  
and it
still recognizes CDs just fine...

-Laurent.
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Re: OSX 10.3.8 on Pismo?

[John C. Swanson]

-Original Message-
From: G-Books [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rad Craig
Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2005 13:23
To: G-Books
Subject: OSX 10.3.8 on Pismo?

I see that 10.3.8 just came out and x.3.7 wouldn't work on my Pismos, 
wouldn't recognize the CDs.  I wanted to know if anyone has put this on 
a Pismo and had it work successfully yet.

Rad...
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10.3.7 and 10.3.8 both work perfectly on my Pismo, though my old LG
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Re: OSX 10.3.8 on Pismo?

[Mark Edward Attew]

I had the issue that was supposedly a G4 PowerBook issue of the screen not
coming back on after waking from sleep after I installed 10.3.7. Even with
10.3.8, my Pismo is still doing it. Runs great when I don't let it sleep,
but hard restarting after sleep just sucks and I'm sure it is hell on my
hard drive.

- Original Message - 
From: "Rad Craig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "G-Books" 
Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2005 10:22 AM
Subject: OSX 10.3.8 on Pismo?


> I see that 10.3.8 just came out and x.3.7 wouldn't work on my Pismos,
> wouldn't recognize the CDs.  I wanted to know if anyone has put this on
> a Pismo and had it work successfully yet.
>
> Rad...
>


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Re: OSX 10.3.8 on Pismo?

[Laurent Daudelin]

On 10/02/05 13:22, "Rad Craig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I see that 10.3.8 just came out and x.3.7 wouldn't work on my Pismos,
> wouldn't recognize the CDs.  I wanted to know if anyone has put this on
> a Pismo and had it work successfully yet.
> 
> Rad...
> 

I don't remember if you posted for that problem with 10.3.7 but I doubt that
it would be caused by 10.3.7. I have 10.3.7 running on my old Pismo and it
still recognizes CDs just fine...

-Laurent.
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