Re: few newbie questions
From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Mikael=20Bystr=F6m?= [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: few newbie questions Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 12:24:25 +0200 Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In-Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bruce Johnson said: 3) I take it the choice was either a CD-RW drive or a DVD-CD Rom, which is what I got. Is the swap easy? Is there a third party option to have both? Replacing the drive on these is reasonably easy, see pbfixit.com for both instructions and parts/prices. Personally, I feel updating a Ti-400 isn't worth $2-300-. For Ebayers it should be noted that one have to replace the cables too in the Mercury that came without a burn capability. I assume those come with the untis PBfixit sells. The DVD-ROM in the VGA TiBooks is not a standard laptop drive, the cable is on the opposite side. Replacing it also requires a special bracket to fit into the computer. I know you get the bracket from Powerbook Resq, I picked one up last year. I now have a CW-8122 model combo drive in mine, the standard Apple drive is the CW-8121. With the new drive I have to turn down the burn speed to no more than 8x (it's 16x max) or else I get skips in the music. That's with either Toast 6 or iTunes. --- JSH lti -- 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: few newbie questions
Bruce Johnson said: 3) I take it the choice was either a CD-RW drive or a DVD-CD Rom, which is what I got. Is the swap easy? Is there a third party option to have both? Replacing the drive on these is reasonably easy, see pbfixit.com for both instructions and parts/prices. Personally, I feel updating a Ti-400 isn't worth $2-300-. For Ebayers it should be noted that one have to replace the cables too in the Mercury that came without a burn capability. I assume those come with the untis PBfixit sells. -- 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: few newbie questions
Bruce Johnson said: 3) I take it the choice was either a CD-RW drive or a DVD-CD Rom, which is what I got. Is the swap easy? Is there a third party option to have both? Replacing the drive on these is reasonably easy, see pbfixit.com for both instructions and parts/prices. Personally, I feel updating a Ti-400 isn't worth $2-300-. For Ebayers it should be noted that one have to replace the cables too in the Mercury that came without a burn capability. I assume those come with the untis PBfixit sells. Thanks for this. I'm thinking a 2.0 USB PC card with 2 ports, one to an external CD burner and the other to the printer -- 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 ---
few newbie questions
Greetings g-listers, Some of you will know me from the P-book list which I've been on for ages, though mostly lurking for the past year or two. My very trusty PB1400c has been showing signs of strain, all fixable but enough to get in the way of work, so I recently found a Tibook 400 in fabulous condition for a good price. Decided to just get it and start the switch over A couple of newbie questions to help get me up to steam. 1) Will a 2.0 USB PC card port give me 2.0 speeds or is there an internal bottleneck? (How can you tell I've been using a 1400?) 2) As I understand it, any of the battery numbers for the 15 Tibooks (A1012/M6091/M8244/M8511) will work. Did they get better with time? 3) I take it the choice was either a CD-RW drive or a DVD-CD Rom, which is what I got. Is the swap easy? Is there a third party option to have both? 4) I've heard hinges are a problem for some? These ones seem fine. What happens? 5) Can I load OS9.1 straight onto it, then boot from it with a key combination? (It has 10.2.x and 9.2.x but old software might need 9.1 -- I'll see first if the software will run in classic. Anyone using Word 98 with Endnote 4 in classic?) 6) Any advice about things to watch out for would be appreciated. Best to you, Rick -- 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: few newbie questions
on 18/04/05 19:23, Rick McCutcheon at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 5) Can I load OS9.1 straight onto it, then boot from it with a key combination? (It has 10.2.x and 9.2.x but old software might need 9.1 -- I'll see first if the software will run in classic. Anyone using Word 98 with Endnote 4 in classic?) You shouldn't have any problem with 9.2. If an application is compatible with 9.1, it should be with 9.2.2. You can hold Option at boot to pick which system you want to start from. -Laurent. -- Laurent Daudelin AIM/iChat: LaurentDaudelinhttp://nemesys.dyndns.org Logiciels Nemesys Software mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] FUBAR n.: The Failed UniBus Address Register in a VAX. A good example of how jargon can occasionally be snuck past the suits; see foobar, and foo for a fuller etymology. -- 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: few newbie questions
On Apr 18, 2005, at 4:23 PM, Rick McCutcheon wrote: Greetings g-listers, Some of you will know me from the P-book list which I've been on for ages, though mostly lurking for the past year or two. My very trusty PB1400c has been showing signs of strain, all fixable but enough to get in the way of work, so I recently found a Tibook 400 in fabulous condition for a good price. Decided to just get it and start the switch over A couple of newbie questions to help get me up to steam. 1) Will a 2.0 USB PC card port give me 2.0 speeds or is there an internal bottleneck? (How can you tell I've been using a 1400?) It should be fine, so long as you're running 10.2 or better for USB 2.0 support. 2) As I understand it, any of the battery numbers for the 15 Tibooks (A1012/M6091/M8244/M8511) will work. Did they get better with time? They've gotten *newer* with time, and so hold a better charge... 3) I take it the choice was either a CD-RW drive or a DVD-CD Rom, which is what I got. Is the swap easy? Is there a third party option to have both? Replacing the drive on these is reasonably easy, see pbfixit.com for both instructions and parts/prices. You can go up to a DVD-R/RW superdrive on them. 4) I've heard hinges are a problem for some? These ones seem fine. What happens? Same as any hinge problem, they can loosen, putting extra strain on the display or flopping about at the wrong angles. However, this is a much rarer occurrence with TiBooks in my experience. 5) Can I load OS9.1 straight onto it, then boot from it with a key combination? (It has 10.2.x and 9.2.x but old software might need 9.1 -- I'll see first if the software will run in classic. Anyone using Word 98 with Endnote 4 in classic?) Nothing I've ever found didn't run in 9.2 if it ran in 9.1...the differences between these two revs are minimal: pretty much some tweaks to run as classic better and some OpenGL improvements. Office 98 will run in classic under OS X, Office 2000 won't (this was the very last pre-OS X version and wasn't around very long). Endnote will run in classic, no problems, however upgrading both of those to OS X versions is definitely recommended. I ran into one problem with installing Endnote 6 on os x, it has to be installed by the same user who installed Office, or the installer fails on a permissions issue. This has very likely been fixed in newer versions of the EndNote installer. (That one took me a day to figure outdrove me NUTS!) -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pha acy 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 ---
Re: few newbie questions
Much thanks! Chuckle -- yes, newer is the point. So I guess the question is which numbers came first and which were later... Rick From: Bruce Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2) As I understand it, any of the battery numbers for the 15 Tibooks (A1012/M6091/M8244/M8511) will work. Did they get better with time? They've gotten *newer* with time, and so hold a better charge... -- 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 ---
