Flash on G4
But I would not expect a computer of any manufacture that old to stream HD anyway. Are my machines anomalies in that they handle youtube and other Flash sites just fine? If one knows what to expect, one is never disappointed! And I guess it makes a difference if you keep your Macs uncluttered as for processes running in the background. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
OT how to suggest Google groups feature
Anyone knows how to suggest a feature for Google groups? I’m on Digest for this group, and over the links in the email, I can jump either to seeing the complete thread, or just to one post. But usually what I want really is to see all new posts in a thread starting from a certain one. So I’m wishing for a link called from here or something, next to the more... link, or even instead of it. How can I send in such a thing for consideration? -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: When you really need to erase data...
Howdy, I would not be shocked. I always setup the browser to not save any of that stuff. That is really the best way. Don't remember passwords, either. And, it should go without saying that javascript is to be disabled, but I'll say it because it is so important. Good luck, Ralph On Mon, 2011-03-14 at 14:00 -0700, Jonas Lopez wrote: Try installing the Form History Control extension for SeaMonkey: https://addons.mozilla.org/af/seamonkey/addon/form-history-control/ Then go to Tools-Form History -- you will be shocked! -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Overclock a G4 iMac?
At 8:43 PM -0700 3/20/2011, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Mar 20, 2011, at 8:52 AM, John Carmonne wrote: Is there an application that will buffer a You Tube file as to afford smooth play on the slower processors? Yes, use some application to download the video, transcode it to dvd and play it that way. You can see the minor drawbacks of this process: it takes far more processing power than just playing the video. Seriously, it's time to consign the PPC to the scrap heap for this kind of application. YouTube recently discontinued the fmt tags. Things were rough for a few weeks after but now this past few weeks... I donno... Playing YouTube stuff on my QuickSilver has been pretty good! Not as smooth as on a multi GHz x86 Mac, but still quite watchable. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: When you really need to erase data...
On Mar 21, 2011, at 5:58 AM, Ralph Green wrote: And, it should go without saying that javascript is to be disabled, but I'll say it because it is so important. Because the Web circa 1993 was SO great -- Bruce Johnson Wherever you go, there you are B. Banzai, PhD -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Overclock a G4 iMac?
On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 10:19 AM, Dan dantear...@gmail.com wrote: YouTube recently discontinued the fmt tags. What does discontinued mean? I tried Googling about for some announcement or other info on just Google did, but didn't come up with anything. Does Google just ignore this fmt tag now? -irrational john -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Overclock a G4 iMac?
On Mar 20, 2011, at 9:37 PM, Daniel Stewart wrote: I honestly don't know what everyone complains about with G4s and Flash. It runs nearly flawlessly on both the Quicksilver 933mhz I had and the 733mhz Digital Audio Power macs with basically stock hardware. A LOT of Youtube's content is now HD, which is the problem; people connect to a yourtube video and it runs like crap because a machine that old is just not capable of decoding HD flash video, particularly with the Flash browser plugin. I can watch Youtube stuff adequately on my 1.67 GHz AlBook, but only by downloading the video (in my case with CosmoPod) so I can play the video with Quicktime (flash requires the Perian plugin, but so does real life,. it's a must-have QT plugin for all mac users http://perian.org/ ) On my old 1Ghz TiBook even this wouldn't work with anything above 360p HD, which is pretty crappy. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Overclock a G4 iMac?
I understand that more content is being posted in HD but most if not all of what I watch has the option to dial it down a bit to say 360p and it runs fine. I think it might be partly people forgetting these machines are several years old because they are still so capable at everything else that sometimes you forget you are using an older machine. I have also heard that most of the problem with flash on PPC has more to do with the PPC implementation of Flash being horribly written and has more to do with the mediocre effort of an Adobe software developer then the actual hardware. I am not a programmer so I could not really make an informed decision on that one. On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 1:04 PM, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: On Mar 20, 2011, at 9:37 PM, Daniel Stewart wrote: I honestly don't know what everyone complains about with G4s and Flash. It runs nearly flawlessly on both the Quicksilver 933mhz I had and the 733mhz Digital Audio Power macs with basically stock hardware. A LOT of Youtube's content is now HD, which is the problem; people connect to a yourtube video and it runs like crap because a machine that old is just not capable of decoding HD flash video, particularly with the Flash browser plugin. I can watch Youtube stuff adequately on my 1.67 GHz AlBook, but only by downloading the video (in my case with CosmoPod) so I can play the video with Quicktime (flash requires the Perian plugin, but so does real life,. it's a must-have QT plugin for all mac users http://perian.org/ ) On my old 1Ghz TiBook even this wouldn't work with anything above 360p HD, which is pretty crappy. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
bcc copy
PM G4 933 running Apple Mail 2.1.3. If I BCC someone in Mail and then later go to review the mail I sent in my Sent box, I do not see the people I BCC'd in the original. Is there any way for me to see who I BCC'd? -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Overclock a G4 iMac?
On Mar 21, 2011, at 11:21 AM, Daniel Stewart wrote: I understand that more content is being posted in HD but most if not all of what I watch has the option to dial it down a bit to say 360p and it runs fine. LOTS of people don't recognize that you can dial it down. See also this classic rant from John Welch: http://www.bynkii.com/archives/2010/01/stop_crashing_my_browser.html I have also heard that most of the problem with flash on PPC has more to do with the PPC implementation of Flash being horribly written and has more to do with the mediocre effort of an Adobe software developer then the actual hardware. Yes. I've read (recently, although I don't remember where) that the Flash plugin was originally the responsibility of one person at Adobe who had never programmed for the Mac before. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: OT OT OT need a reason ?
On Mar 16, 4:17 pm, Jonas Ulrich jonasulrich3...@gmail.com wrote: Apple has no reason to support all the different hardware out there. However, if you buy the right hardware, it's pretty simple to install Leopard or Snow Leopard on a PC. I currently run two Hackintosh's, one a desktop and one a laptop. They run great and are totally worth the time it takes to set them up. gosh, and you haven't been thrown into a window-less (pun intended) dungeon below SJ's house for EULA violations, yet? hmmm . . . .sounds like apple IS supporting OSX on PC hardware, albeit in a backhanded manner, by allowing those with sufficient smarts to do it on their own, and with no burden on apple support. none of which would have been so easy or even possible had they not pretended that they were forced to switch to the grossly inferior intel CPUs. i guess it's all in how you look at it. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: OT OT OT need a reason ?
gosh, and you haven't been thrown into a window-less (pun intended) dungeon below SJ's house for EULA violations, yet? Apple's Draconian EULA is essentially unenforceable against individual end-users. Sure, there is, indeed, case law against blatantly commercial violations of its EULA (Psystar, et. al.), but there is no known ... at least not known to me ... case law against an INDIVIDUAL who was NOT violating (emphasis intended) the EULA with NO expectation of financial gain. The legal concepts are not too dissimilar vis a vis the infamous Comstock Laws (which see). Do I own true Macintoshes? Yes. Do I use said Macintoses? No, their performance is too low to meet my needed and expected performance requirements. Do I own and use Hackintoshes? Yes, their performance meets, or exceeds, my needed and expected performance requirements. Do I make said Hackintoshes for others, on a not-for-profit basis? Sure. So, sue me! -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Safari and a RAM Disk
IN another thread, At 12:00 PM -0700 3/21/2011, Bruce Johnson wrote: I understand that more content is being posted in HD but most if not all of what I watch has the option to dial it down a bit to say 360p and it runs fine. LOTS of people don't recognize that you can dial it down. See also this classic rant from John Welch: http://www.bynkii.com/archives/2010/01/stop_crashing_my_browser.html Kibo, Bynkii, the Spaghetti Monster... these are a few of my favorite things. I've even subscribed to mailing lists mentioned by L'Bynkii, just to bask in his writings. Ok, not sure if bask is the right word, especially since it sometimes involves cleaning my keyboard. He speaks my mind awfully frequently! Stop Crashing My Browser. And to follow that theme... I tried a bit of an experiment the other day, with Safari. First I ran with its cache disabled. Interesting but not much performance boost. Then I tried using a small RAM Disk, 16 MB, and put the Safari cache there. hum! Interesting. Some pages now load much faster. And having that memory dedicated to that virtual disk really hasn't changed the performance of my already memory-poor machine at all. About makin them RAM Disks http://osxdaily.com/2007/03/23/create-a-ram-disk-in-mac-os-x/ Espérance DV (freeware) -- a system preferences pane that automates creating the ram disk for you. It can even take care of moving Safari's cache. http://www.mparrot.net/ I'm using Tiger on a QuickSilver. Does Experance work on newer and x86? - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: bcc copy
On Mar 21, 2011, at 2:49 PM, Barney Guzzo wrote: PM G4 933 running Apple Mail 2.1.3. If I BCC someone in Mail and then later go to review the mail I sent in my Sent box, I do not see the people I BCC'd in the original. Is there any way for me to see who I BCC'd? My version of Mail 3.6 shows you the BCC list. Any way to upgrade your Mail app? Mine aligns with Leopard 10.5.8. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: OT OT OT need a reason ?
On Mar 21, 2011, at 10:54 AM, ah...clem wrote: none of which would have been so easy or even possible had they not pretended that they were forced to switch to the grossly inferior intel CPUs. There was no pretense involved here at all. IBM had no interest in making low-power, high-performance PPC processors for Apple, Motorola, errr, 'Freescale' couldn't and the primary driver of computer sales (laptops) was rapidly leaving Apple behind. Other companies were introducing Pentium mobile, pentium dual., and even Core systems when Apple was stuck with an architecture last updated when the Pentium 3 was king, and desktop systems that substituted for industrial space heaters. It was a dead end. Meanwhile Intel had made big strides from the days when 'power management' equalled 'slow the CPU to a crawl' days of the Centrino. I have the latest and greatest ever PPC laptop, an AlBook 1.67 ghz system. compared to even the worst performing Macbook, it scks. It's perfectly usable (it's in daily use) but I don't make any pretense about it being a modern, 'capable of anything' laptop. Anyone still clinging to the concept that the PPC is somehow better than the Intel chips for general purpose computing are delusional regardless of what IBM has brought out for game consoles and servers. Had IBM actually cared about retaining Apple as a major chip business client, things may have turned out differently, but I doubt it...Intel's great strength is their economy of scale...if everyone is using their CPU's and chipsets to make computers, they're cheaper, and cheaper to make faster. This economy of scale is what drives Moore's Law, after all. Smartest thing Apple ever did was to move to Intel; you'll note that their 'meteoric' ascendance coincides twith the intrduction of the Intel Macs. They did well before, but their growth curve has been exponential since then. And all the lessons they learned managing OS X for two different architectures for so long paid off in spades when it came time to add a third and fourth (ARM and Apple's new CPU's in the iPhone and iPad)...Apple now has an OS scalable like MS only dreams it could ever have done and they've been doing it for longer. (Don't forget, there WAS a version of NT that ran on the Dec Alpha and the Motorola ChRP chipset...which was yet ANOTHER time Moto screwed over Apple by overpromising and underdelivering) -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Overclock a G4 iMac?
At 12:56 PM -0400 3/21/2011, John Martz wrote: On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 10:19 AM, Dan dantear...@gmail.com wrote: YouTube recently discontinued the fmt tags. What does discontinued mean? I tried Googling about for some announcement or other info on just Google did, but didn't come up with anything. Does Google just ignore this fmt tag now? We're talking about YouTube, not Google. There is a difference. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube#Quality_and_codecs Note the footnotes after the codec chart. discontinued means the tag is no longer supported. You can stick it in the url, but it makes no difference anymore. I'm guessing that since YouTube videos now play on my older Macs without that tag, they are perhaps doing some sniffing of the processor type and speed from JavaScript and adjusting accordingly. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Safari and a RAM Disk
On Mar 21, 2011, at 12:53 PM, Dan wrote: And to follow that theme... I tried a bit of an experiment the other day, with Safari. First I ran with its cache disabled. Interesting but not much performance boost. Then I tried using a small RAM Disk, 16 MB, and put the Safari cache there. hum! Interesting. Some pages now load much faster. And having that memory dedicated to that virtual disk really hasn't changed the performance of my already memory-poor machine at all. About makin them RAM Disks http://osxdaily.com/2007/03/23/create-a-ram-disk-in-mac-os-x/ Espérance DV (freeware) -- a system preferences pane that automates creating the ram disk for you. It can even take care of moving Safari's cache. http://www.mparrot.net/ I'm using Tiger on a QuickSilver. Does Experance work on newer and x86? It works, yes. I've set up a 256mb one, and had it move the caches over. I'll see if it seems faster. It'll be hard to see, though. I've got a fast system (this was on my quadcore imac, which has a 7200 rpm drive) I'll put it on my AlBook tonight and see if it helps. (also with a 7200 rpm drive) -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
MDD G4: How to install OS 9.2.2
We just posted an article on Low End Mac where Adam Rosen explains the challenges of installing Mac OS 9.2.2 on the Mirrored Drive Doors Power Mac G4. You need a special version of the 9.2.2 install disc, and Adam shares a shortcut that's faster and easier than running the installer. http://bit.ly/hvbJOJ Dan Knight, LowEndMac.com -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: OT OT OT need a reason ?
IBM had no interest in making low-power, high-performance PPC processors for Apple, Motorola, errr, 'Freescale' couldn't and the primary driver of computer sales (laptops) was rapidly leaving Apple behind. IBM did, indeed, make such processors. They are now at G7-level, which is at least THREE generations BEYOND that which Apple signed-up for. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: OT OT OT need a reason ?
At 1:44 PM -0700 3/21/2011, peterh...@cruzio.com wrote: IBM had no interest in making low-power, high-performance PPC processors for Apple, Motorola, errr, 'Freescale' couldn't and the primary driver of computer sales (laptops) was rapidly leaving Apple behind. IBM did, indeed, make such processors. They are now at G7-level, which is at least THREE generations BEYOND that which Apple signed-up for. Are you comparing the latest POWER processors to the PowerPC line? Big diff. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: OT OT OT need a reason ?
On Mar 21, 2011, at 1:59 PM, Dan wrote: At 1:44 PM -0700 3/21/2011, peterh...@cruzio.com wrote: IBM had no interest in making low-power, high-performance PPC processors for Apple, Motorola, errr, 'Freescale' couldn't and the primary driver of computer sales (laptops) was rapidly leaving Apple behind. IBM did, indeed, make such processors. They are now at G7-level, which is at least THREE generations BEYOND that which Apple signed-up for. Are you comparing the latest POWER processors to the PowerPC line? Big diff. Also, I'd like to know where I can buy a Power7 laptop system. Clearly it's small enough to fit: http://www.techspot.com/gallery/data/504/IBM_Employee_with_POWER7_Ceramic_Module_1_.jpg But when I look, none of the available systems seem really all that small: http://www.nasi.com/ibm-power7.php -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Overclock a G4 iMac?
- Original Message From: Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu On Mar 20, 2011, at 9:37 PM, Daniel Stewart wrote: I honestly don't know what everyone complains about with G4s and Flash. It runs nearly flawlessly on both the Quicksilver 933mhz I had and the 733mhz Digital Audio Power macs with basically stock hardware. A LOT of Youtube's content is now HD, which is the problem; people connect to a yourtube video and it runs like crap because a machine that old is just not capable of decoding HD flash video, particularly with the Flash browser plugin. I can watch Youtube stuff adequately on my 1.67 GHz AlBook, but only by downloading the video (in my case with CosmoPod) so I can play the video with Quicktime (flash requires the Perian plugin, but so does real life,. it's a must-have QT plugin for all mac users http://perian.org/ ) Like most have stated I have had no success with viewing streaming Youtube videos. My best Mac is a 733 MHz DA and in streaming Youtube there are long pauses with only a few seconds of play. However once the video is downloaded using only the Activity window in Safari it plays without a hiccup with the free MPEG Streamclip video player on the DA. Copying the same video over to a 400 Mhz BW it also plays without a hitch. I do have Perian installed but don't think Perian is needed with Streamclip. All the vids downloaded are 3-10 minutes long and not likely HD. I guess if the files were much longer or HD this may not be practical but perhaps a sort'a work-around for some old PPC Mac's? I don't view many Youtube vids just some favorite music that crops up from time to time. --glen -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Safari and a RAM Disk
I'm trying it on a MacPro running 10.6.6, although I was hesitant to install anything with such an ugly icon. Despite that it seems to work. On Mar 21, 4:12 pm, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: It works, yes. I've set up a 256mb one, and had it move the caches over. I'll see if it seems faster. It'll be hard to see, though. I've got a fast system (this was on my quadcore imac, which has a 7200 rpm drive) I'll put it on my AlBook tonight and see if it helps. (also with a 7200 rpm drive) -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Overclock a G4 iMac?
At 4:41 PM -0700 3/21/2011, glen wrote: Like most have stated I have had no success with viewing streaming Youtube videos. My best Mac is a 733 MHz DA and in streaming Youtube there are long pauses with only a few seconds of play. Sounds like you have a buffering problem. What speed is your 'net connection? Try clearing your browser cache. Try clearing your flash cache. Try changing the Flash storage settings. http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager.html However once the video is downloaded using only the Activity window in Safari it plays without a hiccup with the free MPEG Streamclip video player on the DA. Which means that the machine is fast enough to handle the flash content. The problem is buffering - the ability of the machine to get enough of the content in memory to keep up with playing it. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: When you really need to erase data...
On 2011/03/21 06:58, Ralph Green so eloquently wrote: I always setup the browser to not save any of that stuff. That is really the best way. Don't remember passwords, either. And, it should go without saying that javascript is to be disabled, but I'll say it because it is so important. One of the many features I like about OmniWeb is per site preferences. If a site requires javascript to function, and I want or need that functionality, I enable javascript for that site without enabling it for all sites. Same thing for cookies, and I only allow cookies from the site itself, no third party cookies, then they are all deleted when OmniWeb quits. All built in without the need for plugins, hacks, input managers, etc… Tina -- iMac 20 USB 2 1.25GHz G4 2GB RAM GeForceFX5200 Ultra 64MB VRAM 10.4.11 PB G4 15 HR-DLSD 1.67GHz G4 2GB RAM Radeon 9700 128MB VRAM 10.4.11 Mac Pro Mid-2010 2.8 GHz QC 6 GB RAM Radeon HD 5770 1GB VRAM 10.6.6 -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: OT OT OT need a reason ?
On 2011/03/21 14:02, Bruce Johnson so eloquently wrote: I have the latest and greatest ever PPC laptop, an AlBook 1.67 ghz system. compared to even the worst performing Macbook, it scks. It's perfectly usable (it's in daily use) but I don't make any pretense about it being a modern, 'capable of anything' laptop. And if you don't believe this, try running Handbrake on a VIDEO_TS folder. It should be done in a day or three, whereas a Macbook Pro will probably finish in about half the time, maybe less. Anyone still clinging to the concept that the PPC is somehow better than the Intel chips for general purpose computing are delusional regardless of what IBM has brought out for game consoles and servers. I have a sentimental attachment to my PPC Macs, and was sorry to see Apple switch to Intel (AMD anyone?), but there's no denying that we have seen performance and efficiency gains that we were never going to see with PPC. The G5 was speed limited due to power consumption (heat output), and the i/Powerbooks were stuck with the G4 for the same reason. Sticking with PPC would also have continued to limit Apple's market share, and whether you realize it or not that has a negative effect for OS X users. With a larger market share Apple has been able to R D things now that they could not have afforded to do in the PPC days, which enables us to do more with our Macs. Tina -- iMac 20 USB 2 1.25GHz G4 2GB RAM GeForceFX5200 Ultra 64MB VRAM 10.4.11 PB G4 15 HR-DLSD 1.67GHz G4 2GB RAM Radeon 9700 128MB VRAM 10.4.11 Mac Pro Mid-2010 2.8 GHz QC 6 GB RAM Radeon HD 5770 1GB VRAM 10.6.6 -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: OT OT OT need a reason ?
I would like to see AMD because I'm not crazy about my 2008 Macbook with 2G processor and 2G memory running Snow Leopard... My old Titanium Powerbook A1025 runs better running Tiger!!! I guess we will see if Apple jumps ship with them??? I have a sentimental attachment to my PPC Macs, and was sorry to see Apple switch to Intel (AMD anyone?), but there's no denying that we have seen performance and efficiency gains that we were never going to see with PPC. The G5 was speed limited due to power consumption (heat output), and the i/Powerbooks were stuck with the G4 for the same reason. Tina -- Scars only tell us where we have been, they do not have to dictate where we are going... “Choose love and peace above all other options. Commit to the goal of unconditional love and compassion for all life, in all its expressions, and surrender all judgment to God. --- Dr. David R. Hawkins -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: OT OT OT need a reason ?
On Mar 21, 2011, at 10:08 PM, Richard Gerome wrote: I would like to see AMD because I'm not crazy about my 2008 Macbook with 2G processor and 2G memory running Snow Leopard... My old Titanium Powerbook A1025 runs better running Tiger!!! Then something is seriously wrong with your MacBook, and an AMD processor will not fix anything. -- Bruce Johnson Wherever you go, there you are B. Banzai, PhD -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: OT OT OT need a reason ?
I think with the comparison of the laptop G4s to current intel offerings is a like comparing apples and oranges but that is a different story. The point I am looking to make here is the Intel Mac may be faster then the older PPC offerings but I would like to point out that a friend of mine works in a print shop and they use Macs exclusively in the art room. They have both brand new Intel Macs and old G4 power macs as backup machines. But truth be told they have found they are much more impressed with the old G4s because unlike the new faster Intel macs the G4s are actually consistently reliable. Their Intel Macs are consistently crashing or malfunctioning in some other way. The G4s are the only machines that consistently function. What good is a brand new Ferrari if half the time you turn the key nothing happens? What matters more. Speed or reliability. On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 12:13 AM, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: On Mar 21, 2011, at 10:08 PM, Richard Gerome wrote: I would like to see AMD because I'm not crazy about my 2008 Macbook with 2G processor and 2G memory running Snow Leopard... My old Titanium Powerbook A1025 runs better running Tiger!!! Then something is seriously wrong with your MacBook, and an AMD processor will not fix anything. -- Bruce Johnson Wherever you go, there you are B. Banzai, PhD -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
