Re: heat failure - other ponderables

Laurent Daudelin writes: > OK, so where does one can buy this CoolPad? Other World Computing (http://www.macsales.com), for example. //Raymond. (Happy OWC Customer). -- Raymond WikerMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Senior Software Engineer Web: ht

Re: heat failure - other ponderables

on 01/07/02 02:25, Thomas Ethen at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I use my CoolPad when I travel and at home when I have my Pismo on a hard > surface and it really makes a difference in ease of typing and how hot the > PowerBook gets. It also swivels for even greater ease of use! Buy one, you > won't

Re: shutting down pb pismo

Has to be the coolpad, mine comes on twice per day unless it is on the table. then it never comes on. Has something to do with the body having heat too. >anyway, so the indexing is set for 3 AM (sometimes I'm still working!). I do >not have a cooling issue with the TiBook -- my fan has turned o

Re: shutting down pb pismo

>Wow. I've been working all day/night, so early this morning (and it's my >birthday!!!) Happy birthday -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDR

Re: shutting down pb pismo

Wow. I've been working all day/night, so early this morning (and it's my birthday!!!) was my first chance to read ALL of the messages of this thread. I won't try to hit each point by point, but just wanted to add my two cents. I certainly don't want to escalate any flaming or political thought

Re: new drive for pismo

2 months ago I put in the IBM Travelstar 48 gig. GREAT drive, and quieter. It's a 5400 rpm instead of the normal 4800rpm. Now 5 believe for the same price they're bigger. I got it at Other World Computing. Keith Ronan -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electr

Re: shutting down pb pismo

On Sunday, June 30, 2002, at 08:14 PM, Kevin Stevens wrote: > On Sunday, June 30, 2002, at 12:29 , David Stephenson wrote: > >> Sorry to escalate this, but IMHO, not shutting it down means you are >> contributing t0 the overall wasteful use of energy that has brought us >> to such a sorry global

Re: heat failure - other ponderables

I use my CoolPad when I travel and at home when I have my Pismo on a hard surface and it really makes a difference in ease of typing and how hot the PowerBook gets. It also swivels for even greater ease of use! Buy one, you won't regret it! Tom What I meant was that I use the CoolPad when I > t

Re: heat failure - other ponderables

On 6/30/02 2:19 PM, "Tom Meade" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Paige wrote: > >> . .the CoolPad wasn't purchased due to any specific heat-related issue. I >> simply like > the pitch that it gives the keyboard for typing when not using my external > keyboard, as well as the swivel feature< > > Rep

Re: shutting down pb pismo

John Haumann wrote: > On Saturday, June 29, 2002, at 09:24 PM, Kyle Hansen wrote: > > > 5. Leaving your Mac on all the time is the equivalent of leaving your > > car > > idling all the time. The tires won't wear, the transmission won't > > wear, and > > your headlights won't burn out, but it'

Re: shutting down pb pismo

On Sunday, June 30, 2002, at 12:29 , David Stephenson wrote: > Sorry to escalate this, but IMHO, not shutting it down means you are > contributing t0 the overall wasteful use of energy that has brought us > to such a sorry global state. Pick global warming or Middle Eastern > warfare: they both

Re: To buy, or not to buy, that is the question

> The general consensus on these kinds of things is that unless a product is > obviously long in the tooth and apple suddenly introduces price cuts and > rebates to clear out channels before the intro of a new machine... No one > really knows. It's perplexing, ain't it?! ;-) Thanks, Jerry --

Re: To buy, or not to buy, that is the question

> Ahhto buy or not to buy...that is the question. That's the worst part > about buying an apple :) > > Or, like I do, you could wait for the new models to come out and get a > discount on the "obsolete" one. oops...did I say that "O" word? sorry. If > you don't *really* need the latest and gr

Re: To buy, or not to buy, that is the question

> Can yo wait three weeks? If I bought a TiBook earlier this year, I'd be > really pissed off right now. Yeah, I think that I need to wait out the three weeks! Thanks, Jerry -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbi

Re: new drive for pismo

Michael Ward on 6/29/02 7:02 PM wrote: > I need a larger drive (30+GB) for the ol' pis. > > suggestions?? make, model, ups and downs, ins and outs > A month ago I put an IBM Travelstar 40GN, 40GIG in my iBook (Dual USB) and have been most pleased with it. Plus it's much quieter than the stock T

Re: shutting down pb pismo

> Even using an APC 500 backup when my power goes I have about 20 seconds to > race to > shut off my servers until the power just pops and everything goes black. You > really DO need a very expensive surge protector to give you any real level of > safety. You're talking about something all-toget

Re: shutting down pb pismo

> > I save as much as I can. I recycle as much as I can. But some people >> require a computer on 26 hours/day and I have two of those. My laptop >> needs very very very very little to run with the display off, hard >> drive spun down and the minimum of power going to the CPU. >> >> Consider

Re: shutting down pb pismo

> I save as much as I can. I recycle as much as I can. But some people > require a computer on 26 hours/day and I have two of those. My laptop > needs very very very very little to run with the display off, hard > drive spun down and the minimum of power going to the CPU. > > Consider that. Actu

Re: shutting down pb pismo

> >Sorry to escalate this, but IMHO, not shutting it down means you are >>contributing t0 the overall wasteful use of energy that has brought us >>to such a sorry global state. Pick global warming or Middle Eastern >>warfare: they both come down, in part, to lack of self-discipline on >>saving en

Re: shutting down pb pismo

>Sorry to escalate this, but IMHO, not shutting it down means you are >contributing t0 the overall wasteful use of energy that has brought us >to such a sorry global state. Pick global warming or Middle Eastern >warfare: they both come down, in part, to lack of self-discipline on >saving energy. T

Re: shutting down pb pismo

>On Saturday, June 29, 2002, at 09:24 PM, Kyle Hansen wrote: > >> 5. Leaving your Mac on all the time is the equivalent of leaving your > > car > > idling all the time. The tires won't wear, the transmission won't > > wear, and > > your headlights won't burn out, but it's still running. >

Re: shutting down pb pismo

>Michael Bryan Bell wrote: > >> This isn't true. It just isn't. If you really think it is true, back it up >> with hard data, until then I'll have to respectfully disagree. >> You do not need a $600 surge protector to get 90% safety from normal spikes >> /surges/short brownouts... More like $1

Re: shutting down pb pismo

> Sorry to escalate this, but IMHO, not shutting it down means you are > contributing t0 the overall wasteful use of energy that has brought us > to such a sorry global state. Pick global warming or Middle Eastern > warfare: they both come down, in part, to lack of self-discipline on > saving ene

Re: shutting down pb pismo

Sorry to escalate this, but IMHO, not shutting it down means you are contributing t0 the overall wasteful use of energy that has brought us to such a sorry global state. Pick global warming or Middle Eastern warfare: they both come down, in part, to lack of self-discipline on saving energy. Th

Re: shutting down pb pismo

On Saturday, June 29, 2002, at 09:24 PM, Kyle Hansen wrote: > 5. Leaving your Mac on all the time is the equivalent of leaving your > car > idling all the time. The tires won't wear, the transmission won't > wear, and > your headlights won't burn out, but it's still running. > I was going t

Re: shutting down pb pismo

Michael Bryan Bell wrote: > This isn't true. It just isn't. If you really think it is true, back it up > with hard data, until then I'll have to respectfully disagree. > You do not need a $600 surge protector to get 90% safety from normal spikes > /surges/short brownouts... More like $100-$150,

Re: shutting down pb pismo

On Saturday, June 29, 2002, at 09:24 PM, Kyle Hansen wrote: > 4. A colder computer is a happier computer. Constant heat form even > nominal > operation will reduce the longevity of your mac. > Sounds cute, but there is no basis in fact for this statement. A cold computer is one that is of

heat failure - other ponderables

Paige wrote: >. .the CoolPad wasn't purchased due to any specific heat-related issue. I simply like the pitch that it gives the keyboard for typing when not using my external keyboard, as well as the swivel feature< Reply from Tom: So you find it useful to run your 'book open and cool and use tw

Re: shutting down pb pismo

-SNIP- >> I inform the people who chose to listen to me. That is all. I give them >> facts. Sometimes wonder why I waste my time on these lists at all. every >> year it is the same thing. > > Poor kyle. Thank you for deigning to give the world your greater knowledge, > at great personal sac

Re: Today on station K-MAC...iTunes, nuthin' but iTunes...

As a follow-up, you may also want to delete these files (they're self-generating by the OS) also stores in the user/library folder: Sapplications LSClaimedTypes LSSchemes .LSApplications_Backup .LSClaimedTypes_Backup .LSSchemes_Backup The last 3 are invisible, as the period before their name den

Re: To buy, or not to buy, that is the question

> MacRumors says no, since the latest versions were announced only a short > while ago. *points to combo drives being added to the rev.B tibooks within months of their release* > Anybody heard anything? The general consensus on these kinds of things is that unless a product is obviously long i

Re: Today on station K-MAC...iTunes, nuthin' but iTunes...

Oooh, I went round and round with this a bit ago on a clients machine. If it is the same thing, this is what has happened, and how to fix it- OSX doesn't depend on resource forks in the way OS9 did- file extensions rule, just like they do on windows. There is a file OSX uses to tell it what t

Re: shutting down pb pismo

>> I could care less. I pay for it. > > If you "could care less" then you *care*. If you "couldn't care less" then it > doesn't matter to you. Woah. Grammer nazi. > Bull&*%$. Your surge protector will not help you. Most people think that a > simple 15k joule protector will render them safe..b

Re: shutting down pb pismo

> 1. It is a waste of electricity. Not related to the computer's health. Especially when you consider a laptops power drain while sleeping, the power drain of having it in deep sleep for 8 hours while you sleep vs having to fire it up from scratch (work the hard drive hard, load the OS, load all

Re: SEC vs Apple Insiders

> fJust heard earlier this evening that the SEC has launched an investigation > today into some heavy Apple insiders dumping of Apple stock right before the > last announcement about lower earnings...Cooking the books or a Martha > Stewart thing??? Hope not!! > Regards, Heh, they have done this

Re: shutting down pb pismo

Walter R Basil wrote: > On Sunday, June 30, 2002, at 09:17 AM, Kyle Hansen > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Reasons to shut down your Mac every night (even though Apple says it's ok > > so > > sleep it): > > 1. It is a waste of electricity. > > I could care less. I pay for it. If you "could care

Re: switching off computer

kyle ... >> pad it out with some justification and then it might be helpful, but as it is >> it's not much use to anyone. >> > Reasons to shut down your Mac every night (even though Apple says it's ok so > sleep it): > > 1. It is a waste of electricity. point taken ... ;o) ... this point alo

Re: To buy, or not to buy, that is the question

On Sunday, June 30, 2002, at 09:17 AM, (KSmith3) wrote: > I'm extremely close to purchasing a TiBook, but have hesitated out of fear > that there may be some kind of MacWorld-New-York announcement about a > newer, > cheaper, faster version. > > MacRumors says no, since the latest versions were

Re: shutting down pb pismo

On Sunday, June 30, 2002, at 09:17 AM, Kyle Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Reasons to shut down your Mac every night (even though Apple says it's ok > so > sleep it): > 1. It is a waste of electricity. I could care less. I pay for it. > 2. If their is a power surge, spike or outage in you