Re: new PB question

2003-02-14 Thread Ryan Coleman
At 1:14 AM -0600 2/15/03, Steve Fuller wrote: > > I have one on order too, remember. My Pismo sold on eBay in 8 hours, and >> I'm typing on a five year-old Pentium laptop running FreeBSD until the >> PowerBook ships. > >I had forgotten about that. I'm using a PIII running Linux for now, >along

Re: new PB question

2003-02-14 Thread Steve Fuller
> I have one on order too, remember. My Pismo sold on eBay in 8 hours, and > I'm typing on a five year-old Pentium laptop running FreeBSD until the > PowerBook ships. I had forgotten about that. I'm using a PIII running Linux for now, along with my wife's Lomard with 10.2.4 on installed on it. I

Re: new PB question

2003-02-14 Thread Kevin Stevens
On Fri, 15 Feb 2003, Steve Fuller wrote: > On Sat, 2003-02-15 at 00:11, Kevin Stevens wrote: > > > > It is most definitely Ti. Only 12" and 17" PBs are Aluminum as of yet. > > > > Actually only 12" PBs are aluminum as of yet. ;) > > Yeah yeah yeah. Rub it in why don't ya? :) > > ...Patiently wait

Re: new PB question

2003-02-14 Thread Steve Fuller
On Sat, 2003-02-15 at 00:11, Kevin Stevens wrote: > > It is most definitely Ti. Only 12" and 17" PBs are Aluminum as of yet. > > Actually only 12" PBs are aluminum as of yet. ;) Yeah yeah yeah. Rub it in why don't ya? :) ...Patiently waiting for March 15th -- Steve Fuller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: new PB question

2003-02-14 Thread Kevin Stevens
On Sat, 15 Feb 2003, Andrew Johnson wrote: > On Saturday, February 15, 2003, at 12:39 AM, wappling wrote: > > > Hi, to ID this machine is it a TI or AI ? its G4 800 15 in. screen > > two > > tone light gray and dark gray, thankyou > > > > > It is most definitely Ti. Only 12" and 17" PBs are Al

Re: new PB question

2003-02-14 Thread Andrew Johnson
On Saturday, February 15, 2003, at 12:39 AM, wappling wrote: > Hi, to ID this machine is it a TI or AI ? its G4 800 15 in. screen > two > tone light gray and dark gray, thankyou > > It is most definitely Ti. Only 12" and 17" PBs are Aluminum as of yet. -Andrew -- G-Books is sponsored by

Re: CD Burner?

2003-02-14 Thread wappling
RE; my opinion is for least trouble, small dog electronics,for brand most likely la cie,unless they tell you they have something even better? and though prices are bit higher than some wholesalers, they actualy know what works. on 2/14/03 6:52 AM, Demetrius at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, >

new PB question

2003-02-14 Thread wappling
Hi, to ID this machine is it a TI or AI ? its G4 800 15 in. screen two tone light gray and dark gray, thankyou -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBook

Re: Avi Format

2003-02-14 Thread James Rohde
On 02/14/2003, James wrote: > I would like to get some feedback concerning avi format. Is there any >way Quicktime Player can play videos in avi format? Is downloading a >Microsoft product the only way, or is there a program that will convert >avi so Quicktime can view it? > This from the QT

Re: 10.2.4

2003-02-14 Thread Eric D.
Someone mentioned that 10.2.4 had added icons to the Dock that they'd previously removed. I had the same experience. I find the iApps and web apps to be next to useless so I remove them from the dock (Mail, iTunes, AddressBook, iChat, iPhoto, Microsloth Internet Explorer) yet the update to 10.2.4 a

Re: CD Burner?

2003-02-14 Thread Eric D.
on 2/14/03 5:28 PM, David M. Ensteness at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Wow, you are way too upset about things, seriously, I get pissed when > things don't work, but I am always confused, if you feel Apple is to > blame then why buy Apple stuff? Huh? > I am not saying put up or shut up, I am just

Re: Avi Format

2003-02-14 Thread chris thornton
Jeremy Derr said at ÒRe: Avi FormatÓ. [02/14/2003 14:20:30] > On Friday, February 14, 2003, at 02:29 PM, chris thornton wrote: > > > I have a follow up question. Will upgrading to Quicktime Pro result in > > more > > compatibility with avi and divx or does it just give you editing > > features? >

Re: CD Burner?

2003-02-14 Thread David M. Ensteness
Wow, you are way too upset about things, seriously, I get pissed when things don't work, but I am always confused, if you feel Apple is to blame then why buy Apple stuff? I am not saying put up or shut up, I am just confused, some people seem to say they feel towards Apple the way I do towards

Re: 10.2.4

2003-02-14 Thread james barnum
>Geez...royally f*cked up my System. I had to run DW, fsck, restart 3 >times and was threatening to wipe the HD when all finally went well. >The only difference noted so far is that the app not responding in >force quit box is now in red lettering. > >dave > No problems to date on a G3 PB 300 w/512

Re: dvd-player on a Lombard

2003-02-14 Thread Eugene Lee
On Fri, Feb 14, 2003 at 10:04:36PM +0100, marc wrote: : : I'm looking for a DVD-player for a g3/400 powerbook (bronze). Can't find : one that's compatible on the apple-site. I'm using OS X 10.1. Apple does not support DVD playback within OS X on Lombard, and probably never will. Your next best

Re: Avi Format

2003-02-14 Thread Jeremy Derr
On Friday, February 14, 2003, at 02:29 PM, chris thornton wrote: > I have a follow up question. Will upgrading to Quicktime Pro result in > more > compatibility with avi and divx or does it just give you editing > features? just editing, playback (as in, full screen), and exporting features. P

lombard

2003-02-14 Thread vicki
Hi all Just latley i have been haveing a few problems with the hdd in my lombard not being able to find the boot files. When this happens i have to reset the Mac 2 times so that the hdd will boot and when i check the sys prof it says no boot drive chosen ? select start up disk. Any advice wel

Re: OS X 10.1 -> 10.2 ?

2003-02-14 Thread Ryan Coleman
At 10:07 PM +0100 2/14/03, marc wrote: >Is this a free download(that I can't find)? > >Yes, I'm a newby, only my second day behind a Mac(g3/400 powerbook) No. 10.2, Jaguar, is a retail upgrade. In fact it is 2 CDs and therefore would be a painful download (even on my 300KB/sec line). -- RC -- R

OS X 10.1 -> 10.2 ?

2003-02-14 Thread marc
Is this a free download(that I can't find)? Yes, I'm a newby, only my second day behind a Mac(g3/400 powerbook) -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks

dvd-player on a Lombard

2003-02-14 Thread marc
I'm looking for a DVD-player for a g3/400 powerbook (bronze). Can't find one that's compatible on the apple-site. I'm using OS X 10.1. -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for

Re: Avi Format

2003-02-14 Thread chris thornton
I have a follow up question. Will upgrading to Quicktime Pro result in more compatibility with avi and divx or does it just give you editing features? Take care, Chris -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Driv

CD Burners/AVI

2003-02-14 Thread Eric Morrison
Hi: I personally prefer the QPS cd burners... they're well-built (unlike LaCie IMHO), competitively priced and Mac supported out of the box. QPS is in Chapter 7 re-org (or something like that) at the moment which is a little scary but they seem to be coming out of it just fine (I think someone

Re: CD Burner?

2003-02-14 Thread Luca Rescigno
>> Uhm actually more 3rd party burners have been supported in each >> version >> of Mac OS X. If you really don't believe it I can look up the feature >> pages on the various updates and show you ... or I spose you could go >> look yourself. For example though 10.2.4 notes that it adds support >>

Re: CD Burner?

2003-02-14 Thread Eric D.
on 14/2/03 12:12, David M. Ensteness at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Uhm actually more 3rd party burners have been supported in each version > of Mac OS X. If you really don't believe it I can look up the feature > pages on the various updates and show you ... or I spose you could go > look yourself

Re: Avi Format

2003-02-14 Thread Luca Rescigno
>> I would like to get some feedback concerning avi format. Is there >> any way Quicktime Player can play videos in avi format? Is downloading >> a Microsoft product the only way, or is there a program that will >> convert avi so Quicktime can view it? Try going to www.3ivx.com and downloadin

Re: Avi Format

2003-02-14 Thread Jeremy Derr
On Friday, February 14, 2003, at 11:01 AM, Demetrius wrote: > I would like to get some feedback concerning avi format. Is there > any way Quicktime Player can play videos in avi format? Is downloading > a Microsoft product the only way, or is there a program that will > convert avi so Quic

Avi Format

2003-02-14 Thread Demetrius
Greetings, I would like to get some feedback concerning avi format. Is there any way Quicktime Player can play videos in avi format? Is downloading a Microsoft product the only way, or is there a program that will convert avi so Quicktime can view it? G3-"Pismo" Jaguar 10.2.3 320MB 400MHz

Re: CD Burner?

2003-02-14 Thread David M. Ensteness
Uhm actually more 3rd party burners have been supported in each version of Mac OS X. If you really don't believe it I can look up the feature pages on the various updates and show you ... or I spose you could go look yourself. For example though 10.2.4 notes that it adds support for the 48x LaC

Re: CD Burner?

2003-02-14 Thread Eric D.
on 14/2/03 11:15, Mark Kippert at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Computer Geeks, I'm sure they are referring to the included software as > being unsupported by OSX (Jaguar). I would assume it will run in classic. Extremely unlikely!!! That kind of software would require direct hardware access and OS

Re: CD Burner?

2003-02-14 Thread Demetrius
On 2003-02-14 12:15:04 -0400 Mark Kippert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Demetrius on 2/14/03 9:56 AM wrote: > >> Thanks for the responses. >> >> I'm not sure if the Yamaha burner you are talking about is compatable with >> Jaguar?? >> >> Macintosh Requirements: Mac OS 8.6/9/9.1 x is not supporte

Re: CD Burner?

2003-02-14 Thread Mark Kippert
Demetrius on 2/14/03 9:56 AM wrote: > Thanks for the responses. > > I'm not sure if the Yamaha burner you are talking about is compatable with > Jaguar?? > > Macintosh Requirements: Mac OS 8.6/9/9.1 x is not supported PowerPC G3 300MHz > or faster processor 64MB RAM 50-100MB free hard disk space

Re: CD Burner?

2003-02-14 Thread Demetrius
On 2003-02-14 11:47:09 -0400 Mark Kippert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> I am looking to buy a cd burner. I really don't know what I should be >>> looking for being I'm rather new to computers. What questions should I be >>> asking? Any companies I should stay away from? I would love to hear

Re: CD Burner?

2003-02-14 Thread Mark Kippert
>> I am looking to buy a cd burner. I really don't know what I should be >> looking for being I'm rather new to computers. What questions should I be >> asking? Any companies I should stay away from? I would love to hear from more >> experienced users. >> Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Re: 10.2.4

2003-02-14 Thread Ryan Coleman
>It's easy to remove anything from the dock, just click, drag it up and >release, giving you a nifty little poof. However the update didn't add >anything back to my dock. > >My question Ryan. Since the items in the Dock are actually just aliases, had >you also removed the original applications from

Re: 10.2.4

2003-02-14 Thread Eugene Lee
On Thu, Feb 13, 2003 at 11:44:11PM -0600, Ryan Coleman wrote: : : Oh man... I just upgraded... took 90 seconds to download but they put : the three worst programs back in my dock: Mail, iChat and Address : Book. I'm sorry, but I took those out for a reason to begin with. GRR. None of those apps

Re: 10.2.4

2003-02-14 Thread Eugene Lee
On Thu, Feb 13, 2003 at 09:56:30PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: : : On Thursday, February 13, 2003, at 09:32 PM, David M. Ensteness wrote: : > : > Uhm, the red letter things has been out for a while. : : "Uhm" , that might be true, but if you'd looked at my previous post, : you'd have seen 2

Re: 10.2.4

2003-02-14 Thread Mark Kippert
Peter Sealy on 2/14/03 1:15 AM wrote: > On Friday, February 14, 2003, at 04:44 PM, Ryan Coleman wrote: > >> Oh man... I just upgraded... took 90 seconds to download but they put >> the three worst programs back in my dock: Mail, iChat and Address >> Book. I'm sorry, but I took those out for a re

Re: 10.2.4

2003-02-14 Thread Mark Kippert
Guy Masson on 2/13/03 10:10 PM wrote: > is out. > > Installed on a pismo 500. > > no issues. > > yet... Just thought I would share my experience. Last night I installed OS10.2.4, the latest Safari (still beta of course) and the latest iMovie at around 8pm Eastern. Did it via AirPort during a

Re: CD Burner?

2003-02-14 Thread Alan Miller
Demetrius wrote: > I am looking to buy a cd burner. I really don't know what I should be looking >for being I'm rather new to computers. What questions should I be asking? Any >companies I should stay away from? I would love to hear from more experienced users. > Any help would be greatly ap

CD Burner?

2003-02-14 Thread Demetrius
Hi, I am looking to buy a cd burner. I really don't know what I should be looking for being I'm rather new to computers. What questions should I be asking? Any companies I should stay away from? I would love to hear from more experienced users. Any help would be greatly appreciated. J