Hard drive recommendations?

2003-12-27 Thread John Acuff
The HD in my recently acquired Icebook just died, and I need to get a replacement. I would like to get a 30-40 gig drive. What brands or particular drives would you recommend? I have not needed to buy a new drive in a while, so I don't really have any idea what to be looking for. I have

How do I get rid of the blinking question mark?

2003-12-27 Thread Greenfield Bowie
I'm hoping one of you Powerbook gurus might be able to help me get my Powerbook to boot up. I recently purchased a PowerBook G3 on eBay (Lombard/G3/333/OS9.0/192Mb/4Gb/) It arrived on Christmas eve (perfect!) The 9.0 system installed on it booted ok, but was very s - l - o - w ! Years

Re: Hard drive recommendations?

2003-12-27 Thread Bill Briggs
At 3:10 AM -0500 27/12/03, John Acuff wrote: The HD in my recently acquired Icebook just died, and I need to get a replacement. I would like to get a 30-40 gig drive. What brands or particular drives would you recommend? I have not needed to buy a new drive in a while, so I don't really have

Re: How do I get rid of the blinking question mark?

2003-12-27 Thread Richard Smykla
Greenfield, As to your CD drive, you need OS 8.6 at a minimum (the one delivered with the 'bronze' PowerBooks), which could explain your failure to boot from the 8.5 CD. You really need to find a generic (retail) OS-install CD, as the system from your 7300 will be missing pieces your

Re: TiBook vs. AlBook ??

2003-12-27 Thread Paul Nicholson
On Dec 26, 2003, at 12:45 PM, G'kar wrote: On 12/26/03 3:13 PM, Paul Nicholson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't have an AlBook, but I do have a tiBook, and it's WiFi is miserable. It would barely do 25 feet straight line of site with no obstructions between my kitchen table and dining room

Re: Does Panther Really Bite?

2003-12-27 Thread Paul Nicholson
On Dec 23, 2003, at 8:34 PM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: Then, do a clean install, or, at a minimum, an archive and install. I always did a clean install and it always worked fine for me. I highly recommend doing archive and install. My tiBook went from 10.1 to 10.3 with just upgrades. Along the

Re: TiBook vs. AlBook ??

2003-12-27 Thread G'kar
On 12/27/03 1:20 PM, Paul Nicholson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Dec 26, 2003, at 12:45 PM, G'kar wrote: On 12/26/03 3:13 PM, Paul Nicholson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't have an AlBook, but I do have a tiBook, and it's WiFi is miserable. It would barely do 25 feet straight line of site

ASF was: Re: SO SORRY!!

2003-12-27 Thread Andrew, a Mac Freak
On 12/26/03 12:24 PM, Krevnik [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't think it is a problem, however, I don't think there is much of an answer other than to return the camera if possible. ASF is so horribly neglected by the PC community that created it, that the chance of stumbling over some Mac

Wi-Fi Reception problems

2003-12-27 Thread Jim Katz
I am one of those original Ti-book owners with lousy wi-fi range, but almost all my problems were solved with proper placement of the base station. I did what I saw in the store: hung the base station on the ceiling dead center in the house. That allows reception in every corner of the place,

Re: ASF was: Re: SO SORRY!!

2003-12-27 Thread Krevnik
WMP 6 for MacOS could play ASF files, WMP7 and later on the Mac cannot. People might be migrating to it because of the fact that MS ditched it and didn't renew the patent or something to that effect? I don't know for sure, since I haven't looked extensively into it. Unless the camera has a

Re: How do I get rid of the blinking question mark?

2003-12-27 Thread Paul Nelson
At 8:20 AM -0600 12/27/03, Greenfield Bowie wrote: I'm hoping one of you Powerbook gurus might be able to help me get my Powerbook to boot up. I recently purchased a PowerBook G3 on eBay (Lombard/G3/333/OS9.0/192Mb/4Gb/) It arrived on Christmas eve (perfect!) The 9.0 system installed on it

Re: TiBook vs. AlBook ??

2003-12-27 Thread Nikon's World
Ti Books always have and always will have terrible wireless reception. The poor reception has to do with the books titanium shell. The only way to get decent reception is to use a wireless card that plugs into the computers PC Card/ CardBus slot and has an external antennae. The only other way

Re: TiBook vs. AlBook ??

2003-12-27 Thread Illovox Media
I thought it was because the wire was wrapped around the base instead of the screen...:P on 12/27/03 6:06 PM, Nikon's World at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ti Books always have and always will have terrible wireless reception. The poor reception has to do with the books titanium shell. The only

Re: TiBook vs. AlBook ??

2003-12-27 Thread Paul Nicholson
On Dec 27, 2003, at 9:51 AM, James Rohde wrote: Should we also ask if Paul (or a near neighbor) uses a cordless phone in the home? Many use the same frequency range as 802.11b. That's one more reason I avoid cordless phones in my home - one less thing to have messing with WiFi. There were no

Re: TiBook vs. AlBook ??

2003-12-27 Thread Paul Nicholson
On Dec 27, 2003, at 6:22 PM, Illovox Media wrote: I thought it was because the wire was wrapped around the base instead of the screen...:P on 12/27/03 6:06 PM, Nikon's World at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ti Books always have and always will have terrible wireless reception. The poor reception

Re: TiBook vs. AlBook ??

2003-12-27 Thread Paul Nicholson
On Dec 27, 2003, at 11:17 AM, G'kar wrote: So you tested with one base station and assumed your poor reception was the norm? I agree, the TiBook reception doesn't match that of the iBook but your description is abnormal from my experience. There's plenty of stories like mine. Maybe I did have

Re: TiBook vs. AlBook ??

2003-12-27 Thread Paul Nicholson
On Dec 27, 2003, at 6:06 PM, Nikon's World wrote: Ti Books always have and always will have terrible wireless reception. The poor reception has to do with the books titanium shell. The only way to get decent reception is to use a wireless card that plugs into the computers PC Card/ CardBus

Re: Hard drive recommendations?

2003-12-27 Thread Paul Nicholson
The IBM's are quiet. Highly recommended! I put one in my WallStreet and my tiBook came with one. IBM has since sold the disk division to Hitachi, but I believe they still make the Travelstar. On Dec 27, 2003, at 6:49 AM, Bill Briggs wrote: At 3:10 AM -0500 27/12/03, John Acuff wrote: The HD in

Panther and Norton

2003-12-27 Thread Dr. John Pullyblank
Hi Again, Thank you very much for taking the time to respond to my question about installing Panther. It is up and running well, as far as I can see so far. However, I have found that while DiskWarrior and Apple's Disk Utility are happy with the end result (with some post-installation