Re: Is this an urban myth? iBook funk after one year of use.

Yes, it is a laughable topic!! That's why I had to find out if it was true!! Jocelyn -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! |

Re: Is this an urban myth? iBook funk after one year of use.

My answer was tongue in cheek -- or perhaps up my nose. But I really needed a giggle, even I had to provide it to myself! And truth be, one never nose. > No, its not true ... its silly though ;-) > > David > > On Feb 1, 2004, at 9:55 PM, tivo wrote: > >>> A Mac repair guy was telling me that iB

Re: Is this an urban myth? iBook funk after one year of use.

Thanks to all who took a whiff of your iBook. Glad to know that is really is an urban myth. The guy sounded so confident when he told me that. He said he doesn't re-sell used iBooks due to the smelly funk. Maybe his nose is extra sensitive to smells? Jocelyn -- G-Books is sponsored by

Re: Linux on Mac hardware

On Monday, February 2, 2004, at 01:59 PM, markemmanuel wrote: I forgot to ask the question... Is the mkLinux project dead? I believe it is alive (proceeding carefully or slowly depending on interpretation) as you may deduce from the live WWW site at: http://www.mklinux.org (Last updated: Tuesda

Re: Wallstreet, pram battery, and other battery question

Thanks all you replied to my inquiry. Your info and advice was very helpful. Jocelyn -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! |

Re: Wallstreet fixed in the PDQ? What is the PDQ?

Clark, I'm wondering what you meant by 'keep turning' the computer.what does that look like? Could you describe a bit more? Thanks, Jocelyn >>>That problem does indeed happen on the PowerBook. One can shield the drive with Mu metal to fix it. This is a material that has a high magnetic p

Re: Is this an urban myth? iBook funk after one year of use.

No, its not true ... its silly though ;-) David On Feb 1, 2004, at 9:55 PM, tivo wrote: A Mac repair guy was telling me that iBooks develop a smell after a year due to the kind of plastic used. The heat makes the plastic stink. Anybody know if this is true? Jocelyn I'm sniffing mine as we spea

Re: Is this an urban myth? iBook funk after one year of use.

> A Mac repair guy was telling me that iBooks develop a smell after a year due > to the kind of plastic used. The heat makes the plastic stink. > Anybody know if this is true? > > Jocelyn I'm sniffing mine as we speak -- six months of age, no smell yet. What kind of a smell should I be on the sni

Re: Wallstreet, pram battery, and other battery question

on 01/02/04 19:36, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Ok, I test drove the Wall street PowerBook that is for sale for $200 today. > The date and time is not holding, so I assume it needs a Pram battery. > > The guy told me laptop don't have a PRAM battery. Is that true? If it does >

Re: Wallstreet, pram battery, and other battery question

Jocelyn here are my 2 cents; You could always get the serial number and go yourself to a Mac Resellers, get it check 1) To make certain that it is not stolen good (in that case no Apple resellers will repair it) 2) To know exactly it's age and who was the original owner. If the sellers does see

Is this an urban myth? iBook funk after one year of use.

A Mac repair guy was telling me that iBooks develop a smell after a year due to the kind of plastic used. The heat makes the plastic stink. Anybody know if this is true? Jocelyn -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refur

Re: PRAM battery

Hi John to greatly simplify the equation just go to any Apple resellers with the precise version of your Wallstreet and they will sell you the proper battery on top of it they will be glad to give you some tip as to how to change it and reset (case being) the Cuda. Regards Hugo Trottier GoMac

Re: OT: please stop rehashing this old myth!!!

This thread was killed ... you should check your facts. David Robin: I wasn't the one who renamed it. Dan K brought it up again. Get your facts straight. -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check

Re: External USB Drives question

I already got the answer to my question. I'm kinda pissed that Kyle marked me as some type of troll. On Feb 1, 2004, at 5:50 PM, Robin Ashe wrote: Seems like a valid question to me. Why is it dead? --markemmanuel ___t_h_e_w_o_l_f_p_u_p_._c_o_m_. Markemmanuel F. Rodriguez http:/

Re: Linux on Mac hardware

I forgot to ask the question... Is the mkLinux project dead? --markemmanuel ___t_h_e_w_o_l_f_p_u_p_._c_o_m_. Markemmanuel F. Rodriguez http://www.thewolfpup.com/ . -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Sma

Re: Linux on Mac hardware

The advent of Open firmware may have made it easier but Linux (and BSD and possibly even Minix) have been available on the Mac platform many model aeons ago. see e.g. http://www.maconlinux.org/ http://www.mac.linux-m68k.org/ Now I've only played with YellowDog personally but spent much happy ti

Re: Wallstreet fixed in the PDQ? What is the PDQ?

At 2:11 PM -0500 2/1/04, Laurent Daudelin wrote: on 01/02/04 13:54, David M. Ensteness at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Actually I haven't ever heard of wide spread sleep issues on WS PBs. However there was a hinge problem with them. I've read about a few sleep problems, not sure if they involved a W

Wallstreet, pram battery, and other battery question

Ok, I test drove the Wall street PowerBook that is for sale for $200 today. The date and time is not holding, so I assume it needs a Pram battery. The guy told me laptop don't have a PRAM battery. Is that true? If it does have a PRAM battery, I need a webpage for PRAM batteries with prices. Al

Re: PRAM battery

On 2/1/04 4:02 PM, "JOHN.E.ABRAHAM" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello Listers, > > I am new to PowerBooks but not to Macs. > > I suspect the PRAM battery has failed on my WallStreet 233 mhz > revised model with 512k cache. > The date keeps on needing to be reset every time I bootup. On my > d

PRAM battery

Hello Listers, I am new to PowerBooks but not to Macs. I suspect the PRAM battery has failed on my WallStreet 233 mhz revised model with 512k cache. The date keeps on needing to be reset every time I bootup. On my desktop Mac this is normally corrected with a new PRAM battery which I have fitte

Linux on Mac hardware

Hi All, All hardware can have problems but I've experienced more problems with PC systems, particular PC laptops (e.g. a Gateway brick) and PC workstations (a highly configured Pentium research machine where my disk died/fried?). On Monday, February 2, 2004, at 04:20 AM, markemmanuel wrote: I

Re: External USB Drives question

On 2/1/04 11:47 AM, "Kyle Hansen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This thread is dead. Drop it. Seems like a valid question to me. Why is it dead? -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our we

Re: OT: please stop rehashing this old myth!!!

On 2/1/04 9:20 AM, "markemmanuel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Isn't the main reason for new Apple hardware to run the latest BSD > stuff (sans FreeBSD), Linux, Windows (via VirtualPC), and other stuff > due to Apple's acceptance of Openfirmware while Windows based > manufacturers still rely on BI

Re: OT: please stop rehashing this old myth!!!

On 2/1/04 10:42 AM, "David M. Ensteness" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I realized you were a troll and that we were wasting people's time so I > apologized and stopped. Maybe when you grow up you can make big > decisions too. > > Now, the list nanny has asked for this thread to stop as well ... >

Re: OT: please stop rehashing this old myth!!!

On 2/1/04 12:06 PM, "Frank P. Eigler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Forget that. I say we all meet at a Quake site and have at it! :-) > I'm more of an Unreal Tournament fan, but Quake would probably be better considering it doesn't make good use of the second mouse button! -- G-Books is spons

Re: External USB Drives question

Sorry for posting this to the list. I meant to send this to Kyle directly. On Feb 1, 2004, at 3:04 PM, markemmanuel wrote: Kyle, Why are you killing my thread? ... --markemmanuel ___t_h_e_w_o_l_f_p_u_p_._c_o_m_. Markemmanuel F. Rodriguez http://www.thewolfpup.com/ _

Re: External USB Drives question

Kyle, Why are you killing my thread? I want information on USB Floppy drives for my Pismo. I want a black floppy drive to match the computer of my 'book. All the USB floppy drives on ebay that's listed for macs are all fruity iMac colors. The black ones were IBM, Dell, and Sony products so

Re: OT: please stop rehashing this old myth!!!

Forget that. I say we all meet at a Quake site and have at it! :-) On Sun, 1 Feb 2004, David M. Ensteness wrote: > We all going to meet on the playground during recess and settle this? > Your bet money thing is cute, I haven't heard it since the beginning of > high school, but its cute ... > > Co

Re: External USB Drives question

This thread is dead. Drop it. -- Kyle H. Hansen G-Books Nanny "It's Always darkest... right before it gets totally black." -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbish

Re: External USB Drives question

From: markemmanuel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: External USB Drives question Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2004 11:25:15 -0600 Okay, so... I encountered my first school project that requires that I have a floppy. My Pismo doesn't have a floppy and I won't be using floppy until another few years. On eBay there

Re: Can't we all just get along?!?!

About Can't we all just get along?!?!, at 14:17pm -0500 on 2/1/04, Dan K stated: I'd consider it handled. Let a nanny know if it crops up again. -- HTH, Paul () <>< QuadList & PCI PowerMacs nanny ^±^ Thank you. -Laurent. List nanny, G-Books List Laurent Daudelin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- S

Hello...hello...hello....

What on earth are we dicussing Mac vs PC stuff for... that's as old as DOS... can we get back to Mac powerbook problems? I'm sure there is a "laptop" forum out there with their own problems. Gordon (think I will sign off for awhile until this stuff blows over) -- G-Books is sponsored by

Can't we all just get along?!?!

"Re: OT: please stop rehashing this old myth!!!" (and before that "Re: iBook Logic Board Repair Extension Program") Robin Ashe wrote: and David M. Ensteness wrote: Geez oh man!!! Can't you kids just get along?!?! And if you can't, can you please take it off the list?!?! Dang I'm really sorry

Re: Wallstreet fixed in the PDQ? What is the PDQ?

On Sunday, February 1, 2004, at 01:54 PM, David M. Ensteness wrote: Actually I haven't ever heard of wide spread sleep issues on WS PBs. However there was a hinge problem with them. David On Feb 1, 2004, at 12:53 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for the info about the Wallstreet 'sleep' pro

Re: Wallstreet fixed in the PDQ? What is the PDQ?

on 01/02/04 13:54, David M. Ensteness at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Actually I haven't ever heard of wide spread sleep issues on WS PBs. > However there was a hinge problem with them. I've read about a few sleep problems, not sure if they involved a Wallstreet. The problem can occur if you replac

Re: Wallstreet fixed in the PDQ? What is the PDQ?

on 01/02/04 13:53, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Thanks for the info about the Wallstreet 'sleep' problem. What's the PDQ? > Any other problems I should be aware of with this model of laptop? > > Jocelyn The PDQ was another code name for the second generation Wallstreet, IIRC.

Re: Wallstreet fixed in the PDQ? What is the PDQ?

Actually I haven't ever heard of wide spread sleep issues on WS PBs. However there was a hinge problem with them. David On Feb 1, 2004, at 12:53 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for the info about the Wallstreet 'sleep' problem. What's the PDQ? Any other problems I should be aware of with t

Wallstreet fixed in the PDQ? What is the PDQ?

Thanks for the info about the Wallstreet 'sleep' problem. What's the PDQ? Any other problems I should be aware of with this model of laptop? Jocelyn >>Jocelyn Then it should be a good deal. I don't know if it was fixed in the PDQ, but my Wallstreet has major troubles going to sleep, and most o

Re: OT: please stop rehashing this old myth!!!

I realized you were a troll and that we were wasting people's time so I apologized and stopped. Maybe when you grow up you can make big decisions too. Now, the list nanny has asked for this thread to stop as well ... perhaps this time you can not just rename it and keep plugging along Robin ..

Re: OT: please stop rehashing this old myth!!!

Folks, I think that this thread doesn't bring anything useful to this list. So, I would like you guys to give up and let it dies. Thank you. -Laurent. List nanny, G-Books List -- Laurent Daudelin AIM/iChat: LaurentD

External USB Drives question

Okay, so... I encountered my first school project that requires that I have a floppy. My Pismo doesn't have a floppy and I won't be using floppy until another few years. On eBay there seems to be a large number of floppies up for auction but I want something to black like my pismo. The only

Re: OT: please stop rehashing this old myth!!!

Isn't the main reason for new Apple hardware to run the latest BSD stuff (sans FreeBSD), Linux, Windows (via VirtualPC), and other stuff due to Apple's acceptance of Openfirmware while Windows based manufacturers still rely on BIOS? Also, isn't running Virtual PC make Window's painfully slow o

Re: OT: please stop rehashing this old myth!!!

On Feb 1, 2004, at 9:26 AM, Robin Ashe wrote: That I think would be a good thing. For the majority of software, the G4 isn't any faster than the G3. They would have had to change the name eventually though, just to keep business going. The G4 would probably be 64bit instead. At the time the G4 w

Re: OT: please stop rehashing this old myth!!!

On 2/1/04 7:05 AM, "markemmanuel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > He's not saying he likes Windows based PCs. He's just stating saying > we either don't care or some of us have a superiority complex. I don't > care unless I am building a box for someone. That does pretty much sum up my feelings. H

Re: OT: please stop rehashing this old myth!!!

On 2/1/04 7:12 AM, "markemmanuel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If Apple switched to IBM two years ago we'd be using G3 chips running > cooler and faster. There would be no G4 in Macs. That I think would be a good thing. For the majority of software, the G4 isn't any faster than the G3. They woul

Re: OT: please stop rehashing this old myth!!!

On Feb 1, 2004, at 3:26 AM, Robin Ashe wrote: You're not familiar with the concept of conservation of energy are you? Nitpicking is a dangerous thing. He was just screwing around. They're responsible for choosing the third party. Yeah, you have a point. They have to make sure they're receiving

Re: OT: please stop rehashing this old myth!!!

I personally thought they were getting better. On Feb 1, 2004, at 1:00 AM, Robin Ashe wrote: Are you willing to bet money on that? Because I'm willing to bet money against it. Quality Macs have been disappearing since 2000. --markemmanuel ___t_h_e_w_o_l_f_p_u_p_._c_o_m_. Markemman

Re: OT: please stop rehashing this old myth!!!

He's not saying he likes Windows based PCs. He's just stating saying we either don't care or some of us have a superiority complex. I don't care unless I am building a box for someone. Talking about busted PCs, my old Beige G3 had its HDD die three months after my Apple Care warranty died, si

Re: OT: please stop rehashing this old myth!!!

That's odd that that happened with the Dells since the HDD, DVD drive, and power supply are from the same manufacturers that Apple uses. On Jan 31, 2004, at 9:30 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here's something you'll never hear an Apple user say: "Yeah, they make a great computer. Well, the hard

Re: OT: please stop rehashing this old myth!!!

On Sunday, February 1, 2004, at 03:34 AM, Hoju Dingo wrote: Gee ... my Pismo has been very reliable since 2000 I second that...I bought my G4 iBook 2 months ago and it is working much better than any *New* Windows I have ever encountered. Apple is how it's always been: making the best compute

Check this out!

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Re: OT: please stop rehashing this old myth!!!

On 2/1/04 3:28 AM, "Bruce Mitchell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > on 2/1/04 3:21 AM, Robin Ashe at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> On 2/1/04 2:16 AM, "Bruce Mitchell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> Can the moderator please block further posts from this jackass? We don't >>> need a Mac

Re: OT: please stop rehashing this old myth!!!

on 2/1/04 3:21 AM, Robin Ashe at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On 2/1/04 2:16 AM, "Bruce Mitchell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >> >> Can the moderator please block further posts from this jackass? We don't >> need a Mac hater on a Mac help list!! >> > > There's a difference between being a M

Re: OT: please stop rehashing this old myth!!!

On 2/1/04 2:16 AM, "Bruce Mitchell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Can the moderator please block further posts from this jackass? We don't > need a Mac hater on a Mac help list!! > There's a difference between being a Mac hater and not being a PC hater. If I was a Mac hater I wouldn't have

Re: Personal LaserWriter LS on WallStreet

On 2/1/04 1:42 AM, "John Acuff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Oops, make that "non-Postscript printers like the PLW 300". My > bad.. Does the same go for the LS? I thought it was Postscript? -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.

Re: OT: please stop rehashing this old myth!!!

On Sunday, February 1, 2004, at 08:26 PM, Robin Ashe wrote: How is Apple responsible for what any 3rd party choses to do? They're responsible for choosing the third party. And there is a natural logical flow here? People were saying they should have dropped Motorola for years before they moved

Re: OT: please stop rehashing this old myth!!!

Can the moderator please block further posts from this jackass? We don't need a Mac hater on a Mac help list!! -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks

Re: iMac tray problem OSes

I didn't claim I had more control than a Mac using OS X. I haven't used OS X much. You're making a big assumption. As for OS 9, hell yes. If I want a specific program to open a document in Windows, all I have to do is change the file extension. I can even invent a new extension if I want. If I

Re: Personal LaserWriter LS on WallStreet

On Sunday, February 1, 2004, at 01:46 AM, John Acuff wrote: On Saturday, January 31, 2004, at 01:13 PM, John Slavin wrote: Well, it's definitely not postscript. You can look here: http://www.info.apple.com/support/applespec.legacy/laser.html Under the language, it says quickdraw. Compare that

Re: OT: please stop rehashing this old myth!!!

Gee ... my Pismo has been very reliable since 2000, so maybe I just got lucky. H ... compared to comparable (or even more expensive) PC laptops, I'm singing and dancing and even am able to run the latest OSX operating system (not to mention OS9, Linux, BSD, Windows ... etc) which allows one to

Re: OT: please stop rehashing this old myth!!!

On 2/1/04 1:17 AM, "Hoju Dingo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This sort of blanket statement flawed logic is really a waste of > electrons. You're not familiar with the concept of conservation of energy are you? > How is Apple responsible for what any 3rd party choses to do? They're responsib

Re: iMac tray problem OSes

On 1/31/04 11:44 PM, "David M. Ensteness" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ah, the subject line of this e-mail thread was written by you and it > was about how the tray loading iMac drive was flawed, that is what I > referenced [the CD-ROM drives] in my above statement, you reading OK? > Need some help

Re: OT: please stop rehashing this old myth!!!

On Sunday, February 1, 2004, at 05:58 PM, Robin Ashe wrote: You're working under the false assumption that I was trying to back up my previous comment. This, however is: Regardless, I don't see how putting the blame on a 3rd party because apple didn't make it has any point. Apple is responsible

Re: Need clarification on Wallstreet PowerBook Series II. Thanks for car charger info

On 2/1/04 12:18 AM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for the info. > I want a laptop to do email, MS Word, and internet. This guy who used to be > in my user group has the Wallstreet for sale. Sounds like he's taken good care > of it. I'll be travelling for a while and need

Re: Stopping the Insanity [was OT: please stop rehashing this old myth!!!]

OK, I am not going to post to these couple threads that have become flame wars any more. I just got a digest full of crap on the swap list and realized how people on this list must feel. I apologize for participating. Sincerely, David -- G-Books is sponsored by and...

Re: Need clarification on Wallstreet PowerBook Series II. Thanks for car charger info

Thanks for the info. I want a laptop to do email, MS Word, and internet. This guy who used to be in my user group has the Wallstreet for sale. Sounds like he's taken good care of it. I'll be travelling for a while and need an inexpensive laptop with more memory and speed than my old Power Mac 5

Re: OT: please stop rehashing this old myth!!!

We all going to meet on the playground during recess and settle this? Your bet money thing is cute, I haven't heard it since the beginning of high school, but its cute ... Come now, more Mac bashing with a complete lack of substantiation ... What does that equal T-R-O-L-L. Cheers to you, Davi

Re: OT: please stop rehashing this old myth!!!

On Feb 1, 2004, at 12:58 AM, Robin Ashe wrote: You're working under the false assumption that I was trying to back up my previous comment. Well, forgive me for assuming that you would have the sense to backup anything you have said thus far ... while it is the nature of debate, you have proven

Re: iMac tray problem OSes

Depends on your definition of flawed, but I stated that the iBook had a flawed design, not the iMac. I recall saying it worked fine except for the CD Drive. Ah, the subject line of this e-mail thread was written by you and it was about how the tray loading iMac drive was flawed, that is what I r

Re: iMac tray problem OSes

On 1/31/04 7:48 PM, "David M. Ensteness" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The two tray loading iMacs I owned a couple years back were also just > fine ... I can understand criticizing that they were fragile, because > well, it was a tray loading drive, but that does not mean it was a > flawed design.

Re: Need clarification on Wallstreet PowerBook Series II. Thanks for car charger info

That depends on its condition. If it's in good condition it's a good deal, if it isn't then $50 would be too much. Also keep in mind you'll probably have to buy a new battery for it, so that will jack up the price. On 1/31/04 8:23 PM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The guy want

Re: OT: please stop rehashing this old myth!!!

Are you willing to bet money on that? Because I'm willing to bet money against it. Quality Macs have been disappearing since 2000. > > Here's something you'll never hear an Apple user say: > > "Yeah, they make a great computer. Well, the hard drive died a week after I > bought it and then a coupl