I love the trackpad. I'm a high-speed touch-typist and to me the track pad
is far better ergonomically than a track ball or mouse. I don't think I have
ever hit it accidentally during the course of typing.
Bruce
on 6/7/04 10:57 PM, Andrew F. at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Actually, as a
On 6/8/04 2:21 AM, Andrew F. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I still prefer the feel of the IBM Eraserhead Thingee, which to me is about
the best laptop pointing device out there.
Ick. Hate em. Love the trackpad. There may be something better out there
to be invented, but the eraserhead is awful.
I see your office 2004 test drive footer. How do you like it so far? I
have and like v.X, but figured on upgrading since I qualify for the student
and teacher addition, which is a steal at $150 for three licenses and I only
have the single license on v.X (installed on two computers, but can't
The whole ergonomics of the G3 Series is (are?) superior to later
models. The trackpad that follows the contour of the case interior, the
excellent keyboard, the curved case that somehow makes it more
human-friendly, the feel of the matt black finish against your hand
when you carry it.
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Maybe is just me, but when someone is selling a
portable computer without power supply, it screeams
stolen goods!
Eh, this was from a legit company selling stuff from companies that have
gone out of business.
So it's just you this time.
Actually, I
Whatabout magnesium housing? I remember skateboard trucks was (are?) made
from aluminium and that magnesium ones replaced them to some extent as
they were lighter. Would that be a good material for portables too?
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Jeff, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
I use a Lombard for recording my LP collection. RCA to mini-stereo from
the amp to the sound in on the PB, Sound Studio for recording. Then I
split the tracks, edit the pops and crackles, burn a CD from the AIFF
files and finally convert to AAC for the iTunes
On 6/8/04 3:49 AM, Susan Platter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The whole ergonomics of the G3 Series is (are?) superior to later
models. The trackpad that follows the contour of the case interior, the
excellent keyboard, the curved case that somehow makes it more
human-friendly, the feel of the
On 6/8/04 1:57 AM, Andrew F. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The 500-series were
cool because they introduced the touchpad (woe be to us), and now, a decade
later, we have, the same, ergonomically dismal trackpad.
But I don't miss removing the ball to clean the rollers.
david
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On 08/06/2004, at 5:49 PM, Susan Platter wrote:
The whole ergonomics of the G3 Series is (are?) superior to later
models. The trackpad that follows the contour of the case interior,
the excellent keyboard, the curved case that somehow makes it more
human-friendly, the feel of the matt black
In a message dated 6/8/2004 1:58:04 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Something along the lines of the IBM eraserhead, only easier to use,
retaining the ability to tap but without the huge square of touch-sensitive
whatever the hell its made of to be accidentally touched. I'm
Much too large and heavy.
Andrew
On 6/8/04 12:49 AM, Susan Platter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The whole ergonomics of the G3 Series is (are?) superior to later
models. The trackpad that follows the contour of the case interior, the
excellent keyboard, the curved case that somehow makes it
Problem with a touchscreen is that for the touch capability they usual
sacrifice some brightness and sharpness. If they could make one that looked
as good as a conventional TFT that would be a good option.
Andrew
On 6/8/04 7:12 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message
Hello all. I have just obtained a used Wallstreet II (PDQ). I am using OS
9.1. Dont want to go to OSX yet.
Are their any alternet ccl files for the internal modem? I travel to a
place that has bad phone lines, and I need to force the modem to connect at
33.6.
I have a ccl for the iMac, and for a
I just put additional memory in my Pismo and upon reboot I get the
ubiquitous no sign (the circle with the line through it). What is the
computer trying to tell me?
Thanks,
MB!
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On 08/06/04 11:40, Michael Breslin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I just put additional memory in my Pismo and upon reboot I get the
ubiquitous no sign (the circle with the line through it). What is the
computer trying to tell me?
Thanks,
MB!
Memory is not good?
-Laurent.
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On Jun 7, 2004, at 10:57 PM, Andrew F. wrote:
Actually, as a long-time trackpad-hater and IBM TrackPoint fan, why
not just
get rid of the trackpad altogether and let Apple inovate something
new? The
original PB 100 was so cool because unlike the clip-on mice of the
competition, it had a
does a pismo have enough processing power to do recording in the
configuration described below?
thanks,
lily
on 6/3/04 9:31 PM, Kristin Dewey at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm pretty much set up now with my Live musicAiwa Am-F80
MDiMicPowerbook G4SoundstudioDiscribeQue!Fire external burnerCD.
Let's take it back old-school and put trackballs back on them! :)
Seriously, am I the only one who liked/likes using the 1xx series with
the trackballs?
-Chris
On Jun 8, 2004, at 12:14 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote:
Oh lordy *ANYTHING* but that damned eraserhead. I *hate* those things.
They are a
On 08/06/04 12:30, Christopher Kolp [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Let's take it back old-school and put trackballs back on them! :)
Seriously, am I the only one who liked/likes using the 1xx series with
the trackballs?
I much prefer trackpads...
-Laurent.
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Yes!
lily wrote:
does a pismo have enough processing power to do recording in the
configuration described below?
thanks,
lily
on 6/3/04 9:31 PM, Kristin Dewey at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm pretty much set up now with my Live musicAiwa Am-F80
MDiMicPowerbook G4SoundstudioDiscribeQue!Fire external
Hello all:
I have a problem that has left me stumped. My daughter has an IBM
Thinkpad issued by her University. She received it when she was a
Freshman and will be getting a new one this August when she starts her
Junior year. She has quite a bit of music that is on her iTunes for
Windows.
Susan, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
the excellent keyboard (of the G3 series)
Excuse me, but I think the keyboard of the Powerbook Titanium is the best
so far. I write about twice as fast and make fewer errors.
I have more erroneous trackpad twinches, but maybe I havwe to adjust.
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My questions (finally!) are these: I assumed that mis-matching a WS series I
or II motherboard with a series II or I processor would result in the laptop
not working at all. Eveidently not? Anyone have similar experiences?
This might be, but I never
Anyone having issues with OS 10.3.4? My TiBook 800 DVI (768MB RAM)
was running happily with 10.3.3 but after I recently installed
10.3.4, I get slow performance, lockups (mostly Safari) and failure
to log out correctly (never gets back to the log-in screen). Any
clues?
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On 07/06/04 07:12, Roger Shufflebottom [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Anyone having issues with OS 10.3.4? My TiBook 800 DVI (768MB RAM)
was running happily with 10.3.3 but after I recently installed
10.3.4, I get slow performance, lockups (mostly Safari) and failure
to log out correctly (never
I administer over a 100 Macs at my Office. This is the procedure I do before
running an OS Update. First, I boot off the Panther CD, and run Disk First
Aid, and I also run Fix Disk Permissions. Then I boot back up, and download
the full combo update for Mac OS 10.3.4. The one that's 81 MB. When I
.. Original Message ...
On Mon, 07 Jun 2004 23:35:13 -0700 Andrew F. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
I see your office 2004 test drive footer. How do you like it so far?
I like it a lot. It has been very stable for me. That said I have
basically done relative straightforward Word docs
.. Original Message ...
On Tue, 8 Jun 2004 08:49:13 +0100 Susan Platter [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
The whole ergonomics of the G3 Series is (are?) superior to later
models.
fyi (since you sorta asked) ... ergonomics is plural so are would be
proper.
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No, you aren't. Despite all of the advances, I still consider my old 145B
to be about the best writing machine I've ever used. I miss it so much I've
actually toyed with the idea of getting another one.
Andrew
On 6/8/04 9:30 AM, Christopher Kolp [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Let's take it back
Titanium or aluminum? The aluminum keyboard is fabulous, but the one on the
titanium feels mushy to me, much like an iBook keyboard.
Andrew
On 6/8/04 3:14 AM, Mikael Byström [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Susan, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
the excellent keyboard (of the G3 series)
Excuse me, but I
Christopher, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
Seriously, am I the only one who liked/likes using the 1xx series with
the trackballs?
Yes, I'd say so.
Maybe if it was possible to have a large ball. But how? A trackball with
no moving parts?
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lily, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
does a pismo have enough processing power to do recording in the
configuration described below?
Yes, but the iMic sucks big time.
Check out this one instead:
Extreme Tech reviews Echo Audio Indigo IO 24bit PCMCIA Sound Card
Greetings:
As I am moving away from Wallstreets and more into Lombards and Pizmos now, I
will go looking for my 1st USB Keyboard on the Swap List or EPay soon...
I heard somwehere that 3rd party USB keyboards need drivers; is any driver
softeare needed for the Apple USB keyboards?
Thanks,
Thank you. I am serious about digitizing sound and doing a high quality
record in the field. I am VERY new at this. Want to make a good decision.
And keep it simple. I am considering using my pismo for recording ambient
sound. I'd also like to control input as I am recording as much as possible
Thanks. I'll pick it up this afternoon and see how it goes.
Andrew
On 6/8/04 11:45 AM, TjL [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
.. Original Message ...
On Mon, 07 Jun 2004 23:35:13 -0700 Andrew F. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
I see your office 2004 test drive footer. How do you like it so
On Tuesday 08 June 2004 11:32 am, Mikael Byström wrote:
Christopher, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
Seriously, am I the only one who liked/likes using the 1xx series with
the trackballs?
Yes, I'd say so.
Maybe if it was possible to have a large ball. But how? A trackball with
no moving parts?
Check out Apple's latest gadget http://www.apple.com/airportexpress/
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Hehehe, I did indeed - so, thanks! :)
I was not sure whether I was thinking of it as an academic subject, or
describing peculiarities!
I am becoming more accustomed to the keyboard of the iBook (500MHz
version) and find it best to type on while sitting in an armchair, feet
on a stool, laptop on
on 6/8/04 9:21 AM, G-Books at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Subject: pismo for recording
From: lily [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In-Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
does a pismo have enough processing power to do recording in the
configuration described below?
thanks,
lily
On Jun 8, 2004, at 12:09 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Greetings:
As I am moving away from Wallstreets and more into Lombards and Pizmos
now, I
will go looking for my 1st USB Keyboard on the Swap List or EPay
soon...
I heard somwehere that 3rd party USB keyboards need drivers; is any
driver
on 6/8/04 12:01 PM, G-Books at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Subject: Re: OS 10.3.4
From: Aaron Willems [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In-Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I administer over a 100 Macs at my Office. This is the procedure I do before
running an OS Update. First, I
on 6/8/04 12:01 PM, G-Books at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
does a pismo have enough processing power to do recording in the
configuration described below?
Yes, but the iMic sucks big time.
Check out this one instead:
Extreme Tech reviews Echo Audio Indigo IO 24bit PCMCIA Sound Card
On Jun 8, 2004, at 1:26 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
My advice would be to boot off
the CD, and do the same thing. Then reinstall the full 10.3.4 update.
What is boot back up?
Restart the system so it's running from the HDD not the CD.
And how do you down load the combo update while
booted from
Myh X.3.4 udates went perfectly (1GHz 12 PB, 400MZ Sawtooth) by doing
something similar. I booted from the Panther CD and ran disk first aid for
both errors (none) and to correct permissions, then just used Software
Update which worked without a hitch.
Andrew
On 6/8/04 1:47 PM, Bruce Johnson
Heh, I agree with you. I have an old PB180 that I still occasionally
use.
I like the feel of the TiBook keyboard over the iBook (I have a 900mHz
G3) and previous G3 Powerbooks. I had a rev. B 12 PBG4 that felt OK,
but not a significant improvement from the Ti (IMHO). I also find that
I make
I'm sorry for being a little off topic, but it
is on my Pismo, that I have iLife, would
like to take a 2-3minute video I have make it
into a quicktime file that will be able to be
used on PC, for a website.
Can anyone help me with the know how?
If so, please email me off list.
TIA,
Kim :-)
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Hi,
Could someone please give me the key to identifying a Lombard 333mhz
motherboard, to discern whether it can take a DVD module or not? I had heard some
333mhz mobos had the DVD capability w/o the PC card...
Also, Lombard and Pizmos share cd-dvd modules, correct?
Craig W.
Atlanta GA
If you
Back to the Pismo.
Machine works fine until I put in the DVD-ROM module. The whole thing
freezes up. Any thoughts?
Anyone got as spare logic board?
Thanks,
MB!
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Hi, my name's Marcin Wichary and this is my first post here,
although I know other LEM lists (mainly for the vintage Lisas/Macs).
I'm thinking of buying a brand-new PowerBook, which would be my
first Macintosh ever (after 15 or so years of wanting one!). Would
here be a good place to ask for
On Tue, Jun 08, 2004 at 05:37:05PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
:
: Could someone please give me the key to identifying a Lombard 333mhz
: motherboard, to discern whether it can take a DVD module or not? I had
: heard some 333mhz mobos had the DVD capability w/o the PC card...
Look in the
At 5:27 pm -0500 8/6/04, pace wrote:
I'm sorry for being a little off topic, but it
is on my Pismo, that I have iLife, would
like to take a 2-3minute video I have make it
into a quicktime file that will be able to be
used on PC, for a website.
Should be no problem. I do this all the time for
On Jun 8, 2004, at 2:54 PM, Marcin Wichary wrote:
Hi, my name's Marcin Wichary and this is my first post here,
although I know other LEM lists (mainly for the vintage Lisas/Macs).
I'm thinking of buying a brand-new PowerBook, which would be my
first Macintosh ever (after 15 or so years of
Marcin:
You've picked a great time to buy a powerbook ... IMHO.
I have had a Pismo, (school purchase) and a Titanium Aluminum
(personally purchased. I really like being on OS X Panther, even
though I am not nearly as comfortable with the inner workings of the
OS, like I was on OS 9.
You're
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2004 17:37:05 EDT
Subject: Lombard 333mhz mobos = DVD?
Hi,
Could someone please give me the key to identifying a Lombard 333mhz
motherboard, to discern whether it can take a DVD module or not? I had
heard some
333mhz mobos had the DVD capability w/o the PC
On Jun 8, 2004, at 5:54 PM, Marcin Wichary wrote:
Hi, my name's Marcin Wichary and this is my first post here,
although I know other LEM lists (mainly for the vintage Lisas/Macs).
I'm thinking of buying a brand-new PowerBook, which would be my
first Macintosh ever (after 15 or so years of
on 08/06/04 17:54, Marcin Wichary at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi, my name's Marcin Wichary and this is my first post here,
although I know other LEM lists (mainly for the vintage Lisas/Macs).
I'm thinking of buying a brand-new PowerBook, which would be my
first Macintosh ever (after 15
Today I ordered a refurb 12 Ibook 800Mhz G4/256MB/30GB/Combo from the apple
store. This is a big jump for me, as I'm writing this on a 250Mhz G3
upgraded 1400cs running OS 8.6. The ibook was as much as I could afford at
one go, but I'd like to get AppleCare, max out the ram, and get an airport
Hi Marcin,
Yes, this is a good forum for asking any PB related questions.
BTW- I bought my first Powerbook 6 months ago and have not regretted it
for a second. I got the 15 Al PB with Superdrive. I absolutely love
it. I did quite a bit of research before buying, including joining
this list
On Jun 8, 2004, at 3:40 PM, Marcin Wichary wrote:
Hi again,
To get straight to the point: I am currently thinking of buying
a PowerBook G4 15 1,33 GHz Combo with 512 MB DDR 333 SDROM in 2
SO-DIMMs
and with a backlit keyboard (which as a touch-typist I don't really
need,
but I just
Congrats on the upgrade! You'll notice a nice performance boost.
From my perspective, you'll get a nice boost by upgrading the RAM
(pulling the 128MB module and replacing it with a 512MB). You have a
full year to get AppleCare, so unless you need the phone support (which
is initially only 90
I would get the airport card before AppleCare, as the waranty can be added
anytime during your first year. As for a Panther book, O'Reily's Missing
Manual is excellent, if I could only find my copy.
Andrew
On 6/8/04 4:21 PM, Samantha Goodson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Today I ordered a refurb
Today I ordered a refurb 12 Ibook 800Mhz G4/256MB/30GB/Combo from the
apple
store. This is a big jump for me, as I'm writing this on a 250Mhz G3
upgraded 1400cs running OS 8.6. The ibook was as much as I could
afford at
one go, but I'd like to get AppleCare, max out the ram, and get an
I am a java developer who is thinking of switching. I would like to hear
reports from other developers who develop on a Powerbook rather than on
Windows (I work for a windows-centric client), or on Linux (which I
currently run on an aging ThinkPad).
Specifically,
*what tools do you use?
Does anyone know:
1. if a video ichat via an iSight on a Lombard would work in terms of
the processor speed?
If it would be reasonable, then
2. can you recommend an inexpensive firewire card for the Lombard and
where to get it?
Perhaps off topic but perhaps not:
3. Does anyone know if it is
Hi Folks,
I would be grateful if someone could tell me what keyboard [if any]
combinations that force the computer [in this case FP iMac 10.3.4] to
boot from an exernal firewire drive [10.3]. Like the C key forces the
computer to look first at the CD drive when held down at startup.
Cheers
Hold down the option key. That will give you all the options.
Gary
Richard A Hadfield wrote:
Hi Folks,
I would be grateful if someone could tell me what keyboard [if any]
combinations that force the computer [in this case FP iMac 10.3.4] to
boot from an exernal firewire drive [10.3]. Like the C
On Jun 8, 2004, at 5:38 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote:
also, you have to buy it straight with the computer, right? or can
you purchase it later?
This may depend on the locale, but I think you can buy Applecare for
any system still under the original warrantee.
Yes. And you can save some money by
- is AppleCare REALLY recommended? (yeah, I know it is, but it's
a really steep icing on top of the already hefty cake... I guess
I need some horror stories to convince me ;) )
I don't have it for my iBook or iMac. But I do have very nice repair
policies from the store I bought them from,
From: Bruce Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: New PowerBook question.
Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2004 15:10:00 -0700
A year ago I would'nt have thought I would be doing video, but today I
am (or rather later this week, I will be, splicing together footage
from our last trip.
iPhoto kills at doing stuff
I checked out Bruce's pictures at
http://oscar.pharmacy.arizona.edu/Taos_trip/Taos_trip.html
My question is -- Can I take my old images saved as old JPEGS, GIF, PICTS
and use iPhoto to work with the images? I am still waiting for my new iBook
G4 1Ghz 14 superdrive and need to do something with
Running 10.3.4 on a BW G3-300 (upgraded to a G4-450)... no real
problems. Just a small glitch with icons on the desktop.
Amanda
On 07/06/2004, at 4:12 AM, Roger Shufflebottom wrote:
Anyone having issues with OS 10.3.4? My TiBook 800 DVI (768MB RAM) was
running happily with 10.3.3 but after I
- is AppleCare REALLY recommended? (yeah, I know it is, but it's
a really steep icing on top of the already hefty cake... I guess
I need some horror stories to convince me ;) )
I don't have it for my iBook or iMac. But I do have very nice repair
policies from the store I bought them from,
So whats the value of my 500mhz titanium? I have Panther and an external
firewire CDRW drive. Oh and 768 ram, and 60gig 4800 hard disk, and airport
card.
Thanks,
shane
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