Office 2004 slow...

2004-10-01 Thread Larry le Mac
I have just gone from M$ Office v.X to 2004 and it actually seems slower. Has anyone else experienced this ? Larry _ STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail -- G-Books is

Re: Office 2004 slow...

2004-10-01 Thread Jan Musil
I have not. Machine: PowerBook 1GHZ, 768MB RAM. Jan On 10/1/04 7:47 AM, Larry le Mac [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have just gone from M$ Office v.X to 2004 and it actually seems slower. Has anyone else experienced this ? -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog

Re: Lombard Processor or Processor Upgrade

2004-10-01 Thread Herbert Goodfriend
So: clues for sources of reasonably priced 400MHz processors? Or for an upgrade card? (Assuming one would work.) I've seen the ones that run $300+, and I just can't afford that. Lynn, Last night I was scrounging the web for spare parts for a Pismo. I saw a used Lombard processor board going for

Re: Office 2004 slow...

2004-10-01 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 10/1/04 7:47 AM, Larry le Mac [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have just gone from M$ Office v.X to 2004 and it actually seems slower. Has anyone else experienced this ? When Office 2004 was first released some reviewers claimed it was slower and I recall one backing his claims up with

OT Microsoft humor....

2004-10-01 Thread Erik Ness
http://www.times.com/imagepages/2004/09/30/opinion/20041001_opart.html Registration may be required. I think it's worth it Cheers, Erik -- ### Erik Ness [EMAIL PROTECTED] 608-242-7604 Urban Outfitters: http://nrdc.org/onearth/04win/reviews.asp Dirty

Permissions/Scripts

2004-10-01 Thread K
Thanks to everyone for the info about the correct way to run the repair permissions thing.. I just ran repair permissions successfully from Disk Utility from 10.3.5 here on the Pismo...will try it later on the iMac... Now a different stupid question..How does one get into Terminal to manually

Re: Permissions/Scripts

2004-10-01 Thread Laurent Daudelin
On 01/10/04 09:54, K [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks to everyone for the info about the correct way to run the repair permissions thing.. I just ran repair permissions successfully from Disk Utility from 10.3.5 here on the Pismo...will try it later on the iMac... Now a different stupid

Illuminated keyboards

2004-10-01 Thread Darkwolf45
What exactly are the dimensions on a newer iBook G4 keyboard vs those of the latest powerbooks? I was sitting here typing away the other night and thought to myself Self, wouldn't be cool if I had an illuminated keyboard? To which I replied Self, I think it would be cool. I wonder if one of

Re: Illuminated keyboards

2004-10-01 Thread Andrew F.
On a related note, how easy is it to change keyboard on an aluminum PowerBook (mine is a 12). I frequently type in Korean and can buy the replacement part in Korea, but want to make sure it is easy to install first. As a cheaper option, are the keycaps replaceable? Andrew On 10/1/04 10:37 AM,

Re: OT Microsoft humor....

2004-10-01 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Oct 1, 2004, at 6:53 AM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: On 01/10/04 09:43, Erik Ness [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.times.com/imagepages/2004/09/30/opinion/20041001_opart.html Registration may be required. I think it's worth it I love the Mac desktop behind. Very subtle. Funny. I've also got

Re: Illuminated keyboards

2004-10-01 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 10/1/04 10:46 AM, Andrew F. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: On a related note, how easy is it to change keyboard on an aluminum PowerBook (mine is a 12). I frequently type in Korean and can buy the replacement part in Korea, but want to make sure it is easy to install first.

Re: Illuminated keyboards

2004-10-01 Thread Kyle Hansen
On 10/1/04 10:37 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: What exactly are the dimensions on a newer iBook G4 keyboard vs those of the latest powerbooks? I was sitting here typing away the other night and thought to myself Self, wouldn't be cool if I had an

TiBook display replacement (was: TiBook display crisis)

2004-10-01 Thread gianfranco sciacca
Thanks to all who gave suggestions to try and tackle my 15 TiBook display problem. Unfortunately the display is still dark with brief flashing at startup and the explosion effect after shutting it down or sleeping it is visible also in daylight. A local Apple Centre gave me an approximate

Re: TiBook display replacement (was: TiBook display crisis)

2004-10-01 Thread Laurent Daudelin
On 01/10/04 14:05, gianfranco sciacca [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks to all who gave suggestions to try and tackle my 15 TiBook display problem. Unfortunately the display is still dark with brief flashing at startup and the explosion effect after shutting it down or sleeping it is visible

Re: Office 2004 slow...

2004-10-01 Thread Larry le Mac
From: Jan Musil [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have not. Machine: PowerBook 1GHZ, 768MB RAM. Snap AlBook 1GHz 768MB Hmm, must be something else, though I do have numerous apps running. I am planning a system reinstall soon though. Larry _ Help

Re: OSX and re-building desktop?

2004-10-01 Thread Mikael Byström
Bob said: But there may come a time when you (the generic you) may want to perform these steps to correct a problem that you're having. Thanks Bob. I didn't know this stuff actually. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com

Re: OT Microsoft humor....

2004-10-01 Thread Mikael Byström
Laurent Daudelin said: Warning: the language is slightly obscene and vulgar at times... That was not a problem for me. However, I fell asleep. Hmmm... http://www.leftcorner.com/swg/ff/ff6.htm -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronics

Re: Another strange problem...

2004-10-01 Thread walter
PhotoShop. However, don't try it. I've tried it myself and when I select PhotoShop, I get a little dialog that says You cannot add keyboard shortcuts for the application PhotoShop. I have no idea why is this. I get the same message if I try to add a shortcut to ImageReady. I tried adding

Re: Another strange problem...

2004-10-01 Thread Laurent Daudelin
On 01/10/04 17:49, walter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: PhotoShop. However, don't try it. I've tried it myself and when I select PhotoShop, I get a little dialog that says You cannot add keyboard shortcuts for the application PhotoShop. I have no idea why is this. I get the same message if I try

Re: TiBook display replacement (was: TiBook display crisis)

2004-10-01 Thread Bob
The National Enquirer reports at 2:10 PM -0400 10/1/04, Laurent Daudelin wrote: I would suggest you send an email to John Meismer at PowerBook Parts mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] and ask him. I dealt with him in the past and he has always been friendly and professional whenever I had a hardware