Re: Large or small (was Pismo vs ibook?)

why does the vst zip not work in X mine works fine on my lombard in 10.1.5. vicki On Wednesday, October 6, 2004, at 06:09 AM, Iain McShane wrote: All, Pismo vs ibook I just have just bought a Pismo 400Mhz, installed 768M RAM and a 60Gig Drive, it also came with a VST 6Gig drive bay, VST 250M Zip (

Re: Large or small (was Pismo vs ibook?)

OK, folks, move on. These are not the droids you're looking for... I think we read from everybody about whether they prefer a small laptop or a big one. Please, let this thread die. -Laurent. G-Books list nanny. -- Lau

Re: Large or small (was Pismo vs ibook?)

All, Pismo vs ibook I just have just bought a Pismo 400Mhz, installed 768M RAM and a 60Gig Drive, it also came with a VST 6Gig drive bay, VST 250M Zip (does not work in OSX) and two batteries. Also had an Airport card installed. Was in a cafe yesterday, used bluetooth and Nokia over GPRS to get

Re: Help is not helpful

The National Enquirer reports at 8:59 PM -0500 10/5/04, Claire Hart wrote: > >> I selected "Mac Help" under "Library", and the Mac Help window filled > >> in as it should. I clicked here and there, and it works fine. Yeah! > >> I quit it, then opened it again, and it was blank again, requiring m

Re: Large or small (was Pismo vs ibook?)

Perhaps your religious zeal annoyed me. Andrew On 10/5/04 10:31 PM, "Bob" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The National Enquirer reports at 10:17 PM -0700 10/5/04, Andrew F. wrote: > >> Religious zeal or not, Wallstreet and similar models are still too big. > > Good grief, give it a break. You ma

Re: Large or small (was Pismo vs ibook?)

The National Enquirer reports at 10:17 PM -0700 10/5/04, Andrew F. wrote: >Religious zeal or not, Wallstreet and similar models are still too big. Good grief, give it a break. You made your feelings known long ago. You're free to think what you want, but nobody died and made you the final autho

Re: Large or small (was Pismo vs ibook?)

United, Delta, Southwest and Alaska for domestic, United, Asiana and JAL for international. Yes, a Wallstreet can be used, if you shove the base of the computer against your chest and only open the display halfway, which makes for a very awkward typing position. The small machines, on the other h

Re: Large or small (was Pismo vs ibook?)

As a 12" PB owner, I think that religious zeal for anything, including religion is a bad thing. Andrew On 10/5/04 9:49 PM, "Dan Palka" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As a Wallstreet owner, I couldn't agree more. > > On Oct 5, 2004, at 11:37 PM, Bob wrote: > >> The vast majority of >> Wallstreet

Re: Large or small (was Pismo vs ibook?)

If I couldn't sell it and it was the only machine I could have, that would be a very difficult choice since the 280 has no wifi possibility, and that is something I use frequently. If the choice was changed to a Wallstreet or a 2400c, I would grab the 2400c in a heartbeat. Andrew On 10/5/04 9:4

Re: Large or small (was Pismo vs ibook?)

Religious zeal or not, Wallstreet and similar models are still too big. Andrew On 10/5/04 9:37 PM, "Bob" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The National Enquirer reports at 8:33 PM -0600 10/5/04, Andrew Kershaw wrote: > >>> Just like the modern machines, the Wallstreet is too big for a >>> coach-c

Lombard startup problems

Hi, I'm trying to diagnose a Lombard that was working well until it got its LCD panel replaced. I guess something could've been put back together wrong. The problem is that now, to boot the Lombard, you have to use the Reset button on the back, near the modem port. Otherwise it won't boot. What d

Re: Large or small (was Pismo vs ibook?)

What airline are you flying on??? I've never had trouble with any laptop (Compaq, IBM, or beloved Apple) on any airplane seat. Most tray tables not only fold out, but then also SLIDE forward. The Wallstreet fits fine (as did the leviathan iBook 366 I had). On Oct 5, 2004, at 10:17 PM, Andrew F

Re: Large or small (was Pismo vs ibook?)

As a Wallstreet owner, I couldn't agree more. On Oct 5, 2004, at 11:37 PM, Bob wrote: The vast majority of Wallstreet and Pismo owners have an extra zeal and loyalty regarding their PowerBooks. It's not surprising that there are so many current owners of these 4-6 year old models on this list. --

Re: Large or small (was Pismo vs ibook?)

One of the rules was you couldn't sell it. On Oct 5, 2004, at 10:11 PM, Andrew wrote: If offered a free Wallstreet or a free Duo 280, AND THAT WAS MY ENTIRE COMPUTER BUDGET, I'd take the wallstreet and immediately sell it on eBay so I could buy something smaller and better, like the 2400c. -- G-B

Re: Large or small (was Pismo vs ibook?)

The National Enquirer reports at 8:33 PM -0600 10/5/04, Andrew Kershaw wrote: > > Just like the modern machines, the Wallstreet is too big for a > >coach-class airplane seat >You think so? I never had any trouble with mine on the airliners >It fit alright on the tray table, though opening

Re: I need some ideas/help

The National Enquirer reports at 1:28 PM -0700 10/5/04, Peter Webster wrote: >At 12:19 PM -0700 10/5/04, Bruce Johnson wrote: > >On Oct 5, 2004, at 12:06 PM, Peter Webster wrote: > > > >> I'm running Word 2001 on my Wallstreet (sys 9.1). When I send Word > >> attachments to non-Mac users (yeah, da

Re: Large or small (was Pismo vs ibook?)

Sorry, I meant 2400c, typo. Andrew On 10/5/04 7:33 PM, "Andrew Kershaw" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I would rather have a 2300c than a Wallstreet. The 2300c was the lightest >> Apple laptop ever, and while incapable of running OS X, it IS capable of >> wireless internet and office productivi

Re: Large or small

Claire: Did you go ahead an buy applecare? I would highly recommend it for laptops. There has never been a case where I haven't got my money's worth for applecare. And Apple will provide service from you door (in the way of an overnight shipping box). John Slavin On Oct 5, 2004, at 10:01 PM,

Re: Large or small (was Pismo vs ibook?)

If offered a free Wallstreet or a free Duo 280, AND THAT WAS MY ENTIRE COMPUTER BUDGET, I'd take the wallstreet and immediately sell it on eBay so I could buy something smaller and better, like the 2400c. Andrew -Original Message- From: G-Books [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dan Palk

Re: Large or small

Before I bought my 17" PowerBook, I got on this list and asked questions. I wasn't sure if I wanted a tower or a PB. As the various opinions came in, I began to lean toward a PowerBook, but probably a 15" one. A few more posts here and there, and I went for the 17" instead. I love it. I wi

Re: Large or small (was Pismo vs ibook?)

I would rather have a 2300c than a Wallstreet. The 2300c was the lightest Apple laptop ever, and while incapable of running OS X, it IS capable of wireless internet and office productivity work in comfort. No it's not. The 2300c has no ethernet port, no USB port, and no PCMCIA slots. It can't e

Re: Help is not helpful

on 05/10/04 21:59, Claire Hart at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Dunno. As an experiment, you might want to quit Help Viewer. Then, >> going in >> your home directory, go in 'Library', then, inside 'Library', >> 'Preferences' >> and retrieve the files named 'com.apple.help.plist', >> 'com.apple.helpu

Re: Help is not helpful

When nothing is open and all applications (according to the dock) are not open, and my menu bar has "finder" as the open application", and I click "help", there be nothing in the resulting opened window. I have Help's own red/yellow/green buttons, the left/right arrows, the little house button

Re: Large or small (was Pismo vs ibook?)

Well with that in mind, I bet if I only used Claris Works 1.03 (like on my Quadra 900) I would also perhaps opt for the Duo. On Oct 5, 2004, at 8:20 PM, Mikael Byström wrote: An author with WriteNow 4 might. Ahh, WN was a great word processor. -- G-Books is sponsored by an

Re: Large or small (was Pismo vs ibook?)

Dan Palka said: >I honestly do not believe if somebody offered you a free Wallstreet OR >a free Duo 280 (monochrome) you would take the Duo. You could not take >both, and you could not sell the one that you take, and you had to keep >it permanently and use it daily, there's no way you would ta

Re: Large or small (was Pismo vs ibook?)

I don't understand the logic behind this statement though. I honestly do not believe if somebody offered you a free Wallstreet OR a free Duo 280 (monochrome) you would take the Duo. You could not take both, and you could not sell the one that you take, and you had to keep it permanently and use

Problems with OS 9.2 applications opening

While in OS X environment some 9.2 app's won't open: Nisus 4.6 for one, Simple Text, however, MS Word does fine. Any suggestions or advice? TIA -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site

Re: Motorola V400 & iPhoto on my PowerBook G3 via USB with OS X

Dan Palka said: > >> Panther ran as well as or better than OS 9 on my powerbook G3 series >> 266 >> (WS II or PDQ). > >No it didn't. Read my lips: "on *my* powerbook g3 series 266". That was with only 384MB. It ran Panther from January to May this year. Please don't try and detract my personal ex

Large or small (was Pismo vs ibook?)

I would rather have a 2300c than a Wallstreet. The 2300c was the lightest Apple laptop ever, and while incapable of running OS X, it IS capable of wireless internet and office productivity work in comfort. If someone made a module to replace the old Duo modem with a WiFi card, I'd even take a Duo

Re: Pismo vs ibook?

I was just commenting on someone's ridiculous statement that they would rather have a 2400c than a Wallstreet or something like that. And I do enjoy it. I sold my iBook 366 to get this Wallstreet because I wanted the bigger screen and faster processor. I never play games so the Rage 128 wasn'

Re: Help is not helpful

Claire Hart said: >I selected "Mac Help" under "Library", and the Mac Help window filled >in as it should. I clicked here and there, and it works fine. Yeah! >I quit it, then opened it again, and it was blank again, requiring me >to go up to the menu and select it again! Thanks for helping

Re: Pismo vs ibook?

Andrew said this: >I've carried heavy and/or bulky laptops around as >well, and based on that experience have settled my >preferences on the smaller and lighter machines. Most >of the time the 12" PB is about right is about right, >as I like to watch DVDs when I fly, which is far too >often. I t

Re: Pismo vs ibook?

That's the difference, I do not program at all, nor do I work in art or graphics. I use my laptop for business tasks, and as an entertainment center when I am away. Yes, a 17" LCD is gorgeous, but the 19" LCD on my desk is probably nicer, as the Bluetooth keyboard and mouse sitting on that desk a

SmartMedia & printing on the road

I was following the thread on SmartMedia cards. I was wondering what you folks do when on the road in terms of printing. I suppose my questions are: -any good tiny weensy printers one can usefully take along? I googled for it and came up either with very expensive ones or very bulky ones, or both

Re: Pismo vs ibook?

on 05/10/04 19:33, Andrew at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Yup, just as the modern 3 and 4lb laptops are a joy to carry compared to the > late 90s Wallstreet. Even on modern hardware, the 12" PB, as an Apple > example, gives up very little to the 17" in terms of performance, but sheds > a whole lot

Re: Motorola V400 & iPhoto on my PowerBook G3 via USB with OS X

On Oct 5, 2004, at 3:30 AM, Mikael Byström wrote: Panther ran as well as or better than OS 9 on my powerbook G3 series 266 (WS II or PDQ). No it didn't. So what if I needed to use XPostFacto? It works very very well. No it doesn't. Working very very well would be getting it right on the first try.

Re: Pismo vs ibook?

Yup, just as the modern 3 and 4lb laptops are a joy to carry compared to the late 90s Wallstreet. Even on modern hardware, the 12" PB, as an Apple example, gives up very little to the 17" in terms of performance, but sheds a whole lot of size and weight, not to mention dollars. I would still choo

Re: Pismo vs ibook?

If you read my statement in context, it was comparing it to mid 90s compaq laptops. On Oct 5, 2004, at 10:11 AM, Andrew wrote: If you think a Wallstreet is a joy to carry and worth the power, then you obviously haven't tried a recent iBook or 12" PowerBook, which are MUCH smaller and lighter, and

Re: GV Teleport 56 disconnects and bad communication

Bob said: >Which is why plain old PPP didn't actually make sense. I wondered >what they were using to "control" PPP (to the best of my knowledge >"PPP" and "MacPPP" are not options for OS 9) My apologies for creating confusion. ARA didn't enter my mind as it isn't called that in the swedish ver

Re: Motorola V400 & iPhoto on my PowerBook G3 via USB with OS X

macdaniel3400c said: > In fact I don't even use OS X on that thing period >because it runs so lousy and isn't worth my effort, nor is it worth the >retarded drive partitioning that must be done. Panther ran as well as or better than OS 9 on my powerbook G3 series 266 (WS II or PDQ). So what if I n

Re: I need some ideas/help

Eudora 3.1. Any advantage into moving to the latest version (for doing this sort of stuff)? Really appreciate the help! At 12:19 PM -0700 10/5/04, Bruce Johnson wrote: >On Oct 5, 2004, at 12:06 PM, Peter Webster wrote: > >> I'm running Word 2001 on my Wallstreet (sys 9.1). When I send Word >> at

Re: I need some ideas/help

On Oct 5, 2004, at 12:06 PM, Peter Webster wrote: I'm running Word 2001 on my Wallstreet (sys 9.1). When I send Word attachments to non-Mac users (yeah, dark-siders), most of the time they claim they can't open them-and, often can't. 1) Make sure the checkbox for 'add extension' is checked in the

I need some ideas/help

I'm running Word 2001 on my Wallstreet (sys 9.1). When I send Word attachments to non-Mac users (yeah, dark-siders), most of the time they claim they can't open them-and, often can't. Once in a while one will fly through, open simply by the other end clicking on the attachment. But mostly, they can

Re: Help is not helpful

On 05/10/04 14:18, "Claire Hart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> When nothing is open and all applications (according to the dock) are >>> not open, and my menu bar has "finder" as the open application", and I >>> click "help", there be nothing in the resulting opened window. I have >>> Help's own

Re: Help is not helpful

When nothing is open and all applications (according to the dock) are not open, and my menu bar has "finder" as the open application", and I click "help", there be nothing in the resulting opened window. I have Help's own red/yellow/green buttons, the left/right arrows, the little house button, th

Re: shutting down PBs at night

On Oct 4, 2004, at 4:30 PM, MMB wrote: After losing two motherboards/powerboards (in desktops) I now NEVER leave my machines plugged in. Surge protectors/UPS for home computers are more consolation than effective I was told by electrician, even the more expensive UPS. That's pure hogwash. A good

Re: Pismo vs ibook?

Its funny to see other peoples different tastes. I've always been for bigger, heavier, faster, and in my opinion better. When I sold my Duo 280 and bought my 190cs I was happy, then I sold that and bought a 3400c I was overjoyed. When I sold the 3400c and bought my Wallstreet I was equally joyou

Re: Pismo vs ibook?

If you think a Wallstreet is a joy to carry and worth the power, then you obviously haven't tried a recent iBook or 12" PowerBook, which are MUCH smaller and lighter, and far more powerful. Andrew --- Dan Palka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Oct 4, 2004, at 11:45 PM, Bob wrote: > > >> It's

Re: Pismo vs ibook?

On Oct 4, 2004, at 11:45 PM, Bob wrote: It's a preference for light weight and compact size. The laptop that stays home doesn't do anything to help me on the road. Then you're lucky not to have suffered the torture of carrying mid-90s Compaq bricks (I mean, laptops) around. My Wallstreet is a j

Re: Pismo vs ibook?

I've carried heavy and/or bulky laptops around as well, and based on that experience have settled my preferences on the smaller and lighter machines. Most of the time the 12" PB is about right is about right, as I like to watch DVDs when I fly, which is far too often. For shorter hops or when I h

Re: [OT] Laptop & windoze

From: John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I didn't see any "question" there, more a "commentary/observation" regarding the differences between Windoze (ugh) and Macs. No question intended, just pure selfindulgence of being happy with my Mac(S)!!! --- When some kind soul explained to me about how to "drag &

Re: Pismo vs ibook?

The National Enquirer reports at 6:58 PM -0700 10/4/04, Andrew wrote: >It's a preference for light weight and compact size. The laptop that stays >home doesn't do anything to help me on the road. I learned this the hard >way back in the mid 90s. I owned a PowerBook 5300c and a Duo 210 (as well

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