Re: Hrm... notice anything strange in this picture?

> I think the biggie in that one is it's an XP Pro Wireless promotional > image - showing a mac laptop (a Wallstreet) without wireless Oh my. I completely didn't see it. However, I did notice the terrible quality of the image itself. Guess I was looking too closely ;) > (AFAIK a Wallstreet woul

Re: Applecare/when to buy

Frank, I have never heard of that 30 day thing before. I have 4 days left on my warranty. I had been told when I inquired with Apple about the cost of Applecare, that as long as you purchase it within the first year of purchase, you're fine. Amber On 12/17/04 9:11 PM, "Frank P. Eigler" <[EMAIL

Re: Applecare for Powerbooks (extended warranty)

I wish I had the luxury of being able to buy a new one if something happens to this one but I don't. This is a year old G4 Powerbook. Of course, I am hoping that nothing goes wrong with it, with or without Applecare, because I have no alternate system and I certainly don't have the money to buy a

Re: Hrm... notice anything strange in this picture?

On 18/12/2004, at 5:21 PM, Nils wrote: Looks like hes running FluxBox or BlackBox as his window manager. But there aren't enough visual keys to guess which OS. http://files.joen.dk/fun/xptour/xptour2.png I think the biggie in that one is it's an XP Pro Wireless promotional image - showing a mac la

Re: iBook WI-FI

At 10:31 PM -0800 12/17/04, Ted wrote: I got around to trying out my iBook at a WI-FI hot spot in Lincoln City Oregon and it could see the wireless network but the browser could NOT find anything. Any ideas? Not really. A few weeks ago I tried a free Wi-Fi connection at a Burger King. I clicked

Re: Hrm... notice anything strange in this picture?

On 12/17/04 9:38 PM, "Timothy Luoma" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Spew into the Cybertrough: > > Got this from another list. > > look closely... > > http://files.joen.dk/fun/xptour/xptour2.png > Yep. And the XP video shows an 8500 running windows XP too. It cracks me up. Kyle H. Hansen -- Jesus Sa

Re: Applecare for Powerbooks

On Dec 17, 2004, at 12:13 PM, Dyna wrote: About the time the G3 PowerBook production was winding down Apple limited AppleCare protection to the first 3 years of life. I take that action as an admission that Apple's hardware is now so unreliable and difficult to repair (compare hard drive replac

iBook WI-FI

I got around to trying out my iBook at a WI-FI hot spot in Lincoln City Oregon and it could see the wireless network but the browser could NOT find anything. Any ideas? Ted -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbis

Re: Hrm... notice anything strange in this picture?

Looks like hes running FluxBox or BlackBox as his window manager. But there aren't enough visual keys to guess which OS. > http://files.joen.dk/fun/xptour/xptour2.png -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drive

Hrm... notice anything strange in this picture?

Got this from another list. look closely... http://files.joen.dk/fun/xptour/xptour2.png -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Su

Re: Wireless keyboard/mouse (was G4 AlBook as a desktop ???

Yes it uses the built in bluetooth, I did not want anything else to plug in and lose I have seen a couple others advertised but these were in stock at Westworld Computers in Calgary so bought it there. It is a bit smaller than the Apple mouse but so far no problems. If you use the Apple

Re: Applecare for Powerbooks

Act quickly if you decide to prchase it. I was told it had to be done with *at least* 30 days left on the original warranty. I was out of luck ... though lucky to date. On Fri, 17 Dec 2004, Amber wrote: > The end of the first year of warranty is fast approaching for my G4 > Powerbook and I am loo

Re: Applecare for Powerbooks (extended warranty)

That's if you buy new parts from Apple. When the LCD on one of my Toshibas died, rather than giving $1000 to Toshiba for a new one, I got the part for $149 on eBay and put it in myself. Of course, in the 10 or so laptops I've had in the last decade and a half, only two have ever had issues. My o

Re: Applecare for Powerbooks (extended warranty)

Andrew, Thanks for your reply. When I say $400.00, that is in Canadian dollars and is for a one year old 15" Al PB. I don¹t have any other choice regarding the price - that's just what it is. I either dole out this amount or have no Applecare coverage at all. I have 4 days to decide. Howeve

Re: Applecare for Powerbooks (extended warranty)

On 12/17/04 7:04 PM, "Andrew F." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Spew into the Cybertrough: > Depends entirely on the price of the warranty. For $400 I wouldn't buy > AppleCare, but at $50 or $100 I would. Of course, it doesn't cost $50 or > $100, so I'll roll the dice on my 12" G4. At least if my jewel do

Re: Wireless keyboard/mouse (was G4 AlBook as a desktop ???

Does the MacAlly Bluetooth mouse use the PowerBook's built-in Bluetooth, or does it need a transceiver plugged into a USB port? Harry -- On Dec 17, 2004, at 6:12 PM, larry Zasitko wrote: I originally bought a Apple bluetooth mouse but prefered a two button mouse and recently bought a MacAlly blu

Re: Applecare for Powerbooks (extended warranty)

Depends entirely on the price of the warranty. For $400 I wouldn't buy AppleCare, but at $50 or $100 I would. Of course, it doesn't cost $50 or $100, so I'll roll the dice on my 12" G4. At least if my jewel does go South, that $400 I saved on AppleCare is almost half the price of the current iBo

Applecare for Powerbooks (extended warranty)

On Fri, 17 Dec 2004, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I get AppleCare on every piece of hardware I buy and consider it essential. A matter of course. Like buying a new car: would you get one without an extended warranty? > Well, you did open the door... I would somewhat agree that the purchase of an

Re: Repairing permissions

There is one permission that will always show as being changed, special permissions for this session, or something like that. I think that is completely normal. Andrew On 12/17/04 5:52 PM, "Brian Rule" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Both my iBook G4 and my iMac DV SE are having the same issue:

Re: Repairing permissions

Not sure..BUT.. are you running the Permission Repair from Disk Utility or from the original disk? The best way is to use the Disk utility because that will use the latest permission update thingy rather than the original that came with whatever version of the OS you had...I get that all the t

Re: Applecare for Powerbooks

On Dec 17, 2004, at 11:21 am, Amber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: The end of the first year of warranty is fast approaching for my G4 Powerbook and I am looking at have to pay almost $400.00 to extend it via Applecare. I am wondering how many people here have purchased Applecare on their Powerbooks

Repairing permissions

Both my iBook G4 and my iMac DV SE are having the same issue: When I repair permissions they find one that needs replacing, says it does so, but when I run the program again the same permission shows up as needing to be replaced. What causes this? Brian -- G-Books is sponsored by

Re: Wireless keyboard/mouse (was G4 AlBook as a desktop ???

I use a bluetooth keyboard and mouse with my PowerBook and it works great. I originally bought a Apple bluetooth mouse but prefered a two button mouse and recently bought a MacAlly bluetooth mouse with two buttons and scroll wheel, pretty nice except it goes to sleep after only a few minute

Re: Applecare for Powerbooks

I purchased AppleCare for my Pismo, and had to send it in twice for repairs over the three years. Once for a new processor, and the second time for the card that has the plugin for the AC adaptor (I think it's the sound card, but I'm not sure.) So, I do think it was worth it, and I bought it ag

File sharing over two computers, wireless style

Hey there: Just an additional note on how to do this: 1. Pick one laptop, go up to its airport menu (where you see the signal business goin on) 2. Go down to "create network" and give it a name. You dont need external service for this to work. 3. Your buddy's laptop should then connect to that ne

Re: Wallstreet LCD - compatibility?

I'm fairly sure displays are completely incompatible between PowerBook models. Wallstreet displays are going for less on eBay, so there's probably not much point in finding out for sure. Cheers, Ben On 18 Dec 2004, at 05:42, Bill Gau wrote: To all: Getting ready to replace a failing LCD on a PDQ

Re: Pismo HD - Wallstreet HD - The same?

As long as you don't get an ATA-6 or later drive, it'll be fine. The Wallstreet's got a bit more space in it, though, so it supports drives up to about 17mm high. Cheers, Ben On 18 Dec 2004, at 05:11, Bill Gau wrote: Following the discussion on the Pismo HD replacement with considerable interest

Re: Audion is now free for download!

> There's a free program called Audacity ...download it at soundforge.com. All you need to get the > music from the cassette machine to your Lombard is ... Thanks! just what I needed...I have almost all this stuff right here...and I'll download Audacity asic... > There is a very cool shareware pr

Re: Orinoco Gold and TiBook G4

Bob said: >IOXperts driver should work. If not, I *know* the Sourceforge >freeware driver works. I'll try that as well. >Take a look at Ken Vann's excellent wireless list for your >compatibility questions. > > Thanks. >Do you have the right settings sele

Re: Applecare for Powerbooks

On Dec 17, 2004, at 1:14 PM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: On 17/12/04 14:13, "Dyna" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Suffice to say, I won't be waiting in line at the Apple Store to buy a new PowerBook or probably anything else Apple. Unfortunate. That's your choice. You need to know that the same can happen

Re: Applecare for Powerbooks

On 12/17/04 9:13 AM, "Amber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Spew into the Cybertrough: > The end of the first year of warranty is fast approaching for my G4 > Powerbook and I am looking at have to pay almost $400.00 to extend it via > Applecare. > > I am wondering how many people here have purchased Appleca

Re: Applecare for Powerbooks

On 17/12/04 14:13, "Dyna" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > And Apple? > > About the time the G3 PowerBook production was winding down Apple > limited AppleCare protection to the first 3 years of life. I take that > action as an admission that Apple's hardware is now so unreliable and > difficult to r

Re: Pismo Problems, Continued...

Dyna, It seems like deja-vu to me while I read your post. I had a Pismo 500mhz that exhibited the same symptoms (and more) as yours. It would be my suggestion to: Remove your processor daughtercard and take a very good look at the large chip on the UNDERSIDE of the daughtercard. Mine was 'cooked'

Re: Audion is now free for download!

Amazing SlowDowner is great! I require all my students to download it. It's a wonderful learning tool. Dean > There is a very cool shareware program called Amazing SlowDowner,$40, > it can slow down the tracks in the computer, and allows you to loop > sections to play over and over while you l

Re: Audion is now free for download!

Thus spoke [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Seth Austen)12/17/04 * *There is a very cool shareware program called Amazing SlowDowner,$40, *it can slow down the tracks in the computer, and allows you to loop *sections to play over and over while you learn them. I use this program *for transcribing and learnin

Re: Applecare for Powerbooks

-Original Message- From: G-Books [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Amber Sent: Friday, December 17, 2004 12:14 To: G-Books Subject: Applecare for Powerbooks The end of the first year of warranty is fast approaching for my G4 Powerbook and I am looking at have to pay almost $400.00 to

Re: Applecare for Powerbooks

On Friday, December 17, 2004, at 11:13 AM, Amber wrote: The end of the first year of warranty is fast approaching for my G4 Powerbook and I am looking at have to pay almost $400.00 to extend it via Applecare. I've been trying to suppress a rant on the declining quality of Apple's products and el

Re: Wireless keyboard/mouse (was G4 AlBook as a desktop ???

-Original Message- From: G-Books [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Harry D.Corsover Sent: Friday, December 17, 2004 12:41 To: G-Books Subject: Re: Wireless keyboard/mouse (was G4 AlBook as a desktop ??? Can't help you with this one. I haven't tried their wireless mouse, since I don'

Re: Applecare for Powerbooks

YES!! Any repair will be costly out of pocket if you don't have it. A Tibook screen replacement is about $1200 through Apple. The cheapest repair I've heard of is several hundred dollars through apple. If anything breaks its paid for itself. I got it years ago for my PB1400, & after about 18

Re: Audion is now free for download!

Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 10:46:00 -0600 Subject: Re: Audion is now free for download! From: Kristina Rost <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> What I need to know... is how to get the music into my Lombard and on to CD's because when we attend fiddle sessions, we meet some old timer who will teach us a song, he/she

Wallstreet LCD - compatibility?

To all: Getting ready to replace a failing LCD on a PDQ (i.e., Rev. 2, 2nd generation Wallstreet) and I am wondering if there is compatibility betw. the Lombard LCD and possibly the Pismo LCD. Same dimensions, ribbon cables, etc. Does anyone know? Just the LCD itself, not the entire lid. I sus

Re: Applecare for Powerbooks

I am wondering how many people here have purchased Applecare on their Powerbooks and whether you consider it worth the money. I was in the same boat, and I purchased it. I've had one repair done on my Powerbook since then and it was easily worth the money. Steve -- G-Books is sponsored by

Re: keeping track of current ip address? File/Directory Sync'ing

At 5:47 AM -0500 12/17/04, Tim Collier wrote: One solution that I've found that works fairly well, but this is not really what you are asking, is to use the iDisk that comes with a .Mac account. You can access your iDisk from ANYWHERE from a Mac or PC. Having those files uploaded to your iDisk

Pismo HD - Wallstreet HD - The same?

Following the discussion on the Pismo HD replacement with considerable interest. I am wondering if the harddrive specs for the Pismo are the same for the Wallstreet & Rev. 2 (PDQ). Someone who is in the know please let me know. Thanks. On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 09:11:03 -0700, Bruce Johnson <[EMAIL

Re: Pismo Problems, Continued...

On 17/12/04 12:46, "Dyna" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Friday, December 17, 2004, at 11:18 AM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: > >> I don't think that this symptom is a common problem with the G3 >> PowerBooks. >> I used a Wallstreet for about 6 months, then a Pismo for about a year >> and >> never ha

Re: Applecare for Powerbooks

BUY IT AS FAST AS YOU CAN!!! I have a Pismo and had to have the Main power unit, cd/dvd drive and a bunch of other stuff replaced near the end of the 2nd year...I have all the paperwork somewhere..but I will say that it was the best $$$ spent outside of the Pismo itself...I also had AC on my iMa

Re: Applecare for PowerBooks

I always purchase AppleCare on desktops. The one problem I have with AppleCare on PowerBooks and iBooks is personal damage. If you drop, dent, scratch the PowerBook in any way, you basically void the warranty. I have received Quotes for as much as 1500 hundred dollars from Apple on damaged PowerBoo

Re: Applecare for Powerbooks

Amber: I get AppleCare on every piece of hardware I buy and consider it essential. A matter of course. Like buying a new car: would you get one without an extended warranty? Craftsmanship on electronics is predictable, but you always have components that go bad. On my 15" Albook, I have replac

Re: Applecare for Powerbooks

I've got another 6 weeks to decide on AppleCare as well for my 12" PB, and so far, I think I'll keep my money. The little aluminum Powerbook has been rock-solid, and with repairs averaging in the $200 range from companies like MacFixIt, if something does go wrong I'll still save money by not getti

Re: Applecare for Powerbooks

On 17/12/04 12:13, "Amber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The end of the first year of warranty is fast approaching for my G4 > Powerbook and I am looking at have to pay almost $400.00 to extend it via > Applecare. > > I am wondering how many people here have purchased Applecare on their > Powerboo

Re: Wireless keyboard/mouse (was G4 AlBook as a desktop ???

On Dec 17, 2004, at 1:51 AM, Larry le Mac wrote: 1. Does a wireless keyboard and mouse work well with using an AlBook as a desktop ??? Works great for me, with the AlBook on the "Pedestal" CoolPad to bring the screen up to the right height. 2. How good are the wireless mice ??? Can't help you

Re: Pismo Problems, Continued...

On Friday, December 17, 2004, at 11:18 AM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: I don't think that this symptom is a common problem with the G3 PowerBooks. I used a Wallstreet for about 6 months, then a Pismo for about a year and never had any unexpected freeze, never, ever. Your problem might still be with

Re: Applecare for Powerbooks

Worth it for an iBook. I've had a bad drive replaced, and the power plug. Cheers, Erik -- ### Erik Ness <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 608-242-7604 Stuck in Reverse: http://www.nrdc.org/onearth/05win/detroit1.asp Moving Mountains: http://www.uwalumni.com/onwisconsin/

Re: Pismo Problems, Continued...

On 31/12/69 19:34, "Dyna" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks to everyone who suggested fixes for my near dead Pismo. The > hard drive was indeed bad, and I replaced it with a new 40 gig Hitachi > and added 256 megs of RAM while I was in there to up the total RAM to > 384 megs. Despite all this ne

Re: 10.3.7 Update

I'm running 10.3.7 on all three of my Macs (12" G4 PowerBook 1GHz, Lombard PowerBook 333 and Sawtooth PowerMac 400). All three updates (used the combo updater downloaded from Apple - 99.7MB) went without a hitch, though of course I repaired permissions on the drives before and after the update. O

Applecare for Powerbooks

The end of the first year of warranty is fast approaching for my G4 Powerbook and I am looking at have to pay almost $400.00 to extend it via Applecare. I am wondering how many people here have purchased Applecare on their Powerbooks and whether you consider it worth the money. -- G-Books is s

Re: Pismo HD

I only buy TravelStar drives as well, though I received a 2.5" 9mm 80GB 5400 RPM drive made by Samsung and installed in a compact FireWire enclosure as a gift. What I like most about the TravelStars isn't even performance, but how quiet they are. The 20GB I put in my Lombard (drive purchased in 1

Re: 10.3.7 Update

On 17/12/04 12:03, "kochkodin" <"kochkodin"@verizon.net> wrote: > I just checked S.U. and see that there is now an update to 10.3.7 Has > anyone tried it out yet? I went to the tech info page and there is a > note from Apple Tech to unhook any 3rd party firewire hd before > installing the updat

10.3.7 Update

I just checked S.U. and see that there is now an update to 10.3.7 Has anyone tried it out yet? I went to the tech info page and there is a note from Apple Tech to unhook any 3rd party firewire hd before installing the update... Regards, Mike K -- G-Books is sponsored by

Re: Pismo HD

Rad Craig asked: >> What do I need to know in order to buy a larger HD for my Pismo, I >> mean what are the specs I need to look for when shopping for a bigger >> HD? Like interface, rpm, thickness, etc. to which Bruce Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> replied: >Any 2.5" drive on the market now shoul

Re: Orinoco Gold and TiBook G4

Who is the vendor of the card? If its the Proxim card (or a number of other brands) it may be of a newer type that neither the SourceForge nor the IOExperts drivers support. I bought a Proxim Orinoco Gold and had no luck with either, the card is not built on the older chipset, and is sadly PC-onl

Re: Pismo HD

I agree. I personally had great experience with IMB.Hitachi's Travelstar drives in my Pismo. I think the Pismo will take up to a 12.5mm high drive. You will definitely notice a performance boost with the faster drive/larger cache. Good luck. -Hal On Dec 17, 2004, at 9:19 AM, Andrew wrote: A 54

Re: Audion is now free for download!

> Yeah but that doesn't stop us using it, and it being > brilliant by having loads of downloadable skins, a > skinning kit so you can create your own, visualisers, > the ability to edit your MP3's and have sleeve art. Hello again, I wonder if anyone might have time to give me some help on this

Re: Pismo HD

A 5400 or even 7200 rpm drive will give you a noticeable speed boost, at very little cost in battery life (probably made up by the increased speed of disk access). Most importantly, the price difference between 4200 and 5400 rpm dirves is about $20 for a 40GB, which makes choosing the faster drive

Re: Pismo HD

At 05:53 PM 12/16/2004, you wrote: What do I need to know in order to buy a larger HD for my Pismo, I mean what are the specs I need to look for when shopping for a bigger HD? Like interface, rpm, thickness, etc. I remember someone indicating that the drive must be backward compatible to ATA-5 (?

Pismo Problems, Continued...

Thanks to everyone who suggested fixes for my near dead Pismo. The hard drive was indeed bad, and I replaced it with a new 40 gig Hitachi and added 256 megs of RAM while I was in there to up the total RAM to 384 megs. Despite all this new hardware the Pismo often needed repeated reboots to sta

Re: Pismo HD

On Dec 16, 2004, at 6:53 PM, Rad Craig wrote: What do I need to know in order to buy a larger HD for my Pismo, I mean what are the specs I need to look for when shopping for a bigger HD? Like interface, rpm, thickness, etc. Any 2.5" drive on the market now should work. It has to be 9mm high or

Re: Audion is now free for download!

--- sacredsystem <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Unfortunately it is currently dead and no longer > being developed. > No updates in over two years. Yeah but that doesn't stop us using it, and it being brilliant by having loads of downloadable skins, a skinning kit so you can create your own, visua

Re: Audion is now free for download!

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matt) *In case anyone doesn't know, Audion (an MP3 player a *bit like iTunes) has now been made completely free for *download for both OS8,9 and OSX. There's a recent *article on Low End Mac that mentions it and it really *is quite cool to use. * *Definitely worth 2.9Mb of anyo

Re: keeping track of current ip address? File/Directory Sync'ing

One solution that I've found that works fairly well, but this is not really what you are asking, is to use the iDisk that comes with a .Mac account. You can access your iDisk from ANYWHERE from a Mac or PC. Having those files uploaded to your iDisk makes them accessible from anywhere at any t

Wireless keyboard/mouse (was G4 AlBook as a desktop ???

Further to Andre's question about wireless k/m 1. Does a wireless keyboard and mouse work well with using an AlBook as a desktop ??? 2. How good are the wireless mice ??? Are there different technologies ? Better/worse ? Suggestions ? I do some illustration work and I really hate crap mi

Audion is now free for download!

In case anyone doesn't know, Audion (an MP3 player a bit like iTunes) has now been made completely free for download for both OS8,9 and OSX. There's a recent article on Low End Mac that mentions it and it really is quite cool to use. Definitely worth 2.9Mb of anyone's downloading time.