Re: SuperDrive Dilemma

2005-02-17 Thread Timothy Luoma
On Feb 17, 2005, at 2:42 AM, Andrew wrote: Cheaper and faster, but not anywhere near as slick. I'm not really looking for slick, I'm looking for a workhorse. And we're not talking about minor differences. 8x vs 16x is an appreciable difference. $100-$150 vs $280 is an appreciable difference.

Re: SuperDrive Dilemma

2005-02-17 Thread Andrew
Then get the external. Personnaly, I like slick! Andrew On 17 Feb 2005 at 3:04, Timothy Luoma wrote: On Feb 17, 2005, at 2:42 AM, Andrew wrote: Cheaper and faster, but not anywhere near as slick. I'm not really looking for slick, I'm looking for a workhorse. And we're not talking

Re: SuperDrive Dilemma

2005-02-17 Thread Larry le Mac
From: Andrew F. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Get the internal, it is SO nice to have everything integrated. Disagree, get the external and you can use it with any Mac. Larry _ Don't just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search!

Re: New iBooks/PB's compared to Pismo's, etc.

2005-02-17 Thread Marcin Wichary
Speaking of BTO displays... Apple Computer may be planning to offer PowerBooks with higher density displays, and may have intended to do so with its latest PowerBook offerings, tipsters tell AppleInsider. http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=886 Marcin Wichary e:\ [EMAIL

Re: SuperDrive Dilemma

2005-02-17 Thread Dennis B. Swaney
At 2:28 AM -0500 2/17/05, Timothy Luoma wrote: On Feb 16, 2005, at 10:49 PM, Jeff Hubatka wrote: IIRC, you're putting this in a Lombard, right? Nope. Sorry, I guess I should have said. This is for a 1.5Ghz P4 w/ 1Gb RAM. So this is for a Windows notebook using a 1.5 GHz Pentium 4? Go with an

printer problems OS 10.38 update

2005-02-17 Thread Peter Vreeland
I just updated to OS 10.38 and noe I can not print any Ideas or possible solutions. Pete ** Peter J. Vreeland Phone: (212) 769-5183 Department of Education American Museum of Natural History Fax:(212) 769-5329 Central Park West at

Re: printer problems OS 10.38 update

2005-02-17 Thread Laurent Daudelin
On 17/02/05 10:24, Peter Vreeland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just updated to OS 10.38 and noe I can not print any Ideas or possible solutions. Can you provide more details? What kind of printer? What kind of connection? Were you able to print before? Have you checked the manufacturer's

Re: printer problems OS 10.38 update

2005-02-17 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 2/17/05 10:24 AM, Peter Vreeland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just updated to OS 10.38 and noe I can not print any Ideas or possible solutions. 1. Delete the printer and reselect it. 2. (sigh) repair permissions 3. go to versiontracker.com or macupdate.com and search for printer fix this

Re: printer problems OS 10.38 update

2005-02-17 Thread Peter Vreeland
I created a desk top printer now I can print but for some reason not in word. my Printer is a HP Desk Jet 2100tn. I went to apples web site it sent me to HP's and I could not open the downloaded drivers because they kept trying to be open with windows media player and the message was

Re: printer problems OS 10.38 update

2005-02-17 Thread Laurent Daudelin
On 17/02/05 10:44, Peter Vreeland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I created a desk top printer now I can print but for some reason not in word. my Printer is a HP Desk Jet 2100tn. I went to apples web site it sent me to HP's and I could not open the downloaded drivers because they kept trying to be

Re: printer problems OS 10.38 update problem fixed thank you

2005-02-17 Thread Peter Vreeland
You guys are the Bomb! Thanks so much . The delete reselect worked but the printer utility crashed two times. Now I can print. yippee Pete On Feb 17, 2005, at 10:41 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 2/17/05 10:24 AM, Peter Vreeland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just updated to OS 10.38 and noe I

Re: External drive options for Lombard?

2005-02-17 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Feb 16, 2005, at 10:53 PM, Andrew in Ann Arbor wrote: Hello all I've got to reload the OS on my daughter's powerbook and I need a place to put the data she wants to keep. I've got an old external SCSI drive but it's only 1 Gb and I need at least 3Gb. If I could come up with a 4 Gb or better

Bluetooth problems

2005-02-17 Thread Roy
Sorry Zoltan. I don't have info for you. You prompted me to journal my problem with bluetooth however. I keep losing connection, especially with my mouse. It is very annoying to have to re-sync so often. Anybody have the same problems/ideas? PB Al 1.5ghz, 17 OS 10.3.8 1.5 gb Ram Apple Bluetooth

Re: Bluetooth problems

2005-02-17 Thread Laurent Daudelin
On 17/02/05 11:20, Roy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry Zoltan. I don't have info for you. You prompted me to journal my problem with bluetooth however. I keep losing connection, especially with my mouse. It is very annoying to have to re-sync so often. Anybody have the same

Re: Bluetooth problems

2005-02-17 Thread Roy
Yes Laurent. I had the same problems. Although I would say that the instances have increased. Yesterday for example, in a 15 min period, I lost connection 3 times! Normally, it has been every 2 days or so. I have the same setup than you, except I have the Logitech Bluetooth mouse and keyboard.

Re: printer problems OS 10.38 update

2005-02-17 Thread Frank P. Eigler
On Thu, 17 Feb 2005, Peter Vreeland wrote: I just updated to OS 10.38 and noe I can not print any Ideas or possible solutions. Pete Upgrading under OS X 101: Did you repair permissions before and after upgrading? If not, do so. -- Non Illegitimi Carborundum -- G-Books is sponsored by

Re: SuperDrive Dilemma

2005-02-17 Thread Timothy Luoma
On Feb 17, 2005, at 9:52 AM, Dennis B. Swaney wrote: At 2:28 AM -0500 2/17/05, Timothy Luoma wrote: On Feb 16, 2005, at 10:49 PM, Jeff Hubatka wrote: IIRC, you're putting this in a Lombard, right? Nope. Sorry, I guess I should have said. This is for a 1.5Ghz P4 w/ 1Gb RAM. So this is for a

Re: Google refusal

2005-02-17 Thread Timothy Luoma
Worm searches for e-mail addresses in the infected PC's domain--targeting all users from a specific company or ISP. http://news.com.com/Updated+MyDoom+targets+Google--again/2100-7349_3 -5580111.html?part=rsstag=5575731subj=news -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog

=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Expos=E8?= crashes my Pismo - Help...

2005-02-17 Thread thomas sappl
Hello everybody, As I got my Pismo last week, I'm currently new to the Mac - although I have a few experience with Linux. I really started to get in love with the Panther AND the Pismo But after I installed some more 256mb RAM (to finally 512mbs) into the Pismo and upgraded to 10.3.8, my Pismo

Re: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Expos=E8?= crashes my Pismo - Help...

2005-02-17 Thread Laurent Daudelin
On 17/02/05 15:09, thomas sappl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello everybody, As I got my Pismo last week, I'm currently new to the Mac - although I have a few experience with Linux. I really started to get in love with the Panther AND the Pismo But after I installed some more 256mb RAM (to

Re: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Expos=E8?= crashes my Pismo - Help...

2005-02-17 Thread thomas sappl
Laurent, Do you think, a faulty memory can only cause problems with Exposè or will this just be the beginning of the end? ;-) well, I thought more of the VR or so? Yeah, I think I have to reinstall the OS as the first step to a better and happy future with the pismo, panther and me *g* Greetings

Re: Bluetooth Mice/Trackball Options. . .

2005-02-17 Thread Aase Marit Waage
Hi, I can`t post to the list these days, for some reason the list owner has blacklisted my ISP... And in their error messages, they give an address you can write to if you mean it is in error, but mail to that address bounces, as the address does not exist... How fun... My ISP is working on

Re: Bluetooth problems

2005-02-17 Thread Tim Collier
You too, huh? I just posted regarding this. What Mac do you have? Mine is a G5 iMac which didn't come with bluetooth originally installed. Tim -- Exterminate all rational thought. From: Roy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: G-Books G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 11:20:43

Re: Bluetooth problems

2005-02-17 Thread Roy
You too, huh? I just posted regarding this. What Mac do you have? Mine is a G5 iMac which didn't come with bluetooth originally installed. Tim Here's my setup Tim, PB Al 1.5ghz, 17 OS 10.3.8 1.5 gb Ram Apple Bluetooth keybourd and mouse Regards, Roy Quinn -- G-Books is sponsored by

Re: Bluetooth problems

2005-02-17 Thread Laurent Daudelin
On 17/02/05 17:24, Roy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You too, huh? I just posted regarding this. What Mac do you have? Mine is a G5 iMac which didn't come with bluetooth originally installed. Tim Here's my setup Tim, PB Al 1.5ghz, 17 OS 10.3.8 1.5 gb Ram Apple Bluetooth keybourd

Re: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Expos=E8?= crashes my Pismo - Help...

2005-02-17 Thread Timothy Luoma
On Feb 17, 2005, at 3:23 PM, thomas sappl wrote: Do you think, a faulty memory can only cause problems with Exposè or will this just be the beginning of the end? ;-) well, I thought more of the VR or so? It's fairly resource intensive, so it might show up there. The biggest problem with bad RAM

Re: Bluetooth problems

2005-02-17 Thread Zoltan Batiz
On Feb 17, 2005, at 8:20 AM, Roy wrote: Sorry Zoltan. I don't have info for you. You prompted me to journal my problem with bluetooth however. I keep losing connection, especially with my mouse. It is very annoying to have to re-sync so often. Anybody have the same problems/ideas? PB Al 1.5ghz,

Constant warnings from LEM SWAP

2005-02-17 Thread MarJo
I replied to at least 20 warnings today. You said once in reply to someone else's complaint that you couldn't do anything about it. Nevertheless, I feel you should know that it is an ongoing problem jojobirdsong -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronics

Re: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Expos=E8?= crashes my Pismo - Help...

2005-02-17 Thread Clark Martin
At 9:23 PM +0100 2/17/05, thomas sappl wrote: Laurent, Do you think, a faulty memory can only cause problems with Exposè or will this just be the beginning of the end? ;-) well, I thought more of the VR or so? Yeah, I think I have to reinstall the OS as the first step to a better and happy future

Re: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Expos=E8?= crashes my Pismo - Help...

2005-02-17 Thread Andrew
On older Macs running OSX, RAM is probably the number one problem. I've had trouble with even Apple ram on Pismo and Lombard PowerBooks under OSX, and now buy only from OWC, which has reasonable prices and very liberal replacement policies, including for OSX crashes (they know the problem well).

Identifying Pismo Low Profile RAM

2005-02-17 Thread Brian Braunschweiger
How can I tell if RAM is low profile or high profile? Brian -- Brian Braunschweiger We've all heard that a million monkeys banging on a million type-writers will eventually reproduce the entire works of Shakespeare. Now, thanks to the Internet, we know this is not true. [Robert Wilensky (1997)]

Re: Constant warnings from LEM SWAP

2005-02-17 Thread Frank P. Eigler
But, this isn't LEM Swap... We all know it's an ongoing problem, but I'm confused why you didn't email the moderator directly instead of this list? On Thu, 17 Feb 2005, MarJo wrote: I replied to at least 20 warnings today. You said once in reply to someone else's complaint that you couldn't

Re: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Expos=E8?= crashes my Pismo - Help...

2005-02-17 Thread James Comas
I had a similar problem with my Pismo (400, 512MB), running 10.3.7. I discovered that engaging Expose, whether by hot-key or hot-corner, would often, not always, result in a freeze. I wasn't able to determine the exact conditions; but the problem would always happen if I had been using Safari

Re: Constant warnings from LEM SWAP

2005-02-17 Thread Amber R.
On 17-Feb-05, at 3:43 PM, MarJo wrote: I replied to at least 20 warnings today. You said once in reply to someone else's complaint that you couldn't do anything about it. Nevertheless, I feel you should know that it is an ongoing problem jojobirdsong Hi MarJo, Yes - this has been an on-going

Re: Constant warnings from LEM SWAP

2005-02-17 Thread Amber R.
On 17-Feb-05, at 4:48 PM, Frank P. Eigler wrote: But, this isn't LEM Swap... We all know it's an ongoing problem, but I'm confused why you didn't email the moderator directly instead of this list? Well, it appears this person did not know it was an ongoing problem or they would not have

Re: External drive options for Lombard?

2005-02-17 Thread Peter Saint James
On 17 Feb2005, at 12:53 AM, Andrew in Ann Arbor wrote: Hello all I've got to reload the OS on my daughter's powerbook and I need a place to put the data she wants to keep. I've got an old external SCSI drive but it's only 1 Gb and I need at least 3Gb. Would it be possible to connect your

Re: Identifying Pismo Low Profile RAM

2005-02-17 Thread Ben Dyer
Low-profile is about an inch deep, high-profile is about 2. There's not much in the way of high-profile RAM sold these days. Cheers, Ben On 18 Feb 2005, at 11:41, Brian Braunschweiger wrote: How can I tell if RAM is low profile or high profile? Brian -- G-Books is sponsored by

Can anybody help?

2005-02-17 Thread Jerome Healy
Can anybody help? I've got a 667 TiBook that will not play a cd/dvd and usually won't show it on the hard drive. I've put 2 different dvd/cd drives and a combo drive and they might recognize a music cd a few times and then nothing. System profiler won't even recognize the drive is there.

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2005-02-17 Thread Jerome Healy
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