Re: DSL and storms

2005-06-13 Thread darm0k
At 10:33 PM -0500 06/12/2005, Kristina wrote: on 6/12/05 9:12 PM, Pacer at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: By the appearance of the thunderstorm outside and the propensity for my DSL to go down in severe lightning, maybe mother nature will stop me . Since I have had the Linksys Gateway G ADSL

Re: Is Apple really moving to x86 architechture?!

2005-06-13 Thread Zoltan Batiz
OK FINE. You have all made excellent arguments. I just hope that Intel's technology doesn't screw anything up. I also hope the future Mac's are stuck with that stupid sticker, INTEL INSIDE. Yikes! (I know this won't happen, at least not while Jobs is alive, but it's funny anyway)

Re: Thanks for the cheese! :-) (was Re: Off-Topic Posts)

2005-06-13 Thread Brian
My comment was also intended to be made in a sarcastic, humorous manner. Though mine had much more sarcasm. Apparently I missed the mark and the list mom gave me a write up for it. Whatever. Glad you got some humor out of it anyway, being the only person my post actually affected

I think my Pismo needs some fine tuning. . .

2005-06-13 Thread Zoltan Batiz
Hello all, My Pismo has been acting a little sketchy lately. That's the best way to describe it. Basically, all of the animations in OS X that are normally smooth and sleek, are now jumpy and quick. Not sure what's up here. Maybe I'm being too picky? Maybe the hard drive is snagging?

Re: DSL and storms

2005-06-13 Thread Kristina
The fact that a surge is hitting you so often, either thru your phone line or thru your power line is BAD. VERY BAD. It means your home is improperly grounded. This is a fire hazard. DO NOT ignore it. Fix it. That's what I thought too...it must be the lines... Thanks for the warning

Print sharing via Airport snow

2005-06-13 Thread Frank Cornew
Was able to resucitate an abandoned ABS snow that had its WAN port fried. Spotted a fried surface mount resistor with my trusty loupe and got it going again. Am thrilled with the USB print sharing that is very simple and reliable out of the ABS USB port. Used to wait until returning to

Re: Is Apple really moving to x86 architechture?!

2005-06-13 Thread david
On Jun 13, 2005, at 12:33 AM, Ben Dyer wrote: The jury's still out on exactly what they'll do with the chipset, whether it'll be a standard Intel type or custom-made for Apple, but either way, it won't be too far removed (technologically) from ordinary PC hardware. This is one of the

Re: Is Apple really moving to x86 architechture?!

2005-06-13 Thread Helen Nersesova
-An old friend of mine and macs says that he welcomes the idea about as much as making MacDonalds compulsory:) -We are developers of software for Macs. Hope, Apple might be willing to provide the developer kit at a lower price (or even at no charge.) Surely they realize that without

Re: BeOS and G-Books...

2005-06-13 Thread Andrea Stansbury
I have never tried it myself. But I have seen it on my brother's PC as a dual operating system. I believe he got rid of it. I was a novelty for him. I would be interested in seeing if I could get my apple to run BeOS. But then again, what's available for that platform? As you can see I

Re: Is Apple really moving to x86 architechture?!

2005-06-13 Thread Andrea Stansbury
Heh. I agree totally. It's nothing that terribly exciting. And I don't think that Apple is stupid enough to do something that would completely ostracize their loyal users like the people on this list. I'm sure things will be just the same and with any luck you won't even notice the

Re: DSL and storms

2005-06-13 Thread Kristina
on 6/13/05 9:02 AM, Bruce Johnson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Palm pilots are generally quite compatible with macs. I know my M500 has never had a problem, OS 9 or OS X. What do you need one to do? Schedule and project plan?...as portable files that fit in a purse... I am not sure what

Re: Universities, IT, Networks and Laptops: Was Is Apple really moving to x86 architecture?!

2005-06-13 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jun 12, 2005, at 6:59 PM, Pacer wrote: My Fellow PowerBook-philes and 'david', This is interesting to me. Firstly, I am curious as to how the network at your University is run. At my alma mater they had a network which consisted of multiple layers and multiple input/ outputs to and

Re: Is Apple really moving to x86 architechture?!

2005-06-13 Thread Dan O'Donnell
On Jun 12, 2005, at 9:33 PM, Ben Dyer wrote: Personally, I'm looking forward to replacing my 1.67GHz PowerBook with something roughly 3 times as fast (if what I've been hearing about OS X performance on the developer boxes is correct) in about a year's time. The transition will be a headache

Re: Is Apple really moving to x86 architechture?!

2005-06-13 Thread Dennis B. Swaney
At 10:08 PM -0400 6/12/05, Pacer wrote: I feel the PowerPC was a bit more inherently stable (read some of the notes on MacSlash about bit addressing) and the Altivec instructions were likely a bit better for high-end number-crunching (I've already read multiple worries from scientists who

OS X.4 DVD on Wallstreet II

2005-06-13 Thread Michael Dolberry
I have been playing around with upgrading to X.4 on my Wallstreets, using the new XPostFacto4. But I have run into a snag. I suspect that it is hopeless, but just wanted to check. Using the new XPostFacto 4, I can load the software and recognize the DVD, even in OS 10.2. But when it tries to

Re: Is Apple really moving to x86 architechture?!

2005-06-13 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jun 13, 2005, at 9:59 AM, Dan O'Donnell wrote: On Jun 12, 2005, at 9:33 PM, Ben Dyer wrote: Personally, I'm looking forward to replacing my 1.67GHz PowerBook with something roughly 3 times as fast (if what I've been hearing about OS X performance on the developer boxes is correct) in

Re: Is Apple really moving to x86 architechture?!

2005-06-13 Thread peter
Most PeeCee users are too stupid for the Mac community ANYWAY. Now, I'm not so sure about that. I know some folks who claim they use Macs because they weren't smart enough to keep track of all the things one needs to do to get a windoze machine to work.

Re: Universities, IT, Networks and Laptops

2005-06-13 Thread peter
A person might be able to make a good living in the town this college is in by selling powerbooks that look like university-approved machines. Peter -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronics

Re: DSL and storms

2005-06-13 Thread Tim Collier
I live in South Florida and we have thunderstorms everyday especially in the Summer. I used to have BellSouth DSL and had a similar experience. I use a cable modem now. No more problems. Tim On Jun 12, 2005, at 11:33 PM, Kristina wrote: on 6/12/05 9:12 PM, Pacer at [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: tiger, pismo and hp

2005-06-13 Thread sacear3
Hi Gladys, Well, I have an HP All-In-One, OfficeJet G85 model, it is a good product, yet getting it to work properly with OS X is always a chore. I use it almost exclusively with Windows computers, yet I have used it with OS X 10.2 (Jaguar) and 10.3 (Panther). The unit and drivers work as

Re: Is Apple really moving to x86 architechture?!

2005-06-13 Thread sacear3
Zoltan, I hope you meant that you hope future Macs are NOT stuck with that (I will change the adjective to) irritating intel inside sticker. I certainly prefer not to have any ads on my computers. I especially prefer to have my Macs not resembling race cars. Best regards, Scott OK FINE.

Re: tiger, pismo and hp

2005-06-13 Thread gladys pérez-almiroty
scott: i went from 10.3.9 to 10.4.1. i repaired preferences before and after the install. in panther you had the usb option, but in tiger all i am getting is the hp ip option. the printer is not recognized. on the other had, the samsung laser works perfectly. i tried the linix drivers

Re: Is Apple really moving to x86 architechture?!

2005-06-13 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jun 13, 2005, at 2:33 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Zoltan, I hope you meant that you hope future Macs are NOT stuck with that (I will change the adjective to) irritating intel inside sticker. I certainly prefer not to have any ads on my computers. I especially prefer to have my Macs

2 Question - DVD drives VGA video out.

2005-06-13 Thread elhadley
Hello folks, I have two iBooks. One is an iBook SE (466mhz graphite) with a DVD rom. [It has been a real workhorse - a great computer.] The other is a newer 12 iBook (1 mhz) with a cd rom [last years model] that I bought from my Big U's Micro Order Center for a song and a dance. I needed a

Re: Is Apple really moving to x86 architechture?!

2005-06-13 Thread Zoltan Batiz
OOPS!! I DID MEAN NOT! Wow, now does that sound educated?! Of all the ironic typos to happen, it seems I forgot to type one little word that ended changing the point. . .not. Well Scott, at least you got it. :) Zoltan THE BLUETOOTH (and WiFi) MASTER Zoltan, I hope you meant that you

Re: DSL and storms

2005-06-13 Thread Pacer
My Fellow PowerBook-philes and Tim, Cable Modems would be nice if only we did not have one of the worst iterations of the Comcast Empire where I live. It was formerly known as MediaOne, then later as ATT Cable and Broadband. MediaOne has the dubioius distinction of having the poorest

Re: tiger, pismo and hp

2005-06-13 Thread Laurent Daudelin
on 13/06/05 17:36, gladys pérez-almiroty at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: scott: i went from 10.3.9 to 10.4.1. i repaired preferences before and after the install. in panther you had the usb option, but in tiger all i am getting is the hp ip option. the printer is not recognized. on the other

Re: DSL and storms

2005-06-13 Thread Laurent Daudelin
on 13/06/05 22:12, Pacer at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I live in South Florida and we have thunderstorms everyday especially in the Summer. I used to have BellSouth DSL and had a similar experience. I use a cable modem now. No more problems. For what it's worth, I used to have a Linksys

Windows characters??

2005-06-13 Thread John Bertram
Have tried several times to post a new topic, but keep getting the following rejection: Failed to deliver to 'G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com' LIST module(list G-Books) reports: Your message cannot be posted. It is composed using the 'windows-1252' character set, and this list accepts

Corrupt NVRAM?

2005-06-13 Thread dan_A
Hi Listas I have Ti-Book 800MHz with 1gig of RAM, and a 155 GB firewire hd attached. I'm running 10.4.1. I've been using this machine as a desktop unit, always on and plugged in. I probably killed the battery that way but ever since I installed Tiger, I can't restart or shut down without

Re: I think my Pismo needs some fine tuning. . .

2005-06-13 Thread Daniel Colwell
On Mon, 13 Jun Zoltan Batiz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello all, My Pismo has been acting a little sketchy lately. That's the best way to describe it. Basically, all of the animations in OS X that are normally smooth and sleek, are now jumpy and quick. Not sure what's up here. Maybe I'm

Re: CD not recognized/mounted after 10.4

2005-06-13 Thread Daniel Colwell
On Thu, 9 Jun Rad Craig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I upgraded my Pismo w/ Tiger and also also did a fresh install on a Lombard (via putting hd in my Pismo). After installtion, I tried to put a CD in the drive to install some other software and it won't recognize that there is a CD in the drive or

Re: [OT] Inkjet Printer Recommendation

2005-06-13 Thread Daniel Colwell
On Wed, 08 Jun Laurent Daudelin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip I've been using a Canon i960 for about a year now, from time to time. This morning, my daughter had to print an important homework she had to turn in and since it had colors, she went with the i960. Well, she was not able to get

Re: windows characters

2005-06-13 Thread William Webster
I have the same problem. Guess the list will just have to get along without my input. skinny butt [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Jun 13, 2005, at 8:50 PM, G-Books wrote: From: John Bertram [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Windows characters?? Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 22:48:01 -0400 Have tried several

Re: intel inside stickers and Apple branding (was Is Apple really moving to x86 architechture?!)

2005-06-13 Thread sacear3
Bruce, That was a good article, thanks for posting that link. Which company will benefit from branding is interesting to think about. I think both can benefit if they respect each other and not try to rip each other off (and not put intel inside stickers on the front or top of Macs!). Which

Re: Windows characters??

2005-06-13 Thread sacear3
John, or jb (if you prefer): The Text Encoding setting in your email program needs to be changed. The setting seems to be set to windows-1252 and needs to be set to ISO-8859-1. If you are using Mail, then Text Encoding is the last item under the Message menu. Set it to Default. Also, this

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2005-06-13 Thread sacear3
Gladys, Hmm, do you have multiple user accounts on that Pismo? Scott Subject: Re: tiger, pismo and hp Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 17:36:05 -0400 scott: i went from 10.3.9 to 10.4.1. i repaired preferences before and after the install. in panther you had the usb option, but in tiger all i am