Re: VOIP Option

2005-09-14 Thread Peter Apockotos
On Sep 14, 2005, at 11:53 AM, David Rodriguez wrote: I was just wondering if and how many listers here use Skype to make long distance phone calls over the internet? It seems to be pretty popular and much cheaper then others such as Vonage. (Of course 9-1-1 is not available at this time,

Re: 12.1 in. 1.5ghz powerbook

2005-09-14 Thread Brian McEwen
On Sep 14, 2005, at 10:58 PM, Muddle Man wrote: I traded up to a 12" 1.5 Ghz PB after my G3 900 iBook broke 3 times in 18 months. I always thought the PBs were over priced for what they were. Was I wrong! I researched the 12" PB after my iBook broke the 2nd time. I decided to give my iBook one

Re: 12.1 in. 1.5ghz powerbook

2005-09-14 Thread Muddle Man
Matthew, I traded up to a 12" 1.5 Ghz PB after my G3 900 iBook broke 3 times in 18 months. I always thought the PBs were over priced for what they were. Was I wrong! I researched the 12" PB after my iBook broke the 2nd time. I decided to give my iBook one more try. Then on the 88th day of the 90 d

Re: 12.1 in. 1.5ghz powerbook

2005-09-14 Thread Meg St. Clair
Sorry for the late response. I love my 1.5ghz 12 inch. I had the original 12 inch. The one I have now has the built in SuperDrive. I love the size, the portability. I put in a 1gig memory chip. I find the speed just fine. I helped my housemate set up her new IBM Thinkpad tonight. It's about

Re: VOIP Option

2005-09-14 Thread Leonard Smith
I have niece in Atlanta and a nephew in Minnesota who I have talked to using Skype. Seems just as good as a regular phone line to me. I use a 12" Powerbook and the mike is fine, just plug in my ipod earphones to avoid the feedback echo. I have also use dit locally with a few friends and again no pr

Re: External FW drives problems and Tiger?

2005-09-14 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks to all who posted comments and suggestions which I will follow. I did check the Smartdisk site and they comment on the issue with Panther but suggest it only exists with 60G+ sized drives (mine is 20G). I will probably b/u my super critical files (of which there aren't many) on zip disks I a

Re: Replacing hard drive in PowerBook under extended AppleCare?

2005-09-14 Thread Timothy Luoma
On Sep 14, 2005, at 2:19 PM, David Brostoff wrote: At 10:50 PM -0500 on 9/13/05, Steve Fuller wrote: That's interesting. I could understand them not covering the drive, but to not cover the rest of the warranty seems a bit odd. I wonder if that could be challenged under the Magnuson-Moss ac

Re: Replacing hard drive in PowerBook under extended AppleCare?

2005-09-14 Thread David Brostoff
At 10:50 PM -0500 on 9/13/05, Steve Fuller wrote: That's interesting. I could understand them not covering the drive, but to not cover the rest of the warranty seems a bit odd. I wonder if that could be challenged under the Magnuson-Moss act. That one comes up a lot when a car dealer will try

Re: Replacing hard drive in PowerBook under extended AppleCare?

2005-09-14 Thread David Brostoff
At 7:33 AM -0500 on 9/14/05, Steve Fuller wrote: If the installation is done by Apple, or an Apple certified technician, this should not be a problem. They still warranteed my powerbook after they replaced the hinge clutch assembly, and that involved taking a good portion of my 17" PB apart I'

Re: VOIP Option

2005-09-14 Thread joey campillo
you might want to also check out gizmoproject at gizmoproject.com> joey On Sep 14, 2005, at 11:53 PM, David Rodriguez wrote: I was just wondering if and how many listers here use Skype to make long distance phone calls over the internet? It seems to be pretty popular and much cheaper then

Re: VOIP Option

2005-09-14 Thread William Wiseman
I was just wondering if and how many listers here use Skype to make long distance phone calls over the internet? It seems to be pretty popular and much cheaper then others such as Vonage. (Of course 9-1-1 is not available at this time, so this is not a substitute for a regular phone in that c

Re: Does AL powerbook read DVD+R disks?

2005-09-14 Thread PeterH5322
>But I wanted to clarify: does the Pioneer >also BURN DVD+R disks? I think that may make a difference. The >Superdrive in my 12" Al book does not burn DVD+R. It's the Matshita >UJ-825. The Pioneer DVR-K05/K15 will indeed record [ * ] + DVDs. The Panasonic (misnamed Matshita on account of c

Re: External FW drives problems and Tiger?

2005-09-14 Thread Jim Manley
Unplug all your firewire devices before you install. Also repair permissions & disk first aid before & after installation. This is recommended by macfixit.com & Apple. Jim On Sep 13, 2005, at 10:03 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm ready to install Tiger on my PB G4 and will first backup c

VOIP Option

2005-09-14 Thread David Rodriguez
I was just wondering if and how many listers here use Skype to make long distance phone calls over the internet? It seems to be pretty popular and much cheaper then others such as Vonage. (Of course 9-1-1 is not available at this time, so this is not a substitute for a regular phone in that c

Re: Replacing hard drive in PowerBook under extended AppleCare?

2005-09-14 Thread Steve Fuller
On Sep 14, 2005, at 1:25 AM, Clark Martin wrote: At 10:50 PM -0500 9/13/05, Steve Fuller wrote: if you are concerned about the Applecare warranty, then you could probably have an Apple certified technician replace the drive. Apple might continue to cover the warranty then. About six m

Re: Does AL powerbook read DVD+R disks?

2005-09-14 Thread csean
On Sep 14, 2005, at 11:41 AM, G-Books wrote: I changed the drive to a +/- superdrive (Pioneer DVR-K05) *and* installed PatchBurn, and it will read + disks. Without PatchBurn, it would only read - disks. I believe it is more related to the system software's view of the drive's capabilitie

Re: Pismo DVD/CD quit suddenly

2005-09-14 Thread Tim Hodgson
On Tue, Sep 13, 2005 at 4:53 pm -0400, Ed Zelinsky wrote: >> On 13/09/05 11:07, "Ed Zelinsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> How do you monitor or check on the status of your DVD/CD player? I'm >>> running OSX. >>> >> >On Sep 13, 2005, at 11:26 AM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: > >> What do you mean