Wireless Mouse Keyboard

2005-09-18 Thread Beniamino Cenci Goga
I use 2300 mAmps rechargeable batteries because I found the Lithium are too expensive, give they last only 2-3 weeks. I noticed that when the Keyboard batteries are low (yes the keyboard's) the pointer of the mouse is slow and does not follow the hand movement. Any similar impressions? Ben

Re: Wireless Mouse Keyboard

2005-09-18 Thread Brian McEwen
On Sep 18, 2005, at 2:05 AM, Beniamino Cenci Goga wrote: I use 2300 mAmps rechargeable batteries because I found the Lithium are too expensive, give they last only 2-3 weeks. I noticed that when the Keyboard batteries are low (yes the keyboard's) the pointer of the mouse is slow and does

Re: Wireless Mouse Keyboard

2005-09-18 Thread Beniamino Cenci Goga
Apple. it is a matter of weeks, if not days! What brand mouse/board? I have put an older Logitech wireless mouse/keyboard in my wife's office, they are used daily, and the alkalines (albeit Duracel) in each last for months! B -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and...

Re: Wireless Mouse Keyboard

2005-09-18 Thread Brian McEwen
On Sep 18, 2005, at 8:35 AM, Beniamino Cenci Goga wrote: Apple. it is a matter of weeks, if not days! I'd give them a call. that seems really wrong, based on the performance of other brands. Ours gets quite heavy use and lasts for a very long time. Oh, is this bluetooth? B --

Re: Wireless Mouse Keyboard

2005-09-18 Thread David Harris
On Sep 18, 2005, at 8:47 AM, Brian McEwen wrote: On Sep 18, 2005, at 8:35 AM, Beniamino Cenci Goga wrote: Apple. it is a matter of weeks, if not days! I'd give them a call. that seems really wrong, based on the performance of other brands. Ours gets quite heavy use and lasts

Re: Powerbook screen

2005-09-18 Thread Laurent Daudelin
on 17/09/05 16:55, MMB at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all: The recent discussion about screens is unsettling my G4 Titanium 867 powerbook :-) I need to ask advice about something that I have noticed in the last two weeks. When I boot up (or when the screen lights up after sleep) it has

Re: Powerbook screen

2005-09-18 Thread Malcolm Cornelius
on 17/09/05 16:55, MMB at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all: The recent discussion about screens is unsettling my G4 Titanium 867 powerbook :-) I need to ask advice about something that I have noticed in the last two weeks. When I boot up (or when the screen lights up after sleep) it

Re: Burning DVD's on a Pismo

2005-09-18 Thread PeterH5322
The problem might be that your DVD burner is too recent, too powerful, etc. Posible, as these are very fast drives, and will burn a dual-layer DVD at 2.4X, and a single-layer DVD at 8X. Those date rates are just too high for the flimsy interconnection provided to the Lombard and Pismo media

Re: DVD burning on Pismo

2005-09-18 Thread csean
On Sep 18, 2005, at 9:30 PM, G-Books wrote: Perhaps just upgrade the Pismo's media bay to CD-ROM-R-R/W and DVD- ROM. It definitely will not do a DVD-R or R/W, most likely on account of imperfect grounding or other flaws in the electrical interface from the drive to the motherboard.

Re: DVD burning on Pismo

2005-09-18 Thread PeterH5322
It definitely will not do a DVD-R or R/W, most likely on account of imperfect grounding or other flaws in the electrical interface from the drive to the motherboard. Actually the Pismo will burn DVDs okay, just at slower speeds. I did not test that. Perhaps I will, later. Depends on your

Re: Wireless Mouse Keyboard

2005-09-18 Thread Brian McEwen
On Sep 18, 2005, at 9:12 AM, David Harris wrote: I wasn't sure Apple made a wireless mouse without Bluetooth capability. dmjh Seems like a total waste of bandwidth ( and power) to me. It might be worth looking at te tech specs of non-apple models and see what your options are. B

Re: DVD burning on Pismo

2005-09-18 Thread PeterH5322
Actually the Pismo will burn DVDs okay, just at slower speeds. I did not test that. Perhaps I will, later. The 2X write test with the Pioneer DVR-K05 and the Pismo worked perfectly. 2X write was explicitly selected, overriding best write rate, although it appeared that the actual writing took