RAM DDR2 v DDR PC 333

2005-12-24 Thread Geoffrey Loeffler
Greetings I bought a refurb 17 inch PowerBook Big AL from Apple and was going to max out the ram. The sales guy at Apple said the PB was from 3the newest release, well somewhere there was an error. So it is the model previous to the newest generation of the AL 17 PowerBook A ram salesman,

Re: RAM DDR2 v DDR PC 333

2005-12-24 Thread Mike Kauspedas
In the beginning DDR2 was not any faster than regular DDR. With improved memory controllers, latency and the like DDR2 has caught up and now exceeds the performance found in DDR in select systems. Mostly Pentium 4 systems with socket 775. DDR2 does provide more bandwidth from the CPU to the

Re: Wallstreet hinge replacement by PBParts

2005-12-24 Thread Gary Goldberg
I went for the $69 hinge replacement service (plus $27 shipping) from PB Parts in Scottsdale, Ariz. My Wallstreet G3 returned today, and it's like a new, usable 'puter. The screen won't flop forward or back anymore, which means it's a traveling companion again. Plus, the PBParts people fixed

Re: Airport Question

2005-12-24 Thread Concetta Z
Reminds me of when I went to Staples, and asked a salesperson about setting up a wireless network between a PC and a Mac. They didn't know, so they called over a higher up, who told me it could not be done. I got a Linksys WRT54G (not from Staples), installed an Airport extreme card, called

Re: dial up service

2005-12-24 Thread Clive Webber
Slightly OT but just to correct Caleb on one detail - the Pismo does play DVDs quite happily in OS X. Merry Christmas to all. Clive -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for

Re: dial up service

2005-12-24 Thread Caleb Cupples
Sorry. I was just assuming that the Pismo and the Lombard shared the same DVD decoder. I still believe Apple should have kept DVD playback support for the Lombard, though. Caleb On Sunday, Dec 25, 2005, at 01:38 America/Chicago, Clive Webber wrote: Slightly OT but just to correct Caleb on one