Re: 12" Powerbook G4: an AppleCare and AppleStore assesment

All support agencies "SUCK". I am a lot like the earlier poster that walks around with the cup half empty, expecting someone to take it from me. AppleCare == Insurance == Repairs == Cost Apple would rather you buy a new iPod for $300 dollars then replacement the $20 battery. Apple is not t

Re: Wireless on WSII

. The Orinoco 11B ilver PC Card is airport compatible? Or there are at least drivers that make it compatible with Mac OS? Thanks Where could someone pick up one of these Orinoco cards for a WallStreet? -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp

Number one reason for Tiger for UNIX Geeks

Of all the Mac OS 10.4.x threads and articles I have read no one has mentioned the NUMBER ONE PLUS to Tiger. I have had the install media on my desk for weeks, afraid to take the plunge. I installed Tiger for Spotlight and then found out that Spotlight does not support M$ Entourage. With

Re: WallStreet G3 233 PowerBook

Forgot to mention it has 32mb of ram... I will upgrade it to 256 mb myself (again very cheap to do) Brian On 21-Sep-05, at 8:48 AM, Brian Stewart wrote: I have found a; 14" Powerbook - G3 233 Wallstreet -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog

WallStreet G3 233 PowerBook

I have found a; 14" Powerbook - G3 233 Wallstreet I suspect the model is the CHEAP-O Cacheless model The person selling it wants $100 USD which appears in line with E-Bay prices. The nice thing is I don't have to pay shipping. The battery is messed up and I have to test the CD-ROM drive. It ha

Re: iBooksG4 vs. PowerBooksG4

Looks like this is not common knowledge, so here's the link: http://www.rutemoeller.com/mp/ibook/ibook_e.html This enables monitor spanning on an iBook (do check the commpatbility list; 8 meg video cards don't work) with a larger resolution on your external display. Thanks for the link. I

Re: iBooksG4 vs. PowerBooksG4

So I had the WS/Lombard/Pismo things instead of colored iBooks and, more recently I opted for the Aluminium instead of the iBook G4. I just picked up a used 12 G4 powerbook over a new 12" iBook with a faster processor. The used Powerbook was 25 dollars more expensive but the battery tested

Carbon Copy Cloner

Observation... I use CCC (carbon copy cloner) to backup my powerbook to a firewire external case. I use image backups because I can fit 3 or 4 backups on my external drive instead of just one. I backup it up once a week and have about a month of backup images. The CCC process was failing with a

Re: what to get first?

On 2-May-05, at 7:43 AM, demilove wrote: Hi all! I have a G3 iBook just bought from a friend. It has 256 MB of SDRAM and system 10.3.9 installed. I am thinking about getting more RAM (I can have up to 640 on this iBook) but I am intrigued by the new system, Tiger, given all that I have read a

Re: Should I Consider Buying G4 Titanium

On 17-Apr-05, at 6:25 AM, Kevin Bellerose wrote: Expansion modules, the ability to run two batteries. Not to mention Pismo's don't dent or chip and the hinges are a bit better. You can upgrade the pismo to a 900 G3 or 550 G4. I have a G4 500 with 1 gig of ram 60 gig Hd, it is a great machine. Ke

Re: Backup question, and a tip - external firewire

I am sure you have looked into this. I use an external 5" firewire enclosure with a 30 GB hard drive. I use CCC (Carbon Copy Cloner) that is one of the best pieces of freeware that I have ever seen. I backup my 30 GB powerbook to the external enclosure in minutes as an image. I keep 3 or 4 rete

Re: Thoughts on a trade

If you need a desktop and you are cash strapped (join the club) I would pick up an external monitor, keyboard and mouse. The video adapter for my powerbook was $25.00, a usb keyboard and mouse is another $40. If you need more room or a better CD burner you can go with external firewire. I run

Re: Thoughts on a trade

Hey... I have a B&W with a G4-500, when do you want to meet? Seriously, pickup a mac-mini for $500 and have both. You will regret swapping the powerbook. I had a 520 powerbook (yes an old 68xxx) that I regret sometimes for selling on E-Bay. I spent more on cables (scsi, video, serial) then I did

Keyboard not working after sleep

I have a G4 867 Powerbook G4 - 12" that has a very intermittent problem. A couple of times after it wakes up from sleep mode the keyboard does not work. The CAPSLOCK and NUMLOCK light up when I press them but no text shows up on the screen. I have my Mac set up to prompt for a password after it

Re: Only 256 Meg of 512 Meg RAM is recognized - Fixed

On 18-Mar-05, at 11:02 PM, Brian Stewart wrote: In addition, unless people choose other suppliers for RAM Apple will keep their artificially high prices instead of getting real and be competitive. Apple has never been "friendly" to its customers, apple just wants to sell hardware at

Only 256 Meg of 512 Meg RAM is recognized

Went out yesterday to "BEST BUY" looking for a 1 Gig Memory SO-DIMM for my; 12" PowerBook G4 867 MHz It requires a 266 MHz 200 pin SO-DIMM DDR memory chip. I found a 512 Meg stick and was informed the 1 Gig chips don't exist. So much for the "Geek SQUAD", should be "Geek Squids". Well the facto

Memory for 12" G4 powerbook

I have a 867 MHz G4 powerbook - 12". It has the factory 256 MB of RAM. Has anyone successfully put a 512 PC333 SO-DIMM ram stick in one or a 1 Gig SO-DIMM ram stick in? Thank You in advance brian -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalld

Re: PCs are ??? (was Not a PowerBook after all...?

There is a saying; the more I meet people the more I like my dog, well, mine is the more I use PCs the more I love my Mac(s)... In my "world" money is an OBJECT! I run a couple of macs at a sever budget. PeeCees at the same price I pay for my macs would be serious "crap". I just went out an pic