Re: sluggish PowerBook

My PowerBook is running more and more sluggishly Claire What model of PowerBook? How much RAM? What are you using it for? -Laurent. My PowerBook is the July 2004 17" 1.5 GHz with 2 GB RAM. About a month ago I loaded VirtualPC and Windows XP Pro (the real estate situation), but it

Re: sluggish PowerBook

My PowerBook is running more and more sluggishly (is that a word?). I run Disk Utilities and OnyX probably weekly. What other routine stuff should I be doing? Thanks, Claire Claire, What model of PowerBook? How much RAM? What are you using it for? Have you tried login out and then login in? -La

sluggish PowerBook

My PowerBook is running more and more sluggishly (is that a word?). I run Disk Utilities and OnyX probably weekly. What other routine stuff should I be doing? Thanks, Claire -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refu

Re: internet connection depends on angle of screen

My 17" 1.5 GHz PowerBook (July 2004 model) just recently began having trouble getting and maintaining a wireless internet connection when it's open at a comfortable angle. The screen needs to be opened about 60 degrees for the computer to get or maintain the wireless capability. The result is th

internet connection depends on angle of screen

My 17" 1.5 GHz PowerBook (July 2004 model) just recently began having trouble getting and maintaining a wireless internet connection when it's open at a comfortable angle. The screen needs to be opened about 60 degrees for the computer to get or maintain the wireless capability. The resul

Re: pleasant surprise after upgrading to Tiger

Has anyone else noticed a better wireless connection from your Airport Extreme after upgrading to Tiger? In terms of the graphic showing more bars lit, yes. But the signal itself is unchanged. The places where I lost my signal around the house haven't changed. david In terms of both, in my c

pleasant surprise after upgrading to Tiger

Has anyone else noticed a better wireless connection from your Airport Extreme after upgrading to Tiger? Claire -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks

Re: Best photo organizer

4) Select "Append a number to each photo." This is what suffixes the unique, sequential numbering. Would have been nice of them to document that! B I agree. I already had the 1121 photos separated somewhat chronologically. Since I resorted to my previously-posted work- around, my result

Re: Best photo organizer

O.K., folks, here is how I burned 1121 photos from iPhoto to CD, so that non-iPhoto people can view the photos without having to open 365 folders, and without the conflicts of photos that have the same name. Wow, that's a lot of work. Why didn't you just batch rename the photos in iPhoto with t

Mail toolbar

Two questions: (1) I just upgraded to Tiger last week. Before I was used to the new appearance of Mail, I think I deleted something in the appearance. I have the toolbar portion across the top. Below that is the mailbox column on the left and the emails received on the right, with the

Re: best photo organizer

O.K., folks, here is how I burned 1121 photos from iPhoto to CD, so that non-iPhoto people can view the photos without having to open 365 folders, and without the conflicts of photos that have the same name. (1) In iPhoto, I duplicated the Photo Album of the basketball photos, gave it anoth

Re: Mac Mall ripped me off UPDATE

It is amazing how much power we have when we all band together. - or maybe when we all "ban" together??? Claire -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks

Re: best photo organizer

I've not done this, and there may be an easier way, but: I'd make a new iPhoto library of the basketball pictures. Take all your original CDs (hope you have them). Copy them one by one to individual, nicely named, folders on your hard drive (bball-JDoe-to-May312005. For each folder, run an app

Re: best photo organizer

I've had my last three attempted replies to this list bounce. It says "Your message cannot be posted. It has the content-type: multipart/alternative, and this list accepts plain text only." I'm only doing a simple reply. I'm not pasting anything in. Is it a Tiger thing? (I just upgrad

best photo organizer

What is everyone's favorite photo organizer? I have a gazillion photos on iPhoto, and when I save groups of them to CD for others to view who do not have Macs, the photos are divided into folders based on year, then month, then date. I asked this earlier in the summer but my question was

macros

In OS 9, I used to program my function keys to shortcut some tasks I did repetitively, mostly in AppleWorks. From what I can tell, you cannot program macros in OS X. For example, with one keystroke of, say, F3, I could do a return-tab, or a delete-space-space, for example. I'm really needing

Re: Utilities

I tried SideTrack on my Panther PowerBook. I made the mistake of paying for it right up front rather than trying it out. It made my trackpad ultrasensitive, causing the cursor to suddenly be other than where I had it. It almost seemed like it would respond to a sneeze. I finally uninstalled

Re: Subject: Utilities

I'm new to owning a G4 powerbok (been a 5300c owner for years, but it finally died), and am in the process of tweaking my new machine, and Tiger. I'd like to get some disk utilities--I've previously owned TechTools and was going to get the OSX version, and then saw an ad for DiskWarrior. Howard

real estate update

We returned yesterday (Sunday) afternoon from a week of boy scout camp. I had four days to study for a real estate test (that I will take Thursday) with software that will only run on a PC. So, I CCC'ed my PowerBook onto a LaCie external HD, repaired permissions, etc., then installed Virtual

Re: odd key behavior

I have inadvertently changed a preference of some sort. When I strike any of the lower corner keys once (such as shift, fn, ctrl, option, and control), it makes a manual typewriter noise, as if you are locking in the "shift" key, and causes that key's symbol to appear on the screen. When I hi

RDC

Sorry to be posting so many questions lately, but this real estate situation really has me trying to take my PowerBook to a new level, somewhere that I've not yet been! Regarding Virtual PC, I've read that either it's buggy with Tiger, or it doesn't yet work with Tiger. Now on to my current q

odd key behavior

I had two questions in my last post. This list's input helped me with the first question, but here's the second one again: I have inadvertently changed a preference of some sort. When I strike any of the lower corner keys once (such as shift, fn, ctrl, option, and control), it makes a manual

Re: gray frame around screen; odd key behavior

Has anyone noticed a gray frame that sometimes appears peripherally around the screen=3F It's translucent gray border about a half inch wide and either on all four edges or on the sides and top. (It's gone right now, so I don't exactly remember if it's at the bottom, where my dock happens to

PC viruses on Macs with Virtual PC??? (was: real estate situation)

I really appreciate everyone's feedback on my "Macs in real estate" dilemma. Having weighed all of the info, and having already purchased Virtual PC, I'm wondering at this point if I even WANT to put Virtual PC on my computer. Several people mentioned the fact that a Mac running Windows appli

gray frame around screen; odd key behavior

Has anyone noticed a gray frame that sometimes appears peripherally around the screen? It's translucent gray border about a half inch wide and either on all four edges or on the sides and top. (It's gone right now, so I don't exactly remember if it's at the bottom, where my dock happens to be

testing

I just received a bounced post, saying I was not subscribed to this list. I'm sending a quick post to see if it goes through this time. Claire -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web s

Re: carbon copy cloner, silverkeeper, etc.

Go to Applications/Utilities and find Disk Utility. Launch it, and select the disk you back up to. Go to the tab Partition, and create two partitions. You can make these equal size, or you can adjust the size according to preference. Dan, I effortlessly partitioned my previous external HD a few

carbon copy cloner, silverkeeper, etc.

First of all, regarding my recent question on integrating my PowerBook into the Windows world of real estate, I want to thank everyone for the suggestions, advice, etc. sent to me either on- or off-list. While my state-mandated requirements are nearly complete, my training within the agency wi

real estate situation

Possibly three weeks ago, I posted to this list that I would probably be headed into real estate soon. I have since taken the required courses and am waiting to take the state certification test in a few weeks. The company I will work with uses several pieces of software that is Windows-base

Re: OSX Photo handling and general question

Regarding photo handling, here's a new question. I am wondering the best way to do a task: I have over 1100 photos from about eight different sources that were given to me so I could make one grand collection of our 2004-05 basketball program. They are already in my PB filed in iPhoto. I've

Utilitunes

I have quite a few songs in my iTunes collection. Most are from my CD collection that I've been slowing adding to iTunes, as well as new purchases. I have not actively tried to get artwork for my albums added to iTunes, though. I'm wondering if it is possible to somehow have iTunes search th

Subject: Re: Is Apple really moving to x86 architecture?!

Subject: Re: Is Apple really moving to x86 architecture?! Oops. I didn't realize Amber already asked for the subject line change. Sorry. Claire -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our w

Re: Is Apple really moving to x86 architecture?!

Subject: Re: Is Apple really moving to x86 architecture?! We have two separate threads running on the same subject. Could the "required to rent laptops at the university for $500/semester" thread change its subject line? It would be helpful for those following one thread and not the other.

Tiger version

Is Apple still selling 10.4? I am getting anxious to try Tiger, but I have this policy about always waiting until at least the .1 comes out before jumping in. Any news/rumors about 10.4.1? I heard QuickTime 7 was buggy. Is that because of QT or Tiger? Waiting, Claire -- G-Books is sponso

Re: Subject: Apple to switch to Intel chips

Did anyone see this yet? http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050606/ap_on_hi_te/apple_chips I watched the keynote tonight, and it was reassuring to do so. Just thought I'd pass that along to those who are panicking at this news... Claire -- G-Books is sponsored by and...

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Most likely, I will be a real estate agent by the end of the summer. I am required to have a computer that will run the required software. The office is checking now with their computer people to see if there are Mac versions of the software, but at this point they've never had an agent to us

LCD vs. CRT

Having read the posts on what to do with old CRTs and also the dangers of photon beams zapping out of the ray guns and getting us all, I am left with questions on two trains of thought: (1) Is it wiser to buy a flat-panel monitor? Are we safer? Are our kids safer? They spend quite a bit of

leather cover; trackpad software

I am thinking of buying on of these for my 17" PowerBook. Does anyone have any pros/cons to this product? http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other%20World%20Computing/LSPTIG417/ I think someone on this list suggested it a while back. My PowerBook is starting to show some shine on the trackpad, wri

Re: Subject: powerbooks, ibooks, g4, g5, what to buy?

Hello All... I'm a newbie to this list, but have been a Mac User since way back :) Your list was recommended I currently do print and web design work ... Photoshop, Quark, Dreamweaver, Flash, Indesign, Illustrator, Acrobat, etc. I do mostly web design right now, and am moving also into the high-res

Re: European Powerbooks _ probably not the last word

2-phase power as in two phases, neutral and earth? As in two hot and one neutral, 110VAC RMS from each hot to neutral, 220VAC RMS from hot to hot. Bzztt. Wrong answer! What you have is plain old 220 single phase To the poor person who started this thread and just wants some adaptors, I was jus

European Powerbooks _ the last word

No transformer needed, just adapter plugs. You can get a world-wide adapter kit at apple.com - or just buy an adapter in whatever country you land, which is how I built up my collection. They're easy to find at any drug Sorry for the subject, but I have the feeling that I can give a worthwhile

Re: European Powerbooks

My husband used to do a lot of international travel. He bought a collection of power and telephone adaptors (probably 25 pieces), from Targus, I think, that came in a zippered organizer about the size of a 5-Star (brand) zippered ring binder. The card inside listed in three columns: each coun

Re: web page design

Hi. I want to design a small web site. A few pics, some links, not too much. Can you suggest a helpful book to read first? And a good application to use? Thanks. One other thought. I use 123ehost for web hosting, and I think they are about to roll out another couple of features, including 1000

Re: web page design

Hi. I want to design a small web site. A few pics, some links, not too much. Can you suggest a helpful book to read first? And a good application to use? Thanks. nVU is a free gui web page program, based on the Mozilla engine, and more robust than Composer. Bruce Johnson Last

Re: scanner woes/suggestions?

I chose to not install OS 9 on my PowerBook. I still have both 9 and X on my iMac, but I never need any of my classic applications anymore. I decided last summer when I got my PowerBook to just not install 9 at all. Claire Why don't you want Mac OS 9X to use in classic mode on your Powerbook

scanner woes/suggestions?

I had a wonderful scanner in OS 9 that didn't have a driver when I went to OS X. Microtek offered a workaround for the ScanMaker 4900, but I didn't want a "workaround" so I waited until their next big thing came along, and bought the ScanMaker i320. I've tried three times over the past year t

Re: Short-term ISP from library

In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: Lawrence & Sarah Ballew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Short-term ISP, try access-4-free Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2005 11:43:10 +0800 My latest PB is the first one with a wireless option. I'm pretty much ignorant about how it works to

Re: Subject: Windows Wireless on a Mac Network

I have a Gateway and Dell desktop hooked up with this Pismo and an iMac SE 400 and Airport base (Graphite)...Initially tried a Nextel card in the W systems but it just wouldn't work...Switched to the Belkin cards and they took off immediately and are working fine together with the Macs. The Nextel

Re: Subject: Windows Wireless on a Mac Network

Anybody using a Windows98 notebook on a Apple ABS (wireless) network? I'd like a recommendation on a dependable WiFi 803.11b PC card for the Windows machine. Oh, I'm using the ABS dial-up modem if that matters, Thanks, Bob "Dependable" is the key word, there. My son and I were both using a Links

Re: OS X desktop icon bug, I cannot believe...

Do you place your icons and then clean up or do you have them sorted in a predefined order ? All I do is snapping every icon (don't know the exact words in the English system, I use the Italian version) to the grid in the Show View Option. Nothing else. I'll tell you what came to mind when I read y

Re: losing internet connection

We have this problem sometimes, and we're fairly sure it's our ISP. Up/downloads get slower and slower, and occasionally we lose it altogether. We have one iMac, two PCs, one wireless PowerBook and one wireless PC laptop connected to the internet via DSL, with an Airport Extreme transmitting

Re: Dead HDD in Freezer

Besides all these odd recommendations involving freezers and stoves, I guess nobody ever tried actually opening up a HDD and replace the bearings? Is this one of those things that's simply not done? Are My son opened a dead hard drive once just to see what was inside, and it took quite a bit of

Re: Dead HDD in Freezer: Science Project

Besides all these odd recommendations involving freezers and stoves, I guess nobody ever tried actually opening up a HDD and replace the bearings? Is this one of those things that's simply not done? Are My son opened a dead hard drive once just to see what was inside, and it took quite a bit of

Re: dead HD in freezer?

At 1:43 AM -0800 2/10/05, Zoltan Batiz wrote: Ok folks. . .I've got a 75 gig IBM hard drive that sounds like a plane taking off during initial boot, and a saw mill during normal operation. Which is recommended? Freezer? Or Oven? Does anything think that one or both of these ideas might fix the

Quickbooks

I noticed that my PowerBook came preinstalled with Quickbooks 6.0. My credit union's website says: "You can download a QIF file containing some or all of these records. You can then import this file into your favorite money management program." I found that QIF stands for Quicken Interchang

Backup

Has anyone tried Backup? It's offered on .Mac. I wonder if anyone is able yet to compare it to Carbon Copy Cloner. Claire -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished Powe

Re: web page capture

Bruce Johnson said: No. This is how it works in Safari, Firefox and IE. It's just that the explanation was convoluted. How does Safari and Firefox save the photos? I don't see this possibility in Safari. Bruce, You are replying to your own post. You said that in the last post of digest #2142, Ja

Re: web page capture

Does your result allow you to click between the photos of an auction? Did you go to a current ebay auction that had multiple little thumbnails (such that if you click on them, they enlarge the photo)? After you saved it, closed your browser, then open the saved document, were you able to still clic

Re: web page capture

On Jan 28, 2005, at 12:03 PM, G-Books wrote: This seems straightforward to me. Do other browsers make this difficult? No. This is how it works in Safari, Firefox and IE. It's just that the explanation was convoluted. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Ph acy Information Tech

Re: web page capture

This discussion inspired me to try this process to see if its as troublesome as indicated. It seems fairly easy to me. This might be because I'm using a superior browser: Opera. I simply clicked on your link, and when Opera loaded the page I clicked the save button on the toolbar.

Re: web page capture

That's easy? I guess in the world of MS (no offence, Stanton). That's why I like Safari. As per the first response: save as pdf Frank, it looked complicated in one paragraph. Here are Stanton's steps in his own words, broken down by me into a list: ... view... the web page (including links) y

web page capture

I know this is a little off-topic, but I don't know how to research this. I would like to copy an ebay listing, sort of like a screen capture, but I want to be able to view the whole length of the page as well as the photos. I know that ebay listings are removed after so many days, and I want

backing up PB to external HD

I have a 120 GB external HD. When I bought it, I divided it into 6 equal partitions. I backed up my OS 9 iMac on one partition, and used a second partition as a working backup for files (still OS 9). A third partition backed up Jaguar stuff, but that was quickly replaced with Panther, so a f

"End of Life"?

Oops. Here's more from LEM/Charles Moore's article: "In addition, Asustek will also start shipping iBook G5 notebooks to Apple in the second quarter of this year." And "PowerBook G5, Quanta Computer, 30k-50k/month, 2Q 2005." I'm skeptical. I don't think a PowerBook G5 is that close to producti

"End of life"?

Charles Moore's "The 'Book Review" of 1/21/05 (from LowEndMac) quotes Lionel from Hardmac: "We have just been informed that PowerBooks as well as eMac SuperDrive have been declared "End of Life" at the FNAC." Following that lead, I found that Hardmac's site (I've never been there before) says

Was: connecting through Airport Extreme

We bought an Airport Extreme, and I did firmware updates and configuration, following all the prompts, from my AlBook. We are also trying to get my son's Windows laptop to find the Airport Extreme base, but it's not finding it. He has downloaded Airport for Windows 4.1 and installed it. He's

connecting through Airport Extreme

We bought an Airport Extreme, and I did firmware updates and configuration, following all the prompts, from my AlBook. We are also trying to get my son's Windows laptop to find the Airport Extreme base, but it's not finding it. He has downloaded Airport for Windows 4.1 and installed it. He's

speed of my HD

It just dawned on me, in reading about digital video hardware requirements, that I don't know the speed of my AlBook's HD. How do I find out from my computer? I pasted into Google the Hitachi model number that I found in System Profiler, and found that its speed is 5400. How would I have bee

Re: printer recommendations

My Canon S750 has gone kaput, after very little use. It is, however, a few years old. The print head needs to be replaced, which would be My Canon S800 inkjet printer was 4? years old at Christmas. If I need color, I print from it. Otherwise, I print from my HP Laser Printer 1200. I have never

Wireless router woes

We have five computers connected through a Netgear wireless router to DSL. The wireless computers are my PowerBook and my son's PC laptop. The wired computers are my iMac and my sons' PC towers. Last summer when we made the switch to DSL, everyone said, "Get a Netgear router!" While the wir

Trouble with Quicktime viewing

Yesterday I tried to watch the MacWorld keynote address on my 1.5 GHz PowerBook with 2 GB RAM. It seems that I have the hardware for it anyway. We have DSL. It interrupted and quit so many times in the first 20 minutes that I watched it on my son's 2-year old PC instead (with XP Professional

Subject: new ipod shuffe and 867 PB

hey guys my daughter and I have older powerbooks and were wondering since we do not have usb 2.0, can we still use the new shuffle or would it be too slow in just regular usb or do we get a adapter or what? thanks in advance TmB I've tried twice to send this, and it bounced. I was cutting/pasting

Re: Photo Printers

What is your favorite photo printer? What I want to do is combining my graphic design and my family into personal page layouts ie. scrapbooks. I like to be able to work them over in photoshop first and sometimes print one or two larger... HP 5850. It *is* only a deskjet, but it works very well. I

Re: screen sizes vs. reality

it does play DVD's etc well. But viewing of the screen by more than one person is definitely not as enjoyable as with the 15.2" and 17". I agree...I have the 15". I was responding to Andrew regarding his 12" PB. However, I don't normally have somebody else looking at my screen while I am working

Re: Apple menu additions

Dean, The nice thing about using the dock is that it's a one-click operation. In OS 9's Apple Menu, you clicked the apple, went down to whatever you were choosing and clicked again. (Or was it click the apple, drag to the intended item, and then release? Or was that OS 7? Oh, well.) Even in

Re: "Less is more" or "Bigger is better"

Personally, I bought my 12" to use as a true portable, a decision I have never regretted, especially when I see people trying to use bigger laptops such as Titanium PowerBooks in crowded airplanes. I actually saw some poor idiot's 17" PowreBook get pushed by a passing flight attendant, the res

Re: "Less is more" or "Bigger is better"

I was out of town for a week, so didn't carefully read all of my email, somehow missing the original post regarding "less is more" or "bigger is better." I'm assuming this discussion is comparing sizes of 'books. I bought the 17" PB last summer. I LOVE all of the features, but it is not so e

Quadrupled RAM shows no improvement

I have two questions, so I'll send them as separate posts. My Powerbook is a 17" 1.5 GHz, July issue. I bought 2 GB of RAM last month, replacing the factory-installed 512 stick. What improvements should I see after having made this installation? I am not currently running anything high-powere

Re: regular PB maintenance

Thanks to Dennis and Laurent for suggesting OnyX. I installed it last night and ran nearly everything there was to run, and it made a TREMENDOUS difference! Web sites open very quickly (I was beginning to think I was back on dial-up). iPhoto's response to keystrokes has noticably improved as

regular PB maintenance

I bought my 17" 1.5 GHz PowerBook last summer, and then installed 2 GB of RAM a few months ago. While I am not running anything high-powered right now, I have not noticed any improvement in going from the 512 RAM to the 2 GB RAM. Not only that, but things are beginning to slow down, as if my

Subject: Re: Danged picture on my email

I recently upgraded my PB to 10.3.5 and now Mail insists on putting a dorky picture of a butterfly on everything I send. I don't find anything in Mail preferences to turn this off...how do I make it quit? Unless you're using mac.com as your mail server, the only person seeing your 'inner butterfly

Re: Large or small

Did you go ahead an buy applecare? I would highly recommend it for laptops. There has never been a case where I haven't got my money's worth for applecare. And Apple will provide service from you door (in the way of an overnight shipping box). John Slavin Absolutely! I bought it for both the PB

Re: Large or small

Before I bought my 17" PowerBook, I got on this list and asked questions. I wasn't sure if I wanted a tower or a PB. As the various opinions came in, I began to lean toward a PowerBook, but probably a 15" one. A few more posts here and there, and I went for the 17" instead. I love it. I wi

Re: Help is not helpful

When nothing is open and all applications (according to the dock) are not open, and my menu bar has "finder" as the open application", and I click "help", there be nothing in the resulting opened window. I have Help's own red/yellow/green buttons, the left/right arrows, the little house button

Re: Help is not helpful

When nothing is open and all applications (according to the dock) are not open, and my menu bar has "finder" as the open application", and I click "help", there be nothing in the resulting opened window. I have Help's own red/yellow/green buttons, the left/right arrows, the little house button, th

Help is not helpful

When nothing is open and all applications (according to the dock) are not open, and my menu bar has "finder" as the open application", and I click "help", there be nothing in the resulting opened window. I have Help's own red/yellow/green buttons, the left/right arrows, the little house button

Re: adding RAM

Trust me, Claire! -Laurent. O.k.If you say so. Claire -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac

Re: adding RAM

I've bought a 1GB chip from NewEgg.com for $202.50 USD (shipping included), btw. I put it in and it has been working fine since then. Crucial should be fine as well. I don't know what is wrong with their chips, though. They should work if they are really the specs that you mention above. One thin

Re: Command key

I had to get out of the habit of saying open apple or closed apple (for those from the Apple II days). :) I was a Commodore user and my wife had Apples in school...Always did and still do call it Open Apple.. Same here. What was the "Closed-Apple" became "Option". There is an actual name for the

Re: iSync and .Mac account problem...

I also had trouble, but I think it started Sunday night when I was trying to download an iTunes song and my password wouldn't work. I asked to be reminded of my password, but it didn't recognize my username. So then I went to dotMac to explain the situation in an e-mail, but have not received

Re: adding RAM

I've bought a 1GB chip from NewEgg.com for $202.50 USD (shipping included), btw. I put it in and it has been working fine since then. Crucial should be fine as well. I don't know what is wrong with their chips, though. They should work if they are really the specs that you mention above. One

Freeway Express help

I'm working on a website with Freeway Express on my PowerBook. I had created one website with DreamWeaver 5 on OS 9, mostly with my son's help, over a year ago, and since moving up to X, I don't even have DreamWeaver installed anymore, much less remember how to use it. So, I bought Freeway Ex

shutting down PBs at night

While more often than not I leave my iMac on at night, I always turn off my Powerbook. I guess it just seems more vulnerable left on all night, for some reason. In fact, until recently, I'd carefully pack it and all of its "stuff" back in the softside briefcase I bought for it. Now I often l

Re: Trackpad on PB17

When I type something and want to move the cursor or click something, sometimes the trackpad won't respond for a few seconds... -Laurent. Me, too. I got my PB17 two months ago. In continual use when my finger stays on the track pad, it's fine. But when I take my finger off the trackpad, even

codenames

I'm a little confused on code names for the current 12", 15", and 17" powerbooks. All they all called "TiBooks"? In checking out LEM's profile on G4 powerbooks, this page: referring to Titanium powerbooks, then refers to them as "iBooks". Thanks,

transferring iTunes between computers

I can't remember if I asked this question of this list or the G-book list, so I'll post it both places. I had asked if there was a way to transfer my iTunes collection from the iMac to the Powerbook. Someone said to use iSync. I tried iSync through .mac, and it synced iCal, Address Book, and

not sure I cleaned the HD

As per this list's suggestion, I reinstalled Panther on my new powerbook. Prior to this reinstallation, the name of my hard drive was changed (I think the cat walked across the keyboard at the wrong moment, naming my hard drive "j".) Anyway, I did a reformatting installation with the disk tha

keyboard is not discoverable

I'm still needing help to get my new powerbook to "discover" the keyboard. It discovered the mouse. Any suggestions? Claire -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished Po

reinstalling X

O.k. - I guess I've decided to reinstall the accompanying software onto my brand new powerbook. Only one person answered my post, and they were in favor of my doing so. No one has warned me NOT to do it. So this is what I want to know: Since I have 9.2.2 and Panther on my iMac, and since it

Re: (more) New iBook questions :)

I am not technically inclined at all, although I enjoy computers. However, I've never heard of re-formatting a new computer. I just got my new powerbook last week. Why is this recommended? Thanks, Claire Josh, I recommend and so would most of the peeps on this forum that any new computer out

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