Re: PB 12'' review

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PB12" review

I have a friend of mine who is a Linux (and Windows) user. He is intrigued by the design and power of the 12'' Powerbook. He asked my opinion on which PB to by and I like to give him an honest cross section of experiences. I am a very happy user of the 1GHZ TiBook but have no experience with the ne

Re: Question on Graphics ChipSets (Was: Considering CPUupgrades...)

On 1/31/03 8:48 AM, "Andrew Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Anyone with a SuperDrive TiBook care to toss in which RageMx > you have in your 'book? ATY, RV250M9 -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Driv

Re: Pismo arrived.... at last!

On 1/29/03 12:30 AM, "Jon Glass" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I thought this problem was a Lombard/Wallstreet problem, and that the Pismo > didn't have this problem (or did I read posts on this list wrong?)? > -- > -Jon Glass I guess you did. It has been reported several times that the inter

Re: Pismo arrived.... at last!

On 1/28/03 4:24 PM, "Javier Miranda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear friends: > At last my Pismo 500/12Gb/128, arrived last weekend (troubles of living a > little bit off-center)I bougth it on eBay it is almost new, I recived the > computer, and the power adapter, no installations or manuals but

Re: The 17" PowerBook

Maybe I should have used the optical instead of digital which I think is still the superior way to connect components of your high end home stereo. I know a some people that spend quite some money for extension cards (PC and Mac) to just get this capability. On the other hand side I did not intent

Re: The 17" PowerBook

I have not heard someone complaining about the missing digital audio in/output? Did Apple had a courtesy contract with Griffin and others or is this no issue (can this be done via firewire ore USB without additional device these days)? /h -- G-Books is sponsored by and..

Redraw problems on TiBook

I have a weird problem. I installed 10.1.5 on a DVI TiBook 800 MHz about 3 months ago and everything was working just fine. Yesterday I installed 10.2 and even after a complete wipe and clean install the gui would show ugly screen redraw problems, whenever a window is moved. It almost looks like th

Re: New 1GHZ PowerBooks

On 12/3/02 11:23 AM, "Andrew Main" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > See http://www.macintouch.com/pbg4reader14.html for some comments by > new owners. > > Andrew Main Thanks Andrew, I have found all the info I needed. Best/h -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small Dog

Re: New 1GHZ Powerbooks

On 12/2/02 5:42 PM, "Dustin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Search around on www.xlr8yourmac.com > I've seen some user opinions on the 1 GHz TiBook. You may have to look > around a little though. > > -Dustin Unlucky finding anything yet. The most recent report on Powerbooks talks about the 800MHz

New 1GHZ Powerbooks

Has anyone tried one of the new GHz TiBooks with Superdrive yet and cares to share his experience? Did they improve on the Airport reception, how does the Superdrive work etc... /h -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | R

Re: Re Irez capture card

On 12/1/02 4:27 AM, "B.J. Major" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm not sure how you can say it was "designed" for the PowerBook G3 > series *only*...after all, the Titanium PowerBook G4 also has a PC Card > slot in which I presume Capsure would work under OS 9. Maybe not, the Capsure Card requi

Re: CDR/DVD drive failure on TiBook

On 11/23/02 2:54 PM, "Obi-Wan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You can force it to eject in Open Firmware. > > Restart the computer and immediately after the startup sound, press and hold > the key combination Command-Option-O-F. Release the keys when you see > "Welcome to Open Firmware." At the pro

Re: CDR/DVD drive failure on TiBook

On 11/23/02 10:09 AM, "Laurent Daudelin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I have a TiBook 667 GHz Ethernet Port and I thought that this model maybe >> does not have a manual eject? > > Did you try restarting while maintaining the mouse button down? In previous > systems, you could do that and any di

Re: CDR/DVD drive failure on TiBook

On 11/22/02 6:58 PM, "P.F.Grenier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Friday, Nov 22, 2002, at 21:48 US/Eastern, R. Hannes Niedner wrote: > >> On 11/22/02 6:41 PM, "P.F.Grenier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Have you tried the m

Re: CDR/DVD drive failure on TiBook

On 11/22/02 6:41 PM, "P.F.Grenier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Have you tried the manual eject "button"? Where is that located on the slot loading TiBook? /h -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives |

CDR/DVD drive failure on TiBook

I just noticed that I cannot insert any CD's into my CDR/DVD combo drive. When I try to insert the CD it meet a solid resistance at the point where usually the automatic pull-in starts. It work perfectly until to day and I inserted and ejected the last CD yesterday without noticing anything strange

Re: Downgrade from 9.2 - 9.1

On 11/6/02 6:26 PM, "Ted Burford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What is the best way to Downgrade from 9.2 - 9.1? > > Ted This is just very crude advise and I hope more sophisticed explanations from more experienced user will come forward (I am working exclusively with OS X since it was in Publi

Re: Airport connection dropouts

On 11/5/02 11:01 PM, "Tim Gilman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It was mentioned in the Apple Discussion Boards that selecting "Join a > specific network" in the SystemPreferences->Network->Airport tab worked > around a bug in Apple's networking code that caused a lot of people to > experience Airp

Re: Airport connection dropouts

On 11/5/02 7:37 AM, "R. Hannes Niedner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > (I don't blame them since it > appears really cryptic to everyone I have talked about). I have talked about this issue./h -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and..

Re: Airport connection dropouts

On 11/5/02 5:02 AM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You mentioned that you live in an apartment. You also mention that you have a > cordless phone. Is it a 2.4GHz phone? And do you have a microwave oven? Or do > neighbors in adjoining apartments? 2.4GHz phones, microwave ovens and

Re: Airport connection dropouts

On 11/3/02 11:39 PM, "wappling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > RE; voltage filters and transformers can be OK for controling spikes or > rises in voltage,Im thinking perhaps drops in voltage may be the cause of > signal loss at the base station antenae? the easiest way to tell if you dont > have a m

Re: Airport connection dropouts

On 11/3/02 10:44 PM, "wappling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > RE; if possable try to monitor the voltage at your wall plug, the power > company may be your culprit,though there are a number of things that can > cause you trouble,if so a ups battery back-up is in order.such are the > problems in my

Re: Airport connection dropouts

On 11/3/02 11:37 AM, "K" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just a suggestion...check the appletalk setting in the airport config > thing...I > have had a similar problem...for whatever reason, the ap connection switches > from airport to ethernet and then will only hold an intermittent connection... >

Airport connection dropouts

I wonder if other people on this list experience flaky Airport connections. I have a TiBook 667/GB Ethernet Rev B Airport Card and a graphite base station all the newest updates installed. Normally I've got all 4 bars no matter where I have got the TiBook in the apartment but hen suddenly - without

Re: Wireless card for wallstreet

On 10/18/02 4:24 PM, "mathue taxion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Please let the list know how it goes, I'm also looking into several > such cards for my Wallstreet/300 and want to know if things go well > before plunking down for a card. Sorry, I was convinced that I already posted to the lis

Re: pc Airport compatible

I think any of the cards listed her will do: They all work more or less in an Apple Powerbook and should even more so to connect to an ABS from a PC. With the help of this list I bought an Orinocco Gold Card which connects fine to an Airpo

Re: Wireless card for wallstreet

Thanks to all who responded. I think I'll by an Orinocco Gold Card supported by the open source driver and capable of 128Bit encryption. Please let me know if I missed something and that would not be a good choice. Cheers/h -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small Dog

Wireless card for wallstreet

Has anybody any recommendation which wireless card to by that is suppprted in Mac OS X 10.1.5 and higher (including Jagwire). Airport unfortunately is no option for the Wallstreet. I thought there where wireless pc-cards out there that would work with Apple drivers?? Thanks for your input/h --

Re: Entourage ate my mail

You might want to check upon this resource: Or mailinglist like: List-Subscribe: List-Digest: On 10/3/02 1:41 PM, "April Westberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry if this is OT, but there has been a lot o

Re: Automatically connect to Airport network?

On 10/2/02 9:10 AM, "Amber Rhea" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> In System Preferences->Network, make sure that under Airport you've >> chosen "Join network with the best signal". What you are seeing is what >> happens if this has been unselected or changed. > > I don't see that option anywhere. S

Re: Automatically connect to Airport network?

On 10/2/02 6:30 AM, "Jeremy C. Derr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: -snip- >> it would automatically connect to the network. But recently >> (past >> few days) for some reason it's stopped automatically connecting - >> instead I >> have to go up to the little Airport icon in the menubar (OS X) and >>

Re: f-keys on PB G4 (OS 10.2)

On 9/7/02 3:41 PM, "Roger Shufflebottom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When my G4 PB was running OS 10.1.5, I managed somehow to switch the > f-key actions so that I could use the f-keys for various applications > and had to hold down the Function key plus an f-key to get the Apple > functions (li

Re: Mac-Cloistering with WiFi

> From: Ryan Coleman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > gz files are gzip'd and called Tarballs. That is the standard > compression. Strictly dot-tar files stand for Tape Archive. Offers no > compression but combines all the data of a given set of files, > folders, etc into one large file for compression. G

Re: Mac-Cloistering with WiFi

Tar.gz is a standard UNIX compression filetype. Associate the tar.gz files with Stuffit-Expander (in short: ctrl+click -> show info->switch to open with application->Choose Stuffit Expander->Change all). Then you can double click on the file and it will be unzipped and untarred and you find a new

Re: OS X 10.2

Well, I guess if I suggest that I would send you a CD with the downloads I would not comply to Apple copyright, but maybe your local apple store can do it ( and there are universities and company networks that could serve in place of your own broadband connection ) I still believe it much more a s

Re: OS X 10.2

Brian, What's all the fuss? If you have 9.04 you can upgrade up to 9.2.2 for free just follow the links. here they are on a silver platter just for you :-) 9.04 - 9.1 9.1 - 9.2.1

Re: Key indentations, help!

> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > IMHO, the wonderfull "protector" pads aren't all they're marked up to be. > > Why? It's simple. If your screen is so close to the keys that closing it > means the keys touch the screen, then what happens when you add a piece of > leather (or a thick chamois) in th

Re: OS 10.2 and beyond...

Bruce, It appears to me that this information still only promises the shipping of Endnote 6 for OSX for the end of July, as opposed to the windows version. I have also heard that beta versions have been released only to an exclusive test group. Did I miss something on the page? I'd love to get m

Re: Applecare (was iBook vs. PowerBook)

Well, thanks to all who responded. Before I sold my Pismo in favor of a TiBook 667/30 GB, 1 GB RAM rev C, I bought a new battery (only 45 min left) not knowing that I could have exploited my Apple Care. Since I am already experiencing degrading of the battery that came with the TiBook from about 3

Applecare (was iBook vs. PowerBook)

> From: makmac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Then spring for AppleCare. Get AppleCare. Did I mention AppleCare. It's well > worth the investment. Especially if you are going to try and squeeze out 3-4 > years of use out of it. When the battery craps out in 2.5 years, you'll get > another for free. If y

Re: TiBook power adapter issues

> From: Ryan Coleman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > So, I just called FirstTech in Minneapolis. They will send it to > apple to have it replaced. 24-48 hours is the current turn-around > time. Hopefully my roommate will give me a ride to Uptown to do it > today. I could take the bus, but it is so gosh-d

Re: TiBook power adapter issues

Yup, had this happen to my power adapter (TiBook, 3months old)) last Friday night. I went to the local Apple Store on Campus and they made me buy a second adapter, whilst taking care of the broken one over the weekend. On Tuesday Morning I was scheduled to pick up the fixed one, and I brought the

Re: ListNanny............. gone

> From: Laurent Daudelin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Jeremy, > > I thought you temporarily on the digest, but was expecting you to come back > full time later. Am I wrong? If not, I don't think we really need a backup. > Well, we could use one, but unless you'll be staying on the digest > indefini

Re: ListNanny............. gone

> From: Ryan Coleman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > You will be missed Jeremy. Very much so. Who's replacing you? I believe Laurent Daudelin already has that job. But, he too agrees on your thread calling (no offence meant I agree too). As quoted from ---

Re: "virii" (OT)

Kyle, Actually, I never meant to dismiss your point. It's just that there are standards and there are habits and sometimes it takes very long for the first to overcome the latter if ever (Just have a look as the use of SI units). But never mind you didn't start this thread and Jim probably approa

Re: "virii" (OT)

Kyle Hansen wrote: > I could surf and find 3 examples of links showing just the opposite. I just > don't have that much free time. ;-) Kyle, Sure, you could and it would only take you probably 2-3 mins , that's how long it took me with Google. But you made it quite clear that the guys from McAffe

Re: "virii" (OT)

Hmmm Kyle, so much about 'Technical Industry standard for the plural of Virus'. Basically I personally don't really care

Re: Adding memory issues to Pismo

I run my Pismo 500MHz with 640 MB RAM and never had any issues or data loss. Although, afaik you can loose the data in your RAM when you try swapping batteries whilst not having the Pismo plugged into AC at the same time. The internal battery apparently does not have enough capacity to back more t

Re: Microsoft Word documents in OS 9 and OS X

Amber, Sorry it didn¹t work out, Obviously the changes made in the OsX finder do only apply for OsX. Although I do agree with what Jeremy mentions below, there might still be one other way to do it. Someone else brought up Apple script and maybe there is someone script savvy on this list who can

Re: Microsoft Word documents in OS 9 and OS X

Amber, You could try the following: booting up to OS X select any Word file, right click (or ctrl + click) and select 'Show Info'. In the upper part of the window the is a dropdown list, click on the little arrow where it says 'General Information' and select 'Open with Application'. Click on the

Re: TiBook scratches

I am using WildEepz display cushions and their screen protector WildEepz PowerBook ScreensavRz (very thin microfiber cloth of keyboard size) and so far not 'scratches' seen on the screen. If someone is interested here is the url (I think I posted it at the begin of this thread already).

Re: TiBook Screen Scratches

You can by a protective micro fiber cloth (WildEepz PowerBook ScreensavRz!) and also some distance pads (WildEepz Display Cushions)for the TiBook here: Here is the description taken from the page: "ScreensavRz not only protect your preciou

Re: Pismo Replacement Keyboard

Keith, About a year and a half ago I swapped the German keyboard in my Pismo against one with an American layout. If I remember correctly, I just ordered it from Apple via a our Apple certified dealer on campus. Whilst I exchanged my Pismo with a TiBook 8 weeks ago I still have the German Pismo k

Re: DVD regions

> on 13/05/02 20:42, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> Before reading the fine print, I won the bid on a set of DVDs from region 4, >> Australia. Does anybody know if my Lombard's DVD player will be able to play >> them? > > If you never changed the region set with your drive,

Re: Attn: mac.com users

> From: Dan Knight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Macintouch: Apple 'secretly' filtering Mac.com mail > by ron carlson, Insanely Great Mac > May 9th 2002 > > Don Frakes and Bruce Giles, both of whom are list moms (those who > administer mailing lists) for a number of Mac and PC-related mailing > lists

Re: Connecting Apple 17" LCD to Pismo?

I haven't checked the details, but maybe this link is of some help. Good luck Hannes On 7/26/01 11:41 AM, "Gretchen Hayman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I had a staff member who got tired of her monitor and purchased

Re: Recall and Book Numbers

I can only confirm what Thomas said. Me too went to the recall webpage and went to the process from start to end (just for the fun after all these reports). I have a Pismo and a yoyo adapter bought in Germany. First the serial number of my pismo: match--- you are eligible blah blah, next model and