PowerBook G3 300?

2006-02-10 Thread Van Snyder
Is this unit considered a Wallstreet model? I'm more familiar with the Lombard and Pismo and am curious what a guy should know regarding the PB G3 300? thanks - Van -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives |

Re: Wegener Media

2006-02-06 Thread Van Snyder
I'll admit I'm surprised by this thread... I ordered a set of feet for a Pismo and a trayload CDROM for an early iBook. A set of feet for a TiBook and the CDROM arrived very promptly. I called them on the feet and a set of feet for the Pismo arrived two days later. Very surprised that they have

Re: Bluetooth Q

2006-02-06 Thread Van Snyder
Hey Dave - If you decide to try a current headset, I have a Plantronics BT320 that is brand new (my mother in law wanted one and then realized her phone didn't have Bt. I use this same headset daily with my cell phone and have found it to work very well and it is comfortable. $32 shipped to

Re: Bluetooth Q

2006-02-06 Thread Van Snyder
Yeah - that was intended to Dave off list... my apologies to the list. Now I'll crawl into my cave. On 2/6/06, Van Snyder [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey Dave - If you decide to try a current headset, I have a Plantronics BT320 that is brand new (my mother in law wanted one and then realized

Re: Battery Time Left

2006-01-15 Thread Van Snyder
Dan - I have suffered this exact issue on my Pismo. Haven't figured out how to fix it either - my next stop? Start from scratch. Also - I believe my battery doesn't last as long under Tiger.. but that is just a sense. Please let me know if you remedy this - I'd be very interested to learn

Re: Applecare on Powerbooks ?

2006-01-11 Thread Van Snyder
Amber - I had a latch issue with my pb12 867 and it was replaced. I believe they actually replaced more than the latch, but I remember they replaced the latch as well. Good luck! --Van On 1/11/06, David Rodriguez [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Amber, The squeaky wheel gets the grease. Ask

Re: Intel Macs....

2006-01-10 Thread Van Snyder
http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/ A buddy of mine just took a lucky guess at the URL. On 1/10/06, Bruce Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The New MacBook, just announced at Macworld. Dual core 1.67 and 1.83 Ghz, 15.4 displays, $2k and $2.5K respectively. Allegedly 4-5x faster. Available

Re: little OT

2005-12-10 Thread Van Snyder
In iPhoto, when you select the pictures you want to send and click 'email', it will ask you what size you want to send. I believe the choices are small, med, large, full. I know this it the behaviour of iPhoto5 - but I seem to remeber the same in iPhoto4. On 12/10/05, Krow Magnum [EMAIL

Re: Ron - Re: THANK YOU ALL! - Re: G4-iBook w/o OS - Question

2005-12-09 Thread Van Snyder
snip I've got a yahoo email list and I just can't find emails anymore - I've reached the boggled-mind limit, lol). ah, the beauty of Gmail. I would never argue against the merits of Tiger, but if the email is the one thing pushing you over the edge, you might want to consider moving to

Re: Pismo Panasonic LCD

2005-08-30 Thread Van Snyder
I think I had a similar problem with my Pismo/vga to LCD projector - this one was a Sony. However, it warned me that it couldn't support it at that resolution. Did you allow it to 'detect displays'? On 8/30/05, Anne Judge [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Aug 30, 2005, at 12:45 PM, Robert Eye

Re: Lombard as projector

2005-08-23 Thread Van Snyder
Most presentation projectors have a VGA input (standard monitor cable). On 8/23/05, Kristina [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 8/23/05 1:52 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... there is a VGA (Monitor) out on the back of the lombard. Plug that into a projector and you should

Re: OSX on Pismo, does the airport card work?

2005-06-30 Thread Van Snyder
works like a dream. On 6/30/05, Andrew in Ann Arbor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: G-Books wrote: Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 15:10:18 -0400 Subject: Tiger on a Pismo? Anyone running Tiger on a Pismo smoothly? Is it worth the upgrade on a Pismo? I'd like to know if the built in Airport card

Re: RAM for Powerbook - best not cheapest

2005-06-16 Thread Van Snyder
I recently picked up a 1GB sodimm for my pb12 1.33 and have been very happy with it. A co-worker bought Patriot memory from Newegg for his pb12 1.5 and has been very happy as well. On 6/16/05, Francesco sciacca [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd like to max out the RAM on my Powerbook (15 / 1.5GHz).

Re: Clamshell CD-Rom problems

2005-06-10 Thread Van Snyder
wegenermedia.com has factory new drives for ~$70 and pbfixit.com has a nice complete step-by-step procedure outlined. I just did it for my sister-in-law and it went very smoothly. eBay might have somewhat better prices, but when I was looking, they were ~$50 shipped for a used drive. Good luck

Re: Apple to switch to Intel chips

2005-06-09 Thread Van Snyder
If IBM did 'push' Apple out, they're added to a list of other notables including Cray, SGI, etc. To think, some of us originally thought that the reason we (Cray) had been pushed out was because they were struggling to make yield/clockrate on the PowerPC. Of course, the death of Apple's

Re: 802.11g PB, 802.11b router- slow??

2005-06-04 Thread Van Snyder
I've had no problems with my Netgear WGR614 g router and my pb12 867 and pb12 1.33. On 6/4/05, Clark Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 11:37 PM -0400 6/3/05, Brian wrote: I have a 12 1.5GHz powerbook coming for a short test drive. A coworker has an 8? 10? month-old 15 powerbook, he said he

Re: Anyone edit video on their powerbook?

2005-05-20 Thread Van Snyder
Check www.macsales.com - they have had pretty good pricing on 1GB DIMMs. As well, www.newegg.com had a good value last week as well. On 5/20/05, tamara buffalo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a 867 and I will be putting in a gig of ram soon. I am just using iMovie now but as soon as I get my

Pismo w/Tiger - battery time reduced and not calculated

2005-05-19 Thread Van Snyder
All - I had been running Jaguar and Panther (for a short time) and was getting 3+ hours of runtime with AirPort enabled. After upgrading to Tiger, I've noticed a couple things. First, it doesn't calculate how much time is left on the battery. It will show percent, but not time. This has

Re: Doesn't anyone wait anymore?!

2005-05-05 Thread Van Snyder
The microcenter.com deal is the best, non-edu, price I've seen - $129 - $50(mail-in-rebate). Still available, until the 22nd. On 5/5/05, Keith Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On May 5, 2005, at 2:36 PM, John wrote: Pacer wrote: My Fellow PowerBook-philes and Zoltan, I purchased

Re: Tiger available?

2005-04-30 Thread Van Snyder
... and that it very well had changed from yesterday morn to this morning... so we'll see what arrives in the box! On 4/29/05, Van Snyder [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I spoke with Apple telesales - The only thing shipping with Tiger today are the new PowerMacs. Now they need to update all other stock, with ref'd

Re: Tiger available?

2005-04-29 Thread Van Snyder
after Panther made it's debut. So we'll hold for a week. On 4/29/05, Peter Apockotos [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Apr 29, 2005, at 1:00 AM, Van Snyder wrote: I'm helping my retired parents purchase an iBook. I should be able to buy it first thing Friday morning and assume that Tiger

Re: Wireless recomendations?

2005-04-28 Thread Van Snyder
to report back! On 4/28/05, Deaner Lawless [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Van, Are there any details on the box about the hardware and/or firmware version? Deaner On Apr 27, 2005, at 1:04 PM, Van Snyder wrote: All - Deaner - my apologies as I haven't tried this and I now plan

Tiger available?

2005-04-28 Thread Van Snyder
I'm helping my retired parents purchase an iBook. I should be able to buy it first thing Friday morning and assume that Tiger will ship with it, right? I don't have to wait until after 6pm - I know it sounds silly to ask, but Mr. Jobs has a way of being quite particular! :) --Van -- G-Books is

Re: Wireless recomendations?

2005-04-27 Thread Van Snyder
it. Their # is 877.736.5771. dklj On Apr 25, 2005, at 10:48 AM, Van Snyder wrote: Ian - I have a Asante 802.11g cardbus adapter that I purchased to use with my Pismo (it is supposed to work with the Airport drivers - so no hassle). However, I then stumbled onto an Airport card. The Asante

Re: Wireless recomendations?

2005-04-25 Thread Van Snyder
Ian - I have a Asante 802.11g cardbus adapter that I purchased to use with my Pismo (it is supposed to work with the Airport drivers - so no hassle). However, I then stumbled onto an Airport card. The Asante packaging hasn't been opened. If you'd like me to open it and confirm that it is plug

Re: Looking for an Airport Card

2005-04-12 Thread Van Snyder
JP sent this in an earlier email.. this is the URL: http://home.earthlink.net/~metaphyzx/Wireless.htm you also might want to see: http://home.earthlink.net/~kjvann/ good luck happy clicking TigerDirect has the Asante AL5403-XG 802.11G Cardbus 54MBPS adapter for 14.99. If you order via

Re: Ethernet cable

2005-04-12 Thread Van Snyder
look at a cable that you have - I always start with a cable that I know works... On 4/12/05, Tom Ethen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks! On 4/12/05 7:02 PM, Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: brown, brown /white, green, green/white, blue, blue/white, orange, orange/white are how mine go, but

Pismo battery gauge (jaguar)

2005-04-09 Thread Van Snyder
All - I have been test driving a Pismo over the last day. I'm curious to find out just how stable the battery is . My 12 Al PB has a very linear / predictable usage rate. The Pismo is interesting, because it doesn't seem to decrease nearly as predictably - although, it has been on for a long

Re: Replacement CDROM for clamshell

2005-04-05 Thread Van Snyder
I appreciate the feedback .. does anyone know what the OEM drive was? On Apr 5, 2005 2:31 AM, Malcolm Cornelius [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone know if the clamshell CDROM is specific to the iBook - or is there a standard form factor that will work? Thanks for your help. Modern

Replacement CDROM for clamshell

2005-04-04 Thread Van Snyder
Does anyone know if the clamshell CDROM is specific to the iBook - or is there a standard form factor that will work? Thanks for your help. --Van -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web

pismo heartbeat?

2005-04-03 Thread Van Snyder
I am considering a G3 400 MHz Pismo. I spoke with the woman who owns it and she mentioned it has a 'click/tick'. She was concerned about it and the man who sold it to her (a salesman at her local computer store) assured her it was the clock - her comment: it seems to be in sync with the

Re: pismo heartbeat?

2005-04-03 Thread Van Snyder
Harddrive or fan were my two guesses... it is a 40GB drive, so I think it might be different from original. No known issues with the fans/etc in these units? thanks for the feedback! On Apr 3, 2005 8:12 PM, Laurent Daudelin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 03/04/05 21:01, Van Snyder at [EMAIL