Re: .Mac

2002-09-23 Thread Walter R Basil
On Monday, September 23, 2002, at 04:34 AM, Demetrius wrote: Hello, Just wanted to get some feedback concerning .Mac. How many members have joined? Is it really worth the money?I have not joined yet, but I am considering the possibility. Demetrius Demetrius, it all depends on

Re: Manual?

2002-09-22 Thread Walter R Basil
On Sunday, September 22, 2002, at 01:31 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: Go to Apple's web site, there's a link to downloadable PDF user manuals in their support section. I think you have to drop down that menu to 'More options' in the look for menu on the support first page, which gets you to an

Re: cyberdog?

2002-09-21 Thread Walter R Basil
On Saturday, September 21, 2002, at 12:33 AM, Greg Burkman wrote: Ah, just wait. I'm betting you'll see the same integrated browser coming to your machine soon... courtesy of Apple. I can't wait for that to happen, and it looks as though it may be Chimera. After all, didn't Apple just

Re: Faster Jaguar startup tip?

2002-09-20 Thread Walter R Basil
On Friday, September 20, 2002, at 03:51 PM, Gene Huh wrote: I discovered this today and thought it might be of some use to others using 10.2.1 who experience unusually long startup times. It may only apply if you do NOT use your Ethernet port routinely (I use AirPort, personally).

Re: Please Help my Wallstreet!!

2002-09-20 Thread Walter R Basil
On Friday, September 20, 2002, at 05:25 PM, David Pekarsky wrote: What can I do? Hopefully this won't involve wiping the hard drive... All help is greatly appreciated Thanks ..that all sounds nasty!! Good luck! Walt -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and...

Re: [PB]Entourage

2002-09-19 Thread Walter R Basil
On Thursday, September 19, 2002, at 01:10 AM, Jon Glass wrote: Just a question. Is this easily corrupted in your own experience, or via word-of-mouth from others? I've been using Entourage for about a year and a half, and I've never lost and email, and any corruption I've had was

Re: I-book OSX ?

2002-09-17 Thread Walter R Basil
On Monday, September 16, 2002, at 10:39 PM, KurtWAppling wrote: RE; thankyou very much,and I would not have thought of the warranty,, but you are quite right it will be very different than towers as I have owned so far.may I ask if the I-books seem ok with jaguar? I am running Jaguar on

Re: iCurve

2002-09-12 Thread Walter R Basil
I received a letter from Griffin Technology (the ones who are making this thing) that said that they were all back ordered. I guess they didn't expect such tremendous sales, or they just didn't produce enough. So I am still waiting for mine... Walt -- G-Books is sponsored by

Re: will Epson 740 print in black if only color cartridge dry?

2002-09-10 Thread Walter R Basil
On Tuesday, September 10, 2002, at 06:40 AM, Robert Dahl wrote: I have the above epson printer and never print in color. I have my desktop print monitor set to print black only, but the printer keeps giving me the message: color cartridge out-please install new cartridge. Is there any way

Refund from Apple (dot mac update)

2002-09-08 Thread Walter R Basil
Remember my little spat with Apple about the dot mac situation? How they would not answer my questions, and eventually cancelled my mac.com account after I had purchased the full .mac service... I was just reconciling my bank account, and guess whatThey gave me a refund, even though I

Re: 400 and 500 Mhz

2002-09-08 Thread Walter R Basil
Go to Apple.comclick on support, click on specifications...click on your models. Or just click here: http://www.info.apple.com/support/applespec.html Everything you wanted to know and then some as far as what is in each model. Walt On Sunday, September 8, 2002, at 01:21 PM, Demetrius

Re: Boundless Technology

2002-09-08 Thread Walter R Basil
On Sunday, September 8, 2002, at 06:37 AM, Amber Rhea wrote: Has anyone dealt with Boundless Technology (website: http://store.yahoo.com/boundless1/index.html) before? They have 512mb RAM for iBooks for $88 US, but I've seen better return policies. Anyone have experience? Never heard

OT Re: Refund from Apple (dot mac update)

2002-09-08 Thread Walter R Basil
On Sunday, September 8, 2002, at 05:47 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So do you now forgive Apple, and would you reconsider having a .Mac account? Michelle I forgive Apple, but I still would have no value from .Mac, so I probably wouldn't get one. I mean, I would have kept my original one

Re: OT Re: Refund from Apple (dot mac update)

2002-09-08 Thread Walter R Basil
On Sunday, September 8, 2002, at 06:31 PM, Luca Rescigno wrote: I'm not saying you're making a bad decision, I'm just saying that usa.com email isn't any cheaper than .Mac the way you put it. You probably knew that anyway. Yepthe extra change wouldn't be worth changing back over to

Re: OT Re: Refund from Apple (dot mac update)

2002-09-08 Thread Walter R Basil
On Sunday, September 8, 2002, at 06:35 PM, Ryan Coleman wrote: Well, are you sure APPLE did the refund or your bank? Because your bank has the right to refund the transfer and take Apple Computer, Inc. to court to reclaim the loss. That's usually how banks operate. The deposit lists Apple

Re: OT Re: Refund from Apple (dot mac update)

2002-09-08 Thread Walter R Basil
On Sunday, September 8, 2002, at 06:37 PM, Ryan Coleman wrote: and $5/year gets you 10MB of email space on lemlists.com. Which is the better deal? I work your account until I know it is running to where you want it. You deal with one person (me) instead of 100 people over a course of

Re: OT Re: Refund from Apple (dot mac update)

2002-09-08 Thread Walter R Basil
On Sunday, September 8, 2002, at 06:51 PM, Ryan Coleman wrote: Sure thing Walter. You can send them directly via Paypal to the address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Anyone can donate, any and all amounts will be accepted. Thanks Ryan..just sent you one. Walt -- G-Books is sponsored by

Re: : Pismo again/DVD............

2002-09-07 Thread Walter R Basil
On Saturday, September 7, 2002, at 09:46 PM, mathue taxion wrote: If anyone had wondered, 'LG' stands for what was once called Lucky Goldstar which also once known as Goldstar. If you ever come across that brand, run away quickly :) They keep changing the branding to escape their

Jaguar installed - my first thoughts

2002-08-28 Thread Walter R Basil
I just installed Jag on my iBook DVD 500. So far I am very impressed with it. Installation took about 45 minutes. I did the erase disk option for installing, so everything was fresh. Office seems to run the same. I had heart that it has slowed down considerably under Jag, but I have not

Jaguar Upgrade Available In A Family Pack

2002-08-19 Thread Walter R Basil
Anyone else notice the Family Pack for the Jaguar upgrade? You can purchase this Family Pack (for up to 5 licenses) for $199US at the Apple Store. Apple Store Apple Software (upper left corner) Walt -- Happiness is your Mother-In-Law's Picture on the Back of a Milk Carton. -- G-Books is

Re: Newsflash

2002-08-14 Thread Walter R Basil
On 8/14/02 6:13 PM, Andrew Chong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If anyone's interested - the new towers are up on the mac site! I might be interested if I knew what the heck you were talking about... What towers, and what mac site? -- Microsoft isn't the evil software company everyone thinks they

Re: Newsflash

2002-08-14 Thread Walter R Basil
On 8/14/02 6:13 PM, Andrew Chong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If anyone's interested - the new towers are up on the mac site! OK...I get it. Power Macs, and the Apple Store. Towers.so beige sounding. -- Eagles may fly, but weasels aren't sucked into jets. -- G-Books is sponsored by

Re: 333Mhz Lombard and X.

2002-08-13 Thread Walter R Basil
On 8/13/02 1:58 PM, Adam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I'm considering buying a Lombard with 192Mb RAM and a 333Mhz processor, but wanted to know whether this machine has enough under the hood to run OS X at a relatively snappy pace. Cheers, Adam. Wel.a relatively snappy

Re: Ok, dead DVD drive, what next?

2002-07-29 Thread Walter R Basil
On 7/30/02 8:36 AM, Jon Glass [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK, now that my DVD drive that came with my Pismo is dead, can anybody recommend a third-party option? Is external advisable? Or is there something really compelling to recommend the MCE DVD-CDRW drive that fits in the bay? What

Re: I'm back...

2002-07-27 Thread Walter R Basil
On 7/26/02 5:43 PM, Jon Glass [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But your question still hasn't been answered... I have the exact same question. Can I convert my wife's account under mine, or mine under hers? How does one combine multiple accounts? This is what I need to do, and if I can't, I won't

Re: I'm back...

2002-07-26 Thread Walter R Basil
Kyle, There is nothing wrong with my ISP. I am still able to get on my wife¹s iDisk from the same machine, as she is still on her ³trial² account, and I can access her email as well. So I know the connection is there. I criticized them pretty harshly on the forums, and also sent some feedback

Re: I'm back...

2002-07-26 Thread Walter R Basil
On 7/26/02 8:47 AM, Ryan Coleman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hadn't you already paid for it? Sorry to hear about the hernia... sit back and relax. Lemlists.com will soon whip .mac's a**. Yeah, I had already paid. In fact, the reason I paid was so that I could get support. I wanted to know if

I regret ever buying .mac

2002-07-25 Thread Walter R Basil
Talk about some really bad support. Now the moderators are deleting posts that are exposing their bad support in their forums..ha! Wow. Apple policy there is that your question gets answered in 1 business day. Then a moderator comes on and says it's 24 business hours. So I ask him if that

Re: USB sharing

2002-07-24 Thread Walter R Basil
On Tuesday, July 23, 2002, at 10:09 PM, (G-Books) wrote: Sorry to make you do it, but TBMK OS X doesn't support the printer sharing like *nix does (yet) maybe with Jaguar it will. I kind of doubt that, although I would *love* to be wrong. I think his Jobsness would have mentioned it, as

Re: Upgrade

2002-07-19 Thread Walter R Basil
On 7/19/02 2:47 PM, Jeff Drummond [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yeah, but the Dark Side offers a $100 discount on *upgrades* to XP Pro. :/ Careful, you are using doublespeak... [looks timidly around] :-) Walt -- Having a smoking section in a restaurant is like having a peeing section in a

Re: Microsoft Entourage Handheld Synchronization

2002-07-17 Thread Walter R Basil
On 7/17/02 10:22 PM, Michael Bryan Bell [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1. microsoft has only sold 300,000 copies of officeX 2. many of those copies were bought for .doc, .xls and powerpoint compatibility. 3. many of the corporate mac users are still stuck using outlook 2001 in classic for their

Microsoft Entourage Handheld Synchronization

2002-07-16 Thread Walter R Basil
Hard to believe that no one has wrote anything about this yet. I downloaded it as soon as it was available (I wore a hole in my Refresh button) and was very surprised that it installed, synced, and worked without any glitches! Excellent conduit. Walt -- The machine uses an experimental

Re: virii (OT)

2002-07-10 Thread Walter R Basil
On 7/10/02 4:50 PM, Kyle Hansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just kidding. My QS-867 blew a gasket and I had a ton of problems. That e-mail was sent a couple of days ago. On the 7th. I was 10 days ahead at that time. Unfortunately I am now back to real time. If this is not the case then

Re: virii (OT)

2002-07-08 Thread Walter R Basil
On 7/8/02 8:12 PM, Kyle Hansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I talked to my friend at Symantec about this a few months back. Everyone calls it Virii. Pronounced Vye-Rye. You have friends in the know in every field don't you Kyle? Walt -- A male gynecologist is like an auto mechanic who never

Re: virii (OT)

2002-07-08 Thread Walter R Basil
On 7/8/02 8:12 PM, Kyle Hansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I love McAfee. I am just going on what I know. I used to work for Apple. Ah yes, you told us this before. The 8500 right? Walt Never try to baptize a cat. -- Eileen, age 8 -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and...

Happy Birthday Michelle!!

2002-07-01 Thread Walter R Basil
Are you going to give away your age? :) Walt -- My family puts the fun back in dysFUNctional. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on

Re: shutting down pb pismo

2002-06-30 Thread Walter R Basil
On Sunday, June 30, 2002, at 09:17 AM, Kyle Hansen [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Reasons to shut down your Mac every night (even though Apple says it's ok so sleep it): 1. It is a waste of electricity. I could care less. I pay for it. 2. If their is a power surge, spike or outage in your area

Re: To buy, or not to buy, that is the question

2002-06-30 Thread Walter R Basil
On Sunday, June 30, 2002, at 09:17 AM, (KSmith3) wrote: I'm extremely close to purchasing a TiBook, but have hesitated out of fear that there may be some kind of MacWorld-New-York announcement about a newer, cheaper, faster version. MacRumors says no, since the latest versions were

Software Update Woes

2002-06-29 Thread Walter R Basil
I seem to remember reading a solution once to this problem, but I can't remember how, or can't seem to find any answers right now. Not really an iBook problem in itself, but it is happening on my iBook. Software Update (SU) will run and tell me I need to update my Applescript, Networking,

Re: Anyone Having Problems w/10.1.5?

2002-06-21 Thread Walter R Basil
I haven't experienced any problems whatsoever (as well as all the other upgrades). I have only installed it on my iBook DVD 500 with 640 Megs RAM since I am in Kuwait right now and the rest of my Macs are back home being used by the Wife and Kid. They will probably update theirs when Jaguar is

Re: addenda

2002-06-20 Thread Walter R Basil
I guess I am in the minority in that I love those ³definitions² quotes. I get the digest mode and I make sure I read every one of them and add some of them to my own collection of signatures via the Steal A Sig script. Walt On 6/20/02 10:30 PM, Lesley Sprigg² [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To the

Re: Call to action re: MacSlash.com

2002-06-02 Thread Walter R Basil
On 6/2/02 10:30 PM, (G-Books) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I agree with every single thing Shawn said, even if it isn't popular. And this is new...how? :) Walt Never try to baptise a cat. -- Eileen, age 8 -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronics

Re: Manuals WARNING:o)

2002-06-01 Thread Walter R Basil
On 6/1/02 6:02 PM, Dyna [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I can find no compelling reason to replace my 333mhz iMac desktop machine or upgrade to OSX. Then Don't. But on the flip side, don't put down the people that do. People like myself who don't really care about the price, and can afford a brand

Re: TiBook Screen Scratches

2002-05-29 Thread Walter R Basil
On 5/28/02 10:30 PM, Todd Ruch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have multiple lines across my screen (from the keyboard) that will simply not come out. I have scrubbed the lines time and again, and they are still there... and I have only had it a little over two months (the lines showed up

Re: TiBook Screen Scratches

2002-05-23 Thread Walter R Basil
On 5/23/02 6:05 PM, Jim Freeman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: By the way, I have a leather cover and iKlear stuff, but I can't get those damn marks out. What is your buffing technique? I have used them since day one..in fact they arrived before my iBook did, so I never let it have a chance to get

Re: TiBook Screen Scratches

2002-05-22 Thread Walter R Basil
On 5/22/02 7:14 PM, (G-Books) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I know that long ago, others addressed the issue, but I skipped by, I never dreamed I'd have a TiBook. Now I do, and in a matter of days, there are scuffs on the screen that match up to the keycaps and even the border around the

MacGimp

2002-05-15 Thread Walter R Basil
I just ordered MacGimp from OpenOSX.com. I know I could have downloaded the source, compiled it, installed Xfree86 and what not, but I didn't want to take the time to do all that. I wanted a one step installer process. I was wondering if anyone in this list uses that program, and how it compares

Mail.app crashing

2002-05-15 Thread Walter R Basil
I have used Entourage since it was available, and with all the new hype of Mail.app in the up and coming Jaguar, I thought I would play with it a little bit. No such doing! It crashes after about a minute and a half of run time. Here is what the Console is telling me: 2002-05-16 07:50:13.045

Re: Attn: mac.com users

2002-05-10 Thread Walter R Basil
On 5/10/02 1:06 AM, Dan Knight [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I suggest those who use mac.com read the whole article. While I appreciate the fact that my mac.com email is essentially spam free, it disturbs me to learn that Apple may be filtering for more than just spam. This is going to be a

Re: Disk First Aid...word to the wise.

2002-05-10 Thread Walter R Basil
On 5/10/02 7:58 AM, Bruce Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Some people have mentioned on these lists that you need to run DFA multiple times sometimes to fix a problem. Well, they're right. Very good advice... I have always run it at least twice or more. If it runs clean the first time,

Re: Broadband hardware - my 2¢

2002-05-10 Thread Walter R Basil
On 5/10/02 6:06 PM, Michael Bryan Bell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok. I am mentally trying to force this into your ear through pure will. Obviously, reason and certain mindsets do not mix, so this is the last time: If you buy any product from any manufacturer, and use it in ways they did not

Re: Adobe digital seminar

2002-04-25 Thread Walter R Basil
On 4/26/02 8:03 AM, (G-Books) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not that I want to steer off-topic, but I have seen times and times again people put in front of the superior productivity factor of the Mac and still, they get a Winblows box. Sometimes, that defies any logic... You know, people

Re: Interesting news regarding OSX

2002-04-22 Thread Walter R Basil
I noticed that myself... That is cool. I have an old 3400c sitting at the house :) I just wonder how badly it will run..haha. I mean, this processor speed is 180MHz. I know they made faster ones, and even included the G3 in one of them, but unfortunately, I have the 180. I only paid $300 for it

Re: SuperDisk in a Pismo (OSX X)

2002-04-21 Thread Walter R Basil
I picked up a Macally USB floppy for $49 I think it was. Works great. Works great. A little slow, but better than nothing when you really have to get that file on your HD. Walt -- Despite the cost of living, have you noticed how it remains so popular? On 4/22/02 5:59 AM, (G-Books) [EMAIL

Swapping batteries with iBook

2002-04-21 Thread Walter R Basil
I saw elsewhere on this list about being able to swap batteries while the laptop was sleeping. Is this possible with my iBook 500 DVD? Can I swap the batteries while it is sleeping without losing any data or needing to reboot? Thanks, Walt -- You have the right to remain silent. Anything you

Re: Good, inexpensive digital camera/Lag time

2002-04-20 Thread Walter R Basil
On 4/20/02 4:21 PM, (G-Books) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Apparently most/all Digital cameras have lag time after the shot. I have tried many at CompUSA and Circuit City and they all had lag after shooting. The lag times are even parts of the review process on web sites now. Do you have

Dual Usb iBook vs Pb G3/333

2002-04-20 Thread Walter R Basil
On 4/21/02 1:36 AM, (G-Books) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I'll try to cut a long story short: After using my Bronze G3/333 for more than a year I've come, during the last days across an occasion which I find quite good: A friend of mine has introduced me to an Apple reseller he

Re: Good, inexpensive digital camera

2002-04-15 Thread Walter R Basil
On 4/15/02 6:43 PM, (G-Books) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm looking to get a digital camera, but I'm not sure what's good considering how many different models are out there. I'm willing to spend no more than $300, so what could I get in that price range that would work with FireWire (I have

Re: First powerbook maybe

2002-03-31 Thread Walter R Basil
On 3/31/02 11:30 PM, dominic [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi guys, In may im going to be buying a new g4 desktop but lately iv been thinking a power book might be an option so I joined the list to ask what are the pro's and con's to having a power book against a power book besides the obvious