Re: Is Apple really moving to x86 architechture?!

2005-06-17 Thread sacear3
Zoltan, I think your conclusion, from your analysis, is an accurate assessment. I also think that assessment is similar among those of this list. Additionally, that the message of your conclusion is very similar to messages previously posted to this list. So my analysis of your thought on the

Re: Lombard snags

2005-06-16 Thread sacear3
Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:09:37 -0500 Subject: Re: Lombard snags From: Kristina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 6/16/05 8:00 PM, Bob Alcorn at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My suggestion is to turn off the energy saver (sleep) to never in the

Re: Need advice re: buying Torx wrench set

2005-06-16 Thread sacear3
Craftsman brand is always good for me. Available at Sears (online or walk-in) stores and other hardware stores. Best regards, Scott Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:48:15 -0400 (EDT) From: earthyfemme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Need advice re: buying Torx wrench se

Re: RAM for Powerbook - best not cheapest

2005-06-16 Thread sacear3
Timothy, I buy all my memory, well, and all memory for my computers as well, from MemoryX (www.memoryx.com). I've been buying from them for about ten years Always the best service and memory products. Best regards, Scott Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: Timothy Luoma <[EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: Corrupt NVRAM?

2005-06-14 Thread sacear3
Dan, I concur with Graham. Sounds like your battery has served its life and is ready for retirement and recycling. Also sounds like you ought to reset the NVRAM and the PMU. Something I have heard, often actually, is that when you are using your notebook computer as a desktop, then take the

Re: windows characters (can't post to list)

2005-06-14 Thread sacear3
Two more things that I just thought of... 1) If you have an email signature, that is in some format other than Plain Text, then your message will not be accepted by the list. The list accepts Plain Text only. Your rejected messages have been in a format other than Plain Text. 2) You must sen

Re: windows characters (can't post to list)

2005-06-14 Thread sacear3
I sent a reply last week (yesterday as well) suggesting a solution. I will paste it again at the end of this post*. Did you try that? I am curious if my suggestion is not working? You both can obviously post to the list, so the content of some of your post messages must be in a format that is

Re: tiger, pismo and hp

2005-06-14 Thread sacear3
Oops, I forgot the Subject line! :-) Gladys, Hmm, do you have multiple user accounts on that Pismo? Scott Subject: Re: tiger, pismo and hp Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 17:36:05 -0400 scott: i went from 10.3.9 to 10.4.1. i repaired preferences before and after the install. in panther you had the "

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2005-06-13 Thread sacear3
Gladys, Hmm, do you have multiple user accounts on that Pismo? Scott Subject: Re: tiger, pismo and hp Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 17:36:05 -0400 scott: i went from 10.3.9 to 10.4.1. i repaired preferences before and after the install. in panther you had the "usb" option, but in tiger all i am gett

Re: Windows characters??

2005-06-13 Thread sacear3
John, or jb (if you prefer): The Text Encoding setting in your email program needs to be changed. The setting seems to be set to "windows-1252" and needs to be set to "ISO-8859-1." If you are using Mail, then Text Encoding is the last item under the Message menu. Set it to Default. Also, thi

Re: intel inside stickers and Apple branding (was "Is Apple really moving to x86 architechture?!")

2005-06-13 Thread sacear3
Bruce, That was a good article, thanks for posting that link. Which company will benefit from branding is interesting to think about. I think both can benefit if they respect each other and not try to rip each other off (and not put "intel inside" stickers on the front or top of Macs!). Which

Re: Is Apple really moving to x86 architechture?!

2005-06-13 Thread sacear3
Zoltan, I hope you meant that you hope future Macs are NOT stuck with that (I will change the adjective to) irritating "intel inside" sticker. I certainly prefer not to have any ads on my computers. I especially prefer to have my Macs not resembling race cars. Best regards, Scott OK FINE.

Re: tiger, pismo and hp

2005-06-13 Thread sacear3
Hi Gladys, Well, I have an HP All-In-One, OfficeJet G85 model, it is a good product, yet getting it to work properly with OS X is always a chore. I use it almost exclusively with Windows computers, yet I have used it with OS X 10.2 (Jaguar) and 10.3 (Panther). The unit and drivers work as exp

Re: Is Apple really moving to x86 architechture?!

2005-06-12 Thread sacear3
Mac OS X runs fine on Intel. Steve Jobs is NOT a snakeoil salesman. Mac OS X STARTED on Intel chips (well 68k, then Intel) !!! It was originally called "NeXTSTEP" and ran on 68k hardware made buy NeXT Computer (similar to the original Macs). It was ported to Intel in 1993. It ran just fine. Ne

Thanks for the cheese! :-) (was Re: Off-Topic Posts)

2005-06-12 Thread sacear3
Hello All, Thank you all for your support. I did not intend to start an "issue." Possibly the tone of my request was misread. Although my request for on-topic Subject lines is serious (maybe purposeful is a better word), I was asking with a humorous, slightly sarcastic tone, in order to keep

Re: Is Apple really moving to x86 architechture?!

2005-06-12 Thread sacear3
The processor is *NOT* the reason for viruses, the OS is. How many viruses are written to attack a processor? None that I know. How many viruses attack and utilize the OS? All that I know! How many Linux *systems* with Intel processors "are very unstable in the virus sense?" That's right, none.

Off-Topic Posts

2005-06-12 Thread sacear3
Excuse me please! I hate to interrupt all this diatribe, but I hate off-topic posting even more. May I please suggest that if you are going to change the topic of a discussion, that you *also* change the Subject line of the email you send. That will be greatly appreciated. I have just about g

Re: Is Apple really moving to x86 architechture?!

2005-06-11 Thread sacear3
Apple is indeed going to "start" using Intel processors sometime in 2006. Check Apple's home page. Jobs made that announcement at the WWDC Keynote last Monday. However, there was no word about x86 architecture. Jobs only ever said (purposefully?) Intel processors, conspicuously not mentioning

Re: powerbook g3 pismo battery problem

2005-06-11 Thread sacear3
Have there been any responses to this yet? If so, then I apologize for bringing it up again. I have not seen any responses, so I'll give it shot. First, what is the age of your battery? I have/had two batteries for my Pismo and they both lasted just over four years (consecutive years, not s

Re: DVD.app error

2005-06-11 Thread sacear3
The Pismo series (and later) PowerBooks have a hardware DVD decoder chip, while prior PowerBook models decoded using software. Hence, if no hardware DVD decoder chip, then system not supported. Hope that clears things up a bit. Scott OSX isn't supposed to run on Wallstreets either, but many pe

Re: Tiger version

2005-06-11 Thread sacear3
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 OS X (Tiger) 10.4.1 has

Re: Inkjet Printer Recommendation

2005-06-08 Thread sacear3
Laurent, I have used Canon, Epson, and HP printers. In my experience Canon has always been the best in print quality and performance. One difference is that I have not used the low-end printers or "low-cost" ink. I use the multi-cartridge printers. To me, printers are like stereo speakers, th

Re: Undeliverable mail: puzzing redirects

2005-06-07 Thread sacear3
William Webster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, If you read the error you are receiving in the returned mail, then the reason seems to be... Failed to deliver to '' LIST module(list imac-list) reports: Your message cannot be posted. It is composed using the 'windows-1252' character set, and this list

Re: Heat issue/Apple

2005-06-06 Thread sacear3
Andre, Ah, there's the key, it sits on your desktop. The icon for iTunes Tool which sits on the desktop is probably corrupt. That causes the CPU to run at 100% for some reason. Put the actual application in your Application folder and put an alias to it on the desktop. If it is already an al

Re: Pismo Safari Mail problem

2005-06-06 Thread sacear3
Mike, As routine maintenance? I am just curious, what needs maintenance in OS X? I used some of those "maintenance" programs with Jaguar a couple years ago and found they did more harm than good. I did not have any problem in the first place, I just used the programs because I fell for the

Re: Pismo Porcessor Upgrades ... G3 or G4?

2005-06-04 Thread sacear3
Pacer the Loon, I recently upgraded my Pismo to the FastMac G4 550. I am extremely pleased with the upgrade and the service FastMac provided. FastMac was very helpful and professional, being courteous, helpful, and informative throughout. I did some research before choosing FastMac. I read all

Re: Erasing hard drive

2005-01-31 Thread sacear3
Subject: Re: Erasing hard drive I too, have used Panther on my Pismo since it came out up to 10.3.6 and has worked flawlessly. Prior to that I was using Jaguar from its introduction to 10.2.8 and it also worked flawlessly. So maybe the drive? Scott Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 02:14:34 -0500 Subje

Re: yo-yo adapter sound question

2005-01-30 Thread sacear3
I think it's not the connection. My yo-yo adapter makes a buzzing sound while it is actually charging the battery. Once the battery is charged the adapter is silent. It has done that since I first got it back in 2000 and from what I understand it is normal behavior. > Hello, > I have had an ad

Re: 1 printer, 1 Mac, 2 accounts

2005-01-29 Thread sacear3
Re: 1 printer, 1 Mac, 2 accounts Hi Mary, After setting up the second account, I tried simply printing first, the printer name shows and is selectable in the Page Setup and Print dialog menus, but the print jobs just hang. Then I did go to the Printer Setup utility and followed everything the

Re: Pismo sound too loud

2005-01-29 Thread sacear3
Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 13:57:54 -0800 From: Clark Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Pismo sound too loud At 12:40 PM -0800 1/28/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Good day all! > >My Pismo, the very same one I am upgrading

1 printer, 1 Mac, 2 accounts

2005-01-28 Thread sacear3
1 printer, 1 Mac, 2 accounts Hello all, I have an issue that is eluding me at the moment. I have just put a second account on my iMac, since my PB is down for upgrades at the moment. First time I have done this in OS X (10.3.6), pretty nifty with the cube spin eye candy. After setting up the

Pismo sound too loud

2005-01-28 Thread sacear3
Good day all! My Pismo, the very same one I am upgrading, seems to have developed a sort of tick. In the past week, the volume is excessively loud. When it starts up the chime is shocking, very loud and distorted. I have the volume set at one segment of the horizontal meter using the keyboard v

hard drive options, mk 2

2005-01-28 Thread sacear3
*** hard drive options, mk 2 *** I thank everyone for reading my email about hard drive options and for the various responses, that is some interesting info. I was hoping to get some responses about the pros and cons of hard drive speed and about the pros and cons of RAM cache size. Getting i

Re: BTI Battery woes

2005-01-28 Thread sacear3
> Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 20:01:05 -0500 > Subject: BTI Battery woes > From: Kevin  Bellerose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I have a replacement battery in my Pismo, it was supposedly ~6 months old, > it was holding a 3 + hour charge up until a few days ago now it