Re: 17" Powerbook failure

The hard drive on a 17" powerbook is in the lower LH corner. Not the upper LH side. Steve -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | &

17" Powerbook failure

Hey guys, I have a 17" Powerbook which isn't working. I only converted over to macs last year, so am short on experience diagnosing the problems. When I try to power up it sounds like the drive starts to spin up and doesn't. The sound is coming from the top left corner -- by

My new 17" PowerBook still fighting me

Hello All, My new 17" G4 PowerBook is still fighting me. Earlier I reported about TT de Luxe supplied by AppleCare won't do its work and though I called AppleCare last monday they have not reacted yet with a solution. Yesterday I found out that my Canon 5000F scanner and my i550 printer won't

building a better mouse (was "17" Powerbook")

Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 21:21:19 -0500 Subject: Re: building a better mouse (was "17" Powerbook") From: "David M. Ensteness" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Not Invented There": Bluetooth,

Re: building a better mouse (was "17" Powerbook")

"Not Invented There": Bluetooth, Airport, USB, OS X, SuperDrive, DVD Studio Pro, Final Cut Pro, iTunes... i don't know, I'm guessing they're quite a bit over "not invented here" syndrome, and have been for quite some time. Very true - but for AirPort, they co-developed it with Lucent. David -

Re: building a better mouse (was "17" Powerbook")

a long time ago ... Guess that explains the USB 2.0 ports that are built into my 17" PowerBook. :) And the USB 2.0 chipset on my Dual 1.42 GHz Tower. "Not Invented There": Bluetooth, Airport, USB, OS X, SuperDrive, DVD Studio Pro, Final Cut Pro, iTunes... i don't know, I'

Re: building a better mouse (was "17" Powerbook")

Guess that explains the USB 2.0 ports that are built into my 17" > PowerBook. :) And the USB 2.0 chipset on my Dual 1.42 GHz Tower. Kyle H. Hansen -- Jesus Saves...but Gretzky grabs the rebound and backhands for a goal!!! -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>

Re: building a better mouse (was "17" Powerbook")

> When it comes to mice, it's time for Apple to stop shooting itself in the > foot and get with the program. Give us a sleek, stylish Apple Pro optical > mouse with one of those unobtrusive, non-confusing, simple-to-use (and easy > to ignore), life-enhancing scroll wheels, with OS-integrated and

Re: building a better mouse (was "17" Powerbook")

On Wednesday, June 11, 2003, at 04:46 PM, David M. Ensteness wrote: Uhm, look closer and you will see they got over not invented here a long time ago ... Guess that explains the USB 2.0 ports that are built into my 17" PowerBook. :) Steve Fuller -- G-Books is sponsored by

Re: Finderpop wasRe: 17" PowerBook

On 6/11/03 9:31 AM, "Bruce Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote (edited for length): > > On Tuesday, June 10, 2003, at 06:58 PM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: > >> on 10/06/03 20:21, Bruce Johnson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> [snip!] >>> Alas the developer stopped development with the advent of OSX a

Re: building a better mouse (was "17" Powerbook")

It is UNCONSCIONABLE for Apple to have not provided a scroll wheel. Especially for a company that knows a thing or two about design and inadvertently OR intentionally introduced a step forward in ergonomics with the goose-necked new iMac. Until a better interface becomes available and standard

Bluetooth Mouse for 17" PowerBook

Being somewhat responsible for the current mouse debate, I really want to reiterate the point I was trying to make. One button, two buttons, scroll wheel or not... the really cool reason I am using Microsoft's Bluetooth mouse is that I get wireless functionality without having to use an additio

Re: building a better mouse (was "17" Powerbook")

Uhm, look closer and you will see they got over not invented here a long time ago ... David I'm using a two button scroll mouse and never want to go back to single button. It's time Apple, time to get over NIH (Not Invented Here) and make a two button scroll mouse. Paul -- G-Books is sponso

Re: building a better mouse (was "17" Powerbook")

RE, well I agree about the scroll wheel,now that I have it I wouldnt go back,I have also gotten acustomed to useing two buttons, left single click,and right set to double click I could stand the one button thing (possibly) but it is totally not acceptable to not have a scroll wheel these days.

Re: 17" PowerBook

On 11/06/03 10:31, "Kurt Appling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > RE; I am useing an earlier TI PB 800 without the backlit keyboard, is > the keyboard interchangable between these machines? ? for the time > being I get by OK with a flexlite Unfortunately, the PowerBook 17" keyboard cannot be retrof

Re: 17" PowerBook

RE; I am useing an earlier TI PB 800 without the backlit keyboard, is the keyboard interchangable between these machines? ? for the time being I get by OK with a flexlite On Tuesday, June 10, 2003, at 10:45 PM, Dwayne Walker wrote: Just my two pence for you Nick. I am typing this from my 17

Re: building a better mouse (was "17" Powerbook")

At 1:15 AM -0500 6/11/03, Eugene Lee wrote: >I find this statement somewhat lacking because adding more buttons, >scroll wheels, and other things to the one-button mouse makes it more >complex to use and less ergonomic to the hand. I'm using a two button scroll mouse and never want to go back to s

Re: Finderpop wasRe: 17" PowerBook

Lost track of who it was, but some is quoted as saying: Alas the developer stopped development with the advent of OSX as OSX pissed him off (Sure to start off a new round of flamage I'm sure :-( Actually, Turly was one of the early OS X programmers - Apple let him go when every hi-tech company st

Re: building a better mouse (was "17" Powerbook")

Hi, I have to echo this sentiment. Under traditional Unix variants you are supplied with a THREE button mouse, where under your window manager of choice, you can program functionality through a simple configuration script (app launcher though multiple drop down menus, also reducing lengthy com

Finderpop wasRe: 17" PowerBook

On Tuesday, June 10, 2003, at 06:58 PM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: on 10/06/03 20:21, Bruce Johnson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip!] Alas the developer stopped development with the advent of OSX as OSX pissed him off (Sure to start off a new round of flamage I'm sure :-(

Re: building a better mouse (was "17" Powerbook")

I could stand the one button thing (possibly) but it is totally not acceptable to not have a scroll wheel these days. I prob spend 75% of my computer time on the net, and every house in my computer has a scroll mouse. Uhm, hate to say this, I used to hold back from saying it in fact when it was

Re: building a better mouse (was "17" Powerbook")

On Wednesday, June 11, 2003, at 07:15 am, Eugene Lee wrote: On Wed, Jun 11, 2003 at 12:42:14AM -0400, Donald Keenan wrote: : : It is UNCONSCIONABLE for Apple to have not provided a scroll wheel. : Especially for a company that knows a thing or two about design and : inadvertently OR intentionally

Re: building a better mouse (was "17" Powerbook")

On Wed, Jun 11, 2003 at 12:42:14AM -0400, Donald Keenan wrote: : : It is UNCONSCIONABLE for Apple to have not provided a scroll wheel. : Especially for a company that knows a thing or two about design and : inadvertently OR intentionally introduced a step forward in ergonomics : with the goose-

Re: building a better mouse (was "17" Powerbook")

On Tuesday, June 10, 2003, at 11:40 PM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: I could stand the one button thing (possibly) but it is totally not acceptable to not have a scroll wheel these days. I prob spend 75% of my computer time on the net, and every house in my computer has a scroll mouse. It is UNCO

Re: 17" PowerBook

They have a variety of optical mice and they are Mac people not PC! Tom >> I use Macally mice and find them as good or better than Microsoft's >> products! > > Not the ones with balls in, surely? Optical only please! -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electro

Re: 17" PowerBook : Subject change: FinderPop

On Tuesday, June 10, 2003, at 06:21 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: Matt Peacock wrote: About the clean lines, I agree that the laptops would loose some of their finesse, but how about a 'rocker' button design and a system preference, default is one-button operation, but 'advanced' users can set it

Re: building a better mouse (was "17" Powerbook")

on 10/06/03 23:28, John Bertram at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > on 03/6/10 3:30 PM, "Krehbiel, Tyler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I could stand the one button thing (possibly) but it is totally not >> acceptable to not have a scroll wheel these days. I prob spend 75% of my >> computer time on t

Re: building a better mouse (was "17" Powerbook")

on 03/6/10 3:30 PM, "Krehbiel, Tyler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I could stand the one button thing (possibly) but it is totally not > acceptable to not have a scroll wheel these days. I prob spend 75% of my > computer time on the net, and every house in my computer has a scroll mouse. We have

Re: 17" PowerBook

Just my two pence for you Nick. I am typing this from my 17" sitting in the dark. I have my email client up on one side of the screen and Safari on the next. Both sitting side by side comfortably. My keyboard is lit up and I browing wirelessly. May I say convenience convenience. To me the

Re: 17" PowerBook

on 10/06/03 20:21, Bruce Johnson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip!] > Alas the developer stopped development with the advent of OSX as OSX > pissed him off (Sure to start off a new round of flamage I'm sure :-( > > the last version is archived there. He says that he s

Re: 17" PowerBook

Uhh, my original post was asking people who own a PB 17" about their experiences with Apple's latest laptop. Likes, dislikes, flaws etc...Thanks. N on 6/10/03 6:53 PM, Bruce Johnson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Krehbiel, Tyler wrote: > >> So, your saying that becasue apple dosent have a lot o

Re: 17" PowerBook

Matt Peacock wrote: About the clean lines, I agree that the laptops would loose some of their finesse, but how about a 'rocker' button design and a system preference, default is one-button operation, but 'advanced' users can set it to two button operation. (just a possible solution, not one tha

Re: 17" PowerBook

Granted. but if the majority of users dont want 2 button mouses, or will plan on buying a more professional mouse than a simple 2 button mouse, why should apple put the money into it? especially if it would contradict the apple design philosophy. you have to keep in mind that with the imac line

Re: 17" PowerBook

On Wednesday, June 11, 2003, at 12:23 am, Matt Peacock wrote: No. I'm saying that Apple's resources are rather tight, and the company needs to focus on more important problems than esoteric user preferences. The users are the ones who give them the money Matt Granted. but if the majority of

Re: 17" PowerBook

No. I'm saying that Apple's resources are rather tight, and the company needs to focus on more important problems than esoteric user preferences. The users are the ones who give them the money Matt -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.s

Re: 17" PowerBook

On Tue, Jun 10, 2003 at 05:27:04PM -0500, Krehbiel, Tyler wrote: : Eugene Lee suggested: : > : > When Apple can afford to lose over $300 million per year from their home : > entertainment division, I'm sure Apple can then address your concerns. : : So, your saying that becasue apple dosent have a

Re: 17" PowerBook

When Apple can afford to lose over $300 million per year from their home entertainment division, I'm sure Apple can then address your concerns. Eugene Lee So, your saying that becasue apple dosent have a lot of money they should make crapy products? Hmm, maybe I missed somthing? Casue that mak

Re: 17" PowerBook

Krehbiel, Tyler wrote: So, your saying that becasue apple dosent have a lot of money they should make crapy products? Hmm, maybe I missed somthing? Casue that makes no sence at all, and dont try and tell me they dont have enough cash to engineer(Read: "Basically COPY") a scroll mouse design. See i

Re: 17" PowerBook

On Tuesday, June 10, 2003, at 05:27 PM, Krehbiel, Tyler wrote: When Apple can afford to lose over $300 million per year from their home entertainment division, I'm sure Apple can then address your concerns. Eugene Lee So, your saying that becasue apple dosent have a lot of money they should ma

Re: 17" PowerBook

> > When Apple can afford to lose over $300 million per year from their home > entertainment division, I'm sure Apple can then address your concerns. > Eugene Lee So, your saying that becasue apple dosent have a lot of money they should make crapy products? Hmm, maybe I missed somthing? Casue th

Re: 17" PowerBook

On Tuesday, June 10, 2003, at 03:01 PM, Jon Glass wrote: On Tuesday, June 10, 2003, at 07:01 PM, doce wrote: I'm a dyed in the wool keyboarder. even on machines with extra buttons and scroll wheels, i rarely use them simply because i only reach for the mouse when absolutely necessary. typing

Re: 17" PowerBook

At 16:58 -0500 10/6/03, Thomas Ethen wrote: I use Macally mice and find them as good or better than Microsoft's products! Not the ones with balls in, surely? Optical only please! -- With best wishes, Roger Shufflebottom -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronic

Re: 17" PowerBook

I use Macally mice and find them as good or better than Microsoft's products! Tom > > Not only that, but we should feel good for supporting Microsoft by > buying > their products that really are as good as or better than anyone else's. > > I have always liked their Mice. I think most of their ha

Re: 17" PowerBook

On Tue, Jun 10, 2003 at 09:56:37AM -0500, Krehbiel, Tyler wrote: : : > I am ashamed to admit to using Microsoft's Bluetooth mouse. But, : > it works great. : : DON'T BE! Apple really needs to get there act together with the mouse. When Apple can afford to lose over $300 million per year from

Re: 17" PowerBook

On 10/06/03 16:01, "Jon Glass" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tuesday, June 10, 2003, at 07:01 PM, doce wrote: > >> I'm a dyed in the wool keyboarder. even on machines with extra buttons >> and scroll wheels, i rarely use them simply because i only reach for >> the mouse when absolutely necessa

Re: 17" PowerBook

On Tuesday, June 10, 2003, at 07:01 PM, doce wrote: I'm a dyed in the wool keyboarder. even on machines with extra buttons and scroll wheels, i rarely use them simply because i only reach for the mouse when absolutely necessary. typing gets a lot of grief for causing repetitive stress injures

Re: 17" PowerBook

On 10/06/03 11:59, "Jim Schulze" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tuesday, June 10, 2003, at 09:56 AM, Krehbiel, Tyler wrote: > >>> I am ashamed to admit to using Microsoft's Bluetooth mouse. But, it >> works great. >> >> DON'T BE! Apple really needs to get there act together with the mouse. >>

Re: 17" PowerBook

On Tuesday, June 10, 2003, at 11:01 AM, Steve Fuller wrote: DON'T BE! Apple really needs to get there act together with the mouse. Yeah, sure their mouse "looks" cool. But in reality they are holding everyone back, I could stand the one button thing (possibly) but it is totally not acceptable

Re: 17" PowerBook

On Tuesday, June 10, 2003, at 09:56 AM, Krehbiel, Tyler wrote: I am ashamed to admit to using Microsoft's Bluetooth mouse. But, it works great. DON'T BE! Apple really needs to get there act together with the mouse. Yeah, Not only that, but we should feel good for supporting Microsoft by buyi

Re: 17" PowerBook

DON'T BE! Apple really needs to get there act together with the mouse. Yeah, sure their mouse "looks" cool. But in reality they are holding everyone back, I could stand the one button thing (possibly) but it is totally not acceptable to not have a scroll wheel these days. I prob spend 75% of my

Re: 17" PowerBook

> I am ashamed to admit to using Microsoft's Bluetooth mouse. But, it works great. DON'T BE! Apple really needs to get there act together with the mouse. Yeah, sure their mouse "looks" cool. But in reality they are holding everyone back, I could stand the one button thing (possibly) but it is to

17" PowerBook

On Jan 9, I sold the 15" I got on Dec 18 so I could buy and wait until April 7 for my 17" PowerBook. There really isn't anything bad about this machine. Occasionally, airport security doesn't have a plastic tray large enough to fit the PowerBook. And, you probably won't

Re: 17" Powerbook

Could anyone using a 17" Powerbook comment what they like and don't like about it. Defects? Problems? Prices have come down C$600 on the 17", sooo I'm thinking about getting one. Using a Pismo 500/1Gig/40Gig now. Likes: Screen size. Screen size. Screen size. Speed. Th

Re: 17" Powerbook

I couldn't quite stretch to a 17", so I got a 12", but I know a couple of people who have one and the ONLY thing they have said so far is: You can't use it on trains/planes unless you are in 1st/business class. However they also say that after a few weeks using it, you will never go back to a sm

17" Powerbook

Could anyone using a 17" Powerbook comment what they like and don't like about it. Defects? Problems? Prices have come down C$600 on the 17", sooo I'm thinking about getting one. Using a Pismo 500/1Gig/40Gig now. N -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.c

Re: 17" PowerBook vs Pismo 500 Xbench

On Saturday, Mar 22, 2003, at 00:55 US/Pacific, Tom Burke wrote: > > On Thursday, March 20, 2003, at 04:21 AM, Kevin Stevens wrote: > >> Exec Summary: Overall performance almost exactly 2x, memory >> operations >> close to 4x, OpenGL not much different. >> >> KeS >> >> Pismo: >> > > Did you rea

Re: 17" PowerBook vs Pismo 500 Xbench

On Thursday, March 20, 2003, at 04:21 AM, Kevin Stevens wrote: > Exec Summary: Overall performance almost exactly 2x, memory operations > close to 4x, OpenGL not much different. > > KeS > > Pismo: > Did you read the 867 Mhz 12" PB review in April MacWorld? They compared it with the 867 15", 1G

Re: 17" PowerBook vs Pismo 500 Xbench

e lines of "1,000,000 customers pre-ordered a 17" Powerbook" or something like that in their quarterly report. My tiny knowledge of manufacturing technology tells me that 4 weeks of notebook production from a factory should mean more a metric ton of notebooks are being produced :)

Re: 17" PowerBook vs Pismo 500 Xbench

On 3/21/03 1:25 AM, "Steve Fuller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Spew into the Cybertrough: >> >> >> You probably would've been extremely happy with a 15" and it would be in >> your hot little hands right now ;-) >> >> > That thought has crossed my mind. However, I have Alpha Geek status that >

Re: 17" PowerBook vs Pismo 500 Xbench

You probably would've been extremely happy with a 15" and it would be in your hot little hands right now ;-) That thought has crossed my mind. However, I have Alpha Geek status that I need to uphold. :) I guess the money sits in the account and earns a meager bit of interest for anot

Re: 17" PowerBook vs Pismo 500 Xbench

On 3/20/03 10:45 AM, "Steve Fuller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Spew into the Cybertrough: > Kevin Stevens wrote: > >> That the faster disk and extra 512MB are making more of an impact than >> CPU performance. Of course, I haven't done much real work with it yet. >> >> > Glad you received yours Kevin

Re: 17" PowerBook vs Pismo 500 Xbench

Kevin Stevens wrote: That the faster disk and extra 512MB are making more of an impact than CPU performance. Of course, I haven't done much real work with it yet. Glad you received yours Kevin. I'm still waiting here. ETA of 4/15 now. If I wasn't so convinced that switching platforms was th

Re: 17" PowerBook vs Pismo 500 Xbench

On Thursday, Mar 20, 2003, at 00:25 US/Pacific, Tom Burke wrote: > I'm wondering how surprised I am about this. Much of the difference > seems to be accounted for by the simple difference in CPU speed, which > is indeed 2x. You would expect memory to be faster on the 17", and the > disk looks to b

Re: 17" PowerBook vs Pismo 500 Xbench

On Thursday, March 20, 2003, at 04:21 AM, Kevin Stevens wrote: > Exec Summary: Overall performance almost exactly 2x, memory operations > close to 4x, OpenGL not much different. > > KeS > I'm wondering how surprised I am about this. Much of the difference seems to be accounted for by the simpl

17" PowerBook vs Pismo 500 Xbench

Exec Summary: Overall performance almost exactly 2x, memory operations close to 4x, OpenGL not much different. KeS Pismo: Results 46.22 System Info Xbench Version 1.0b5 System Version 10.2.3 Physical RAM

Re: 17" PowerBook now shipping.

Kevin Stevens wrote: >I received a notice at 3am that my 17" PowerBook has shipped. Ordered >from the Apple Store, federal employee section on 1/7/3. > Congrats Kevin. I saw some postings regarding this on powerbookcentral last night. Good news to those of us that have orde

17" PowerBook now shipping.

I received a notice at 3am that my 17" PowerBook has shipped. Ordered from the Apple Store, federal employee section on 1/7/3. KeS -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our w

Re: 17' Powerbook Delays

On Monday, March 10, 2003, at 07:06 PM, Kevin Stevens wrote: > Which is totally irrelevant to the question of what the *earliest* date > is, which as I said before seems to be 3/20. the earliest date --as reported on a news site--. in fact, if you read pbcentral.com's update from saturday, you'l

Re: 17' Powerbook Delays

On Mon, 10 Mar 2003, Jeremy Derr wrote: > On Monday, March 10, 2003, at 06:06 PM, Kevin Stevens wrote: > > that said, this is exactly why i refuse to get riled up or ticked off > about anything i read ANYWHERE on mac news and rumors sites. why? > because too many people take these sites as gospel.

Re: 17' Powerbook Delays

On Monday, March 10, 2003, at 06:06 PM, Kevin Stevens wrote: >> even if you ordered only a few hours after the keynote, can >> you imagine the number of people who ordered before you? > > Damned few, based on the reports from www.pbcentral.com. To be > precise, > I've only seen one report that w

Re: 17' Powerbook Delays

>>I ordered a 17" PowerBook from the Apple Store within a couple of hours >> of the introduction. The ship date on the order has been 3/20 since a >> week or so after I placed the order - before that it was "7-10 weeks". >> Note that means that on the day

Re: 17' Powerbook Delays

On Monday, March 10, 2003, at 05:25PM, Kevin Stevens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I ordered a 17" PowerBook from the Apple Store within a couple of hours >of the introduction. The ship date on the order has been 3/20 since a >week or so after I placed the order - before tha

Re: 17" Powerbook Delays

On Monday, March 10, 2003, at 04:55PM, Steve Fuller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>well when ordering a brand new, not-yet-shipping product, it's >>probably not wisest to order from a catalog reseller if timeliness is >>important. why? because Apple ships to THEM, then they ship to YOU. t

Re: 17' Powerbook Delays

> On Monday, March 10, 2003, at 04:22 PM, Steve Fuller wrote: > >> Ugh. Got a mail from PC Connection today. My 17" powerbook has been >> delayed until the 21st now. It was supposed to ship at the end of the >> week. I love Apple's hardware, but I really have to s

Re: 17" Powerbook Delays

On 3/10/03 5:55 PM, "Steve Fuller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Spew into the Cybertrough: >> >> >> well when ordering a brand new, not-yet-shipping product, it's >> probably not wisest to order from a catalog reseller if timeliness is >> important. why? because Apple ships to THEM, then they shi

Re: 17" Powerbook Delays

> > >well when ordering a brand new, not-yet-shipping product, it's >probably not wisest to order from a catalog reseller if timeliness is >important. why? because Apple ships to THEM, then they ship to YOU. the >delay is inherent to whom you've ordered from. > I fully understand the de

Re: 17" Powerbook Delays

On Monday, March 10, 2003, at 04:22 PM, Steve Fuller wrote: > Ugh. Got a mail from PC Connection today. My 17" powerbook has been > delayed until the 21st now. It was supposed to ship at the end of the > week. I love Apple's hardware, but I really have to say that I am quite

17" Powerbook Delays

Ugh. Got a mail from PC Connection today. My 17" powerbook has been delayed until the 21st now. It was supposed to ship at the end of the week. I love Apple's hardware, but I really have to say that I am quite irritated by the fact that they cannot seem to ship everything that they

17" PowerBook user manual

Don't know if this is a good sign, but it can't be a bad one: http://www.info.apple.com/kbnum/n52091 KeS -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks |

Re: 17' PowerBook shipping estimate

it on > > the 12th. > > Heard anything, Steve? Yeah. I heard that I will not have a 17" Powerbook on my desk until the 15th of March now. I know I am going to love the machine when I get it, but the fact that they can't seem to give out accurate shipping information to their reselle

Re: 17' PowerBook shipping estimate

> I placed an order with my sales rep from PC Connection today (also known > as Mac Connection. I was told that they will have them in on the 10th of > Feb. Mine will be shipped overnight so I should (hopefully) have it on > the 12th. Heard anything, Steve? KeS -- G-Books is sponsored by

Re: 17" PowerBook shipping estimate

On Monday, January 20, 2003, at 11:00 PM, Steve Fuller wrote: > On Mon, 2003-01-20 at 22:48, Kevin Stevens wrote: > >> I qualify for the federal employee discount, so ordered from Apple. >> That may delay the order somewhat, but I'm still surprised to hear >> that >> the retailers can be that ce

Re: 17" PowerBook

RE; I know the feeling,Im boxing and moveing what seems like a ton of crap I no longer need to the back bedroom for storeage, and wow,I can actualy walk in here"" lol after six years of tower macs Im just amazed its all replaced by 15ins by 1 in.Im still in happy shock,and I too am thinking up litt

Re: 17" PowerBook

On Mon, 2003-01-20 at 22:49, wappling wrote: > Re; Congrats,and best wishes Thanks. I can honestly say that there is no way I would have spent this amount of money (no matter what the machine was) without having spent the last 2 - 3 months seriously playing with the used G4 I picked up (and recent

Re: 17" PowerBook shipping estimate

On Mon, 2003-01-20 at 22:48, Kevin Stevens wrote: > I qualify for the federal employee discount, so ordered from Apple. > That may delay the order somewhat, but I'm still surprised to hear that > the retailers can be that certain of their ship dates yet. I was a little shocked as well. However

Re: 17" PowerBook

Re; Congrats,and best wishes > > I placed an order with my sales rep from PC Connection today (also known > as Mac Connection. I was told that they will have them in on the 10th of > Feb. Mine will be shipped overnight so I should (hopefully) have it on > the 12th. It came with a free 512MB upgr

Re: 17" PowerBook shipping estimate

On Monday, Jan 20, 2003, at 20:43 US/Pacific, Steve Fuller wrote: > On Mon, 2003-01-20 at 19:04, Kevin Stevens wrote: >> Don't know that it's all that encouraging or accurate, but it's more >> information than I've had before: my order now shows that the >> PowerBook should ship "on or before" 0

Re: 17" PowerBook shipping estimate

On Mon, 2003-01-20 at 19:04, Kevin Stevens wrote: > Don't know that it's all that encouraging or accurate, but it's more > information than I've had before: my order now shows that the > PowerBook should ship "on or before" 03/20. I placed an order with my sales rep from PC Connection today (al

17" PowerBook shipping estimate

Don't know that it's all that encouraging or accurate, but it's more information than I've had before: my order now shows that the PowerBook should ship "on or before" 03/20. Why Apple felt it helpful to ship the APP last week via 2-day delivery is a bit beyond me... KeS -- G-Books is spon

Re: The 17" PowerBook

On 1/8/03 2:48 PM, "R. Hannes Niedner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 t

Re: The 17" PowerBook

Re; thanks also,my new powerbook is still ported out the back,I-books are on the side >> >>> What's the brand? It would have to snake around from a USB port on the >>> back of my Pismo. I can't believe they used to put ports on the back >>> of >>> laptops! >> >> It's a Kensington Flylight. I ha

Re: The 17" PowerBook

On Saturday, January 11, 2003, at 12:29 PM, Luca Rescigno wrote: >> Anyone know whether the new 17" Powerbook will boot in OS 9.2.2? >> >> N > > Nope, it's the first of the OS X-only Macs. You can still use Classic > mode and you can still boot from an OS

Re: The 17" PowerBook

On Saturday, January 11, 2003, at 12:26 PM, Nick wrote: Anyone know whether the new 17" Powerbook will boot in OS 9.2.2? I think Jobs said, "no way, José" (paraphrasing.) dave -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronicsht

Re: The 17" PowerBook

> Anyone know whether the new 17" Powerbook will boot in OS 9.2.2? > > N Nope, it's the first of the OS X-only Macs. You can still use Classic mode and you can still boot from an OS 9 CD (I think) but no OS 9 booting from the HD. -- G-Books is sponsored by <http

Re: The 17" PowerBook

Thanks, I'll check it out. Jim On Friday, January 10, 2003, at 01:00 PM, Obi-Wan wrote: > On 1/10/03 8:56 AM, "Jim Freeman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Spew into the > Cybertrough: > >> What's the brand? It would have to snake around from a USB port on the >> back of my Pismo. I can't believe they used

Re: The 17" PowerBook

Anyone know whether the new 17" Powerbook will boot in OS 9.2.2? N -- 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 Sale! |

Re: The 17" PowerBook

On Fri, 10 Jan 2003, Jeremy Derr wrote: > name some. name a phone that's USB2 (hint: they're going to BlueTooth, > not USB2). Name a PDA that is USB2. Name some USB2 speakers. USB audio > doesn't anywhere NEAR saturate a USB 1.1 bus, so bumping speakers to > USB2 would be pointless. name a USB2 c

Re: The 17" PowerBook

On 1/10/03 10:09 AM, "Anthony Vo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Spew into the Cybertrough: > > >> I know for a fact that there are some MP3 players that have USB2 >> connections. One of my coworkers has one and loves it. > > < there are *other* MP3 players out there besides the iPod??? ;-)>> > > I thi

Re: The 17" PowerBook

> I know for a fact that there are some MP3 players that have USB2 > connections. One of my coworkers has one and loves it. <> I think what he meant : MP3 players're manafactured by 3rd party (not by Apple). -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electroni

Re: The 17" PowerBook

On 1/10/03 8:56 AM, "Jim Freeman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Spew into the Cybertrough: > What's the brand? It would have to snake around from a USB port on the > back of my Pismo. I can't believe they used to put ports on the back of > laptops! It's a Kensington Flylight. I have one. I plug it into th

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