Re: New laptop possibility

On Mar 13, 2005, at 5:22 PM, diane wrote: Right now the book is a bit slower at only 256mb. When will Apple put real ram in their machines? I upgraded the desktop to 1gb right off the bat. Read an news item the other day that said Apple is going to start shipping all machines with 512 minimum

Re: New laptop possibility

I've never really used OS 9 since I switched in 2001 back when 10.1 was just released. My first Mac was a G4 867 tower and it booted into OS 9 but I wanted to see what OS X was all about to I restarted it and never went back. All of the software that I've purchased has been for OS X. My desktop i

Re: New laptop possibility

No it doesn't but it comes on a disk with the machine. I believe it is on a disk called other software. Jim On Mar 13, 2005, at 1:50 PM, diane wrote: I am loving the 'book! But, Panther does not come with 9.2 installed for Classic, does it? Any way I can get it off my G4 MDD CD's? I know I have

Re: New laptop possibility

Hi Tim! The scary thing is that I was using a borrowed XP laptop on the couch, and more than the G4 MDD. It's too easy to sit there and surf, isn't it. ;) Hopefully with the ibook I can get rid of the two machines I use for my home business as well, providing I can get my cutter to work off

Re: New laptop possibility

Hi Diane: I have the same iBook as you. I find that I use it more than my main desktop.G5 iMac 1.8 gig.reason is it's so comfortable to use (reclining on the sofa with the news playing on the TV right now). I also treated myself to the $99 Shuffle and I LOVE it! So easy to use and a joy

Re: New laptop possibility

At 2:14 PM -0700 3/13/05, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Mar 13, 2005, at 1:50 PM, diane wrote: I am loving the 'book! But, Panther does not come with 9.2 installed for Classic, does it? Any way I can get it off my G4 MDD CD's? I know I have 9.x disks but I don't think I have 9.2 itself A new iBook s

Re: New laptop possibility

At 2:14 PM -0700 3/13/05, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Mar 13, 2005, at 1:50 PM, diane wrote: I am loving the 'book! But, Panther does not come with 9.2 installed for Classic, does it? Any way I can get it off my G4 MDD CD's? I know I have 9.x disks but I don't think I have 9.2 itself A new iBook s

Re: New laptop possibility

On Mar 13, 2005, at 1:50 PM, diane wrote: I am loving the 'book! But, Panther does not come with 9.2 installed for Classic, does it? Any way I can get it off my G4 MDD CD's? I know I have 9.x disks but I don't think I have 9.2 itself A new iBook should have OS 9 installed. If not it's on your r

Re: New laptop possibility

At 4:38 PM -0700 3/11/05, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Mar 11, 2005, at 3:41 PM, diane wrote: I was thinking iWork, not iLife, oh well. I do have an AT&T wireless card already, I guess I'll wing it when I get there~ Won't work. iBooks don't have pc card slots. Airport Extreme is the only choice, beyo

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I'll have to dig around at my local Microcenter a bit- $617 is less than it would cost to fix my lemon Pismo and upgrade it to match the iBook's specs. But one has to remember that like all current Apple portables it's a throwaway computer with a 3 year (AppleCare) life Dyna Chris

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Chris, Good deal, until you find a MicroCenter selling a 1.0 gHz, 512m RAM, 30 g HD, Combo drive, 12" iBook brand new in the box for $617. The outer shipping box was marked 256m RAM, but the Apple box was 512m RAM. Neither had been opened. The guy who bought it had an $849 refurb on order with

Re: New laptop possibility

On Mar 11, 2005, at 6:38 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: Airport Extreme is the only choice, beyond the generally dodgy USB adapters. Or a bridge that hooks into the ethernet port (such as I have on my ReplyTV) - but you lose all portability with that! Anne -- G-Books is sponsored by

Re: New laptop possibility

On Mar 11, 2005, at 3:41 PM, diane wrote: I was thinking iWork, not iLife, oh well. I do have an AT&T wireless card already, I guess I'll wing it when I get there~ Won't work. iBooks don't have pc card slots. Airport Extreme is the only choice, beyond the generally dodgy USB adapters. (and if t

Re: New laptop possibility

At 2:10 PM -0700 3/11/05, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Mar 11, 2005, at 12:48 PM, diane wrote: My SO is trying to convince me to buy a *book for my bday. (he's a great guy). I do all the bills so of course I am money conscious. I have a dual 1.42 desktop so I am not looking to replace that, but I wou

Re: new laptop possibility

On 11 Mar 2005, at 21:30, G-Books wrote: An airport Extreme card and iLife are $79 each, so that's less than the difference. The older one will come with iLife, but possibly the older version. But given that this is the Apple store, they may come with the current version. I'd say the $799 model is

Re: New laptop possibility

On Mar 11, 2005, at 12:48 PM, diane wrote: My SO is trying to convince me to buy a *book for my bday. (he's a great guy). I do all the bills so of course I am money conscious. I have a dual 1.42 desktop so I am not looking to replace that, but I would be replacing my Yikes! and 6500 with it. So