Re: what is wrong with this PB ????

2005-01-27 Thread Amber
On 1/26/05 6:18 AM, Thomas Ethen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For the cost of an iPod you could have two external Firewire 60Gb laptop drives that are the same size as the iPod but hold more data. Tom True...but I get tons of use out of my iPod. Of course, right now...I wish I had the two

Re: what is wrong with this PB ????

2005-01-27 Thread Amber
Hi David, Thanks for the info on the ipod. I was aware it had a hard drive but just didn't think of it when I was trying to back my stuff up. It still has about 16 gigs left on it so I'll give it a try tonight and see how it goes. Thanks !! Amber On 1/26/05 5:46 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: what is wrong with this PB ????

2005-01-26 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Amber - I saw a reply to your reply - but I didn't see your reply to meclear as mud right? Your iPod is really an external hard drive with software that lets it do a little extra. Plug it in and treat it like any other external. I have a 1st generation iPod that I use only for carrying

Re: what is wrong with this PB ????

2005-01-26 Thread Thomas Ethen
For the cost of an iPod you could have two external Firewire 60Gb laptop drives that are the same size as the iPod but hold more data. Tom On Wednesday, January 26, 2005, at 07:46 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Amber - I saw a reply to your reply - but I didn't see your reply to meclear as

Re: what is wrong with this PB ????

2005-01-26 Thread Dennis B. Swaney
At 8:18 AM -0600 1/26/05, Thomas Ethen wrote: For the cost of an iPod you could have two external Firewire 60Gb laptop drives that are the same size as the iPod but hold more data. But I notice that you didn't post a link to these wonders. Can you do so now? -- Sincerely, Dennis B. Swaney

Re: what is wrong with this PB ????

2005-01-26 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jan 26, 2005, at 7:38 AM, Dennis B. Swaney wrote: At 8:18 AM -0600 1/26/05, Thomas Ethen wrote: For the cost of an iPod you could have two external Firewire 60Gb laptop drives that are the same size as the iPod but hold more data. But I notice that you didn't post a link to these wonders. Can

Re: what is wrong with this PB ????

2005-01-26 Thread Amber
On 1/25/05 7:51 PM, John McGibney [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The iPod will hold any type of data from your computer. Transfer away! Excellent - I'm definitely going to give that a try. Between that and my friend's iMac, I should be able to cover about 25 gigs of data ! Do you have another

Re: what is wrong with this PB ????

2005-01-26 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jan 26, 2005, at 9:42 AM, Amber wrote: Does that make sense ? What kind of of software corruption could cause the DVD player not to be able to recognize blank DVD's at all to be unable to burn them either ? The programs and libraries used by those programs to do that. The drive doesn't

Re: what is wrong with this PB ????

2005-01-26 Thread Amber
Hi Scott, Thanks for replying ! On 1/25/05 10:40 PM, Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Amber, Have you done the usual resets, PMU, PRAM, etc? Yes...none of them made any difference though. How much RAM does the PB have? 512 MB - this is the original RAM that came with the PB when I bought

Re: what is wrong with this PB ????

2005-01-26 Thread Amber
On 1/25/05 7:51 PM, John McGibney [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The iPod will hold any type of data from your computer. Transfer away! Excellent - Thanks !!! Do you have another computer? Start the PB as a firewire drive, T key held down. Extract the data and burn it to DVD off the other

Re: what is wrong with this PB ????

2005-01-25 Thread Amber
Okay, I am hoping somebody here might be able to suggest a solution for me regarding my 15 1.25 Gig Al PB. I bought it Dec 2003 so it is just over a year old. For the past couple of weeks it has been a real pain in the neck to work on. Safari will open but there will be no data at all in the

Re: what is wrong with this PB ????

2005-01-25 Thread Geoffrey Loeffler
Duck for cover or run On Jan 25, 2005, at 4:40 PM, Amber wrote: Okay, I am hoping somebody here might be able to suggest a solution for me regarding my 15 1.25 Gig Al PB. I bought it Dec 2003 so it is just over a year old. For the past couple of weeks it has been a real pain in the neck to

Re: what is wrong with this PB ????

2005-01-25 Thread Amber
On 1/25/05 5:09 PM, Geoffrey Loeffler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Duck for cover or run Wow...thanks for the informative answer Geoff :-) -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for

Re: what is wrong with this PB ????

2005-01-25 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 1/25/05 7:40 PM, Amber [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have talked to Apple care after doing an archive and install (I did two archives and installs - one with and one without preserving system preferences). Also checked Disk Utility with the Install CD..it finds no problems on the Mac HD.

Re: what is wrong with this PB ????

2005-01-25 Thread John McGibney
Okay, I am hoping somebody here might be able to suggest a solution for me regarding my 15 1.25 Gig Al PB. I bought it Dec 2003 so it is just over a year old. For the past couple of weeks it has been a real pain in the neck to work on. Safari will open but there will be no data at all

Re: what is wrong with this PB ????

2005-01-25 Thread Ben Dyer
Before you go any further, back up. If your DVD burner isn't working, try a FireWire hard drive or another Mac (connected via FireWire or Ethernet). If the problem has survived two archive and installs, either it's fairly serious, or it's a consequence of something that isn't affected by an

Re: what is wrong with this PB ????

2005-01-25 Thread Amber
On 1/25/05 5:36 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 1/25/05 7:40 PM, Amber [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have talked to Apple care after doing an archive and install The first thing I'm going to suggest is creating a new account (an admin account) and see what happens.

Re: what is wrong with this PB ????

2005-01-25 Thread Amber
On 1/25/05 5:39 PM, John McGibney [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What system version are you running? If you upgraded to 10.3.7 try using the combo updater to reinstall 10.3.7. Also after installing 10.3.7 reinstall java 1.4.2. The java problem causes many problems for Safari and other applications

Re: what is wrong with this PB ????

2005-01-25 Thread Laurent Daudelin
on 25/01/05 22:05, Amber at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 1/25/05 5:36 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 1/25/05 7:40 PM, Amber [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have talked to Apple care after doing an archive and install The first thing I'm going to suggest is creating a new

Re: what is wrong with this PB ????

2005-01-25 Thread John McGibney
On 1/25/05 5:36 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 1/25/05 7:40 PM, Amber [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have talked to Apple care after doing an archive and install The first thing I'm going to suggest is creating a new account (an admin account) and see what happens.

Re: what is wrong with this PB ????

2005-01-25 Thread Scott
Amber, Have you done the usual resets, PMU, PRAM, etc? How much RAM does the PB have? Has the Hard Drive recently become filled near full capacity? Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 16:40:33 -0800 From: Amber [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: what is wrong with this PB In-reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED