On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 3:35 AM, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio
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On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 11:47 PM, Norman Rowe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
You think this list is bad take a look at the Windows Vista list. It full of
sex an sh*t. I get it to keep up on my wife's laptop OS.
Norm
Norman Rowe wrote:
the Vista list. It
full of sex an sh*t.
Are you saying Mac users are regular but frustrated?
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From: Steve R [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: Re: Considering a G5
At 4:21 AM -0700 9/2/08, dc posted:
I have read reports that some run ungodly hot and loud. Is this
particular to a certain
On Sep 2, 2008, at 9:24 AM, Michael B. in Cincinnati wrote:
Folks, after Kris Tilford's kind suggestions, I pursued hacking my G4
DA to support large drives. I found a good deal on a 250 GB PATA drive
at my local computer emporium (cheaper than a 160!), and replaced the
dying 120 GB second
On Sep 2, 2008, at 6:24 AM, Michael B. in Cincinnati wrote:
http://nanchatte.wordpress.com/2008/04/27/128gb-large-hdd-lba48-
support-on-the-g4-cube-with
-leopard/
It's an Open Firmware hack that essentially does the same thing
through a different path. It's a little unnerving; when one
On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 4:31 PM, Steve R [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
A friend bought a domain name over the weekend and is having some
problems. Is there anyone who has registered their domain name
through surfnova.com, preferably forwarded to web.me.com, and could
offer some help? There are no
Hello,
Try this:
http://domainhost.surfnova.com/index.php
Click on Contact Us.
Scroll down to Technical Support.
A phone number and email address are listed.
Bruce
On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 4:31 PM, Steve R [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
A friend bought a
The new properties (it is NOT a hack) remain active until a reset-
nvram O.F. command is executed.
Out of curiosity ... is that something that can be re-done at each
Startup? Set the disk size through Open Firmware at Boot Time?
Realizing it should be effective until resetting nvram? do
On Sep 2, 2008, at 1:40 PM, diane wrote:
I am looking to increase hard drive space in my G4 1.42DP
Any thoughts on brands? I may go up to a full terrabyte, they are not
that expensive all things considered.
No matter what drive manufacturer is mentioned, someone will swear at
it, and
Hi
I would stay away from Fujitsu, while they work great they are very noisy.
Simon
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Group - The box said requires Windows XP or better, so I
cheryl wrote:
I have 384mb of memory on this G4 quicksilver. I'm not too savvy about
this tech stuff. How much more memory can I add? I have one empty
slot. And which kind should I get? The ones in there now are pc133,
one 256mb and one 128mb. I'd like to go to at least 512 or more if
You can add up to 1.5 GB RAM (3 sticks of 512 MB) PC133. It has to be
true low density RAM, recognizable by having 16 chips per stick, 8 on
the front and 8 on the back. OWC sells them new for around $35 or you
could check the LEM swap list. If you got two more 256 MB that would
bring your total
On Sep 1, 2008, at 7:05 PM, Tony Gamble wrote:
Yes, contrary to popular belief, I've found a defrag to be very
effective
after working with gigantic files for a couple of months.
Actually popular belief is that defragging is some sort of magical
wand to fix slowness in all situations.
Same experience here. I had several Fujitsu drives in several
different computer and all failed in under 12 month. I have had good
results with Western Digital and some Seagate models.
Peter M.
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On Sep 2, 2008, at 4:10 PM, Steve R [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
At
I have just bought three 512 MB SDRAM from OWC for a 667 MHz G4. Each SDRAM
has 8 chips on side and none of them will boot up the G4 DA. OWC has stated
that they will honor the life time warranty and replace the SDRAM.
Does your advice abput using double sided low density SDRAM on a
At 4:37 PM -0400 9/2/2008, Steve R wrote:
As it happens I upgraded to Leopard yesterday doing an archive and
install. The Old System folder, after the install, weighed in at 3.2
GB yet my previously 38.2GB of free space has dropped to 21.8 GB of
free space. I find it hard to believe Leopard takes
Cheryl writes,
I have 384mb of memory on this G4 quicksilver. I'm not too savvy about
this tech stuff. How much more memory can I add? I have one empty
slot. And which kind should I get? The ones in there now are pc133,
one 256mb and one 128mb. I'd like to go to at least 512 or more if
possible.
Thanks.
Mel
--- On Tue, 9/2/08, diane [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: diane [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: question about memory for my G4
To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com
Date: Tuesday, September 2, 2008, 2:27 PM
At 2:21 PM -0700 9/2/08, Mel wrote:
Total SDRAM is 1.25 GB. Note: I can't find
On Sep 2, 12:40 pm, diane [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am looking to increase hard drive space in my G4 1.42DP
I also like the Seagates because of the 5 year warranty. True, a
warranty doesn't help your data if the drive dies, but I would like to
think that they put a little more thought into
On Sep 2, 2008, at 5:12 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 9/2/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I just bought the Academic version of Office 2008.
You are allowed to use it on 3 computers.
Really? I thought you could install it three times
but only have it installed on one computer at any
A related question: Before I had the benefit of your enlightenment on
what's a waste of money, I put a 1.0 GHz G3 from Other World into the
Smurf I'm using to type this. (I since found out that it is not
supported at the rated speed for Tiger. G.) Is that slower than
the 500 MHz G4?
On Sep
On Sep 2, 2008, at 11:08 PM, diane wrote:
I never would have looked at Fry's! I thought Outpost became a
Tweeter affiliate years back, is Tweeter now affiliated with Fry's? I
bought from them back in the mid-90's.
Is dealmac the best place to search for deals?
Thanks again,
Diane
On Sep 2, 10:08 pm, Kris Tilford [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hindsight is 20-20. You could have searched the Xbench archives prior
to purchasing.
Is XBench in good health? I haven't been able to pull up any data on
machines on their site lately.
Also won't accept my PowerPC 8500 G4/450
please make suggestions. (Specs and plans are in signature.
removing original 10 Gig drive to install larger drive.
What enclosure to get?
Only one that is easy/convenient to get is MacAlly.
I like that it has firewire 400/800/USB.
I like that it is portable, though, even smaller size/weight
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