Re: TOPIC: Apple & Psystar Why it came to be

2008-12-18 Thread Charles Davis
On Dec 18, 2008, at 10:36 PM, James E. Therrault wrote: > > John Callahan wrote: >> >>> >>> Profit margins include all expenses. >>> >>> JT >>> >> >> >> Would someone make note of the fact that operating costs which >> include R&D are deductibles when it comes to State and Federal taxes? >> > >

Re: After a Nuke & Pave (10.5.5) ... QS made its way back to Blue Screen ...

2008-12-18 Thread insightinmind
On Dec 18, 2008, at 10:56 PM, insightinmind wrote: > > I'm trying to use Disk Utility to create a disk image and on a first > attempt, I'm getting an Input/Output error. I selected Read Only with > no encryption. Maybe indicates a hardware problem? With my original > installation of 10.5 (Retail)

Re: After a Nuke & Pave (10.5.5) ... QS made its way back to Blue Screen ...

2008-12-18 Thread insightinmind
On Dec 16, 2008, at 1:52 PM, Steve R wrote: > > What I would try here, were I in your situation, is yet another > nuke/pave of Leopard but (1) using the combo updater from Apple, (2) > only going as far as 10.5.4, (3) removing the NIC card once you've > downloaded the updater, and (4) going back

Re: TOPIC: Apple & Psystar Why it came to be

2008-12-18 Thread James E. Therrault
John Callahan wrote: > >> >>Profit margins include all expenses. >> >>JT >> > > > Would someone make note of the fact that operating costs which > include R&D are deductibles when it comes to State and Federal taxes? > Uh, expenses is expenses - - - Tax deductible. JT --~--~

Re: Perian Update

2008-12-18 Thread Hunter Fuller
2008/12/18 Dan : > > At 2:23 PM -0600 12/18/2008, Hunter Fuller wrote: >> >>and I know Firefox doesn't use QuickTime to render anything. > > Sorry. That is incorrect. The graphics libraries in OS X all use > primatives from QuickTime. That would be why Firefox has the > QuickTime framework, and

Re: TOPIC: Apple & Psystar Why it came to be

2008-12-18 Thread John Callahan
> > > Profit margins include all expenses. > > JT > Would someone make note of the fact that operating costs which include R&D are deductibles when it comes to State and Federal taxes? > > > > John Callahan jcalla...@stny.rr.com If there are no dogs in Heaven, when I die I want to go where th

Re: Best G4 Desktop

2008-12-18 Thread PeterH
On Dec 18, 2008, at 2:48 PM, Dana Collins wrote: > My vote is for the Digital Audio - very solid unit, and takes to > expandability very well. Higher bus speed, faster RAM, higher ATA > bus (in > the latter units) and the 4x AGP, of which it is a lot easier to find > upgrade video for (over th

PB G4 Wireless/Ethernet/AppleTalk question

2008-12-18 Thread Stanton Mitrany
I have a DSL modem linked to a wireless G router (plus a PB G4 and a laser printer) on one floor of the house, and, on another floor of the house, in another workspace, a second PB G4 (which receives connection to the first floor PB, printer and internet through the downstairs wireless rou

Re: Best G4 Desktop

2008-12-18 Thread Dana Collins
On 12/18/08 2:25 PM, nestamicky of nestami...@gmail.com sent > > And by best I mean, which of these G4 Desktop-Sawtooth, DA, etc is best > to get for optimum upgrade? I have a Sawtooth now, but feel as though I > could put some money on and upgrade a better machine in this line. So, > which o

Re: Anyone know anything about IOPCI2PCIBridge issues?

2008-12-18 Thread insightinmind
On Dec 18, 2008, at 4:59 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: > > > On Dec 18, 2008, at 1:28 PM, insightinmind wrote: > >> >> Coupled with the IOPCI2PCIBridge indicating FW ... I suspect my drive >> being partially connected / powered is a prime candidate for being a >> troublemaker. >> >> Funny ... when co

Re: Anyone know anything about IOPCI2PCIBridge issues?

2008-12-18 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Dec 18, 2008, at 1:28 PM, insightinmind wrote: > > Coupled with the IOPCI2PCIBridge indicating FW ... I suspect my drive > being partially connected / powered is a prime candidate for being a > troublemaker. > > Funny ... when connected to the Mac, but not the wall wart power > supply, the po

Re: Perian Update

2008-12-18 Thread Dan
At 2:23 PM -0600 12/18/2008, Hunter Fuller wrote: > >and I know Firefox doesn't use QuickTime to render anything. Sorry. That is incorrect. The graphics libraries in OS X all use primatives from QuickTime. That would be why Firefox has the QuickTime framework, and all its sub pieces, mapped

Re: Anyone know anything about IOPCI2PCIBridge issues?

2008-12-18 Thread insightinmind
On Dec 18, 2008, at 2:15 PM, nestamicky wrote: > > > insightinmind wrote: >> >> On Dec 18, 2008, at 10:51 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: >> >> >>> On Dec 17, 2008, at 9:00 PM, insightinmind wrote: >>> >>> 20:59:17 M-Å-S configd[14]: InterfaceNamer: PowerMac3,5/ MacRISC2PE/ p...@f2

Re: Display card and resolution support

2008-12-18 Thread dorayme
On Dec 4, 9:07 pm, Kris Tilford wrote: > On Dec 4, 2008, at 4:01 AM,doraymewrote: > > > In my G4 QS 933 I have: > > > Chipset Model:     GeForce4 MX > >  Type:     Display > >  Bus:      AGP > >  VRAM (Total):     64 MB > >  Vendor:   nVIDIA (0x10de) > >  Revision ID:      0x00a2 > >  ROM Revisio

Re: Perian Update

2008-12-18 Thread Hunter Fuller
2008/12/18 Dan : > > At 8:29 AM -0600 12/18/2008, Hunter Fuller wrote: >> > As for not needing QuickTime... Um... So you're saying that you NEVER >>> EVER view any graphics or video of any type in any application on >>> your Mac, except within VLC. Hint: It's all QuickTime. ALL. >> >>Well,

Re: Friend needs help with collection of Macs

2008-12-18 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Dec 18, 2008, at 11:44 AM, Digital Bill wrote: > > 3. They have discovered at least four other candy-colored iMacs in an > abandoned car on the property that "has stuff growing inside it." I > know Macs are tough, but are these puppies just a lost cause? (He's > shown me pictures, and let's j

Best G4 Desktop

2008-12-18 Thread nestamicky
And by best I mean, which of these G4 Desktop-Sawtooth, DA, etc is best to get for optimum upgrade? I have a Sawtooth now, but feel as though I could put some money on and upgrade a better machine in this line. So, which one is best for money, upgrade, etc. I think after the G3, the G4s-deskto

Re: OS X 10.3 and HD Formatted for Case Sensitive

2008-12-18 Thread Dan
At 11:29 AM -0700 12/18/2008, Doug McNutt wrote: >At 11:52 -0500 12/18/08, Dan wrote: >>At 8:40 AM -0800 12/18/2008, gifutiger wrote: >>> >>>I would like to reformat my HD's for Case Sensitive operation and I'm >>>wondering if anyone knows if I will have problems when I reinstall OS >>>X 10.5 >> >

Re: Anyone know anything about IOPCI2PCIBridge issues?

2008-12-18 Thread nestamicky
insightinmind wrote: > On Dec 18, 2008, at 10:51 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: > > >> On Dec 17, 2008, at 9:00 PM, insightinmind wrote: >> >> >>> 20:59:17 M-Å-S configd[14]: InterfaceNamer: PowerMac3,5/MacRISC2PE/ >>> p...@f200/AppleMacRiscPCI/pci-bri...@13/IOPCI2PCIBridge/ >>> firew...

Re: TOPIC: Apple & Psystar Why it came to be

2008-12-18 Thread James E. Therrault
Dan wrote: > At 11:51 AM -0500 12/18/2008, diane wrote: > >>At 10:56 AM -0500 12/18/08, Dan wrote: >> >>>saying that NPD falsified their data? Or are you saying it's ok for >>>Apple to gouge a 20% profit margin when the rest of the industry >>>survives on 6? >> >>It's tough to survive on 6% tho

Re: TOPIC: Apple & Psystar Why it came to be

2008-12-18 Thread James E. Therrault
diane wrote: > At 10:56 AM -0500 12/18/08, Dan wrote: > >>saying that NPD falsified their data? Or are you saying it's ok for >>Apple to gouge a 20% profit margin when the rest of the industry >>survives on 6? > > > It's tough to survive on 6% though especially if there is overhead. > Even 2

Re: TOPIC: Apple & Psystar Why it came to be

2008-12-18 Thread James E. Therrault
Dan wrote: > At 10:44 PM + 12/17/2008, Ted Treen wrote: > >>Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: >> > What many here have said for a long time finally makes a ZDnet article. >> > http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=3192&tag=nl.e539 >> >>The article starts "If the data released by the NPD Group is c

Re: Friend needs help with collection of Macs

2008-12-18 Thread Digital Bill
*UPDATE 12/18/08* > At 9:49 AM -0800 12/10/08, Digital Bill wrote: > > >Afriendhas come into possession of a "huge collection of machines > >all hooked together, mainlyMacs" after the death of the owner, the > >father of a co-worker.  He knows nothing about them and wants to see > >if they run an

Re: Perian Update

2008-12-18 Thread Will S
Quote "VLC is a nice media player, for the specific small subset of codecs it handles, but it can also be VERY crashy and is often much more CPU intensive than QuickTime. As for not needing QuickTime... Um... So you're saying that you NEVER EVER view any graphics or video of any type in any appl

Re: OS X 10.3 and HD Formatted for Case Sensitive

2008-12-18 Thread Doug McNutt
At 11:52 -0500 12/18/08, Dan wrote: >At 8:40 AM -0800 12/18/2008, gifutiger wrote: >> >>I would like to reformat my HD's for Case Sensitive operation and I'm >>wondering if anyone knows if I will have problems when I reinstall OS >>X 10.5 > >Yes, you will have horrible problems. Too many things a

Re: TOPIC: Apple & Psystar Why it came to be

2008-12-18 Thread diane
At 12:11 PM -0500 12/18/08, Dan wrote: >At 11:51 AM -0500 12/18/2008, diane wrote: >>At 10:56 AM -0500 12/18/08, Dan wrote: >>> >>>saying that NPD falsified their data? Or are you saying it's ok for >>>Apple to gouge a 20% profit margin when the rest of the industry >>>survives on 6? >> >>It's to

Re: TOPIC: Apple & Psystar Why it came to be

2008-12-18 Thread Dan
At 11:51 AM -0500 12/18/2008, diane wrote: >At 10:56 AM -0500 12/18/08, Dan wrote: >> >>saying that NPD falsified their data? Or are you saying it's ok for >>Apple to gouge a 20% profit margin when the rest of the industry >>survives on 6? > >It's tough to survive on 6% though especially if there

Re: Anyone know anything about IOPCI2PCIBridge issues?

2008-12-18 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Dec 18, 2008, at 8:58 AM, insightinmind wrote: > > If a onboard FW connected external FW HD is not turned on, could it > still cause problems? The power supply to it is on, but the drive is > not on. Maybe. Try disconnecting it and seeing if you get the same issues. This can also be caused

Re: TOPIC: Apple & Psystar Why it came to be

2008-12-18 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Dec 18, 2008, at 8:56 AM, Dan wrote: > The blog post references a Wall Street Journal article, which reports > on the sales figures as collected by NPD. How is Apple's declining > sales over the last month "deliberate misinformation"? Because they don't say the study is actually measuring

Re: OS X 10.3 and HD Formatted for Case Sensitive

2008-12-18 Thread Dan
At 8:40 AM -0800 12/18/2008, gifutiger wrote: > >I would like to reformat my HD's for Case Sensitive operation and I'm >wondering if anyone knows if I will have problems when I reinstall OS >X 10.5 Yes, you will have horrible problems. Too many things are case insensitive in OS X. Stick with n

Re: TOPIC: Apple & Psystar Why it came to be

2008-12-18 Thread diane
At 10:56 AM -0500 12/18/08, Dan wrote: > >saying that NPD falsified their data? Or are you saying it's ok for >Apple to gouge a 20% profit margin when the rest of the industry >survives on 6? It's tough to survive on 6% though especially if there is overhead. Even 20% is not much. My .02 Dian

OS X 10.3 and HD Formatted for Case Sensitive

2008-12-18 Thread gifutiger
Greetings ( + )!( + ) I would like to reformat my HD's for Case Sensitive operation and I'm wondering if anyone knows if I will have problems when I reinstall OS X 10.5 Best regards Harry San Jose, Ca --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you ar

Re: Panther Partition Running Leopard Interference?

2008-12-18 Thread Dan
At 10:39 AM -0500 12/18/2008, insightinmind wrote: >Is it possible a separate Panther 10.3.9 partition might be >interfering with Leopard 10.5.6 running alone? I'd say No, but it's possible you've created alises to things on your Panther volume and are running things from there. Nothing to do w

Re: Shut down or restart

2008-12-18 Thread gifutiger
Greetings ( + )!( + ) Another thing that I do and you might try is to "Open" and "Keep" open the "Activity Monitor" application. If your problem is an application. it will allow you to see which program is using all of the processor time, and will also indicate which one is not responding. Best

Re: Shut down or restart

2008-12-18 Thread gifutiger
Greetings ( + )!( + ) Would you please look at the Console and System Log Files the next time your returns to life? There should be some clue in one of those files as to what was happening then you depressed the restart button. I once had a similar problem and the Console Log File showed that one

Panther Partition Running Leopard Interference?

2008-12-18 Thread insightinmind
One Question at a Time ... Is it possible a separate Panther 10.3.9 partition might be interfering with Leopard 10.5.6 running alone? Why is Leopard apparently working on my Panther 10.3.9 partition? destroying old logs? or is it destroying old logs on the Leopard partition, because someth

Re: Perian Update

2008-12-18 Thread Dan
At 8:29 AM -0600 12/18/2008, Hunter Fuller wrote: > > As for not needing QuickTime... Um... So you're saying that you NEVER >> EVER view any graphics or video of any type in any application on >> your Mac, except within VLC. Hint: It's all QuickTime. ALL. > >Well, then I suppose I can say t

Re: TOPIC: Apple & Psystar Why it came to be

2008-12-18 Thread Nikki Wraith
NPD's data refers only to desktop computers - iMacs and MacPros. A decline in desktop sales when all new laptops have just been released is not unusual. Mikeal On Dec 18, 2008, at 10:56 AM, Dan wrote: > > At 10:44 PM + 12/17/2008, Ted Treen wrote: >> Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: >>> W

Re: Hulu to TV

2008-12-18 Thread Isaac Smith
> Is it possible to get a web site like hulu to my TV using a current > hardware (G4 iMac, GS Tower or and Intel Mac Mini)? Or would I need to > get an Apple TV to perform that task. > > TIA, > mark Mark, If you can find a way to hook your Mac mini up to the television, it's your best bet. Hul

Re: TOPIC: Apple & Psystar Why it came to be

2008-12-18 Thread Dan
At 4:59 PM -0500 12/17/2008, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: >What many here have said for a long time finally makes a ZDnet article. > >http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=3192&tag=nl.e539 > >Someone here who took umbrage at those who wanted a low cost Machine >to run an Apple OS derided them as w

Re: TOPIC: Apple & Psystar Why it came to be

2008-12-18 Thread Dan
At 10:44 PM + 12/17/2008, Ted Treen wrote: >Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: > > What many here have said for a long time finally makes a ZDnet article. > > http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=3192&tag=nl.e539 > >The article starts "If the data released by the NPD Group is correct..." > >W

Re: Anyone know anything about IOPCI2PCIBridge issues?

2008-12-18 Thread insightinmind
On Dec 18, 2008, at 10:51 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: > > > On Dec 17, 2008, at 9:00 PM, insightinmind wrote: > >> 20:59:17 M-Å-S configd[14]: InterfaceNamer: PowerMac3,5/MacRISC2PE/ >> p...@f200/AppleMacRiscPCI/pci-bri...@13/IOPCI2PCIBridge/ >> firew...@1/ >> AppleFWOHCI/IOFireWireControlle

Re: Anyone know anything about IOPCI2PCIBridge issues?

2008-12-18 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Dec 17, 2008, at 9:00 PM, insightinmind wrote: > 20:59:17 M-Å-S configd[14]: InterfaceNamer: PowerMac3,5/MacRISC2PE/ > p...@f200/AppleMacRiscPCI/pci-bri...@13/IOPCI2PCIBridge/firew...@1/ > AppleFWOHCI/IOFireWireController/IOFireWireLocalNode [1] This is waiting on a Firewire device, e

Re: Web cam podcast interview Mac - PC.

2008-12-18 Thread Paul Stamsen
Previously, at 10:39 pm +0100 12/18/08, Brian Durant wrote: >Is Skype the way to go? I would have preferred the new GTalk video option, but >Google doesn't offer this for the PPC architecture. Is that because G3s to G5s >can't >handle the video output well? Has anyone on the list tried video chat

Re: Perian Update

2008-12-18 Thread Hunter Fuller
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Re: HDMI monitor

2008-12-18 Thread Elbert Boone
I use the dvi to hdmi cable sucessfully on my g4 and then on my new g5. Works fine. Of course it works better on the g5. On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 5:00 AM, Clark Martin wrote: > > Kris Tilford wrote: > > On Dec 18, 2008, at 2:26 AM, Clark Martin wrote: > > > >> My G4 Mac Mini has DVI output which

Re: HDMI monitor

2008-12-18 Thread Clark Martin
Kris Tilford wrote: > On Dec 18, 2008, at 2:26 AM, Clark Martin wrote: > >> My G4 Mac Mini has DVI output which is fed to a DVI to HDMI cable >> into my HDTV. > > I never got mine to work, and was told that "cheap" DVI-to-HDMI cables > often fail to work? I bought my cable to about $6 off eB

Re: Web cam podcast interview Mac - PC.

2008-12-18 Thread Brian Durant
Is Skype the way to go? I would have preferred the new GTalk video option, but Google doesn't offer this for the PPC architecture. Is that because G3s to G5s can't handle the video output well? Has anyone on the list tried video chatting or doing online video interviews for podcasts before - with a

Re: HDMI monitor

2008-12-18 Thread Kris Tilford
On Dec 18, 2008, at 2:26 AM, Clark Martin wrote: > My G4 Mac Mini has DVI output which is fed to a DVI to HDMI cable > into my HDTV. I never got mine to work, and was told that "cheap" DVI-to-HDMI cables often fail to work? I bought my cable to about $6 off eBay, and locally they sell for

Re: HDMI monitor

2008-12-18 Thread Clark Martin
m ray wrote: > There seem to be a lot of monitors with HDMI out as the only option, > are these useable with a G5 or Intel mac? It would be HDMI IN. Are you talking about a computer monitor or an HDTV? Computer monitors usually have DVI and / or VGA, HDTVs usually have HDMI. If the computer