Re: Thinking about a new CPU for a Sawtooth 500 mhz G4

2010-01-23 Thread A.McCullough
On 1/23/2010 8:03 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: Yes, this does work differently in a Mac. Windows installs a custom system for each computer, and generally it can't be moved from one computer to another unless the two computers are physically identical. Macs install a unitary system that normally is

Re: Thinking about a new CPU for a Sawtooth 500 mhz G4

2010-01-23 Thread A.McCullough
On 1/23/2010 4:03 PM, Mac User #330250 wrote: If you want to reuse parts like memory, you're much better off with the Dual-1 GHz Quicksilver, or even a Dual-800 (like mine!). Beware that the Quicksilver 2002 is the first to support large hard drives> 128 GB (system board Rev. B). Full ACK.

Re: Weird happenings

2009-09-14 Thread A.McCullough
So, just to be sure, you don't have Picasa or Google Earth or ANY form of Google app installed? That's normally why you'd get Google Updates even trying to run at all. At any rate, a quick Google of your problem (sorry, couldn't resist) shows this: http://arthurkoziel.com/2008/07/26/the-google

Re: Help! HD filling up issue

2009-07-05 Thread A.McCullough
If I'm not mistaken, I've read that the Smurf G3 can accept drives natively up to 128 gigabytes - and these are not proprietary drives. So any standard PATA IDE drive off the shelf (not SATA!) under that drive size limit should work just fine. I can vouch personally for the cloning software Su

Re: HD Question

2009-07-05 Thread A.McCullough
Look at the rear of the drives. Then look here: http://www.ufsexplorer.com/inf_connect_hdd.php Given the apparent age of the drives in question (a fast Google lookup shows none of 'em as "currently available", hence they're older drives and not currently in production) I'd say it's dang near a