Re: Mavericks install

On Tuesday, July 5, 2016 at 11:49:55 PM UTC-4, Kris Tilford wrote: > > > This is all true, and a very good reason for an ‘old lady’ to be using El > Capitan. > Do you currently run El Capitan on a Core 2 Duo system? If so, how well does it perform? How responsive is it? -- -- You received

Re: SATA Internal HD for G5

e Barracuda 7200.14 ST3000DM001 3TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148844 -irrational john -- -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a parti

Re: 35 pass erase

On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 1:08 PM, wrote: > One wipe is really enough though, but standards are standards > unfortunately :/ Perhaps. But this 35 pass nonsense is not even a proper standard. It's more of an intellectual excise built around drive technologies. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gutma

Re: New iMac

opy of Lion. I would suggest you go ahead and get it even if you don't intend to use it now. Just download it and archive it for some future date when you may well want to upgrade to Lion. You may want to do so in the future if only because support for Snow Leopard will eventually be drop

Re: Early MacBook comparisons

annoying due to the extra demand placed on the CPU. While I don't know that the discrete NVIDIA video used in later MacBooks would perform any better, I'd still suggest going that route if you can rather than getting an older MacBook which uses Intel's integrated video. FWIW, -irrat

Re: Removing Heat Sink from Sonnet G4 upgrade card

our preference. Then include the link to the photo(s) in a message here. Or I believe you could also upload the file to your Google Docs account, make it public on the web, and then include the link to it in a message. -irrational john -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Gr

Re: Removing Heat Sink from Sonnet G4 upgrade card

a screw driver which is a better fit for these JIC-standard "cuciform"? -irrational john -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/l

Re: Stop gap hardware recommendations ?

inst this, I would point out that generally a Hackintosh is a better fit with someone who wants to muck about with their computer at least as much, possibly more, than use their computer. The potential for fiddling and fixing is there every time you install an update. I did not get the impression y

Re: OS 10.5

versions of OS X? Beats me. -irrational john -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette

Re: G4 MDD has lost FireWire.. .. Ideas?

Here's a link to an eBay search for listings for the items I'm talking about. http://bit.ly/nkgFWm I can't give you buying advice. I have no idea if one is better than another or if it will even work on your G4 MDD. But maybe someone else can jump in to help with that. -irrational john

Re: Safari 4.0

the "bottom" delete button works. Ever since I installed the non-beta Safari 4.0, the "top" delete button in gmail usually doesn't work. I think installing the 4.0.1 update fixed that. Hope so because it's annoying. But I digress ... -irrational john --~--~-~

Re: Cable Select OR Master / Slave in a QS 2002 Dual 1GHz? (and DA Dual 533)

28. (Can't say how likely or not this might be. Depends on the "age" of the hardware, I suppose.) But, then again, I've been wrong before ... -irrational john --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End

Re: Cable Select OR Master / Slave in a QS 2002 Dual 1GHz? (and DA Dual 533)

r glitch. But whatever works ... and to each their own ... -irrational john --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs

Re: A polite netiquette back and forth

hon skit on the arguments shop. "Yes, it is!" "No it isn't!" "Yes, it is!" and so ad infinitum. Also reminds me of what happens should I be so foolish as to try to argue with a cat about where to position a litter box in the house. I actuall

Re: Safari 4.0

t's just how it works out for me. I notice the difference most when I'm opening and closing the Firefox app. I haven't checked to see if the Firefox 3.5 beta is available for the Mac. If it is then I'll have to try it out to see how it compares in pe