Re: Mac OS X Lion 10.7 is no longer a rumor!

2010-10-27 Thread Malcolm O'Brien
Have you tried HTML5 YouTube? Yes, from info given here. Two results: 1) It's better. But it's a better sequence of still pictures. :( 2) You only get HTML5 *IF* the video doesn't have an ad on it and there are only a small number of those. So, effectively, it's not better enough to make it

Re: Mac OS X Lion 10.7 is no longer a rumor!

2010-10-27 Thread Cyrus Griffin
Have you tried HTML5 YouTube? Apparently it works well even on the faster G4s. www.YouTube.com/html5 -Elliott On Oct 27, 2010, at 8:52 PM, Malcolm O'Brien wrote: > Not the thing to watch Flash video on though. :P I just don't go to YouTube > with that machine. -- You received this mess

Re: Mac OS X Lion 10.7 is no longer a rumor!

2010-10-27 Thread Malcolm O'Brien
you have a 17" iMac G4 800? THose are nice machines Yup, I love mine! Not the thing to watch Flash video on though. :P I just don't go to YouTube with that machine. Instead, I use my PC desktop, PC notebook or iPod Touch. When my 80GB drive was getting full, I replaced it with a 500GB that I

Re: iMac noise

2010-10-27 Thread Tina K.
On 2010/10/27 19:53, Mystic Prowler so eloquently wrote: I can overclock my 1.25Ghz iMac G4 to 1.67Ghz, but I need a giant fan (or 2) on the logic board, and i will need to take out the HDD and CD drive. How would you overclock it? Looking at Daystar's pages for their EOL'd 1.92 GHz upgrade I

Re: iMac noise

2010-10-27 Thread Mystic Prowler
When I ran my iMac G5 ran at the "automatic" option, it felt like I was running a crawling 1.5Ghz G4. Now that I turned on the "Best" option, I don't care if it makes too much noise, as long as it isn't too loud, and to make sure it doesn't overheat. I don't want that capacitor problem with my Rev

Re: Mac OS X Lion 10.7 is no longer a rumor!

2010-10-27 Thread Dan
At 4:46 PM -0600 10/27/2010, Tina K. wrote: the one thing about the upcoming release that I am curious about is will Apple finally commit to 64 bit through and through, or is this going to be another of several incremental steps toward 64 bit that began with 10.4 Tiger? IF Apple goes with a p

iMac noise

2010-10-27 Thread Tina K.
Yay, I remembered to start a new thread for once! On 2010/10/27 17:02, Mystic Prowler so eloquently wrote in another thread: Especially my iMac G5. I turned the energy saver option to "Best" for performance, and this machine roars louder than my G4 machines combined. That is my biggest be

Re: Mac OS X Lion 10.7 is no longer a rumor!

2010-10-27 Thread Mystic Prowler
I am okay with PowerPC macs for now... mostly because leo is still supported. They are fast, don't get me wrong. Especially my iMac G5. I turned the energy saver option to "Best" for performance, and this machine roars louder than my G4 machines combined. I do need a new MBA, though. A good 15" Pow

Re: Mac OS X Lion 10.7 is no longer a rumor!

2010-10-27 Thread Tina K.
Being a PPC user, 10.7 Lion has no bearing on my computing experience. At least not until I can afford an Intel Mac, which is years away. But the one thing about the upcoming release that I am curious about is will Apple finally commit to 64 bit through and through, or is this going to be anot

Re: Mac OS X Lion 10.7 is no longer a rumor!

2010-10-27 Thread Mystic Prowler
Malcom 'o Brian, you have a 17" iMac G4 800? THose are nice machines you know, I have 2. One is a 17" 1.25Ghz that WAS a 1Ghz but had it's logic board replaced because of an unknown reason. My second iMac G4 is identical to yours except it is a 15" screen, and it's internal IDE Bus failed. It is ru

Re: Mac OS X Lion 10.7 is no longer a rumor!

2010-10-27 Thread Malcolm O'Brien
trying not to repeat the switch from OS 9 to OS X But see, that switch was mostly painless for users. This reaps them mucho good will from many people (such as me). In fact, there were 3 enormous changes over the years: 1. 68xxx to PowerPC 2. OS to OS 3. PowerPC to Intel ALL of these were a

Re: Mac OS X Lion 10.7 is no longer a rumor!

2010-10-27 Thread krys weaver
well it was news to me.. On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 11:26 AM, Mystic Prowler wrote: > I have a direct link to the site that Apple has it's Mac OS X lion page. > This OS is coming out in Summer 2011. > > www.apple.com/macosx/lion > > -- > You received this message because you are a member of the iMac

Re: Mac OS X Lion 10.7 is no longer a rumor!

2010-10-27 Thread Malcolm O'Brien
Well, it will probably leave out in the cold some early Intel Macs, Please tell us more before we go out and buy one of them. -- Malcolm 800MHz 17" flat panel iMac running Leopard (1GB RAM, 500GB HD) -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those usi

Re: Mac OS X Lion 10.7 is no longer a rumor!

2010-10-27 Thread Mystic Prowler
cool I am getting an 867Mhz 15" Powerbook G4 next week... =) -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/li

Re: Mac OS X Lion 10.7 is no longer a rumor!

2010-10-27 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Oct 27, 2010, at 12:24 PM, Mystic Prowler wrote: > My bad, on track, not tack. Hmm, at first I thought it was a NEW theological argument: "How many Apples can balance on the head of a tack?" 8-P -- Bruce Johnson "Wherever you go, there you are" B. Banzai, PhD -- You received this messag

Re: Mac OS X Lion 10.7 is no longer a rumor!

2010-10-27 Thread Mystic Prowler
My bad, on track, not tack. -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to t

Re: Mac OS X Lion 10.7 is no longer a rumor!

2010-10-27 Thread Mystic Prowler
Apples are the best computers I have and will ever use. I have no need for anything else. As long as Apple stays on tack, i'm happy. -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/ima

Re: Mac OS X Lion 10.7 is no longer a rumor!

2010-10-27 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Oct 26, 2010, at 10:21 PM, Dave wrote: > Gosh, folks, is this what they mean by the Apple tax? No, the 'Apple Tax' is a sarcastic term used by Windows trolls to complain that Macs cost more than Dells, even though comparably equipped Dells usually cost just as much. (or morecost out wha