Insomniac iMac

2012-03-03 Thread Fred Thiel and Janet Thiel
My mid 2011 Intel 3.1 Ghz. Snow Leopard OSX 10.6.8 iMac will not sleep anymore unless I make it sleep by manually pressing the power button. I recently tried to install Linux Mint 12 without success, and in doing so I believe that is the cause of the problem. I tried to install on a free pa

Wanting to experiment with Linux

2011-12-25 Thread Fred Thiel and Janet Thiel
I've got a 3.1GHz iMac core i5 with a spare 200 MB partition. I've always been intrigued by Linux systems and have read about several on this and other Mac lists. Any suggestions for a Linux newbie for a simple version? Thanks much Fred -- You received this message because you are a member of

New iMac

2011-08-21 Thread Fred Thiel and Janet Thiel
I've been looking for a new iMac. The new 2.7GHz quad core i5 21.5 inch monitor iMac is what I've got my eye on, but I can't find out if it has Snow Leopard on it. I don't want Lion at this time. Does anyone know for sure what OS and where I can get it? Thanks Fred -- You received this mes