Are Mac users smarter than PC users?

2004-07-20 Thread Shay Telfer
Hi... An interesting comparison of textual content from Mac v PC web sites... http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/35130.html Have fun, Shay -- === Shay Telfer Perth, Western Australia Technomancer Join Team Sungroper in the Opinions

eMac Computer Information

2004-07-20 Thread Peter Baker
WAMUG Members Do any of you have opinions regarding the eMac as I am considering purchasing one. Regards: Peter Baker

iBook Purchase

2004-07-20 Thread Rick Armstrong
WAMUG Members Do any of you have opinions regarding the 14 G4 iBook as I am considering purchasing a new one. (The Powerbooks are just too much) Regards: Rick

Anybody with an iPod ?

2004-07-20 Thread Robert Howells
Methodshop, which offers iPod tech support and repairs, cites several stories in its warning about a surprisingly common iPod toilet trap: Wow, the toilet dropping appears to be a common problem! I hope the toilet was full of clean water. Always wait until the iPod is completely dry

new iPods

2004-07-20 Thread Neil Houghton
So now that the new 4th gen iPods have been released: http://www.apple.com/ipod/ and http://store.apple.com/133-622/WebObjects/australiastore.woa/80305/wo/N04kb ELpsm483oD6q081UHTdMdz/0.0.7.1.0.6.13.0.1.1.3.0.7.4.1.1.0 Any ideas on when they will be available here? I note that the difference in

Imperial iPods...

2004-07-20 Thread Shay Telfer
Looks like someone hasn't (hopefully) yet metricised the iPod Mini Apple Store web page http://store.apple.com/133-622/WebObjects/australiastore.woa/80605/wo/yj3yXlBYAWti2EZ1EwD1mz3yTuN/0.0.7.1.0.6.21.1.3.1.1.0.0.1.0 Or perhaps Australia returning to imperial is part of the Free Trade

Re: Ti powerbook cd drive problem

2004-07-20 Thread Greg Pennefather
John The CD may be one of the copy protected audio CDs. This has happened to me with one of these but my drive still reads everything else. Cheers Greg From: Craig Ringer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2004 20:17:47 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Re: Ti

RE: Ti powerbook cd drive problem

2004-07-20 Thread Neil.Francis
I believe that CD and DVD work use different wavelengths - dvd using a shorter wavelength to help get the higher capacity. To implement this dual lasers are probably being used. So perhaps the CD laser has died, but the DVD laser is still working fine? Neil -Original Message-

Re: Anybody with an iPod ?

2004-07-20 Thread John Currie
Methodshop, which offers iPod tech support and repairs, cites several stories in its warning about a surprisingly common iPod toilet trap: Wow, the toilet dropping appears to be a common problem! I hope the toilet was full of clean water. Always wait until the iPod is completely dry before

Re: Imperial iPods...

2004-07-20 Thread Andrew Nielsen
At 11:34 +0800 20/07/2004, Shay Telfer wrote: Or perhaps Australia returning to imperial is part of the Free Trade Agreement :) Funny really, since they had that big Tea Party all those years ago, yet the USA is about the only country that's adhering to the old British Imperial system. --

Re: Imperial iPods...

2004-07-20 Thread Robert Howells
On Tuesday, July 20, 2004, at 08:06 PM, Andrew Nielsen wrote: At 11:34 +0800 20/07/2004, Shay Telfer wrote: Or perhaps Australia returning to imperial is part of the Free Trade Agreement :) Funny really, since they had that big Tea Party all those years ago, yet the USA is about the only