Re: Laptops and tea

2013-05-07 Thread Rob Phillips
Thanks Daniel We'll see how it goes. Rob On 6/05/13 7:34 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote: Hi Rob I'm not a Service Tech per say,..but have worked (or had) a few of these of late that I can offer some advise. Depending on how much has Stuck to the Motherboard then yes it can slowly degrade to the

Re: Laptops and tea

2013-05-06 Thread Daniel Kerr
Hi Rob I'm not a Service Tech per say,..but have worked (or had) a few of these of late that I can offer some advise. Depending on how much has Stuck to the Motherboard then yes it can slowly degrade to the point of other things not working. This can be weeks, months (years?). Sometimes things

Laptops and tea

2013-05-05 Thread Rob Phillips
Hi people This is one for the hardware people... We're 6 weeks into a camping trip around Australia and we've run into a little problem. I was working on my new Macbook Pro when a strong gust of wind pushed the awning against my tea cup, which then partly spilt over the laptop keyboard. It

WWDC 2012 Notes- New laptops, OSX Mountain Lion info (out next month)

2012-06-11 Thread Daniel Kerr
(Thanks iinet for the one night I need the internet to do maintenance. Greatly appreciated!!) Sigh. Thanks Telstra / iPhone for Personal Hotspot so I can still get the internet to my laptop via my iPhone!!! lol) Anyway,… Upgraded MacBook Airs Up to 2GHz i7 / Up to 8GB RAM, 1600MHz, Up to

WWDC 2012 Notes- New laptops, OSX Mountain Lion info (out next month)

2012-06-11 Thread Daniel Kerr
(Thanks iinet for the one night I need the internet to do maintenance. Greatly appreciated!!) Sigh. Thanks Telstra / iPhone for Personal Hotspot so I can still get the internet to my laptop via my iPhone!!! lol) Anyway,… Upgraded MacBook Airs Up to 2GHz i7 / Up to 8GB RAM, 1600MHz, Up to

Re: WWDC 2012 Notes- New laptops, OSX Mountain Lion info (out next month)

2012-06-11 Thread Tim Law
On 12/06/2012, at 2:55 AM, Daniel Kerr wrote: iOS6 will ship US fall. iPhone 3Gs or better, iPad 2 or better, iPod Touch Gen4 or better. So iPad 1 is about to be left behind? :-( I would have thought the processor in the iPad 1 would be of similar capacity to the iPhone 3Gs, which will

Re: WWDC 2012 Notes- New laptops, OSX Mountain Lion info (out next month)

2012-06-11 Thread lynnkoh
- From: Tim Law t...@peoplehelp.com.au To: wamug@wamug.org.au Sent: Tuesday, 12 June, 2012 10:13:14 AM GMT +08:00 Beijing / Chongqing / Hong Kong / Urumqi Subject: Re: WWDC 2012 Notes- New laptops, OSX Mountain Lion info (out next month) On 12/06/2012, at 2:55 AM, Daniel Kerr wrote: iOS6 will ship

Re: WWDC 2012 Notes- New laptops, OSX Mountain Lion info (out next month)

2012-06-11 Thread Peter Sealy
I suspect it is because iPhone 3Gs has a camera and iPad does not. iOS6 integrates with the camera. Just my 2c ... Peter Sealy Thurgoona AUSTRALIA Don't take life too seriously, no one gets out alive. On 12/06/2012, at 12:13 PM, Tim Law wrote: So iPad 1 is

Mac laptops and firewire

2010-03-15 Thread Merv Bond
My daughter-in-law wishes to purchase a laptop. Looking at the MacBook specifications I can't see a firewire port. Am I not reading too well? Merv -- Education without values and knowledge without ethics is a false education. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives -

RE: Mac laptops and firewire

2010-03-15 Thread Crisp, Peter
] On Behalf Of Merv Bond Sent: Tuesday, 16 March 2010 7:31 AM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Mac laptops and firewire My daughter-in-law wishes to purchase a laptop. Looking at the MacBook specifications I can't see a firewire port. Am I not reading too well? Merv -- Education without values

Re: Mac laptops and firewire

2010-03-15 Thread Peter Hinchliffe
On 16/03/2010, at 7:31 AM, Merv Bond wrote: My daughter-in-law wishes to purchase a laptop. Looking at the MacBook specifications I can't see a firewire port. Am I not reading too well? Merv You are correct. The Macbook (the white polycarbonate model) has no Firewire port: just two USB

Re: Mac laptops and firewire

2010-03-15 Thread Eugene
The firewire port was removed from the latest unibody plastic MacBooks. The low end MacBook Pro has firewire 800 plus SD card reader. Regards, Eugene -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives -

Re: Mac laptops and firewire

2010-03-15 Thread Susan Hastings
Hi you can still get a 13 MacBook with FireWire, but not the cheap white one. This 13 is called a MacBook pro as it's aluminium. --- Susan Hastings Mobile: 0409688004 On 16/03/2010, at 7:45 AM, KEVIN Lock kal...@iinet.net.au wrote: Our daughter recently bought a MacBook without

Re: Mac laptops and firewire

2010-03-15 Thread Merv Bond
Thanks Peter C, Peter H and Eugene I am glad senility has not yet destroyed my reading faculties. Shall look at the MacBook pro offerings. Merv Eugene wrote: The firewire port was removed from the latest unibody plastic MacBooks. The low end MacBook Pro has firewire 800 plus SD card reader.

Re: Mac laptops and firewire

2010-03-15 Thread KEVIN Lock
Our daughter recently bought a MacBook without firewire.To get all her data from her iBook to the new MacBook is no longer a simple process...or is it? Kev Thanks Peter C, Peter H and Eugene I am glad senility has not yet destroyed my reading faculties. Shall look at the MacBook pro

Re: Mac laptops and firewire

2010-03-15 Thread Ray Forma
Kevin, Connect the two with Ethernet cable. Make old Mac share its files. Connect new Mac to the server (old Mac). Download files with the new Mac. On 16/03/2010, at 7:45 AM, KEVIN Lock wrote: Our daughter recently bought a MacBook without firewire.To get all her data from her

Re: Mac laptops and firewire

2010-03-15 Thread KEVIN Lock
Of course. I remember doing that with other PowerPCs. Ta Kev Kevin, Connect the two with Ethernet cable. Make old Mac share its files. Connect new Mac to the server (old Mac). Download files with the new Mac. On 16/03/2010, at 7:45 AM, KEVIN Lock wrote: Our daughter recently bought

Stolen Apple Laptops

2010-02-09 Thread Mark Secker
After a break in on my house on the weekend the following Apple laptops are missing: Macbook black: serial number w8809mc0p2 PowerBook (Ti) G4 1Ghz: serial number w8449189qw3, over all good condition but small but distinct dent in lid PowerBook (Ti) G4: 500Mhz serial number unknown, over all

Laptops

2009-02-20 Thread Martin Sulkowski
HI Everyone Does anyone know if it is possible to connect an MacBook or I-Book (haven't got one at the moment , but looking at buying one ) to the Car Radio similiar to how it is done with an I-pod. Haven't got bluetooth on my car rario. Thanks Martin -- The WA Macintosh User Group

Re: Laptops

2009-02-20 Thread Eugene
Hi Martin, most FM transmitters use the standard headphone cable from the headphone jack to input into the transmitter. Shouldn't be a problem going from an iBook / MacBook. You can get one off ebay for $30 including shipping from China. My only concern is why use a $2000 MacBook when a

Re: Laptops

2009-02-20 Thread Reg Whitely
I used a Belkin Tunecast with my PowerBook. My grand daughter sat in the back on a trip tp Albany watching the DVDs and I drove listening to them in surround sound car hifi! It plugs directly into the headphone socket. Reg On 21/02/2009, at 8:50 AM, Martin Sulkowski wrote: HI Everyone

Re: Mac marketshare 17% retail laptops, up to 55% of students at some universities

2007-10-23 Thread Peter Bull
, and that the students were biased towards cost- effective, consumer-grade laptops, with four out of five students owning a portable computer versus a desktop model. Apple's secret weapon in the race to be number one in education rests on the shoulders of the venerable iPod, SurveyU.com

Re: Mac marketshare 17% retail laptops, up to 55% of students at some universities

2007-10-22 Thread Mark Secker
on their desktops and yet they have salary packaged Apple Laptops even the IT staff. When I started here I was the only Pro Mac computer support staff member fortnightly IT staff meetings were usually 10 minutes of rational discussions about Windows and server issues and 5 minutes of putting up

Re: Mac marketshare 17% retail laptops, up to 55% of students at some universities

2007-10-22 Thread Alex
funny how so many of the staff here have Windows machines on their desktops and yet they have salary packaged Apple Laptops even the IT staff. When I started here I was the only Pro Mac computer support staff member fortnightly IT staff meetings were usually 10 minutes of rational

Re: Mac marketshare 17% retail laptops, up to 55% of students at some universities

2007-10-22 Thread Martin Hill
that a typical US college student spends an average of $1290, and that the students were biased towards cost- effective, consumer-grade laptops, with four out of five students owning a portable computer versus a desktop model. Apple's secret weapon in the race to be number one in education

Re: Mac marketshare 17% retail laptops, up to 55% of students at some universities

2007-10-22 Thread Mark Secker
I may be wrong but I believe that Macs were sold at UWA in the 70s for basically close to cost to students. Obviously, Macs were really popular for that reason and because they were so far ahead of Windows at that time. well 80's (84 onward) actually... and as Martain said, even with

Re: Mac marketshare 17% retail laptops, up to 55% of students at some universities

2007-10-22 Thread Severin Crisp
, Toshiba, Sony, and all of their subsidiaries -- lack a solid program. SurveyU.com found that a typical US college student spends an average of $1290, and that the students were biased towards cost- effective, consumer-grade laptops, with four out of five students owning a portable computer versus

Re: Mac marketshare 17% retail laptops, up to 55% of students at some universities

2007-10-22 Thread Martin Hill
program, whereas the other manufacturers -- HP, Acer, Toshiba, Sony, and all of their subsidiaries -- lack a solid program. SurveyU.com found that a typical US college student spends an average of $1290, and that the students were biased towards cost- effective, consumer-grade laptops, with four

Mac marketshare 17% retail laptops, up to 55% of students at some universities

2007-10-21 Thread Martin Hill
%, Apple now Number 3 overall in USA after Dell and HP: http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/hardware/laptops/news/ index.cfm?newsid=4771 Apple's notebook market share climbs to 17% Apple in third place overall among all computer makers, says IDC August 22, 2007 By Jim Dalrymple While

Re: stolen laptops..and backups

2007-05-03 Thread Paul Kitchener
Rosemary Horton wrote: What's the best method/ hardware/ software for easy backups. Hi Rosemary For an easy backup you could use gmail or similar for low security (or other) stuff like address books and bookmarks etc. For comprehensive protection though I prefer mirroring or duplicating

stolen laptops..and backups

2007-05-02 Thread Rosemary Horton
My husband and I both had out laptops stolen...again His a White 13 macbook (SN 4H6891CUU9B) only 4 months old (replaced after the last robbery), mine an older powerbook Metal 15 (SN W88169C2RG4) that was stolen and returned, had a brand new hard drive etc So if you see them... Had them

Re: stolen laptops...and backups

2007-05-02 Thread Shay Telfer
My husband and I both had out laptops stolen...again His a White 13 macbook (SN 4H6891CUU9B) only 4 months old (replaced after the last robbery), mine an older powerbook Metal 15 (SN W88169C2RG4) that was stolen and returned, had a brand new hard drive etc So if you see them... Report

Re: stolen laptops...and backups

2007-05-02 Thread David Moyle
Shay, Have you attempted to-do this year? I tried last year and they didn't like the idea and apparently it has never been done and they can't see a reason for it to be done.. We had 14 laptops stolen from school which went walks.. Thanks, David Moyle -- Bertram, Western Australia E

Re: stolen laptops..and backups

2007-05-02 Thread James / Hans Kunz
on a regulare basis (silverkepper will just synchronise, which is faster no need to reformatt the hd) or you may backup the libraries especially: user/library/mail cheers James On 03/05/2007, at 0:01, Rosemary Horton wrote: My husband and I both had out laptops stolen...again His a White 13

stolen laptops

2006-12-18 Thread Rosemary Horton
Last Sunday both my husband and I had out laptops stolen form our house (with a whole lot of other stuff) My powerbook was unaccountably returned this Saturday. (They only took one set of cords..maybe that's why... The note said they were sorry but evidently not sorry enough to give

Requesting Donations of Old Laptops

2006-06-01 Thread Kelly Duffy
Hi Everyone, If anyone has any old laptops they're not going to do anything with I'm trying to collect some for a West Australian animal rescue group I'm involved with. The purpose for them is to load the website onto them, the website has all the details of the pets needing new homes, rescued

Re: $100 (US) Laptops for only, errr ummm ,$300 US

2006-05-25 Thread Mark Secker
opps should point out that the pledge page isn't an actual purchase agreement as the $100 laptop progect has been firm in stating that they won't be for sale to the general public but that many people belive that using this pledge idea is a good way to give the organisation some financial

Re: $100 (US) Laptops for only, errr ummm ,$300 US

2006-05-25 Thread Reg Whitely
Looks interesting Mark. This might be a slightly better link, showing the full photo collection: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pete/sets/ 72057594143224765/ Reg On 25 May 2006, at 9:19am, Mark Secker wrote: MIT have released photo's of the first working model of their, much lambasted by

[4Sale] Laptops

2005-02-17 Thread Daniel Kerr
Hi All I have the following for sale if anyone is interested: PowerBook G4 17 17 screen 1.33Ghz 512MB RAM 80GB Hard Drive SuperDrive Built in Bluetooth Built in Airport Firewire400, Firewire 800, All other normal things. Box, Disks and all accessories. A great work horse with large screen real

TV on laptops

2004-12-16 Thread Brett Carboni
http://www.theage.com.au/news/Hardware/Getting-connected/2004/12/14/1102787 083568.html Of interest to notebook junkies. Only, at that price, maybe a TV is good too. Or maybe El Gato's product. Brett Carboni Tsunami Eat at Tsunami let your Mac tape the TV show

Re: warm (hot) laptops

2004-12-01 Thread Michael Hawkins
I use an Australian made lapramp to sit my PowerBook on, whether it's on my lap or on my desk. It costs about $25 and is very well designed and convenient. It keeps the laptop off my lap and lets air circulate around the laptop, thus helping it run cooler. I use it on my desk, because it puts

Re: itunes headphones on Apple laptops

2004-06-10 Thread Shay Telfer
Hi Muggers, Does anyone know if there is a way to continue to listen to iTunes through headphones on a Powerbook or iBook with the lid closed? I'm thinking of plane rides for example, where you'd want to maximise battery time by not powering up the screen. I realise you can have the display go to

itunes headphones on Apple laptops

2004-06-09 Thread Greg Colgan
Hi Muggers, Does anyone know if there is a way to continue to listen to iTunes through headphones on a Powerbook or iBook with the lid closed? I'm thinking of plane rides for example, where you'd want to maximise battery time by not powering up the screen. I realise you can have the display go to

Re: Are these laptops bluetooth ready?!

2002-10-28 Thread Keith Palmer
looking at two laptops, the Powerbook G4 667mhz and the iBook G3 700mhz 14.1 inch. Are both of these machines or neither bluetooth conpliant? Help! Cal Conkey Keith Palmer Zytech Marketing Pty Ltd PO Box 342 Bunbury 6231 Phone: 0419927101 Fax: 0897915900 the online data storage technology store

Re: Are these laptops bluetooth ready?!

2002-10-25 Thread Gary Roberts
[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Are these laptops bluetooth ready?! Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2002 21:04:36 +0800 Hi guys, I am looking at two laptops, the Powerbook G4 667mhz and the iBook G3 700mhz 14.1 inch. Are both of these machines or neither bluetooth conpliant? Help! Thanks guys

second hand G4 Laptops?

2002-04-11 Thread Robert Morgan
Anyone got any second hand G4 Laptops for sale?