Re: OT: Takumar vs. Powerbook, round one.

2007-03-29 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Thanks Cotty. I seem to recall Shirt Pocket from Newton days ... they did a lot of good software. Godfrey On Mar 28, 2007, at 12:35 AM, Cotty wrote: I have used SuperDuper for years and it backs up perfectly, never faulted. Support is swift and first class, Highly recommended.

Re: OT: Takumar vs. Powerbook, round one.

2007-03-28 Thread Cotty
On 27/3/07, Juan Buhler, discombobulated, unleashed: Newegg has this drive for $85 right now. BTW: Is there a trivial way in the Mac to duplicate the existing main drive? I'm tempted to upgrade my 12 PB drive with 160GB, but I wouldn't want to start from a blank OS X install if I don't have to.

Re: OT: Takumar vs. Powerbook, round one.

2007-03-27 Thread Russell Kerstetter
from my experience, I would say to not worry about your HD. I was carrying the wife's iBook up stairs when I fell and used the iBook to break my fall :(. I hit so hard that the whole thing bent, the HD bent as well (shattering the insides) and I even had one IC that popped apart. All that to

Re: OT: Takumar vs. Powerbook, round one.

2007-03-27 Thread Mike Hamilton
On 3/27/07, Russell Kerstetter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: from my experience, I would say to not worry about your HD. I was carrying the wife's iBook up stairs when I fell and used the iBook to break my fall :(. I hit so hard that the whole thing bent, the HD bent as well (shattering the

Re: OT: Takumar vs. Powerbook, round one.

2007-03-27 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Mar 27, 2007, at 8:21 AM, Mike Hamilton wrote: On 3/27/07, Russell Kerstetter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: from my experience, I would say to not worry about your HD. I was carrying the wife's iBook up stairs when I fell and used the iBook to break my fall :(. I hit so hard that the whole

Re: OT: Takumar vs. Powerbook, round one.

2007-03-27 Thread Jim King
On Tue, 27 Mar 2007 09:27:26 -0700 Godfrey wrote: Sounds like you bonked that drive hard. Good, fast 120G laptop drives for the PowerBook G4 systems are available for as little as $130 now, however, so I'd just replace it after verifying that the enclosure and hard drive adapter was in good

Re: OT: Takumar vs. Powerbook, round one.

2007-03-27 Thread Juan Buhler
On 3/27/07, Jim King [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I can recommend the Toshiba MK1234GAX 120GB 2.5 HDD. I replaced the 80 Gb HD in my PB G4 1.25GHZ with this one a couple of months ago and it's a definite improvement. Newegg has this drive for $85 right now. BTW: Is there a trivial way in the

Re: OT: Takumar vs. Powerbook, round one.

2007-03-27 Thread Adam Maas
Juan Buhler wrote: On 3/27/07, Jim King [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I can recommend the Toshiba MK1234GAX 120GB 2.5 HDD. I replaced the 80 Gb HD in my PB G4 1.25GHZ with this one a couple of months ago and it's a definite improvement. Newegg has this drive for $85 right now. BTW: Is

Re: OT: Takumar vs. Powerbook, round one.

2007-03-27 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Mar 27, 2007, at 6:57 PM, Juan Buhler wrote: On 3/27/07, Jim King [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I can recommend the Toshiba MK1234GAX 120GB 2.5 HDD. I replaced the 80 Gb HD in my PB G4 1.25GHZ with this one a couple of months ago and it's a definite improvement. Newegg has this drive for

OT: Takumar vs. Powerbook, round one.

2007-03-26 Thread Mike Hamilton
Late last week I was doing *something* with my 50mm Takumar macro lens, and it fell out of my hands. Unfortunately, the soft landing pad was made of aluminum. Steel vs. Aluminum, hands down winner was the Takumar. At first I had no problems. There is a dent in the upper case of the Powerbook,