At 01:45 AM 10/8/2004, James kilfeder, had this to say :
I use a 230 as my only laptop. It is lighter than any other pb, and does all that I want - which is writing and note-taking. The fact that it is cheap means that I can a) leave it on the table in the library when I go out for lunch and b) put it on the back of my bicycle. (I once had an expensive pb that fell off.) It would be even lighter if I didn't carry the battery in it, but I like to have a date and time-stamp.
I know what you mean. Until I get the PRAM batteries replaced in all my Mac laptops, the big batteries are what keeps the date correct.
I have just finished writing a book of 130,000 words on it . Curiously, I find it easier to look at the small screen for long periods than the big colour screen of my imac, which gives me a headache after a while.
Change your iMacs screen refresh rate to the highest possible. It is likely set at 60Hz which is slow enough that our brains can detect the screen re-draws which causes us headaches under most lighting conditions. You should be able to set the refresh to 75 or even 85Hz. The higher the better.
I use write-now for word processing, and filemaker pro for some note-taking. My main disadvantage is shipping stuff backwards and forwards to my imac. I use a floppy for this (My zip drive broke), and I've never understood how to lash my mini-dock to my imac. I don't have room for a full size dock. I'm not very technical, and don't understand ethernet. If anyone has advice I'\d be grateful.
Ideally you want some form of etherdock otherwise, docking through a SCSI dock adapter to an ethernet equipped Mac will achieve almost the same functionality as using a DuoDock. You could even boot the "big" Mac from your Duo. I've done this using my Duo docked to my 6100. I booted the 6100 from the Duo's internal HD and then I was able to use the 6100's ethernet.
I am lucky to have one battery which up until now (touches wood) keeps a reasonable amount of power. I can continue writing in bright light with the screen backlight switched off. Since WriteNow rarely uses the hard drive, except to save, I can carry on for a long time without mains access.
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