On Monday, August 11, 2003, at 11:55AM, Laurence TeknoLiber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>That's the annoying thing, on a desktop Mac one can have the >monitor switch off completely without the Mac going to sleep... This is where you start to see the failing of the 'all-in-one' principle. >So much for actual environmentally friendly (though I actually hate >that stupid argument)... I've never heard anyone argue that iMac was environrmtally freindly, in fact I'd go as far as saying it is the opposite as it's design ethos is as a 'use it up and throw away' machine rather than a desktop which can be upgraded. Basically you seem to have run into one of the sitiations on a list that the original iMac was not designed to cope with. This is why my G3 is staying in service. When I get up and leave the room for any length of time my iMac is put into sleep. Anything like long downloads, or the like that require a machine to be running 24/7 is usually alloted to my G3. If you seriously need to download conastantly from Carracho and other similar services it might be worth investing in a PCI beige powermac. There are a lot around and, since Jaguar became the mainstream version of OS X, 604 machines have dropped through the floor in price. Not so long back I bought a G3/300 upgraded 7500 with 384MB RAM off LEM Swap for $58. These sorts of machine are going to get cheaper still with the release of Panther, which looks currently as if it is unlikely to support Old World ROMs (note this is *not confirmed*). Either way Carracho could be easily run on an old machine and stuffed under the desk somewhere and forgotten about, maybe with a 14" monitor for what little use you need to have with it. If only Remote Desktop was built into OS X Client. If Apple are looking to upstage Windows XP (as Steve made clear at WWDC) then this one has to be on the list of features it still doesn't have integrated that XP does. Anyhoo, I digress. Basically give the machine a break from time to time to cool down. -- Mark Benson http://homepage.mac.com/markbenson -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
