Illivox Media... <It is, but it is dog slow. You still need to utilize file sharing settings... better to just a get a ethernet pc card and do a full network connection>
(1) Dog slow...sounds like my web connection! ;-) Seriously, what do you mean by dog slow as applied to THIS procedure? Hmmm, the PB tells me I have 168.6 meg on disk, 344.3 available. Probably will have more available when I get rid of the rest of the Microsoft garbage that its previous owner put on it. Anyway, that doesn't seem like a lot, especially when I'm talking about moving it to a desktop Mac which has about two GIG of free space (have two HDs in it now) in addition to all ITS data. How slow can it be, really? A couple of hours maybe? Fine, I can pop a couple of Star Trek episodes into my VCR or DVD while I'm waiting. Or, set it up to run before I go to bed for the night. (2) I'm only a partial geek, not a real one. I've never networked anything before, the whole ethernet thing is beyond me. I'm so "way behind" that I transfer small files between the PB and the desktop Mac with a floppy, but I LIKE doing that because its EASY, and the only reason why I'm contemplating this move at all is to do "major housecleaning" on the PB's hard drive -- which I don't want to do unless I back up its data on the big computer first. I thought this printer-network scheme would work for me because I already have the printer attached to the desktop, and if all I have to do is unplug the printer and switch it with the PB (plus make the small changes in the Chooser and enable the filesharing -- I'm good enough to do that at least), that's EASY. Well anyway, so it's OK to go ahead then? -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.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/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
