Re: [CGUYS] Fwd: Today's Headlines: Apple Releasing a Windows Browser

2007-06-13 Thread Fred Holmes
Where did you get (presumably download) a copy? I'd like to try it. I suppose I should just Google Windows Safari? At 06:57 PM 6/12/2007, John DeCarlo wrote: On 6/12/07, Fred Holmes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Apple Releasing a Windows Browser Looks nice -very fast. Faster than IE. -- John

Re: [CGUYS] Fwd: Today's Headlines: Apple Releasing a Windows Browser

2007-06-13 Thread Snyder, Mark
http://www.apple.com/safari/ Lots of reviews out there (Ars, Slashdot, etc) - take a look at them before loading. The Windows versions are beta, and they can be very flaky in Windows. (Do not use on any computer if crashing is unacceptable!) Mark Snyder -Original Message- Where did

Re: [CGUYS] LCD Life -- The Truth Be Known

2007-06-13 Thread Tom Piwowar
I just read that ELDs lose half their brightness every year. That's going to be a very short life. I feel cheated. Where did you read it? If it were a reliable source I would have linked to it. It was a discussion at the Macintouch site of the new LED lit LCDs that Apple is introducing. My

Re: [CGUYS] Fwd: Today's Headlines: Apple Releasing a Windows B

2007-06-13 Thread Tom Piwowar
Remember it is just a Beta yet, not ready for prime time. People tend to forget what beta means. This situation is not helped when companies like Google adopt beta as a marketing term for rapidly evolving software that is perfectly functional. I have been using Google's Adwords recently. It is

Re: [CGUYS] LCD Life -- The Truth Be Known

2007-06-13 Thread Tony B
I believe you have read the article incorrectly. Or it's just that we're all in danger of discussing different things with all these acronyms being thrown around. The second article mentions *OLED's* as having a 10,000 hour lifespan in *2004*. On 6/13/07, Kee, Arnold [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: [CGUYS] LCD Life -- The Truth Be Known

2007-06-13 Thread Snyder, Mark
My 4 or 5 year old Powerbook's LCD is fine and so is my 2-3 year old Apple LCD connected to my G5 desktop. Not sure where the 1/2 per year is coming from... Mark Snyder -Original Message- If it were a reliable source I would have linked to it. It was a discussion at the Macintouch site of

[CGUYS] Locking a Word document

2007-06-13 Thread David Turk
How do I lock a document so that everyone on my network, except Administrators, can't open it? I have a confidential document I don't want to get out. It's currently residing on my own personal section of the network, theoretically only I or an Administrator can get to it. I just want to make

[CGUYS] Smartphones, June 16

2007-06-13 Thread Barbara Conn
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[CGUYS] Tom, Reformat Annually?

2007-06-13 Thread Alvin Auerbach
Tom, I'm thinking ahead about Mac OS 10.5. It seems to me that many, many years ago you recommended that a computer's hard drive should be reformatted annually. Then reinstall the OS, applications, and data. Do you still recommend this? I was thinking that if I'm going to do this, then the

Re: [CGUYS] LCD Life -- The Truth Be Known

2007-06-13 Thread Rich Schinnell
At 02:23 PM 6/13/2007, you wrote: Date:Wed, 13 Jun 2007 10:28:54 -0400 From:Kee, Arnold [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: LCD Life -- The Truth Be Known After looking at a couple of sources, http://proav.pubdyn.com/Tech_Apps/August85200535903PM.htm

Re: [CGUYS] Locking a Word document

2007-06-13 Thread Stewart A. Marshall
I used to be able to password a document. When you save it check the options there. That way it will only open with your password. Stewart At 01:22 PM 6/13/2007, you wrote: How do I lock a document so that everyone on my network, except Administrators, can't open it? I have a confidential

Re: [CGUYS] Locking a Word document

2007-06-13 Thread Andy Gallant
FWIW, in MS Word 2003, Tools Options... Security includes a password for open, a password for modify, and some other related functions. -Andy Stewart A. Marshall wrote: I used to be able to password a document. When you save it check the options there. That way it will only open with

Re: [CGUYS] Fwd: Today's Headlines: Apple Releasing a Windows Browser

2007-06-13 Thread John DeCarlo
I know you have an answer, but I just went to the original URL. Unlike some publications, the NY Times actually has a link to download it in their article. On 6/13/07, Fred Holmes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Where did you get (presumably download) a copy? I'd like to try it. I suppose I should

Re: [CGUYS] Tom, Reformat Annually?

2007-06-13 Thread Tom Piwowar
It seems to me that many, many years ago you recommended that a computer's hard drive should be reformatted annually. Then reinstall the OS, applications, and data. Not at all necessary for Macs. Some people follow this regimen with PCs. I have so much software installed on my PC that this

Re: [CGUYS] Tom, Reformat Annually?

2007-06-13 Thread Mason Miller
I wouldn't reformat every year, but I would plan on reformatting for 10.5 You will have your choice of two filesystems with 10.5 - HFS+ and ZFS. There are some compelling reasons to use ZFS. Go Google ZFS and Leopard. Mason Alvin Auerbach wrote: Tom, I'm thinking ahead about Mac OS 10.5.

Re: [CGUYS] LCD Life -- The Truth Be Known

2007-06-13 Thread Tom Piwowar
ELD life was quoted as 10,000 hours. Using the monitor for 10 hours per day, 250 days per year would give me a life of 4 years. Nowhere as good as a CRT, but not terrible. But how do they define life? * == QUICK

Re: [CGUYS] Locking a Word document

2007-06-13 Thread Tom Piwowar
How do I lock a document so that everyone on my network, except Administrators, can't open it? I have a confidential document I don't want to get out. It's currently residing on my own personal section of the network, theoretically only I or an Administrator can get to it. I just want to make

Re: [CGUYS] Tom, Reformat Annually?

2007-06-13 Thread Tom Piwowar
I wouldn't reformat every year, but I would plan on reformatting for 10.5 You will have your choice of two filesystems with 10.5 - HFS+ and ZFS. There are some compelling reasons to use ZFS. Go Google ZFS and Leopard. ZFS will not be a standard part of X.5. Probably will be considered beta

Re: [CGUYS] LCD Life -- The Truth Be Known

2007-06-13 Thread mike
from viewsonic: The only item that ages on an LCD monitor is the backlight, which is composed of one or more tiny fluorescent tubes. The typical life of a backlight is 50,000 hours to the half brightness point-the point at which brightness is one-half of the original brightness, and the industry

Re: [CGUYS] LCD Life -- The Truth Be Known

2007-06-13 Thread Tom Piwowar
The only item that ages on an LCD monitor is the backlight...50,000 hours The typical CRT half-brightness point occurs between 10,000 and 20,000 hours. 20 years! That would be happy news indeed. Can they really last that long? That would be amazing. My experience is that Viewsonic usually

Re: [CGUYS] LCD Life -- The Truth Be Known

2007-06-13 Thread Steve Rigby
On Jun 12, 2007, at 7:00 PM, John DeCarlo wrote: Also, I have some 6 year old laptops still in use and their LCD screens look fine - no degradation that I can see with the naked eye. Of course I am not a graphics expert doing high level graphics with color matching, etc. That is the

Re: [CGUYS] Locking a Word document

2007-06-13 Thread Michel Lowe
I vote for encryption. Just don't forget the password or make it too easy to guess! __ Michel David Lowe Purcellville, VA -Original Message- From: Computer Guys Announcements and Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Fred Holmes Sent: Wednesday, June 13,