[CGUYS] Mac OS question

I want to upgrade the OS 10.3.9 on my eMac 1.25 gigahertz machine. This computer can run 10.5 Leopard, but it is marginal in terms of horsepower compared to newer machines that run faster. Would Leopard cause this particular computer to bog down and perform sluggishly as opposed to how it w

Re: [CGUYS] ATT DSL ok? Update

Let me correct myself DSL modems are different than Cable modems. Stewart At 08:22 PM 12/12/2007, you wrote: NO! DSL modems are completely different than DSL modems. You need to contact ATT and see about getting a plain jane DSL modem. I can understand them wanting you to use theirs and I

Re: [CGUYS] ATT DSL ok? Update

NO! DSL modems are completely different than DSL modems. You need to contact ATT and see about getting a plain jane DSL modem. I can understand them wanting you to use theirs and I can understand you wanting to use yours. When I had DSL I went through a few (I mean a few) tech calls trying

Re: [CGUYS] External hard drives bkup/ online vaulting

> At some point, I imagine most all backup will be done online because of > the obvious advantages. > Currently Amazon's S3 online backup service is one that I am aware of. > Below are S3's rates. > > Can anyone recommend others? Mozy. $4.95/month unlimited storage. Or 2 GB for free, which is w

Re: [CGUYS] External hard drives: brand comparison

> Where do you store your off-site backups? At Iron Mountain's facility. > A bare (not in a case) 3.5" hard drive will fit in a "small" bank safe > deposit box, and is conveniently used with one of the many available > "bare" interfaces (no case, just the electronics for data and power), > e.g.,

[CGUYS] URL oddness

As it turns out, and for whatever reason, my wireless router was creating the problem I described earlier wherein sometimes I could not connect to a certain site that I had been able to connect to a bit earlier. My cable modem was cabled to the router, and my computer was cabled to the route

Re: [CGUYS] ATT DSL ok? Update

The box with my DSL ATT stuff arrived today and I"m not sure I'm going to even try to install it. I hadn't realized that their modem was also the wireless box. I have NO intention of redoing my wireless network again. I just bought...and lovean Airport extreme and want to use it. Ac

Re: [CGUYS] Windows to Apple migration?

In the Macbook the slots are very easy to get to. Just two levers in the battery compartment. David Newhall Falls Church, VA Subject: Re: Windows to Apple migration? This is good information, thanks. Can the laptop be ordered with 1024 in the hard to-get slot? I didn't see this option on Apple'

Re: [CGUYS] Windows to Apple migration?

I bought a MacBook 2.16MHz Core Duo in September. I upgraded the RAM a few weeks ago. Both slots are easy to access once you remove the battery and 3 screws to remove the cover plate. There's a lever that you move to pop the RAM out. According to Other World, http://eshop.macsales.com/Reviews/

[CGUYS] USB WiFi adapter for Indigo iMac

I'm picking up a G3/500MHz iMac that doesn't have an airport card. It needs to be part of a wireless network. There are several USB WiFi adapters that work with these old iMacs. Which ones/brand/model? Is there an 802.11g model that will work? thx Betty *

Re: [CGUYS] External hard drives bkup/ online vaulting

Good point. I was assuming the users know where their critical data is. A very unrealistic assumption. I think it would take less time to sort out their data into critical and not critical & then back up online than to spend time regularly trying to reliably back up everything locally. But

Re: [CGUYS] ATT DSL ok?

mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: Qwest. One of my friends who is on cox cable and lives about two miles away gets regular download speeds of 12mbit. I count myself lucky if I get 1. We had some problems last year with Verizon DSL basic service. It was slow, dropping off, after having it

Re: [CGUYS] External hard drives bkup/ online vaulting

On Dec 12, 2007 2:48 PM, db <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > While average people have a lot of voluminous but not time critical data > such as digital photos, usually the people's critical addressbook, > encrypted password list, banking, personal biz data, email etc. isn't > that substantial. > > I

Re: [CGUYS] External hard drives: brand comparison

Yes, but Time machine is still a local backup device... which few will ever... despite good intentions ... remove from the premises. When so many's essential biz is being done and stored on computer, not having fail-safe backup is nonsensical. Determining the security of the backup by the br

Re: [CGUYS] External hard drives bkup/ online vaulting

Looks like you might want to consider Carbonite, if you want to store more than about 25GB/month. They charge $50 a year or $90 for 2 years for unlimited storage. They have the downside of being slow up and down but once everything you want to back up has been stored it

Re: [CGUYS] External hard drives bkup/ online vaulting

Do you have any average internet transfer throughput figures Tom? While average people have a lot of voluminous but not time critical data such as digital photos, usually the people's critical addressbook, encrypted password list, banking, personal biz data, email etc. isn't that substantial.

Re: [CGUYS] External hard drives: brand comparison

and what is that utility which tests the drives, where do we find it. Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs *

Re: [CGUYS] Windows to Apple migration?

>How difficult is it to get to the hard-to-get-to memory slot? Does it >require taking apart more of the case or is it just difficult to access >through the main opening? Major disassembly. * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERE

Re: [CGUYS] External hard drives bkup/ online vaulting

>At some point, I imagine most all backup will be done online because of >the obvious advantages. Yes, but not in the near future. The problem is restoring after a major data loss. The data rates we have today would require days to restore most hard drives. ***

Re: [CGUYS] External hard drives: brand comparison

>I use HDD Health to monitor SMART status, but it doesn't work with USB >drives, maybe because of the specs of the USB to EIDE interface. What >utility do you use to monitor SMART status? SMARTReporter * ==> QUICK LIST-C

Re: [CGUYS] Windows to Apple migration?

This is good information, thanks. Can the laptop be ordered with 1024 in the hard to-get slot? I didn't see this option on Apple's webpage. How difficult is it to get to the hard-to-get-to memory slot? Does it require taking apart more of the case or is it just difficult to access through th

Re: [CGUYS] External hard drives: brand comparison

> >The nice thing about using a hard drive as backup media is that >incremental backups are consolidated (by copying new/newer files) into a >directory tree that is current and complete. Copying can be with or >without "replicating deletions" so that old stuff can be preserved in the >backup.

Re: [CGUYS] External hard drives bkup/ online vaulting

At some point, I imagine most all backup will be done online because of the obvious advantages. Currently Amazon's S3 online backup service is one that I am aware of. Below are S3's rates. Can anyone recommend others? db *United States * */Storage/ *$0.15 per GB-Month of storage us

Re: [CGUYS] External hard drives: brand comparison

Where do you store your off-site backups? A bare (not in a case) 3.5" hard drive will fit in a "small" bank safe deposit box, and is conveniently used with one of the many available "bare" interfaces (no case, just the electronics for data and power), e.g., USB to IDE/EIDE (or SATA). Only the

Re: [CGUYS] External hard drives: brand comparison

At 09:34 AM 12/12/2007, Tom Piwowar wrote: >All drives should be checked regularly. I use a utility that tests SMART >satus every few minutes and will issue a warning if that fails. I also >run a disk utility about once a month. I check the backup logs almost >every day. Rotating several drives

Re: [CGUYS] external SMART

>Last I heard it was not possible to check SMART via USB2 or 1394? You are right. Can't get the SMART status through the FireWire interface. So my SMART utility is not polling my backup drive. One more reason my next set of drives will be eSATA.

Re: [CGUYS] Windows to Apple migration?

>Is it ok to go with the low-end model ($1099), with the 80GB drive/1GB >RAM or does that create future upgrade issues? It depends. It has 2 memory slots. Only one is easy to get to. So ideally you want it to come with 1024 in the hard-to-get-to slot and the easy one empty so you can eventually

Re: [CGUYS] URL oddness

Here is more information than you want : 1. Your browser will convert www.xyz.com to http://www.xyz.com on the assumption that the default protocol you want to use is HTTP. This is a pretty safe assumption. If you are using another protocol, such as accessing a local file or doing an ftp access

Re: [CGUYS] Windows to Apple migration?

The stock battery in the current laptops is fine. When it gets old, there are third party companies that will sell you a replacement that exceeds original specs. If you are comfortable working within the confines of a laptop (opening the case) and replacing a hard drive to increase its capacity,

Re: [CGUYS] Windows to Apple migration?

How is the battery life on the Macbook and are there battery options (size)? Is it ok to go with the low-end model ($1099), with the 80GB drive/1GB RAM or does that create future upgrade issues? Thanks, Richard P. Tom Piwowar wrote: A friend who has used Windows forever is looking to move to

Re: [CGUYS] URL oddness

i have pretty much the same thing. and also if I just enter sometimes that give me a google of . Steve Rigby wrote: Perhaps someone can explain this to me. I want to get to a certain site on the internet. If I enter the full URL, for instance http://www..com I can get to the si

[CGUYS] external SMART

Last I heard it was not possible to check SMART via USB2 or 1394? eSATA will do it, but my own experiments with it show my Intel mobo won't hot swap! If Intel won't do it, who can one expect to (Nvidia, apparently). > All drives should be checked regularly. I use a utility that tests SMART > sa

Re: [CGUYS] URL oddness

It's not an issue with your ISP, it's that you have way too much time on your hands. Bookmark the site using the correct full address and always use that. On Dec 12, 2007 9:23 AM, Steve Rigby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Perhaps someone can explain this to me. I want to get to a certain > sit

Re: [CGUYS] External hard drives: brand comparison

>I'm looking for opinions on the reliability of brands of external >hard drives, the moderate-sized multi-MB stationary ones that are >designed for storage and backups. I have been using hard drives for backup for over 10 years with results that are much better than when I was using tape. The

[CGUYS] URL oddness

Perhaps someone can explain this to me. I want to get to a certain site on the internet. If I enter the full URL, for instance http://www..com I can get to the site every time. Or, if I drop the "http://"; portion and use only www..com I can still get there. But if I use only

Re: [CGUYS] External hard drives: brand comparison

> I'm looking for opinions on the reliability of brands of external > hard drives, the moderate-sized multi-MB stationary ones that are > designed for storage and backups. > > Specifically, I have a 320 MB La Cie Firewire/USB2 drive (one of the > cute little ones designed by Porsche) and a Crossfi

Re: [CGUYS] External hard drives: brand comparison

I use Mozy at home, of which I haven't had the chance to test the recovery feature yet, and Iron Mountain at work for taking tapes offsite. The Mozy backup is very simple to do. It's a very polished service. I'm considering moving away from tape backups to disk-based with off-site, online vaulti

Re: [CGUYS] Fwd: The Elite Apple Corps

No, Tom; unless you start writing about clothing and the merits of fashion designs! Thank you, Mark Snyder -Original Message- >The article has about as much value as you >writing about a clothing store and the merits of its fashions, Tom. Am I being insulted? :) **