Re: Keep the Sawtooth?

2011-04-21 Thread Geke
I have every model of G4 tower Yikes, Sawtooth, Gigabit Ethernet, Digital Audio, Quicksilver, MDD. I'm clearing out a few things and I'm trying to think of a compelling reason to not get rid of the Sawtooth and I can't think of one. Is there one? That’s a nice collection! What are you keeping

Re: G4 laptop

2011-04-21 Thread Dan
At 4:01 PM -0400 4/20/2011, John Callahan wrote: What is the best way to operate a laptop when on the AC adapter, with the battery in place or removed? in place. Am concerned with battery life and number of cycles. Battery is always down a little after a shut-down and restart on the power

Re: Keep the Sawtooth?

2011-04-21 Thread Wayne Stewart
I did re-equip one school. Someone said they were short a mouse and asked if I could spare one. When I went to drop it off I found a motley collection of really old Macs. Seemed like every machine was running different software with every possible version of MacOS. I knew from a teacher at a

Keep the Sawtooth?

2011-04-21 Thread Gene Henley
I have an iMac G3,an Audio Digital G4,a Quicksilver G4,a Gigabit Ethernet,and a 7200/100. I use them all. I am in a Hypercard discussion group and still use classic.I am in the learning mode in this group. PS. I`m still looking for legal Tiger used OS installs.

Re: G4 laptop

2011-04-21 Thread John Carmonne
On Apr 20, 2011, at 1:01 PM, John Callahan wrote: Hello, What is the best way to operate a laptop when on the AC adapter, with the battery in place or removed? Am concerned with battery life and number of cycles. Battery is always down a little after a shut-down and restart on the power

Re: G4 laptop

2011-04-21 Thread Alex Barnes
A cycle is when the battery is drained to 0 percent and charged back up to 100. If you let it drain to 75% and charge it back to 100% in constitutes only 1/4 of a cycle. On Apr 20, 2011, at 2:04 PM, John Carmonne wrote: On Apr 20, 2011, at 1:01 PM, John Callahan wrote: Hello, What is the

Re: G4 laptop

2011-04-21 Thread John Callahan
In System Profiler, btw, you can view the cycle count of your battery. A good read: http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-10332097-263.html - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. Thanks Dan, exactly the info I was looking for. -- You received this message because you

Re: G4 laptop

2011-04-21 Thread John Callahan
All mine are always plugged in when possible 24/7 batteries it place. John Carmonne Yorba Linda CA 92886 USA From my TiBook 667 Thanks John, good info. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a

Re: G4 laptop

2011-04-21 Thread John Callahan
Thanks Alex and thanks to all who responded. On Apr 21, 2011, at 5:24 PM, Alex Barnes wrote: A cycle is when the battery is drained to 0 percent and charged back up to 100. If you let it drain to 75% and charge it back to 100% in constitutes only 1/4 of a cycle. On Apr 20, 2011, at 2:04 PM,

hd tv tuner for G4 ?

2011-04-21 Thread wren
Hi all, Is there still a tv tuner made which works with the PPC G4s (Tiger 10.4.11)? The new ones I've seen all require a newer Mac and OS. Would just like something to pick up the free HD tv stations. Thank you. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for