Re: bcc copy

On Mar 21, 11:49 am, Barney Guzzo wrote: > PM G4 933 running Apple Mail 2.1.3.  If I BCC someone in Mail and then > later go to review the mail I sent in my "Sent" box, I do not see the > people I BCC'd in the original.  Is there any way for me to see who I > BCC'd? Do one of the following: 1.) G

Re: OT OT OT need a reason ?

I think with the comparison of the laptop G4s to current intel offerings is a like comparing apples and oranges but that is a different story. The point I am looking to make here is the Intel Mac may be faster then the older PPC offerings but I would like to point out that a friend of mine works i

Re: OT OT OT need a reason ?

On Mar 21, 2011, at 10:08 PM, Richard Gerome wrote: > > I would like to see "AMD" because I'm not crazy about my 2008 Macbook with > 2G processor and 2G memory running Snow Leopard... My old Titanium Powerbook > A1025 runs better running Tiger!!! Then something is seriously wrong with your

Re: OT OT OT need a reason ?

I would like to see "AMD" because I'm not crazy about my 2008 Macbook with 2G processor and 2G memory running Snow Leopard... My old Titanium Powerbook A1025 runs better running Tiger!!! I guess we will see if Apple jumps ship with them??? >I have a sentimental attachment to my PPC Macs, a

Re: OT OT OT need a reason ?

On 2011/03/21 14:02, Bruce Johnson so eloquently wrote: I have the latest and greatest ever PPC laptop, an AlBook 1.67 ghz system. compared to even the worst performing Macbook, it scks. It's perfectly usable (it's in daily use) but I don't make any pretense about it being a modern, 'capa

Re: When you really need to erase data...

On 2011/03/21 06:58, Ralph Green so eloquently wrote: I always setup the browser to not save any of that stuff. That is really the best way. Don't remember passwords, either. And, it should go without saying that javascript is to be disabled, but I'll say it because it is so important. One o

Re: Overclock a G4 iMac?

At 4:41 PM -0700 3/21/2011, glen wrote: Like most have stated I have had no success with viewing streaming Youtube videos. My best Mac is a 733 MHz DA and in streaming Youtube there are long pauses with only a few seconds of play. Sounds like you have a buffering problem. What speed is your 'n

Re: Safari and a RAM Disk

I'm trying it on a MacPro running 10.6.6, although I was hesitant to install anything with such an ugly icon. Despite that it seems to work. On Mar 21, 4:12 pm, Bruce Johnson wrote: > It works, yes. I've set up a 256mb one, and had it move the caches over. I'll > see if it seems faster. It'll b

Re: Overclock a G4 iMac?

- Original Message > From: Bruce Johnson > On Mar 20, 2011, at 9:37 PM, Daniel Stewart wrote: > > > I honestly don't know what everyone complains about with G4s and > > Flash. It runs nearly flawlessly on both the Quicksilver 933mhz I had > > and the &733mhz Digital Audio Power

Re: OT OT OT need a reason ?

On Mar 21, 2011, at 1:59 PM, Dan wrote: > At 1:44 PM -0700 3/21/2011, peterh...@cruzio.com wrote: >> > IBM had no interest in making low-power, high-performance PPC processors >>> for Apple, Motorola, errr, 'Freescale' couldn't and the primary driver of >>> computer sales (laptops) was rapidly le

Re: OT OT OT need a reason ?

At 1:44 PM -0700 3/21/2011, peterh...@cruzio.com wrote: > IBM had no interest in making low-power, high-performance PPC processors for Apple, Motorola, errr, 'Freescale' couldn't and the primary driver of computer sales (laptops) was rapidly leaving Apple behind. IBM did, indeed, make such

Re: OT OT OT need a reason ?

> IBM had no interest in making low-power, high-performance PPC processors > for Apple, Motorola, errr, 'Freescale' couldn't and the primary driver of > computer sales (laptops) was rapidly leaving Apple behind. IBM did, indeed, make such processors. They are now at G7-level, which is at least T

MDD G4: How to install OS 9.2.2

We just posted an article on Low End Mac where Adam Rosen explains the challenges of installing Mac OS 9.2.2 on the Mirrored Drive Doors Power Mac G4. You need a special version of the 9.2.2 install disc, and Adam shares a shortcut that's faster and easier than running the installer.

Re: Safari and a RAM Disk

On Mar 21, 2011, at 12:53 PM, Dan wrote: > And to follow that theme... I tried a bit of an experiment the other day, > with Safari. First I ran with its cache disabled. Interesting but not much > performance boost. Then I tried using a small RAM Disk, 16 MB, and put the > Safari cache ther

Re: Overclock a G4 iMac?

At 12:56 PM -0400 3/21/2011, John Martz wrote: On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 10:19 AM, Dan wrote: > YouTube recently discontinued the &fmt tags. What does "discontinued" mean? I tried Googling about for some announcement or other info on just Google did, but didn't come up with anything. Does G

Re: OT OT OT need a reason ?

On Mar 21, 2011, at 10:54 AM, ah...clem wrote: > none of which would have been so easy or even possible had they not > pretended that they were "forced" to switch to the grossly inferior > intel CPUs. There was no pretense involved here at all. IBM had no interest in making low-power, high-p

Re: bcc copy

On Mar 21, 2011, at 2:49 PM, Barney Guzzo wrote: PM G4 933 running Apple Mail 2.1.3. If I BCC someone in Mail and then later go to review the mail I sent in my "Sent" box, I do not see the people I BCC'd in the original. Is there any way for me to see who I BCC'd? My version of Mail 3.6 sho

Safari and a RAM Disk

IN another thread, At 12:00 PM -0700 3/21/2011, Bruce Johnson wrote: I understand that more content is being posted in HD but most if not all of what I watch has the option to dial it down a bit to say 360p and it runs fine. LOTS of people don't recognize that you can dial it down. See als

Re: OT OT OT need a reason ?

> gosh, and you haven't been thrown into a window-less (pun intended) > dungeon below SJ's house for EULA violations, yet? Apple's Draconian EULA is essentially unenforceable against individual end-users. Sure, there is, indeed, case law against blatantly commercial violations of its EULA (Psyst

Re: OT OT OT need a reason ?

On Mar 16, 4:17 pm, Jonas Ulrich wrote: > Apple has no reason to support all the different hardware out there. > However, if you buy the right hardware, it's pretty simple to install > Leopard or Snow Leopard on a PC. I currently run two Hackintosh's, one a > desktop and one a laptop. They run gr

Re: Overclock a G4 iMac?

On Mar 21, 2011, at 11:21 AM, Daniel Stewart wrote: > I understand that more content is being posted in HD but most if not > all of what I watch has the option to dial it down a bit to say 360p > and it runs fine. LOTS of people don't recognize that you can dial it down. See also this classic r

bcc copy

PM G4 933 running Apple Mail 2.1.3. If I BCC someone in Mail and then later go to review the mail I sent in my "Sent" box, I do not see the people I BCC'd in the original. Is there any way for me to see who I BCC'd? -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for

Re: Overclock a G4 iMac?

I understand that more content is being posted in HD but most if not all of what I watch has the option to dial it down a bit to say 360p and it runs fine. I think it might be partly people forgetting these machines are several years old because they are still so capable at everything else that s

Re: Overclock a G4 iMac?

On Mar 20, 2011, at 9:37 PM, Daniel Stewart wrote: > I honestly don't know what everyone complains about with G4s and > Flash. It runs nearly flawlessly on both the Quicksilver 933mhz I had > and the &733mhz Digital Audio Power macs with basically stock > hardware. A LOT of Youtube's content is

Re: Overclock a G4 iMac?

On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 10:19 AM, Dan wrote: > > YouTube recently discontinued the &fmt tags. > What does "discontinued" mean? I tried Googling about for some announcement or other info on just Google did, but didn't come up with anything. Does Google just ignore this &fmt tag now? -irrational

Re: When you really need to erase data...

On Mar 21, 2011, at 5:58 AM, Ralph Green wrote: > And, it should go without saying that javascript is to be > disabled, but I'll say it because it is so important. Because the Web circa 1993 was SO great -- Bruce Johnson "Wherever you go, there you are" B. Banzai, PhD -- You receiv

Re: Overclock a G4 iMac?

At 8:43 PM -0700 3/20/2011, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Mar 20, 2011, at 8:52 AM, John Carmonne wrote: Is there an application that will buffer a You Tube file as to afford smooth play on the slower processors? Yes, use some application to download the video, transcode it to dvd and play it that

Re: When you really need to erase data...

Howdy, I would not be shocked. I always setup the browser to not save any of that stuff. That is really the best way. Don't remember passwords, either. And, it should go without saying that javascript is to be disabled, but I'll say it because it is so important. Good luck, Ralph On Mon, 20

OT how to suggest Google groups feature

Anyone knows how to suggest a feature for Google groups? I’m on Digest for this group, and over the links in the email, I can jump either to seeing the complete thread, or just to one post. But usually what I want really is to see all new posts in a thread starting from a certain one. So I’m wish

Flash on G4

> But I would not expect a computer of any > manufacture that old to stream HD anyway. Are my machines anomalies > in that they handle youtube and other Flash sites just fine? If one knows what to expect, one is never disappointed! And I guess it makes a difference if you keep your Macs unclutte