Re: Pesky hardware problem

2011-10-18 Thread QuoVadis
@Don: I think your eMac might just be too old. Here's why I think this is the case: I too use an eMac as my daily machine. It's the 1.25Ghz G4, has 2GB of RAM. Everything else is standard (40GB disk, Radeon 9200 32MB). If I want to play YouTube films on this machine, I need to select 360p or

Re: My computer has a strange smell

2011-10-18 Thread QuoVadis
@Cheryl: I'd buy a replacement PSU. Try finding one on the LEM swap-list. You can install it yourself, if you know how to handle a screwdriver. Or you could indeed replace it with another unit. I wouldn't, but I'm biassed; I use a QuickSilver myself. ;) Greetings, Eelco. -- You received

Re: My computer has a strange smell

2011-10-18 Thread Ashgrove
On Oct 17, 11:09 pm, cheryl chelyh...@gmail.com wrote: I got this computer used from someone on the LEM swap list and it has served me well for several years, but maybe it's time to replace it with something a bit newer. If you are a tinkerer, it can be fun to keep old hardware that's going

Re: My computer has a strange smell

2011-10-18 Thread cheryl
thanks to all for your input and advice! I'm buying a used Mac Mini from someone on the swap list, but I may hold onto this computer or give it to my friend who loves to tinker with Macs. I was wanting to get a machine with a faster processor than this one and with a larger hard drive. This

Re: GMail phasing out basic view?

2011-10-18 Thread Geke
Thanks, that is something to try. So far, I tried to change two strings on the about:config page (extensions.lastAppVersion and extensions.lastPlatformVersion) from 7.0 to 3.0, and at first it seemed to work, even though those strings were reverted to 7.0 after restarting TenFourFox. But after a

Re: Pesky hardware problem

2011-10-18 Thread Kris Tilford
On Oct 18, 2011, at 2:47 AM, QuoVadis wrote: I'm not sure how the 1.42GHz eMac would handle this, but IIRC it also has the 9200 onboard, with 32MB of RAM I believe. The 9200 (although it supports CoreImage) is just not fast enough to handle YouTube properly. Correct. My 1.42 GHz Mini, which

Re: GMail phasing out basic view?

2011-10-18 Thread Dan
At 10:51 AM -0700 10/18/2011, Geke wrote: I wonder how people in developing countries are doing, or anyone with a dialup connection for that matter. Most people use a real POP3 or IMAP Mail client. Webmail interfaces something to be avoided, IMO. Really they serve no real purposes in

Re: Pesky hardware problem

2011-10-18 Thread Dan
At 1:11 PM -0500 10/18/2011, Kris Tilford wrote: Windows PCs that are really slow seem to handle YouTube and other streaming video much better than Macs running OS X. Adobe has had hooks into the video cards on PCs for years. That's why Flash always performs better on Windoze. WRT QT h.264

Authenticate Moving Files to USB Drive

2011-10-18 Thread Michael McMurtrey
My MDD G4 has a Verbatim USB drive which I use for backup and storage of certain files. But when trying to save certain photos and text files that I have gleaned from the internet, i get a message that i don't have permission to save to this drive. So I save the files to my desktop, but

Re: Authenticate Moving Files to USB Drive

2011-10-18 Thread Kris Tilford
On Oct 18, 2011, at 4:57 PM, Michael McMurtrey wrote: Seems to me i did not have this issue when I first connected the USB drive. How do I eliminate the necessity to authenticate the move every time I try to save a file to the USB drive? Highlight the drive, and do a Get Info and under the

Re: My computer has a strange smell

2011-10-18 Thread Frank Rojer
Hello: Is the fan running? I got a smell too years ago! I have a Quicksilver 2000 (OEM) with a clock rate of 1 Ghz from an American friend in the Netherlands. I let a University use my computer while I was sleeping and I was using a defragmenting program. The university did a lot of calculations