Aha! That's why--the 800x600 iBook and the 1024x768 Pismo! Fewer pixels to draw
ought to make it easier to render.
Austin Leeds
Sent from my iPad
On Jun 20, 2011, at 12:10 AM, Kris Tilford wrote:
> On Jun 17, 2011, at 6:06 PM, John Carmonne wrote:
>
>> I wish just once I could see the magic G
www.online-convert.com converts YouTube to MOV, and fairly quickly I might add.
I've been watching YouTube videos on my 300 MHz clamshell that way.
Also, my 500 MHz Pismo can watch YouTube videos with almost no jerkiness at
240p. Same with my 800 MHz iMac G4, only not quite as much so. I'm think
On Jun 17, 2011, at 6:06 PM, John Carmonne wrote:
I wish just once I could see the magic G4 500's that run "You Tube"
just fine. I have G4's from G4 500, 867, 800, 1.0, 1.2, and 1.25GHz
not one of them will play a smooth You Tube flick.
I agree, but it may not be the CPU that's the bottlen
On Jun 17, 2011, at 3:54 PM, Jonas Ulrich wrote:
Yes a G4 will not play Netflix, but other than that it will serve
the average computer user. The higher end G4's WILL run Hulu, and
Youtube. Actually even some of the lower end G4's, like my Dual
500MHZ run Youtube fine.
If someone wants
Well said, irrational John.
My tangerine iBook is on the way ^_^. Obviously, nobody here will want it, but
I will probably offer it on the LEM Swap group or on the Facebook group. It'll
be almost identical to my current "resurrected" iBook, including (if I put it
on the FB group) Adobe Photosh
The problem with this discussion in my opinion is that everyone is
correct but you all seem to have a hard time seeing it.
I think what matters most when pairing a computer with a person is
what that person is going to do with the computer. For those with a
heavy tilt towards consuming video, an o
That's generally been my finding. Also, you have to consider the "average": the
average person in San Francisco, New York, or Chicago is not the average person
in Iowa, even in Des Moines. Many rural or small town folks don't want a
computer that's faster than their neighbors--they want one that
I've been following this thread. Well said, Jonas. Funny, there will
always be those who have a negative remark. I don't know if it's 50%,
75%, 82%, but I suspect there are a good number of folk who would be
better served by a MDD G4 than their present PC. Throw on a copy of
TeamViewer and you can
I totally agree with Austin. I hardly ever have to do anything with my moms
eMac.
Bruce, my mom's PC didn't really need to be replaced, just cleaned up as you
said. However, my point was that it turned out WAY better to use a Mac that
was 6+ years older than to bother cleaning the PC. Aside from t
Actually, I'm away at classes most of the day, so they have to figure it
out how to solve problems for themselves… which they can, 'cause it's a
Mac ^_^
Also, I was the one who upgraded our PC to Windows 7… after which I
decided that Ubuntu was clearly the better course.
Austin Leeds
Sent fr
> The problem here, of course, is that you need to:
>
> Be able to teach technical stuff to non-technical people.
> Be deeply knowledgeable about BOTH platforms.
Done and done. I've already converted several people at DMACC... by showing
them my Pismo PowerBook and my PowerBook 180 ^_^
Austin
On Jun 17, 2011, at 10:48 AM, Jonas Ulrich wrote:
> Am I the only one realizing that your "new Winbox for $300-$400 running Win7
> with modern multi-core cpus", will be running like crap after a few months?
Uhh, yes, because, no they don't run like crap after a few months. I use them
daily. I h
On Jun 17, 2011, at 11:21 AM, Austin Leeds wrote:
> Word up! My parents get way more use from our iMac G4 (2002--$275) than our
> HP Pavilion (2008--$799).
>
> Austin Leeds
> Sent from my iPad
Aaaand how much of that is due to having an in-house IT staff person who like
Macs, and works for
Word up! My parents get way more use from our iMac G4 (2002--$275) than our HP
Pavilion (2008--$799).
Austin Leeds
Sent from my iPad
On Jun 17, 2011, at 12:48 PM, Jonas Ulrich wrote:
> Am I the only one realizing that your "new Winbox for $300-$400 running Win7
> with modern multi-core cpus"
Am I the only one realizing that your "new Winbox for $300-$400 running Win7
with modern multi-core cpus", will be running like crap after a few months?
Whereas your mac, no matter how old, will be running great. For the average
computer user, they don't NEED a new PC, and the old Mac will work out
Yes indeed. I'm already running a daily paper route and freelance writing for
LEM for most of my income—and I might try to apply for a job at BestBuy (or the
like) once I start taking my network admin classes next fall. This would be a
pastime for me, since I just love to see these old machines
On Jun 17, 11:33 am, Austin Leeds
wrote:
>
> Now, maybe I'm missing something. Maybe it's not this simple. But if you
> add up the numbers and aren't looking to turn a huge profit (which I'm
> not), it might be a cool way to earn cash on the side.
>
> Obviously, I'm going to cautiously test the w
Yes, but you have to consider that a miniscule proportion of the
population actually knows the real performance differences between CPUs.
Many people I've met (and by many, I mean most) only judge
responsiveness as a measurement of speed, and this, thankfully, can be
fudged by adding an SSD, du
On Jun 17, 2011, at 1:24 AM, Matevž Markovič wrote:
> Guys, I agree with Jonas Ulrich. I use my PowerMac MDD Dual 1.25 for my own
> research into theory of numbers and it is performing very well! So far it
> had over 900 hours of computing time in last few months, and it still
> performs well.
Guys, I agree with Jonas Ulrich. I use my PowerMac MDD Dual 1.25 for my own
research into theory of numbers and it is performing very well! So far it
had over 900 hours of computing time in last few months, and it still
performs well.
Be well
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Well, I guess there's always the cheating way: get a cheap working Mac
from a non-techy and sell it for more than you bought it for. Looking
at some completed listings on eBay shows that this could actually
work, if I market it right (hey, just like Apple ^_^).
On Jun 16, 9:20 pm, iJohn wrote:
>
On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 9:58 AM, Austin Leeds
wrote:
> I've been doing a little looking around on eBay lately, as well as my
> college, and I'm perceiving a market for inexpensive but useable
> computers.
Having looked about on eBay a month or three ago when a friend's eMac
was showing signs of a
If I had to choose personally, I would take a G4 over ANY Windows system,
because in my honest opinion, Windows, any version of it, absolutely SUCKS.
It might run great for a few months, but even with virus protection it will
be slowing down pretty fast. I have used Windows machines, and Mac OSX
ma
On Jun 16, 2011, at 6:27 PM, Austin Leeds wrote:
What Macs would be good fixer-uppers for profit, then?
The premise seems relatively unsound to me. The best way to make a
profit from a cheaply acquired Mac would be to part it out for
individual components. The idea that you can "add value"
Hmm, these are some good points to consider. Personally, I find a lot
of indifference where I'm at—if it feels responsive (a little SSD will
do that), can surf the web (mostly Facebook), and is cheaper than a
new computer, people will buy it. My parents have really enjoyed our
iMac G4, for instance
Flashplayer 10.3 isn't supported on the G4 (forget the last version
that was). You can't do Netflix either unless you have an Intel mac.
You can play youtube videos as long as they are not HD, even some of
the 480p ones get choppy sometimes.
Yes you can get virus on a PC, but most issues are just
My G4 plays youtube just fine. It also digitizes video, edits it and
burns DVDs. It performs better than many late model PCs I've seen, and
it's rock solid. It will play the grandson's video just fine. The PC
will quickly get a virus and grandma's bank account will be ripped off
a week later. I can
Sure, there is a market for ripping off the elderly (which is what
happens).
You can buy brand new netbooks extremely cheap, why mess around with
an old bulky clunker that will not work with skype or youtube? I don't
see how OSX is any better then Windows XP/7 for a person who isn't a
big computer
This is so true, Joe. That's one reason I bought an iPad. It's great for
email, browsing, movies/music. The G4 systems are just as usable, and
they're stable, Macs don't have to worry about virii (often, and they're
all on Intel-based systems anyway), so no repair costs there. And I still
hav
This is true.
On the other hand, I can't help but wonder if there's a business in
setting up old people with these systems. The usability beats PCs, and
for email and browsing, these machines still have some life. I know PC
owners paying for techs to come "repair" their systems, replacing one
card
$30 for 4 GB.
>
> Albert
>
>
> From: Austin Leeds
> To: G-Group
> Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2011 9:58 AM
> Subject: Selling upgraded Macs
>
> Hi all,
>
> I've been doing a little looking around on eBay lately, as well as my
> college, and I'm per
stick when
the current RAM is going for $30 for 4 GB.
Albert
From: Austin Leeds
To: G-Group
Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2011 9:58 AM
Subject: Selling upgraded Macs
Hi all,
I've been doing a little looking around on eBay lately, as well as my
college, an
Hi all,
I've been doing a little looking around on eBay lately, as well as my
college, and I'm perceiving a market for inexpensive but useable
computers. Many students at my community college aren't exactly rich,
so many of them try to buy inexpensive laptops or have to use our
buggy at best compu
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