Re: nVidia Geforce 6200 vs Radeon 9600 Pro 64 MB

2010-01-30 Thread Klaus Marx
On Jan 29, 2010, at 21:33 , Dana Collins wrote: On 1/28/10 12:23 PM, Klaus Marx of nox...@gmail.com sent On Jan 28, 2010, at 3:42 PM, GLT wrote: I have a G5 2.0 GHz dual processor PCI-X tower running 10.5.8 that currently has the stock AGP 8x Radeon 9600 Pro MB video. I also have a

Re: SSD

2010-01-30 Thread Ed Grey
If it's going to be the boot disk, I heard that flash memory connected to an adapter may not be suitable for the task. The full-blown SSD drives are made with hard drive type use in mind. Because of the timing of all this, it seems like SSD's will become modestly priced after SATA has replaced

Re: Why are you (still) using PowerPC-based Macs?

2010-01-30 Thread Ed Grey
I use an older Mac because: 1) I'm not a gamer 2) I'm not editing video 3) It still does what I want it to do with little trouble 4) There are inexpensive ways to improve its performance if needed 5) I'm not: a trust fund baby, otherwise wealthy, or someone who prefers having the coolest Mac to

Facebook question

2010-01-30 Thread Stephen Conrad
Using Safari 4.0.4 How do I block that damn Zoosk ad that make the page reload rather often? I have ClickToFlash 1.5.3 (listed under Shockwave Flash) I have Safariblock too -- Steve Conrad Henrietta, MO 64036 The time has come for mankind to grow up and leave its cradle behind; to go forth and

Re: Facebook question

2010-01-30 Thread Wallace Adrian D'Alessio
On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 7:13 AM, Stephen Conrad khel...@gmail.com wrote: Using Safari 4.0.4 How do I block that damn Zoosk ad that make the page reload rather often? I have ClickToFlash 1.5.3 (listed under Shockwave Flash) I have Safariblock too Does either program allow you to create a

Re: Facebook question

2010-01-30 Thread Stephen Conrad
On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 6:23 AM, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio fluxstrin...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 7:13 AM, Stephen Conrad khel...@gmail.com wrote: Using Safari 4.0.4 How do I block that damn Zoosk ad that make the page reload rather often? I have ClickToFlash 1.5.3 (listed

Re: Holy File Listing, BBatman!

2010-01-30 Thread tina
This may be a 'No duh!' moment to some of you, but I just found something amazing in BBEdit. If you're in terminal or TextEdit, you can drag the folder or volume icon off of a Finder window to drop the path of that folder into the terminal window. for example: he-he bruce, it's been able to

Re: Holy File Listing, BBatman!

2010-01-30 Thread Michael G.M.
I love that command, commander! Do stay away from the salamander! -Mike On Jan 29, 1:41 pm, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: This may be a 'No duh!' moment to some of you, but I just found something amazing in BBEdit. If you're in terminal or TextEdit, you can drag the

Re: Why are you (still) using PowerPC-based Macs?

2010-01-30 Thread JoeTaxpayer
Good timing for this question. Forgive my long-winded answer. I bought a G4 1.25GHz MDD new, over 7 years ago. 2 years ago, my family insisted on a family room computer, and wanted a PC. $600, Vista #fail. 'nuff said. I found my workhorse G4 on ebay for sub $200, and bought it for the family

DVD Writer

2010-01-30 Thread Icanswing
I was told that the LaCie with firewire will work on my G4. What other DVD writers will work and do I have to find one that works on firewire? Paula -- 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 particular focus

Re: Why are you (still) using PowerPC-based Macs?

2010-01-30 Thread Wallace Adrian D'Alessio
$ problems seems to be the underlying reason in the majority of statements in this thread. Otherwise I suspect most of us would buy new Macs and not regret the move. But Bang for Buck is a big advantage of the Gs. No doubt about that. But lets get to the real crux of the matter. What other

Re: DVD Writer

2010-01-30 Thread Michael G.M.
I just got a Pioneer 118LBK (newegg)K connected to firewire. Worked fine for my DL DVD+R 10.5 backup, after I finally googled how to do it the correct way.. I stay away from LaCie.- Too many bad stories I've read about their drive compatibility and quality. -Mike On Jan 30, 10:17 am,

Re: Facebook question

2010-01-30 Thread Wallace Adrian D'Alessio
On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 8:23 AM, Stephen Conrad khel...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 6:23 AM, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio fluxstrin...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 7:13 AM, Stephen Conrad khel...@gmail.comwrote: Using Safari 4.0.4 How do I block that damn Zoosk ad

Re: DVD Writer

2010-01-30 Thread Wallace Adrian D'Alessio
On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 10:17 AM, icansw...@aol.com wrote: I was told that the LaCie with firewire will work on my G4. What other DVD writers will work and do I have to find one that works on firewire? Paula __ Does your machine have USB 2 ? A

Re: DVD Writer

2010-01-30 Thread Michael G.M.
All G4s have FireWire 400. FireWire 400 will be way, way faster than USB 2.0 for DVD/CD burning/reading. -Mike On Jan 30, 10:35 am, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio fluxstrin...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 10:17 AM, icansw...@aol.com wrote: I was told that the LaCie with firewire will

Re: SSD

2010-01-30 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jan 30, 2010, at 12:12 AM, Ed Grey wrote: Because of the timing of all this, it seems like SSD's will become modestly priced after SATA has replaced IDE, and so the only IDE SSD drives available in the not too distant future will be older models. This is true today. But then they'll

Re: DVD Writer

2010-01-30 Thread Michael G.M.
On Jan 30, 10:17 am, icansw...@aol.com wrote: do I have to find one that works on firewire? Paula No. Depending on what ver. of Mac OS X you are using you may need http://patchburn.de/ -Mike :) -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3,

Re: Memory for G4 iBook

2010-01-30 Thread mac-in_true_love
Thanks to All. Everything has been very enlightening! I would order the bigger SIMM even though I already purchased the 512, but the documentation says max is 640. Hope that does not cause any problems. Indeed the problem with th iBook has been opening applicationsor changing among them. I don't

Re: DVD Writer

2010-01-30 Thread JoeTaxpayer
Which model G4 do you have? Asking because internal may be a solution. -- 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 particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and

Re: nVidia Geforce 6200 vs Radeon 9600 Pro 64 MB

2010-01-30 Thread PM7500
I had the same experience. The 16mb Rage Pro video card in my DA was crap. I don't think the 32mb nVidia card they were using at that time would have been much better so I went and got a flashed Radeon 9700 128mb card and it there isn't anything that card can't do. Sure, there's better cards out

Re: DVD Writer

2010-01-30 Thread Icanswing
Mike I looked at the Pioneer 118Lbk and I thik it may work on my G4 450 PowerPC. But it doesn't come with software and recommends toastLite. Is that what you are using? -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs -

Re: SSD

2010-01-30 Thread iJohn
On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 10:53 AM, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: Sadly more likely is that they'll just dry up and disappear, because they'll stop making them. The IDE- SATA transition hit just as these were coming to market, so only the very early iterations had IDE

What's the latest in monitors?

2010-01-30 Thread Bill Connelly
I'm looking to buy something (maybe the lcd-type screen), to project clear still images, so I can work in a painting studio from pictures I've taken outdoors. Wondering about projecting a single image for relatively long periods of time using one of my G4s (Yikes! with 9200Pro, QS with

Re: What's the latest in monitors?

2010-01-30 Thread Ken Daggett
On 30 Jan 2010, at 09:08:29 PST, Bill Connelly wrote: Keep seeing Samsung ... lcd in ads ... is lcd the way to go? or was it led? --- Well, it would seem that LCD and LED go together. LED (liquid crystal display) screens can be lit from the back by fluorescent or light emitting

Re: DVD Writer

2010-01-30 Thread Michael G.M.
On Jan 30, 11:54 am, icansw...@aol.com wrote: Mike I looked at the Pioneer 118Lbk and I think it may work on my G4 450 PowerPC. But it doesn't come with software and recommends toastLite. Is that what you are using? Paula,- Yes. I use toast 6 titanium with jam for 10.3.9 and it works

Re: DVD Writer

2010-01-30 Thread Michael G.M.
Paula, Sorry. No. You don't need toast, but I'd get it anyway. It's a lot zippier than disk utility and more options. -Way, way funner than disk utility and more projects you can do with it. It copies CDs and DVDs like a professional copier just by easy selection and superb documentation in the

Re: What's the latest in monitors?

2010-01-30 Thread Mark
Here is a blog dedicated to monitors. http://amonitorblog.blogspot.com/ Bill Connelly wrote: I'm looking to buy something (maybe the lcd-type screen), to project clear still images, so I can work in a painting studio from pictures I've taken outdoors. Wondering about projecting a single

Re: DVD Writer

2010-01-30 Thread John Carmonne
On Jan 30, 2010, at 10:56 AM, littlefeet wrote: Hi Paula My G4 AGP tower only has the 450 processor but I got a Lacie DVD burner from ebay recently that works great plugged into the firewire socket. The mac immediately recognised it and it appears in the profile, . It works well with Toast

Re: nVidia Geforce 6200 vs Radeon 9600 Pro 64 MB

2010-01-30 Thread pdimage
On 30/1/10 16:30, PM7500 jburke...@comcast.net wrote: If it's an 8x card you need to tape over pins 3 and 11 to make it work in a 4x AGP slot Powermac. The 8x specification hadn't been finalized at the time Apple made the Digital Audio Powermacs so they used the unused pins to carry power for

Re: What's the latest in monitors?

2010-01-30 Thread pdimage
On 30/1/10 17:08, Bill Connelly billycarm...@verizon.net wrote: I'm looking to buy something (maybe the lcd-type screen), to project clear still images, so I can work in a painting studio from pictures I've taken outdoors. Wondering about projecting a single image for relatively long

Re: Why are you (still) using PowerPC-based Macs?

2010-01-30 Thread Paul Stamsen
Because: They're fun, useful, experienced, trustworthy, paid for and functional. and my wife has the new one. Paul -- When a person can no longer laugh at himself, it is time for others to laugh at him. -- Thomas Szasz -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a

Re: Facebook question

2010-01-30 Thread Stephen Conrad
On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 9:41 AM, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio fluxstrin...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 8:23 AM, Stephen Conrad khel...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 6:23 AM, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio fluxstrin...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 7:13 AM,

Re: SSD

2010-01-30 Thread Ed Grey
And the same thing seems to have happened at about the same time with the change from PCI to PCIe. Are there any SSD's that plug into a PCI slot? That would be very handy for a desktop machine, and would avoid taking a hard drive connector. I've seen PCIe, but I don't remember whether or not I've