On 2/20/07, Lee Einer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
So, all the time I was using PCs I was hearing about Macs and thinking
damn, they must be good if they cost so freakin' much but I bet I could
build something as good for less. I was wrong. I could build something
a helluva lot better for far less.
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The only failure I've had with a Mac in the last ten years was a couple
of hard drives and one ATX style power supply. Not what I can say for
most if not all PC's I've used -- several dead boards, etc.
Macs are top of the line, more like HP than Dell.
Peter
External media communication with the Mac is only a problem because the
vendors refuse to write the correct drivers, not because there is
anything inferior about the Mac.
It's a pain, but then so is the fact that PC manufacturers ALWAYS
decide to use a different spec of anything that Apple
it's hte os x that converted me instantly. i had seen the older mac os and
didn't see how it was any better than my windoze xp, outside of perhaps
being reliable. once the os x popped up, it was over.
i just need a mac with a pcmcia card or equivalent and i'll never look at a
windoze machine
Peter Frederick wrote:
External media communication with the Mac is only a problem because the
vendors refuse to write the correct drivers, not because there is
anything inferior about the Mac.
And yet, the disc which the G4s could not detect works flawlessly on my
linux box at home.
On 2/20/07, Gary Hurst [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
it's hte os x that converted me instantly. i had seen the older mac os and
didn't see how it was any better than my windoze xp, outside of perhaps
being reliable. once the os x popped up, it was over.
i just need a mac with a pcmcia card or
my favorite machine is my dual 500 gigabit ethernet machine. even though it
is 6 years old and should be garbage, it can do anything i want AND it
simply oozes quality out of every pore. it is probably the only machine i
have ever opened up and didn't get pissed off at anything there.
someday
On 2/20/07, Lee Einer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Peter Frederick wrote:
External media communication with the Mac is only a problem because the
vendors refuse to write the correct drivers, not because there is
anything inferior about the Mac.
And yet, the disc which the G4s could not detect
i have no idea. i don't know anything about computers. i do know that
sometimes i don't see that disk thing on my desktop when i think i ought to.
On 2/20/07, Lee Einer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Peter Frederick wrote:
External media communication with the Mac is only a problem because the
Peter Frederick wrote:
External media communication with the Mac is only a problem because the
vendors refuse to write the correct drivers, not because there is
anything inferior about the Mac.
It's a pain, but then so is the fact that PC manufacturers ALWAYS
decide to use a different
just a laptop with the mobile broadband.
On 2/20/07, Ed Booher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 2/20/07, Gary Hurst [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
it's hte os x that converted me instantly. i had seen the older mac os
and
didn't see how it was any better than my windoze xp, outside of perhaps
being
On 2/20/07, Gary Hurst [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
just a laptop with the mobile broadband.
Ahh you want a Pismo. Can take up to 1GB of RAM, will run OS X
(maybe not Leopard, no one is sure what is going to break with that
yet) it has a single PC Card Slot and you can pick one up for about
On 2/20/07, Ed Booher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 2/20/07, Gary Hurst [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
just a laptop with the mobile broadband.
Ahh you want a Pismo. Can take up to 1GB of RAM, will run OS X
(maybe not Leopard, no one is sure what is going to break with that
yet) it has a single
why don't the rest have such a slot?
On 2/20/07, Ed Booher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 2/20/07, Ed Booher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 2/20/07, Gary Hurst [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
just a laptop with the mobile broadband.
Ahh you want a Pismo. Can take up to 1GB of RAM, will run OS X
On 2/20/07, Gary Hurst [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
why don't the rest have such a slot?
Gary,
Actually all of the G3 Powerbooks, before the change over to iBooks
and TiBooks and etc had PCMCIA slots.
The Kanga and Wallstreet had 2
The Lombard and Pismo had 1
The Kanga will *not* run OS X
The Wallstreet is a wonderful machine -- mine is going strong, runs
10.2.8 with ease, but requires at least 512 MB RAM to load 10.4
(preferred). I actually usually run 9 on it, as I don't have a OS X
version of Photoshop or Quark.
Pretty quick for a 300 MHz machine and rock solid reliable
You still have a NeXT machine? Which model? May I visit and be
permitted to drool on it?
A cube. Of course! It has a serious Y2K problem, and the OS upgrade
was prohibitively priced for my needs at the time. So, it's just
stuck in the 90's. The synthesized string engine in the DSP was
truly
Ed Booher wrote:
On 2/20/07, Lee Einer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Peter Frederick wrote:
External media communication with the Mac is only a problem because the
vendors refuse to write the correct drivers, not because there is
anything inferior about the Mac.
And yet, the disc which the G4s
the people in my office can't get their friggin' drive bays open without
problems.
Lee
-Curt
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 12:10:25 -0700
From: Lee Einer [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Gary Hurst [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
it's hte os x that converted me instantly. i had seen the older mac
os and didn't see how it was any better than my windoze xp, outside
of perhaps being reliable.
Mac OS prior to OS X was many things, but reliable was not one of
them. At least prior to
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Jim - after more than 30 years of using PCs (starting with an 8080 in kit
form), I suppose I'm too old to switch to one of those Apple/Mac/whatever
boxes. Even worked up a box with a 6502 processor (as used in the early
Apples) but on an S-100 bus, with a 300 baud modem using tape on the
Werner,
Never say I'm too old Try a Mac, you'll like it.
Don't want to pay new price. Go to Craigslist and take your pick...
Chuck
iMac G4 laptop and eMac
On Feb 19, 2007, at 9:52 PM, Werner Fehlauer wrote:
Jim - after more than 30 years of using PCs (starting with an 8080
in
- and on
and on
Besides, its more fun to fool around with cars most of the time!
Werner
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Jim - after more than 30 years of using PCs (starting with an 8080 in
kit
form), I suppose I'm too old to switch to one of those
Apple/Mac/whatever
boxes. Even worked up a box with a 6502 processor (as used in the
early
Apples) but on an S-100 bus, with a 300 baud modem using tape on the
Jim - sounds like you acquire obsolete treasures like many of us do.
So
far I've managed to keep old computer stuff down to perhaps 8 cu. ft.,
which
is a lot better than the ham radio gear, which still takes up well
over 200
cu. ft. - and that's after taking several very nice (in their day)
On 2/20/07, Jim Cathey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
disgust. I waited, and succumbed to an original Mac. A NeXT followed
I still have them all. By the time I'm done with them they're
-- Jim
You still have a NeXT machine? Which model? May I visit and be
permitted to drool on it?
Ed
--
does it do anything a mac doesn't do?
On 2/20/07, Ed Booher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 2/20/07, Jim Cathey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
disgust. I waited, and succumbed to an original Mac. A NeXT followed
I still have them all. By the time I'm done with them they're
-- Jim
You still have
On Mon, 19 Feb 2007, Werner Fehlauer wrote:
Jim - after more than 30 years of using PCs (starting with an 8080 in kit
form), I suppose I'm too old to switch to one of those Apple/Mac/whatever
boxes. Even worked up a box with a 6502 processor (as used in the early
Apples) but on an S-100
On Mon, 19 Feb 2007, Jim Cathey wrote:
I sit here not five feet from my 1802 kit box, and its successor the
semi-kit 6502 OSI machine. (Cassette for both, floppies later added
to the OSI.) And _its_ successor, the 68000 S-100 system. My first
hard disk, and the first to even need a 16-bit
On Tue, 20 Feb 2007, Gary Hurst wrote:
does it do anything a mac doesn't do?
The cubes look REALLY cool. Where do you think ADC came from ;) (well the
monitor was a bottle so it required an AC cord.) Te optical was like
molasses fresh from the fridge, but they were a cool machine. The laser
I am now working (temporarily) as Features Editor of a local paper. They
use mostly Mac G4s. IMO, the G4s suck like a rift in spacetime.
I use a Sony Mavica for photography which burns to a mini-cd. Works
fantastic whether you use Windoze or Linux. Apparently won't work on a
Mac because OSX
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