Re: Using a G3 Powerbook on the bus

2004-03-14 Thread Paul Mulroney
Hi Everyone On Sunday, March 14, 2004, at 05:05 AM, WAMUG Mailing List wrote: Anyone have experience with using laptops on the buses? I have a graphite iBook, and I used it every morning and afternoon going to and from work for two years from Bentley to West Perth. The biggest problem I

Re: Using a G3 Powerbook on the bus

2004-03-14 Thread James Devenish
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Sun, Mar 14, 2004 at 09:04:17PM +0800, Paul Mulroney wrote: The biggest problem I had was opening the screen wide enough to be able to use it. There's not a lot of space between you and the seat in front. The seating on the newer (Renault?) buses is even more

Using a G3 Powerbook on the bus

2004-03-13 Thread John Taylor
Hi, I'm interested in using a PowerBook G3 series (bronze keyboard, 333MHz) laptop on public transport - a bus to be specific. How likely is this to cause damage to the hard disk? The bus I use is the 72 bus, which turns a lot of corners and can bounce up and down a fair bit. It's a question

Re: Using a G3 Powerbook on the bus

2004-03-13 Thread James Devenish
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Sat, Mar 13, 2004 at 12:04:08PM +0800, John Taylor wrote: The bus I use is the 72 bus, which turns a lot of corners and can bounce up and down a fair bit. I've seem someone using an iBook on the 98/99. Whether he's suppose to or not, I don't know. Also, I imagine

Re: Using a G3 Powerbook on the bus

2004-03-13 Thread Gordon Campbell
I can't see it being a problem. I ride the 72 myself sometimes and there's nothing on that route (or any Transperth route for that matter) that I can think of that would injure an active hard drive. The hard drives in laptops tend to reasonably robust, even when active. If it was a four-wheel

Re: Using a G3 Powerbook on the bus

2004-03-13 Thread Craig Ringer
On Sat, 2004-03-13 at 12:44, Gordon Campbell wrote: Anyone have experience with using laptops on the buses? I use mine quite a bit, or did until I started riding my bike to work instead. I've had no disk-related problems, and all has been well. The laptop did die recently (the local Toshiba

Re: Using a G3 Powerbook on the bus

2004-03-13 Thread James Devenish
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Sat, Mar 13, 2004 at 01:10:21PM +0800, Craig Ringer wrote: I think you'll find that laptop disks are up to it. If you're unsure, look up the operating shock specs for a 2 1/2 disk (say, a 42k RPM or 54k RPM Hitachi) on the 'net, and find out for sure. It would

Re: Using a G3 Powerbook on the bus

2004-03-13 Thread Ryan Schotte
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Sat, Mar 13, 2004 at 01:10:21PM +0800, Craig Ringer wrote: I think you'll find that laptop disks are up to it. If you're unsure, look up the operating shock specs for a 2 1/2 disk (say, a 42k RPM or 54k RPM Hitachi) on the 'net, and find out for sure. It