iBook Repairs: An Endless Saga?

2001-12-08 Thread Reg Whitely
Dear WAMUGgers You might be interested to know that I have received an undertaking from Sue McArdle, Apple Managing Services, Sydney, that the current iBook (and presumably PowerBook) repair system requiring the computer to be sent to Sydney for repair, will be replaced with a 'local'

Anyone in Kalgoorlie?

2001-12-08 Thread Phillip McGree
Hiya all, Woke up this morning feeling rather bored. Some adventure is required this weekend. So, what the heck, might as well ride one of my motorbikes to Kalgoorlie - http://www.phil.net.au/KLX650.jpg If anyone out in Kalgoorlie, or on the way, is having troubles with their Mac then let me

No graphics in OSX Mail

2001-12-08 Thread Stephen Chape
Hi folks, Since I moved on to OSX 10.1 any email I receive containing images, such as Apple News, Quicktime news, News.com digital, etc, has a blank space where an image would normally be. After about a minute these spaces assume a dark pink colour. This has made it impossible now to read

Flat Screen Imacs

2001-12-08 Thread Stephen Chape
Hi folks, Did anyone see the story a couple of days ago from News.com which stated that Apple recently placed an order for 150,000 Flat Screen Displays, fuelling speculation about a new Flat Screen iMac due in early 2002. I can't imagine the design of an all in one unit with a flat screen.

Order Processing Software?

2001-12-08 Thread Stefan
Hello Hope someone can point me in the right direction. I am interested in looking at Mac software for the purpose of order processing and timeline/delivery management. I am open to off the shelf software or something specifically being written for our needs. Needs to be multi user. Thanks

Re: Sheduled wake-up in OS X?

2001-12-08 Thread petersw
Hi, everyone! As beautiful as OS X is to use, there are quite a few things I miss... Not the least was the ability of OS 9's Energy Saver to wake itself up at a scheduled time - I would use the computer as an expensive alarm clock and have it play me some mp3s when it was time to get out of

Re: Sheduled wake-up in OS X?

2001-12-08 Thread Andrew Nielsen
At 18:25 +0800 08/12/2001, petersw wrote: Cron ? Applescript? Is this available by default in OS X? Cron would be how i'd do timed tasks in linux or Solaris. Of course, cron relies on the CPU to actually be running. Which is difficult when the power's been switched off :-) It would be cute