Re: Big Pond Broadband

2004-02-07 Thread Brett Carboni
I must admit (sheepishly) that I have Bigpond Broadband ADSL. Yes, it is expensive, but I was able to cancel one of our office phone lines by having it. As well, by having all plans, ie. mobile, landline, long distance calls etc. with Telstra, I get 15% off all bills. So pricing should be

Panther vs jaguar: G3

2004-02-07 Thread David de la Hunty
Do members have an opinion on whether Panther is generally faster when run on older machines ie G3? I have a Beige 233 which currently has Jaguar but not surprisingly runs it a bit slowly. If Panther is likely to help I might upgrade. Similar story with: bronze powerbook 333 (handles Jaguar

Re: Panther vs jaguar: G3

2004-02-07 Thread Robert Howells
Try going here but obviously real experience from real people will also help ! http://www.apple.com/macosx/upgrade/requirements.html Bob On Saturday, February 7, 2004, at 06:18 AM, David de la Hunty wrote: Do members have an opinion on whether Panther is generally faster when run on

Re: Adobe Reader 6.. Part fixed

2004-02-07 Thread Robert Howells
Thanks heaps to you all for the educational information ! My immediate problem has now been rectified by :- Booting back into OS9.1 and recalibrating the Monitor from the Monitor control panel. The same adjustments did not seem to be available in OSX. ( Apple 1710 monitor. ) Reduced the

Comments on the 17 Powerbook: Pro or Con?

2004-02-07 Thread Mrs C
Hi: I am considering my next Power Book purchase and am thinking about going to the 17 model. It is really a contest between the upper-level 15 or the 17. Could anyone out there who uses a 17 or has experience with both machines send me an email on or off list with their personal opinion on what

Re: Comments on the 17 Powerbook: Pro or Con?

2004-02-07 Thread Keith Palmer
Hi Nat Just on the way out so it will be brief - I've had 3 x 15 Ti PowerBooks (myself) and now have a 1.33GHz 17 Aluminium PowerBook. Quite simply the 17 is great. I was skeptical about moving from a Ti model to the Aluminium but since purchase I've never regretted the move. I've taken

Re: Comments on the 17 Powerbook: Pro or Con?

2004-02-07 Thread James / Hans Kunz
just my 2cents: i bought a powerbook 3 weeks ago for video edits grafix --- exellent it just took me along time to adjust to panther because it's so different from the os 9.xx be aware the system disk included has !old! versions of software thus makes the $6000 machine partly unusable i

Re: Comments on the 17 Powerbook: Pro or Con?

2004-02-07 Thread Stewart Woods
On Saturday, February 7, 2004, at 12:57 PM, Mrs C wrote: 2. I use Adobe and Macromedia projects and am getting into iMovie and may, in the next few years, be thinking Final Cut Pro; Can't imagine FC would be much fun on a 15 screen. just a thought Stew

Re: Comments on the 17 Powerbook: Pro or Con?

2004-02-07 Thread Shay Telfer
5. I am debating whether an extra 2 of screen is worth the price differential; That 2 of screen is actually 1440x900 - 1280x854 pixels = 202880 more pixels than the 15 model which is about 18.6% more screen real estate. Have fun, Shay -- === Shay Telfer