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  • The $2299 vs $2999 price difference ($700) boils down to: $200-Superdrive vs. Combodrive $100-Airport Card $100-60GB hard drive All of the above are build-to-order configurable at the Apple online store. So now the price difference is down …
    in Powerbook 867mhz ore 1Ghz Comment by jmp November 2002
  • One good reason to post your reserve-avoid getting 20 emails per auction asking "So what's your reserve?" [ 09-30-2002: Message edited by: jmp ]
    in Check out this interesting Ebay auction. Comment by jmp September 2002
  • You really don't have to pay that much for a Pismo motherboard. On ebay they've been going for around $200 lately (I've sold 2 in the last two weeks in this price range). Just be sure that's really the problem before you shell out the cash, and bu…
    in The worst day of my Apple life Comment by jmp September 2002
  • Hold down option as you restart. You should initially get a solid blue screen then after a few seconds small icons representing all bootable drives. Select the drive you want then click the straight arrow. The curved arrow is to search for drives…
    in HELP! Please! Need X start-up key Comment by jmp November 2002
  • The original Aiport Cards were only 40-bit encryption capable (like the original base stations). The current ones support 128-bit encryption. Other than that they seem functionally interchangable. However it should be possible to upgrade the orig…
    in Airport Card question Comment by jmp October 2002
  • You can import pictures from files just like from a camera. As long as you still have the jpegs, tiffs, or whatever on your hard drive you just need to re-import them. Just select "Import" from under the file menu in iPhoto, browse to the folder w…
    in Jaguar ate my iPhoto library ... Comment by jmp August 2002
  • I stupidly did the opposite-erased hard disk, then installed OS X without classic (I knew this was wrong, just got distracted). However I then copied over my backup of classic onto the drive with 10.2 running and it works fine. Just be sure you ha…
    in Clean install: What about 9? Comment by jmp August 2002
  • I used Transparent Dock also under 10.1, it worked perfectly. Under 10.2 I'm using Clear Dock from
    in Transparent Dock Comment by jmp August 2002
  • On my PowerBook G3 Pismo, if I set the energy saver to show battery time remaining in the toolbar, and the battery is fully charged, and the computer is plugged in to A/C, then it says "Calculating..." forever (under 10.1.5 it didn't do this, instea…
    in Bugs in Jaguar Comment by jmp August 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by filmmaker2002: And HOLY COW!!! Its 2X!!! if this is true, why wouldn't Apple use it in their own Powerbooks??? About a month ago there was a report that Apple went with 1X burning for the powerbook superdrive because …
    in Superdrive Tibook upgrade Comment by jmp February 2003
  • My samsung ML-1210 is not listed as supported but works perfectly, had been using it as USB printer fro a year, just plugged it into the base station, selected it via rendezvous, prints just like it did off of USB. No slowdown (not that it was espe…
    in Recommended Printer for Airport Extreme Comment by jmp February 2003
  • The $2299 vs $2999 price difference ($700) boils down to: $200-Superdrive vs. Combodrive $100-Airport Card $100-60GB hard drive All of the above are build-to-order configurable at the Apple online store. So now the price difference is down …
    in Powerbook 867mhz ore 1Ghz Comment by jmp November 2002
  • Gauge Pro identifies it as an "unknown" CPU but indicates revision 3.2, which would be about right for the current 7455 I think.
    in Proof that PBG4 1Ghz G4 is NOT 7455 Comment by jmp November 2002
  • Over on macnn at least two people have posted that their new PB G4's have Fujitsu drives, although they haven't posted the exact model number (seems like they can't get this info from system profiler, or possibly just weren't sure what to post). Th…
    in 5400 rpm is it worth it? Comment by jmp November 2002
  • The IBM 40GNX has a max transfer rate of 297Mbits/8=37MB/sec and latency of 5.5ms according to T40GNX_sp11.pdf (IBM spec sheet). Probably in actual use the 8MB cache on the 40GNX would make it considerably faster than the fujitsu with it's 2MB cach…
    in 5400 rpm is it worth it? Comment by jmp November 2002
  • Fujitsu drive info (no transfer rate in the spec sheet , but the article lists it as 38.1MB/s max) and latency is 7.14ms http://www.fcpa.fujitsu.com/download/download/hard-drives/mhs4200rpm-datasheet.pdf
    in 5400 rpm is it worth it? Comment by jmp November 2002
  • 15" LCD hasn't been listed in Apple's online store since at least week before last. If you clicked on the displays link, only 17, 22, and 23 inch displays were listed for purchase. (I've been checking the store everyday hoping for a new powerbook-…
    in Apple pulls the 15inch LCD Display from online store... Comment by jmp October 2002
  • I'm running 10.2 on a Powerbook Pismo and chronically run Thermoindock for various reasons. If anything 10.2 runs slightly cooler for me than 10.1.5 and battery life is at least as good-my subjective impression is that it feels cooler as well, but …
    in ibook running 10.2 is fast! Comment by jmp August 2002
  • I did this swap on my own pismo (several months of use no problems) and have also tried it short term on several others testing parts (I repair broken pismos in my spare time-started as a hobby, after I taught myself to do basic mac maintenance for …
    in Swapping 400 card for 500 in Pismo...anything else to it? Comment by jmp July 2002
  • Hi, seems like a few people in this thread might not be aware that G4 upgrades for Pismo PowerBooks were released two weeks ago-hence all of the argument about price, turnaround time, etc. Both Powerlogix and the resurrected Newer Technology (throu…
    in Pismo G4 upgrade? Comment by jmp July 2002