MacsRgr8
Jan 26, 03:42 PM
Depends on which PowerMac he has.
Only PowerMac G4s before the Digital Audio revision can boot from a Mac OS 9.0 CD, and install it.
If that can be done, then you can install it without harming Mac OS X. Just make sure you don't erase the disk...
If the Mac is a Digital Audio G4 (or later) you'll need a more recent copy of Mac OS 9. (Depending.. from 9.1 to 9.2.2).
The MDD G4 (non-FW 800 version) needs a Mac OS 9.2.2...
Maybe it would be easier to find a copy of the "System Folder" which is used by "Classic" (on your system for instance), and copy that to his Hard Drive.
Only PowerMac G4s before the Digital Audio revision can boot from a Mac OS 9.0 CD, and install it.
If that can be done, then you can install it without harming Mac OS X. Just make sure you don't erase the disk...
If the Mac is a Digital Audio G4 (or later) you'll need a more recent copy of Mac OS 9. (Depending.. from 9.1 to 9.2.2).
The MDD G4 (non-FW 800 version) needs a Mac OS 9.2.2...
Maybe it would be easier to find a copy of the "System Folder" which is used by "Classic" (on your system for instance), and copy that to his Hard Drive.
abrooks
Dec 1, 05:52 PM
Powerbook Review
I�ve owned my new Powerbook 15� for around 3 months now, I think it�s a little short of that but no need to be precise. I will be breaking the traditions of a standard review by putting my negative views first, thus anyone reading the review will finish on a good note.
And finally, Enjoy.
Negative Views
Fortunately my Powerbook has given me very little quibbles and has generally gave a very good impression, first of all the usual complaint, it gets a little too hot for comfort and by that I mean the comfort of my legs, work these things hard and they get really hot! Moving on from that which I consider very insignificant, the standard RAM of 256mb was a little less than I would have liked to see for the price and as we all know buying memory from Apple is hard on the credit cards but a simple purchase from Crucial managed to get me a nice 1GB. Lastly on negative points, the price, I think it could be a little bit lower for what your getting its difficult to justify the price but I�m not complaining!
The Packaging
In usual Apple fashion the packaging is impressive, the box was sturdy on the long traipse home and it has a little handle although I didn�t take the risk and use it. On opening it is clear that this has been design well and everything is neatly arranged for convenience and protection. I must note that it comes with a polystyrene keyboard cover; I think this is worth keeping for future use.
The Powerbook
Now we�re onto the good stuff, too be a little more exact on my specs I bought it on 80GB 5200 rpm hard drive, 256mb RAM, and it�s the 1.33Ghz model, unfortunately I opted out of having a backlit keyboard. After a few days I decided it needed more memory for what I wanted to do with it so I purchased two 512mb sticks from Crucial.
The main use for my Powerbook is graphics and print, so I use the standard programs, InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator, usually all running at the same time, the Powerbook performs very well and isn�t sluggish at all although the rendering of large InDesign documents can be a little slow. Along with those programs iChat and Adium are always running and I have never experienced a problem with any of them.
Boot up times are quick, and just for the record it is yet to Kernel panic on me and I have never had to force quit and application, but the Finder has crashed a few times but this seems to be a problem with Illustrator saving into an open folder.
I know a few issues that I wanted covered when I was looking to purchase so I�m going to try and cover them now, firstly the battery, I personally believe that the battery in my Powerbook is very good and with Airport on, brightness full, Bluetooth off and running iChat, iTunes, Safari and Adium I can easily get 3.5 hours out of it and even run over the 4 hour mark. Things that are a little more processor intensive can severely knock the battery life but it has never been an inconvenience to me and I do travel around a lot and use my Powerbook.
Wireless signal, I use my wireless connection almost all the time and on a second note at home my wireless base station is an Airport Express, I heard rumour that the signal in the PowerBooks was quite poor but I find it to be the exact opposite, it is absolutely excellent and through several walls I can easily have full or close to full signal from my Airport Express.
Other little niggles, I read about it being a G4 processor, I purchased my Powerbook being confident that a G5 Powerbook is a long way off and any revision would be in January 2005 and that didn�t bother me, I also know that Tiger will run well on my system.
In terms of size and weight I cannot commend Apple enough on this one, it is truly amazing how thin my 15� Powerbook is and the screen size is perfect although I will be purchasing an external monitor to help with those large graphics and more important work colour wise.
Conclusion
This was easily the best computer I have ever owned and certainly best Mac, if you are a design, musician or general computer use I highly recommend this too you, it performs well and with enough RAM can churn through almost anything you throw at it.
Well I�ve finished this review in record time and its quite late so I�m sure I�ve missed a large amount of stuff out, if you are looking to purchase I hope this review has been helpful if you need to know anything else I will happily add to the review, send me a note or mail me at abrooks@spymac.com. Finally thank you very much and good day to you all.
I�ve owned my new Powerbook 15� for around 3 months now, I think it�s a little short of that but no need to be precise. I will be breaking the traditions of a standard review by putting my negative views first, thus anyone reading the review will finish on a good note.
And finally, Enjoy.
Negative Views
Fortunately my Powerbook has given me very little quibbles and has generally gave a very good impression, first of all the usual complaint, it gets a little too hot for comfort and by that I mean the comfort of my legs, work these things hard and they get really hot! Moving on from that which I consider very insignificant, the standard RAM of 256mb was a little less than I would have liked to see for the price and as we all know buying memory from Apple is hard on the credit cards but a simple purchase from Crucial managed to get me a nice 1GB. Lastly on negative points, the price, I think it could be a little bit lower for what your getting its difficult to justify the price but I�m not complaining!
The Packaging
In usual Apple fashion the packaging is impressive, the box was sturdy on the long traipse home and it has a little handle although I didn�t take the risk and use it. On opening it is clear that this has been design well and everything is neatly arranged for convenience and protection. I must note that it comes with a polystyrene keyboard cover; I think this is worth keeping for future use.
The Powerbook
Now we�re onto the good stuff, too be a little more exact on my specs I bought it on 80GB 5200 rpm hard drive, 256mb RAM, and it�s the 1.33Ghz model, unfortunately I opted out of having a backlit keyboard. After a few days I decided it needed more memory for what I wanted to do with it so I purchased two 512mb sticks from Crucial.
The main use for my Powerbook is graphics and print, so I use the standard programs, InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator, usually all running at the same time, the Powerbook performs very well and isn�t sluggish at all although the rendering of large InDesign documents can be a little slow. Along with those programs iChat and Adium are always running and I have never experienced a problem with any of them.
Boot up times are quick, and just for the record it is yet to Kernel panic on me and I have never had to force quit and application, but the Finder has crashed a few times but this seems to be a problem with Illustrator saving into an open folder.
I know a few issues that I wanted covered when I was looking to purchase so I�m going to try and cover them now, firstly the battery, I personally believe that the battery in my Powerbook is very good and with Airport on, brightness full, Bluetooth off and running iChat, iTunes, Safari and Adium I can easily get 3.5 hours out of it and even run over the 4 hour mark. Things that are a little more processor intensive can severely knock the battery life but it has never been an inconvenience to me and I do travel around a lot and use my Powerbook.
Wireless signal, I use my wireless connection almost all the time and on a second note at home my wireless base station is an Airport Express, I heard rumour that the signal in the PowerBooks was quite poor but I find it to be the exact opposite, it is absolutely excellent and through several walls I can easily have full or close to full signal from my Airport Express.
Other little niggles, I read about it being a G4 processor, I purchased my Powerbook being confident that a G5 Powerbook is a long way off and any revision would be in January 2005 and that didn�t bother me, I also know that Tiger will run well on my system.
In terms of size and weight I cannot commend Apple enough on this one, it is truly amazing how thin my 15� Powerbook is and the screen size is perfect although I will be purchasing an external monitor to help with those large graphics and more important work colour wise.
Conclusion
This was easily the best computer I have ever owned and certainly best Mac, if you are a design, musician or general computer use I highly recommend this too you, it performs well and with enough RAM can churn through almost anything you throw at it.
Well I�ve finished this review in record time and its quite late so I�m sure I�ve missed a large amount of stuff out, if you are looking to purchase I hope this review has been helpful if you need to know anything else I will happily add to the review, send me a note or mail me at abrooks@spymac.com. Finally thank you very much and good day to you all.
MacsRgr8
Sep 26, 03:34 PM
It's one of the easier cars to identify! You guys really love orange :)
Yep. Ever since the 17th century! ;)
Yep. Ever since the 17th century! ;)
OrangeSVTguy
Apr 18, 10:35 PM
The G3s are also notorious for their GPUs separating from the logic board.
On the G4s it's a different chip but still basically the same concept. There is a little chip that had developed micro fractures causing the same symptoms.
Read here. (http://macintoshhowto.com/hardware/how-do-i-get-my-broken-g4-ibook-fixed.html)
On the G4s it's a different chip but still basically the same concept. There is a little chip that had developed micro fractures causing the same symptoms.
Read here. (http://macintoshhowto.com/hardware/how-do-i-get-my-broken-g4-ibook-fixed.html)
Jimong5
Oct 4, 04:11 PM
Originally posted by WanaPBnow
DONT SAY THAT!!! MAY? I WOULD DIE :-(
Noone here says anything Apple Does Is big... May '03 is on target for Bigness... like the G5 ;)
DONT SAY THAT!!! MAY? I WOULD DIE :-(
Noone here says anything Apple Does Is big... May '03 is on target for Bigness... like the G5 ;)
evanmarx
Jan 29, 05:57 PM
Originally posted by eyelikeart
wouldn't that have been exactly what arn was referring to?! :rolleyes:
oeahh ... yes? well ... aehhh ... e.l.a?:D
wouldn't that have been exactly what arn was referring to?! :rolleyes:
oeahh ... yes? well ... aehhh ... e.l.a?:D
LimeiBook86
Aug 20, 02:40 AM
I'm posting my 3rd icon soon, so check back soon! :D
cybrscot
Apr 4, 10:28 AM
Cool, thanks to both of you.
jturn241
Apr 5, 02:56 PM
I use powersupport and nearly every PS installation will do this and it's super easy to fix. Drag your thumb nail (nail side of your thumb down) slowly over the bubble area, starting a half inch from the trouble spot until your nail slides off the phone. Keep working it and it'll get smaller and smaller then disappear. After each nail drag press with your thumb HARD on the spot and rub around slowly. Then drag again.
This worked well, thanks for the help
This worked well, thanks for the help
mytran80
Mar 31, 03:41 AM
I love my iPad 2 but after playing with it for weeks I don't think the iPad 2 is far superior than the iPad 1 ,it's faster but the iPad 1 is fast enough I would say + the iPad 2 cameras is a thumb up but the quality is dreadful so 1 thumb down .
I say go for the iPad 1 , and if you buy now AT&T website has a super promo where you can buy a new 64gb wifi + 3G model for only $529!! Hella cheap
I say go for the iPad 1 , and if you buy now AT&T website has a super promo where you can buy a new 64gb wifi + 3G model for only $529!! Hella cheap
petalino
May 2, 06:54 AM
I had an unfortunate, but very tiny Pisco spill on my left shift key.
Ever since, using the Air keyboard is very difficult. For now I am managing only with a cheap external keyboard.
Since Pisco is 40 percent alcohol based, it has mostly evaporated ever since, but the problem persists.
Is there a way to clean under the keys without voiding the warranty?
I will go to an Apple Store once back from my travels and hope for the best, but for now would like to try to fix the problem myself.
It was really a few drops of liquid, but it did its ugly job!!
Ever since, using the Air keyboard is very difficult. For now I am managing only with a cheap external keyboard.
Since Pisco is 40 percent alcohol based, it has mostly evaporated ever since, but the problem persists.
Is there a way to clean under the keys without voiding the warranty?
I will go to an Apple Store once back from my travels and hope for the best, but for now would like to try to fix the problem myself.
It was really a few drops of liquid, but it did its ugly job!!
Makosuke
May 2, 04:02 AM
If you don't see the drive appearing at all in Disk Utility when booted from the install DVD (as opposed to the drive appearing, but with no volume listed under it), there's a very good chance that the hard drive failed. It could theoretically be a different piece of hardware, but that's much less likely. You can also bring up System Profiler, select the Serial ATA section, and see if anything shows up connected to the port.
If you have a USB-SATA converter or toaster-style drive dock laying around, the easy way to confirm would be to remove the hard drive, hook it up to another computer via that, and see if anything shows up. The hard drive is easy enough to pull, and you'll have to do that anyway, so it's an easy experiment to try if you have access to the hardware. If you don't, it's cheap (you can find docks or adapters for around $30), but you'd have to wait for it to show up, so maybe that's not the most efficient option.
If you have a USB-SATA converter or toaster-style drive dock laying around, the easy way to confirm would be to remove the hard drive, hook it up to another computer via that, and see if anything shows up. The hard drive is easy enough to pull, and you'll have to do that anyway, so it's an easy experiment to try if you have access to the hardware. If you don't, it's cheap (you can find docks or adapters for around $30), but you'd have to wait for it to show up, so maybe that's not the most efficient option.
iSaint
Mar 30, 05:47 AM
*bookmarked for investigation later today*
thanks!
thanks!
EarthDawn
Jun 29, 05:56 AM
Well there's about75 people here and the AT&T rep saidifyou waiting line you will get a phone.... Soooo I am going to wait as last year they moved people through pretty well.
definitive
Apr 11, 02:07 PM
I do not see why it should not work. CS3 works without problems under SL, so we can expect that CS4 works under Lion. However, make sure that you do not use incompatible third party plugins!
when sl came out, cs3 was having many issues with it such as loading files and crashing.
My CS5 Master works just fine.
cs5 is a much more recent package, and cs4 isn't really supported anymore. that's the main reason i'm asking.
when sl came out, cs3 was having many issues with it such as loading files and crashing.
My CS5 Master works just fine.
cs5 is a much more recent package, and cs4 isn't really supported anymore. that's the main reason i'm asking.
Gadgetech
Jan 5, 07:32 PM
Per specifics, I can't help.
But, I can suggest their website forums that have tons of info, as I recently got an interface that is Digidesign and uses the current PTLE 8.
try digidesign/avid's faqs or forums. I am positive similar ?'s have been posted, maybe even sticked over there.
Also, gearslutz is a GREAT forum with tons of specific info.
Best of luck:)
Excellent, thank you.
But, I can suggest their website forums that have tons of info, as I recently got an interface that is Digidesign and uses the current PTLE 8.
try digidesign/avid's faqs or forums. I am positive similar ?'s have been posted, maybe even sticked over there.
Also, gearslutz is a GREAT forum with tons of specific info.
Best of luck:)
Excellent, thank you.
cookiesnfooty
Apr 20, 05:36 AM
I bought the Neo hybrid and wish I didn't it's cheap and tacky in look and feel compared to the phone metalic design.
emcviper
Sep 9, 01:15 PM
I checked to see if the store would let me select the new $299 16GB iPod touch or the new nanos, but according to the "Get a Free iPod" screen,
"iPod models introduced on September 9, 2008 are not eligible for this promotion."
:(
"iPod models introduced on September 9, 2008 are not eligible for this promotion."
:(
MacBookPr0
May 6, 01:05 PM
Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU iPhone OS 4_3_1 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/533.17.9 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.0.2 Mobile/8G4 Safari/6533.18.5)
It's a paintball
It's a paintball
MrMacMan
Jul 28, 03:06 PM
Originally posted by eyelikeart
so what's in the "previous systems" folder?
When re-installing (or just insalling) Os X you can either delete the previous System Folder or Just move it to another folder, by default that it what it is called.
But I know you probably knew this, I guess you were directing the question at him...
so what's in the "previous systems" folder?
When re-installing (or just insalling) Os X you can either delete the previous System Folder or Just move it to another folder, by default that it what it is called.
But I know you probably knew this, I guess you were directing the question at him...
balamw
Apr 1, 10:17 AM
Class vs. instance methods. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1053592/objective-c-class-vs-instance-methods
Covered in any general book on Objective-C/Cocoa/Cocoa Touch.
B
Covered in any general book on Objective-C/Cocoa/Cocoa Touch.
B
iosdevexchange
Mar 28, 06:29 PM
All,
I recently started to teach myself how to develop iOS applications and recognized that once I am able to write my own apps, I'm not sure how I'll be able to add nice graphics, sounds etc., since that is not my area of expertise.
So I made this site...
http://www.iosdevexchange.com
...to help iOS developers connect with graphic/sound/video experts and vice versa.
In my mind it'll be people posting freelance type ads that they are (for example) a graphic designer and looking for apps to make logos for, or a developer looking for a sound expert to help them create great sound effects/music for their app.
What do you all think? Useful? Any thoughts on how to drum up interest or features to add/remove?
Thanks for your input!
I recently started to teach myself how to develop iOS applications and recognized that once I am able to write my own apps, I'm not sure how I'll be able to add nice graphics, sounds etc., since that is not my area of expertise.
So I made this site...
http://www.iosdevexchange.com
...to help iOS developers connect with graphic/sound/video experts and vice versa.
In my mind it'll be people posting freelance type ads that they are (for example) a graphic designer and looking for apps to make logos for, or a developer looking for a sound expert to help them create great sound effects/music for their app.
What do you all think? Useful? Any thoughts on how to drum up interest or features to add/remove?
Thanks for your input!
617arg
Jan 10, 04:04 PM
Hello everyone. I am at Panera right now. I can't seem to load macrumors.com, but the forums are fine. Anyone with the issue?
I had that same "We'll be right back" message a few minutes ago too.....
I had that same "We'll be right back" message a few minutes ago too.....
wrldwzrd89
Jan 5, 08:32 AM
I'm glad to see that at least one webmaster has created a website designed for Safari users. This will only help to drive up Safari's adoption among Mac OS X users, and, by extension, Mac OS X itself. I'm not really a theme fan, and I'm using Windows, so I can't really comment on the themes.
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