1995? Funny, in 1993 I bought an LC III (just a touch under $900 at the time when most systems on either side of the fence were $2000+) and it had an internal 200MB hard drive... maybe you're thinking 1985? The SE/30 I used at a publishing job had a hard drive in it, but the system had to be ordered that way. Of course, this is around the time that a 20MB (yes, I said MB, not GB) hard drive would cost you a ton of money.
Amazingly enough, MS Word and Excel were originally Macintosh applications (Powerpoint may have been one too, but my memory fades...).
Historical example follows: Ever wonder why there was a sudden jump in version numbers for MS Word for Windows from 2.0 to 6.0? MS Word 2.0 for Windows was released around the same time as MS Word 5.0 for Macintosh; so when the time came to upgrade both, they changed the version numbers to match. This was also the start of MS products for the MacOS sucking like a 1000HP vacuum cleaner.
More useless history: Word 6.0 was the immediate forerunner of Word 7.0, which was most often seen in MS Office 95, and the srart of the major bundling of apps that created the MS Office juggernaut we see today.
Oh good... I have only taken apart a couple of the old models, before they switched to a slot-load CD drive. My wife picked up a late model slot-loader recently, but I haven't really looked at it other than to add more RAM. I didn't really look for/notice the battery at the time...
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Nice to see that the PRAM battery (the purple thing you see when you open the RAM access door) is readily accessible without taking apart the whole box. The G3 iMacs have to be taken apart to get to it. I know you only replace it every 2-4 years (I still have a 5 year old 8600 with the original battery, but YMMV), but it's nice to see that you can replace it easily when it does eventually die.
I really wasn't thinking of bypassing existing security measures, I was thinking of this method as a way to secure the computer and/or data. Network bootable disk images would depend on the security of ther server and the network. Physical access to the server is as bad or worse than the client workstation.
So, if the system is set up to only boot off the network server or it is set to boot to a specifically named removable hard drive (not sure if you can do this with Target Disk Mode), then it should be a bit more secure. This, of course, precludes keyboard taps to capture passwords, etc.
Physical security is always part of the secruity equation, so here's a somewhat ridiculous method, and one that can work well in a school environment.
Remove the internal hard drive, or ensure that there is no OS installed on it (data only), set up an external firewire drive with everything you need (OS, Apps, etc.), and set the system to boot from that drive. When you're done, take the hard drive with you.
Alternatively, you could also boot this same system off an OSX server volume (ala diskless Unix workstations) Apple demonstrated that capability with an early dsitro of OSX Server to 50 diskless iMacs a while back. Here's a reference: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=601 68
Outlook (not Outlook Express) for Macintosh was at best a bastard stepchild of the MS Windows version of Outlook. A simple example: Outlook for Mac can only access Exchange servers, unlike the Windows version which can also access other Internet (POP/IMAP) servers. Shared resources such as Conference rooms: Outlook for Mac users cannot reserve a conference room, while Windows users can.
Microsoft has more or less stated (although changes are still under consideration) that an OSX version of Outlook, if developed, or updates to Entourage.X would still not have feature parity with the Windows version of Outlook. (That was my impression from the briefing that Kevin Browne gave at the Silicon Valley Speaker series back on April 10th)
My doctor's office, and my daughter's pediatrician still use Win 3.11. They have a nice medical billing program that calls up credit info via modem (yep, those still work too:-)), and a simple data entry program to track patients. Works like a charm. They have absolutely no reason to upgrade anything except when something breaks. I would rather they spend my money on getting good medical equipment rather than upgrading computer hardware for no good reason.
Or it could be like the infamous three position "Lucas switch" of British Car fame: Off, Dim, Flicker.
My interpretation of the Lucas switch: Dim, Flicker, Short (after which you let all of the smoke out of the wire, which causes it to quit working)
For those of you that have tinkered with British or Italian cars, you have dealt with this before (or will soon).:-)
For those of you who haven't, Lucas is the company that supplied/supplies the British automotive industry with electrical components (switches, relays, etc.) The early design of their electrical connectors left much to be desired. Ironically, this same company produces some of the best brakes and other hydraulic components in the industry (Lucas-Girling).
Only if you don't have the task bar at the bottom of the screen. It's amazing that most people who use MS Windows don't know that you can move it around. (For those of you who don't subject yourselves to MS Windows 9x/NT4.0+, the first thing your mouse moves over when you click on the "Start" button when the taskbar is at the bottom of the screen (default position) is the shutdown command.)
...happens to be in the thesaurus. (except that I can't say "Windows XP's use of Passport (and tie-ins to Hailstorm) is idiotic." since that would violate the EULA for all future MS products.) I guess I'll have to use an OS that lets me get some work done.
The hard drive is probably a Fuji/Toshiba 5GB 1.8 inch drive, which retails for about $399 in a Type II PC Card package (see link shamelessly stolen from ibookzone.com - http://www.toshiba.com/taecdpd/products/features/M K5002mpl-Over.shtml
(no spaces in the URL, btw)
Hopefully the iPod will come down in price when the drive gets cheaper/larger capacity.
Hmmm... I remember a similar trademark suit that was successfully negotiated between Digital Corp. and a British vacuum cleaner company. Both companies had products named "VAX". The agreement was that Digital wouldn't make vacuum cleaners and the vacuum cleaner company wouldn't make computers.
Of course, making computers that suck is another matter:-)
(Actually (IMHO), the VAX computers of the time were damn good machines. Sears sold the VAX vacuum cleaners here and they really sucked, which is a good thing for a vacuum cleaner)
Ah yes, the infamous flippy floppy... I remember it well! I still have a box of some 5 1/4 disks from an old TRS-80 Model III that I punched to double the capacity. This, of course, was back when a box of 10 5 1/4 floppies single-sided floppies cost $25.00.
Your example of when stores were smaller and people friendlier has a minor flaw. You, as a patron of that store, often knew as much abour the shopkeeper as he/she did about you. We don't have that option in this case.
Interesting thought to have a Javascript that makes a webpage act as a giant rollover. Perhaps one which tracks cursor coordinates in realtime, along with mouse button presses...
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Try this...
http://www.appleskinz.com/
Have you tried Pagespinner from Optima Systems? I have used it with BBEdit and GoLive to build sites. http://www.optima-system.com/pagespinner/
Probably, but would the Alpha male of the pack be a Digital Unix box on top of a doberman?
1995? Funny, in 1993 I bought an LC III (just a touch under $900 at the time when most systems on either side of the fence were $2000+) and it had an internal 200MB hard drive... maybe you're thinking 1985? The SE/30 I used at a publishing job had a hard drive in it, but the system had to be ordered that way. Of course, this is around the time that a 20MB (yes, I said MB, not GB) hard drive would cost you a ton of money.
Solid!
Amazingly enough, MS Word and Excel were originally Macintosh applications (Powerpoint may have been one too, but my memory fades...).
Historical example follows:
Ever wonder why there was a sudden jump in version numbers for MS Word for Windows from 2.0 to 6.0? MS Word 2.0 for Windows was released around the same time as MS Word 5.0 for Macintosh; so when the time came to upgrade both, they changed the version numbers to match. This was also the start of MS products for the MacOS sucking like a 1000HP vacuum cleaner.
More useless history: Word 6.0 was the immediate forerunner of Word 7.0, which was most often seen in MS Office 95, and the srart of the major bundling of apps that created the MS Office juggernaut we see today.
I seems that was Kubric's intended reaction to most of his movies was exactly that...Huh?
(This comment is meant to be humorous. Take two of these and laugh about something in the morning)
Oh good... I have only taken apart a couple of the old models, before they switched to a slot-load CD drive. My wife picked up a late model slot-loader recently, but I haven't really looked at it other than to add more RAM. I didn't really look for/notice the battery at the time...
Nice to see that the PRAM battery (the purple thing you see when you open the RAM access door) is readily accessible without taking apart the whole box. The G3 iMacs have to be taken apart to get to it. I know you only replace it every 2-4 years (I still have a 5 year old 8600 with the original battery, but YMMV), but it's nice to see that you can replace it easily when it does eventually die.
So I wonder which one will Mini offer? (BMW subsidiary, http://www.mini.com)
I really wasn't thinking of bypassing existing security measures, I was thinking of this method as a way to secure the computer and/or data. Network bootable disk images would depend on the security of ther server and the network. Physical access to the server is as bad or worse than the client workstation.
So, if the system is set up to only boot off the network server or it is set to boot to a specifically named removable hard drive (not sure if you can do this with Target Disk Mode), then it should be a bit more secure. This, of course, precludes keyboard taps to capture passwords, etc.
Physical security is always part of the secruity equation, so here's a somewhat ridiculous method, and one that can work well in a school environment.
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Remove the internal hard drive, or ensure that there is no OS installed on it (data only), set up an external firewire drive with everything you need (OS, Apps, etc.), and set the system to boot from that drive. When you're done, take the hard drive with you.
Alternatively, you could also boot this same system off an OSX server volume (ala diskless Unix workstations) Apple demonstrated that capability with an early dsitro of OSX Server to 50 diskless iMacs a while back. Here's a reference: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=60
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/events/svspeake r/04-10browne.asp
(microsoft.com)
Entourage.X will talk to an Exchange server via IMAP, but doesn't do calendaring.
Ximian definitely has a chance to make something good for OSX here.
My doctor's office, and my daughter's pediatrician still use Win 3.11. They have a nice medical billing program that calls up credit info via modem (yep, those still work too :-)), and a simple data entry program to track patients. Works like a charm. They have absolutely no reason to upgrade anything except when something breaks. I would rather they spend my money on getting good medical equipment rather than upgrading computer hardware for no good reason.
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Next time, warn everybody that you're going to mess with our minds like that!
Ballmer...*shudder*
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So we have God working for Satan??? Talk about a corporate take-over!
(Old Reference: What's the difference between God and Larry Ellison? God doesn't think he's Larry Ellison.)
My interpretation of the Lucas switch: Dim, Flicker, Short (after which you let all of the smoke out of the wire, which causes it to quit working)
For those of you that have tinkered with British or Italian cars, you have dealt with this before (or will soon).
For those of you who haven't, Lucas is the company that supplied/supplies the British automotive industry with electrical components (switches, relays, etc.) The early design of their electrical connectors left much to be desired. Ironically, this same company produces some of the best brakes and other hydraulic components in the industry (Lucas-Girling).
(no spaces in the URL, btw)
Hopefully the iPod will come down in price when the drive gets cheaper/larger capacity.
(yes, it's a flaming troll... live with it)
Of course, making computers that suck is another matter
(Actually (IMHO), the VAX computers of the time were damn good machines. Sears sold the VAX vacuum cleaners here and they really sucked, which is a good thing for a vacuum cleaner)
Actually, I was hoping for Robert Guillaume to show up on DS9; even if it was only a cameo.
Interesting thought to have a Javascript that makes a webpage act as a giant rollover. Perhaps one which tracks cursor coordinates in realtime, along with mouse button presses...