This great new Mov2Mack-product not only transfers all your data into the Mac, it also transfers the whole look and feel of the Windoors environment you have used to.
This great new Mov2Mack installs a Freeze2Mack-app that by random freezes your new Mack computer three times a day, and gives you a blue screen at least twice a week. But not only this, you also get a free bonus Viral2Mack-app that simulates the behavior of most commonly known viruses on the Windoors environment. It sends all your most private documents to every email fount on your Mack.
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I had a similar problem with my old BatBook (G3 PowerBook). But the problem was solved with a correct modem script + reading the instructions (VERY important).
http://www.taniwha.org.uk/
That is a very good site for modem scripts for all phones. Of course I used IrDA, but if your Mac can see the phone via Bluetooth, it should work exactly like with IrDA (only better). Anyway, after installing the proper scripts and reading the help-file of how to use the script, I had no problem with Nokia 6310 or Ericsson T39 to have a good GPRS connection.
Actually I could use the T39 even without the scripts, once I figured out how to set the GPRS settings into the phone. Something I couldn't do with the Nokia. Then I just dialed (from my Mac ofcourse) *98*2# instead of the phone number. The *98 stands for dial GPRS, and the *2 for which GPRS set to use - the # is just to terminate the string.
PS. Don't worry about some of the scripts being OS 9, they work with OS X too...
Apple actually has (at least) two different cards for desktop G4s. There is the 32meg 2MX and the 64meg 2MX TwinView. These are for the normal tower G4's AGP-slot - I'm not talking about the iMac/eMac here.
While the two 2MXs look quite the same, and both have analog (VGA or HD15) and digital (ADC) connectors, they are quite diffenrent from "inside". The 32meg version can only push identical video to both connectors. On the other hand the 64meg TwinView can support two simultanious monitors (screen spanning) - hence the name.
What I don't know though could the 32meg be hacked to support screen spanning. This depends on the internenal structure of the board. Most PC's 2MX cards cannot be modified, as the hardware is built that way. (Of course they have DVI instead of ADC, but that changes nothing.)
So... if I told you I was reading slashdot wirelessly on my Newton 2100 would that make you buy one faster?:)
Unfortunately I was aware that this was under development...
Fortunately I didn't know it worked that well already...
Unfortunately you told me this, and now I'm gonna be quite a few Euros poorer...
The handwriting on the things was actually very nice, especially considering how long ago they first appeared.
The handwriting recongnition was great, and still is. Even Apple seems to think so as they based their new OS X's Inkwell on it. I hear the Inkwell even has some of the Newton's hidden gimmicks left in...
I have a question about sync methods though.
Yes, you can sync Newton via serial, IR, and ethernet. Only catch is that it only supported EtherTalk, no TCP/IP......and of course none of that (yet) exists for OS X. (Apart from this
Maybe I should go out and get me one of these Newtons again? I guess Apple store don't sell them any more...
iSync is something that I had been waiting for a loong time. Now that the beta is out - I'm disappointed!
But first I have to point out that I haven't had the time to fiddle around with it much yet. But I've come to expect from Apple products, that I don't have to fiddle around. They're supposed to "just work". I have three buts:
NO IrDA support at all! So, I cannot sync my Nokia 6310. Yes, the Nokia has Bluetooth, but I don't have the dongle for my Mac yet. Hope the dongle will work when it arrives...
iPod synced incorrectly! I cleared the iPod totally (calendar & contacts anyway) and synced. Synced contacts ok, but swapped the place of two of my iCal calendars. No idea why yet. Luckily I don't use the iPod for calendar anyway, this was just a test.
Couldn't get my Palm 505 to sync! I followed the readme, but no sync. VERY disappointed!
So, at the moment the iSync is totally useless to me. I hope to have a look at it over the weekend, but that's something I'm not supposed to do with Mac - to spend time getting things to work like they're supposed to...
Ok, I know it's a beta. But their adds were toting the release of iSync in September. All I got was a non-working beta. That's why I'm disappointed. Guess I'll just have to wait for the "real thing"?
Even knowingly this might escale into yet another stupid and useless flamewar, I'll answer to the posting... Anyway I do propose that people read the text they are about to flame before firing their flamers. And this would apply to the above also...
Anyway I guess I hit the spot by comparing this to religion, as it's something the believers do NOT want to hear - the truth. (And this goes for all believers, not just for Church Apple...)
And as for reply to the above? Let me repeat myself: read before firing! 1) I am not using free email now, I pay to an ISP for my connection that comes with mailbox. That is a choise I made. Nothing is free... 2) I do contribute back to the community - I just don't consider a corporation being "a community" that I should contribute to. Linux community is a community, while Apple & Microsoft are not. I hear no one complain if one is not willing to pay to Microsoft for similar services, and converts to Linux? 3) And of me not giving my real email to Apple? They have the chance of answering me to my mac.com -mail before they shut it down. Like I would think that they cared enough for the needs of a user to answer... And even if they would, I doubt that they'd have the time as they must have loads of angry email about this...
But enough said - flamers usually don't read messages this long before firing off...
I was at a local happening here in Finland watching Steve Jobs' speech at the show yesterday. The happening was organised by Apple Finland, and was set in nice surroundings. The snack bar was great and the general atmosphere was very positive as Mac believers gathered to hear the high priest talk to them via the great Internet... The beleivers (me included) were pleased to see and hear their high priest talk with lot of adjectives in his speech. Some of us even cheered in religious extacy......but then something happened...
The high priest started talking in strange voice! Many believers could hear the voice of the enemy in his voice. Even though the high priest tried making some jokes about the enemy, still the voice of the enemy could be heared in his speech....and then it came! He announced that he had lost his faith and he was now speaking with the voice of the enemy!
He even named his new holy artifact after the enemy. I could sense the disbelief in the room. I could even sense the disbelief in the room across the Atlantic! Believers started to open their eyes - they had been worshiping a false icon all along! They had been led to believe that this was the way to enlightment. But now the true nature of this false religion started to show - it is just another religion of many others, all bowing to the enemy...
Well, I for one woke up! I woke from the dream I had been living happily for a few years ow. I used to serve the enemy, I tried other religions and finally settled to this one. But yesterday's speech from the (false) high priest opened my eyes!
I am now changing back to my old religion that serves the Penguin. I was going to buy a new portable artifact this fall, and still am - but it will not be of this religion. The artifact that I will buy shall be of the true religion - I see it now clear!
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Yes, I am changing back to Linux! I thought OS X would be it, but after yestedays speech I understood that Apple is not an alternative to Microsoft, it's just another derivate of it. Both your OS X 10.2 policy and your incomprihensible iTools to.mac policy switch have convinced me of this.
I'm glad there exists still a real alternative!
I for one am selling my old G4 (while I still can get some money of it) and buying a PC with the money. And the laptop I'll be buying will now be a PC too......both with Linux, as I can do everything with them that I could with a.mac (sorry got the . before the end of the sentence...)
Regretfully yours,
Tuukka Uusheimo
PS. If you even bother to answer this - I'll be reading my mac.com mail until it closes. After that I'll continue my REAL email address, that I get with my ISP account with no extra charge. I for sure am not giving you that address, as I do not want your spam into that address - not any more...
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True!
But at least for G4 I can't fit in a second CD/DVD/??? -drive in without doing some metal work. At least in the "old" (not quicksilver) G4 case the lower space has metal brackets for 3.5" form drives (such as Zip drive) only. And I still am looking for the DVD-burner to fit into that (and still use use stadard DVDs). *GRIN* Maybe with some sort of "hardware compression technology"?
No, seriously. It's easy to replace the internal drive with anything (supported). I replaced my internal DVD-RAM with a Sony CD-RW (a model that Apple used in another G4-model) I got cheaply - works perfectly directly from OS, no Toast needed. Only problem is I have to swap in the DVD-RAM to watch movies... I would love to put them both in at once, but I hesitate to cut my G4 case to bits - maybe I'll just buy a PC case and fit everything in that...
But as for fitting a DVD-R in, I see no reason why it shouldn't work as well (provided model matches those of used by Apple). It seems Apple has used the same (PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-104) drive in both G4s and iMacs. Ofcourse you'll be voiding the warranty and all that, but you can find a pretty good list at Dantz's site: http://www.dantz.com/index.php3?SCREEN=osx_ apple_o pt_compat_dev
The problem with both these phones is that they are 1st generation camphones, which means they are just to get the markets ready for these sort of products. Both of them are big and heavy. Both of them have crappy plastic lens in the camera (corners of the picture are distorted and out of focus. So as for myself, you wont find me carrying one around...
As for differences between these two? Well the p800 is closer to a PDA, but still short of real PDA. While 7650 is closer to a phone, but still too big. They BOTH have Bluetooth, while only p800 has Memory Stick slot (although Sony's Memory Stick pricing s*cks big time!)
And as for sending these MMS messages? As long as the price of GPRS is at rip-off x Euro / MB rate, I see no future for it. Gimme a flat rate GPRS, and I'll reconsider...
I have to confess I haven't used a iBook (yet) for a long time, but instead I have used TiBooks. I've had Ti:s (500 and later 550) since they came out. And love them!
Ofcourse it is always hard to compare a used and a new computer, but if you can find one, I would recommend getting a used TiBook. There are several advantages you get:
1) More power. G4/400 will outperform the G3/700 easily. But do you really need it?
2) PCMCIA-slot. You might just need it! And BTW the AirPort card fits elswhere.
3) Better display & external display connector. You can have double displays when at home/office.
4) Infrared, this is something the iBook lags!
BUT, you do loose some too! With used laptop, you get used battery. Although well looked after (1yr old) battery gave me easily 4 hours of writing time. Also the TiBook has larger footprint than the iBook.
So I have to say it will be a tough choise! But one thing I still cannot stop marvelling about is the instant sleep/wakeup when closing/opening the lid. And with TiBook you could also change the battery when it is sleeping (in case you do have an extra battery), so no shutdown/restart is needed! COOL! I have to yet test this with iBook...
But which ever you buy, think about it. (Well, obviously you will, as you even asked some comments from/.)
I for one, am going to downgrade my laptop! (So, shoot me for doing that!) But I am for real. I have a nice Titanium PowerBook at the moment, but I have noticed that all I use it for (on the road) is for eMails & Web browsing, maybe some doc writing from time to time. Why the h*ll (pardon my French) am I carrying around such an expencive piece of hardware?
Well, I am a sucker too, that's why. What I also noticed, was that when I DO need power, is when I'm at home. So, now I'm downgrading my Titanium to cheap used iBook, while buying a low-end G4 desktop for home. And I can do all this with the price I get from my Titanium!
OK, I admit! It would be nice if the Titanium would have double the power, double the screen, quadruple the hard drive, plus a lot more. But I don't want to shed any more Euros for that......till then I'll stick with two Macs!
But what is interesting, is that where they bad before they started using PCs/Motorolas - or was it just the user interface that srewed up their minds?
In my opinion this policy of Apple s*cks big time!
I personally use Quicktime only to view net-videos. For all editing and other stuff I use other software. The 42+ euros just for better resolution is just not worth it! This really is yet an other example of money-hungry-sales-oriented-idiocy. All Apple is doing is shooting it's own foot - again!
This kind of policy only turns people away from Quicktime to competing (free) viewers, or to use pirated versions of Quicktime Pro! I cannot see how this is in the interests of Apple?
Personally I usually just skip the videos that require Quicktime Pro. I wouldn't bother to use a pirated version, and certainly am not willing to pay the 42 euros for it. - After all I'm not going to miss out on anything important...
...the floppies themselves used to be bigger than these superflat-TFT-equipped ultra-slim notebooks!
Back in those days I used to curse my flats fuses for being 16A only, as I couldn't boot the PDP-11s hard drives as they were too much to handle for the fuses......luckily we found out there was a 400V outlet in the basement we could wire to power the three washing machine sized computer and hard drive units. (And yes, there must be someone out there looking after me, as I'm still alive!)
But still, I'm quite happy with my PB Titanium, as I can run all the emulators I want on it - and now I can fit all these relics in my backpack too...
Couldn't resist the urge to reply to this one...
As for use for Bluetooth, I see a contradiction in your comment. Firstly you mock the Bluetooth connection between PDA & Mac. Then you wish for a Bluetooth between iPod & Mac. I personally wouldn't replace Firewire with Bluetooth, as you would never reach the speed with Bluetooth that you get with Firewire. And when using the iPod as an external HD or transfering MP3s to and from it, you do appriciate the speed. On the other hand PDA syncing is quite a small affair, and Bluetooth, USB or even serial is quite sufficient.
As for the cell phone speed? I'm quite happy with my GPRS phone's speed (9-46k, depending on net traffic) and can't wait to get my hands on the Mac's USB-Bluetooth adapter. Of course I prefer the cable at home or office, but on the road I don't have much choise. Of course I don't know where abouts you live and the 9k may be your only option, but at least here in Finland we get the GPRS-option.
And about the Bluetooth remote control? That would indeed be cool, if only my "hifi" would support it too...
And a comment about the original article: I do think it's great that kids out there do these hacks. Even if its usefull only to yourself - keep on hackin'!
...maybe so, but I do like it when people get their facts straight. According to the article the kid who made this hack is 14.
Yes, I know it doesn't make much of a difference, but still this is how the Net (slashdot alike) distorts information so quickly and easily. And on the other hand, back when I was 14 it was very important that I was not confused to an 11 year old kid...
And as for the usefullness of this hack? Who cares if it's usefull? I say that its great that there still are kids out there who do this kind of hacks, even if none find it usefull. Most of the hacks I did back when I was a kid were not usefull to anyone but me. But they sure tought me stuff and that's why I can call myself a pro nowadays - not because of the degrees, they're only worth the paper they're printed on. It's knowledge that counts, not degrees!
And lastly on the usefullness of offline news readers in general. While some people do not find them usefull at all, some do. I for myself like to read news off my PDA while sitting in the metro on my way to work. Yes, I could do it with my phone too, but the screen is too small for it and GPRS does have problems underground...
It could be done, providing someone would be idiot enough to build appropriate software to do it. I use the word idiot here for a purpose! This because Bluetooth protocol was never designed to handle network trafic. Although it can easily handle a small 2-5 computer network, but still I would definately recommend using WLAN (AirPort) for this. It was built for this purpose! Secondly there is the signal strenght issue. Bluetooth was never designed to cover such a wide are as WLAN, so these small USB-dongle-adapters do not have the power to penetrate walls as well as AirPort network. With Airport you can easily cover your whole appartment with one base station.
And I can recommend from experience the AirPort, It's great just lying down with my laptop and reading my eMail... As for Bluetooth in general, I can't wait to get my hands on it! I can finally sync my PDA without cables... ...if someone would just figure out a way to distribute power without cables...
I know this is going to lead this discussion even further away from the origin, but I still think it's worth mentioning...
The only PDA that ever has come close to the Newton (IMHO at least) is the Psions. They did perfect their PDAs for long time, and it shows. The old Psion 3, even without touch screen is unusually well thought out. But with Psion 5 and the touch screen it was even better. And the keyboard on Psion 5 is still the best one out. And everything is packed into such compact package! (I know the Psion revo is smaller, but it has no backlight & no expansion, so I'll disregard it here!)
The only problem with Psion, if comparing to Newton, is that it still suffers from it's keyboard oriented history. One can do most things with the stylus quite easily, but after you learn the quick-key combinations you'll end up using less and less stylus.
I would say that in the Ideal World, The PDA would be the size of Psion 5 (with it's keyboard) and have the operating system & software of Newton. Yeah ok, maybe a color screen would be nice too, and Bluetooth and a MMC-reader and builtin IBM's 1gig MicroDrive and...
...and the I woke up, and read that Psion too has cancelled PDA production! Why do all the good things die?
And to get back to the original point of Newton. One thing that amaized about it was it's unbelievable style of memory management. I've never heared anyone using it after Newton in any other PDA! Was it patented or why?
Impressive for its day - in every aspect. Still impressive - would it not be for its size.
That's mainly my point. I used to have a Newton 120, and I'm still longing for it. For example the cut&paste -feature with pen was something else. I would just throw the cut (or copied) text to the top corner of the screen. Then at my target application just take the cutted object from the top corner and paste it where I wanted.
Another feature was the ability to have links to other documents. For example in calendar I could link people and documents into a meeting the way I wanted.
These two are just some of the features I miss. I've tried Palms, Psions, even WinCE PDAs and they all lack the same ease of use the Newton had......would the Newton only be smaller, I would run straight to my nearest dealer to get one! (Ofcourse there are no dealers left, now that Apple did cancel the Newton years back...)
I cannot think of why not? Specially if the Clie you got has USB-cradle. Ive heard from several people using Handsprings that the Palm Desktop 4 works fine with their "unsupported" Visors.
Now, this what I'm about to write next is NOT a fact, but some hearsay that I couldn't yet verify:
I heard that Steve Jobs used a Sony Clie to demo the Bluetooth for OS X at Tokyo. Please, if anyone can verify this - or correct me if this is not true - please do so, now!
Yeah, sure it's cool that Apple releases a updated cinema monitor (about time someone might add). I'm just one of those sorry sods that own a PowerBook, and have to settle to a analog-monitor. As the PB is my only computer I have to live with a huge tube sitting on my desk. Well, at least it's easier to turn around than the Apple flats...
I can only wonder how Apple doesn't offer any monitors for PB owners at all! I wish there only was an Apple monitor to suit the coolness of the Ti-PB...
Meanwhile I'll just spray-paint my old Sony tube with silver paint...
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This great new Mov2Mack-product not only transfers all your data into the Mac, it also transfers the whole look and feel of the Windoors environment you have used to.
This great new Mov2Mack installs a Freeze2Mack-app that by random freezes your new Mack computer three times a day, and gives you a blue screen at least twice a week. But not only this, you also get a free bonus Viral2Mack-app that simulates the behavior of most commonly known viruses on the Windoors environment. It sends all your most private documents to every email fount on your Mack.
Buy now, and get also free can of beige paint to spray your Mack to that color you have accustomed to...
I had a similar problem with my old BatBook (G3 PowerBook). But the problem was solved with a correct modem script + reading the instructions (VERY important).
http://www.taniwha.org.uk/
That is a very good site for modem scripts for all phones. Of course I used IrDA, but if your Mac can see the phone via Bluetooth, it should work exactly like with IrDA (only better). Anyway, after installing the proper scripts and reading the help-file of how to use the script, I had no problem with Nokia 6310 or Ericsson T39 to have a good GPRS connection.
Actually I could use the T39 even without the scripts, once I figured out how to set the GPRS settings into the phone. Something I couldn't do with the Nokia. Then I just dialed (from my Mac ofcourse) *98*2# instead of the phone number. The *98 stands for dial GPRS, and the *2 for which GPRS set to use - the # is just to terminate the string.
PS. Don't worry about some of the scripts being OS 9, they work with OS X too...
Apple actually has (at least) two different cards for desktop G4s. There is the 32meg 2MX and the 64meg 2MX TwinView. These are for the normal tower G4's AGP-slot - I'm not talking about the iMac/eMac here.
While the two 2MXs look quite the same, and both have analog (VGA or HD15) and digital (ADC) connectors, they are quite diffenrent from "inside". The 32meg version can only push identical video to both connectors. On the other hand the 64meg TwinView can support two simultanious monitors (screen spanning) - hence the name.
What I don't know though could the 32meg be hacked to support screen spanning. This depends on the internenal structure of the board. Most PC's 2MX cards cannot be modified, as the hardware is built that way. (Of course they have DVI instead of ADC, but that changes nothing.)
Fortunately I didn't know it worked that well already...
Unfortunately you told me this, and now I'm gonna be quite a few Euros poorer...
But seriously, the link you gave was a good one!
Yes, you can sync Newton via serial, IR, and ethernet. Only catch is that it only supported EtherTalk, no TCP/IP...
Maybe I should go out and get me one of these Newtons again? I guess Apple store don't sell them any more...
iKnow the Mac (praise the Lord) is better than the PC that the heretics use, 'cos Steve told me so in my dream.
You call me a fanatic, and iKill you!
PS. Do iMacs dream of iSheep?
But first I have to point out that I haven't had the time to fiddle around with it much yet. But I've come to expect from Apple products, that I don't have to fiddle around. They're supposed to "just work". I have three buts:
- NO IrDA support at all! So, I cannot sync my Nokia 6310. Yes, the Nokia has Bluetooth, but I don't have the dongle for my Mac yet. Hope the dongle will work when it arrives...
- iPod synced incorrectly! I cleared the iPod totally (calendar & contacts anyway) and synced. Synced contacts ok, but swapped the place of two of my iCal calendars. No idea why yet. Luckily I don't use the iPod for calendar anyway, this was just a test.
- Couldn't get my Palm 505 to sync! I followed the readme, but no sync. VERY disappointed!
So, at the moment the iSync is totally useless to me. I hope to have a look at it over the weekend, but that's something I'm not supposed to do with Mac - to spend time getting things to work like they're supposed to...Ok, I know it's a beta. But their adds were toting the release of iSync in September. All I got was a non-working beta. That's why I'm disappointed. Guess I'll just have to wait for the "real thing"?
Even knowingly this might escale into yet another stupid and useless flamewar, I'll answer to the posting... Anyway I do propose that people read the text they are about to flame before firing their flamers. And this would apply to the above also...
Anyway I guess I hit the spot by comparing this to religion, as it's something the believers do NOT want to hear - the truth. (And this goes for all believers, not just for Church Apple...)
And as for reply to the above? Let me repeat myself: read before firing!
1) I am not using free email now, I pay to an ISP for my connection that comes with mailbox. That is a choise I made. Nothing is free...
2) I do contribute back to the community - I just don't consider a corporation being "a community" that I should contribute to. Linux community is a community, while Apple & Microsoft are not. I hear no one complain if one is not willing to pay to Microsoft for similar services, and converts to Linux?
3) And of me not giving my real email to Apple? They have the chance of answering me to my mac.com -mail before they shut it down. Like I would think that they cared enough for the needs of a user to answer... And even if they would, I doubt that they'd have the time as they must have loads of angry email about this...
But enough said - flamers usually don't read messages this long before firing off...
Here is my eMail to Apple, I rest my case:
...but then something happened...
...and then it came! He announced that he had lost his faith and he was now speaking with the voice of the enemy!
.mac policy switch have convinced me of this.
...both with Linux, as I can do everything with them that I could with a .mac (sorry got the . before the end of the sentence...)
Dear(?) Apple,
I was at a local happening here in Finland watching Steve Jobs' speech at the show yesterday. The happening was organised by Apple Finland, and was set in nice surroundings. The snack bar was great and the general atmosphere was very positive as Mac believers gathered to hear the high priest talk to them via the great Internet... The beleivers (me included) were pleased to see and hear their high priest talk with lot of adjectives in his speech. Some of us even cheered in religious extacy...
The high priest started talking in strange voice! Many believers could hear the voice of the enemy in his voice. Even though the high priest tried making some jokes about the enemy, still the voice of the enemy could be heared in his speech.
He even named his new holy artifact after the enemy. I could sense the disbelief in the room. I could even sense the disbelief in the room across the Atlantic! Believers started to open their eyes - they had been worshiping a false icon all along! They had been led to believe that this was the way to enlightment. But now the true nature of this false religion started to show - it is just another religion of many others, all bowing to the enemy...
Well, I for one woke up! I woke from the dream I had been living happily for a few years ow. I used to serve the enemy, I tried other religions and finally settled to this one. But yesterday's speech from the (false) high priest opened my eyes!
I am now changing back to my old religion that serves the Penguin. I was going to buy a new portable artifact this fall, and still am - but it will not be of this religion. The artifact that I will buy shall be of the true religion - I see it now clear!
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Yes, I am changing back to Linux! I thought OS X would be it, but after yestedays speech I understood that Apple is not an alternative to Microsoft, it's just another derivate of it. Both your OS X 10.2 policy and your incomprihensible iTools to
I'm glad there exists still a real alternative!
I for one am selling my old G4 (while I still can get some money of it) and buying a PC with the money. And the laptop I'll be buying will now be a PC too...
Regretfully yours,
Tuukka Uusheimo
PS. If you even bother to answer this - I'll be reading my mac.com mail until it closes. After that I'll continue my REAL email address, that I get with my ISP account with no extra charge. I for sure am not giving you that address, as I do not want your spam into that address - not any more...
True!
_ apple_o pt_compat_dev
But at least for G4 I can't fit in a second CD/DVD/??? -drive in without doing some metal work. At least in the "old" (not quicksilver) G4 case the lower space has metal brackets for 3.5" form drives (such as Zip drive) only. And I still am looking for the DVD-burner to fit into that (and still use use stadard DVDs). *GRIN* Maybe with some sort of "hardware compression technology"?
No, seriously. It's easy to replace the internal drive with anything (supported). I replaced my internal DVD-RAM with a Sony CD-RW (a model that Apple used in another G4-model) I got cheaply - works perfectly directly from OS, no Toast needed. Only problem is I have to swap in the DVD-RAM to watch movies... I would love to put them both in at once, but I hesitate to cut my G4 case to bits - maybe I'll just buy a PC case and fit everything in that...
But as for fitting a DVD-R in, I see no reason why it shouldn't work as well (provided model matches those of used by Apple). It seems Apple has used the same (PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-104) drive in both G4s and iMacs. Ofcourse you'll be voiding the warranty and all that, but you can find a pretty good list at Dantz's site:
http://www.dantz.com/index.php3?SCREEN=osx
Enjoy...
Well I agree with you, partly...
The problem with both these phones is that they are 1st generation camphones, which means they are just to get the markets ready for these sort of products. Both of them are big and heavy. Both of them have crappy plastic lens in the camera (corners of the picture are distorted and out of focus. So as for myself, you wont find me carrying one around...
As for differences between these two? Well the p800 is closer to a PDA, but still short of real PDA. While 7650 is closer to a phone, but still too big. They BOTH have Bluetooth, while only p800 has Memory Stick slot (although Sony's Memory Stick pricing s*cks big time!)
And as for sending these MMS messages? As long as the price of GPRS is at rip-off x Euro / MB rate, I see no future for it. Gimme a flat rate GPRS, and I'll reconsider...
I have to confess I haven't used a iBook (yet) for a long time, but instead I have used TiBooks. I've had Ti:s (500 and later 550) since they came out. And love them!
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Ofcourse it is always hard to compare a used and a new computer, but if you can find one, I would recommend getting a used TiBook. There are several advantages you get:
1) More power. G4/400 will outperform the G3/700 easily. But do you really need it? 2) PCMCIA-slot. You might just need it! And BTW the AirPort card fits elswhere. 3) Better display & external display connector. You can have double displays when at home/office. 4) Infrared, this is something the iBook lags!
BUT, you do loose some too! With used laptop, you get used battery. Although well looked after (1yr old) battery gave me easily 4 hours of writing time. Also the TiBook has larger footprint than the iBook.
So I have to say it will be a tough choise! But one thing I still cannot stop marvelling about is the instant sleep/wakeup when closing/opening the lid. And with TiBook you could also change the battery when it is sleeping (in case you do have an extra battery), so no shutdown/restart is needed! COOL! I have to yet test this with iBook...
But which ever you buy, think about it. (Well, obviously you will, as you even asked some comments from
I couldn't agree more!
...till then I'll stick with two Macs!
I for one, am going to downgrade my laptop! (So, shoot me for doing that!) But I am for real. I have a nice Titanium PowerBook at the moment, but I have noticed that all I use it for (on the road) is for eMails & Web browsing, maybe some doc writing from time to time. Why the h*ll (pardon my French) am I carrying around such an expencive piece of hardware?
Well, I am a sucker too, that's why. What I also noticed, was that when I DO need power, is when I'm at home. So, now I'm downgrading my Titanium to cheap used iBook, while buying a low-end G4 desktop for home. And I can do all this with the price I get from my Titanium!
OK, I admit! It would be nice if the Titanium would have double the power, double the screen, quadruple the hard drive, plus a lot more. But I don't want to shed any more Euros for that...
Yes the G4s are designed by Motorola, and all credit to them for that!
But they should stick with what the know - like the engineering of new processors. They shouldn't try on anything new it seems - like UI-design...
...and I won't even go into case design topic at all...
...Nokia phones.
And quite often the bad guys use Motorolas...
But what is interesting, is that where they bad before they started using PCs/Motorolas - or was it just the user interface that srewed up their minds?
In my opinion this policy of Apple s*cks big time!
I personally use Quicktime only to view net-videos. For all editing and other stuff I use other software. The 42+ euros just for better resolution is just not worth it! This really is yet an other example of money-hungry-sales-oriented-idiocy. All Apple is doing is shooting it's own foot - again!
This kind of policy only turns people away from Quicktime to competing (free) viewers, or to use pirated versions of Quicktime Pro! I cannot see how this is in the interests of Apple?
Personally I usually just skip the videos that require Quicktime Pro. I wouldn't bother to use a pirated version, and certainly am not willing to pay the 42 euros for it. - After all I'm not going to miss out on anything important...
...the floppies themselves used to be bigger than these superflat-TFT-equipped ultra-slim notebooks!
...luckily we found out there was a 400V outlet in the basement we could wire to power the three washing machine sized computer and hard drive units. (And yes, there must be someone out there looking after me, as I'm still alive!)
Back in those days I used to curse my flats fuses for being 16A only, as I couldn't boot the PDP-11s hard drives as they were too much to handle for the fuses...
But still, I'm quite happy with my PB Titanium, as I can run all the emulators I want on it - and now I can fit all these relics in my backpack too...
According to the article the /. article reffers to, the kid is 14 !!! So, which is the truth?
Couldn't resist the urge to reply to this one...
As for use for Bluetooth, I see a contradiction in your comment. Firstly you mock the Bluetooth connection between PDA & Mac. Then you wish for a Bluetooth between iPod & Mac. I personally wouldn't replace Firewire with Bluetooth, as you would never reach the speed with Bluetooth that you get with Firewire. And when using the iPod as an external HD or transfering MP3s to and from it, you do appriciate the speed. On the other hand PDA syncing is quite a small affair, and Bluetooth, USB or even serial is quite sufficient.
As for the cell phone speed? I'm quite happy with my GPRS phone's speed (9-46k, depending on net traffic) and can't wait to get my hands on the Mac's USB-Bluetooth adapter. Of course I prefer the cable at home or office, but on the road I don't have much choise. Of course I don't know where abouts you live and the 9k may be your only option, but at least here in Finland we get the GPRS-option.
And about the Bluetooth remote control? That would indeed be cool, if only my "hifi" would support it too...
And a comment about the original article: I do think it's great that kids out there do these hacks. Even if its usefull only to yourself - keep on hackin'!
...maybe so, but I do like it when people get their facts straight. According to the article the kid who made this hack is 14.
Yes, I know it doesn't make much of a difference, but still this is how the Net (slashdot alike) distorts information so quickly and easily. And on the other hand, back when I was 14 it was very important that I was not confused to an 11 year old kid...
And as for the usefullness of this hack? Who cares if it's usefull? I say that its great that there still are kids out there who do this kind of hacks, even if none find it usefull. Most of the hacks I did back when I was a kid were not usefull to anyone but me. But they sure tought me stuff and that's why I can call myself a pro nowadays - not because of the degrees, they're only worth the paper they're printed on. It's knowledge that counts, not degrees!
And lastly on the usefullness of offline news readers in general. While some people do not find them usefull at all, some do. I for myself like to read news off my PDA while sitting in the metro on my way to work. Yes, I could do it with my phone too, but the screen is too small for it and GPRS does have problems underground...
In theory: yes.
In reality: no!
It could be done, providing someone would be idiot enough to build appropriate software to do it. I use the word idiot here for a purpose! This because Bluetooth protocol was never designed to handle network trafic. Although it can easily handle a small 2-5 computer network, but still I would definately recommend using WLAN (AirPort) for this. It was built for this purpose! Secondly there is the signal strenght issue. Bluetooth was never designed to cover such a wide are as WLAN, so these small USB-dongle-adapters do not have the power to penetrate walls as well as AirPort network. With Airport you can easily cover your whole appartment with one base station.
And I can recommend from experience the AirPort, It's great just lying down with my laptop and reading my eMail...
As for Bluetooth in general, I can't wait to get my hands on it! I can finally sync my PDA without cables...
...if someone would just figure out a way to distribute power without cables...
I know this is going to lead this discussion even further away from the origin, but I still think it's worth mentioning...
The only PDA that ever has come close to the Newton (IMHO at least) is the Psions. They did perfect their PDAs for long time, and it shows. The old Psion 3, even without touch screen is unusually well thought out. But with Psion 5 and the touch screen it was even better. And the keyboard on Psion 5 is still the best one out. And everything is packed into such compact package! (I know the Psion revo is smaller, but it has no backlight & no expansion, so I'll disregard it here!)
The only problem with Psion, if comparing to Newton, is that it still suffers from it's keyboard oriented history. One can do most things with the stylus quite easily, but after you learn the quick-key combinations you'll end up using less and less stylus.
I would say that in the Ideal World, The PDA would be the size of Psion 5 (with it's keyboard) and have the operating system & software of Newton. Yeah ok, maybe a color screen would be nice too, and Bluetooth and a MMC-reader and builtin IBM's 1gig MicroDrive and...
...and the I woke up, and read that Psion too has cancelled PDA production! Why do all the good things die?
And to get back to the original point of Newton. One thing that amaized about it was it's unbelievable style of memory management. I've never heared anyone using it after Newton in any other PDA! Was it patented or why?
Impressive for its day - in every aspect.
...would the Newton only be smaller, I would run straight to my nearest dealer to get one! (Ofcourse there are no dealers left, now that Apple did cancel the Newton years back...)
Still impressive - would it not be for its size.
That's mainly my point. I used to have a Newton 120, and I'm still longing for it. For example the cut&paste -feature with pen was something else. I would just throw the cut (or copied) text to the top corner of the screen. Then at my target application just take the cutted object from the top corner and paste it where I wanted.
Another feature was the ability to have links to other documents. For example in calendar I could link people and documents into a meeting the way I wanted.
These two are just some of the features I miss. I've tried Palms, Psions, even WinCE PDAs and they all lack the same ease of use the Newton had...
I cannot think of why not? Specially if the Clie you got has USB-cradle. Ive heard from several people using Handsprings that the Palm Desktop 4 works fine with their "unsupported" Visors.
Now, this what I'm about to write next is NOT a fact, but some hearsay that I couldn't yet verify:
I heard that Steve Jobs used a Sony Clie to demo the Bluetooth for OS X at Tokyo. Please, if anyone can verify this - or correct me if this is not true - please do so, now!
...if only I could buy one!
Yeah, sure it's cool that Apple releases a updated cinema monitor (about time someone might add). I'm just one of those sorry sods that own a PowerBook, and have to settle to a analog-monitor. As the PB is my only computer I have to live with a huge tube sitting on my desk. Well, at least it's easier to turn around than the Apple flats...
I can only wonder how Apple doesn't offer any monitors for PB owners at all! I wish there only was an Apple monitor to suit the coolness of the Ti-PB... Meanwhile I'll just spray-paint my old Sony tube with silver paint...