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Ever since I updated, when I wake from sleep, I... 922 Views / 4 Replies  
Ever since I updated, when I wake from sleep, I have to reselect my network...not sure why...

I'm running on a PB G4 1.25 15"...
Posted by MacFreak, on May 2, 2004 at 01:54 AM, in Networking
Another for Other World Computing...though I... 1,550 Views / 22 Replies  
Another for Other World Computing...though I bought the TechWorks brand of 512 MB versus OWC's...no reason other than I've purchased TechWorks before without any issues.

Shipped out same day and...
Posted by MacFreak, on Dec 12, 2003 at 01:56 PM, in Mac Notebooks
I too am very happy with my 15" powerbook. I've... 3,181 Views / 32 Replies  
I too am very happy with my 15" powerbook. I've had mine since 10/6 and truly enjoy using it.

My only problems stem from the OS (backlit keyboard doesn't always come on when it's supposed to...
Posted by MacFreak, on Nov 4, 2003 at 08:40 PM, in Mac Notebooks
I don't know if it is normal, but was told by a... 1,504 Views / 16 Replies  
I don't know if it is normal, but was told by a Apple Genius that it was...I do have a case number that I can reference in the future if something should happen...
Posted by MacFreak, on Nov 1, 2003 at 11:03 PM, in Mac Notebooks
I'm getting a little better that 3.5 hours on my... 4,068 Views / 34 Replies  
I'm getting a little better that 3.5 hours on my 15"Al 1.25 GHz, w/5400rpm HD, 512 MB RAM, SD

I have LCD at half, Bluetooth off, and am surfing 802.11g. Some other apps, but mostly Safari, Mail,...
Posted by MacFreak, on Oct 27, 2003 at 03:35 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Unfortunately, I have to agree that I too just... 4,600 Views / 24 Replies  
Unfortunately, I have to agree that I too just had an incident. I've been fine since Friday...back lighting would come on after sleep without any issues...read this thread (computer was sleeping for...
Posted by MacFreak, on Oct 27, 2003 at 10:26 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Glad to hear you resolved your problem...I was... 7,429 Views / 37 Replies  
Glad to hear you resolved your problem...I was about to say that I have had no issues doing a system update from 10.2.7...so there are obviously some compatability issues, but that is somewhat...
Posted by MacFreak, on Oct 27, 2003 at 09:46 AM, in macOS
Mine shows: System Version: Mac OS X 10.3... 1,993 Views / 20 Replies  
Mine shows:

System Version: Mac OS X 10.3 (7B85)
Kernel Version: Darwin 7.0.0
Posted by MacFreak, on Oct 25, 2003 at 07:55 AM, in macOS
Going from 10.2.7 to 10.3 my listed time went up... 2,163 Views / 14 Replies  
Going from 10.2.7 to 10.3 my listed time went up about 1 hour. Though I think I'm still getting the same amount of time, just more accurate now...which is about 3.5 hours of surfing the net on...
Posted by MacFreak, on Oct 25, 2003 at 07:51 AM, in Mac Notebooks
My airport reception seems to fluctuate from 3 to... 802 Views / 9 Replies  
My airport reception seems to fluctuate from 3 to 2 then back to 3 bars....it did not exhibit this before...:hmm:

I have a brand new (since 10/6) 15" pb 1.25 GHz
Posted by MacFreak, on Oct 24, 2003 at 10:35 PM, in macOS
Received mine today, Friday, 10/24, at 12:00... 7,790 Views / 117 Replies  
Received mine today, Friday, 10/24, at 12:00 PM...just got home...ready to install...:)
Posted by MacFreak, on Oct 24, 2003 at 05:04 PM, in macOS
Ditto for me too, shipped this morning... :D ... 713 Views / 6 Replies  
Ditto for me too, shipped this morning... :D

From: [email protected]
Date: Wed Oct 22, 2003 4:27:29 AM US/Eastern

M9231LL/A MAC OS X PANTHER 10.3 FULFIL/UTD-USA 1 ...
Posted by MacFreak, on Oct 22, 2003 at 08:18 AM, in macOS
It must depend upon who you talk to...I called... 6,628 Views / 61 Replies  
It must depend upon who you talk to...I called just to ask and they said that they can not budge...my 15" was ordered on 9/22 but just received it on 10/7...Robert said it had to be ordered on or...
Posted by MacFreak, on Oct 10, 2003 at 01:11 PM, in Mac Notebooks
I'm happy to post that I have received my... 32,154 Views / 513 Replies  
I'm happy to post that I have received my powerbook this morning at 9:30 :D. Everything looks great so far (no latch issues or white spots). Charged up as much as it would go (98%) and am now...
Posted by MacFreak, on Oct 7, 2003 at 11:26 AM, in Mac Notebooks
I just followed up with Airborne because I still... 32,154 Views / 513 Replies  
I just followed up with Airborne because I still could not use the tracking number provided by Apple to view online (yesterday they told me I would be able to track my individual shipment 24 hours...
Posted by MacFreak, on Oct 4, 2003 at 12:14 PM, in Mac Notebooks
pptiger, This was mentioned earlier in the... 32,154 Views / 513 Replies  
pptiger,

This was mentioned earlier in the thread...you can track the shippers way bill number (provided on one of your shipment e-mails) to see the shipment move from Taiwan to the US. Once it...
Posted by MacFreak, on Oct 3, 2003 at 12:58 PM, in Mac Notebooks
PowerMatt, same thing happened to me...but my... 32,154 Views / 513 Replies  
PowerMatt, same thing happened to me...but my tracking number at airborne says that the shipment was received on 8/22/03 and weighed 3 lbs...so they must be re-using tracking numbers? Don't know...
...
Posted by MacFreak, on Oct 1, 2003 at 12:29 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Hi, I have the 19"...you can see the lines...but... 610 Views / 2 Replies  
Hi, I have the 19"...you can see the lines...but I rarely notice them...they are less than the thickness of a hair...

So, yes you can see them, but I only notice them if I'm looking for them...
...
Posted by MacFreak, on Jun 18, 2003 at 10:09 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
One other thing to do, that may or may not help,... 753 Views / 10 Replies  
One other thing to do, that may or may not help, would be to use the disk utility to fix permissions and any bad sectors. I say 'may not' help as kernel panics generally relate to hardware...but I...
Posted by MacFreak, on Feb 6, 2003 at 03:13 PM, in Mac Desktops
OK, sorry. I searched for CNET...missed the... 577 Views / 2 Replies  
OK, sorry. I searched for CNET...missed the dup...

Thanks
Posted by MacFreak, on Dec 23, 2002 at 05:21 PM, in macOS
CNET article: MS to bump Apple into Sync-hole? 577 Views / 2 Replies  
According to a quote from the article by Joe Wilcox (staff writer for CNET News.com), Dan Kusnetzky believes that Linux will surpass the Mac as the No. 2 operating environment by the end of 2003:
...
Posted by MacFreak, on Dec 23, 2002 at 05:10 PM, in macOS
LACIE's are definitely cool... mac freak,... 1,340 Views / 26 Replies  
LACIE's are definitely cool...

mac freak, yeah, I thought the same thing, I guess you have a couple of months on me...I originally thought you were copying me...oh well..

The only thing with...
Posted by MacFreak, on Nov 9, 2002 at 01:07 AM, in Mac Desktops
Well I use a LACIE electron19blueIII which isn't... 1,340 Views / 26 Replies  
Well I use a LACIE electron19blueIII which isn't graphite, but works great and looks great too...hard for me to tell that it doesn't match the color perfectly unless they were side by side...it works...
Posted by MacFreak, on Nov 8, 2002 at 07:30 AM, in Mac Desktops
Well, I've received and installed my Radeon 8500... 72,011 Views / 666 Replies  
Well, I've received and installed my Radeon 8500 ($109) from New Egg. As everyone that has been successful has suggested,

I put both the Restore and Update firmware in my OS 9.2.2 Startup folder,...
Posted by MacFreak, on Sep 6, 2002 at 10:56 PM, in Mac Desktops
Re: VPN & linksys BEFSR41 643 Views / 3 Replies  
Hi Lee,

I too am anxious to try out VPN in 10.2...I believe you are right to some degree about the BEFSR41, I believe it only supports 1 VPN user and if I remember correctly you have to configure...
Posted by MacFreak, on Sep 1, 2002 at 12:50 AM, in Networking
Cool...congrats on the new equipment. You must be... 3,762 Views / 36 Replies  
Cool...congrats on the new equipment. You must be psyched :D ...What hardware/software do you use to edit audio/video?
Posted by MacFreak, on Aug 31, 2002 at 08:26 AM, in Mac Desktops
Just purchased a non-LE version of the 8500... 72,011 Views / 666 Replies  
Just purchased a non-LE version of the 8500 Radeon from newegg.com ($109). Looking forward to better video...currenly have original G4/450 Sawtooth with the Rage 128...looks like this will make quite...
Posted by MacFreak, on Aug 29, 2002 at 06:30 PM, in Mac Desktops
Re: Wallstreet Upgrade 507 Views / 1 Replies  
I have a Wallstreet II, 233 w/512 cache. I upgraded almost 2 years ago when Powerlogix first came out with their 500MHz G3 upgrade. I have 384MB (128 and 256) and the IBM 20GB travelstar drive. I had...
Posted by MacFreak, on Aug 28, 2002 at 01:42 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Complaint Gets a Response 634 Views / 7 Replies  
I ordered mine on July 29th as well. As of yesterday my estimated delivery date was 8/29, in my e-mail I asked when my order was expected to ship. I mentioned that all stores had OS X 10.2 in stock...
Posted by MacFreak, on Aug 27, 2002 at 07:47 AM, in macOS
Re: Wallstreet- OS X issues 590 Views / 2 Replies  
Sorry to say that OS X does not support hardware DVD decoders :mad: ...this raised one big stink back in the day, but Apple didn't listen...so you won't be able to use DVD on your Wallstreet with OS...
Posted by MacFreak, on Aug 13, 2002 at 12:49 PM, in Mac Notebooks
mcsjgs - Where did you get BinHex5 from? 3,383 Views / 4 Replies  
mcsjgs -

Where did you get BinHex5 from?
Posted by MacFreak, on Jan 11, 2001 at 07:46 PM, in Classic Macs and Mac OS
As suggested, I changed the AppleInternalModem56k... 3,276 Views / 19 Replies  
As suggested, I changed the AppleInternalModem56k file to add the two of the three prompts listed. For Bellsouth - I used:
"Username:" "\qmyusername"
"Password:" "\qmypassword"

saved and...
Posted by MacFreak, on Sep 27, 2000 at 09:16 PM, in macOS
Update: Moving OS 9 to partition 2, and erasing... 389 Views / 1 Replies  
Update: Moving OS 9 to partition 2, and erasing partition 1, updating OS 9 in partition 2 and then installing OS X to part one fixed my problem...
Posted by MacFreak, on Sep 26, 2000 at 01:19 AM, in macOS
Wallstreet Series II, Install Problems 389 Views / 1 Replies  
I have a PB G3, Wallstreet 2 (233/512k), IBM 20GB Travelstar, 192MB mem., 2 equal partitions. First has 9.0.4 and was fine. Today I installed OS X.
After loading...
Posted by MacFreak, on Sep 25, 2000 at 10:41 PM, in macOS
 
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