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i did the same with my ibm drive. i... 622 Views / 5 Replies  
i did the same with my ibm drive.


i bought the case at a local circuit city for 99 and a 30 mail in rebate.

its firewire and usb 2.0

its a nice enclosure. you can use cd drives in it. it...
Posted by hall, on Jun 9, 2003 at 04:25 PM, in Mac Notebooks
well, mines working now. here's what i did ... 864 Views / 8 Replies  
well, mines working now. here's what i did

http://forums.macnn.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=161947

hope this helps
Posted by hall, on May 28, 2003 at 11:24 PM, in Networking
fyi, i took to the advice of a post at the... 1,171 Views / 21 Replies  
fyi,

i took to the advice of a post at the apple discussion board and it seemed to work. so far im back to surfn' anywhere in the house. hears what i did


deleted my ae utility config file...
Posted by hall, on May 28, 2003 at 11:15 PM, in Mac Notebooks
same thing with me. the 12" PB and a IBM are fine... 1,171 Views / 21 Replies  
same thing with me. the 12" PB and a IBM are fine at any distant with the AE AP. it's just the 17" even when it's showing black bars.

have you tried calling applecare?
Posted by hall, on May 26, 2003 at 02:51 PM, in Mac Notebooks
I've had the same problems. Only on my AE... 1,171 Views / 21 Replies  
I've had the same problems. Only on my AE basestation. My 12" PB and IBM seem to work o.k. The weird thing is that it works fine when very close to the AP. It's only when you start moving over like 5...
Posted by hall, on May 25, 2003 at 09:07 PM, in Mac Notebooks
mine only has problems when you go over 10 feet... 864 Views / 8 Replies  
mine only has problems when you go over 10 feet away from it. I use to be able to surf from anywhere in the house. now I can't leave the room without webpages crawling and then timing out. there...
Posted by hall, on May 24, 2003 at 06:29 PM, in Networking
OMG!! i started a thread here: ... 864 Views / 8 Replies  
OMG!! i started a thread here:


http://forums.macnn.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=161562


it was the same problem! called applecare and they where clueless. it only seems bad on my 17"... i...
Posted by hall, on May 23, 2003 at 10:29 PM, in Networking
just used my little handheld survey jobber.. ... 1,018 Views / 9 Replies  
just used my little handheld survey jobber..

i'm getting around 50% strength anywhere in the house. I checked the places it use to work.. signal is fine. i did notice that my 17" had about 90%...
Posted by hall, on May 23, 2003 at 12:18 AM, in Mac Notebooks
The wierd thing is the signal around the house... 1,018 Views / 9 Replies  
The wierd thing is the signal around the house has been fine. Now lately it's bad... I brought home some of my wireless rf tools from work.. oh yeah!
Posted by hall, on May 22, 2003 at 11:57 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Latest Kernel and Airport.. my 17" Airport Extreme Sux!!!! 1,018 Views / 9 Replies  
I've noticed that lately I can't go farther than the same room as my Airport Extreme AP, without losing connection. It still shows the black bars on at the top like it's picking up, but nothing. I go...
Posted by hall, on May 21, 2003 at 10:16 PM, in Mac Notebooks
pulling from tape 793 Views / 8 Replies  
i use Peak LE that came free with toast and jam. it's made by bias-inc.

i use a plug-in from bias called soundsoap to remove hiss, and hums... works great.

peak le is about 90 bucks by itself i...
Posted by hall, on May 9, 2003 at 06:24 PM, in Mac Notebooks
vpc speed.. 1,087 Views / 8 Replies  
i took my win2k vpc image the other day and copied it to my firewire external drive. i now have the option under vpc to boot from my external drive. it runs win2k faster! if anybody else has a drive...
Posted by hall, on May 3, 2003 at 11:04 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Thanks! I'll give it a whirl! 784 Views / 2 Replies  
Thanks! I'll give it a whirl!
Posted by hall, on Apr 28, 2003 at 10:36 PM, in Gaming
Quake3 (urban terror) and 17"PB Res... 784 Views / 2 Replies  
Hello and thanks in advance...

can u set custom res's in quake 3 to better fit my 16:10 ratio screen?

i wanna be able to view "full screen" rather that 1024*768 and black fill on the sides..but...
Posted by hall, on Apr 27, 2003 at 12:54 AM, in Gaming
yes, no boot no spin no lights no picture no... 1,394 Views / 19 Replies  
yes, no boot no spin no lights no picture no options no go

just dead
Posted by hall, on Apr 25, 2003 at 04:37 PM, in Mac Notebooks
thx for the boot help. the problem is that it... 1,394 Views / 19 Replies  
thx for the boot help. the problem is that it wont even boot to the "apple" , stays black and nothing.

i've tried the power management reset and still nothing.. got my apple lables today..
Posted by hall, on Apr 25, 2003 at 12:08 PM, in Mac Notebooks
The 12" has been running fine. I used for months... 1,394 Views / 19 Replies  
The 12" has been running fine. I used for months before my 17" came in. :)

The only thing it would do weird is lock on boot up at the desktop. It later started locking up "sooner" at the "post"...
Posted by hall, on Apr 24, 2003 at 06:43 PM, in Mac Notebooks
12" PB Wont boot.. Read what Apple said.. 1,394 Views / 19 Replies  
My wife's 12" PB won't boot at all. At first it was acting weird (locking up on boot). Now, nothing on powerup.

I called Apple Care and this is what happened:

According to the "2nd" level guy,...
Posted by hall, on Apr 24, 2003 at 01:41 PM, in Mac Notebooks
17" 10.2.5 and bluetooth!! 617 Views / 0 Replies  
WOW!

New kernal fixed my isync problems with my t68i.. Some times my calendar events wouldn't make it to my phone or it wouldn't pick up conflicts.. Now, no problems with it!

And it fixed my...
Posted by hall, on Apr 11, 2003 at 06:11 PM, in Mac Notebooks
i hear it too.. 874 Views / 13 Replies  
night eyes..

i hear it too.. when watching a movie...

sounds more like a cat purrn' to me :)

or a croaky tone too....
Posted by hall, on Mar 31, 2003 at 12:18 AM, in Mac Notebooks
doh.. 786 Views / 4 Replies  
doh! thx. i didnt have a problem with the 12" cause of no keyboard light. the fn key did it..
Posted by hall, on Mar 22, 2003 at 01:25 PM, in Mac Notebooks
virtual pc and 17" problems... 786 Views / 4 Replies  
anyone out there installed vpc 6 with your own version of windows 2k?

when i go to install, i have to agree to the eula by pressing the F8 key. for some reason the 17" PB doesnt let vpc use that...
Posted by hall, on Mar 22, 2003 at 01:01 PM, in Mac Notebooks
me too.. 2,254 Views / 17 Replies  
i 've noticed the same..

i think it is the apple-q with the left hand...

l think you end up putting your hand or arm on the huge trackpad when you do shortcuts be accident....

i'll try to...
Posted by hall, on Mar 22, 2003 at 12:07 AM, in Mac Notebooks
fit and finish.. 757 Views / 4 Replies  
box looks goods.. i have noticed that the screen will start to fold down if I hold the 17" at a angle.. I guess thats cause it has a billboard attached to it. :)

i keep staring at it saying.. this...
Posted by hall, on Mar 22, 2003 at 12:03 AM, in Mac Notebooks
got it.. 757 Views / 4 Replies  
wow! this things great! HUUUUGE!

i'm so glad i went to the apple store and got instead of waiting for macmall..

the 1 day preorder was worth it! :)
Posted by hall, on Mar 21, 2003 at 07:28 PM, in Mac Notebooks
On my way to get my 17' PB.. 757 Views / 4 Replies  
Well...

I ordered on the 21st from the apple store online... It was a BTO 17" with a Gig or Ram. About 3 weeks later a nice guy at Macmall talked me into cancelling my order with Apple and going...
Posted by hall, on Mar 21, 2003 at 01:33 PM, in Mac Notebooks
i've tried it with several different versions of... 5,219 Views / 45 Replies  
i've tried it with several different versions of access points.... ciscos, linksh*ts, colubris. (no vintage AE bubble though)

and i don't ever retain an ip address.... even after hours of sitting...
Posted by hall, on Mar 5, 2003 at 12:34 AM, in Mac Notebooks
whats weird is that i've tried several vendors... 5,219 Views / 45 Replies  
whats weird is that i've tried several vendors...
Posted by hall, on Mar 3, 2003 at 09:10 PM, in Mac Notebooks
hmm 5,219 Views / 45 Replies  
i've tried several ap's and i get a disconnect after sleep everytime. I took my PB to work so I could use some of my wireless survey tools to see what was going on. (i was to busy to try it today.....
Posted by hall, on Mar 3, 2003 at 07:28 PM, in Mac Notebooks
12" loses wireless connection after sleep... 5,219 Views / 45 Replies  
My 12 powerbook doesnt have a ip after it wakes back up. I tried all the tricks from the forums and apple site. Nothing works...

So, I called Apple Care....

They told me that it was a common...
Posted by hall, on Mar 2, 2003 at 10:23 PM, in Mac Notebooks
mine did.. 544 Views / 3 Replies  
Hi, mine came from macmall a week ago and had iLife installed.

I faxed in my rebate to get the disc from apple and it came 2 days later...
Posted by hall, on Feb 27, 2003 at 04:56 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Re: VPN Client Needed with OS X? 1,002 Views / 3 Replies  
cisco makes a nice vpn client for ipsec.. find out what kind of vpn access your running...i'm running the latest osx with cisco's client piece against a pix firewall..if your admin makes cisco pcf...
Posted by hall, on Feb 24, 2003 at 08:57 PM, in Networking
hmm.. 4,906 Views / 71 Replies  
i thought you might get airport extreme built in, firewire 800, faster ram (dont know if that wil help) and a udma 100 drive...and bluetooth built-in...
Posted by hall, on Feb 23, 2003 at 06:48 PM, in Mac Notebooks
SD clunk.. 1,750 Views / 26 Replies  
My SD makes the clunk from haties too...it's "normal" or course so is the heat, wobble, latch problem and warped case too. :)
Posted by hall, on Feb 21, 2003 at 12:42 PM, in Mac Notebooks
same and more? 1,457 Views / 12 Replies  
i've got the same wobble. i've only had it a few days so no screws popping out yet. :)

anyone have a "wavey" keyboard? around the "7" and F7 buttons, it is higher. i can also see the case is bowed...
Posted by hall, on Feb 21, 2003 at 12:06 AM, in Mac Notebooks
toshiba drive... 1,750 Views / 26 Replies  
i've got a toshiba drive in my new 12". it's not loud to me? i sometimes here it when im bangn' the drive rendering with a moive...i've been trying to listen for it tonight and have yet to hear it.
...
Posted by hall, on Feb 20, 2003 at 11:52 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Atlanta's got it 2,958 Views / 30 Replies  
The Lenox mall Apple store has one in Atlanta Georgia.

It's the can't touch this prototype. Sitting in the window, running the mini me video over and over. The sales guy said no touchy on this...
Posted by hall, on Feb 19, 2003 at 03:53 PM, in Mac Notebooks
wild? 4,768 Views / 70 Replies  
That's wild.. I ordered mine the 21 of Jan and got a ship date of April 4th.. I guess cause I added more RAM.. :) :(
Posted by hall, on Feb 10, 2003 at 06:03 PM, in Mac Notebooks
shipping info... 1,495 Views / 26 Replies  
It's amazing to hear the different answers people get on the ship dates of the 17"

Most people have seen that the apple stores and retail places get product first. Then you see apple store online...
Posted by hall, on Feb 10, 2003 at 05:47 PM, in Mac Notebooks
 
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