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I have a Sandisk Cruser SD card reader that I use... 736 Views / 11 Replies  
I have a Sandisk Cruser SD card reader that I use to transfer photos to my 800 iceBook. I'm not sure if it's the same thing you have, though. It looks like this:
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Posted by ravenfan, on Jan 24, 2004 at 06:53 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Poll: I usually get about 3:30 to 3:45 with... 1,744 Views / 22 Replies  
I usually get about 3:30 to 3:45 with near-maximum brightness levals. One important issue to consider is if you have the prcessor "toggle down" option enabled. That is so the CPU doesn't go full out...
Posted by ravenfan, on Nov 8, 2003 at 12:22 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Camino "quiting unexpectedly", now Safari, too! 501 Views / 2 Replies  
Camino was starting to quit more and more (especially visiting Java sites). So anyway, I switched back to Safari and it happened tonight w/Safari!

Yipes! What has my iBook been up to? Taking...
Posted by ravenfan, on Aug 25, 2003 at 08:13 PM, in Applications
X.2.5! Anyone try it yet? 1,268 Views / 23 Replies  
As many posts as there's been about battery woes with iBooks w/.2.4 I feel this deserves to be on the iBook board. I hope they've solved the problem (disclaimer to keep my post from being moved)
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Posted by ravenfan, on Apr 10, 2003 at 09:34 PM, in Mac Notebooks
I'm building a Linux box (for the first time) 552 Views / 2 Replies  
It's going to be a few weeks before it's ready to go. I have an older Soyo DDR motherboard with an Athlon 900 on it, a Radeon DDR 32 (a no-fan version!), and a sound blaster compatible s/c all...
Posted by ravenfan, on Apr 3, 2003 at 10:11 PM, in Team MacNN
Maybe enola can help me. I have switched back to... 699 Views / 10 Replies  
Maybe enola can help me. I have switched back to the GUI version and it starts automatically when the machine boots up. How do I add this tag to SETIatHome when it starts at boot-up and is not in the...
Posted by ravenfan, on Mar 22, 2003 at 07:50 PM, in Team MacNN
Poll: I have expirienced battery problems since x.2.4.... 817 Views / 12 Replies  
I have expirienced battery problems since x.2.4. But I'm glad to know that it is not an OS upgrade specific problem (thanks to garetjax). I'm growing more and more frustrated at some of the obvious...
Posted by ravenfan, on Mar 3, 2003 at 08:42 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Alien and MacMaui do make a great point about the... 1,239 Views / 20 Replies  
Alien and MacMaui do make a great point about the reported heat issue. Also, the 800 iBook will definitely sport a better battery life.

Man... we're not helping you at all, huh?:confused:
Posted by ravenfan, on Feb 26, 2003 at 09:47 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Hi Jacob, I have an 800 iBook and it's... 1,239 Views / 20 Replies  
Hi Jacob,

I have an 800 iBook and it's absolutely not for sale. It;s a great machine and I love it. But I would recommend the Powerbook. With a laptop, you really are better off getting the best...
Posted by ravenfan, on Feb 26, 2003 at 09:03 PM, in Mac Notebooks
I've only had the Ibook 800 since the first of... 727 Views / 6 Replies  
I've only had the Ibook 800 since the first of the year, and it's gone with me on many trips. It's still as good as new. I purchased the "clear" version of the iSkin keyboard protector and the keys...
Posted by ravenfan, on Feb 20, 2003 at 02:51 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Connectix has just been bought out by Microsoft 638 Views / 5 Replies  
Microsoft (aka the Borg) has just purchased the Virtual PC people. I guess this will allow us a better version of VPC someday. Maybe.

Just got this e-mail:
Posted by ravenfan, on Feb 20, 2003 at 02:32 PM, in Applications
I disabled the genie effect, the bouncing dock... 2,010 Views / 26 Replies  
I disabled the genie effect, the bouncing dock icons, and the mouse shadow because I wanted to tweak a little more performance out of the 'book. It is a bit snappier all the way around and I would...
Posted by ravenfan, on Feb 15, 2003 at 07:06 PM, in Mac Notebooks
The one time I've heard my fan is when I had it... 740 Views / 8 Replies  
The one time I've heard my fan is when I had it on a hotel room desk (vaneer over cheap particle board) and had been surfing/playing games for a few hours. I noticed it when it started up the first...
Posted by ravenfan, on Feb 15, 2003 at 04:51 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Schwa- Absolutely. I see it (and hear it)... 685 Views / 7 Replies  
Schwa-

Absolutely. I see it (and hear it) about two out of every five times I pug it in. It is because of this that I plug in the iBook LAST. No need to subject the 'book to that surge!

I have...
Posted by ravenfan, on Feb 5, 2003 at 07:03 PM, in Mac Notebooks
I think I've found the problem 705 Views / 7 Replies  
After searching around on the Apple.com message boards, I think I've found the problem. After poping the keyboard up, I've found that the trackpad ribon had a slight kink in it. I guess that it was...
Posted by ravenfan, on Feb 3, 2003 at 11:57 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Help: iBook stutters after running for a while 705 Views / 7 Replies  
This afliction has happened on and off since the day I bought it. After running a while, the mouse will "hang" or stutter whilst doing everyday activities. This seems like a system-wide stutter which...
Posted by ravenfan, on Jan 30, 2003 at 10:33 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Thanks for that helpfull post, Scott. I have... 830 Views / 17 Replies  
Thanks for that helpfull post, Scott. I have three questions, though.

1) How do I set the proxy server up to use the MacNN server? Also, is that even nessicary?

2) How can I download more than...
Posted by ravenfan, on Jan 26, 2003 at 02:59 AM, in Team MacNN
SETI newbie and Team MacNN newbie 403 Views / 2 Replies  
Hi there. I've just signed up and am crunching away. I'm using my <gasp> Athlon 1gig desktop and it seems like it's taking forever. I'm guessing that the proxy setting for the MacNN group is the same...
Posted by ravenfan, on Jan 26, 2003 at 01:03 AM, in Team MacNN
When I was looking at laptops, I found that there... 5,082 Views / 68 Replies  
When I was looking at laptops, I found that there was no equal to the 12" 800 iBook. For $1300 a comparable PC version does not exist. Virtually none of the PC's anywhere near that price has a Radeon...
Posted by ravenfan, on Jan 24, 2003 at 11:43 PM, in Mac Notebooks
They all still do, as of now. It is because of... 700 Views / 3 Replies  
They all still do, as of now. It is because of one or two companies that have lagged (is that a word?) behind in getting their OS X versions out. Apple has been forced to hold off on the termination...
Posted by ravenfan, on Jan 19, 2003 at 12:31 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Traz- I can't help you with the problem, but... 660 Views / 5 Replies  
Traz-

I can't help you with the problem, but if it makes you feel any better I sometimes expirience the same symptoms on a dial up connection in IE for Win XP Pro. I have no idea what makes the...
Posted by ravenfan, on Jan 9, 2003 at 11:03 PM, in Mac Notebooks
I posted this on another thread, but will repeat... 1,265 Views / 16 Replies  
I posted this on another thread, but will repeat it here:

A #0 Phillips will not fit those srcrews! There might be a few brands that work, but it's about 1/2 the size of a #0 Craftsman (or other...
Posted by ravenfan, on Jan 3, 2003 at 06:09 PM, in Mac Notebooks
When I mentioned to the people at the Apple store... 513 Views / 1 Replies  
When I mentioned to the people at the Apple store that I did just that to try to fix the modem problem, they all looked at me like I was from another planet. They just thought that that was the most...
Posted by ravenfan, on Jan 3, 2003 at 02:08 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Thank you for the info, Sosa. I deleted Earthlink... 904 Views / 6 Replies  
Thank you for the info, Sosa. I deleted Earthlink and then re-installed OS X. It didn't work.

But wouldn't you know it... after work today I brought it to the Apple store and after explaining the...
Posted by ravenfan, on Jan 2, 2003 at 11:58 PM, in Mac Notebooks
I appreciate the advice, but it connects without... 904 Views / 6 Replies  
I appreciate the advice, but it connects without any problems. It goes through the whole password thing with no problems, too. Shortly after that it looses contact and comes up with an error saying...
Posted by ravenfan, on Jan 2, 2003 at 02:21 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Good news and bad news on my new iBook 904 Views / 6 Replies  
The good news is I got my new iBook 800. I was suprised that the Apple store was open on new year's day, and I went ahead and made the trek. It is as cool as I'd hoped it would be.

The bad news...
Posted by ravenfan, on Jan 2, 2003 at 01:16 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Icruise- Yes! I've tried to read patents before,... 1,067 Views / 8 Replies  
Icruise- Yes! I've tried to read patents before, and none of them read so easily as that one. I really like the way they go into detail about the popularity of the original iBooks colorful case as a...
Posted by ravenfan, on Jan 1, 2003 at 12:45 PM, in Mac Notebooks
I haven't had that many problems over the years... 2,049 Views / 32 Replies  
I haven't had that many problems over the years with Widows desktops. One of the biggest reasons for me getting an iBook (besides the great price) is the finicky nature of wintel laptops. Every time...
Posted by ravenfan, on Jan 1, 2003 at 02:25 AM, in Mac Notebooks
I found number fourty-nine to be interesting. It... 1,067 Views / 8 Replies  
I found number fourty-nine to be interesting. It seems that a mood-iPod is in the works to match the mood-iMac (or whatever 'puter gets this treatment).



If this is old news, I apologise.
Posted by ravenfan, on Dec 31, 2002 at 01:27 AM, in Mac Notebooks
not a rumor: color-changing Macs 1,067 Views / 8 Replies  
http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PG01&p=1&u=/netahtml/PTO/srchnum.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1='20020190975'.PGNR.&OS=DN/20020190975&RS=DN/20020190975

Could a...
Posted by ravenfan, on Dec 31, 2002 at 12:57 AM, in Mac Notebooks
allap- I'm new here and I don't even have my... 2,049 Views / 32 Replies  
allap-

I'm new here and I don't even have my iBook yet. So I'm sorry if I come across wrong. If my iBook comes up short of what I expect it to do, I'll be the first to slam it.

I hope there are...
Posted by ravenfan, on Dec 29, 2002 at 09:12 PM, in Mac Notebooks
allap- I suspect that this is a trolling post and... 2,049 Views / 32 Replies  
allap- I suspect that this is a trolling post and not some relevant opinion. My main 'puter is an AMD 1gig Athlon, Radeon 64DDR VIVO, 512SDRAM, Soundblaster live... and Windows XP Pro. Do I expect...
Posted by ravenfan, on Dec 29, 2002 at 08:17 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Don't feel bad for one minute. That is one great... 857 Views / 7 Replies  
Don't feel bad for one minute. That is one great laptop, robirr.

I'm getting the exact sameiBook as you and installing the same memory from the good people at OWC. Even if there is a slight gain...
Posted by ravenfan, on Dec 29, 2002 at 06:20 AM, in Mac Notebooks
One thing that works great for getting rid of... 508 Views / 2 Replies  
One thing that works great for getting rid of scratches in smooth plastic is a Dremmel moto-tool. Using a polishing wheel "bit" and a little fine polishing compound it can make plastic very shiny...
Posted by ravenfan, on Dec 28, 2002 at 11:27 PM, in Mac Notebooks
As a MacNN newbie, I appreciate what Sean said.... 24,419 Views / 207 Replies  
As a MacNN newbie, I appreciate what Sean said. Next week I had planed on purchasing the iBook 800/combo. I've already read one book on OS X, and am 1/4 the way through another. Also, I recently...
Posted by ravenfan, on Dec 26, 2002 at 10:35 PM, in Mac Notebooks
What is it about Earthlink that drove you away? 841 Views / 9 Replies  
What is it about Earthlink that drove you away?
Posted by ravenfan, on Dec 22, 2002 at 10:57 AM, in Mac Notebooks
A question on best ISP for traveling w/iBook 841 Views / 9 Replies  
Hi everyone! I've been a lurker for about a month or so. Thanks to all the great comments on this board (and others) I have decided on the iBook 800/combo drive model.

I'm not new to Mac as I had...
Posted by ravenfan, on Dec 21, 2002 at 01:18 AM, in Mac Notebooks
 
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