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yeah baby....mine shipped out from elk grove CA... 18,296 Views / 302 Replies  
yeah baby....mine shipped out from elk grove CA today at 4pm! so it should be here by monday, i'm crossing my fingers...new 17!!! (whoops wrong thread)
Posted by Rinpoche, on Sep 27, 2003 at 09:07 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Any waiting time on the 17"? 386 Views / 1 Replies  
Has anyone ordered a powerbook 17" online, and if so do you have a long waiting period?

I'm purchasing a new 17 through a friend who works at apple and he's hooking me up with the friends and...
Posted by Rinpoche, on Sep 26, 2003 at 11:04 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Flipstand armor case by speckproducts 359 Views / 0 Replies  
I'm thinking about buying this Flipstand hard case by speckproducts for my 15 gig ipod. Anyone else own this product? It's one of the better looking designs for 3g ipod cases that I've seen.
Posted by Rinpoche, on Sep 26, 2003 at 11:27 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
thank you, i am happy 3,998 Views / 62 Replies  
thank you, i am happy
Posted by Rinpoche, on Sep 26, 2003 at 11:05 AM, in Mac Notebooks
I just recently sold my tibook and I'm buying the... 3,998 Views / 62 Replies  
I just recently sold my tibook and I'm buying the new 17! i really had a tough time deciding between the 17 and 15 but I decided the screen size would make my life a lot easier.

Here's my...
Posted by Rinpoche, on Sep 26, 2003 at 10:58 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Who threw the pie? 867 Views / 9 Replies  
long before i switched, i remember watching a news channel that showed a very interesting story segment.

it showed bill gates with a face full of pie. who was the brilliant person responsible and...
Posted by Rinpoche, on May 27, 2003 at 01:09 PM, in MacNN Lounge
hey, so how do you delete the cookies? 608 Views / 7 Replies  
hey, so how do you delete the cookies?
Posted by Rinpoche, on May 26, 2003 at 02:48 PM, in Applications
how do you delete all the cookies? and did you... 608 Views / 7 Replies  
how do you delete all the cookies? and did you trash safari and reinstall?
Posted by Rinpoche, on May 25, 2003 at 04:57 PM, in Applications
Safari crashing a lot? 608 Views / 7 Replies  
ever since the last update, safari has been unexpectedly quitting on me. anyone else notice this?
Posted by Rinpoche, on May 25, 2003 at 04:43 PM, in Applications
i just burned 2 cds and no problem. but i might... 613 Views / 4 Replies  
i just burned 2 cds and no problem. but i might take it to the store just in case. got about 7 months left on my year warranty
Posted by Rinpoche, on May 9, 2003 at 12:06 PM, in Mac Notebooks
ok this is weird. when i tried restarting the... 613 Views / 4 Replies  
ok this is weird. when i tried restarting the comp nothing happened, it still refused to take in cds. then i shut the computer down and as i pushed on the power switch to restart it, i heard a loud...
Posted by Rinpoche, on May 9, 2003 at 11:13 AM, in Mac Notebooks
1ghz ti wont take cds! 613 Views / 4 Replies  
this sucks my cd player refuses to suck in the cds. what can i do?
Posted by Rinpoche, on May 9, 2003 at 11:05 AM, in Mac Notebooks
meteorologist...perfect, just what i was looking... 612 Views / 4 Replies  
meteorologist...perfect, just what i was looking for. and free too!
Posted by Rinpoche, on May 8, 2003 at 01:54 PM, in Applications
simple weather indicator program? 612 Views / 4 Replies  
which one do you think is the best? any freeware?
Posted by Rinpoche, on May 8, 2003 at 01:34 PM, in Applications
playing the demo on my 1ghztibook at 1024x768 is... 2,145 Views / 46 Replies  
playing the demo on my 1ghztibook at 1024x768 is good. i'm not sure how you check framerates but regardless its running very nicely.
Posted by Rinpoche, on May 8, 2003 at 02:05 AM, in Mac Notebooks
i like direct connect 1,176 Views / 16 Replies  
i like direct connect
Posted by Rinpoche, on May 4, 2003 at 02:22 PM, in Applications
AM tuners for ipods? 713 Views / 4 Replies  
theres a lot of talk about the 2 FM transmitters for the ipod (how do they work by the way?), but i haven't heard anything about an AM transmitter. I'm a talk-show junkie and while i love FM...
Posted by Rinpoche, on May 3, 2003 at 11:55 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
Tibook and dust 517 Views / 1 Replies  
my tibook gets really dusty, and one part in particular was giving me some concerns.

when you open the back panel of the tibook where all the plugin components are, i noticed that the center...
Posted by Rinpoche, on Apr 30, 2003 at 12:59 PM, in Mac Notebooks
rat is right, aac is of much higher quality than... 2,435 Views / 47 Replies  
rat is right, aac is of much higher quality than mp3s even at 192kbps. so aac at 128kbps will sound better than any mp3s (although i can't really tell the difference)
Posted by Rinpoche, on Apr 29, 2003 at 11:29 AM, in Applications
NOOOOOOOOO...no reggae section in the... 2,448 Views / 52 Replies  
NOOOOOOOOO...no reggae section in the genres...and all my favorite reggae artists arent even in the library except bob..BAH
Posted by Rinpoche, on Apr 28, 2003 at 05:02 PM, in Applications
weird playback issue with QT and mpegs 625 Views / 2 Replies  
recently i transfered a couple of mpeg movies from my pc to my mac. when i play them on the mac, for some odd reason only a short amount of the actual video itself will play.

for example i have a...
Posted by Rinpoche, on Apr 22, 2003 at 04:07 PM, in Applications
rat we posted at the same time. thanks for the... 857 Views / 5 Replies  
rat we posted at the same time. thanks for the info
Posted by Rinpoche, on Apr 18, 2003 at 12:13 PM, in macOS
gotcha. so how is it different from mp3s? is the... 857 Views / 5 Replies  
gotcha. so how is it different from mp3s? is the sound quality supposed to be any better? whats the deal. thanks
Posted by Rinpoche, on Apr 18, 2003 at 12:12 PM, in macOS
what's an AAC file? 857 Views / 5 Replies  
i was reading the rumors at macrumors.com about the new ipods, apple, universal, and AAC's? what exactly is it, and how is an aac different from an mp3?
Posted by Rinpoche, on Apr 18, 2003 at 12:06 PM, in macOS
fans are the same with 10.2.5 1,299 Views / 20 Replies  
fans are the same with 10.2.5
Posted by Rinpoche, on Apr 16, 2003 at 11:38 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Safari 2 slower with tabs? 843 Views / 12 Replies  
Does anyone notice that while browsing under tabbed mode, safari takes a lot longer to load pages?
Posted by Rinpoche, on Apr 14, 2003 at 11:20 PM, in Applications
thanks! this is my first day using tabbed... 1,019 Views / 25 Replies  
thanks! this is my first day using tabbed browsing and i like it!
Posted by Rinpoche, on Apr 14, 2003 at 04:38 PM, in Applications
is there a hotkey command that will manually... 1,019 Views / 25 Replies  
is there a hotkey command that will manually switch to the next tab instead of having to click on it?
Posted by Rinpoche, on Apr 14, 2003 at 03:56 PM, in Applications
i finally figured out how to work tab browsing... 1,019 Views / 25 Replies  
i finally figured out how to work tab browsing after 5 minutes and its awesome!
Posted by Rinpoche, on Apr 14, 2003 at 03:27 PM, in Applications
ok i went ahead and skipped the cd and instead i... 502 Views / 3 Replies  
ok i went ahead and skipped the cd and instead i went to the website, downloaded and installed 3 drivers for the 1260 made for osx.

maybe i should have installed the os9 version cd first? i...
Posted by Rinpoche, on Apr 12, 2003 at 11:41 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
Question about a scanner i just bought.. 502 Views / 3 Replies  
I just purchased the epson 1260 scanner and i have a general question about the drivers involved.

the cd that came with my scanner has software only for os9. i went onto the epson website to...
Posted by Rinpoche, on Apr 12, 2003 at 01:02 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
Scanner recommendations? 516 Views / 1 Replies  
I'm looking into buying a really cheap scanner, can someone recommend a website that compares different models? or maybe someone out there has a cheap one themselves that they could recommend?
Posted by Rinpoche, on Apr 11, 2003 at 12:55 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
usb hub question 673 Views / 7 Replies  
i'm thinking about buying a titanium painted adesso usb hub with 4 ports for 14.99. i like it because its the cheapest one available and also the paint matches my powerbook.

anyhow i remember...
Posted by Rinpoche, on Apr 10, 2003 at 11:14 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
yeah safari makes the whining noises when opening... 509 Views / 2 Replies  
yeah safari makes the whining noises when opening secure webpages. i have no clue on whats causing the noise, but IE doesn't make it
Posted by Rinpoche, on Apr 10, 2003 at 06:29 AM, in Mac Notebooks
that case is the slickest powerbook accessory out... 743 Views / 5 Replies  
that case is the slickest powerbook accessory out there! not very practical but still nice regardless..
Posted by Rinpoche, on Apr 7, 2003 at 04:54 PM, in Mac Notebooks
quoted from article: ... 702 Views / 4 Replies  
quoted from article:
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"But, even though the Dell has a significantly smaller screen, it looks like a whale next to the 17-inch PowerBook."
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Posted by Rinpoche, on Apr 3, 2003 at 11:59 AM, in Mac Notebooks
i have a question. lets say in the distant future... 2,014 Views / 23 Replies  
i have a question. lets say in the distant future my 1ghz tibook bites the dust and no longer works (knock on wood). under applecare warranty, would they replace it with a new alubook?
Posted by Rinpoche, on Apr 2, 2003 at 09:37 PM, in Mac Notebooks
nice pics...good lord you own a lot of computers 745 Views / 6 Replies  
nice pics...good lord you own a lot of computers
Posted by Rinpoche, on Apr 2, 2003 at 01:29 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Quicktime components 627 Views / 1 Replies  
I was looking around in the control panel today and noticed that in the quicktime section there was a section called tab for update, so i went ahead and clicked on that and found out i can install a...
Posted by Rinpoche, on Mar 31, 2003 at 01:55 PM, in Applications
i would also recommend the apple brand 5 pack... 2,803 Views / 31 Replies  
i would also recommend the apple brand 5 pack dvd-r's. i havent had a single dvd write error so far with the apples, but i did with one of the cheaper brands
Posted by Rinpoche, on Mar 27, 2003 at 01:39 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Poll: i consider myself a recent switcher but my very... 1,414 Views / 30 Replies  
i consider myself a recent switcher but my very first computer ever was a b&w mac classic. anyhow i used pcs after the classic for years until i bought a powerbook w/superdrive last november and i...
Posted by Rinpoche, on Mar 25, 2003 at 12:01 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Is this bad? (concerning new security update) 629 Views / 3 Replies  
I installed the latest security update last nite, and as soon as the update was finished, i clicked on the restart button. as soon as i did that, i got a kernel panic that froze my computer. (the...
Posted by Rinpoche, on Mar 25, 2003 at 11:40 AM, in macOS
what about an am radio transmitter? i'm a... 797 Views / 7 Replies  
what about an am radio transmitter? i'm a talk-show junkie
Posted by Rinpoche, on Mar 18, 2003 at 07:33 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Question about Stuffit.. 529 Views / 1 Replies  
Am I the only one who gets random 'this program has unexpectedly quit' messages when unstuffing files?

It is very random, this morning I unstuffed a backup file that I unstuffed before with no...
Posted by Rinpoche, on Mar 18, 2003 at 01:23 AM, in Applications
maybe i'm just crazy, but i've been seeing that... 595 Views / 4 Replies  
maybe i'm just crazy, but i've been seeing that damned beachball more since updating to 10.2.4.
Posted by Rinpoche, on Mar 16, 2003 at 09:30 PM, in macOS
Adobe acobat not reading PDF files? 576 Views / 1 Replies  
I'm trying to open up some PDF files with acrobat but all I get is a blank message box that pops up and the PDF file fails to load.

when i try to open the file directly, it does open with...
Posted by Rinpoche, on Mar 16, 2003 at 08:27 PM, in Applications
i had a feeling it was really simple. lol thanks... 678 Views / 6 Replies  
i had a feeling it was really simple. lol thanks for the reply
Posted by Rinpoche, on Mar 16, 2003 at 01:47 PM, in Applications
importing into itunes 678 Views / 6 Replies  
i was looking through the 'preferences' menu in itunes and looked under the 'importing' option.

under the configuration field, there are three levels of sound quality to import music files. set...
Posted by Rinpoche, on Mar 16, 2003 at 01:43 PM, in Applications
what i meant was the finder would not even... 470 Views / 2 Replies  
what i meant was the finder would not even recognize the cd after i put it into the machine. there was no cd icon that popped up or anything. then nothing was recongizable in disk utility. there was...
Posted by Rinpoche, on Mar 16, 2003 at 01:25 PM, in Mac Notebooks
HD wont show in disk utility? 402 Views / 0 Replies  
I open disk utility to repair permissions only to find that there are 0 disks and 0 volumes selected. basically there isnt even a HD icon to select for repair.

what on earth can be going on?
Posted by Rinpoche, on Mar 15, 2003 at 09:42 PM, in macOS
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