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Those 2 GB SODIMMs on froogle are rated at... 1,356 Views / 8 Replies  
Those 2 GB SODIMMs on froogle are rated at PC2-5300 speed. Is this compatible with PC-2700 on the powerbook 1.67 ?
Posted by javadesigner, on Feb 27, 2006 at 02:30 PM, in Mac Notebooks
2 GB SODIMMs for powerbook ? 1,356 Views / 8 Replies  
Hi:

Anyone know if it's possible to get a DDR SODIMM with an individual capacity of 2 GB each ?

I want to upgrade my powerbook 1.67 17" to a total of 4 GB using 2 such SODIMMs.

Yes, no...
Posted by javadesigner, on Feb 26, 2006 at 02:58 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Kensington micro saver. There is no problem on... 565 Views / 3 Replies  
Kensington micro saver. There is no
problem on the ibook since the power and
security are on opposite sides. There is
a problem on the 17" powerbook since they are next to each other.
Posted by javadesigner, on Aug 9, 2005 at 07:51 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Locking the powerbook while it is plugged in ? 565 Views / 3 Replies  
The kensington security slot on the 17" powerbook is right next to where the power adapter plugs in. My existing kensington security cable wont fit while the powerbook is plugged in.

What on...
Posted by javadesigner, on Aug 8, 2005 at 11:55 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Ok, 2 things. 1) Clearly your temp monitor... 1,418 Views / 39 Replies  
Ok, 2 things.

1) Clearly your temp monitor is updating on 10.4.2. Which means it is possible contrary to what the developer of temp monitor says at:

http://www.bresink.de/osx/HWMonHistory.html...
Posted by javadesigner, on Jul 21, 2005 at 02:35 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Hmm. according to the developer of temp monitor,... 1,418 Views / 39 Replies  
Hmm. according to the developer of temp monitor, it is impossible for CPU temperature to update under Tiger. Keep in mind that temp monitor does work under 10.3. We are talking about 10.4 here.
...
Posted by javadesigner, on Jul 21, 2005 at 02:09 PM, in Mac Notebooks
This is taking us a bit far from the original... 1,418 Views / 39 Replies  
This is taking us a bit far from the original post but no, temp monitor does not update
in tiger for the CPU temperature.
Posted by javadesigner, on Jul 21, 2005 at 02:04 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Useless since it only gives the temperature when... 1,418 Views / 39 Replies  
Useless since it only gives the temperature when the machine was initially started (under Tiger which
does not update the temperature sensors).
Posted by javadesigner, on Jul 21, 2005 at 12:42 PM, in Mac Notebooks
17" Powerbookgets too hot 1,418 Views / 39 Replies  
Hi:

I just purchased a 17" 1.67 Powerbook. I am using it on a flat desktop surface (not on my lap).

Although the bottom of this powerbook gets hot, this does not concern me since it's not on...
Posted by javadesigner, on Jul 21, 2005 at 10:06 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Does your new 1.67 alu powerbook have a... 1,969 Views / 24 Replies  
Does your new 1.67 alu powerbook have
a trackbutton button as clicky as say an ibook
or is it more mushy and harder to click ?
Posted by javadesigner, on May 3, 2005 at 05:24 PM, in Mac Notebooks
How is the trackbad button on your new powerbook... 644 Views / 5 Replies  
How is the trackbad button on your new powerbook ? The earlier 1.67 powerbooks had a really mushy trackpad button which did not have a satisfying click compored to say an ibook.
Posted by javadesigner, on Apr 29, 2005 at 10:48 PM, in macOS
Hmm. I had a similar experience (no-smile... 2,383 Views / 22 Replies  
Hmm. I had a similar experience (no-smile unfriendly techs
with attitude) at another apple store. Send an email
to steve jobs saying exactly what you said here. I did
and was surprised that apple...
Posted by javadesigner, on Mar 5, 2005 at 05:01 PM, in Mac Notebooks
I'm curious: which apple store location did you ... 2,383 Views / 22 Replies  
I'm curious: which apple store location did you
have the bad experience in (with the tech) ?
Posted by javadesigner, on Mar 5, 2005 at 12:50 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Unix file systems (including all the OS X one's) ... 2,145 Views / 24 Replies  
Unix file systems (including all the OS X one's)
use memory mapping and caching. Means if there's
enough RAM, then the first time something is read
from disk, there will be a slight delay. The...
Posted by javadesigner, on Jan 31, 2005 at 01:53 AM, in Mac Notebooks
This will never work in any Apple store (I... 706 Views / 12 Replies  
This will never work in any Apple store
(I don't know about the original poster but I've
tried it myself).

You know why ? There is way, way, waaaaaaay
too much ambient noise in an apple store....
Posted by javadesigner, on Jan 4, 2005 at 11:20 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Wow, your post isn't doing a lot of good for your... 706 Views / 12 Replies  
Wow, your post isn't doing a lot of good for your
reputation. Tinkering with chud/energy-saver
IS clueless on all 17" systems -- the noise is
not affected by any energy saver setting
as I...
Posted by javadesigner, on Jan 4, 2005 at 11:15 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Axo1ot1: You should send a email to steve... 706 Views / 12 Replies  
Axo1ot1:

You should send a email to steve jobs (look
up his email via google) and clearly tell
them how unhappy you are with paying top
dollar and getting this kind of crappy laptop.
This...
Posted by javadesigner, on Jan 4, 2005 at 10:00 AM, in Mac Notebooks
I had the same problem with 3 or 4 separate 17"... 706 Views / 12 Replies  
I had the same problem with 3 or 4 separate
17" laptops. All make a noise - regardless
of "energy saver settings", the noise has
nothing to do with energy saver at all. (and/or
chud tools or...
Posted by javadesigner, on Jan 4, 2005 at 09:56 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Re: Re: Re: iMac G5 - Loud Fan! 38,825 Views / 152 Replies  
It's the LCD invertor. I had the exact same problem with three
different 17" G4 aluminum powerbooks. I've also encountered this
problem on some large (non-apple) LCD's panels. I even emailed
the...
Posted by javadesigner, on Nov 27, 2004 at 12:56 PM, in Mac Desktops
OK, what should I do about bad latch on new powerbook 17" 691 Views / 4 Replies  
I just got a new powerbook 17" and it has a bad latch.
The latch slightly protrudes more on one side than another
and pressing it doesn't open the powerbook, you kinda have
to really push-in with...
Posted by javadesigner, on Nov 11, 2004 at 05:13 PM, in Mac Notebooks
2 seperate issues from what I can tell: 1)... 765 Views / 5 Replies  
2 seperate issues from what I can tell:

1) "sizzle" -- possibly solved by reduced power settings and/or automatic (although that didn't work for me)
2) "LCD whine" -- no known solution. This...
Posted by javadesigner, on Nov 9, 2004 at 10:35 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Hi: I found more about this LCD whine.... 765 Views / 5 Replies  
Hi:

I found more about this LCD whine. Apparently it's a power invertor
thing and was also found on earlier lombard models. I'm surprised
to see this on a brand new 17" powerbook. Needless to...
Posted by javadesigner, on Nov 9, 2004 at 04:30 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Doesn't work. The sound is not affected at all... 765 Views / 5 Replies  
Doesn't work. The sound is not affected at all even if I set the mode to reduced when the powerbook is plugged in.

The processor->nap thing (chud tools) doesnt' work either. The only thing that...
Posted by javadesigner, on Nov 8, 2004 at 08:21 AM, in Mac Notebooks
New 17" Powerbook -- sizzling noise 765 Views / 5 Replies  
Hi all:

I just purchased a new Aluminum 17" powerbook and it is very
noisy -- emits a sizzling noise across it's entire length
(left to right)

I've seen this discussed in the past but I'm...
Posted by javadesigner, on Nov 6, 2004 at 10:20 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Flat panel comparison: Apple 20" vs IBM 20" L200p 484 Views / 0 Replies  
Hi:

Has anyone run displaymate or similar software on both
the new apple 20" and the IBM L200p 20" ? If so, can
anyone comment on the two based on personal experience ?
(color accuracy, black...
Posted by javadesigner, on Oct 24, 2004 at 11:05 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
Heat on PowerBook 15": 1.33 vs 1.5 Ghz 767 Views / 6 Replies  
Hi all:

I will be purchasing a 15" powerbook and was wondering:
how hot does the 1.33 get vs. the 1.5 ? Is there an
appreciable difference between the two (that can be
felt on your lap) ?
...
Posted by javadesigner, on Oct 24, 2004 at 11:02 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Re: Re: how do I install missing man pages ? 636 Views / 6 Replies  
Thanks, that worked.

Best regards,

--j
Posted by javadesigner, on Feb 13, 2004 at 06:29 PM, in macOS
Re: Re: how do I install missing man pages ? 636 Views / 6 Replies  
I tried this but it did not work :-(

SO I navigated to the bsd.pkg file, viewed package contents, unpacked archive.pax within that folder and
viewed it's contents using the 'pax'
utility. That...
Posted by javadesigner, on Feb 13, 2004 at 05:43 PM, in macOS
Re: Re: how do I install missing man pages ? 636 Views / 6 Replies  
I tried this but it did not work :-(

SO I navigated to the bsd.pkg file, viewed package contents, unpacked archive.pax within that folder and
viewed it's contents using the 'pax'
utility. That...
Posted by javadesigner, on Feb 13, 2004 at 05:30 PM, in macOS
how do I install missing man pages ? 636 Views / 6 Replies  
For some reason, my 10.3 box is missing
section 2 of the man pages.

# ls /usr/share/man
cat1 cat5 man1 man4 man6 man8 mann
cat3 cat8 man3 man5 man7 man9 whatis.db

As you can see,...
Posted by javadesigner, on Feb 13, 2004 at 03:35 AM, in macOS
I would like the same thing in Terminal and... 1,160 Views / 6 Replies  
I would like the same thing in Terminal
and misc. other applications. Is there a
global system wide setting that forces
new windows in any app to open at 0,0 ?
Posted by javadesigner, on Oct 23, 2003 at 08:44 PM, in macOS
Question about new 15" powerbook screen 749 Views / 3 Replies  
Is the Flat panel on the new 15"
powerbook the same as before or is it a
newer, improved, brigher version ? Has
anyone here used both the previous 15"
and the new 15" powerbooks and directly...
Posted by javadesigner, on Oct 5, 2003 at 01:19 PM, in Mac Notebooks
I am ultra-sensitive to noise and can hear very... 5,056 Views / 70 Replies  
I am ultra-sensitive to noise and can hear very high frequencies.

I can personally attest that I first heard this high-pitched
whine on a palm pilot. It would only happen while scrolling.
So I...
Posted by javadesigner, on Aug 4, 2003 at 10:34 PM, in Mac Notebooks
I don't get. First: root@hmac:/tmp# ls... 872 Views / 5 Replies  
I don't get.


First:
root@hmac:/tmp# ls -l /usr/bin/java
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 57 Jul 15 12:40
/usr/bin/java ->
/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Commands/java

Second:
Posted by javadesigner, on Jul 15, 2003 at 07:27 PM, in macOS
Yup, good catch. That does work on linux. But it... 872 Views / 5 Replies  
Yup, good catch. That does work on linux. But it doesn't work on mac osx though...
Posted by javadesigner, on Jul 15, 2003 at 07:22 PM, in macOS
Ok. Followup to my own post earlier. Turns... 872 Views / 5 Replies  
Ok. Followup to my own post earlier.

Turns out that "ls -L" is _not_ broken on OSX.

To wit, if I do on my linux box:

root@monster:/tmp# ln -s $(which java) j
root@monster:/tmp# ls -L j
j...
Posted by javadesigner, on Jul 8, 2003 at 08:35 PM, in macOS
Bash (or maybe ls) difference between linux/osx --anyone seen this ? 872 Views / 5 Replies  
Folks,

This is driving me crazy.

First up, my linux box:

root@monster:# echo $BASH_VERSION
2.05.0(1)-release

root@monster:# ls $(which javac)
Posted by javadesigner, on Jul 8, 2003 at 08:20 PM, in macOS
Ron: You are the developer of Graphing... 1,301 Views / 10 Replies  
Ron:

You are the developer of Graphing calcuator right ? Great
piece of software...

Best regards,

--j
Posted by javadesigner, on Apr 17, 2003 at 08:02 PM, in macOS
Yeah, but FTP is not as seamless as browsing my... 991 Views / 4 Replies  
Yeah, but FTP is not as seamless as browsing
my PC's hard drive from the mac finder. I
can do that if I mount the PC's hard drive on
the mac via PC file sharing (SAMBA internally
I am guessing)....
Posted by javadesigner, on Apr 17, 2003 at 04:44 PM, in macOS
How do I access PC from Mac ? 991 Views / 4 Replies  
Hi:

I would like to access a hard drive or folder on my
PC from OS X over the 'net. Both are on T-1's (so
speed not an issue) but are on different networks/ISP's.

As I see it, I can:

a)...
Posted by javadesigner, on Apr 16, 2003 at 08:41 PM, in macOS
Are you kidding ? Mac OS X kicks serious booty.... 986 Views / 8 Replies  
Are you kidding ? Mac OS X kicks serious booty. :thumbsup: I am using
(administrating it) in a lab environment and NetInfo (aka
yellow-pages/NIS in the SUN world) is awesome.
Never thought I'd...
Posted by javadesigner, on Apr 7, 2003 at 07:49 PM, in macOS
Tinkertool doesn't work 986 Views / 8 Replies  
Hi:

Thanks to all those who mentioned tinkertool as a way to change the system wide default font.
Unfortunately, I have tried tinkertool with 10.2.4
and although I set a different font in the...
Posted by javadesigner, on Apr 7, 2003 at 12:40 PM, in macOS
Is there any way to add a context menu so if I... 4,968 Views / 57 Replies  
Is there any way to add a context menu
so if I right click on a folder, a
command prompt automatically opens rooted at that folder's directory ?

--j
Posted by javadesigner, on Apr 5, 2003 at 05:05 PM, in macOS
Aqua/GUI questions 986 Views / 8 Replies  
Hi Folks:

I've used Mac's since OS 6-9, then windows 2000 for a few
years and now back to using Mac OS X part time. I also
know/use linux/unix fairly well.

Having gotten familiar with Aqua,...
Posted by javadesigner, on Apr 5, 2003 at 04:36 PM, in macOS
 
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