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Canon Here! I have owned an i830 for more than... 3,387 Views / 55 Replies  
Canon Here! I have owned an i830 for more than several years without many problems. Had to clean the print head once, but mech. it is great and still produces nice photos and clean text. We also have...
Posted by saturnbill, on Jul 15, 2005 at 12:19 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
My First Network 461 Views / 1 Replies  
First of all, thanks to all of you that have contributed comments and advice about networking in this forum. I just finished setting up a network with a G4 (primary computer), daughters iMac 600 G3,...
Posted by saturnbill, on Jun 29, 2004 at 01:14 PM, in Networking
Thanks tooki, That answers most of my... 648 Views / 6 Replies  
Thanks tooki,

That answers most of my questions. It seems that I need to upgrade the OS on my iMac if I want to keep from buying a print server. But I would have to pay $129 to update the old iMac...
Posted by saturnbill, on Jun 25, 2004 at 02:15 PM, in Networking
Thanks Macola, The higher speed wireless... 648 Views / 6 Replies  
Thanks Macola,

The higher speed wireless seems to be the best bet overall for speed and the future. Powerline has a max of 14 Mbs which I guess should be sufficient for most needs. Wireless is...
Posted by saturnbill, on Jun 23, 2004 at 11:57 AM, in Networking
At work I am used to everything being hardwired... 648 Views / 6 Replies  
At work I am used to everything being hardwired in the network and seems to work well. But in reading the comments on various sites about the problems associated with wireless, I am less than...
Posted by saturnbill, on Jun 23, 2004 at 09:58 AM, in Networking
Anyone use Powerline Network 648 Views / 6 Replies  
I have been wanting to set up a home network with 2 Mac's and a PC. In reading many of the forums in regards to Networking, wireless seems to be a great source of problems for most people, especially...
Posted by saturnbill, on Jun 22, 2004 at 02:41 PM, in Networking
Lacie CDRW problems 470 Views / 1 Replies  
In less than 60 days I have had to send back my Lacie 52x32x52 Firewire drive twice. When it was new it worker great, but within a couple of weeks would not mount on the desktop or spin up at all. I...
Posted by saturnbill, on Jun 11, 2004 at 01:59 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
I purchased the 20 inch display last year after... 831 Views / 10 Replies  
I purchased the 20 inch display last year after careful consideration of the two you asked about, plus looking at many of the aftermarket monitors out there. The 20 inch offers a much greater screen...
Posted by saturnbill, on Mar 18, 2004 at 10:13 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
Replacement CDRW for iMac 600, where to get 576 Views / 1 Replies  
Could someone out there advise me where to obtain a replacement CDRW drive for my daughters iMac 600mhz? This is the slot loading drive and it just went bad this week after two and a half years of...
Posted by saturnbill, on Jan 9, 2004 at 01:58 PM, in Mac Desktops
I have a Flower Power iMac 600 for my daughter... 590 Views / 1 Replies  
I have a Flower Power iMac 600 for my daughter and two days ago it started with the same thing you list. Sits a few seconds with sounds like it is still spooling the disk in but shoots it out within...
Posted by saturnbill, on Jan 9, 2004 at 01:00 PM, in Mac Desktops
Sorry for the long time to reply. I bought the... 2,097 Views / 27 Replies  
Sorry for the long time to reply. I bought the Standard config at a local Apple Reseller who was wonderful. They included another 250M of RAM and I added 512M for a total of 1GB. It did make a...
Posted by saturnbill, on Nov 18, 2003 at 01:33 PM, in Mac Desktops
Bought mine several months ago. It replaced an... 2,097 Views / 27 Replies  
Bought mine several months ago. It replaced an iMac600. I went back and forth about buying the G5, but decided because of the savings that the 1.25 was a better deal. I love it! I work with Photoshop...
Posted by saturnbill, on Nov 10, 2003 at 04:59 PM, in Mac Desktops
Thanks for the tips. The computer is a new 1.25... 591 Views / 5 Replies  
Thanks for the tips. The computer is a new 1.25 single processer and has been great till now. I will try to run some disk tests, zap the PRAM, etc to see if it helps. The only thing I have plugged...
Posted by saturnbill, on Oct 14, 2003 at 04:23 PM, in macOS
OS 10.8 update freezing 591 Views / 5 Replies  
Just to say first that after just buying a new G4 with OSX, I must say i love the new OS. It has been pretty much trouble gree to date. That is until I just updated the OS to 10.8 via the auto...
Posted by saturnbill, on Oct 14, 2003 at 02:57 PM, in macOS
I too have that same problem with my 20" display.... 679 Views / 15 Replies  
I too have that same problem with my 20" display. I will put it to sleep by menu or it may sleep by the timer and a while later I go by the room and viola! It's back on again. Hate to keep shutting...
Posted by saturnbill, on Oct 14, 2003 at 02:49 PM, in macOS
You may be better off in getting a CAD program... 1,386 Views / 13 Replies  
You may be better off in getting a CAD program meant for the Mac. There are several that might compare with AutoCad and can export the required file format. Vectorworks 10 is probably one of the...
Posted by saturnbill, on Sep 10, 2003 at 12:31 PM, in Mac Desktops
Buy the 20" Cinema. I had the same choices in... 1,576 Views / 20 Replies  
Buy the 20" Cinema. I had the same choices in mind, bought the Apple display and never looked back. It is the best Apple purchase that I have ever made. Wonderful monitor.
Posted by saturnbill, on Aug 26, 2003 at 03:38 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
You can use just a moist non-abrasive cloth that... 682 Views / 11 Replies  
You can use just a moist non-abrasive cloth that does not drip. Whatever you use, make sure that it does not have alcohol of any kind in it. I just bought some of the "pop-up" wipes, 100 to a...
Posted by saturnbill, on Aug 22, 2003 at 11:50 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
This looks like the Crucial.com site. I have... 692 Views / 5 Replies  
This looks like the Crucial.com site. I have bought there a few times and found them to be a great company, with great service. I have the 1.25 single and will be ordering this week the 512 on the...
Posted by saturnbill, on Aug 22, 2003 at 10:53 AM, in Mac Desktops
I too bought the 1.25 single. I love it since I... 1,048 Views / 7 Replies  
I too bought the 1.25 single. I love it since I am upgrading from a 600MHZ iMac. I just signed up at www.lynda.com where you can view online tutorials for $25.00/month. They were great, since I have...
Posted by saturnbill, on Aug 12, 2003 at 04:54 PM, in Mac Desktops
Before I bought my 20" Apple Cinema Display, I... 895 Views / 9 Replies  
Before I bought my 20" Apple Cinema Display, I struggled about Apple-vs-Formac. I decided on the Apple, even though it had a shorter warranty, and greater pixel replacment policy, mainly because from...
Posted by saturnbill, on Aug 12, 2003 at 04:31 PM, in Mac Desktops
If you can qualify for the Educational discounts,... 1,055 Views / 14 Replies  
If you can qualify for the Educational discounts, by all means go there. You can save hundreds off the retail prices. At Acedemic Superstore you can get Photoshop for about 270.00. Elements will not...
Posted by saturnbill, on Aug 11, 2003 at 11:30 AM, in Art & Graphic Design
In response to the posts in this column, I just... 1,996 Views / 35 Replies  
In response to the posts in this column, I just purchased the MX500 and I must say it is light years better than the Apple mouse. How I used photoshop and other graphics programs as well as general...
Posted by saturnbill, on Aug 11, 2003 at 11:16 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
Well, I just checked my Applications folder and... 869 Views / 9 Replies  
Well, I just checked my Applications folder and what do you know, iDVD is there! So I guess all I need is the Superdrive. I looked at the links on the Apple site and it seems that iDVD is already on...
Posted by saturnbill, on Aug 8, 2003 at 10:49 PM, in Mac Desktops
20" Apple display. I looked at about all of them... 1,064 Views / 22 Replies  
20" Apple display. I looked at about all of them in the last couple of months and thought this was the best of the lot. Beautiful color and perfect for graphics work.
Posted by saturnbill, on Aug 5, 2003 at 03:45 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
Thanks for the great information. I will buy the... 869 Views / 9 Replies  
Thanks for the great information. I will buy the superdrive soon and make the bay switch's so the S-drive is on top. According to Apple, the single 1.25's were not supposed to have iDVD, but I saw...
Posted by saturnbill, on Aug 5, 2003 at 03:09 PM, in Mac Desktops
Adding second drive to 1.25 MDD 869 Views / 9 Replies  
I have just upgraded from a iMac 600 to a G4 single 1.25 tower and I love it. I did not want to wait to order the dual and have it config with the Superdrive, so it has the Combo. What I need to know...
Posted by saturnbill, on Aug 5, 2003 at 12:24 PM, in Mac Desktops
 
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