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dang - not mine! 1,597 Views / 24 Replies  
Just got the 1 ghz iMac, and mine is the Pioneer drive.

Fish
Posted by FishDoc, on Feb 21, 2003 at 12:37 PM, in Mac Desktops
http://www.theimac.com/drive_steps.shtml ... 4,626 Views / 5 Replies  
http://www.theimac.com/drive_steps.shtml


It is not too tough! Good luck.


Fish
Posted by FishDoc, on Feb 17, 2003 at 07:39 PM, in Mac Desktops
benchmarks are out there 13,678 Views / 178 Replies  
at the xbench web site

http://ladd.dyndns.org/xbench/csi.xhtml?machineTypeID=14

A quick look shows the new 1 ghz iMacs getting around 85 or so, while the dual 867 machine is running from...
Posted by FishDoc, on Feb 17, 2003 at 05:49 PM, in Mac Desktops
it is on your install CD. Fish 726 Views / 4 Replies  
it is on your install CD.


Fish
Posted by FishDoc, on Jan 11, 2003 at 04:29 PM, in Applications
GPS mapping software? 565 Views / 0 Replies  
Can anyone help me here - I have a bunch of GPS coordinates that I want to turn into a map (they are from locations where I do research in Mexico). I don't really care much if I can have software...
Posted by FishDoc, on Jan 11, 2003 at 03:05 PM, in Applications
Actually, Pivot Tables DO let you calculate... 495 Views / 2 Replies  
Actually, Pivot Tables DO let you calculate averages, Max, Min, Variance, Standard Dev, etc, but for some reason when you drag data into the table, the default is "count", so I then have to click on...
Posted by FishDoc, on Dec 31, 2002 at 04:55 PM, in Applications
2 bugs/questions about MS Excel for OS X 495 Views / 2 Replies  
1. When using pivot tables, I would like the default to be to calculate averages, not "counts"....is there a way to do this?
2. when I copy a column of dates, and paste it into another column, it...
Posted by FishDoc, on Dec 31, 2002 at 02:33 PM, in Applications
I am having a similar problem with my year-old... 3,700 Views / 53 Replies  
I am having a similar problem with my year-old iBook. I read through the Apple forums, and it appears to be a problem with the battery. In my case, it started by going to sleep when it thought it...
Posted by FishDoc, on Dec 6, 2002 at 02:05 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Gotta agree here - the product is first-class,... 1,426 Views / 16 Replies  
Gotta agree here - the product is first-class, and so is the operation.

I take my iBook out for field research on boats, and thanks to the durability of the ibook AND the sleeve, it has taken some...
Posted by FishDoc, on Nov 12, 2002 at 02:47 PM, in Mac Notebooks
I really miss Cricketgraph - I use Deltagraph now... 9,319 Views / 17 Replies  
I really miss Cricketgraph - I use Deltagraph now (in classic), but CG was SO much more intuitive to use.

Ah well....I have tried the other options listed here, but none of them come close to the...
Posted by FishDoc, on Aug 1, 2002 at 01:01 PM, in Applications
Gotta agree here with the majority - iPhoto is... 456 Views / 21 Replies  
Gotta agree here with the majority - iPhoto is awfully slow, both on my iBook 600 and my wife's G4 800. It IS literally embarrassing to open it up in front of Windows users (I do field research with...
Posted by FishDoc, on Jul 3, 2002 at 07:31 PM, in macOS
This is my Mac: ... 575 Views / 27 Replies  
This is my Mac:
http://homepage.mac.com/mybulkmail/mac-icons/13313.png
model name: iBook
model id: 13313
processor: PowerPC G3
speed: 600 MHz
optical drive: DVD-ROM

My Mac is named:...
Posted by FishDoc, on May 12, 2002 at 12:03 AM, in Mac Notebooks
I find that pretty frustrating too - but there... 1,079 Views / 62 Replies  
I find that pretty frustrating too - but there are technological limits that probably play into this. Still, I have heard that Jaguar DOES increase the speed on older macs - it just sounds like it...
Posted by FishDoc, on May 6, 2002 at 02:20 PM, in macOS
I run OS X on my iMac (rev A) with 384 MB Ram. ... 1,256 Views / 70 Replies  
I run OS X on my iMac (rev A) with 384 MB Ram. It works. Yes, I get frustrated soemtimes with how slow it is, but for most things (word processing, spreadsheets, email, web browsing) it is ok.
...
Posted by FishDoc, on Dec 9, 2001 at 04:06 PM, in Mac Desktops
corrupt entourage database - help! 467 Views / 4 Replies  
Well, the header says it all - I tried rebuilding the database (typical and advanced), but it always crashed during that. I would even settle for using one of those archiving or im[porting scripts,...
Posted by FishDoc, on Nov 16, 2001 at 05:40 PM, in Applications
Gotta put in another vote for Grados - those are... 1,531 Views / 69 Replies  
Gotta put in another vote for Grados - those are really nice sounding headphones (although admittedly not as portable as earbuds).

As for noise - my office-mate will attest to the fact that, when...
Posted by FishDoc, on Nov 7, 2001 at 06:49 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
Writing this on a Rev A iMac (233 mhz - Mark, I... 569 Views / 11 Replies  
Writing this on a Rev A iMac (233 mhz - Mark, I think it is a Rev B if it is the 266) with 384 MB RAM. Absolutely useable as my full-time OS, speed-wise. Sure, a little sluggish, but perfectly...
Posted by FishDoc, on Oct 21, 2001 at 01:57 PM, in macOS
Turns out I DO have the latest OpenGL drivers,... 475 Views / 2 Replies  
Turns out I DO have the latest OpenGL drivers, and that is actually the problem! I am running 9.2.1, and there are apparently some conflicts (http://www.macfixit.com/reports/macos9.2.shtml#opengl)....
Posted by FishDoc, on Sep 22, 2001 at 03:46 PM, in Gaming
>Maybe De Luca could use his dictionary to... 2,167 Views / 166 Replies  
>Maybe De Luca could use his dictionary to look up the word pedantic?

LOL. My thoughts exactly.


Fish
Posted by FishDoc, on Sep 20, 2001 at 12:12 PM, in macOS
Q3 TA demo trauma 475 Views / 2 Replies  
I KNOW there is a solution, because I found one when I first downloaded this demo months ago, but have since forgotten.

Tried to run Q3 TA demo on my wife's new iMac. Only app that came with the...
Posted by FishDoc, on Sep 18, 2001 at 02:42 PM, in Gaming
That is all well and good, but I think we can all... 724 Views / 34 Replies  
That is all well and good, but I think we can all agree that if a piece of hardware is claimed to be "supported" by software, but that software performs so slowly as to lack functionality, then they...
Posted by FishDoc, on Aug 27, 2001 at 08:31 PM, in macOS
 
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