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Midwest Dial-in ISP's	557 Views / 1 Replies
Can anyone recommend a GOOD Chicago area ISP that won't give me busy signals, and won't require me to use special dialers ( I prefer to use Apple's PPP and Remote Access control panels) :confused:
Posted by tombarta, on Jul 10, 2001 at 02:00 PM, in MacNN Lounge

I've never found the Athlon to be particularly...	2,837 Views / 118 Replies
I've never found the Athlon to be particularly peppy. People who claim that it is seem to fall for some of Microsoft's little "tricks". MS office on a PC seems faster than it really is-- for...
Posted by tombarta, on Apr 26, 2001 at 01:02 AM, in Mac Desktops

http://forums.macnn.com/cgi-bin/frown.gif Sorry...	1,695 Views / 106 Replies
http://forums.macnn.com/cgi-bin/frown.gif Sorry about the repeat posts (above). UBB was givin' me a hard time!
Posted by tombarta, on Mar 19, 2001 at 06:14 PM, in macOS

Windows users seem to have the pleasure or...	1,695 Views / 106 Replies
Windows users seem to have the pleasure or re-installing their OS to fix problems WAY more than we Mac users have to http://forums.macnn.com/cgi-bin/smile.gif . Also, re-installing Windows often...
Posted by tombarta, on Mar 19, 2001 at 03:08 PM, in macOS

Windows users seem to have the pleasure or...	1,695 Views / 106 Replies
Windows users seem to have the pleasure or re-installing their OS to fix problems WAY more than we Mac users have to http://forums.macnn.com/cgi-bin/smile.gif . Also, re-installing Windows often...
Posted by tombarta, on Mar 19, 2001 at 02:35 PM, in macOS

Windows users seem to have the pleasure or...	1,695 Views / 106 Replies
Windows users seem to have the pleasure or re-installing their OS to fix problems WAY more than we Mac users have to http://forums.macnn.com/cgi-bin/smile.gif . Also, re-installing Windows often...
Posted by tombarta, on Mar 19, 2001 at 02:32 PM, in macOS

"Yeah I was wondering how you do it too!! Can...	1,695 Views / 106 Replies
"Yeah I was wondering how you do it too!! Can anybody please post instructions on how to Partition???????" The moderator is correct: "drive setup" will do it, but it will erase all your data. La...
Posted by tombarta, on Mar 19, 2001 at 09:39 AM, in macOS

I don't use the password features in OS 9. I am...	1,695 Views / 106 Replies
I don't use the password features in OS 9. I am curious about HOUSEHOLD security in OS X. Two questions: 1) is is easy to set up various household user accounts (and does it matter if I do this...
Posted by tombarta, on Mar 16, 2001 at 03:58 PM, in macOS

Well, I want to back up my disc before I install...	484 Views / 5 Replies
Well, I want to back up my disc before I install OS X-- that is one of my motivations. That gives until 3/24 before I NEED to buy something. I agree that it is most discouraging that there are no...
Posted by tombarta, on Jan 16, 2001 at 02:10 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components

Best external Firewire HD	484 Views / 5 Replies
I want an external Firewire drive, preferably a little pocket-sized one. RELIABILITY (GOOD SOFTWARE DRIVERS/EXTENSIONS) is my number one issue. What do people recommend? Are the VST drives good? The...
Posted by tombarta, on Jan 15, 2001 at 02:53 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components

Tough choice! The 2 X 533 may or may not be a...	1,157 Views / 51 Replies
Tough choice! The 2 X 533 may or may not be a little faster (assuming (2 X 533) x ,say, 0.8 -.90). What we DO now is that the new 667 1) has much faster cache 2) much faster RAM (PC133) and a much...
Posted by tombarta, on Jan 12, 2001 at 10:15 AM, in Mac Desktops

http://forums.macnn.com/cgi-bin/smile.gif Thank...	1,298 Views / 55 Replies
http://forums.macnn.com/cgi-bin/smile.gif Thank you, Motorola!!!! "<B>In what has to be the most underrated piece of news for the day, Motorola introduced the new PowerPC 7450 chip</B>" Now, if...
Posted by tombarta, on Jan 10, 2001 at 02:27 PM, in Mac Desktops

http://forums.macnn.com/cgi-bin/smile.gifI love...	614 Views / 28 Replies
http://forums.macnn.com/cgi-bin/smile.gifI love my G4/350. I have played around with iMacs in stores, and I think I would be comfortable owning one. As for complaints about flaky USB: I hear you....
Posted by tombarta, on Nov 27, 2000 at 03:25 PM, in Mac Desktops

I use Netscape 4.6. NS 6 is a work in progress--...	1,035 Views / 52 Replies
I use Netscape 4.6. NS 6 is a work in progress-- not ready for prime time, but it looks like it will have the best rendering accuracy when it is done. IE is slower than Navigator 4.6 and the pages...
Posted by tombarta, on Nov 20, 2000 at 03:05 AM, in Applications

Well, I think Apple's free utility called "disk...	419 Views / 1 Replies
Well, I think Apple's free utility called "disk copy" should work. http://forums.macnn.com/cgi-bin/smile.gif It is available at the Apple site, or maybe, also, at shareware download sites, like Cnet...
Posted by tombarta, on Nov 7, 2000 at 09:50 AM, in Gaming

"I have a both a 100 zip USB and an Imation drive...	719 Views / 18 Replies
"I have a both a 100 zip USB and an Imation drive for use with my iBook (466 SE). Sometimes, randomly it appears, neither the...
Posted by tombarta, on Nov 1, 2000 at 02:19 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components

To PotCallKettle--- ...	442 Views / 11 Replies
To PotCallKettle--- http://forums.macnn.com/cgi-bin/wink.gif I didn't mean that Apple would use the "U" word-- you can bet they won't. But they will probably say things like "never reboot", or...
Posted by tombarta, on Oct 27, 2000 at 01:32 PM, in macOS

Well, however they choose to do it, they have...	442 Views / 11 Replies
Well, however they choose to do it, they have something like 3 billion in CASH to do it with http://forums.macnn.com/cgi-bin/smile.gif. I hope they saturate PC channels as well as TV and Mac...
Posted by tombarta, on Oct 27, 2000 at 11:20 AM, in macOS

"On the contrary, the hardware and OS wars are...	654 Views / 37 Replies
"On the contrary, the hardware and OS wars are just starting. What is coming to an end is the era of the "toy" OS's such as the MacOS, win9x, Atari TOS, GS/OS, etc.." You forgot to mention Windows...
Posted by tombarta, on Oct 27, 2000 at 11:13 AM, in macOS

http://forums.macnn.com/cgi-bin/smile.gif "If...	719 Views / 18 Replies
http://forums.macnn.com/cgi-bin/smile.gif "If only they weren't so darn expensive compared to a zip drive." What's your data worth? Zip Drive reliability is pretty bad. And a nice thing about the...
Posted by tombarta, on Oct 27, 2000 at 11:03 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components

http://forums.macnn.com/cgi-bin/redface.gif...	502 Views / 10 Replies
http://forums.macnn.com/cgi-bin/redface.gif Sorry! I thought I had read somewhere that the carbonization had been finished. I am not on the public beta-- because it still lacks a few things I need to...
Posted by tombarta, on Oct 2, 2000 at 01:41 PM, in macOS

http://forums.macnn.com/cgi-bin/smile.gif...	502 Views / 10 Replies
http://forums.macnn.com/cgi-bin/smile.gif "Setting Sun" is a nice, Carbon compliant Screensaver system, with a reputedly good SDK. It is at: http://www.webthing.net
Posted by tombarta, on Sep 30, 2000 at 07:01 PM, in macOS

Well, I would suppose the USB output would serve,...	467 Views / 10 Replies
Well, I would suppose the USB output would serve, for USB-compatible monitors...
Posted by tombarta, on Sep 22, 2000 at 08:51 AM, in Mac Notebooks

I'd go simpler still: learn to write tight,...	1,248 Views / 64 Replies
I'd go simpler still: learn to write tight, complete Applescript. If you hate Applescript, programming in general will probably not appeal. If you want to work at a beginnner level, Real Basic might...
Posted by tombarta, on Sep 16, 2000 at 07:06 PM, in Developer Center

I THINK I heard somewhere that the utility "USB...	912 Views / 66 Replies
I THINK I heard somewhere that the utility "USB Overdrive" was carbonized and could help with some of your peripheral troubles. You might check on that. I'm pretty brave as a rule, but I think...
Posted by tombarta, on Sep 15, 2000 at 04:41 PM, in macOS

http://forums.macnn.com/cgi-bin/smile.gif	467 Views / 10 Replies
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Posted by tombarta, on Sep 14, 2000 at 09:07 AM, in Mac Notebooks

Addendum: Oh yes: DAVE IS REALLY hard to...	1,625 Views / 50 Replies
Addendum: Oh yes: DAVE IS REALLY hard to configure-- no doubt due to stupidities involving Windows networking-- but once you do, it is a GREAT product. It took me 2 hours to get my copy running...
Posted by tombarta, on Aug 25, 2000 at 08:54 AM, in MacNN Lounge

There are a number of important issues here. ...	1,625 Views / 50 Replies
There are a number of important issues here. 1) Is forcing people to use Wintels discrimination? Well, yes, it is-- and it is cruel but not unusual. But I DOUBT that it would count as any kind of...
Posted by tombarta, on Aug 25, 2000 at 08:51 AM, in MacNN Lounge

Well, my love for the iBook comes in part from...	467 Views / 10 Replies
Well, my love for the iBook comes in part from the Airport factor, the handle, and how cool they look, in addition to the lowish price point. I may have to bite the bullet and get a used G3...
Posted by tombarta, on Aug 24, 2000 at 11:35 AM, in Mac Notebooks

Video/VGA out???	467 Views / 10 Replies
I have fallen in love with the iBook http://forums.macnn.com/cgi-bin/smile.gif. I want to buy one (and I don't want to shell out for a professional model). ...
Posted by tombarta, on Aug 24, 2000 at 11:03 AM, in Mac Notebooks

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