| Author | Message | ||
     Dave Ross Supporter Username: Dave Post Number: 3939 Registered: 5-2001  |
We need to get more people to try and use these feats of engineering, so this (non-Soapbox) area is for all things Macintosh. -- Posted from a Dual Processor PowerMac G4 | ||
| Nohero Citizen Username: Nohero Post Number: 1199 Registered: 5-2001  |
An oldie, but a goodie:  Posted from our tired old, primitive Gateway with a Pentium Eye Eye something-or-other | ||
| Dave Ross Supporter Username: Dave Post Number: 3940 Registered: 5-2001 |
Well, then I guess I have to follow it up with something Apple really did design....  | ||
| mck Citizen Username: Mck Post Number: 329 Registered: 5-2001 |
I bought an IMac, gumdrop style, last year, based partly on your recommendations, the insistence of a geek friend, and my observations that my spouse's life is being run by her PC. I just knew that I'm not cut out to be continually downloading anti virus software. But I'm still stupid, and even if it is supposed to be easy to use, nothing comes easy to me. I use the ITunes a lot, but tell me, geeks, something simple and fun to do with this engineering marvel that will make me feel cool. (I Don't have a digital camera.) | ||
| notehead Citizen Username: Notehead Post Number: 395 Registered: 5-2001 |
I've been using Apple computers since my Apple IIe in the mid 80's. I tend to use a lot of the current "i-apps" included on the new machines pretty regularly. All photos or video I shoot on special occasions and vacations end up in my Mac via Firewire or USB. I edited a home-made music video in iMovie last summer, and I've been composing, mixing, editing, and scoring music on Macs for years (first with StudioVision, now with Pro Tools). Friends of mine are doing a short film on DV-video, and all the post-production will be done on Macs. I'm constantly (quickly, easily) burning discs of mp3's to listen to at the office with iTunes (only stuff I've purchased - I do NOT steal music.) Even just surfing the internet is a bit more enjoyable on my Mac at home than on my utterly dull Compaq NT box at work. It's a wonderful platform, and I have absolutely NO desire to work on any other. I've certainly had corrupt files or disc problems or system freezes, but I run disc utilities on my discs regularly and that pretty much prevents any major problems. I can't think of any typical home computer-based activity that isn't more easily done a Mac. Even Micro$oft's Office programs are significantly better in their current versions for Mac OS X. | ||
| Dave Ross Supporter Username: Dave Post Number: 3944 Registered: 5-2001 |
Has anyone seen the new Will Ferrell "switch ad"? Here 'tis: http://www.apple.com/switch/ads/will/will_santa_lawyer.html | ||
| Brian O'Leary Citizen Username: Brianoleary Post Number: 1088 Registered: 3-2002 |
Mck, try the really neat built-in chess game that Mac offers in OS X. | ||
| mtierney Citizen Username: Mtierney Post Number: 308 Registered: 3-2001 |
I too have had Macs since the '80s and would never go back to a PC. I now have an IMac OS9 and love it. However, as I mentioned in the please help thread, I find using AppleWorks6 so much more difficult than Word Perfect. I cannot do labels! Not the most pressing need of mine, understand.  On another point, do any of you Mac geeks understand scanning 35mm slides? I just purchased an Epson scanner which allegedly has that capability, but it seems so difficult. | ||
| Dave Ross Supporter Username: Dave Post Number: 3971 Registered: 5-2001 |
AppleWorks6 left out templates that came with previous versions. Fortunately, it appears you can download them from this page. Apple also has education-specific templates. | ||
| mtierney Citizen Username: Mtierney Post Number: 309 Registered: 3-2001 |
Thank you, Dave - I thought my brain was left out! | ||
| mck Citizen Username: Mck Post Number: 330 Registered: 5-2001 |
Dave, Ditto for me! Thanks for those templates. and Brian, thanks for reminding me about the chess game. | ||
| alia Citizen Username: Alia Post Number: 84 Registered: 5-2001 |
I love my mac, but I have a situation this week: I have a PowerMac6500 updated with OS 9.1 I just got a Palm VIIx (my sister wasn't using it so I said hand it over) and can't get the hotsync cradle to work. I installed a PCI to USB card, downloaded the driver for the USBcable, downloaded the Palm desktop 2.6.3, and it still won't hotsync. It keeps saying the connection isn't happening. Anyone have any suggestions? | ||
| Dave Ross Supporter Username: Dave Post Number: 3980 Registered: 5-2001 |
You may have to reinstall usb drivers from 9.1 disk. According to one adaptor manufacturer, it goes like this...
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| alia Citizen Username: Alia Post Number: 85 Registered: 5-2001 |
Thanks so much for the info. I followed the instructions, and , well, nothing. Still no hotsync-ing going on. When I reinstalled Palm desktop 2.6.3, it asked which port I would be using, but none of the choices applied. How can I change that now that it's installed? I'm looking around the program and can't find the answer. I am soooo frustrated. | ||
| alia Citizen Username: Alia Post Number: 87 Registered: 5-2001 |
Okay, I give up. I need to pay someone to help me. Does anyone know a Mac consultant? | ||
| Dave Ross Supporter Username: Dave Post Number: 4001 Registered: 5-2001 |
I think you need to troubleshoot the USB connection first. Can you get other devices to work with it, like a digital camera or printer? If you can, then work with Palm support. If not, you should get in touch with the manufacturer of the USB card to find out why it isn't working on your system. In either case the manufacturer may have upgraded software to help. | ||
| jgberkeley Supporter Username: Jgberkeley Post Number: 2524 Registered: 5-2001 |
I'm feeling good about my Dell just reading this thread. What a great idea, a feel good room! | ||
| Dave Ross Supporter Username: Dave Post Number: 4002 Registered: 5-2001 |
Was your Dell built in 1997? Looks like Dell systems of that year would have the same problems (no USB support) as the PowerMac 6500. | ||
| Dave Ross Supporter Username: Dave Post Number: 4047 Registered: 5-2001 |
Anyone on a Mac should experience Apple's new Web browser, Safari. It's in public beta now: http://www.apple.com/safari/download/ About 2-3x faster than MSIE or other browsers. Loads MOL message board very quickly. | ||
| jgberkeley Supporter Username: Jgberkeley Post Number: 2536 Registered: 5-2001 |
How does it do with the old, "File Locked" message? |
