Getting back to the original question, I don't think the 5400 RPM drives are available yet. Are they? I just installed an 18 gig Toshiba (standard 4,200 RPM) in my G3 266 Wallst…

Can anyone with an SE FireWire iBook give me the mfr and part # of the DVD drive shown in the System Profiler? Thanks, Bill

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HI, I just went out and got two new DVD's for my new 500mhz PowerBook. It's running OS 9.0.4 and The latest version of the DVD Player. However, when I put any of the new discs into…

Try reinstalling the DVD Software... that would be my first bet. Have you tried inserting the DVDs while holding down the 'command' and 'i' key? Doing so will force the DVD to moun…

Some people have also reported that turning off File Sharing has made that error disappear. tooki

Misha is on the right trach. Hold down the Option, Command and I keys at the same time while inserting the DVD disk. This will cause the DVD to be mounted on the desktop in ISO-96…

This could also be caused by the Mac not being able to read some DVD formats, specifically ISO 9660 Level 3 and Joliet (a Windows thing). There's a piece of freeware, Joliet Volu…

Thanks for all the help. I tried everything you said but ended up taking the darn thing in (it's not actually mine to speak of so I didn't want to hurt it). They later rang and evi…

Hi, I hope someone could answer mi questions, well The first time I connected the pismo to the tv via an svideo cable for DVD playing i just was able to run the DVD software with …

As I understand it, you can only connect TV or VGA but not both, but I can't say I've done any tests. As for how to get it to use only the TV: Have a USB device nearby (ANY device…

I sold my G4 500mhz Single CPU off just before the MP's cameout. I have been waiting for the supply of MP 500's to level off but while I have been waiting it started to think why n…

1)Except for Altivec enhanced applications, there isn't much difference between the G3 and G4 except the G4 tower has a larger graphics card. 2)The graphics card in the Powerbook a…

Newbie here, technical pc user, but What is a Pismo?

Apple code name for the latest PowerBooks (the ones with FireWire). Named after Pismo Beach, CA, which is known for Pismo clams. The FireWire PowerBook was originally supposed to c…

Interesting.

I heard somewhere that there would be Rage Pro support in OS X 10.2. This would mean that Open GL would be enabled in older imacs and powerbooks as Apple originally promised with O…

Hi guys and girls... as you all can see, I'm new. My first question tho isn't a very simple one, so let's start. As student, everybody will agree, you naturally don't have a lot …

I think upgrading a 1400c at this point has diminishing returns. The 1400c was a venerable notebook when it was new, but it's pretty useless for even today's office applications. F…

List it on e-bay and put the proceeds towards either an iBook or a Titanium. rh

Well, I'm not making any plans on listing my new Laptop on ebay again, I just bought it there. Let's set this clear: I don't have the money to buy an iBook, even not a used one. […

Word 5 and ClarisWorks 4 are stellar for older machines. Also look into the iCab browser, and Eudora lite 3 as an email client. They all run nicely in low resource environments.

That's a good tip, I'll try to find those. As said, It's just a better typewriter for me at first, maybe something more when it really suites me. But I'm not going to spend $800 fo…

I actually ran 9.0.4 without complaint on my old 1400. I primarily ran Office 98 and PageMaker 6.5+. PageMaker didn't run that well until I got a Newer 250 upgrade and 64mb of ra…

I've got the rev a titanium, 500. I'm running with the original 256meg configuration. But I live in os X. I never go back. From what I remember of my OS 9 days, the computer wa…