I have a small amount of money available to purchase a scanner and digital camera for my middle school art students to use. The computer we will use is a power mac 5300/100 lc. Any…

I am looking at the new G4 computer. I would probably buy if it were not for that expensive monitor. Is there another company that makes the Apple "ice color" monitors that might…

The rumor is that the current 400 MHz G4 model, based on the old B&W motherboard, will be phased out fairly quickly. Does anyone know whether a 400 MHz Sawtooth model will rep…

Chances are that Apple will speed bump in November or December, phasing out Yosemite. Then 450 MHz will be the lowest speed, so there shouldn't be a 400 MHz sawtooth.

I'm in the market for a color printer. Does HP support Macs with its 4500 color LaserJet?

I believe I've seen the PPD file for the HP Color Laserjet 4500. Not sure if this means HP will support you if you have printing problems.

Yes, they most certainly do. You should have received the software on a dual-format CD-ROM, or the drivers should be downloadable from their Web site. ------------------ If you go…

Has anyone had any success interfacing an older SCSI Epson scanner such as the ES 800C with the new G3 B&W? I could not get Photoshop or Omnipage to recognize or find the scan…

I use Adaptec 2960U to connect two scanners and two 50-pin SCSI HDs along with an internal SCSI HD (used for backups daily) with no trouble. I don't trust any USB-SCSI and it can…

I hooked up an ES1200c to a B&W. It too would not work with the twain drivers. Epson is not sure if they plan to update them either. The only way to get the scanner to be rec…

Can anyone give me an opinion comparing the display quality (color, sharpness) of the Apple 15" Flat Panel Display with the older 17" Colorsync? I now have a 17" Colorsync that I a…

Whatever you do, dont use any other resolution then the optimal one on LCD's. Borrow a Powerbook and find out how it looks. I have a 15" Studio display closeby and the quality is s…

he's right, The flat panel has similar quality, the color can be a bit off though if you do not calibrate a profile for the display. Don't settle for the Apple Default FPD profile…

The ability to scale is built into the display, not the MacOS. Otherwise you couldn't use the display on Wintel which you can. The system is called Manta and looks better than any …

Basically, though, about the Apple FPD vs ColorSync 17": as mentioned, the ColorSync 17 is not compatible with the G4s. BUT I personally would not necessarily choose Apple's fla…

My old system was a powermac 7500/100 and I was pretty happy with it. It did everything I needed, but then for my high school graduation I got a beige g3 333mhz minitower. Eventual…

According to NewerTech you are in bizness: MAXpowr G3 Carrier Card will launch you into the current day with ZIF technology. ZIF (Zero Insertion Force) sockets are quickly becomin…

Can somebody tell me what the maximum length for a firewire segment is? I read in Macworld that a firewire segment can be 72 meters long, however, Orange Micro claims that you need…

Supports up to 63 devices using cable lengths up to 14 feet. http://www.apple.com/firewire/ search Apple TIL: http://til.info.apple.com/techinfo.n...+search+simple

I'm going to be connecting a video camera via firewire to my B&W G3 like this: (Sony DCR-PC1)+(15 Foot FireWire Cable)+(Orange Micro FireWire Repeater)+(15 Foot Fire Wire Cable…

Why do they make s-video cables that are 30 feet long when the spec says 6 feet or less? Because it usually works, especially with a repeater... Drewman

I tried many times to add another USB trackball or wheel mouse (different brands) to my B&W 400 G3 which already have an ADB trackball (Logitech Trackman Marble) attached to it…

I have an Entrega 7 port USB hub. My Epson 740 works great with it as does my Keyspan USB/Serial adapter for my PalmPilo, my Iomega Zip drive, and my Umax 1220U scanner. However m…

hi there, sorry, but that's the big drawback of using usb for high-bandwith devices. usb can't push enough data to the farther devices fast enough to keep up with their needs. when…

Thanks for the reply, that's what I thought. I understand about the Avid capture needing all the bandwith, but I thought my CDR at a slower speed setting would be OK. Oh well, I'm …