Quote: Originally Posted by sledsbehave just buy a firewire cable for the powerbook, easy enough i personally like firewire transfer, because my usb ports are taken up by my p…

Quote: Originally Posted by drainyoo Then you obviously have USB 2.0. I don't and it took a few hours for me to copy over 1000 songs. Note that USB2 is one of the system re…

According to MacTracker: PB 17" (1GHz): USB: 2 - 12MBit/s PB 17" (1.33GHz): USB: 2 - 400MBit/s None of my Macs have USB 2.0, but I love my iPod Video, and just live with the…

usb is universal, firewire is not. usb though sometimes slower, adopts a greater marketshare and more devices, which equals more profit and will drop the other format. Firewire is …

Quote: Originally Posted by 24klogos usb is universal, firewire is not. usb though sometimes slower, adopts a greater marketshare and more devices, which equals more profit and …

Er hem. I use firewire for a number of things on both my Windows desktop and my Windows laptop. And I used it BEFORE I became a Mac user. "Nobody" is a pretty large group, you k…

firewire is definately used in the windoze world. its just called IEEE1394, but its the same thing.

Quote: Originally Posted by explosivpotato firewire is definately used in the windoze world. its just called IEEE1394, but its the same thing. it can be called iLink too by…

Because USB is more popular. END OF STORY

Quote: Originally Posted by explosivpotato firewire is definately used in the windoze world. its just called IEEE1394, but its the same thing. Used... yes... more popular t…

Quote: Originally Posted by Kevin Yeah very lame. I wont buy another iPod till 1. They adopt Firewire again. 2. USB gets lots faster. Then you may just wait for a long, l…

Quote: Originally Posted by mad cow disease Then you may just wait for a long, long time. And USB2's 480 mbit isn't fast enough for you? And my "a long, long time" I think…

My iMac with Tiger still has it.

The same thing happened to me, and after reading this, I went back into system preferences, and the folder icon is gone!!?? I have it back. Maybe a reboot will help. I rebooted a c…

Quote: Originally Posted by Caltabiano I've been told to address this forum as the more knowledgle about running BOINC on macs. I'm running Climate Prediction on a G4 with OS 1…

I have a Linksys router and use a Linksys wireless access point, about $50, for my wireless computers. I assume the G3 has an airport card.

The wireless game adapter should be fine after you get it configured. I'm using one (a Netgear) with my daughter's G3/500 iMac.

If you were in a laboratory measuring in partial nanoseconds....yes.

Think they'll get it to work on Intel?

i'm sure it will go universal...at some point. shapeshifter slows my 1.33g powerbook down...a bit. enough to be noticeable (compared to a "test" user account). but not enough to m…

Not very noticibly on my G4 933. However, what did slow it down was Dashboard. I disabled that thing!

OK.... Here is what I did for Mac os X 10.4.xx. This may not be the correct or best way but seemed to work for me. If you are already running BOINC manager, select 'no new work' …

Quote: Originally Posted by Knightrider OK.... Here is what I did for Mac os X 10.4.xx. This may not be the correct or best way but seemed to work for me. If you are already r…

The client downloads automatically for all projects into the projects folder for that project. On seti at home you have an option to install a highly optimised client which is avai…

Quote: Originally Posted by OneMacGuy I cannot find the Boinc client. I can find the Boinc Manager and I can find the hdd\library\applications support\boinc data\projects folde…