Just a quick thank you for your input on this... it's strange how much more difficult the decision gets once it's your money and not your employer's. ;^) But to counter a couple o…

I understand that magnetic media drives like the Jazz and ORB are prone to head crashes and dust problems. However, I want to be able to store large media files (AvidCinema and ma…

We have had too many problems with ORB to recommend it. We too back up large M100 files and writing seemed to work but copying a file BACK from the ORB was a crap-shoot. We also …

I have had a Jaz drive for two years and only had one bad disk problem (Iomega replaced the disk free). I purchased an Orb SCSI drive thinking I could replace the Jaz. However, …

Lots of problems with the Orb, so don't go with it. Jaz drives are a tad bit more reliable, but still, disks can corrupt. CDRW media CAN be read on normal cd-roms as long as they …

Well I must just be the exception. I've had my Orb drive since October and it has been great. No problems with disks, I have three of them. Just prior to purchasing the Orb I bo…

I must be lucky too. I've had my ORB for about 4 months now. I have 4 disk with no problems at all. In fact, I'm buying another disk today.

Well I must be really lucky. I've had a Jaz drive for 3 years now and I've NEVER had a problem, and for the last five months I've had a scsi cdr, scanner AND the Jaz hooked to my D…

I have a PC user friend (but he's very nice to Macs, mind you) who owns an external 1GB Jaz and an internal Orb. I have been using the Jaz now that he got the Orb, and I am please…

I got a SCSI Orb when they first came out. I had some trouble at first, but much of this was because of changes (improvements) in the drivers. I lost all of the data on one of my d…

Yes, that is probably right. 8.5 GB 8.5*1024 = 8704 MB 8704*1024 = 8912896 KB Most people just look at the 8912896 KB and call it 9 GB (when it really is only 8.5 GB) because they…

Check out MacWindows. They have a solutions section that includes sharing keyboards and monitors cross platform. May not have a USB answer but worth the look. http://www.macwindow…

> Does anybody know if it is possible to set up 2 machines, a Mac and an NT box, > with a USB keyboard and mouse through a hub or something so that I can > switch between …

Just try http://www.galaxyhp.com/ Also make sure you have both in and out S-video adapters, because they don't ship it together with the video card.

They are all the same.

They are not the same. PC microphones will not work on the Mac, reverse is probably also true.

PC Microphones are straightforward analog microphones, usually with minijack plugs. These can be used on a Mac for audio recording, but not for speech recognition, for which you ne…

I am not so sure about that. I recently tried a microphone made for the PC, although it work on the PC, it does not work on the Mac, even for audio recording. Also, I found that …

My magazine has a collection of Macs and PCs. From my experience, they do not work identically. I've used a Mac microphone on a PC, but the sound level was way off. Ditto for using…

Microphone signals need to be amplified for use with a Mac. The PlainTalk microphone, with it's longer plug, is powered by the computer. Other devices that provide a line level s…

A PC mic will not work with a Power Mac (although it will with much older 040 Macs). You can, however, use a PC mic using Griffin's NEMic adapter.

Basically, the Mac's mike jack is not a mike jack, it is a Line In jack, standard 2V P-P. tooki

So, Misha, where can I get one of those Griffin adapters? want to get a headset/mic but don't want to buy Via Voice just to get one... if Griffins's adapter works, I should be able…

Quote: Originally posted by tooki: Basically, the Mac's mike jack is not a mike jack, it is a Line In jack, standard 2V P-P. tooki Bugger. Wish I'd known this ab…

Quote: Originally posted by Krypton: Bugger. Wish I'd known this about a week ago... well you could have known it 4 years ago...