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    Powerbook / ibook quality

    Ok this is good. Although, I am looking more for personal experience with a particular laptop over a couple year stretch and less for personal opinion. For instance, if you own a Powerbook, did you have to send back for any repairs. Did it cause you any trouble or was it perfect? Wintel user can...
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    Powerbook / ibook quality

    I am interested in getting a new Powerbook. I getting this to replace a Powerbook G3 (pismo) because I like to continue using Mac OSX. My concern is that, though the systems are a work of art, the quality and longevity of the systems leave much to be desired. This concern arises from my own...
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    setting up samba for wins information.

    Try a freeware program call smbBrowse. you can download it here at : http://shukwit.com/main.php or at versiontracker.com. Also, Dave 4.0 from Thursby Systems will definitely work but it comes at a cost of $150. Another possibility, (though untested) is to try to mount your server using...
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    Printing from OSX to HP on XP

    I think your problem may be that HP1000 is not supported for Macintosh computers. I have check Hp website, http://www.hp.com, and there are no drivers for any Mac OS. Also, all HP drivers for mac OS X begin at the 1200 series. Thus, I don't think you use that printer with your Mac either through...
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    samba: mounting my XP disc on my mac and visa versa

    Actually, Apple introduce a bug with its 10.1.3 update. Apple's smb client won't mount shares on computers with windows xp pro. Also, Windows XP won't mount OSX shares through the Samba server. Unfornately, at the moment, the only fix is erase Mac OSX and redo the installation without upgrading...
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    samba: mounting my XP disc on my mac and visa versa

    Actually, Apple introduce a bug with its 10.1.3 update. Apple's smb client won't mount shares on computers with windows xp pro. Also, Windows XP won't mount OSX shares through the Samba server. Unfornately, at the moment, the only fix is erase Mac OSX and redo the installation without upgrading...
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    OS X - Server or "souped-up" Client?

    Through some experimenting, I have notice apple has made changes the unix kernel which causes some some dificulties. For instance, they don't use the printcap file to list printers. As a result, I have had trouble configuring a print server for windows pcs using a compile version of samba in OSX...
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    URGENT! CD-R Burn from terminal?

    try booting into mac os 9.2 and then burn the files you want
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    Ibook won't start

    If holding down the C key with your System Disk in the CDROM drive doesn't allow you to boot off the CD, then you need to call tech support because you have some deep issues. Possible problems: -Firmware is corrupted ( A strong possiblity judging from your posts) -Hardware is defective -...
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    IBook won't start

    I agree with the previous post that you should reformat you hardrive and do a clean install of 10.0. I would just like to add, if you have problems with 9.x starting up instead of 10.1, while in 9.x, click the apple in the upper left hand corner and go to Control Panels/Startup Disk and make...
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    Samba on OSX Client?

    If you have SAMBA installed you can configure it using SWAT. To do this: 1. Open Web Browser 2. In the Address bar, Type "http://localhost:901" 3 Give root password. For SWAT to work the root account must be activated. Alternatively, go to : http://xamba.sourceforge.net/ And...
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    How do I connect a PC laptop to Max OS X?

    A macintosh with OSX 10.1 can connect to Windows shares right out of the box. Apple has a quicktime clip that illustrates this at http://www.apple.com/macosx/theater/networking.html All you need to know is the workgroup, the computer name, and name of the shared file folder. You can find...
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    Sharing internet connections with Windoze

    your welcome should you ever get the modem to work with MAC OSX. This site might help you to setup the routing: http://geeroute.zero.com.hk/
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    Sharing internet connections with Windoze

    OK. So you have a ADSL modem that connects to usb port. That may be a problem because you will need drivers for it. First, You should make sure that it is mac compatible. Then see if the drivers are available mac os x. If it is mac compatible, but there is no support for macosx, then you are...
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    Sharing internet connections with Windoze

    If you are setting up a wireless network, it is pretty easy. Setup you macintosh to act as a software base station (Airport). Configure Windows in /Control Panels/Network , Setup tci/ip for your network card to get IP through dhcp or 'obtain ip address automatically'. Also, you can buy a base...
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