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ive got a ibook (g3 ) and want to know the risks of running it with the lid closed in my backpack (its a proper laptop backpack) so i can listen to my music without having to buy an ipod or something. will the hdd get too hot *just* playing mp3 in itunes? i know if it gets too hot then the...

thanks. yeah im running the desktop version. ill go with a 3rd party ftp server :)

ive turned on ftp server on my ibook and want to change the home folder to the public folder. how do i make it so the person who loggs into the ftp can only read from teh public folder and can only write in the drop box? also how do i change the username/password of the ftp because its...

how do you make it ask for a username and password to connect? im the only one who uses my pc (as its in my bedroom) so that would be good for when i take my laptop to college :)

ive got a pc and an ibook and getting really bored of having to share a folder on my pc, mount it on the ibook and then copy the files. so i enabled windows sharing just now and it works a treat but its really freaking me out because my pc is allowed to create and DELETE files outside the...

i use sidetrack for my ibook. can be found at http://www.ragingmenace.com/software/sidetrack/

thanks for clearing that up :) i asumed that because a cpu was 64bit it did double the instructions per clock cycle then a 32 bit processor :) well if my g3 is 32bit then im impressed with its performance :P [edit] LABachlr : i added to the 128mb on the logicboard

today my 512mb stick of ram arrived for my ibook g3 700. i installed it and at first wasnt amazed at the speed improvement. then i loaded photoshop and raced it against my pc (athlon xp 2600+ o/ced to 2.2ghz 512mb ram) and my pc only just beat it. but the powerpc architecture is different...

the argument about why pc ppl hate everything mac, can just be turned around and said why do mac ppl hate everything pc? i have a pc and mac. and im proud to say that. i need both machines, on my pc i program desktop applications. on my mac (ibook) i use it for web programming and portablity...

great thanks :) ive bought some memory from ebay (128mb pc2100 - i guess its not compatible) for £5.80 inc postage. am i right in that its not compatible with my g3 700? if not then ill resell it for profit :P

will turning down the screen resolution help power as well?

i dont have the camera yet but its on its way :) im going to be buying memory for the camera next month because lemans has cost a little more then i expected lol :) how much spare battery do you think ill have at the end? will it easilly manage the race? can i do qualify as well? oh...

i have a duel usb G3 12" ibook and 1 battery. i am going to the lemans 24hr race on 11th june and am taking my ibook and new camera. i will keep my ibook and iphoto loaded but keep the ibook in sleep mode for the 24hr race, only making it wake up to download the pictures (it only has a 16mb...