From artofbusiness_computer at yahoo.com Mon Sep 5 10:36:00 2005 From: artofbusiness_computer at yahoo.com (Lela Tong) Date: Mon Sep 5 10:36:04 2005 Subject: [G5] Apple care for G5 Message-ID: <20050905173600.31656.qmail@web80909.mail.scd.yahoo.com> Hi everyone, My Dad is thinking of buying his first Apple - and it's the G5. And, he was also considering getting Apple care. Any advice -- yay or nay? Has anyone found it really helpful to have Applecare? Lela --------------------------------- Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/pipermail/g5/attachments/20050905/5de4c01f/attachment.html From sng at cox.net Mon Sep 5 10:59:42 2005 From: sng at cox.net (Steve Goldstein) Date: Mon Sep 5 10:59:49 2005 Subject: [G5] Apple care for G5 In-Reply-To: <20050905173600.31656.qmail@web80909.mail.scd.yahoo.com> References: <20050905173600.31656.qmail@web80909.mail.scd.yahoo.com> Message-ID: If he is going to get a G5 iMac, I would DEFINITELY recommend getting AppleCare, because there is a significant failure rate with iMacs (the rate depends on the version/place in the manufacturing cycle). I got a 20" G5 iMac for my wife (with AppleCare), and it is super. BTW, you can buy AppleCare at a significant discount; LAComputerCompany seems to have the best prices. --Steve At 10:36 AM -0700 9/5/05, Lela Tong wrote: >My Dad is thinking of buying his first Apple - and it's the G5. > >And, he was also considering getting Apple care. > >Any advice -- yay or nay? Has anyone found it really helpful to have Applecare? From patdart at cox.net Mon Sep 5 11:14:21 2005 From: patdart at cox.net (Pat) Date: Mon Sep 5 11:17:41 2005 Subject: [G5] Apple care for G5 In-Reply-To: <20050905173600.31656.qmail@web80909.mail.scd.yahoo.com> References: <20050905173600.31656.qmail@web80909.mail.scd.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <28b6325e797f9ca1d6d66e92a92446e1@cox.net> YES! Pat On Sep 5, 2005, at 12:36 PM, Lela Tong wrote: > Hi everyone, > ? > My Dad is thinking of buying his first Apple - and it's the G5. > ? > And, he was also considering getting Apple care. > ? > Any advice -- yay or nay?? Has anyone found it really helpful to have > Applecare? > ? > Lela > From tlmiller at mac.com Mon Sep 5 11:26:41 2005 From: tlmiller at mac.com (T.L. Miller) Date: Mon Sep 5 11:26:45 2005 Subject: [G5] Apple care for G5 In-Reply-To: References: <20050905173600.31656.qmail@web80909.mail.scd.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <20050905182641.22218@smtp.mac.com> On 9/5/05, at 1:59 PM, Steve Goldstein, said: >If he is going to get a G5 iMac, I would DEFINITELY recommend getting >AppleCare, because there is a significant failure rate with iMacs (the >rate depends on the version/place in the manufacturing cycle). I got a >20" G5 iMac for my wife (with AppleCare), and it is super. BTW, you can >buy AppleCare at a significant discount; LAComputerCompany seems to have >the best prices. AppleCare is not available in Florida. From garykimes at mac.com Mon Sep 5 13:01:59 2005 From: garykimes at mac.com (Gary Kimes) Date: Mon Sep 5 13:02:07 2005 Subject: [G5] Apple care for G5 In-Reply-To: <20050905173600.31656.qmail@web80909.mail.scd.yahoo.com> References: <20050905173600.31656.qmail@web80909.mail.scd.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <210B8A1E-7552-4CB5-BE2C-5F79C0FFDAC7@mac.com> Anyone new to a platform should get all the help they can get. Applecare is still a deal for someone new as they can ask away to a mac familiar live person.. however make sure to spend enough time with him yourself so he doesn't corrupt his system by moving files that he shouldn't etc.. BTW there was someone on my local( SF Bay area )Craigslist selling a complete APP at a discount as he purchased after the initial year.. Gary On Sep 5, 2005, at 10:36 AM, Lela Tong wrote: > Hi everyone, > > My Dad is thinking of buying his first Apple - and it's the G5. > > And, he was also considering getting Apple care. > > Any advice -- yay or nay? Has anyone found it really helpful to > have Applecare? > > Lela From blanc.cyril at wanadoo.fr Mon Sep 5 21:08:09 2005 From: blanc.cyril at wanadoo.fr (Cyril Blanc) Date: Mon Sep 5 21:08:14 2005 Subject: [G5] Apple care for G5 In-Reply-To: <20050905173600.31656.qmail@web80909.mail.scd.yahoo.com> References: <20050905173600.31656.qmail@web80909.mail.scd.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <6A8E6EC5-C019-4496-B37F-8924F5180BA9@wanadoo.fr> Hello You can buy AppleCare after you bought your Mac. 3 months 12 month? check this with Apple If you have problems with your G5 it will be in the 1st months ! I had one of the first G5 2x2 I had a few problems to start, but now it is working fine since many many month AppleCare is nice because they come to your place to mend you Mac ! Best Cyril ----------------------------------------------------------- My Mail is filtered by Wanadoo's SPAM engine. SPAMMERS, you should remove all @Wanadoo addresses from your lists as no one will see them. Join the Independent Quantum Leap Symphony orchestra forum (QLSO) for Mac http://groups.yahoo.com/group/qlso A6 Andromeda forum : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A6_andromeda On Sep 5, 2005, at 7:36 PM, Lela Tong wrote: > Hi everyone, > > My Dad is thinking of buying his first Apple - and it's the G5. > > And, he was also considering getting Apple care. > > Any advice -- yay or nay? Has anyone found it really helpful to > have Applecare? > > Lela > > Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. > _______________________________________________ > G5 mailing list > G5@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/g5 > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random > stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/pipermail/g5/attachments/20050906/2f8c6ed3/attachment-0001.html From healyzh at aracnet.com Mon Sep 5 22:06:44 2005 From: healyzh at aracnet.com (Zane H. Healy) Date: Mon Sep 5 22:06:51 2005 Subject: [G5] Apple care for G5 In-Reply-To: <210B8A1E-7552-4CB5-BE2C-5F79C0FFDAC7@mac.com> References: <20050905173600.31656.qmail@web80909.mail.scd.yahoo.com> <210B8A1E-7552-4CB5-BE2C-5F79C0FFDAC7@mac.com> Message-ID: >Anyone new to a platform should get all the help they can get. >Applecare is still a deal for someone new as they can ask away to a >mac familiar live >person.. I don't know, I'm inclined to think that anyone getting a G5 or iBook/PowerBook should get it. I've worked on everything from laptops to Mainframes, both on the software and hardware sides. I've even used a soldering iron to fix more than one Mac. I bought Applecare with my G5 2x2 and consider it money well spent. This is the first system I ever bought it on, though I do regret not buying the extended warranty on my PowerBook 520c 10 years ago, as within days of the 1 year warrantee running out, the screen died (this was the last laptop I bought). For some items though, it makes no sense whatsoever, these would be things such as the Mac Mini, or the iPod Shuffle. Zane -- -- | Zane H. Healy | UNIX Systems Administrator | | healyzh@aracnet.com (primary) | OpenVMS Enthusiast | | | Classic Computer Collector | +----------------------------------+----------------------------+ | Empire of the Petal Throne and Traveller Role Playing, | | PDP-10 Emulation and Zane's Computer Museum. | | http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/ | From Kunga at FutureMedia.org Tue Sep 6 09:53:52 2005 From: Kunga at FutureMedia.org (Kunga) Date: Tue Sep 6 09:54:01 2005 Subject: [G5] Apple care for G5 In-Reply-To: <20050905173600.31656.qmail@web80909.mail.scd.yahoo.com> References: <20050905173600.31656.qmail@web80909.mail.scd.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <15880B6C-7D2F-4608-95FE-A9FA374E8FB5@FutureMedia.org> I say yes. Why? Because if anything goes wrong you get on site repairs. The service person comes to your place and fixes it on the spot. I had to have a motherboard replaced on my dual 2 G5 last year. Without Applecare, I would have had to take it to a repair place and wait over a week for them to repair it. As it was, with Applecare, a service technician came to my office and replaced the motherboard the next day. -- Taylor Barcroft New Media Publisher, Editor, Video Journalist Santa Cruz CA, Beach of the Silicon Valley http://FutureMedia.org On Sep 5, 2005, at 10:36 AM, Lela Tong wrote: > My Dad is thinking of buying his first Apple - and it's the G5. > > And, he was also considering getting Apple care. > > Any advice -- yay or nay? Has anyone found it really helpful to > have Applecare? From Kunga at FutureMedia.org Tue Sep 6 09:56:36 2005 From: Kunga at FutureMedia.org (Kunga) Date: Tue Sep 6 09:56:39 2005 Subject: [G5] Apple care for G5 In-Reply-To: <6A8E6EC5-C019-4496-B37F-8924F5180BA9@wanadoo.fr> References: <20050905173600.31656.qmail@web80909.mail.scd.yahoo.com> <6A8E6EC5-C019-4496-B37F-8924F5180BA9@wanadoo.fr> Message-ID: <5933D85D-4C86-41F6-9BBF-E23E0972AE6F@FutureMedia.org> You have up to a year after purchase to buy the Applecare. But if you need service b4 the year is up, you need to buy it then to get the red carpet treatment. -- Taylor Barcroft New Media Publisher, Editor, Video Journalist Santa Cruz CA, Beach of the Silicon Valley http://FutureMedia.org On Sep 5, 2005, at 9:08 PM, Cyril Blanc wrote: > You can buy AppleCare after you bought your Mac. 3 months 12 month? From garykimes at mac.com Tue Sep 6 09:57:50 2005 From: garykimes at mac.com (Gary Kimes) Date: Tue Sep 6 09:57:54 2005 Subject: [G5] Apple care for G5 In-Reply-To: <6A8E6EC5-C019-4496-B37F-8924F5180BA9@wanadoo.fr> References: <20050905173600.31656.qmail@web80909.mail.scd.yahoo.com> <6A8E6EC5-C019-4496-B37F-8924F5180BA9@wanadoo.fr> Message-ID: <21F9F40F-2177-42FC-B184-5185C4147350@mac.com> would you mind elaborating on the problems you had? On Sep 5, 2005, at 9:08 PM, Cyril Blanc wrote: > I had one of the first G5 2x2 I had a few problems to start, but > now it is working fine since many many month > Gary G5 DP 2GB Tower 1GB ram 150GB HD 20" Cinema LCD - G4 1.25ghz FW 800 Aluminum PowerBook - Epson 1280 Printer - Epson 1640 Scanner - External 160G Maxtor HD -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/pipermail/g5/attachments/20050906/bc5a854e/attachment.html From jj4 at sympatico.ca Tue Sep 6 20:11:36 2005 From: jj4 at sympatico.ca (jj4@sympatico.ca) Date: Tue Sep 6 20:11:41 2005 Subject: [G5] Apple care for G5 In-Reply-To: <20050906040816.4874D4FB5C8@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> References: <20050906040816.4874D4FB5C8@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> Message-ID: <435d3bd8358ec897eedc72471c6f2955@sympatico.ca> I would wait to purchase Apple Care. You have one full year after your purchase date to get Apple Care, and you are covered forf the first full year under Apples regular warrantee. Save yourself the money in ther short term and consider getting it in a few months or in about 10 months, just before the warantee weres off. jj On 6-Sep-05, at 12:08 AM, g5-request@listserver.themacintoshguy.com wrote: > Apple care for G5 > > > Any advice -- yay or nay? Has anyone found it really helpful to have > Applecare? From sdw7 at nc.rr.com Tue Sep 6 22:10:14 2005 From: sdw7 at nc.rr.com (Steven Wood) Date: Tue Sep 6 22:10:18 2005 Subject: [G5] Apple care for G5 In-Reply-To: <20050906040816.58C944FB5CA@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> References: <20050906040816.58C944FB5CA@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> Message-ID: <0c612d13a6231ac8d14c25d5d04208a7@nc.rr.com> Lela, AppleCare is like any insurance: you hope you never need it, but you hope you have it when you DO need it. I have purchased AppleCare with all my Macs, starting in 1984, and I have seldom needed the protection--but one totaled motherboard along the way (after the regular warranty period) and a couple of deadline-saving calls to support confirmed my decision, and ended my wife's question about the expense. Keep in mind that AppleCare extends the standard warranty to three full years, for repair/replacement and telephone support. In addition, you get a copy of Tech Tool Deluxe, a very good diagnostic, trouble-shooting and clearing utility. In my opinion, it is worth it, and the newer the user, the more valuable the support is--I think your Dad deserves it, whether it is his first personal computer or (better yet) he is a convert from Windows! It is true that, for some odd reason, AppleCare cannot be sold in Florida... Steve in Raleigh From artofbusiness_computer at yahoo.com Tue Sep 6 23:15:17 2005 From: artofbusiness_computer at yahoo.com (Lela Tong) Date: Tue Sep 6 23:15:21 2005 Subject: [G5] Apple care for G5 In-Reply-To: <20050905182641.22218@smtp.mac.com> Message-ID: <20050907061517.34467.qmail@web80908.mail.scd.yahoo.com> Hi, Thanks for all the advice. My Dad is thinking of the 20" so I'm glad that it's super -- but a bit worrisome if there's a high failure rate. I bought an Apple laptop long ago and bought about 5 yrs worth of warranties (including extended 3rd party warranties) cuz I was warned about the keyboard going out every year (and it really did -- I "live" on my laptops). I'll check out the LAComputerCompany. Another thing I need to check -- the Apple sales guy mentioned that American Express will double the warranty -- this seems like a good deal. Best y'all, Lela "T.L. Miller" wrote: On 9/5/05, at 1:59 PM, Steve Goldstein, said: >If he is going to get a G5 iMac, I would DEFINITELY recommend getting >AppleCare, because there is a significant failure rate with iMacs (the >rate depends on the version/place in the manufacturing cycle). I got a >20" G5 iMac for my wife (with AppleCare), and it is super. BTW, you can >buy AppleCare at a significant discount; LAComputerCompany seems to have >the best prices. AppleCare is not available in Florida. _______________________________________________ G5 mailing list G5@listserver.themacintoshguy.com http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/g5 Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random stuff: http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 --------------------------------- Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/pipermail/g5/attachments/20050906/443a3815/attachment.html From geoffrey at alaska.net Wed Sep 7 03:35:44 2005 From: geoffrey at alaska.net (Geoffrey Loeffler) Date: Wed Sep 7 03:35:55 2005 Subject: [G5] Apple care for G5 In-Reply-To: <20050905173600.31656.qmail@web80909.mail.scd.yahoo.com> References: <20050905173600.31656.qmail@web80909.mail.scd.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Most assuredly yes, I would get Apple Care from the start, it extends the phone support from 90 days to 3 years, also as mentioned 3 years on the hardware. Plus while your waiting out the year to get Apple Care and the big bang hits no worries if your covered, your insured for 3 years. Would be a real bummer to miss the sign up date by a few days and if a repair came up close to the year limit, well lets just say it's safe computing. Really is a few hundred bucks going to make that much difference to have in your pocket for a year. Pay for it forget about it, then Apple is on the hook for repairs. Computers have gotten cheaper there less reliable and there pushing the envelope for speed. Enjoy Geofff On Sep 5, 2005, at 10:36 , Lela Tong wrote: > Hi everyone, > > My Dad is thinking of buying his first Apple - and it's the G5. > > And, he was also considering getting Apple care. > > Any advice -- yay or nay? Has anyone found it really helpful to > have Applecare? > From collierof1957 at mac.com Wed Sep 7 08:08:34 2005 From: collierof1957 at mac.com (Tim Collier) Date: Wed Sep 7 08:08:39 2005 Subject: [G5] Apple care for G5 In-Reply-To: References: <20050905173600.31656.qmail@web80909.mail.scd.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <18A8B28E-8B3A-4D97-A8CC-706D700B9DF5@mac.com> On thing that few people know, if you live in Florida, you can buy Apple Care, but it's no good. Extended Warrantee's are no longer valid since some companies defaulted after Hurricane Andrew back in 1992 and the Florida Legislature passed a law voiding these extended warrantees. So, if you live in Florida, as I do, Apple Care is of no use whatsoever. Tim On Sep 7, 2005, at 6:35 AM, Geoffrey Loeffler wrote: > Most assuredly yes, I would get Apple Care from the start, it > extends the phone support from 90 days to 3 years, also as > mentioned 3 years on the hardware. Plus while your waiting out the > year to get Apple Care and the big bang hits no worries if your > covered, your insured for 3 years. Would be a real bummer to miss > the sign up date by a few days and if a repair came up close to the > year limit, well lets just say it's safe computing. > Really is a few hundred bucks going to make that much difference > to have in your pocket for a year. Pay for it forget about it, then > Apple is on the hook for repairs. Computers have gotten cheaper > there less reliable and there pushing the envelope for speed. > Enjoy > Geofff > > On Sep 5, 2005, at 10:36 , Lela Tong wrote: > > >> Hi everyone, >> >> My Dad is thinking of buying his first Apple - and it's the G5. >> >> And, he was also considering getting Apple care. >> >> Any advice -- yay or nay? Has anyone found it really helpful to >> have Applecare? >> >> > _______________________________________________ > G5 mailing list > G5@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/g5 > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random > stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 > Exterminate all rational though. From farago at mail.law.cuny.edu Thu Sep 8 19:34:43 2005 From: farago at mail.law.cuny.edu (John Farago) Date: Thu Sep 8 19:34:48 2005 Subject: [G5] Apple care for G5 In-Reply-To: <18A8B28E-8B3A-4D97-A8CC-706D700B9DF5@mac.com> References: <20050905173600.31656.qmail@web80909.mail.scd.yahoo.com> <18A8B28E-8B3A-4D97-A8CC-706D700B9DF5@mac.com> Message-ID: actually, i am told, applecare is not an extended warranty as a matter of law; i have no idea whether that makes a difference j On Sep 7, 2005, at 11:08 AM, Tim Collier wrote: > On thing that few people know, if you live in Florida, you can buy > Apple Care, but it's no good. Extended Warrantee's are no longer > valid since some companies defaulted after Hurricane Andrew back in > 1992 and the Florida Legislature passed a law voiding these > extended warrantees. So, if you live in Florida, as I do, Apple > Care is of no use whatsoever. > > Tim > On Sep 7, 2005, at 6:35 AM, Geoffrey Loeffler wrote: > > >> Most assuredly yes, I would get Apple Care from the start, it >> extends the phone support from 90 days to 3 years, also as >> mentioned 3 years on the hardware. Plus while your waiting out the >> year to get Apple Care and the big bang hits no worries if your >> covered, your insured for 3 years. Would be a real bummer to miss >> the sign up date by a few days and if a repair came up close to >> the year limit, well lets just say it's safe computing. >> Really is a few hundred bucks going to make that much difference >> to have in your pocket for a year. Pay for it forget about it, >> then Apple is on the hook for repairs. Computers have gotten >> cheaper there less reliable and there pushing the envelope for speed. >> Enjoy >> Geofff >> >> On Sep 5, 2005, at 10:36 , Lela Tong wrote: >> >> >> >>> Hi everyone, >>> >>> My Dad is thinking of buying his first Apple - and it's the G5. >>> >>> And, he was also considering getting Apple care. >>> >>> Any advice -- yay or nay? Has anyone found it really helpful to >>> have Applecare? >>> >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> G5 mailing list >> G5@listserver.themacintoshguy.com >> http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/g5 >> >> Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random >> stuff: >> http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 >> >> > > Exterminate all rational though. > > _______________________________________________ > G5 mailing list > G5@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/g5 > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random > stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 > From artofbusiness_computer at yahoo.com Sat Sep 10 00:00:31 2005 From: artofbusiness_computer at yahoo.com (Lela Tong) Date: Sat Sep 10 00:00:33 2005 Subject: [G5] Does yr G5 have any viruses? Message-ID: <20050910070032.1514.qmail@web80905.mail.scd.yahoo.com> Hi, Is it really true that there are no viruses on the Apples? Sorry, I crossed to the darkside and bought a Sony -- and the viruses and other stuff is overwhelming. Also, several yrs ago, I used Mac/PCWarehouse -- but they're gone. Any recs outside of MacMall? My Dad is located in CA. Thanks! Lela --------------------------------- Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/pipermail/g5/attachments/20050910/6b3fa7c9/attachment.html From patdart at cox.net Sat Sep 10 03:49:09 2005 From: patdart at cox.net (Pat) Date: Sat Sep 10 03:49:17 2005 Subject: [G5] Does yr G5 have any viruses? In-Reply-To: <20050910070032.1514.qmail@web80905.mail.scd.yahoo.com> References: <20050910070032.1514.qmail@web80905.mail.scd.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <579e4915c1fec78db1869fe5cec36b4d@cox.net> None that I've found since '94. I use Mac Connection/PC Connection and like them a lot. Pat On Sep 10, 2005, at 2:00 AM, Lela Tong wrote: > Hi, > ? > Is it really true that there are no viruses on the Apples?? Sorry, I > crossed to the darkside and bought a Sony -- and the viruses and other > stuff is overwhelming. > ? > Also, several yrs ago, I used Mac/PCWarehouse -- but they're gone.? > Any recs outside of MacMall?? My Dad is located in CA.? > ? > Thanks! > ? > Lela > ? > > Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief > effort._______________________________________________ > G5 mailing list > G5@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/g5 > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random > stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 Lord, grant that I may always desire more than I can accomplish. ::: Michelangelo ::: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 1091 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/pipermail/g5/attachments/20050910/cc830b61/attachment.bin From collierof1957 at mac.com Sat Sep 10 04:20:29 2005 From: collierof1957 at mac.com (Tim Collier) Date: Sat Sep 10 04:20:36 2005 Subject: [G5] Does yr G5 have any viruses? In-Reply-To: <20050910070032.1514.qmail@web80905.mail.scd.yahoo.com> References: <20050910070032.1514.qmail@web80905.mail.scd.yahoo.com> Message-ID: You can fin MacWarehouse at http://www.macwarehouse.com and I have 4 Macs and have never had a virus. Been a Mac user since 2001. Tim On Sep 10, 2005, at 3:00 AM, Lela Tong wrote: > Hi, > > Is it really true that there are no viruses on the Apples? Sorry, > I crossed to the darkside and bought a Sony -- and the viruses and > other stuff is overwhelming. > > Also, several yrs ago, I used Mac/PCWarehouse -- but they're gone. > Any recs outside of MacMall? My Dad is located in CA. > > Thanks! > > Lela > > > Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. > _______________________________________________ > G5 mailing list > G5@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/g5 > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random > stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 Exterminate all rational though. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/pipermail/g5/attachments/20050910/efd08a2d/attachment.html From jperdman at earthlink.net Sat Sep 10 04:46:36 2005 From: jperdman at earthlink.net (John Erdman) Date: Sat Sep 10 04:46:42 2005 Subject: [G5] Does yr G5 have any viruses? In-Reply-To: <20050910070032.1514.qmail@web80905.mail.scd.yahoo.com> References: <20050910070032.1514.qmail@web80905.mail.scd.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <0E88B79B-2A5D-48A5-A253-9F964079A0F5@earthlink.net> Lela- No viruses, spyware, or Trojans... or any other unwanted stuff except spam in my Macs since 1987. I think I've owned about seven or eight Macs, two of which I still have. You can't go wrong with Small Dog electronics in VT. Try www.smalldog.com. I've been very happy with them, having been a customer for 3+ years. I used to deal with the biggies that flood yr snail mail with catalogs. They were OK but customer service was very poor. Their prices are very competitive. Their customer and technical support is outstanding. Named as one of the top small companies in the US. Try them, you'll like it. John On Sep 10, 2005, at 3:00 AM, Lela Tong wrote: > Hi, > > Is it really true that there are no viruses on the Apples? Sorry, > I crossed to the darkside and bought a Sony -- and the viruses and > other stuff is overwhelming. > > Also, several yrs ago, I used Mac/PCWarehouse -- but they're gone. > Any recs outside of MacMall? My Dad is located in CA. > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/pipermail/g5/attachments/20050910/91bbad21/attachment.html From sng at cox.net Sat Sep 10 05:28:40 2005 From: sng at cox.net (Steve Goldstein) Date: Sat Sep 10 05:28:46 2005 Subject: [G5] Does yr G5 have any viruses? In-Reply-To: <20050910070032.1514.qmail@web80905.mail.scd.yahoo.com> References: <20050910070032.1514.qmail@web80905.mail.scd.yahoo.com> Message-ID: I have not been able to find an anti-spyware application for the Mac. People claim that none is needed. I hope that remains correct. People make similar claims for anti-virus for the Mac, but I got fed up with Norton AV, and found a ***free*** (donation ware) ClamXav that not only seems to work very well, but rooted out a handful of (PC) viruses that had been living in my mail attachment archives for years, but had not been found by Norton AV which looks only for Mac viruses. --Steve At 12:00 AM -0700 9/10/05, Lela Tong wrote: >Hi, > >Is it really true that there are no viruses on the Apples? Sorry, I crossed to the darkside and bought a Sony -- and the viruses and other stuff is overwhelming. From citizen.gkar at gmail.com Sat Sep 10 06:47:39 2005 From: citizen.gkar at gmail.com (david) Date: Sat Sep 10 06:47:46 2005 Subject: [G5] Does yr G5 have any viruses? In-Reply-To: <20050910070032.1514.qmail@web80905.mail.scd.yahoo.com> References: <20050910070032.1514.qmail@web80905.mail.scd.yahoo.com> Message-ID: The last Mac virus I saw was more than a decade ago but that doesn't mean we'll stay virus/malware free forever. The Mac has lots of built in protection that Windows lacks but the most effective way to harm someone is to convince him to do it to himself. I remember a couple years ago an email floating around warning people of a virus and telling them to look for a file on their computer and delete it. Lots did...it wasn't a virus. Having said all this I'm glad I don't depend on my Windows box for my livelihood. I really like Small Dog. They have competitive prices and I've had good support from them. MacConnection is another company I've had good dealings with. david On Sep 10, 2005, at 3:00 AM, Lela Tong wrote: > Hi, > > Is it really true that there are no viruses on the Apples? Sorry, > I crossed to the darkside and bought a Sony -- and the viruses and > other stuff is overwhelming. > > Also, several yrs ago, I used Mac/PCWarehouse -- but they're gone. > Any recs outside of MacMall? My Dad is located in CA. > > Thanks! > > Lela > > > Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. > _______________________________________________ > G5 mailing list > G5@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/g5 > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random > stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/pipermail/g5/attachments/20050910/792e57b1/attachment-0001.html From healyzh at aracnet.com Sat Sep 10 11:29:08 2005 From: healyzh at aracnet.com (Zane H. Healy) Date: Sat Sep 10 11:29:14 2005 Subject: [G5] Does yr G5 have any viruses? In-Reply-To: <20050910070032.1514.qmail@web80905.mail.scd.yahoo.com> References: <20050910070032.1514.qmail@web80905.mail.scd.yahoo.com> Message-ID: >Hi, > >Is it really true that there are no viruses on the Apples? Sorry, I >crossed to the darkside and bought a Sony -- and the viruses and >other stuff is overwhelming. This actually came up in the Mac OS X for Users mailing list the last couple days. The following link was posted that I found rather interesting. http://dealmac.com/forums/read.html?f=1&i=952391&t=952391 Also, the recommendation, should you choose to run Anti-Virus software (I never have on my Mac's the last 10+ years, but have for the last 15 years on my PC's) seems to be Intego's Virus Barrier. >Also, several yrs ago, I used Mac/PCWarehouse -- but they're gone. >Any recs outside of MacMall? My Dad is located in CA. I either buy from MacMall (I've always been very happy with them), a couple of local shops (the one I got ripped off at went out of business a short time later), and the Apple Store. I also tend to buy stuff like Hard Drives from the local PC "Chop Shops". I've bought a *LOT* of software over the years, as a result MacMall has gotten a lot of my business. I've also been known to buy stuff from CompUSA, such as my first Mac (PowerBook 520c), and most of my original software. However, a few years back they ticked me off so badly that I try to avoid spending any money there. Zane -- -- | Zane H. Healy | UNIX Systems Administrator | | healyzh@aracnet.com (primary) | OpenVMS Enthusiast | | | Classic Computer Collector | +----------------------------------+----------------------------+ | Empire of the Petal Throne and Traveller Role Playing, | | PDP-10 Emulation and Zane's Computer Museum. | | http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/ | From cfreeman at liberty.edu Tue Sep 20 07:52:42 2005 From: cfreeman at liberty.edu (Colt Freeman) Date: Tue Sep 20 07:52:47 2005 Subject: [G5] Trash and Compressor In-Reply-To: <20050906040816.4874D4FB5C8@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> Message-ID: List, I can't seem to open the trash, I click on it and it opens finder to my last location, the same happens if I control click and open. I'm also re-installing motion and compressor since I seem to have lost many of the files that pertain to them. It may have something to do with me moving folders around in the shared folder but I'm replacing those. The trash on the otherhand is rather annoying. Thanks for any help, -Colt Dual 2.3ghz G5 (2nd Gen, non watercooled) Tiger, 2.5GB Ram, FCP HD Studio From globetrotterdk at gmail.com Tue Sep 20 08:59:46 2005 From: globetrotterdk at gmail.com (Brian Durant) Date: Tue Sep 20 08:59:48 2005 Subject: [G5] Ubuntu on G5 single anyone? Message-ID: <2552fa09050920085960eba47d@mail.gmail.com> I have been thinking about trying o install Ubuntu Linux or the KDE counterpart Kubuntu on my G5 single. I have an extra drive in my G5 that I could install on, but concerns about Bluetooth and Mighty Mouse support have kept me from trying. Anyone on the list with any experience they would like to share? Cheers, Brian From healyzh at aracnet.com Tue Sep 20 09:15:43 2005 From: healyzh at aracnet.com (Zane H. Healy) Date: Tue Sep 20 09:15:51 2005 Subject: [G5] Ubuntu on G5 single anyone? In-Reply-To: <2552fa09050920085960eba47d@mail.gmail.com> References: <2552fa09050920085960eba47d@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: >I have been thinking about trying o install Ubuntu Linux or the KDE >counterpart Kubuntu on my G5 single. I have an extra drive in my G5 >that I could install on, but concerns about Bluetooth and Mighty Mouse >support have kept me from trying. Anyone on the list with any >experience they would like to share? No, but I've been threatening to boot up my G5 2x2 from a copy of Ubuntu that I got recently. I'm not about to actually try to install it, I'm just curious to see it running. For me it doesn't make any real sense to try to run Linux on a Mac. The only real use I have for Linux is a couple of Linux/x86 specific apps (partially written in x86 ASM). Based on a couple of reviews that Anandtech ran recently on the server side, it would be interesting to try to figure out how Linux on a G5 compares to Mac OS X for user apps. For the server testing they were doing, Linux was up to 8x faster :^( Zane -- -- | Zane H. Healy | UNIX Systems Administrator | | healyzh@aracnet.com (primary) | OpenVMS Enthusiast | | | Classic Computer Collector | +----------------------------------+----------------------------+ | Empire of the Petal Throne and Traveller Role Playing, | | PDP-10 Emulation and Zane's Computer Museum. | | http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/ | From globetrotterdk at gmail.com Tue Sep 20 09:31:05 2005 From: globetrotterdk at gmail.com (Brian Durant) Date: Tue Sep 20 09:31:08 2005 Subject: [G5] Ubuntu on G5 single anyone? In-Reply-To: References: <2552fa09050920085960eba47d@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <2552fa0905092009317c53a300@mail.gmail.com> Yeah, I saw that as well. I downloaded the latest Kubuntu Live CD, but it doesn't seem to work with my Apple Bluetooth keyboard or the Bluetooth kicks in too late for me to get the "c" key to work at boot time. Cheers, Brian On 9/20/05, Zane H. Healy wrote: > >I have been thinking about trying o install Ubuntu Linux or the KDE > >counterpart Kubuntu on my G5 single. I have an extra drive in my G5 > >that I could install on, but concerns about Bluetooth and Mighty Mouse > >support have kept me from trying. Anyone on the list with any > >experience they would like to share? > > No, but I've been threatening to boot up my G5 2x2 from a copy of > Ubuntu that I got recently. I'm not about to actually try to install > it, I'm just curious to see it running. For me it doesn't make any > real sense to try to run Linux on a Mac. The only real use I have > for Linux is a couple of Linux/x86 specific apps (partially written > in x86 ASM). > > Based on a couple of reviews that Anandtech ran recently on the > server side, it would be interesting to try to figure out how Linux > on a G5 compares to Mac OS X for user apps. For the server testing > they were doing, Linux was up to 8x faster :^( > > Zane > > > -- > -- > | Zane H. Healy | UNIX Systems Administrator | > | healyzh@aracnet.com (primary) | OpenVMS Enthusiast | > | | Classic Computer Collector | > +----------------------------------+----------------------------+ > | Empire of the Petal Throne and Traveller Role Playing, | > | PDP-10 Emulation and Zane's Computer Museum. | > | http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/ | >