[Ti] bluetooth?

[David Delmonte]

Did you determine that your computer has BT installed? If so, how?


On Apr 30, 2008, at 7:29 AM, Sam Ami wrote:

thaTS WHAT I THOUGHT BUT IT DOESN'T




On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 9:17 PM, David Delmonte <ddelmonte at mac.com>  
wrote:
> If you computer has Leopard, it will support BT.
>
> David
>
>
>
> On Apr 30, 2008, at 2:47 AM, Sam Ami wrote:
>
> is anyone running leopard on the powerbook 17" 1.67Ghz  
> (powerbook5,7) ?
> do you still have bluetooth ?
>
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 9:42 AM, David Delmonte <ddelmonte at mac.com>  
> wrote:
>
>> Sam, welcome to the community. If you are asking to update  
>> specifically
> your
>> Powerbook. First, see if it already has BT.
>>
>> Go to Apple Menu, then About this Mac. Click the button "More Info"  
>> and
>> scroll down. That's like device manager in Windows. It'll tell you  
>> what
>> components you have.
>>
>> If you do not have BT installed, it may be a costly venture to add  
>> it to
>> your powerbook. An option though is to get a "Bluetooth Dongle".  
>> These are
>> cheap and plug into a USB port on your PB,
>>
>> You will not need any drivers if the PB is running 10.4.2 and above  
>> (if my
>> memory serves me well).
>>
>> If you are looking for a new machine, BT is a build to order option  
>> on all
>> laptops.
>>
>> Hope this is helpful.
>>
>> David
>>
>> ps. Let us know if you need a dongle recommendation.
>>
>>
>> On Apr 29, 2008, at 7:31 PM, Sam Ami wrote:
>>
>> thanks will do exactly that.... i'm new to the mac community so just
>> feeling my way around
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 10:29 PM, Ed Stevens  
>> <ejstevens at earthlink.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> why don't you download the free program mactracker from links at
>>> macupdate.com or versiontracker.com and look into the models you  
>>> wish to
>>> learn about.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -------
>>> Sincerely,
>>> Ed Stevens
>>>
>>>
>>> On Apr 29, 2008, at 8:00 AM, Sam Ami wrote:
>>> if i were to upgrade my powerbook g4 17", would i still expect to  
>>> have
>>> bluetooth access?
>>>
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