[DuoList] 030/040 duos Poll

[R. McFarlane]

At 01:45 AM 10/8/2004, James kilfeder, had this to say :

>I use a 230 as my only laptop. It is lighter than any other pb, and does 
>all that I want - which is writing and note-taking. The fact that it is 
>cheap means that I can a) leave it on the table in the library when I go 
>out for lunch and b) put it on the back of my bicycle. (I once had an 
>expensive pb that fell off.) It would be even lighter if I didn't carry 
>the battery in it, but I like to have a date and time-stamp.

         I know what you mean. Until I get the PRAM batteries replaced in 
all my Mac laptops, the big batteries are what keeps the date correct.

>I have just finished writing a book of 130,000 words on it . Curiously, I 
>find it easier to look at the small screen for long periods than the big 
>colour screen of my imac, which gives me a headache after a while.

         Change your iMacs screen refresh rate to the highest possible. It 
is likely set at 60Hz which is slow enough that our brains can detect the 
screen re-draws which causes us headaches under most lighting conditions. 
You should be able to set the refresh to 75 or even 85Hz. The higher the 
better.

>I use write-now for word processing, and filemaker pro for some 
>note-taking. My main disadvantage is shipping stuff backwards and forwards 
>to my imac. I use a floppy for this (My zip drive broke), and I've never 
>understood how to lash my mini-dock to my imac. I don't have room for a 
>full size dock. I'm not very technical, and don't understand ethernet.  If 
>anyone has advice I'\d be grateful.

         Ideally you want some form of etherdock otherwise, docking through 
a SCSI dock adapter to an ethernet equipped Mac will achieve almost the 
same functionality as using a DuoDock. You could even boot the "big" Mac 
from your Duo. I've done this using my Duo docked to my 6100. I booted the 
6100 from the Duo's internal HD and then I was able to use the 6100's ethernet.

>I am lucky to have one battery which up until now (touches wood) keeps a 
>reasonable amount of power. I can continue writing in bright light with 
>the screen backlight switched off. Since WriteNow rarely uses the hard 
>drive, except to save, I can carry on for a long time without mains access.


Sincerely,

R. McFarlane

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