[Ti] New subscriber with some questions

[Glenn L. Austin]

Run -- don't walk -- to crucial.com, and get good memory for your  
computer.

Apples tend to be much more picky about memory specs than some other  
machines.

On Apr 9, 2006, at 4:53 PM, Carole Franklin wrote:

> Hi Everyone:
>
> I am a new subscriber to this group. I have a 867 MHz Titanium  
> Powerbook
> that I bought just when the new aluminum ones came out. I love it.  
> It's the
> best Mac I have had. I bought one of the first Macs, the 128K RAM  
> one, in
> 1984 when I was in college and have had Macs ever since.  I have a  
> couple of
> questions for you.
>
> I was out of town for quite some time over Christmas. When I got  
> home and
> tried to open my Entourage email, I found that all my messages and  
> mailboxes
> had disappeared. No one used my computer when I was gone. I  
> discovered that
> my Main Identity had been erased. I had a back up fortunately and  
> replaced
> it.
>
> I found a copy of Microsoft Office in my trash. Do you have any  
> idea about
> what could have happened? When I asked an Apple tech at the "Genius  
> Bar" in
> Houston (where I live), he had no suggestions. He said he had never  
> heard of
> such a thing.
>
> Also I have just had a 256 Ram chip go bad--second party. I had it  
> installed
> by PowerMax form whom I bought the computer. The same genius told  
> me that
> they couldn't replace it with Apple chips because they aren't  
> available for
> this computer any more. So what would you guys suggest I get  
> instead, and
> form whom?
>
> I am experiencing very slow loading of programs and restarting when  
> I open
> the lid after the machine has been idle for bit. I am also having  
> to force
> quit programs a lot and recently when I restart, I get a message that
> programs that I am trying to quit have unexpectedly quit. Would  
> these things
> be because of lack of memory?
>
> Please answer reasonably simply. I don't understand the technical  
> stuff you
> guys have been arguing over in the last few digests (-: I mean what is
> firmware for goodness sakes?!
>
> Thanks,
>
> Carole
>
>
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