Possible G5 laptops?
Hi, I was reading your LEM
article where you were discussing the power differences between the
G3, G4, and G5. Yes, the G5 uses 42W at 1.8 GHz, but only 19W at 1.2
GHz. (See
IBM PDF presentation, page 14.) While that's still more than
the 16.6W predicted for the new G4, I remember seeing somewhere that a
1.0 GHz model would consume less than 10W. (Power dissipation is not
linear with frequency, but if it was, a 1.0 GHz model would come in at
about 11W by my math.)
Ed Hurtley
Hi Ed,
I've downloaded the IBM presentation file. A lot of
interesting information therein. Thanks muchly for the lead.
I agree that a 2.4W difference shouldn't be an
insurmountable obstacle to the chip's use in portables. Of course,
there are already 1 GHz G4 PowerBooks with 1.2 or 1.3 GHz widely
expected soon. However, since the G5 seems to have substantially more
muscle per clock speed cycle, a 1 GHz G5 PowerBook would be
exciting news, especially if, as seems apparent, it would run cooler
and draw less power than a G4.
I stand corrected.
Charles
Heat
From D.F. Stein
"However, the G5 processor used in the new Power Mac
towers introduced this week consumes a whopping 42W at 1.8 GHz, making
those machines' elaborate nine-fan computer-regulated cooling systems
obligatory, and their resemblance to portable space heaters is more
than a whimsical observation."
Maybe computers of the future can have mini-air conditioners.
I also think it is time for computers to have the kind of electronic
diagnostic, monitoring system we find in cars. Something that will let
us know that Fan #5 is ready to fail or out, how much wattage is being
drawn on the power supply, etc., and I sure wish someone could design a
RAM monitor. One chip of eight has gone bad or is defective - it can
take a lot of time and testing to figure out which one. Been there,
done that with the 7500 or
9600 machines.
Thanks
DFS
Hi David,
Or water cooling?
The online diagnostic idea is a good one.
Charles
Doesn't G3 + AltiVec = G4
From William Reese
Hi,
Just an observation; but I remember when the G4 first came out the
benchmarked scores for the G3 and G4 were within one or two points
apart running Mac OS 8.6, and and non-AltiVec enabled programs.
Thanks,
William Reese
Hi William,
I guess you're referring to my comment that IBM is
working on a G3 chip with an AltiVec engine.
You're right that a G4 is more or less a G3 with a
vector processing engine. I think AltiVec is a Motorola trade name, so
I guess it would be correct to refer to it more generically.
You're also right that given parity of clock speed,
there is little if any advantage with a G4 running non-AltiVec
optimized software. Benchmarks of G3 iBooks vs. G4 PowerBooks bear this
out.
If Apple buys the "AltiVeced" G3s from IBM I expect
they will be marketed as G4s, but they won't be the same chips as the
Motorola G4s currently in use.
Charles
Editor's note: The only other significant difference between the G3
and G4 is that the G4 supports multiple processors efficiently.
dk
MacMail Server Problems
From: Russell - Unknown1 - Idaho USA
Mr. Moore,
I have been using MacMail.com for my main email address for six
months or so, and except for a couple of 'upgrade outages' they have
been more reliable than Hotmail was.
The problem lately has been many 'MySQL' and 'PHP' errors when I try
to download email or even try to check mail on their webmail interface.
Suddenly last night (June 28th) they went down completely with a 'not
connect to MySQL update server' error. Their website <www.macmail.com> is still up and has a
warning message about spammers drowning their server.
I know that spam and spambots can be a real hassle, but this seems
pretty serious. They are usually good at responding with a 'the problem
has been fixed', but that will come after two days of getting no
email.
Is MacMail gone for good?
Should I seek another email server for the 100+ email groups I
belong to (yes, I am disabled, so this is how I spend a lot of my
time...)?
I usually get under 100 emails a day, but it has been as high as
500, so if they are queuing them, the box will fill quickly and I will
have a mess on my hands when they come back on line. I would hate to
think of loosing those emails; even though 80% are deleted after a
quick reading, the rest are very important to my model railroad
research.
Can you get the full story from your MacMail contact?
What I wish MacMail would do:
- An end to downloading errors. If that is not possible the rest will
help:
- An hourly news and status update on their website when there are
problems
- Member forums like my web hosting provider has
<http://worldzonesupport.com>
Communication is the best relief for keeping a user happy, and if
they won't communicate, I'm going to have to leave instead of upgrading
to their premium service.
I am forwarding this to MacMail too, hope we can find some
answers... I hate the thought of going back to Hotmail for a few
days....
Russell Courtenay - Unknown1 - Idaho USA
http://www.narrowgaugenews.net
___
Hi Russell,
I hope MacMail isn't gone for good, but it looks like
they're having bad problems this weekend. I agree that it would be
excellent PR for them to post status updates, but I expect they have
their hands full trying to get the server working again.
#$#^&%*&^*@^ spammers!
Here's the message from the MacMail Website:
Important security alert for all MacMail users
The MacMail mail service is currently coming under
sustained attack. Spammers are attempting to use MacMail accounts to
send out messages in bulk, and hackers are sending messages with
apparently infected attachments from other servers but with fake
MacMail return addresses.
We are taking measures to combat these problems, but
must advise that for the time being you treat all messages received
from MacMail addresses with caution. In particular:
• Do not open any attachments or run any scripts
or executables (.exe or .pif files) that you may receive, even if they
seem to come from a known macmail.com address, unless you are 100%
certain what they are. No admin staff at MacMail have any reason to
send you any attachments, so "updaters" and other files that seem to
come from Tech Support, Admin, etc are NOT from MacMail.
• If you receive spam, don't respond to the
sender , even to say "stop sending me spam". This only verifies that
your address is active. Instead, use MacMail's built-in Block function
to block all further mail from that sender. If the sender is a MacMail
address, report it to security@macmail.info.
- Charles
Hosed by UPS
From Tom Wyrick
Hello.
I just finished reading your "Hosed by
UPS" rant, and as a U.S. Citizen, I must agree with you. UPS is bad
news! The last 3 times I tried to ship packages with them, I was turned
away. They've gotten so they have an incredible number of rules and
regulations on how an item must be packaged up before they'll accept
it. For example, they refuse to accept any music synthesizers for
shipment unless they're actually in the original manufacturer's box or
a several-hundred dollar "flight case" (which you'd be crazy to use to
ship an instrument in, unless the receiver wanted to pay you for the
case too).
On the other hand, I remember talking with a guy from Canada once
who said he always got around paying the UPS customs fees by walking
the package through customs himself. I don't know how inconvenient that
is or what's involved exactly - but he said he was always able to call
ahead somehow and do the work of getting a package through himself,
instead of letting the UPS agent do it, and saved the fee.
I'll also say that although I generally prefer FedEx (cheapest way
to ship is using their ground delivery service, and their web site is
one of the most useful too), they really destroyed a shipment I made to
Canada a couple weeks ago - and I have a feeling it's going to be quite
a battle getting paid for it, despite having insurance on the shipment.
(Right away, they made claims that it wasn't packaged properly. 2
layers of bubble wrap around the item, plus the box being filled with
foam chips and slabs seems like good enough packaging to me,
though.)
Hi Tom,
Thanks for the reports.
Yes, I think package recipients could avoid the UPS
brokerage fees by acting as their own customs broker, but they would
need to reside within a convenient distance of the port of entry
customs office. In my case that's Montreal, which is 800 or so miles
distant by road.
Charles
Hosed by UPS
From Andy Cheng
FedEx Ground is the way to go for shipping USA to Canada. I send
packages valued between $100 and $500 frequently, and the charges are
under $20 all the time.
FedEx Express is usually 2 to 3 times the cost of ground, but at
least the recipient doesn't get the magic fees at the end like UPS
charges.
You need to have a FedEx Account (which is free). I print up the
shipping label at home, too, so all I have to do is drop it off at a
FedEx station or box. You can even have them come pick it up, but that
costs extra.
Cheers,
Andy
Hi Andy,
Yup; I have a FedEx account. However, that doesn't
always ensure that someone in the US will use FedEx when shipping to
me, although if I have the opportunity I request FedEx or insured
parcel post if there is no hurry.
Charles
Hosed by UPS - Again
From Doug Oucharek
Hi Charles,
Boy do I hear you about UPS!! I've been hosed by their brokerage fee
as well: I live in Vancouver, BC. Recently, they did even worse: They
lost a package on me.
I belong to the Apple Consultants Network. As such, I am able to
order some software NFR for evaluation purposes. Recently, I tried to
get an the NFR VirtualPC 6.0 update from Connectix.
Unfortunately for me, Connectix chose to use UPS. As a consultant,
I'm very rarely at my business address but rather at a customer site
for many days. When the UPS "attempted delivery" notice came, I got it
at the end of the day, so I had to wait until the next day to call. The
next day I called and had a redirect put on the package to a customer's
site. Since the redirect takes 24-hours to take effect, another failed
attempt to deliver the package was made. That is two failed delivery
attempts . . . UPS only allows 3. Next day, package does not
arrive at the customer site. Since it was a Friday, I foolishly decided
to wait until Monday to call UPS.
On Monday, I called UPS to find that they failed a third delivery
attempt and the package is on the way back to Connectix - even though I
was in contact with UPS and wanted to get the package (rules are rules
you know). I contacted Connectix about this, and they promised to
resend once they got the package back.
Several weeks later, I still have no package, so I contact
Connectix: They have not seen it, either. Suffice it to say, I won't be
getting an update to VirtualPC and I owe it all to the "Big Brown". I
never had these problems with FedEx or Canada Post.
I'm there with you in saying: No More UPS for me!!
Doug
Hi Doug,
Worse and more of it. :-(
Charles
UPS and a random question...
From Simon Blackstone
Thanks for the useful info on UPS and ordering from Canada. I'm
thinking about buying a flat screen iMac, and it occurs to me that what
with the exchange, the US price must make it well worth it to buy in
Buffalo and cart back up here to Toronto. Two questions, though - any
idea what customs will hit me for, and will US AppleCare be accepted
here?
Sorry if this information is available elsewhere on the Web - if so,
I can't find it. In any event, any advice you could provide would be
extremely helpful.
thanks in advance,
Simon Blackstone
Hi Simon,
There is no customs duty on computer products entering
Canada from the US, but you will get nailed for GST.
Apple frowns on "gray market" purchases by Canadians
in the US, but they will probably grit their teeth and honour
the warranty, especially if you purchase the AppleCare coverage from
Apple Canada. However, I can't make any undertaking on their behalf,
obviously. US AppleCare, I don't know. You could ask an Apple service
representative if they honour US AppleCare.
Charles
RE: Hosed by UPS - Again
From Christopher Laspa
Charles,
I am a great fan of your columns and read quite a number of them
pertaining to PowerBooks, but wow, did you strike a nerve with
the UPS story!!
First let me say, I agree with everything you said (and the comments
you included from other readers) and I hope the resulting 'boycott'
bankrupts the buggers! When you have a moment, read my
story....
Back about a couple of years ago, I ordered an out of date piece of
software (Claris Impact 2.0 - super and still use it daily!!) from a
reputable firm in California, and they sent it UPS.
At the time, I was freelancing for the Xerox Business Services group
in the Royal Bank Towers, here in downtown Toronto. I had the package
sent to my work address and expected the courier to come to the 10th
floor (like the guy Apple contracted to deliver my repaired Newton 2000
did) and knew there was monies owing and had change ready.
In watching the UPS website to track the progress of the package, I
found late Friday (4:00pm-ish?) that it had been delivered and
"Bunny" signed for it. What!!!
We had no one on that floor by that name. Period. Some 'stranger'
signed for my software.
When I called UPS in Canada, the girl on the phone seemed nice
enough but couldn't explain to me why they handed a package over to
someone other than me and without collecting the charge. When I
heard how much they wanted for a $20+ CDN piece of software, I
flipped! Their charges were in excess of what I actually paid!!!
Well, Monday morning came, I walked in at 8:30 a.m., no one was in
the front office, but there was my package, sitting by itself on a
chair. And I still didn't know who "Bunny" was.
I called to complain about the slipshod delivery of this package
that required my signature, and that the charges were equal to
'piracy at high-seas'. With no offering of UPS to do something about
this, I escalated this up to the Supervisor of Customer Service
Personal.
I went through, calmly and politely, my whole long saga again.
Fortunately a Conflict Management course paid off, as I already knew
ahead of time what I wanted. I told this guy in Bedford, Nova Scotia, I
would pay the GST, PST any actual Customs charges, but not their
'Handling Fee'.
Well, Charles, he had to get back to me. He wasn't authorized to
make those decisions. A few days went by, and I had to track this guy
down again. More stall and apologies from his end. This went on for 6
weeks, plus I got a
'pay-this-bill-or-we-will-turn-this-matter-over-to-a-collection-agency'
notice from UPS.
I hit the roof, called him again, told him about this, told him
about legal action as we have legal advice within the family who would
do this pro-bono, to which point he said OK to just paying the GST/PST
and waiving the Handling fees. I asked that he send me a receipt marked
paid in full (I paid by Visa over the phone) to which point he
said he would.
That should have been it. A week later I got a second notice from
UPS, again threatening collection agencies! Back on the phone to this
'yahoo', who admitted to not entering the final info into the
system!
I'm going to spare you the rest, as everything eventually was
cleared up, Charles and simply wrap up with:
No UPS ever . . . period! If it comes unannounced UPS, it
goes back.
Since, I have used US Air Mail without incident.
Thanks for your time, and I hope you enjoyed the 'saga'!!
Regards,
Christopher M. Laspa
Hi Christopher,
Thanks for the report.
Charles
Hmmm
From Eric Von Steuben
Hi Charles.
Love the column.
I've been using a 7300
since I bought it brand new back in the spring of '97. It's gone
through numerous upgrades without a hitch. Recently it had been showing
symptoms of a battery gone bad (not starting up with a black screen),
which makes sense because it's had the same battery in it for the past
6+ years. I popped in a new battery and violá, problem solved.
It's starts up without a problem.
The key word in that sentence is "it" though. Ever since I put the
new battery in, my two external SCSI drives will not mount. They are in
the same enclosure connected to an Adaptec 2940UW PCI card. I've tried
to mount them using Drive Setup, and although they are recognized, I'm
only given the option of rescanning the bus or initializing them.
I've run Tech Tool, and it won't recognize the disks, even if I
select "Find missing disks." I've run Norton, and when I select "Find
missing disks," Norton recognizes them, but when I examine the disks,
Norton tells me that I need to reinstall the drivers.
I've never installed drivers in the first place for these drives, so
that can't be right. I haven't installed any other hardware (or
software) in the computer for the past 6 months or more, so I'm
guessing this has to be related to the new battery somehow. I just
don't understand how. Any suggestions from you or someone out in
readerland?
Thanks,
Eric von Steuben
Hi Eric,
This is a strange one. I would try doing a clean
system reinstall.
It does seem oddly coincidental that this problem
would crop up right after a PRAM battery replacement, but if the
battery is the proper voltage, it's hard to imagine how that alone
could affect drive mounting.
Also try removing and reinserting your PCI ATI card.
That sometimes can jog things back into action. If your 7300 has a CUDA
reset switch on the motherboard, try pressing that as well.
Charles
Editor's note: It's possible the drivers on the hard drive have
become corrupted. If Drive Setup can see the drives, you should be able
to reinstall the drivers that were placed on the drives when they were
first formatted for use on the Mac.
Open Drive Setup, select Functions, and update the drivers. If that
doesn't work, you may need to reformat the drives. dk
Cheaper PowerBook G4 hinges
From anonymous
Charles,
Saw your article and thought
I'd show you where it is less than half that price!
http://www.dttservice.com/applepowerbook/pbg4.shtml
Never tried them, but nice to know such a cheaper price exists.
Sincerely,
anonymous
Thanks for the tip, A.!
Charles
Re: Malcolm Lubliner problem (per LEM column
16-June-2003)
From: Tim Allison
In your Monday, 16 June, 2003 Miscellaneous
Ramblings column on Low End Mac, you had the following letter:
Shut down clock
From Malcolm Lubliner
Last November I decided to have my stable-as-a-rock
beige G3 upgraded to a G4, added a bigger hard drive and more RAM. I
spent more than two months, every other day on average, back at the
shop trying to get the machine to work without crashing. Directory
problems were rampant, and finally I gave up returning to the shop and
hired a talented tech. Over the last few months he's tweaked and
upgraded and cleaned and reinstalled, but somewhere there is a gremlin
code that changes it's ID but remains.
The machine now runs better than ever, but nearly
every time I boot up I get the Disc First Aid message that the computer
was not shut down properly. After several of these events, a critical
mass is reached and I need to run Norton. The report is similar -
directory problems and several having to do with the shut down clock.
I've hunted Google and can't find a fix or even the same experience.
Any help. I've now spent more than I would have buying a brand new
G4.
I have seen this problem before, mostly on OS 7.x/8.x/9.x machines.
The solution I have found to work is to use any utility that can reveal
or manipulate invisible files (ResEdit, FileBuddy, etc. will work) and
find a file inside the System Folder (I believe it is in the root
level-not a subfolder, but it's been years) named "Shutdown Check",
which you will need to delete, and then restart the machine. For
example, using ResEdit you would need to make the file visible, then
drag it to the Trash in the Finder.
HTH,
Tim Allison
Thanks for the tip, Tim.
Charles
Unsupported OS 9.2 and Fragile 8600
From cmstar
Charles,
Love Low End Mac and your ramblings! I was surprised by a recent
reader's comments on a fragile 8600. I have had the exact same
symptom he described: crashing when transferring large files, web
browsing, etc.
The cause was one that few would suspect and also ties into a good
reason to use OS 9
Helper!
I was running OS 9.1 on the 8600 in question and tried
replacing/checking everything - hard drive, cache, memory, etc. The
culprit of my problems was a Belkin PCI USB card I had installed.
Removing that card solved the majority of my problems (IE is just plain
buggy).
If the reader added a USB card with his other upgrades, that very
well could be the cause of his problems. However, I would not suggest
removing it. Instead use OS 9 Helper to install OS 9.2.2 as it has
a newer USB driver. I would suggest that he remove the card
before installing and add it back once the install finishes. It worked
like a charm for me.
Hope this helps.
cmstar
Hi cms,
That could very well be it. Interestingly, a friend of
mine was able to cure a bunch of instability and nonsupport problems in
his 6500 by replacing a
Sonnet USB card with a Belkin one, so one can't generalize about brands
for such issues.
Charles
WallStreet in the Dark
From Ben Brenker
Hi there, I'm a not so new, not so long time reader, and I figured I
would throw out a bit of advice to Blake Irvin on the WallStreet
backlight issue. I picked up a used WallStreet that was later
destroyed, and another after that. 
The second
WallStreet had the symptoms of not turning on the backlight in
OS X on boot and not being able to turn it on after waking up. I
could not get it to work, period, no matter how many PRAM resets
I tried.
Seeing as I had so many extra parts and an overabundance of bravado,
I replace the inverter board and backlight bulb (in about 1/2 an hour
at that) to no avail; all I had were different parts with the same
symptoms. I googled for WallStreet backlight problem OS X (or
something like) and found an article on MacOpinion.com that solved the
issue in about 5 minutes.
couldn't find the article today to give you the link, but the
solution (for whatever reason) is to boot into OS X, pick the
OS 9 System Folder and reboot to 9, shutdown the machine, start it
up again, pick the OS X folder, and reboot into OS X. Weird.
Works. Not much more to say than that, other than what a time and
effort saver it would have been to look in the first place.
I love the site, and if times weren't so incredibly tough I'd be
happy to contribute. Its hard to love Macs when you're more than just
broke. Post name and location if you'd like, I don't mind. Have a nice
day as well, thanks!
-Ben
You too, Ben, and thanks for the report.
Charles
Sleep of death on WallStreet
From Fred Goff
There's an easier solution than multiple PMU resets to bring the
WallStreet's backlight back up. Just reboot the machine in OS 9,
sleep it, wake it up, then reboot in OS X. The problem goes
away.
Having said that, the problem will come back if your batteries die
while the laptop is in sleep. Just fix it the same way.
Recalcitrant Beige G3 Suggestion
From Kevin Pedersen
Mr. Moore,
This message is in response to the beige G3 postings at:
http://lowendmac.com/misc/03/0616.html
I can't begin to tell you how much trouble I had with getting
OS X 10.2 to work on my beige G3 minitower....
I had similar symptoms to those described by your poster - constant
disk corruption, refusal to boot, etc. Disk corruption is primarily
caused when a master+slave setup is used on a beige G3 that has a Rev.
A ROM in it. Master+slave will seem to work w/ a Rev. A, but severe
disk corruption will occur that will ruin the drive beyond anything
that can be repaired by even a low-level format - trust me, I've been a
victim of this more than once. It seemed random, because some beige G3s
would support master+slave, while others wouldn't. Of course, it was
the ROM DIMM that was the difference.
I think just a ROM DIMM upgrade should do the trick, but I also
replaced my motherboard. I think I may well have the most souped-up G3
possible (short of the 1 GHz G4 ZIF; Sonnet should give me one for
"compatibility testing purposes"). I hope my experiences can help other
beige G3 owners. First, I have to give a lot of credit to
xlr8yourmac.com's G3 Zone which, although outdated, is a great
resource: http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/g3-zone/
I had access to several G3s, many of which will never run OS X, so I
was able to easily swap the Revision 1 motherboard with a Rev 2 mobo.
Here's a quick way to tell which one you have:
- If the video chip on the motherboard says "ATI RageII+...," it's
Rev. 1 (no slaves, Rev. A ROM DIMM)
- If the chip says "ATI Rage Pro...," it's Rev. 2 (Master + Slave OK,
Rev. B ROM DIMM)
- If the video chip says "ATI Rage Pro Turbo...," it's a Rev. 3 - no
difference from Rev. 2, except the ATI Rage Pro Turbo has AGP
compatibility, which is unnecessary since the Beige G3 has no AGP slot
(Master + Slave OK, Rev. B or later ROM DIMM).
The only disadvantage I can think of that might make you want to
upgrade the mobo from a Rev. 1 to a Rev. 2 or later is that the Rev. 2
and later can supposedly play DVDs in OS 9. However, you'll need a
Radeon 7000 Mac Edition PCI card to play DVDs in OS X, regardless,
so it's not that important unless your an "OS 9 only" person.
Other World Computing used to sell ROM DIMMs for precisely this
purpose, but they've been out of stock for awhile. The only source I
know of that still has ROM DIMMs in stock is We Fix Macs at 1-800-We-Fix-Macs
(Palo Alto). They also sell VRAM and nearly any other part for a beige
G3. You may have to ask for Art, the owner, because this is an obscure
part. There are three ROM versions: Rev. A, B and C. I tried all. The
rev. A *definitely* won't support more than one ATA drive per cable
(i.e., only a master drive on each IDE bus). The rev. C is fairly
obscure and was shipped by Apple as a replacement ROM at the end of the
Beige G3's life. It may have also been included with the 300 MHz models
- I'm not sure. It should support up to four onboard drives, but as I
recall, it didn't seem to like my Tempo Trio card (which was noticeably
faster with my ATA/100 drives than the onboard ATA/33? ATA/66?).
Refer to this article for more on ROM DIMMs: http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/g3-zone/IDE/
The machine now works well with a Rev. B ROM and the latest flash
ROM update from Sonnet on my Tempo Trio. For your curiosity, here is
the configuration:
- OS X Server 10.2.7
- Beige G3/500 MT (originally 233 MHz)- [would love a G3/1 GHz
ZIF, but perhaps should save money for a 970-based PB G4]
- Connected to Motherboard
- 768 MB of PC100 RAM (would not advise PC66 because it limits
overclocking of 66 MHz bus speed)
- AV personality card (only audio works in OS X)
- Additional onboard VRAM (6 MB total) w/ Apple 21" monitor
- 18 GB UltraSCSI HD connected via 50 pin adapter (boot drive b/c
does not have 8 GB size limitation like ATA drives)
- Internal LaCie 12x SCSI CD-RW (iTunes/Disc Burner supported)
- Internal Apple 4x DVD-ROM(plays DVDs only if monitor connected to
Radeon is primary display)
- OEM Zip 100 drive w/ bezel
- PCI:
- Apple 10/100 ethernet card (BTO option pulled from another beige
G3)
- Radeon 7000 Mac Edition (32 MB) w/ 21" Dell Trinitron monitor
- Sonnet TempoTrio (FW/USB2/ATA/133)
- Western Digital 120 GB/ATA/100 HD (WD1200JB 8 MB cache)*
- Maxtor 80 GB ATA/100 HD*
- Epson Perfection 1200u SCSI scanner (ViewScan driver)
- Apple Pro USB keyboard, Logitech mouseman marble optical
- Other
- 350 Watt PC power supply unit (all Beige G3s work with standard PC
ATX power supply units if the jumper on the motherboard is set to "PS2
Supply" instead of "Mac Supply").
- Partitioned for boot volume in first 8 GB for OS X
compatibility.
I hope this info can benefit your readers. Great Site!
Regards,
Kevin Pedersen
Marintellect Design and Consulting
http://www.marintellect.com/
Hi Kevin,
Thanks for all the excellent information.
Charles
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