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Post Your Mac Setup: Past & Present (Part 13)
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What are your thoughts on synergy??
I currently use a MBP with an external screen and want to get a power mac g4/screen but don't have room on the desk for another set of keyboard/mouse. Do you know if synergy will work on a PPC? as i have heard mixed results.
Exactly, but if the poster can get the size of the laptop wrong, then they can also get the year of the machine wrongIts a nice machine, whatever it is!
Oops it is a 17 inch
It was a free replacement (under applecare) for a 15 inch 2001 model that the screen kept going wrong on. I always forget that.
So yeah you're all right, 17 inch 2003 powerbook, its the 1.67ghz powerpc processor one, (1gb of RAM 100GB hard disk i think). Still just about runs, just has some annoying issue, cant play youtube vides without stuttering, can't repair disk, doesnt pick up AFP shares.
I might re-install the OS to see if that will help
Anyway, well spotted guys, I wouldnt have even though about that....
I cant believe how neat and tidy all of your set ups are................ If you saw the state of mine (and even worse, my artist mate) you'd be puking with anger
I use "Teleport" instead of Synergy, works great and the older version works fine with PPC: http://www.abyssoft.com/software/teleport/
Sorry about this, but...
The 1.67GHz 17" PowerBook didn't come out until 2005. The 2003 17" PowerBook came with a 1.0GHz processor and a 60GB hard drive (though I suppose it's feasible you've upgraded that). And of course, the RAM was only 512 in either model, but it's even more likely that that's been upgraded.
(Why I know all this crap off the top of my head, I have no idea
)Though either way, that's a nice free replacement for a 400MHz TiBook.
Nice. Thanks for the info.
Im picking up a quicksilver mac with a 15" Apple studio display tomorrow so ill be able to see if it works. Will Post pictures when its done.
It looks like the logitech MX revolution or current equivalent to me. I too have said mouse, but in black.
Sorry about this, but...
The 1.67GHz 17" PowerBook didn't come out until 2005. The 2003 17" PowerBook came with a 1.0GHz processor and a 60GB hard drive (though I suppose it's feasible you've upgraded that). And of course, the RAM was only 512 in either model, but it's even more likely that that's been upgraded.
(Why I know all this crap off the top of my head, I have no idea
Though either way, that's a nice free replacement for a 400MHz TiBook.
Oh god knows then....... maybe i did originally get it in 2003 and get it replace in 2005
I remember the actualness of it all happening, just not when, i do know i had a metalbody macbook pro, it was the 1.44ghz model, with an 80 gb disk, and i paid to have the RAM upgraded..... so going on what you say, it must have been 2003 and with a replacement a year or so after..
And they say pot affects the brain eh?
Taken with an old P&S
Can you tell me where you purchased that desk from? Thanks.
Oh god knows then....... maybe i did originally get it in 2003 and get it replace in 2005
I remember the actualness of it all happening, just not when, i do know i had a metalbody macbook pro, it was the 1.44ghz model, with an 80 gb disk, and i paid to have the RAM upgraded..... so going on what you say, it must have been 2003 and with a replacement a year or so after..
And they say pot affects the brain eh?
There is no such thing as a 1.44GHz MacBook Pro, or (IIRC) even a PowerBook. The fastest PowerBook in the 1.4GHz range was 1.42Ghz...
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Lol, beat me to it
But I'm done nitpicking. 17" notebooks are awesome, and the OP has a 17" notebook, therefore his notebook is awesome.
Nice 27" I might have to wait a decade to do it, but I don't intend to replace my 23" ADC cinema until I can afford a 27" or a 30" or something of the like.
OTOH, that desk still doesn't sit with me - I have a hard time seeing it used for more than an hour or two a day! It looks like it'd get shaky when typing and stuff heh. Believe me, I can empathize with you, but you should consider a nice comfy chair. Look at some of these setups, nice comfy chairs! Exercise balls work ok too, I suppose.
I might have to wait a decade to do it, but I don't intend to replace my 23" ADC cinema until I can afford a 27" or a 30" or something of the like. OTOH, that desk still doesn't sit with me - I have a hard time seeing it used for more than an hour or two a day! It looks like it'd get shaky when typing and stuff heh. Believe me, I can empathize with you, but you should consider a nice comfy chair. Look at some of these setups, nice comfy chairs! Exercise balls work ok too, I suppose.
Haha! I try to do things away from my computer sometimes too!mouse potato!
Honestly, Synergy randomly stopped working a couple days ago and I couldn't be bothered to figure out why. I just use the laptop and its screen for email and calendar, so it's not a high priority for me. But when it works, it works great.
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In case anyone was wondering, I was using QuickSynergy to handle Synergy through a GUI. I switched to SynergyKM and now it seems to work fine.
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