Mac Forum / Country Specific / Australian Mac Group / May 2004

I'm in that terrible position/dilema of chosing to buy an Ibook now or
after the Apple Developers Conference at the end of June.
Actually, I'm buying for a good freind, but I'm executing the ourchase
like it was myself buying so I get the best possible deal for my friend.

Please email or call 02 91447039
Cheers Andrew

I want to relay my experience with Next Byte in Elizabeth St
Melbourne, just as a warning to others not to bother with this
atrocious store. Note I am a PC user due mainly to work but do have a
soft spot for Macs. This whole experience revolved around my iPod and

I have a 333 MHz iMac and have no disk space left. I need to clear some
space and thought I'd load some of my much used graphics software onto
a PC but still want to use my Mac many things.
Is it possible for me to "network" the two together so that I can

Is there any way to upgrade a G3 333 powerbook from USB1 to USB2?
Thought I saw something advertised on EBay.

Were any 20th Anniversary Macs ever sold in australia? Or were they all
brought over here from the US...?
Anyone know what one in good condition would be worth?
- David Angelovich

Re above post about Firewire -> Composite/Svideo...
I called Apple Store today.  Spoke to some chap who told me that there was
an accessory called a "Apple Video Adaptor" that would allow me to connect
composite/RCA to an eMac/iMac, and it cost $45.

I have a Cube 450mhz running OSX and it sems to be going good .
I have noticed that all Macs come with internal modems (this one did)
My questiion is which is better or more reliable?
People i have spoke to have said i should have a external modem as they

I have an eMac for sale:
Emac 800Mhz G4
640Meg Ram
40Gig HD

I am interested in getting some sort of remote control for my mac.
USB or Bluetooth it doesn't really matter. All i want is to be able to
control iTunes, or DVD's.
Has anyone got any opinions about hte Macally Keypoint remote?

   Hello out there!
   I'm looking for a SCSI adaptor for my G3 266mhz Powerbook to change the
square-ish plug on the back to standard 25pin SCSI to connect an external
hard drive.

And on the subject of eMacs...
Any breakthroughs re connecting a vcr to a new Mac?
Or still up for a $600 converter, or a digital video camera with passthru?

Yep, looking at those eMacs again
Has the price recently dropped a few hundred $??
a) Does Apple's dvd burning software allow for more control over disc
duration yet? (ie need to fit at least 2 hrs per disc at vhs quality)

I saw the answer to this posted here a couple of weeks ago but didn't
pay attention at the time. Now (of course) I need to know.
I need to do a total backup of my OSX system for a later restore after
the computer goes into for major surgery.

which came first; Panther or Jaguar?
and does Panther have any serious flaws?