Mac Forum / Country Specific / Australian Mac Group / March 2005

I have had a number on emate 300's fall into my lap (traded some work
for them).
Im trying to figure out what there worth to re sell. there is very nice
order and would make any collector very happy. I was guessing maybe

Is there any problem with running a beige G3 desktop on its side, so it
can fit in a space under a desk?
eg gravity affecting the pickup arms in the CD drive, etc?
Thanks

I'm the new boy to Macs.
I have repeatedly tried to upgrade to Quicktime Pro.  The site asks me for
my Apple login (all OK) and my country, but then rejects my state and
postcode!!  How the hell does one upgrade?

When using the Print dialog to save documents as PDF - say for example a MS
Word document, is there any way to change the resolution of the PDF file? I
heard once that they had 300 dpi resolution.
Occasionally, I need to use a better resolution for printing parts of my

WTB a couple eMac's ... for quick sale email me today.
Sydney or NSW country pref -  will travel to pick up.
Cheers
noelvarsbayak@yahoo.co.uk

I've got a 3rd gen 40Gb iPod which is very sick. I just can't get it to
boot. I can reset it into disk mode and mount it no problem, but when I
reset, it just stays on the Apple logo and goes no further.
With it in disk mode I've updated the firmware and done a complete

How do You Aussies pronounce "Melbourne"?
Is it "Mel-burn" like the verb "to burn" or "Mel-born" like "to be born"?
Greetings from Vienna, Austria
Michael

Latest Prices 25/2/2005:
All goods are used unless otherwise stated and are for
private sale:
I also buy/accept old gear if you have something (Sydney)

Will the Mac min come with Tiger when Tiger arrives ?  I am thinking of
moving to the Mac mini (Winblows user blah blah blah) but was wondering if
the new OS is to ship soon I might as well wait a bit longer ?
Or will it still ship with "Panther" and you need to pony up for the

I was stupid enough 18 months ago to buy a secondhand imac700 on ebay.
It's been one nightmare after another! Anyway, I've been getting regular
crashes for the past year, and the cause has been very difficult to
pinpoint other than 99% certainty that it's something hardware. But

Can we please talk about more important stuff on this N/G like Mac issues??
This Melbourne thing should not be in this N/G at all, and it is taking
valuable time on this N/G.
There are people on this N/G that NEED help with there Macs with ideas etc,

Emac 1.25Ghz., 512MB RAM, 120G HD, Superdrive, Bluetooth Adapter, Bluetooth
Mouth, Airport Extreme Installed, software pre installed. Pick up only,
Narre Warren, VIC  $1190

Strange problem. Some CDs we've created on a PC (XP) cannot be read on a
Mac (10.2.x). Strangely it can read files in the root directory of the
CD, but not in sub-directories!
Does this sound familiar or even plausible ?

Hi. Is there any way to check the size of the Level 2 cache installed in
a PM 7300 using software? What prog could check it? Thanks,

is there any software (shareware, freeware) which will recognise an old
SCSI TEAC cd burner 4X 24X for OSX? yes, i know it's a dinosaur...
tah.