Mac Forum / General / Hardware / July 2007

My eMac now starts with a beep, not a chime, and comes up with a blank
screen.  I was able to link via ethernet and copy files onto another
computer, but some of them have bogus dates (like 2008 or 1941).  I
replaced the battery and it didn't help.  I can't figure out how to use

I just bought a Samsung 19" TFT display to replace my 17" Samsung CRT
display, but I am disappointed with the color accuracy beyond about 45
deg from center.  Colors shift towards yellow beyond that point,
although Samsung claims a vewing angle of 160 deg.  I did calibrate the

System: Mac G4 400 AGP, Mac OS X 10.3.7-9
Will a DVD burner run on my system.
I see a Comstar (Pioneer DVR-111D) for sale
and wonder if it will run on my older Mac system.

Seems forever since an update.  Was hoping there'd be an announcement
this week...  :\

I have an (originally) maxed out G4 Digital Audio. 733 Mhz CPU, 768 Mb
RAM, 133 Mhz bus, 57 GB IBM Drive. It's getting a little pokey for a few
applications, especially Firefox which seems to cause a bit of
thrashing. I'm considering a couple of HW upgrades, but wondered if