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DennisN
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I have BOTH ide and sata - don't ask me why, that's what the man did when he built it - when I got my next drive I didn't have the right cable.
Anyway, that word about iWork may just have earned you a point (oops, pint even) at the next Expo.
STOP posting new stuff before I've answered old stuff. 
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mostdom
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My tree is blue and made of plastic!
You're asking Dennis to do what? You know full well if he looked into the system files he'd get lost without his 720, also looking at the systemfiles is like looking at a map of MK without postcode. Besides you'd be depriving him of an oppertunity to pull his machine apart, why do you think I broke mine! 
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DennisN
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I'll bet your fancy Mac couldn't tell you the type and serial number of the D drive if it was dead, smartypants southerner! My C drive and L drive are alive but one is IDE and the other is SATA and the D drive is one of those. The only reason it matters is because of the cable to plug into the hole place.
When I open up, it'll be a case of eeny meeny miny mo to decide which is D. Actually, on reflection I know L is SATA because that's the new one I got, C will be the one next to the little red light, so D will be the other one - even stupid old men are bright occasionally! 
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GPS_fan
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| Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2007 9:18 am Post subject: |
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| mostdom wrote: | | You're asking Dennis to do what? You know full well if he looked into the system files he'd get lost without his 720 |
Even WITH his multitude of 720s, there's a danger of getting lost 
....but Dennis sounds like he's a bit more computer literate than a lot of people
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GPS_fan
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| DennisN wrote: | | I'll bet your fancy Mac couldn't tell you the type and serial number of the D drive if it was dead, smartypants southerner! |
That depends upon just how dead it is....and for the record, I'm a NORTHERNER...born and bred in t'north and proud of it
It's often possible to recover data easily from a 'dead' drive...much to the frustration of many dubious insurance claimants I've caught out
| DennisN wrote: | | When I open up, it'll be a case of eeny meeny miny mo to decide which is D. Actually, on reflection I know L is SATA because that's the new one I got, C will be the one next to the little red light, so D will be the other one - even stupid old men are bright occasionally! |
This will surely depend upon how the machine was built - master and salve drives can be in either slot, it's all down to system configuration
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mostdom
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| Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2007 9:32 am Post subject: |
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| GPS_fan wrote: | | ....but Dennis sounds like he's a bit more computer literate than a lot of people |
Yer, I can see him now laughing at your feeble attempts to help him when he knows exactly how to do it already. In fact I suspect he has already replaced his drive before you finnished your last post. 
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GPS_fan
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Probably
...but I don't do Windoze - needs Windows 98 or better...simple, I bought a Mac 
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DennisN
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Come off it - I haven't even had my shave yet, never mind open the box to look at cables. Hmm - I wonder, if C is 150Gb, D is 250 (which doesn't show up - it goes C, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M) and L is 250, would it take a bigger new D? Or would it be better to get to grips with iWork? If only they did a fast Bluetooth mouse - that Mac one is so slow I can walk across the screen faster!! Going to be Aaaard today, designer stubble and off to Bedfordshire. Shame really - on me, designer stubble that's visible looks like Steptoe!!
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| DennisN wrote: | | If only they did a fast Bluetooth mouse - that Mac one is so slow I can walk across the screen faster!! |
Have you tried changing the mouse speed in System Preferences?
I haven't heard any other complaints about it...but I don't use one myself
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| DennisN wrote: | | designer stubble that's visible |
There's a fashion statement!!
Designer stubble that's not visible = clean shaven
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DennisN
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| GPS_fan wrote: | | DennisN wrote: | | If only they did a fast Bluetooth mouse - that Mac one is so slow I can walk across the screen faster!! |
Have you tried changing the mouse speed in System Preferences?
I haven't heard any other complaints about it...but I don't use one myself |
Come on!! You can do better than that - I was changing mouse speeds before you got your first pair of long pants!! Surely somebody is going to come on here and say that Bluetooth speed isn't like a USB cable, so however fast I jiggle my mouse, it's never going to be like my PC one? Won't they?
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| DennisN wrote: | | Come on!! You can do better than that - I was changing mouse speeds before you got your first pair of long pants!! Surely somebody is going to come on here and say that Bluetooth speed isn't like a USB cable, so however fast I jiggle my mouse, it's never going to be like my PC one? Won't they? |
I was only trying to help somebody who I thought was new to Mac 
Time to get on with some real work with my tail well and truly between my legs and thinking where I could stick that Christmas tree....sideways 
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| DennisN wrote: | | Have you tried changing the mouse speed in System Preferences? |
Do that and the poor little thing gets frightened and skips across the screen like a rocket propelled lemming. If your not carful you'll loose it under your recycle bin or somin'.
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...one final comment before I go - could it be that surface upon which you're using the mouse??
Some optical rodents can act up if they don't like the mouse mat colour or texture and if it's a genuine Apple mouse, it will be optical (I found out the hard way that my old mouse might wasn't liked by the pesky mouse).
I'm sulking now, so you can sort out iWork and whatever else all on your little ownsome - so there - and according to a report yesterday, the average bad mood lasts 12 hours 
I'm not one to hold a grudge - I just have a good memory
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DennisN
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| GPS_fan wrote: | | I'm sulking now, so you can sort out iWork and whatever else all on your little ownsome - so there - and according to a report yesterday, the average bad mood lasts 12 hours |
Aw c'mon, I wasn't serious! If you keep on like this you'll seriously jeopardise that drop of tipple!
Anyway I hadn't thought of the surface - my rubbish PC mice work on anything, more or less. When I visit offices I always look to see if anybody's gotta Mac and peer at them to see what they're doing - I'm sure they never have special mouse mats. So I'll give it a try later (maybe at half time?) and use a whole selection of mats I've got.
Say I'm forgiven and I'll put you back on the pDrinks list  (subject to Verification  ).
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