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Shadowman
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 Posted: Mon May 21, 2001 8:23 am |
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I love Mac and use one at work and at Home.
The only draw backs I can say is that Mac's are very expensive and Apple likes to make thing obsolite to quick. like the fact that The G4 dosen't have a floppy port.
I own a G3 that I've had Since 98 it's still in great condition and works fine. The only thing is that it dosn't have a USB port I still have a serial port.
My printer broke about 2 weeks ago and I have a comp USA 5 year extended warranty. The guy that fixes the printers is now telling me that nobody is making serial port printers. So my printer is just siting there with no solution to the problem. They cant even find a adapter that goes USB to serial. They sell adapters that go Serial to USB for people that buy new computers and want to use ther old printer but that doesn't help me.
I love my Mac but I think that Apple is trying to indirectly force people with older computers to buy new ones even if there computer works fine.
It's funny that a computer from 98 is considered very old.
What can I do?  |
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A.Buttle
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| Posted: Mon May 21, 2001 4:29 pm |
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| Buy a PCI USB card for 70 dollars and throw that in your G3. Problem sovled. |
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A.Buttle
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wootkoos
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| Posted: Mon May 21, 2001 5:11 pm |
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Most of the USB printer also sport the old serial port. We have a couple in the office that support both so you can choose which.
Personally I'd just get a USB anyhow, like A.Buttle suggested. That way you don't have to fret if any other hardware you purchase is USB.  |
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Shadowman
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| Posted: Tue May 22, 2001 6:15 am |
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Cool guys thanks for the advice. I feel much better now that I have this helpful info.
A.Bunttle it was nice of you to look this up for me! I'm going to give you and wootkoos a great member rating! |
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Chris
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| Posted: Tue May 22, 2001 6:35 am |
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| i don't love the mac nor pc, i imbrace them both equally |
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Awetopsy
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| Posted: Tue May 22, 2001 2:14 pm |
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dude any computer from 98 is old..
heck, a puter from january 2001 is old... :P |
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A.Buttle
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| Posted: Tue May 22, 2001 4:09 pm |
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| I resent the flagrant misspelling of my handle. |
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Shadowman
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| Posted: Tue May 22, 2001 9:13 pm |
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| Sorry A.Buttle just bad typing. |
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