Looks like I should probably establish my computer as the "home" computer first. Sigh.
I hate waiting.
Hmm. It's sounds like the finest party I can imagine getting paid to go to.
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Dana - Dec 27, 2004 5:37:07 am PST #811 of 10003
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
Rob - Dec 27, 2004 6:05:44 am PST #812 of 10003
So is there any reason I shouldn't install the iPod on my work computer before my home computer?
Go right ahead. While you can only sync an iPod with one copy of iTunes at a time, you can change it as often as you like,
Dana - Dec 27, 2004 6:12:27 am PST #813 of 10003
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
Really? Not that I don't trust you, Rob, but I can go ahead and install it here, get my music off this computer, then go home and install iTunes there, establish it as my home computer, and have the music from my work computer still remain on my iPod?
But the music from work computer will not transfer to home computer, right? (Crash course in iPod FAQs this morning.)
beekaytee - Dec 27, 2004 7:43:05 am PST #814 of 10003
Compassionately intolerant
Dan,
The eMac is a 700MHz G4 with
256K on chip level 2 cache
128MB SDRAM
40Gig Ultra ATA hard disk drive
My friend thought he'd gotten the dvd drive too, until he got it home and nope! just the cd-rw. Not to be greedy (okay, this is totally greedy) but I wishwishwish he'd gotten the dvd!
Your comment about useful software installed hit the mark. My friend did not want to buy Office for OSX (neither do I for that matter...since my 2001 version works just fine), or any of the other software he uses regularly.
So. I'll take that as a ringing endorsement for Panther, eh?
I looked at the new features for Tiger (sheesh) but saw nothing that would blow my skirt up. Hopefully, they'll continue supporting Panther for a while!
tommyrot - Dec 27, 2004 7:44:12 am PST #815 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Dana, I think if you do what you say, when you sync your iPod to your home computer all the stuff from work will be erased.
tommyrot - Dec 27, 2004 7:45:59 am PST #816 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Beej, I'd increase the RAM in that computer if I could. If you run multiple applications at once, more RAM will really speed things up.
eta: But if you can't afford it, you can live with what you've got....
Rob - Dec 27, 2004 7:46:59 am PST #817 of 10003
But if you use iTunes to put the iPod in manual mode, you can drag music from any number of computers to your iPod. The drawback is that you lose the convenience of automatic syncing.
tommyrot - Dec 27, 2004 7:49:08 am PST #818 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Oh, cool. I didn't know that. I thought the "sync to only one computer" thing was part of Apple's DRM.
DCJensen - Dec 27, 2004 7:54:21 am PST #819 of 10003
All is well that ends in pizza.
I would recommend getting more RAM, which is yet another reason your friend had trouble.
Your machine uses PC100 or PC133 3.3 volt non-interleaved DIMMS. They are fairly cheap, 256MB [link] for instance, cost around $33-$40.
You will be happy you did.
ETA: Late on posting, looks like I got in a little late. I was looking up the machine and chatting in IM with Andi. heh.
tommyrot - Dec 27, 2004 8:05:12 am PST #820 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Stupid Windows Media Player (ver 9) won't play my DVD (XP Pro w/ SP2). Anyone else have DVD trouble with WMP?
eta: WinDVD that came with the Dell won't play it either. So something on the machine is frelled. Luckily I have my iBook with me....