Anya ,'Touched'
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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.
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....
Muchas gracias Dan, for the link. Yup. More memory is always good. I can't run OSX on my iMac for that very reason.
Next question. Would 512 be overkill and how hard is it to install the new memory card?
Back in the very, very old days when I worked for Qualitas (386Max...tells you how old those days really were) my training presentation included the sentence, "Don't go opening up that box. That's when the bugs crawl in."
Please tell me things are different now.
Things are different now. You have two slots, if one is open, it'll be easy peasy to thunk a second into the empty slot.
Let me see if I can find an eMac installation guide.
What iMac model do you have? It shouldn't be that big of a deal upgrading ram on that.
I was hoping to find a cheap old-style iMac for my mom, but funds and lack of finding one have put that on hold.
Beej,
Useful eMac links:
Apple eMac support: [link] (includes instructions on easy RAM install)
Low End Mac eMac page: [link]
Dana,
if you install Ephpod on your work computer, you won't have a problem with the Itunes at home.
I do this all the time.
...you have to use Ephpod to play your Ipod. Ephpod and the media player of your choice.
Hmm. Tempting as it is to waste the rest of the day, I think I should probably just wait until I get home. Once the iPod is set up, I'll use it as a hard disk to get the music files off my work computer.
Edit: But thanks for all of the advice.
FWIW, my computers have Itunes and Ephpod both and I haven't had any problems running one or the other. Ephpod allows a lot more flexibility with my music and I can copy what's on the ipod to my hard disk, which I've done on 1-2 occasions to have an ipod backup.
Daniel there are still two big boxes of Mac stuff that will be heading your way sometime this week. As I'm packing I keep finding one more thing to toss in the boxes.