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Maple appears to be part universal, but much faster on Intel Macs than it was on PPC.
For the stuff you want to do, a MacBook will work great. It's good for pretty much anything but 3D graphics. For that, you need a MacBook Pro.
Make sure you get 1GB or more of memory, though, as the MacBooks share the same memory for graphics and everything else.
Definitely invest in 1GB of memory. It's the most useful thing you can get for your computer. I think the 80GB of hard drive space is a good investment too.
Speaking of GTK ... for those who still read Usenet, check out the Pan newsreader. It runs under Windows using GTK and is a great program.
Anyone use SQL Server 2005?
I got this error:
Ad hoc updates to system catalogs are not allowed.
when trying to run this (I know what I'm doing):
delete from sysusers where uid=5
because that's not the correct uid for that user (it got that way because of a restore from a client's database - which means I can't delete the user in the usual way). There's a way of doing this in previous version of SQL Server....
Too long since I used SQL for me to be of direct help.But obviously there is some sort of trigger on catalog (system) tables to prevent direct access. Probably there is a command to override it. I'd check help index and key words for "Modify system catalog".
Probably there is a command to override it. I'd check help index and key words for "Modify system catalog".
In SQL 7, you can set the database properties to allow this. So far what I've come up with is I'm supposed to use the proper API - something like
ALTER DATABASE database_name SET EMERGENCY
but I don't know what comes next. DROP USER?
eta: Bah, I've wasted too much time on this. I'll just restore the database to an SQL 7 server....
Is now a good time to buy an iBook? (I've read rumors of an upgrade to a better CPU in time for the "holiday season" - whenever that is.)
Grr. For some reason, my computer REFUSES to recognize this external hard drive. It's not the USB port, because I pop my flash drive in, and I get an H: drive. But it installs the driver for the hard drive and and says the device is working properly, but it doesn't give me an H: drive. I can't access the damn thing! I'm using Win2K. Any suggestions? I've shouted many profanities at the thing, but that didn't seem to work. I also rebooted with the thing connected, and it really didn't like that. It likes it best when you connect the drive and then turn it on, not the other way around.
P-C, right-click on My Computer and choose "Manage", then Click on Storage followed by Disk Management. There will be a listing in of your drives in the right side of the Window. Check to see if the drive is there. If it's not in the top section, look in the lower section by scrolling down and see if it's listed there. Check to see if there is a drive letter associated with it. It might not be assigning a letter, or else trying to assign a letter already in use. If it's there, right click on the drive and choose "Change Drive Letters and Paths" and try to give it a letter that's not being used.
Is now a good time to buy an iBook?
Sure. There are always rumors about upgrades, and they're often true, and the chances are good that will be at least some sort of upgrade in the near future, but the Macbooks are still a pretty good buy right now. If you need one, get one with no guilt. If you want to wait a month, you might get a pleasant surprise, but i'm doubting the upgrade will be so amazing that you'll shoot yourself for buying now.
It's not like 8 months ago, when we were anxiously waiting for the processor upgrade that entirely redefined the line.