Buying a MacBook Pro
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From: Steven Fisher on 9 Feb 2010 12:20 On 2010-02-09 02:35:52 -0800, John said: > Okay I will do it this way. Maybe I'll just buy a FW cable at depot or > Best Buy and return it after use. Or maybe it would be better to keep > it. I dont want a kernel panic and my new MacBook will have FW 400 which > works fine for my Camcorder. Elsewhere in this same thread you talk about integrity. You should be able to see the problem in this first plan without prompting. :)
From: Don Bruder on 9 Feb 2010 12:56 In article <hks5hf$4uu$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Steven Fisher <sdfisher(a)spamcop.net> wrote: > On 2010-02-09 02:35:52 -0800, John said: > > > Okay I will do it this way. Maybe I'll just buy a FW cable at depot or > > Best Buy and return it after use. Or maybe it would be better to keep > > it. I dont want a kernel panic and my new MacBook will have FW 400 which > > works fine for my Camcorder. > > Elsewhere in this same thread you talk about integrity. You should be > able to see the problem in this first plan without prompting. :) Are you kidding? This is the guy who can't comprehend "Just because testing can't FIND a problem doesn't mean that THERE IS no problem"! Yet you expect him to twig to "integrity" as it applies to him??? Boy, are YOU a dreamer! -- Email shown is deceased. If you would like to contact me by email, please post something that makes it obvious in this or another group you see me posting in with a "how to contact you" address, and I'll get back to you.
From: Matthew Russotto on 10 Feb 2010 21:04 In article <1jdm6zp.1hy79gaj6tb43N%mikePOST(a)TOGROUPmacconsult.com>, Mike Rosenberg <mikePOST(a)TOGROUPmacconsult.com> wrote: >John <jwolf6589(a)NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote: > >> No I was thinking about CraigsList or amazon.com. I can get more money >> for the iBook than on Ebay and plus I dont pay a fee if it does not >> sell. And another advantage is I do not have to deal with paypal. > >Excuse me? You're going to sell an iBook with a defective motherboard? >Do you really think something would pay for that? Or were you planning >to not mention that fact? And, if so, what would you do when the buyer >told you about all the kernel panics he/she had? I suspect an iBook with a defective motherboard probably would sell for parts, even if honestly advertised. -- The problem with socialism is there's always someone with less ability and more need.
From: Matthew Russotto on 10 Feb 2010 21:17 In article <1jdnp11.1d59wbd172uzibN%mikePOST(a)TOGROUPmacconsult.com>, Mike Rosenberg <mikePOST(a)TOGROUPmacconsult.com> wrote: > >One thing to add - Apple actually calls it Firewire Target Disk Mode. We >just usual shorten it in conversation. That is because there used to be a SCSI Disk Mode. Same idea, only you needed a special cable and had to sacrifice a chicken for it to work. -- The problem with socialism is there's always someone with less ability and more need.
From: Steve Hix on 10 Feb 2010 22:40
In article <jP6dnROcT-E29e7WnZ2dnUVZ_vqdnZ2d(a)speakeasy.net>, russotto(a)grace.speakeasy.net (Matthew Russotto) wrote: > In article <1jdnp11.1d59wbd172uzibN%mikePOST(a)TOGROUPmacconsult.com>, > Mike Rosenberg <mikePOST(a)TOGROUPmacconsult.com> wrote: > > > >One thing to add - Apple actually calls it Firewire Target Disk Mode. We > >just usual shorten it in conversation. > > That is because there used to be a SCSI Disk Mode. Same idea, > only you needed a special cable and had to sacrifice a chicken for it > to work. You forgot the black candle, I think. And not just any chicken would do. |