Re: Before it goes on the fire ...

[Jim Noble <yahoo-groups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 8 Dec 2006, at 19:16, Chris Hunter wrote:

> A colleague bought & iBook a few weeks back, and is very unhappy
...
> Firefox jams, he can't write .wav files, input from hi-fi sound-
> sources
> overload & clip, 80Gig HD is almost full, already, Help no help,
etc,
> etc, etc ... so, before he throws it on the fire, 'wondered if anyone
> had successfully used an iBook to run just Windows (that being what
> he's
> used to, of course) ... ???


Did you mean "Macbook"? iBooks are PowerPC based and will not run
windows.

Tell him to try Safari (or maybe a different version of Firefox?).
How/what/where is he trying to write wavs to?
Is it a line level input from the hi-fi? Has he tried adjusting the
input volume in System Preferences -> Sound?

Google for info on deleting unnecessary language translations from
the default OS install to free up some HD space. Also, if the iLife
apps are all installed by default, there's probably a bit of space to
be found by deleting any apps that aren't wanted (eg Garage Band
probably has a load of audio/music data taking up space). If it's a
Macbook, the HD looks to be fairly easy to swap out for a bigger one
(200Gb drives are becoming available now...)

Best reply off-list...

Jim


** Sponsored by http://www.BERBLE.com **
all the Cool Stuff, in one Place