In the 70s he worked for Rockwell and was part of the Space Shuttle program. My own dad was an electrical engineer who worked on the guidance (gyro) systems for Peacekeeper, Minuteman and Star Wars with TRW.
Glad you guys got something from your dads. My son is in his first year of computer engineering at ASU - but dad knows nothing. I have a server, a G4 being used as a NAS and a real NAS and neither of my kids could find their way to connect to any of it because they have no clue - despite being told and shown. Uh…yeah, the same port-forwarding stuff I've been doing since before you were 1? That stuff? Just tell me which port you want open and which device.
He once came up to me with instructions on how to port-forward on my router. My son is 18 now and despite all the Macs in the house, one connected to six displays even, is unsure of just how much I know.
Both are using Windows PC now, simply because that's what the school systems use. His sister was harder to teach about computers and gravitated more towards iPhone and iPad.
My son has been using PowerPC since he was 5 (2008). He's tried pretty hard, watched at least a couple hours of YouTube videos already, trying to learn about this Mac issue. Do we have workaround options for getting an OS on this computer? Thanks very much! You could really make a kid's day (or week) if you can figure this out. Then we have a 10.3.5 disk - but it is "bundled", or has bundled software, so we get an error message saying that one won't work. The computer won't boot at all with that one.
(Is there a workaround for that?) The second disk we have contains Mac OS 10.6.3. We can get in, and access Disk Utility, etc., but we get a message saying that we have to have a version of 10.4 installed for 10.5 to work, or something like that. The first and best is Snow Leopard 10.5: when we put that CD in, it won't install. Thanks to an old friend, we now have 3 Mac OS disks on loan. Problem is that the Mac's owner wiped it completely, there's no OS. My 12 year old kid has never had a Mac, and was really excited to be given a friend's old imac G5 the other day. I did help an elderly friend with a Mac about 10 years ago. "We have the strongest consumer line we have ever offered.Hi, I haven't had a Mac since my Performa from the 1990s. "If you just look at the last couple of quarters, we've had some tremendous updates," Boger said. The $999 eMac also gets more standard memory - 512MB - and a SuperDrive with dual-layer support.
"Basically, we wanted to upgrade every aspect of the system," Boger said.Īpple also updated its eMac desktop computers, bumping up that model's G4 processor to 1.42 GHz, doubling the hard drive size on each model and boosting the video capabilities by adding ATI Radeon 9600 cards. He also pointed to the upgraded SuperDrive - which can now burn files to double-layer discs holding 8.5GB of data - and the increased video RAM. And a 400GB hard drive is available as a build-to-order option on all three. The entry and midrange models now have 160GB hard drives the top model now has a 250GB hard drive. He noted that hard drive space on all three iMac models was also increased. "We think this is going to be an extremely important enhancement for a lot of people." The now discontinued models also dropped in price, with the old top-of-the-line iMac G5 now selling for $1,599.Īccording to Boger, iMac buyers have "really taken to using wireless connectivity," which is why Apple decided to add its 802.11g-based Airport Extreme cards to the iMacs, as well as Bluetooth 2.0. That represents a $100 price drop for the most expensive model. screen, 2-GHz G5 processor and SuperDrive, priced at $1,499 and the high-end 20-in. The new iMacs are available now, with the entry-level 17-in., 1.8-GHz model priced at $1,299 the midrange model, with a 17-in. It's appealing to consumers and the education market and business as well." He said the popular desktop model, first unveiled late last August, would appeal to "anyone looking for a compact, all-in-one system that gives you a brilliant display, graphics performance great networking."
The announcement comes less than a week after Apple updated its Power Mac line of computers and cut prices on some of its LCD monitors (see story), and follows the release Friday of its latest operating system, Mac OS X 10.4 "Tiger" (see story)The new iMacs and eMacs will come with Tiger installed, Boger said.Īlthough the iMacs have been generally aimed at home users, Boger claimed that the iMac G5 "is appealing to a wide variety of customers. In addition to getting faster G5 processors, the iMac now includes an ATI Radeon 9600 video card that features 128MB video memory - twice the video RAM available before - a new 8X SuperDrive that provides double-layer burn support, built-in Gigabit Ethernet and 512MB of RAM across the line.