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Post Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2004 6:23 am   Post subject: hardware gripe.. Reply with quote Back to top  
I've got 1 bad thing to say about apple.. Why on earth cant you buy PCI network cards off their site.

Yesterday i went to Microcenter, CompUSA, and the apple store trying to find a compatable PCI network card.. This really annoys me.. Finally after googling for a few hours this morning i found one..

I would think they would make them more available for people who want to do home routing or replace their broke ass nic's

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Post Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2004 7:12 am   Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top  
At least yours isn't on-board and can't be replace ( Embarassed ) but the Airport wireless cards are the feature NIC interface of choice so those are easier to come by. Apple wants to push their wireless tech.

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Post Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2004 8:20 pm   Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top  
panther doesn't support the 3com chipsets or DEC chipsets that are supported by almost every operating system on the planet? i don't have an apple desktop so i guess i don't know how pci/agp card compatibility is, but that's pretty lame that they don't support cards that even skyos can handle

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Post Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2004 6:55 am   Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top  
Well i'm running 10.2.8 panther wont let me install it.. Sad says my pc sucks[/b]

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Post Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2004 2:32 pm   Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top  
soup4you2 wrote:
Well i'm running 10.2.8 panther wont let me install it.. Sad says my pc sucks[/b]


panther = 10.3

jaguar = 10.2

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Post Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2004 5:47 am   Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top  
sorry was a little drunk when i posted that..

I'm currently running 10.2.8 but 10.3 will not install seems apple dropped support for this G3. Oh well 10.2.8 runs great anyways..

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Post Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2004 7:08 am   Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top  
i won't be able to install 10.3 on a G3? bah whatever. I installed open office fine and it's recommened requirements said a G4. Soup you drinking bong water again?

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Post Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2004 7:11 am   Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top  
The non-usb g3's panther will not install on.. However i found xprotofact3 or something like that which will allow me to do it. i just need the mac radeon 7000 which should arrive tomarrow. along w/ 2 nics and a better disk controller.

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Post Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2004 7:13 am   Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top  
wrathiron wrote:
i won't be able to install 10.3 on a G3? bah whatever. I installed open office fine and it's recommened requirements said a G4. Soup you drinking bong water again?


btw who's drinking the bong water? where did open office come from?

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Post Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2004 7:42 am   Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top  
Looks like the DLink DFE-530TX+ supports OSX... Wink Smile

NewEgg has the OEM versiongoing fer $12.50 shipped and the retail version fer $13.49 shipped (adds the WOL cable)... Big Smile

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Post Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2004 10:27 am   Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top  
i pulled a realtek nic outta my server which served a unused subnet and it works find in OS 9 and OS X also ordered 2 Kingston KNE100TX 10/100 mbps NIC LAN Ethernet Adapter's which i've read about those working with no drivers needed..

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Post Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2004 1:26 pm   Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top  
soup4you2 wrote:
also ordered 2 Kingston KNE100TX 10/100 mbps NIC LAN Ethernet Adapter's which i've read about those working with no drivers needed..


Uh...did you know that Kingston has been out of the networking business fer some time now? Shocking Smile

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Post Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2004 1:43 pm   Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top  
Yes but i ordered them because compatability reports said those specific cards work w/ no driver assistance needed on all their OS's

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