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Just bought a G4 Titanium Powerbook - my first PowerPC Mac
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Just got my AC adapter in the mail and got this thing running! It runs surprisingly well for a 12 year old computer with only 667 MHz. I used Safari and played a youtube video at 240p and everything worked fine. The screen is also really nice.
Now I have just two problems remaining:
I can't get on my school's wifi or ethernet because it requires you to install security software on your computer. The software is only available on 10.5 or later :/ Why do schools do that?
The battery is also pretty much shot, it has 242 cycles on it according to Coconut battery. It lasted 30 minutes then shut off. That would be fine except that it said 100% at first, then dropped to 7%, then shut off without warning. I hope I can get it calibrated better than this. Right now the first green dot on the battery is just flashing.
Now I have just two problems remaining:
I can't get on my school's wifi or ethernet because it requires you to install security software on your computer. The software is only available on 10.5 or later :/ Why do schools do that?
The battery is also pretty much shot, it has 242 cycles on it according to Coconut battery. It lasted 30 minutes then shut off. That would be fine except that it said 100% at first, then dropped to 7%, then shut off without warning. I hope I can get it calibrated better than this. Right now the first green dot on the battery is just flashing.
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Yeah, the batteries will do that. I've got maybe 30-40 seconds with the one in my 1Ghz Mac.
Just a reminder that there are ways to get Leopard installed on Macs that do not meet the requirements.
Nice looking Mac!
What's the name of the Leopard security software? There may be a way on the WiFi without it. I've tried Leopard on my 550Mhz Tibook. Not very fast, but it runs. Biggest thing holding it back is the GPU. Best thing about it, the 256K L2 cache. That makes the Tibooks nice and fast.
The software is called Safe Connect. When I download the .pkg it won't even open and the browser won't get past the safe connect page. Just as a shot in the dark I opened the .pkg on my Macbook and copied the app file over. When I clicked it on the powerbook it seemed to open and the "safeconnect" process was running in the activity monitor. However, no luck with the internet.
My campus uses Resnet if that helps.
My campus uses Resnet if that helps.
Just curious as to how this will help him connect to this network?
The app he is trying to run is necessary to allow his TiBook to connect to the network. Sure, he could use Tor, but that's useless to him if the network does not let him connect.
Some other facts… He can't just use Tor. The Tor Browser is not universal. It hasn't been available for PowerPC for a long time. That leaves him having to use Vidalia for the proxy and then the Tor browser extension.
Assuming he's going for security instead of just simply trying to connect, unless he nails down every setting he's vulnerable. That means a plethora of other addons.
In this instance JAP might be more secure as they still use addons and not a dedicated browser. Or any number of the other Firefox addons out there, all of which locks him into using a Mozilla based browser (with some exceptions) and none of which solves the problem of actually connecting him to the network.
Tor should bypass the screens that show up when you connect to some public wifi hotspots.
OK I've yet to see that. If I take my PowerBook to Starbucks, Vidalia can't connect to anything unless I open a browser and click on Starbucks WiFi TOS Acceptance page.
How can you bypass screens if no device will give you a connection until you accept terms or install required software (as in this case).
You essentially have no connection until you do this. When you have no connection you can't connect to anything.
Tor won't work for him. The SafeConnect software is used to authenticate his device with the network via the webpage. Tor won't be able to escape the captive portal because it won't be able to properly authenticate with the college's SafeConnect systems.
You can always try spoofing your PowerBook's MAC Address with the MacBook, then logging on and switching back to the PowerBook. This could work.
Works fine for a TiI love mine and it has 80GB HD (120 limit on mine)
That's a perty machine!