One of the more noticeable problems many people experience while
using BootCamp is that the keyboard disconnects. It seems that this
does not happen for everyone/every keyboard. If you are lucky enough
to be in the "disconnect camp" the following may prove useful.
In the BootCamp section of the Apple Discussion boards (http://
discussions.apple.com/) is the following suggestion:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=2370138�
My keyboard would freeze, caps lock would light up and replugging the
USB brought it back. Saw a thread here with these instructions:
Go to Windoze > Start > Run > type "msconfig" > STARTUP tab >
DESELECT AppleCDEject > OK > Restart
This did the trick though i still get an annoying beep/alert every
few minutes which now freezez my mouse until it ends (coupla secs,
still annoying when I'm in the middle of a game).
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The effect seems to be that, while the keyboard still disconnects
occasionally, it automatically reconnects within a few seconds.
Somehow, having the "AppleCDEject" routine loaded interferes with the
reconnection. It should be noted that the real problem is the
original disconnect which should not be happening but until BootCamp
(or whatever follows it) fixes the problem, this may make life a
little easier. I've tried it and it seems to work quite well.
NOTE: following the above suggestion will disable your keyboard's
"Eject" key while within Windows. CDs and DVDs can easily be ejected
in Windows by doing a right click > Eject on the disk icon.
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On a related note, I'd be interested in hearing your Bootcamp or
Parallels experiences......
Wayne
...from:
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9584_22-6096211.html?tag=nl.e622
By Tom Krazit, CNET News.com
Published on ZDNet News: July 19, 2006, 4:59 PM PT
[...]
Macintosh shipments were up 12 percent compared with last year, Apple
Computer said Wednesday during its third-quarter earnings call.
That's in contrast to a shipment increase in the second quarter of
only 4 percent year over year--something that Apple described as a
"pause" in buying activity.
[...]
Macs accounted for 55 percent of Apple's revenue during the third
quarter, ended July 1, said Peter Oppenheimer, the company's chief
financial officer. Notebook shipments and revenue both increased by
61 percent, and Apple believes it doubled its share of the notebook
market in retail channels, he said, citing data from research firm NPD.
About half the Macs sold at Apple's own retail stores during the
quarter were bought by people who had never owned a Mac before,
Oppenheimer said. That is roughly the same percentage that Apple has
seen in recent quarters.
Educational customers also helped Apple's Mac sales during the
quarter, Oppenheimer said. The new notebooks were well-received by
the educational community, which likes to make purchasing decisions
by the end of the last quarter, analyst Tim Bajarin of Creative
Strategies said.
One downside of the Mac results was the performance of the desktop
segment, which is tied to Apple's professional customers. The Power
Mac desktop, used by creative professionals who need the most
performance Apple can provide, has not been refreshed as of yet with
Intel's newest chips. As a result, desktop shipments and revenue
declined compared with last year.
However, Apple is expected to fix that pretty soon, with the launch
of Intel's new Core 2 Duo processor coming in a few weeks and Apple's
Worldwide Developers Conference scheduled to visit San Francisco
[August 7-11 http://developer.apple.com/wwdc]. Apple hasn't said
whether it will use the Core 2 Duo or the Xeon 5100 processor in the
new professional desktops, but it's likely to let its developers know
before or during that conference.
[...]
Hello Doug:
We are working on a distant relative of iTunes U
that might be called
"virtual conferencing". This involves podrecording of the audio
component of
conference talks, and linking with the accompanying slideshows [ppt or pdf].
We experimented with this at the recent American Chemical
Society [ACS] meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, and at regional meetings of
science educators
in the Atlantic Provinces.
Here is an account from the ACS:
"The Division of Chemical Information (CINF) sponsored a session at the
231st National Meeting of ACS (held in Atlanta) in March titled: "Social
Software and Chemical Information." There were eight speakers in the
session, presenting on topics of blogs, wikis, podcasts, and more. These
talks are now available as audio (MP3) files, with accompanying slides (PDF
or PPT format) on the CINF website. To access these files, point your
browser to http://www.acscinf.org, then select Meetings button, then click
on either "Technical Session" or "Abstracts" for the Atlanta meeting. You
will see PDF, PPT, and MP3 links for papers 1-8. Use any MP3 software
(e.g., QuickTime or iTunes are both free to download) to listen to the
audio files, either on a computer equipped with speakers, or on a portable
MP3 player. The audio files are quite large, so may take a few minutes to
download.
On behalf of CINF and Erja Kajosalo and myself (co-organizers of the
session), I would like to take this opportunity to thank the following
folks:
Brian Lynch and Lai Im Lancaster, who not only participated in the session
as speakers, but who also recorded the audio files and provided technical
advice; Rick Williams (CINF Webmaster), who loaded files and designed the
web page for delivery of files; and finally, all of the session speakers
who so graciously gave permission to be recorded and broadcast via our
website.
Please feel free to forward this message to other communities who might be
interested, and feel free to contact me with questions or comments."
We hope to be able to run another pilot at the meeting of the Canadian
Society
for Chemistry in Winnipeg next spring.
The presentation in the USA received excellent publicity [see attached file]
from the ACS and also the Royal Society of Chemistry's Chemistry World
[see 2nd attachment].
We feel that the concept will enhance the value of typical large science
conferences
through making material available to those who cannot attend physically,
and also solves problems for attendance associated with simultaneous
multiple sessions.
As per the ACS quote
Please feel free to forward this message to other communities who might be
interested, and feel free to contact me with questions or comments.
Sincerely
Brian Lynch
Brian M. Lynch, M. Sc., Ph. D. [Melbourne], FCIC
Senior Research Professor
Department of Chemistry
Room 3067, Physical Sciences Complex
St. Francis Xavier University
Antigonish, Nova Scotia B2G 2W5, Canada
Tel: 902-867-0450
Fax: 902-867-2414
Hello Everyone:
Just a quick note to inform you that Computers-on-Campus has placed
on demo an M-Audio 49e MIDI keyboard to allow customers to play with
GarageBand.
http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/Keystation49e-main.html
Please feel free to drop by to try it out.
Regards,
Doug
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Doug Hamilton, BA, MA, APP
Senior Computer Consultant
Computers-on-Campus; Univ. of Manitoba
204-474-6196 (Ph.)
204-474-7556 (Fax)
http://www.umanitoba.ca/bookstore/
