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420benz · #1 12-20-2007, 05:00 PM

A friend is running a Mac for his business an claims that he can only open e-mails sent via PDA. What does he need to receive my Yahoo Mail?

Ara T. · #2 12-20-2007, 06:30 PM

A web browser?

Botnst · #3 12-20-2007, 06:41 PM

I've got a Mac and don't have a problem receiving email from Yahoo or send email to Yahoo.

Follow Ara T.'s lead -- does he have a browser? Safari comes with the Mac (it's what I'm using right now) and I haven't had a problem reading mail. Sometimes it takes-over and writes unfortunate things to people I don't know on certain web sites .....

123c · #4 12-20-2007, 10:36 PM

I have a Mac, and don't have any problems at all, except that I don't know how to use all the programs that came on it...

420benz · #5 12-20-2007, 10:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Botnst

I've got a Mac and don't have a problem receiving email from Yahoo or send email to Yahoo.

Follow Ara T.'s lead -- does he have a browser? Safari comes with the Mac (it's what I'm using right now) and I haven't had a problem reading mail. Sometimes it takes-over and writes unfortunate things to people I don't know on certain web sites .....

I think his computer is about 7yrs. old.

Botnst · #6 12-20-2007, 10:48 PM

Uh-oh. He has a gotcha-Mac. It's probably a G-3 running OS-X 10.2. I have one of those and it works just fine except for websites with lots of graphics, then you could watch bread rise faster.

He should still have a version of Safari on that old timer and even the older versions of Safari can access Yahoo. If he doesn't have OS-X and instead has Mac OS 9.0 ... he's screwed. Or if he has one of the even older computers like a Power PC 225 or something, he's even more screwed.

Tell him to go to the apple website and price-out the refurbished Macs. I've bought a couple of them and they work just fine and you save a few hunnert bucks buying refurbished. If he's willing to take a chance he can try eBay. I've bought 2 Macs through eBay and had good luck with both. Buy one with the Core Duo processor, at least 2 gigs of RAM and a 200 Gig drive and the latest version of OS-X.

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420benz · #7 12-20-2007, 10:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Botnst

Uh-oh. He has a gotcha-Mac. It's probably a G-3 running OS-X 10.2. I have one of those and it works just fine except for websites with lots of graphics, then you could watch bread rise faster.

He should still have a version of Safari on that old timer and even the older versions of Safari can access Yahoo. If he doesn't have OS-X and instead has Mac OS 9.0 ... he's screwed. Or if he has one of the even older computers like a Power PC 225 or something, he's even more screwed.

Tell him to go to the apple website and price-out the refurbished Macs. I've bought a couple of them and they work just fine and you save a few hunnert bucks buying refurbished. If he's willing to take a chance he can try eBay. I've bought 2 Macs through eBay and had good luck with both. Buy one with the Core Duo processor, at least 2 gigs of RAM and a 200 Gig drive and the latest version of OS-X.

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What i don't understand is that he said he can surf the web but can only open PDF.

Ara T. · #8 12-20-2007, 11:04 PM

Time for him to upgrade his "business" computer.

420benz · #9 12-20-2007, 11:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Ara T.

Time for him to upgrade his "business" computer.

That will never happen.

OldPokey · #10 12-20-2007, 11:19 PM

He needs to budget a replacement computer once every 3 to 5 years. Not that dealing with buggy new software is never a problem, but trying to coax another year out of an old computer can be a huge time sink.

Tomguy · #11 12-20-2007, 11:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Botnst

Uh-oh. He has a gotcha-Mac. It's probably a G-3 running OS-X 10.2. I have one of those and it works just fine except for websites with lots of graphics, then you could watch bread rise faster.

Older macs like that are notorious for not being compatible with The Internets™. Fortunately, Firefox works on OSX 10.2 and is far superior to ANY version of Safari before 3 (and is better in almost all regards to Safari 3 aside from HTML rendering speed which is typically not noticeable in any modern browser). It's very customizable too, you can get extensions like adblock to block any ads, Fasterfox to make it load HTML faster than Safari, and so forth.
http://www.mozilla.com/products/download.html?product=firefox-2.0.0.11&os=osx&lang=en-US
^ OS X US English Firefox download.

If it is a G3 though, tell him that he needs to get with 21st century technology and buy one of those slick new iMacs.

420benz · #12 12-20-2007, 11:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Tomguy

Older macs like that are notorious for not being compatible with The Internets™. Fortunately, Firefox works on OSX 10.2 and is far superior to ANY version of Safari before 3 (and is better in almost all regards to Safari 3 aside from HTML rendering speed which is typically not noticeable in any modern browser). It's very customizable too, you can get extensions like adblock to block any ads, Fasterfox to make it load HTML faster than Safari, and so forth.
http://www.mozilla.com/products/download.html?product=firefox-2.0.0.11&os=osx&lang=en-US
^ OS X US English Firefox download.

If it is a G3 though, tell him that he needs to get with 21st century technology and buy one of those slick new iMacs.

i will try to get him to upgrade.
Thanks All.

420benz · #13 12-20-2007, 11:35 PM

BTW: I am running FF and i am always getting text over text on most sites. I have been on the FF forum,but with no success. Are there any plugins that will fix this problem?