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Hi. Why do you want to go with AirPort with a... 711 Views / 14 Replies  
Hi. Why do you want to go with AirPort with a desktop cpu? Do you have a laptop you're looking to serve, too? I'm not dissuading you from doing so, but please be informed that you will need an...
Posted by SnowmanX, on Mar 1, 2002 at 03:31 PM, in Mac Desktops
0% -- relatively speaking, right? :rolleyes: 498 Views / 24 Replies  
0% -- relatively speaking, right? :rolleyes:
Posted by SnowmanX, on Feb 13, 2002 at 03:53 PM, in macOS
With whichever Mac that can get online when you... 587 Views / 8 Replies  
With whichever Mac that can get online when you plug the cable modem ethernet cable directly into that Mac, obtain that Mac's *built-in* Ethernet Address from the Apple System Profiler. It should be...
Posted by SnowmanX, on Feb 2, 2002 at 12:44 PM, in macOS
Uh, I'll assume you're referring to his G4 and... 719 Views / 43 Replies  
Uh, I'll assume you're referring to his G4 and not "...those 'dildo' looking harman kardon sound sticks."

But if I'm wrong, dont worry. What tickles your pickle is fine by me. :)

[...
Posted by SnowmanX, on Feb 1, 2002 at 09:05 PM, in Mac Desktops
Okay, the other night I went to the local Apple... 627 Views / 10 Replies  
Okay, the other night I went to the local Apple store to test out the iMac's "gameability" because I wondered the same thing. I downloaded and installed Return to Castle Wolfenstein test 2 for OS X...
Posted by SnowmanX, on Jan 29, 2002 at 12:02 AM, in Mac Desktops
C'mon. Was this really necessary? There's more... 408 Views / 8 Replies  
C'mon. Was this really necessary? There's more than enough hatred and discontent in this world.

With that said, I have a question for you, bright guy. I own more than a handful of cpu's, including...
Posted by SnowmanX, on Jan 27, 2002 at 09:31 PM, in macOS
C'mon. Was this really necessary? There's more... 605 Views / 22 Replies  
C'mon. Was this really necessary? There's more than enough hatred and discontent in this world.

With that said, I have a question for you, bright guy. I own more than a handful of cpu's, including...
Posted by SnowmanX, on Jan 27, 2002 at 09:31 PM, in MacNN Lounge
Alsoft's DiskWarrior can save you. I pity... 482 Views / 21 Replies  
Alsoft's DiskWarrior can save you.

I pity those who've been done in by iTunes installers. Luckily I've never been as unlucky.
Posted by SnowmanX, on Dec 15, 2001 at 01:04 PM, in macOS
Indeed. Aristotle would agree. Must be... 652 Views / 34 Replies  
Indeed. Aristotle would agree.

Must be because it's Friday in some parts of the world.

Peace, fellow Mac users.
Posted by SnowmanX, on Dec 14, 2001 at 07:39 PM, in macOS
No, it's existed at least since beta. And it's... 692 Views / 11 Replies  
No, it's existed at least since beta. And it's been particularly rough on those with PowerBooks and iBooks who switch among different network environments. At least now on 10.1.1, the chances of...
Posted by SnowmanX, on Dec 14, 2001 at 01:35 AM, in macOS
This discussion is unbelievably pathetic. ... 861 Views / 41 Replies  
This discussion is unbelievably pathetic.

"OS X sucks and its creator sucks more, but don't flame me because I really do love and want to love OS X more."

And...

"I refuse to believe Apple...
Posted by SnowmanX, on Dec 12, 2001 at 04:54 PM, in macOS
I got the x317 for $109+tax, installed free,... 1,299 Views / 11 Replies  
I got the x317 for $109+tax, installed free, which was, of course, made up for by charging $15 for a plastic kit and $15 for the adaptor, (which should've costed more than $5 and $1, respectively)....
Posted by SnowmanX, on Dec 10, 2001 at 05:36 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
Uh, which human being do you know can walk 8-12... 1,372 Views / 86 Replies  
Uh, which human being do you know can walk 8-12 (forget about being "well capable") miles per hour? And you must be Armstrong on steroids on a frictionless day to get upwards of "easily" 30 MPH (I'll...
Posted by SnowmanX, on Dec 3, 2001 at 10:47 PM, in MacNN Lounge
...yet you're going to believe some guy posting... 617 Views / 13 Replies  
...yet you're going to believe some guy posting on VersionTracker?

It's not too late to learn.
Posted by SnowmanX, on Dec 1, 2001 at 05:17 AM, in macOS
I haven't used that model, but I purchased the La... 579 Views / 19 Replies  
I haven't used that model, but I purchased the La Cie 24x10x40 model with (both Firewire and USB interfaces) a couple of months ago, and it's been flawless since. My model has a Sanyo mechanism. I...
Posted by SnowmanX, on Nov 15, 2001 at 12:34 PM, in macOS
I don't want to belabor the point, but there is... 1,049 Views / 63 Replies  
I don't want to belabor the point, but there is indeed a Pro corporate edition. I have a copy. Want one? Aha, no need to register to big brother....although, I wouldn't recommend troubling yourself...
Posted by SnowmanX, on Nov 3, 2001 at 07:40 PM, in macOS
Uh, sure, man. If your definition of "glass" is... 1,049 Views / 63 Replies  
Uh, sure, man. If your definition of "glass" is different from mine, then I guess you're right. Not that it's a big a deal as most everyone is making it out to be, but XP flickers on my p3/500 with...
Posted by SnowmanX, on Nov 3, 2001 at 07:34 PM, in macOS
Apple needs to give us either spring-loaded... 716 Views / 35 Replies  
Apple needs to give us either spring-loaded folders back and/or give us a shelf of some sort. Opening extra windows is becoming a tad onerous. And this copy and paste procedure (for me, at least)...
Posted by SnowmanX, on Oct 22, 2001 at 07:17 PM, in macOS
I got it! A YLT fan, right? :) Oh, I... 764 Views / 27 Replies  
I got it! A YLT fan, right? :)

Oh, I forgot to add: Don't worry about XP, folks. It's worth it if you happen to buy a new PC with XP, but it's nothing I feel Apple should sweat over. OS X is ten...
Posted by SnowmanX, on Oct 12, 2001 at 06:39 PM, in macOS
I personally like window-less borders. 682 Views / 30 Replies  
I personally like window-less borders.
Posted by SnowmanX, on Oct 12, 2001 at 05:27 AM, in macOS
Hmm...did you get permission from Apple and... 555 Views / 13 Replies  
Hmm...did you get permission from Apple and Nintendo? ;)
Posted by SnowmanX, on Sep 20, 2001 at 03:26 AM, in macOS
Man, I wonder if even bin Laden would get a kick... 1,234 Views / 51 Replies  
Man, I wonder if even bin Laden would get a kick out of this forum...y'know, him being a terrorist and all and never smiling.
Posted by SnowmanX, on Sep 20, 2001 at 03:15 AM, in Mac Desktops
What I find more unpleasant than even the "I love... 2,085 Views / 129 Replies  
What I find more unpleasant than even the "I love apple and they can do no wrong" crowd are 1) the "I love Microsoft and they can do no wrong" crowd and 2) the incessant, childish bitchers and...
Posted by SnowmanX, on Sep 11, 2001 at 12:14 AM, in macOS
I, for one, don't care how old you are, Scott;... 2,085 Views / 129 Replies  
I, for one, don't care how old you are, Scott; you're childish beyond belief. Or na�ve. Maybe both. Does it really matter?

Anyhow, have you considered dumping your Mac(s) in favor of Linux and/or...
Posted by SnowmanX, on Sep 10, 2001 at 06:57 PM, in macOS
Wait. Who died and made Milio sagacious seer?... 1,972 Views / 69 Replies  
Wait. Who died and made Milio sagacious seer? Let's give him a shot: Oh dear seer, what might be this weekend's lotto numbers? Oh, really you can't say? Darn NDA!

Enjoy your weekend, boys and...
Posted by SnowmanX, on Sep 7, 2001 at 09:32 PM, in macOS
Mac(s) running OS X: PowerBook Firewire... 4,247 Views / 177 Replies  
Mac(s) running OS X: PowerBook Firewire 400/320MB/20GB and hopefully soon Dual 800 G4
Mac incapable of running OS X: PM 8600/300 (interested, anyone?) and Supermac s900/200
PC(s) wanting badly to...
Posted by SnowmanX, on Sep 6, 2001 at 04:56 AM, in macOS
And monkeys fly out of my ass. What is it... 1,556 Views / 52 Replies  
And monkeys fly out of my ass.

What is it about the anonymity that suddenly makes one a PhD in everything? Lurking psychology and sociology majors would have a field day on these boards.
Posted by SnowmanX, on Aug 29, 2001 at 12:09 PM, in macOS
With keen regards to #7, I think it's safe to say... 888 Views / 47 Replies  
With keen regards to #7, I think it's safe to say someone's severely drunk.
Posted by SnowmanX, on Aug 23, 2001 at 04:07 AM, in macOS
I couldn't have said it better myself, even... 663 Views / 34 Replies  
I couldn't have said it better myself, even though I've been saying it since public beta. :) Personally, I think these two aspects of OS X are quite disappointing for a Unix-based system, especially...
Posted by SnowmanX, on Aug 23, 2001 at 03:52 AM, in macOS
Man, I hope Apple doesn't hang around these... 1,399 Views / 80 Replies  
Man, I hope Apple doesn't hang around these forums reading threads such as this too often and think this is a popular sentiment regarding OS X.

Pen me in the "yeah, it would be neat, but there are...
Posted by SnowmanX, on Aug 16, 2001 at 07:30 PM, in macOS
Okay, so it looks like a great citizen of OS... 508 Views / 18 Replies  
Okay, so it looks like a great citizen of OS Xville. Thanks for that much. But how is the performance? Works well? Worth the cost?

Thanks, again.
Posted by SnowmanX, on Aug 11, 2001 at 07:33 PM, in macOS
y'all know what happened :) [ 08-04-2001:... 1,043 Views / 41 Replies  
y'all know what happened :)

[ 08-04-2001: Message edited by: SnowmanX ]
Posted by SnowmanX, on Aug 4, 2001 at 01:57 PM, in Mac Desktops
Salut yourself, I agree with you. I mean, to... 1,043 Views / 41 Replies  
Salut yourself,

I agree with you. I mean, to hell with REAL WORLD performance! I want numbers and I want them on retail spec sheets, damnit! :rolleyes:

Really, though, such advances are...
Posted by SnowmanX, on Aug 4, 2001 at 01:53 PM, in Mac Desktops
Interesting the things we take record of. ... 1,285 Views / 97 Replies  
Interesting the things we take record of. http://forums.macnn.com/cgi-bin/smile.gif

Oh, well, I'll join in. PowerBook Firewire 400/320MB (Pismo):

Don't recall about PB, but a lot/often.
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Posted by SnowmanX, on May 18, 2001 at 11:55 AM, in macOS
The utility Navi-iRae (control panel) will do all... 610 Views / 22 Replies  
The utility Navi-iRae (control panel) will do all this and more in pre-X Mac OS.

Take that, X! :b

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You can ask me anything. Just don't question me.
Posted by SnowmanX, on May 7, 2001 at 11:04 AM, in macOS
Check out my idisk public folder. I will give you... 400 Views / 5 Replies  
Check out my idisk public folder. I will give you but only the essentials - no extra software incentive. I trust you will understand.

Username: silent_box


snowman



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Posted by SnowmanX, on May 3, 2001 at 11:58 AM, in macOS
Apple.com down, but only for some...hmmm. I think... 896 Views / 54 Replies  
Apple.com down, but only for some...hmmm. I think it's the Chinese.

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You can ask me anything. Just don't question me.
Posted by SnowmanX, on May 1, 2001 at 01:51 AM, in macOS
Kosmo, have the kind folks on this board tarred... 543 Views / 20 Replies  
Kosmo, have the kind folks on this board tarred and feathered you yet for exclaiming how "lightning fast!" (my words, but essentially similar in effect) X was a month ago?

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You...
Posted by SnowmanX, on Apr 25, 2001 at 05:46 PM, in macOS
I take it there's no API equivalent to Mac OS's... 810 Views / 40 Replies  
I take it there's no API equivalent to Mac OS's Carbon in XP. I suppose it matters little as MS and Apple don't exactly ride in the same boat when it comes to "influence" and "pressure" tactics.

...
Posted by SnowmanX, on Apr 25, 2001 at 03:45 PM, in macOS
Wow. This is without doubt a "The glass is half... 573 Views / 44 Replies  
Wow. This is without doubt a "The glass is half full" thread. The spinning CD (what else can it be?) cursor is just that -- a curse, a curse of at least two possible causes: overtaxed CPU and/or...
Posted by SnowmanX, on Apr 23, 2001 at 06:40 PM, in macOS
No custom Dock orientation, no Platinum-theme, no... 437 Views / 11 Replies  
No custom Dock orientation, no Platinum-theme, no edited .rsrc's on those pages. Buddah, I wonder why? Could it be because it's equivalent to China's state-run media outlet. Who knows?

snowman
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Posted by SnowmanX, on Apr 21, 2001 at 04:15 AM, in macOS
Geobunny's is correct. Either some of us here... 616 Views / 38 Replies  
Geobunny's is correct. Either some of us here don't understand what the "problem" is or it's never happened to them. Or both. In any event, I'll try to be clear.

Example Scenario: I have the...
Posted by SnowmanX, on Apr 20, 2001 at 02:23 PM, in macOS
Such is human nature, Wade. Only, it's usually... 1,276 Views / 96 Replies  
Such is human nature, Wade. Only, it's usually taken to the next level by a number of our fellow Mac users. It's not rational, but it's inevitable.
Posted by SnowmanX, on Apr 11, 2001 at 10:24 PM, in macOS
Uh, hmm...Unless I'm mistaken and there was a... 1,295 Views / 78 Replies  
Uh, hmm...Unless I'm mistaken and there was a North America/International (Europe only?) PowerBook spec discrepancy (� la latest iMac(s)) that I'm unaware of, the Pismo (aka PowerBook 2000, PowerBook...
Posted by SnowmanX, on Apr 9, 2001 at 07:52 PM, in macOS
I think too many among us act like children. 672 Views / 47 Replies  
I think too many among us act like children.
Posted by SnowmanX, on Apr 9, 2001 at 02:17 PM, in macOS
Uh, then you didn't "switch." Nor do you even... 2,418 Views / 161 Replies  
Uh, then you didn't "switch." Nor do you even "prefer" one over the other. English isn't that difficult, folks.

Anyhow, with regards to the first poster, I'll echo the few voices in calling you...
Posted by SnowmanX, on Apr 9, 2001 at 11:03 AM, in macOS
This is a joke, right? Late April Fool's? Even if... 1,165 Views / 84 Replies  
This is a joke, right? Late April Fool's? Even if true, have these numbnuts ever heard of data backup?

Come to think about it, let's make the suit retroactive. 8.0 and 8.5 fried on me and I lost...
Posted by SnowmanX, on Apr 8, 2001 at 03:06 AM, in macOS
I seem to recall that the double arrows at each... 575 Views / 21 Replies  
I seem to recall that the double arrows at each end was ultimately an applescript hack (after Apple removed them from 9 during beta). I don't miss it at all, really, since I tend to grab the scroll...
Posted by SnowmanX, on Mar 30, 2001 at 10:57 PM, in macOS
Unbelievable. Two pages worth of... 1,054 Views / 96 Replies  
Unbelievable. Two pages worth of discerning/guesstimating an unannouned press conference and all things chronological.

Even more unbelievable? Me reading all this.

snowman...back to work...
Posted by SnowmanX, on Mar 21, 2001 at 12:59 PM, in macOS
Don't kid yourself that this doesn't happen on... 1,675 Views / 107 Replies  
Don't kid yourself that this doesn't happen on Windows either, especially when Win9x has to hit the disk for extra memory. This is much less so a "problem" on my Win2k P3/500 w/ 256MB, but Win98SE on...
Posted by SnowmanX, on Mar 20, 2001 at 04:07 PM, in macOS
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