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I have the 1470 - it's great 6,691 Views / 26 Replies  
Pelican� 1470 Laptop Computer Case with Foam - Black from Pelican-Case.com (http://www.pelican-case.com/1470.html)

Basically impervious to everything, very nice layout inside the case.
Posted by Convert, on Apr 21, 2007 at 07:04 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Thanks for the laugh 3,317 Views / 24 Replies  
It is odd knowing that somewhere out there sits my $3000 laptop on someone elses lap.
Posted by Convert, on Aug 8, 2006 at 04:50 AM, in Mac Notebooks
FileVault is an option 3,317 Views / 24 Replies  
System Preferences / Security / Filevault is an option which encrypts your entire user directory. I tried it once and had some problems with temp files (caches, etc) not being handled correctly so...
Posted by Convert, on Aug 8, 2006 at 04:49 AM, in Mac Notebooks
I use SuperDuper, which in fact was super duper... 3,317 Views / 24 Replies  
I use SuperDuper, which in fact was super duper in getting me back in business in about 20 minutes. In my case I backed up by cloning my drive to an external firewire drive. SuperDuper makes the...
Posted by Convert, on Aug 4, 2006 at 12:41 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Well today I did a bunch of video work, including... 3,317 Views / 24 Replies  
Well today I did a bunch of video work, including some hour-long compressions, and it topped out around 158�, which is still much better than my previous MBP.
Posted by Convert, on Jul 15, 2006 at 09:59 PM, in Mac Notebooks
I haven't noticed any whining except my own. The... 3,317 Views / 24 Replies  
I haven't noticed any whining except my own. The build quality of both MBPs was excellent, this one just runs a LOT cooler.
Posted by Convert, on Jul 15, 2006 at 09:30 AM, in Mac Notebooks
MBP heat issue fixed - I don't recommend the method. 3,317 Views / 24 Replies  
I purchased a MBP in June 06 which ran fine but reported (through CoreDuoTemp) processor temps as high as 180° under full load. Aside from occasionally being too hot to use on my lap the MPB was an...
Posted by Convert, on Jul 14, 2006 at 04:37 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Ah, TWO modifiers. Thanks, it works. I couldn't... 26,756 Views / 5 Replies  
Ah, TWO modifiers. Thanks, it works. I couldn't find this in the documentation.
Posted by Convert, on Jun 6, 2006 at 08:57 AM, in Alternative Operating Systems
Right-click on Parallels - anyone know how? 26,756 Views / 5 Replies  
Doesn't seem to work with modifier keys.:hmm:
Posted by Convert, on Jun 6, 2006 at 02:43 AM, in Alternative Operating Systems
Day 3 and so far so good! 4,846 Views / 42 Replies  
Today was the acid test. I bought this to replace both a 15" PB 1.67ghz and a dual 1ghz PowerMac. Today I did my first video project, including editing DV project in FCP (with media on a firewire 400...
Posted by Convert, on Jun 6, 2006 at 02:39 AM, in Mac Notebooks
You beat me to it! 8,240 Views / 27 Replies  
I was looking forward to sharing this tidbit. I bought the Radtech thing, but like others have said it leves its own marks. Works great to clean the screen, but not as a protector. So for the past...
Posted by Convert, on Apr 9, 2004 at 11:34 PM, in Mac Notebooks
That worked 824 Views / 5 Replies  
Thanks a lot.
Posted by Convert, on Apr 8, 2004 at 11:36 PM, in Applications
Arggh 824 Views / 5 Replies  
This project is cursed. The disk image you nicely provided will not mount. I get the error message: "Reason: not recognized" I'm assuming this is some kind of checksumming error but will do further...
Posted by Convert, on Apr 7, 2004 at 03:06 AM, in Applications
Thanks! 824 Views / 5 Replies  
and yes, this is a very shoddy way to do business on Microsoft's part, to not make available a previously published updater.
Posted by Convert, on Apr 7, 2004 at 02:49 AM, in Applications
Need Virtual PC 5.04 update 824 Views / 5 Replies  
I'm trying to get VPC 5 running under Panther. There is rumor that it can be done with the 5.04 update and judicious repairing of permissions. However MS doesn't offer the 5.04 updater download, and...
Posted by Convert, on Apr 6, 2004 at 11:32 AM, in Applications
How to navigate select menus with the keyboard? 374 Views / 0 Replies  
The only thing I miss from Windows in the Cocoa user interface is the ability to navigate all controls on a web page via the keyboard. Is there a way to navigate select menus from the keyboard? Right...
Posted by Convert, on Mar 16, 2004 at 03:47 PM, in macOS
DON'T use tipaint.com 1,170 Views / 6 Replies  
they ripped me off - charged my card, never shipped, promised refund but never followed through. Life's too short so I gave up.
Posted by Convert, on Dec 24, 2003 at 02:28 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Works like a charm!! 774 Views / 4 Replies  
Thanks! This works like a charm and does everything I need. Basically a free Distiller application.
Posted by Convert, on Nov 23, 2002 at 08:22 PM, in macOS
Re: Re: How do you run a darwin command from an icon? 774 Views / 4 Replies  
It looks like this should work perfectly, but it doesn't. Here's the script I wrote:

#!/bin/sh
/usr/local/bin/ps2pdf "$@" "[email protected]"

Simple enough, and exactly like other scripts that came as...
Posted by Convert, on Nov 20, 2002 at 08:55 PM, in macOS
How do you run a darwin command from an icon? 774 Views / 4 Replies  
I know this has to be easy, but how can I create a desktop icon that will function as a drag/drop interface to a darwin command? Specifically, I have ghostscript installed and want to create a simple...
Posted by Convert, on Nov 20, 2002 at 06:13 PM, in macOS
Attach desktop icon to darwin command? 593 Views / 1 Replies  
I know this has to be easy, but how can I create a desktop icon that will function as a drag/drop interface to a darwin command? Specifically, I have ghostscript installed and want to create a simple...
Posted by Convert, on Nov 19, 2002 at 11:08 PM, in Developer Center
Configuring helper apps for Mozilla (particularly Windoze Media Player) 546 Views / 0 Replies  
Mozilla has become my browser of choice, and with very few exceptions properly handles everything. One of the exceptions is passing content to Windows Media Player on sites like MSNBC. This is...
Posted by Convert, on Aug 8, 2002 at 05:32 PM, in Applications
 
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