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There is software out there - if you can find it. 10,441 Views / 82 Replies  
For those foks that are not aware of the OS X based CAD/CAM stuff....

* CENON - http://www.vhf-camfacture.de/cenon_gb.html Full CAD (free) /CAM ($$)
* Concepts 2D - (real life mechanical CAD,...
Posted by kirkrr, on Jul 24, 2006 at 10:00 AM, in macOS
RAM Source 8,827 Views / 41 Replies  
Check out www.ramseeker.com - keeps track of current prices and sources for RAM.

NeoOffice 2 should be freely available in about a week - an Aqua port of OpenOffice, Universal Binary, and MS...
Posted by kirkrr, on Jul 24, 2006 at 09:27 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Safari seems to be the cause, until I updated to... 1,819 Views / 26 Replies  
Safari seems to be the cause, until I updated to 10.4.2 - now the fan still runs, but no where near as fast, and the machine seems to be no where near as hot. I can run Safari again, although I...
Posted by kirkrr, on Jul 20, 2005 at 02:54 PM, in macOS
Bloated? Compared to what? Windows? OS X is... 1,819 Views / 26 Replies  
Bloated? Compared to what? Windows?
OS X is smooth and elegant, and highly productive - far more so than ANY other desktop OS. The underlying architecture is solid, and the human interface is light...
Posted by kirkrr, on Jul 5, 2005 at 07:50 AM, in macOS
Browser dragging things down 1,819 Views / 26 Replies  
No content - open to a blank screen. Safari seems to be the culprit - Camino and Firefox don't seem to tax the CPU nearly as bad (under 2%).

Machine still runs hot with the fan running , but no...
Posted by kirkrr, on Jul 3, 2005 at 08:47 AM, in macOS
Still Spinning 1,819 Views / 26 Replies  
Thanks - tried them all - no improvement. I had been looking at activity monitor with ALL processes, so that was not it.

Running Camino instead of Safari has lowered the CPU usage, at least on...
Posted by kirkrr, on Jul 2, 2005 at 01:15 PM, in macOS
PB12 867 Tiger and Heat/Fan issues 1,819 Views / 26 Replies  
I have an 867 mhz PB12, that I have been running 10.2, 10.3 and now 10.4.1 on.

Since 10.4 was installed (the day after it was generally available), the fan runs constantly, the heat is way up,...
Posted by kirkrr, on Jul 2, 2005 at 09:53 AM, in macOS
Appleworks Non-Development 6,145 Views / 46 Replies  
Development stopped 2000 on Appleworks - it appears to be a 5 year hiatus based on M$ investment in Apple. That timeframe is up, and MWSF'05 will introduce iWork'05, the Appleworks replacement...
Posted by kirkrr, on Jan 1, 2005 at 12:01 PM, in Applications
 
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