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You have a scientific survey to back up your... 2,964 Views / 38 Replies  
You have a scientific survey to back up your list, right? :rolleyes:
Posted by andgarden, on Jun 12, 2006 at 11:03 AM, in Mac Notebooks
<George Costanza mode>Right, and also always make... 4,325 Views / 51 Replies  
<George Costanza mode>Right, and also always make sure to get your car serviced at the dealer, and the anti-rust coating!</george costanza>
Posted by andgarden, on Jun 11, 2006 at 04:22 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Yes, it's fine. 1,104 Views / 14 Replies  
Yes, it's fine.
Posted by andgarden, on Jun 8, 2006 at 10:19 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Shove a SIMM in your new mac, and you have to... 1,656 Views / 11 Replies  
Shove a SIMM in your new mac, and you have to replace the motherboard. :p
Posted by andgarden, on May 29, 2006 at 10:47 PM, in Mac Notebooks
No, it's not true. I don't know where that rumor... 760 Views / 8 Replies  
No, it's not true. I don't know where that rumor get started.
Posted by andgarden, on May 26, 2006 at 11:24 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Do you have any evidence that Intel based Macs,... 2,646 Views / 39 Replies  
Do you have any evidence that Intel based Macs, which use pretty generic Intel chipsets (945GMS I think), are any less tolerant of RAM than, say, equivalent Dells?
Posted by andgarden, on May 24, 2006 at 02:04 PM, in Mac Notebooks
My method is to just run the extended Apple... 2,646 Views / 39 Replies  
My method is to just run the extended Apple Hardware test after installing the new RAM. It might take about 45 minutes, but it's pretty extensive.
Posted by andgarden, on May 24, 2006 at 11:19 AM, in Mac Notebooks
This... 2,646 Views / 39 Replies  
This (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820220078) has been reported to work well, and it's pretty cheap too. With RAM, the game is always to go as low with the price as you dare!
Posted by andgarden, on May 24, 2006 at 01:00 AM, in Mac Notebooks
This is part of the mixed blessing of using a... 819 Views / 5 Replies  
This is part of the mixed blessing of using a standard Intel chipset. There's a good chance that the self-rolled Apple logic in a Power PC designed would simply refuse to boot. Of course, you'd also...
Posted by andgarden, on May 24, 2006 at 12:46 AM, in Mac Desktops
MSFT changed the rules recently, I think. Now,... 4,049 Views / 8 Replies  
MSFT changed the rules recently, I think. Now, please tell me you didn't slap the COA sticker on your beautiful new mac. . .
Posted by andgarden, on May 22, 2006 at 02:27 PM, in Alternative Operating Systems
In the worst case, the Italians will be able to... 818 Views / 11 Replies  
In the worst case, the Italians will be able to sell you an adaptor from the general round euro type plug that you have, to their local variety.
Posted by andgarden, on May 17, 2006 at 06:19 PM, in Mac Notebooks
It's actually a BIOS shim on top of EFI, which... 792 Views / 4 Replies  
It's actually a BIOS shim on top of EFI, which would, in theory, allow you to load many old PC OSes.
Posted by andgarden, on Apr 30, 2006 at 08:16 PM, in Mac Desktops
The first ten people who go to yousendit... 4,085 Views / 35 Replies  
The first ten people who go to yousendit (http://download.yousendit.com/F1C9D8E24326007B) can see the entire tech PDF.

That reassembly picture is real, and on page 106.

UPDATE: you can also...
Posted by andgarden, on Apr 26, 2006 at 11:27 PM, in Mac Notebooks
IIRC, the QT file format (.mov), which MP4 is... 4,344 Views / 5 Replies  
IIRC, the QT file format (.mov), which MP4 is supposedly based on, has always supported chapter marks. Whether or not that ability was carried over to MP4, I don't know.
Posted by andgarden, on Apr 17, 2006 at 01:12 PM, in Applications
IIRC, You can use an S-Video cable in place of... 1,501 Views / 27 Replies  
IIRC, You can use an S-Video cable in place of ADB.
Posted by andgarden, on Apr 14, 2006 at 01:00 AM, in macOS
better yet, enable the safari debug menu, and... 716 Views / 5 Replies  
better yet, enable the safari debug menu, and spoof IE from there.

put:

defaults write com.apple.Safari IncludeDebugMenu 1

into Terminal while Safari is closed. You'll now get a debug menu...
Posted by andgarden, on Apr 10, 2006 at 05:24 PM, in Applications
:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: 8,354 Views / 75 Replies  
:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Posted by andgarden, on Mar 22, 2006 at 02:46 PM, in Mac Notebooks
I agree with this completely. 8,354 Views / 75 Replies  
I agree with this completely.
Posted by andgarden, on Mar 21, 2006 at 07:08 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Would I be wrong in guessing that you've never... 8,354 Views / 75 Replies  
Would I be wrong in guessing that you've never had a catastrophic HD failure?
Posted by andgarden, on Mar 21, 2006 at 01:55 PM, in Mac Notebooks
"Just got back from Costco, along with the 20"... 1,821 Views / 5 Replies  
"Just got back from Costco, along with the 20" 2.1 GHz G5 iMac"
Posted by andgarden, on Mar 20, 2006 at 06:38 PM, in Mac Desktops
You can, but it will take plenty of HDD space. ... 981 Views / 13 Replies  
You can, but it will take plenty of HDD space.

It involves making an ISO of the disc (which Disk Utility calls CDR); mounting the image as read/write through the terminal ( hdiutil mount...
Posted by andgarden, on Mar 20, 2006 at 06:36 PM, in Mac Notebooks
No. Do this: 1. Connect the two... 1,139 Views / 14 Replies  
No.

Do this:

1. Connect the two machines with a firewire cable.

2. Boot the G4 into Target Disk Mode by holding down the T key on that machine.

3. Put the Tiger disc in the G5 and boot...
Posted by andgarden, on Mar 20, 2006 at 04:51 PM, in Mac Desktops
"I have my iBook updated to 10.4.5, so it should... 828 Views / 6 Replies  
"I have my iBook updated to 10.4.5, so it should work? "

Not if the disk you're trying to boot from has an older System.
Posted by andgarden, on Mar 7, 2006 at 02:23 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Hmm. I'd expect Transitive's hand coded JIT... 4,526 Views / 54 Replies  
Hmm. I'd expect Transitive's hand coded JIT (Rosetta) to do a much better job than a generic emulator. Is there any way to make it work in Rosetta?
Posted by andgarden, on Jan 29, 2006 at 07:19 PM, in macOS
Baw, Is that running in Rosetta? How's the... 4,526 Views / 54 Replies  
Baw,

Is that running in Rosetta? How's the speed?
Posted by andgarden, on Jan 29, 2006 at 02:38 PM, in macOS
well, the installer discs for DevKit macs were... 2,698 Views / 48 Replies  
well, the installer discs for DevKit macs were completely Universal.
Posted by andgarden, on Jan 14, 2006 at 01:33 AM, in macOS
Yeah, that just crashed Safari. 1,029 Views / 2 Replies  
Yeah, that just crashed Safari.
Posted by andgarden, on Jan 11, 2006 at 12:41 AM, in Mac Notebooks
For any mac mini, you'll want the version... 705 Views / 4 Replies  
For any mac mini, you'll want the version optomized for PPC 7450 processors (you actually have a 7447A--never mind that: they're compatible).
Posted by andgarden, on Dec 5, 2005 at 10:53 PM, in Applications
++++ ("no highs, no lows. . .") 1,355 Views / 14 Replies  
++++ ("no highs, no lows. . .")
Posted by andgarden, on Dec 4, 2005 at 10:52 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Sounds like you need to pull all of the third... 764 Views / 13 Replies  
Sounds like you need to pull all of the third party RAM and send it back to Apple for close examination.
Posted by andgarden, on Dec 4, 2005 at 10:47 AM, in Mac Desktops
"Or you could go with NeoOffice, OpenOffice, or... 1,178 Views / 17 Replies  
"Or you could go with NeoOffice, OpenOffice, or one of the other free packages-they all seem to be just as functional as Word for around 95% of what Word does, and that remaining 5% is pretty much...
Posted by andgarden, on Nov 25, 2005 at 03:30 PM, in Applications
I have direct personal experience with Rosetta.... 1,980 Views / 39 Replies  
I have direct personal experience with Rosetta. A, um, friend, has the Dev Kit software running on a machine almost identical in hardware. Don't take Apple's promises too seriously: PPC software...
Posted by andgarden, on Nov 17, 2005 at 06:43 PM, in Mac Notebooks
So, which devloper with an altivec required app... 1,250 Views / 13 Replies  
So, which devloper with an altivec required app informed apple that its Dual Binary version wouldn't be ready for January????
Posted by andgarden, on Nov 16, 2005 at 12:30 PM, in macOS
dup. post 6,898 Views / 85 Replies  
dup. post
Posted by andgarden, on Nov 14, 2005 at 03:32 PM, in Mac Desktops
dup. post 6,898 Views / 85 Replies  
dup. post
Posted by andgarden, on Nov 14, 2005 at 03:28 PM, in Mac Desktops
Point taken. 6,898 Views / 85 Replies  
Point taken.
Posted by andgarden, on Nov 14, 2005 at 03:27 PM, in Mac Desktops
Well, Dell can get the P4 into the following:... 6,898 Views / 85 Replies  
Well, Dell can get the P4 into the following: http://reviews-zdnet.com.com/Dell_OptiPlex_GX620/4505-3118_16-31420314.html .
Posted by andgarden, on Nov 14, 2005 at 12:58 PM, in Mac Desktops
"No question to put in the iMac enclosure a P4.... 6,898 Views / 85 Replies  
"No question to put in the iMac enclosure a P4. It will melt down. The next iMac chip (from Intel) should be some 64-bit P-M variant."

I just wonder about this. The G5 is supposed to run pretty...
Posted by andgarden, on Nov 14, 2005 at 12:12 PM, in Mac Desktops
>Is there a big diff between upgrading... 994 Views / 16 Replies  
>Is there a big diff between upgrading (installing?) and doing an archive and install?

Yes. Archive and install is generally felt to be a far better option; you get a new system folder but keep...
Posted by andgarden, on Nov 3, 2005 at 07:44 PM, in macOS
Chew on this: Classic does <i>not</i> run on the... 1,300 Views / 30 Replies  
Chew on this: Classic does <i>not</i> run on the Dev Boxes.
Posted by andgarden, on Oct 23, 2005 at 01:05 AM, in Mac Desktops
I've gotten bad house brand RAM from OWC before,... 608 Views / 4 Replies  
I've gotten bad house brand RAM from OWC before, but i figure that the price is so good that an RMA is worth it.
Posted by andgarden, on Sep 24, 2005 at 08:16 PM, in Mac Notebooks
A worthy edit. Now you're not making two... 24,570 Views / 391 Replies  
A worthy edit. Now you're not making two inconsistent claims. Cheers!
Posted by andgarden, on Jul 30, 2005 at 04:23 PM, in Mac Desktops
Then you aknowledge a fundamental flaw in your... 24,570 Views / 391 Replies  
Then you aknowledge a fundamental flaw in your arguement. Part of the premium you pay for the advantage of having the Mac OS is having to use Apple hardware. Since, at the moment, you can't use OS X...
Posted by andgarden, on Jul 30, 2005 at 03:36 PM, in Mac Desktops
Herein lies a large part of the problem with this... 24,570 Views / 391 Replies  
Herein lies a large part of the problem with this discussion. For many of us, the value of the Mac OS is simply immeasurable. Any attempt to compare a Mac with a Dell simply misses the point.
Posted by andgarden, on Jul 30, 2005 at 02:53 PM, in Mac Desktops
I was almost 6 yrs old, and seem to remember... 1,386 Views / 45 Replies  
I was almost 6 yrs old, and seem to remember dismissing my father from the room to install it on our pizza box LC with a 12 inch color screen .
:D
Posted by andgarden, on Jul 20, 2005 at 12:51 AM, in Applications
"Eventually OS X would no longer support the... 1,386 Views / 45 Replies  
"Eventually OS X would no longer support the app."

I think this is a key point. Tiger broke lots of apps, so did Panther, Jaguar, etc. etc. Intel switch or not, the probability that the version of...
Posted by andgarden, on Jul 19, 2005 at 07:21 PM, in Applications
This sounds like a wonderful subsidy to Radio... 770 Views / 8 Replies  
This sounds like a wonderful subsidy to Radio Shack. :rolleyes:
Posted by andgarden, on Jul 15, 2005 at 09:24 AM, in Mac Desktops
If the power supply is rated for 110-240V, then... 770 Views / 8 Replies  
If the power supply is rated for 110-240V, then there shouldn't be any trouble with using an adaptor.
Posted by andgarden, on Jul 14, 2005 at 10:39 PM, in Mac Desktops
My advice: Money invested in that machine at... 828 Views / 5 Replies  
My advice:

Money invested in that machine at this point would be money wasted.

Save up for a new mac, or buy something used with a G4 and plenty of RAM.

I just moved from an ibook 600 to a...
Posted by andgarden, on Jul 9, 2005 at 03:48 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Once upon a time, CNN also offered QuickTime... 731 Views / 5 Replies  
Once upon a time, CNN also offered QuickTime versions of it's content.
Posted by andgarden, on Jul 4, 2005 at 10:12 AM, in Applications
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