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All three drives have their use. If you plan to... 2,450 Views / 13 Replies  
All three drives have their use. If you plan to do a lot of recording (GarageBand, etc), get the 7200. For a home media center, consider the bigger 200GB drive. And of course you have to work with...
Posted by Mactivist, on Nov 19, 2006 at 03:30 PM, in Mac Notebooks
As a precaution I uninstalled FanControl prior to... 2,623 Views / 24 Replies  
As a precaution I uninstalled FanControl prior to updating to the latest EFI firmware. A few people on the Apple discussion forum claimed that FanContol caused their firmware update process to fail...
Posted by Mactivist, on Nov 19, 2006 at 03:23 PM, in Mac Notebooks
You really should install the FanControl... 1,460 Views / 8 Replies  
You really should install the FanControl application. Apple's RPM settings for fan speed is around 1000 RPM and that lets the machine get uncomfortably warm. It won't hurt the computer but it's not...
Posted by Mactivist, on Nov 18, 2006 at 02:14 PM, in Mac Notebooks
I believe it's from the date of purchase of the... 3,844 Views / 53 Replies  
I believe it's from the date of purchase of the computer, that only makes sense.

We've always bought the AppleCare coverage (usually at student discount). However on my next Mac purchase I'll...
Posted by Mactivist, on Nov 18, 2006 at 02:10 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Mac the Ripper (for ripping my DVDs to the HDD) ... 909 Views / 4 Replies  
Mac the Ripper (for ripping my DVDs to the HDD)
Media Central (so far, I like this better than Front Row)
iSquint (media format conversion into Front Row/iTunes compatible formats)
FFMpegX (media...
Posted by Mactivist, on Nov 5, 2006 at 11:28 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Go for the 256. You might need it someday. Apps... 5,193 Views / 25 Replies  
Go for the 256. You might need it someday. Apps are always needed more resources each year it seems.
Posted by Mactivist, on Oct 28, 2006 at 01:48 AM, in Mac Notebooks
A lot of storage gurus hang out at... 7,616 Views / 86 Replies  
A lot of storage gurus hang out at storagereview.com. The forum there is a good place to get very technical questions about hard drives answered. Wikipedia is good too.
Posted by Mactivist, on Oct 28, 2006 at 01:46 AM, in Mac Notebooks
I work for Western Digital, so allow me to point... 7,616 Views / 86 Replies  
I work for Western Digital, so allow me to point some things out about hard drives.

The higher density drives are using the newer perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) method. You can stack more...
Posted by Mactivist, on Oct 27, 2006 at 03:12 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Worked like a charm, I just looked for the .flv... 8,639 Views / 23 Replies  
Worked like a charm, I just looked for the .flv file, clicked on it to download, then dragged to isquint.

Thanks!
Posted by Mactivist, on Sep 22, 2006 at 12:22 AM, in Art & Graphic Design
 
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