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Um what are you talking about? I linked to the... 2,313 Views / 48 Replies  
Um what are you talking about? I linked to the thread by someone who was sick of WoW topics and had them all listed for easy access. I know who he is, I was answering his question. Read and get your...
Posted by solbo, on Jun 27, 2005 at 11:01 AM, in Gaming
Yes. Just do a search for WoW and you can see the... 2,313 Views / 48 Replies  
Yes. Just do a search for WoW and you can see the zillion topics that pop up :)

This one is by someone who is sick of WoW topics: http://forums.macnn.com/showthread.php?t=257138&highlight=WoW
Posted by solbo, on Jun 24, 2005 at 07:50 AM, in Gaming
I play WoW, I have a wife that plays WoW. We have... 2,084 Views / 47 Replies  
I play WoW, I have a wife that plays WoW. We have sex and OMG we also talk about WoW sometimes. Actually now that I got her to play she talks about it too much :)

If people talking about a game...
Posted by solbo, on May 19, 2005 at 12:00 PM, in Gaming
I think you can just assume laziness or they ran... 2,084 Views / 47 Replies  
I think you can just assume laziness or they ran out of time. There is an Undead gnome in the Under City I think. They probably just didn't want to implement all those different models.
Posted by solbo, on May 16, 2005 at 01:55 PM, in Gaming
WotF is absolutely moronic. Whoever thought that... 2,084 Views / 47 Replies  
WotF is absolutely moronic. Whoever thought that up at Blizzard obviously didn't think of the repercussions of completely negating two entire classes primary defense. Racial trait trumping class...
Posted by solbo, on May 16, 2005 at 09:19 AM, in Gaming
Actually in Panther it would do that at first but... 1,207 Views / 11 Replies  
Actually in Panther it would do that at first but all you have to do is click off the window or resize it to make it go away.
Posted by solbo, on May 3, 2005 at 08:08 AM, in GUI Customization
Oddly enough they still have the purple button in... 1,253 Views / 14 Replies  
Oddly enough they still have the purple button in the resource files. Or it is in Panther, not sure about Tiger.
Posted by solbo, on Apr 29, 2005 at 02:54 PM, in macOS
I seriously doubt processor cost is why Apple... 1,242 Views / 16 Replies  
I seriously doubt processor cost is why Apple machines are so expensive. If they went with x86-64, they are certainly not going to pass any cost savings on to you. Seriously though, the price...
Posted by solbo, on Apr 27, 2005 at 09:58 AM, in Mac Desktops
Even aside from the fact that this would be a... 1,242 Views / 16 Replies  
Even aside from the fact that this would be a technical and compatibility nightmare, why would they bother? If you are basing this "need" to switch to another platform on Ghz then AMDs top processors...
Posted by solbo, on Apr 27, 2005 at 09:54 AM, in Mac Desktops
That is a priceless quote :) Personally I... 8,325 Views / 119 Replies  
That is a priceless quote :)

Personally I wish things just broke. So I could spend time fixing them...
Posted by solbo, on Apr 12, 2005 at 08:28 AM, in Applications
I think iTunes, and music jukebox apps in... 8,325 Views / 119 Replies  
I think iTunes, and music jukebox apps in general, is one of those applications that does not benefit from a standard dragable toolbar and other standard interface conventions.

If you use iTunes...
Posted by solbo, on Apr 6, 2005 at 09:14 AM, in Applications
That doesn't sound normal :) Please do post... 699 Views / 12 Replies  
That doesn't sound normal :)

Please do post that screenshot and maybe I can help you figure out what is going on.
Posted by solbo, on Apr 6, 2005 at 09:01 AM, in Applications
No offense really :) Any chance you could... 699 Views / 12 Replies  
No offense really :)

Any chance you could post a screen shot? It should just look like Aqua pinstripes with some colorful toolbar icons... Sounds like maybe something else is going on.

Anyway,...
Posted by solbo, on Apr 5, 2005 at 12:46 PM, in Applications
I am not really sure how much more OS X like you... 699 Views / 12 Replies  
I am not really sure how much more OS X like you can get. We worked really hard to make it is as Mac like as we possibly could within the constraints of how Firefox theming works...
Posted by solbo, on Apr 5, 2005 at 11:19 AM, in Applications
Re: why store the documents in the home folder? 2,685 Views / 70 Replies  
That is pretty hilarious, and completely false.

Although if you feel it is to your benefit to have a documents partition, then go for it. Nothing about OS X is stopping you.
Posted by solbo, on Mar 18, 2005 at 09:22 AM, in macOS
Shift+Apple+3 works in WoW... or I could be wrong... 1,413 Views / 6 Replies  
Shift+Apple+3 works in WoW... or I could be wrong :)

But you can change the keybinding for the key which does take the screenshot.
Posted by solbo, on Mar 16, 2005 at 09:33 AM, in Gaming
Bah, recommended is a 2.0 Ghz or better G5 and... 1,299 Views / 14 Replies  
Bah, recommended is a 2.0 Ghz or better G5 and 128MB RAM. That isn't even an option for my iMac G5 20". Oh well, guess I will pass and continue on with WoW.
Posted by solbo, on Feb 25, 2005 at 12:30 PM, in Gaming
I have had that happen before. I popped it off... 556 Views / 2 Replies  
I have had that happen before. I popped it off and blew some dirt out and it fixed it.
Posted by solbo, on Feb 10, 2005 at 03:29 PM, in macOS
The best way to see how badly it performs on a... 5,623 Views / 54 Replies  
The best way to see how badly it performs on a Mac is to find a similarly specced PC and play it on that. The difference in smoothness and overall playability is fairly huge. Even with almost the...
Posted by solbo, on Jan 13, 2005 at 11:52 AM, in Gaming
Isn't that the truth. 5,623 Views / 54 Replies  
Isn't that the truth.
Posted by solbo, on Jan 12, 2005 at 06:05 PM, in Gaming
They released a press release about how well it... 1,277 Views / 21 Replies  
They released a press release about how well it sold over the holidays. Stating that they are bringing new servers online before they restock.

I always have WoW Status running and just from my...
Posted by solbo, on Jan 11, 2005 at 10:10 AM, in Gaming
I am not so sure it matters if it exact or... 533 Views / 7 Replies  
I am not so sure it matters if it exact or slightly less. I made mine exactly 8 on an old bondi and an old Beige G3 and installed fine on both.
Posted by solbo, on Jan 7, 2005 at 10:50 AM, in macOS
I drove to at least 8 stores last night. I... 1,277 Views / 21 Replies  
I drove to at least 8 stores last night. I finally found one copy misplaced at Target.
Posted by solbo, on Jan 7, 2005 at 10:44 AM, in Gaming
Bondi iMacs will only look on the first 8 GB of... 533 Views / 7 Replies  
Bondi iMacs will only look on the first 8 GB of the drive for an OS. You have to have at least two partitions, one 8 GB or less with the OS and then the rest.
Posted by solbo, on Jan 6, 2005 at 10:31 AM, in macOS
I understand why this *might* be a good idea, but... 17,113 Views / 306 Replies  
I understand why this *might* be a good idea, but that 1.25 GHz G4 looks, and is, outdated.

Especially when people are comparing that to the 2-3 GHz Celeron boxes, or the AMD boxes that use...
Posted by solbo, on Dec 29, 2004 at 10:40 AM, in Mac Desktops
I know it was IMAP when it was iTools. 843 Views / 8 Replies  
I know it was IMAP when it was iTools.
Posted by solbo, on Dec 8, 2004 at 04:30 PM, in Applications
Yahoo only works if you paid for POP access I... 843 Views / 8 Replies  
Yahoo only works if you paid for POP access I believe.

I thought .Mac was essentially just an IMAP account.
Posted by solbo, on Dec 8, 2004 at 03:38 PM, in Applications
That has nothing to do with it. KHTML couldn't... 1,576 Views / 29 Replies  
That has nothing to do with it. KHTML couldn't make use of any of these things until Apple put a ton of work into breaking it out of QT and KDE and making it a framework. If they had put the same...
Posted by solbo, on Dec 8, 2004 at 11:55 AM, in Applications
It uses Quickdraw to render the text and not... 1,576 Views / 29 Replies  
It uses Quickdraw to render the text and not Quartz.

Gecko just parses and displays XUL/CSS/HTML etc. It uses other libraries and system level things to render things like text.

You see the...
Posted by solbo, on Dec 7, 2004 at 09:57 AM, in Applications
Use Firewire target mode. 1,056 Views / 3 Replies  
Use Firewire target mode.
Posted by solbo, on Dec 2, 2004 at 05:40 PM, in Mac Desktops
What is the name of the USEast clan? 2,914 Views / 14 Replies  
What is the name of the USEast clan?
Posted by solbo, on Dec 2, 2004 at 09:55 AM, in Gaming
The horror. 4,209 Views / 70 Replies  
The horror.
Posted by solbo, on Nov 19, 2004 at 10:32 AM, in GUI Customization
I have to agree. One of the things that I keep... 19,231 Views / 149 Replies  
I have to agree. One of the things that I keep coming back to when I think about getting a license is that I don't have a whole lot of stuff, but I do have enough stuff that looking it all up via...
Posted by solbo, on Nov 16, 2004 at 11:18 AM, in Delicious Monster
Do what? Gecko may be newer on the trunk but all... 1,042 Views / 15 Replies  
Do what? Gecko may be newer on the trunk but all of the new Firefox features were implemented on the branch.

I wish people would do some fact checking before they said stuff. And testing is...
Posted by solbo, on Nov 15, 2004 at 04:30 PM, in Applications
Not good. Something is seriously wrong to begin... 2,195 Views / 10 Replies  
Not good. Something is seriously wrong to begin with because it shouldn't have tried to eat them both.

Call Apple.

Or take the thing apart.
Posted by solbo, on Nov 12, 2004 at 04:42 PM, in Mac Desktops
Yes, you should make a dark theme for Firefox. I... 964 Views / 9 Replies  
Yes, you should make a dark theme for Firefox. I was being half sarcastic.

Post a screenshot of the problems with Firefox as it is right now and maybe someone can help you. It is hard to visualize...
Posted by solbo, on Nov 12, 2004 at 11:59 AM, in GUI Customization
Make a dark colored theme for Firefox. A... 964 Views / 9 Replies  
Make a dark colored theme for Firefox. A screenshot would be helpful.
Posted by solbo, on Nov 11, 2004 at 09:50 PM, in GUI Customization
I had a similar thing happen long ago to an iBook... 27,307 Views / 195 Replies  
I had a similar thing happen long ago to an iBook after an update. It turned to have something to do with the USB drivers and it only happened when a mouse was plugged in and it only happened on my...
Posted by solbo, on Nov 8, 2004 at 11:01 AM, in macOS
It's fairly neat and it looks great, but forty... 19,231 Views / 149 Replies  
It's fairly neat and it looks great, but forty bucks seems kind of high for this kind of novelty app. This is the kind of thing where I can easily see someone taking the time to add everything they...
Posted by solbo, on Nov 8, 2004 at 09:48 AM, in Delicious Monster
Does Apple have a place to report bugs. I... 27,307 Views / 195 Replies  
Does Apple have a place to report bugs. I couldn't find it on their site.
Posted by solbo, on Nov 7, 2004 at 10:41 PM, in macOS
I recently started playing Diablo II again on my... 27,307 Views / 195 Replies  
I recently started playing Diablo II again on my new iMac G5. It played great until 10.3.6.

Now in full screen mode it stutters and plays extremely slow, if I switch to window mode it is fine....
Posted by solbo, on Nov 6, 2004 at 01:27 PM, in macOS
I figured 6=6 would be fairly obvious :) ... 903 Views / 4 Replies  
I figured 6=6 would be fairly obvious :)

Plus you can buy 4 to 4 which is the same size on both sides, but will not work for this.

I guess a better description would be the larger sized...
Posted by solbo, on Nov 4, 2004 at 09:22 AM, in Mac Desktops
Any 6-pin to 6-pin cable will work. Not 6-pin to... 903 Views / 4 Replies  
Any 6-pin to 6-pin cable will work. Not 6-pin to 4-pin.
Posted by solbo, on Nov 3, 2004 at 02:58 PM, in Mac Desktops
How is Noia even remotely more Aqua than... 7,781 Views / 68 Replies  
How is Noia even remotely more Aqua than Pinstripe?
Posted by solbo, on Nov 3, 2004 at 02:20 PM, in Applications
In comparison to Jaguar, Panther is definitely... 689 Views / 12 Replies  
In comparison to Jaguar, Panther is definitely faster on almost all levels. OS 9 may feel faster than OS X in the GUI, but in reality overall speed of applications is the same or close enough as to...
Posted by solbo, on Nov 1, 2004 at 03:56 PM, in macOS
It really is a shame that there is no way to use... 1,492 Views / 7 Replies  
It really is a shame that there is no way to use the iMac as a monitor, all those 20 inches of beautiful screen space could be put to many good uses. It would be excellent to play games on.
Posted by solbo, on Nov 1, 2004 at 03:04 PM, in Mac Desktops
No it is just as lame as the others. I was... 9,085 Views / 78 Replies  
No it is just as lame as the others. I was thinking something more dramatic like the move from the ugly purse iBook to the slick white iBook.

It is due for some kind of form factor refresh, it has...
Posted by solbo, on Oct 21, 2004 at 01:49 AM, in Mac Notebooks
I have noticed my fans getting louder over the... 38,770 Views / 152 Replies  
I have noticed my fans getting louder over the last few weeks. When I say louder, I mean louder sooner. When I first power-on or wake up, it is completely quite, after about 30 minutes one fan revs...
Posted by solbo, on Oct 20, 2004 at 09:57 AM, in Mac Desktops
Possibly, but having a larger screen that has... 9,085 Views / 78 Replies  
Possibly, but having a larger screen that has same base resolution seems rather silly to me since I am not yet 45 ;)

Considering the lameness of this bump, I would imagine Apple has a more major...
Posted by solbo, on Oct 20, 2004 at 09:40 AM, in Mac Notebooks
I really do not understand the 14 inch iBook. The... 9,085 Views / 78 Replies  
I really do not understand the 14 inch iBook. The screen resolution is the same.

Why not just save yourself some cash and get the 12 inch with the same screen real estate?
Posted by solbo, on Oct 19, 2004 at 09:24 AM, in Mac Notebooks
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