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Xbox faster than Mac embarrasing? 921 Views / 3 Replies  
I dunno, how is it that Micro$oft can get a game console out that has a faster base processor than Mac, and the same amount of RAM?

Ouch.

Don't get me wrong, I drool longingly over the new...
Posted by slipjack, on May 13, 2005 at 09:50 AM, in Mac Desktops
Powerlogix was fine for me... 1,711 Views / 26 Replies  
I was impressed with their stuff... but that was a few years ago, when I picked up a 500 Mhz upgrade.
Posted by slipjack, on Aug 25, 2004 at 04:11 AM, in Mac Desktops
Did you get anywhere with that? 728 Views / 4 Replies  
I had the same thought with my 23"... and have no clue how to do it...

I'm sure I'll figure it out by trial and error, but if you have a story to tell, post it!

Thanks.
Posted by slipjack, on Aug 2, 2004 at 12:12 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
Thanks, I'll do a search... Pros/Cons... 1,323 Views / 16 Replies  
Thanks, I'll do a search...

Pros/Cons between Eye TV and the Miglia PCI?
Posted by slipjack, on Aug 1, 2004 at 11:50 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
Cable TV on the Mac 1,323 Views / 16 Replies  
Hey all,

I was wondering if I could get some people to post that have successfully gotten TV on their Mac to work... is it worth it? What channels can you get? Has anyone tried it with the Cinema...
Posted by slipjack, on Aug 1, 2004 at 10:00 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
My dad still uses his Apple ][e :) 1,695 Views / 18 Replies  
My dad still uses his Apple ][e :)
Posted by slipjack, on Jun 2, 2004 at 03:39 AM, in Mac Desktops
Ya, it's true Love Calm... I moved hosts and I... 1,778 Views / 17 Replies  
Ya, it's true Love Calm... I moved hosts and I haven't had time to put up something new on the site. :P Lame, but it's true. I have a 7 month old and work has been insane the last 4 months...
...
Posted by slipjack, on Feb 15, 2004 at 04:25 AM, in Mac Desktops
Could be OVERHeating 1,778 Views / 17 Replies  
Sometimes strange things happen when a computer gets too hot, and it can be very inconsistant and fustrating to track down. There might be problems with airflow or something...
Posted by slipjack, on Feb 14, 2004 at 12:05 AM, in Mac Desktops
Somebody should have shown him VPC. rofl. :D... 5,324 Views / 86 Replies  
Somebody should have shown him VPC.

rofl. :D :stick:
Posted by slipjack, on Feb 3, 2004 at 11:36 AM, in Mac Desktops
USB works just as well... 920 Views / 6 Replies  
I've got an M-Audio MobilePre and it works great through USB... easier to use than PCI imo...
Posted by slipjack, on Jan 25, 2004 at 02:00 AM, in Mac Desktops
LOL, i actually did that... you'd hurt your... 1,609 Views / 15 Replies  
LOL, i actually did that... you'd hurt your freakin hands trying to get the parts to snap together/apart... it was horrible.

I remember thinking the 7600 was amazing comparatively.
Posted by slipjack, on Dec 7, 2003 at 04:17 AM, in Mac Desktops
Wow, great heads up 897 Views / 6 Replies  
Thanks for the tip guys... with this I just realized my VPC was eating up 15Gigs of space lol!
Posted by slipjack, on Dec 3, 2003 at 10:51 AM, in Mac Desktops
Poll: I hate to say it guys but... 1,828 Views / 25 Replies  
It was obvious that Apple would come out with e a mid-range dual sooner or later.... it just happend sooner, this time, which stings I'm sure.

(I myself was tempted to buy the 1.8)

But I kept...
Posted by slipjack, on Dec 3, 2003 at 08:48 AM, in Mac Desktops
Please list experiences/reasons to buy Dual G5 691 Views / 2 Replies  
I've had my dual G4 for over a year, and I'm very happy with it, but I *would* like a bigger HD and Final Cut.

Reasons to upgrade:

Bigger HD
Quieter machine (big reason for me!)
Final Cut...
Posted by slipjack, on Nov 30, 2003 at 03:12 PM, in Mac Desktops
Dual is the best, no question. 7,453 Views / 49 Replies  
If you do ANYTHING involving graphics or sound, you will appreciate the second processor. And that's most everyone nowadays w/the iApps...

This is my first dual machine, and I will never go...
Posted by slipjack, on Nov 24, 2003 at 11:34 PM, in Mac Desktops
expose 2,392 Views / 11 Replies  
I was blown away by expose at the Apple store today... loved it immediately.

I couldn't tell how much 'faster' things were than Jag, but it does seem refined, and that = less time mucking about...
Posted by slipjack, on Oct 25, 2003 at 11:41 PM, in macOS
Agree, Simon. 17,300 Views / 177 Replies  
Agree, Simon.
Posted by slipjack, on Oct 22, 2003 at 01:31 AM, in Mac Desktops
VPC not working in the G5 is well documented. 7,590 Views / 83 Replies  
VPC apparently uses some G4 specific functions in it's base code... so it won't work with G5 until the next Full number revision... or so says M$.
Posted by slipjack, on Oct 2, 2003 at 10:30 PM, in Mac Desktops
PS: Steve Ballmer is freak. Jezuz what a looser. ... 4,468 Views / 73 Replies  
PS: Steve Ballmer is freak. Jezuz what a looser.

I know you have to get brain washed to be an upper level exec for a huge mega company.. but that is sad man. Sad.
Posted by slipjack, on Sep 30, 2003 at 11:15 PM, in macOS
Actually, that is my only beef right now: ... 4,468 Views / 73 Replies  
Actually, that is my only beef right now:

Flash is faster on the PC, Photoshop is more responsive on the PC... and it's Macromedia and Adobe's fault! It's obviously just not optimized code.
...
Posted by slipjack, on Sep 30, 2003 at 11:14 PM, in macOS
Longhorn... M$s answer to OS X? 4,468 Views / 73 Replies  
http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-5083491.html?tag=nefd_lede

Anyone have the skinny on this? How does it compare?

:stick:
Posted by slipjack, on Sep 30, 2003 at 01:21 AM, in macOS
duh. 2,494 Views / 22 Replies  
The G4 pic for the 'G5' is also kind of a tipoff... ;)
Posted by slipjack, on Sep 20, 2003 at 01:17 AM, in Mac Desktops
Great Review 2,988 Views / 24 Replies  
Good Insight Hoosier... too bad you're not a Hawkeye fan. ;)

I agree on the mouse bit... first thing I do nowadays is buy a new mouse when getting a Mac. I seriously can only handle the lame-o...
Posted by slipjack, on Sep 12, 2003 at 10:37 PM, in Mac Desktops
My upgrade path... 2,828 Views / 28 Replies  
Let's see:

0) Apple ][e

1) Japanese version 180c

2) Quadra 840av

3) 8500 tower
Posted by slipjack, on Sep 11, 2003 at 08:16 AM, in Mac Desktops
My reasons... 2,023 Views / 23 Replies  
1) The dual machine is expensive, I'm guessing we'll see it dropped to the middle slot sometime in the future. Hopefully right when,

2) Panther comes out. You'll get more use out of that G5 power...
Posted by slipjack, on Sep 11, 2003 at 08:06 AM, in Mac Desktops
Those benches 1,766 Views / 19 Replies  
I agree... what good is testing against a 733? The real question is how does the 1.8 handle against a 1Ghz or better G4... or duals.
Posted by slipjack, on Sep 9, 2003 at 10:10 PM, in Mac Desktops
Re: Re: Dual G4 1.42 vs G5 1.6 'real world' test 3,068 Views / 33 Replies  
Yes, I did reboot both machines... just to see which booted up first... the 1.42 did...

Like I said, it wasn't much of a test, but it was enough to convince me I was right thinking I should wait...
Posted by slipjack, on Sep 8, 2003 at 11:26 PM, in Mac Desktops
My point was... 3,068 Views / 33 Replies  
I still think the dual 1.42 is a better deal than than the 1.6, and most likely the 1.8. This is based on my real-world experience of opening apps in both the 1.6 and the 1.42, nothing more.

No,...
Posted by slipjack, on Sep 7, 2003 at 10:05 PM, in Mac Desktops
Sure there is... 256 Megs is more than enough to... 3,068 Views / 33 Replies  
Sure there is... 256 Megs is more than enough to run the OS and run ONE APP.... and we're just talking loading it up. Something like iTunes takes a negligible about of memory to run.

Like I said,...
Posted by slipjack, on Sep 6, 2003 at 01:08 AM, in Mac Desktops
Dual G4 1.42 vs G5 1.6 'real world' test 3,068 Views / 33 Replies  
Hey ya'll.

Thought I would relate a 'test' I was able to run at my local Comp USA today. They had a G5 set up and sitting right next to a G4 dualie 1.42 MDD, so I was able to boot up several...
Posted by slipjack, on Sep 4, 2003 at 10:58 PM, in Mac Desktops
Cheap? 4,199 Views / 73 Replies  
The poster who said it looked cheap probably needs things like multi-colored blinking lights and big knobs to get thier money's worth.

Seriously, this design is Freakin Awesome. Yes, only having...
Posted by slipjack, on Sep 2, 2003 at 03:58 PM, in Mac Desktops
No bitchin' here. 3,362 Views / 20 Replies  
If you consider that the G4 that G5 was running against was a dual machine... I think that's a pretty good sign.

Basically, the Dual 2.0 machine looks to be a killer.

155secs --> 83 secs......
Posted by slipjack, on Sep 2, 2003 at 02:49 PM, in Mac Desktops
Funny thing is.. 1,324 Views / 6 Replies  
With things like video and audio, there is no performance gap.

We have a 1.8 Ghz PC at work w/3 SCSI drives for video, 1 GB RAM and it blows compared to my dual Ghz Mac... it blows compared to...
Posted by slipjack, on Aug 31, 2003 at 10:10 PM, in Mac Desktops
time 45,779 Views / 132 Replies  
It adds up, snake, it adds up.

Time = Money.
Posted by slipjack, on Aug 27, 2003 at 05:33 PM, in Mac Desktops
'need' is a subjective term... 3,313 Views / 50 Replies  
Power-wise, I'm pretty happy with my dual gig, but you can ALWAYS have more power.

The kicker for me is noise. I spent a lot of effort to reduce noise in my machine, so it's not bad, but noise is...
Posted by slipjack, on Aug 16, 2003 at 01:53 PM, in Mac Desktops
Dfold 571 Views / 6 Replies  
We'll, I've got all I got on dfold, for what it's worth.

Looks like some teams are coming up from behind all of a sudden, so we could use some muscle from Scott.

I'd like to tease the Top Ten...
Posted by slipjack, on Aug 9, 2003 at 12:10 PM, in Team MacNN
Great work 2,371 Views / 52 Replies  
I hadn't really been following the news of the new site. Great bar graphics! I can tell real effort has gone into the site. Thanks!
Posted by slipjack, on Jul 28, 2003 at 02:50 PM, in Team MacNN
Heh, well I wouldn't got that far... it's really... 916 Views / 17 Replies  
Heh, well I wouldn't got that far... it's really a matter of decided. Unless I wanted to drop 1 grand on some boxes to run on my own... and that's not going to happen anytime soon.
Posted by slipjack, on Jul 9, 2003 at 12:34 PM, in Team MacNN
If you really want to mix it up, you could move... 518 Views / 2 Replies  
If you really want to mix it up, you could move your machine over to MacNN, Welnic... :)

Noone here would complain.
Posted by slipjack, on Jul 8, 2003 at 01:08 PM, in Team MacNN
Thanks wulf... for now I'm going for the #5... 916 Views / 17 Replies  
Thanks wulf... for now I'm going for the #5 spot.. don't have the muscle to take on Shaktai just yet.
Posted by slipjack, on Jul 7, 2003 at 01:11 PM, in Team MacNN
Hehe... I might be tapped out for now, jb... then... 916 Views / 17 Replies  
Hehe... I might be tapped out for now, jb... then again...:rolleyes:
Posted by slipjack, on Jul 7, 2003 at 01:10 PM, in Team MacNN
I've noticed that some noises can become 'covered... 861 Views / 6 Replies  
I've noticed that some noises can become 'covered up' once the main fans get really going. It's probably actually louder dbls-wise, but just feels quieter because the white-noise is smoothing things...
Posted by slipjack, on Jul 6, 2003 at 12:26 AM, in Mac Desktops
I wondered about you Shaktai... guess you didn't... 916 Views / 17 Replies  
I wondered about you Shaktai... guess you didn't move boxes onto another project...

I won't be any danger to you guys yet, unless I find another 10+ machines to enslave.

No computer will do you...
Posted by slipjack, on Jul 4, 2003 at 12:02 AM, in Team MacNN
Why doesn't Welnic join Team MacNN? We could use... 2,442 Views / 85 Replies  
Why doesn't Welnic join Team MacNN? We could use the 9 mil+ pts.. right? :stick:
Posted by slipjack, on Jul 3, 2003 at 11:58 PM, in Team MacNN
We just passed AMDMB Killer Barbarian Frogs 465 Views / 1 Replies  
Great work ppl! Glad I could help us over the hump. :D
Posted by slipjack, on Jul 3, 2003 at 11:57 PM, in Team MacNN
It's a tough decision... The 1.6 would probably... 19,331 Views / 94 Replies  
It's a tough decision... The 1.6 would probably win for me because of noise: quieter is better! :)

On the other hand, duals are great, I don't think I can go back to a single!
Posted by slipjack, on Jul 3, 2003 at 11:54 PM, in Mac Desktops
Anyone know just how inefficient the screensaver... 916 Views / 17 Replies  
Anyone know just how inefficient the screensaver is vs. the cli client?
Posted by slipjack, on Jul 3, 2003 at 05:18 PM, in Team MacNN
Sig test.. 916 Views / 17 Replies  
Sig test..
Posted by slipjack, on Jul 3, 2003 at 05:16 PM, in Team MacNN
Guess everyone has gone out for the July 4th... 916 Views / 17 Replies  
Guess everyone has gone out for the July 4th weekend.. noone to taunt. :)
Posted by slipjack, on Jul 3, 2003 at 05:15 PM, in Team MacNN
#7 for the day in dfold and movin on up! 916 Views / 17 Replies  
Here I come guys! I'm baaaaaaaaaaaaack. :):stick:
Posted by slipjack, on Jul 3, 2003 at 01:19 PM, in Team MacNN
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