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I find the matte/glossy argument very...	1,786 Views / 39 Replies
I find the matte/glossy argument very entertaining. I'm not a graphics professional, but what I don't understand: if most graphics are now produced for digital media, wouldn't it behoove graphics...
Posted by hempcamp, on Oct 19, 2008 at 02:57 AM, in Mac Notebooks

Poll: I think the last generation MacBook Pros are...	1,478 Views / 29 Replies
I think the last generation MacBook Pros are currently the better 'deal,' all things considered... but if I were going to purchase a laptop tomorrow it would be the new MacBook. What's really cool...
Posted by hempcamp, on Oct 19, 2008 at 02:33 AM, in Mac Notebooks

I'm not into "pro" audio as in recording, but I...	833 Views / 22 Replies
I'm not into "pro" audio as in recording, but I am an audio enthusiast and was planning to get an Apogee Duet. Even though I won't be getting a MacBook any time soon (I just got a used 12" PB to...
Posted by hempcamp, on Oct 17, 2008 at 05:16 AM, in Mac Notebooks

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Posted by hempcamp, on Oct 6, 2008 at 08:44 PM, in Mac Desktops

I just added to my collection: a 12" PowerBook G4...	1,908 Views / 60 Replies
I just added to my collection: a 12" PowerBook G4 from eBay. (Couldn't decide between that or a netbook like the Lenovo S10 -- finally got a good deal on the PB.) I have a 15" G4 iMac (although...
Posted by hempcamp, on Oct 5, 2008 at 10:46 PM, in MacNN Lounge

I'm actually torn between getting a used 12"...	4,378 Views / 75 Replies
I'm actually torn between getting a used 12" PowerBook (w/ Tiger) and a Lenovo S10 netbook (on which I'd install Xubuntu) as a second computer. I'd almost rather have the old PowerBook despite the...
Posted by hempcamp, on Oct 4, 2008 at 12:18 AM, in Mac Notebooks

Truest post yet! Looking at the...	24,709 Views / 410 Replies
Truest post yet! Looking at the teardown photos, it seems to me that it isn't just the battery that is contributing to the need for a bezel. The logic board may be the length of a pencil, but...
Posted by hempcamp, on Jan 27, 2008 at 01:22 PM, in Mac Notebooks

For the purpose of the comparison I don't think...	24,709 Views / 410 Replies
For the purpose of the comparison I don't think it makes all that much difference, given the shape of the MacBook Air and its competitors. If you draw a rough geometric representation of each of...
Posted by hempcamp, on Jan 26, 2008 at 10:27 PM, in Mac Notebooks

I just want to chime in with some calculations I...	24,709 Views / 410 Replies
I just want to chime in with some calculations I did in an Air thread at another forum. These are estimated volumes of the Air and many of its oft-mentioned competitors (in cubic millimeters based on...
Posted by hempcamp, on Jan 26, 2008 at 03:29 PM, in Mac Notebooks

Why in the name of all things holy would you care...	24,709 Views / 410 Replies
Why in the name of all things holy would you care that there is no dedicated GPU in a 1.6Ghz ultraportable computer? The X3100 is more than capable (hell, the 950 was pretty darned capable) for...
Posted by hempcamp, on Jan 22, 2008 at 04:39 AM, in Mac Notebooks

Wow, utterly shocked that a new Apple product...	24,709 Views / 410 Replies
Wow, utterly shocked that a new Apple product announcement would create such fury. (Just kidding, it happens every time they announce something new. "Waaaaaaaaa, mommy, this new gizmo doesn't do what...
Posted by hempcamp, on Jan 18, 2008 at 12:09 AM, in Mac Notebooks

I don't think that will happen. The iMac only has...	2,082 Views / 19 Replies
I don't think that will happen. The iMac only has a mobile-grade processor, so it's unlikely anything else would get a desktop-grade processor except for the Mac Pro. Patience. I'm holding out...
Posted by hempcamp, on Jan 6, 2008 at 06:55 PM, in Mac Desktops

That's all I'm praying for. Otherwise I'll sell...	2,082 Views / 19 Replies
That's all I'm praying for. Otherwise I'll sell my beautiful Dell 2407WFP and get an iMac. --Chris
Posted by hempcamp, on Jan 5, 2008 at 08:34 PM, in Mac Desktops

Funny you should ask. I never get it for some...	1,000 Views / 10 Replies
Funny you should ask. I never get it for some reason. The first iBook I had mysteriously died (logic board failure) a week after its first "freebie" year of AppleCare was up. Then I recently drowned...
Posted by hempcamp, on Dec 24, 2007 at 07:00 AM, in Mac Notebooks

I love Yojimbo...	685 Views / 10 Replies
I love Yojimbo (http://www.barebones.com/products/yojimbo/) (Bare Bones Software) because you can either print to a PDF or save an archive of a web page. Combined with Quicksilver this can be done...
Posted by hempcamp, on Dec 23, 2007 at 05:07 AM, in Applications

I'm guessing based on the content of your other...	4,598 Views / 9 Replies
I'm guessing based on the content of your other thread that you are trying to install Leopard from a system-specific restoration DVD (the one that came with your friend's MacBook). This is a...
Posted by hempcamp, on Dec 23, 2007 at 05:02 AM, in macOS

When I first heard of glossy Mac screens I was...	1,553 Views / 20 Replies
When I first heard of glossy Mac screens I was living in Africa. I cursed the thought of it. Then I saw one, owned one on a MacBook, and came to love it. The glossy screen on my brother's MacBook pro...
Posted by hempcamp, on Dec 23, 2007 at 04:54 AM, in Mac Notebooks

You may want that extra RAM headroom someday (4...	1,000 Views / 10 Replies
You may want that extra RAM headroom someday (4 vs 3), otherwise the speed differences are probably pretty trivial for everyday use (800Mhz FSB, X3100 graphics). --Chris
Posted by hempcamp, on Dec 22, 2007 at 07:50 PM, in Mac Notebooks

Try using Disk Utility to restore the old Time...	7,342 Views / 8 Replies
Try using Disk Utility to restore the old Time Machine disk to a new drive as explained on MacOSXHints here (http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20071128055047339). Hope this helps! ...
Posted by hempcamp, on Dec 21, 2007 at 11:23 PM, in macOS

New requirement of the Patriot Act. Just...	808 Views / 11 Replies
New requirement of the Patriot Act. Just kidding. Hmm... I think Command+Space (which usually brings up Spotlight) for some reason brought up that for you instead, as mentioned above. It's rather...
Posted by hempcamp, on Nov 26, 2007 at 12:07 AM, in macOS

Look, you asked me a leading question (on...	2,540 Views / 23 Replies
Look, you asked me a leading question (on purpose), and I gave an answer, and you knew what I was going to say or you would have said what you just said now in your original response. This little...
Posted by hempcamp, on Nov 25, 2007 at 08:46 PM, in Mac Notebooks

I chose my words carefully and said "begin to...	2,540 Views / 23 Replies
I chose my words carefully and said "begin to benefit" for a reason. According to John Siracusa's great Leopard review in ArsTechnica (http://arstechnica.com/reviews/os/mac-os-x-10-5.ars/6): ...
Posted by hempcamp, on Nov 25, 2007 at 04:14 PM, in Mac Notebooks

I wish there was a Sort by... "Most used" or...	1,119 Views / 18 Replies
I wish there was a Sort by... "Most used" or "Last opened" option. That would actually make the stacks more useful by keeping those things most frequently accessed on top. At least that's one thing...
Posted by hempcamp, on Nov 25, 2007 at 04:36 AM, in macOS

You're better off selling and getting a...	2,540 Views / 23 Replies
You're better off selling and getting a refurb/used C2D MacBook so Leopard can begin to take advantage of the 64-bit architecture. Otherwise, just stick to a memory and hdd upgrade if you want to...
Posted by hempcamp, on Nov 25, 2007 at 04:21 AM, in Mac Notebooks

Not at all for me. Recent example: some .doc...	2,231 Views / 10 Replies
Not at all for me. Recent example: some .doc forms e-mailed to me from my employer, when opened in NeoOffice, didn't quite maintain the formatting they were supposed to have (page and text breaks...
Posted by hempcamp, on Nov 25, 2007 at 04:14 AM, in Applications

Which is fabulous, BUT... It always takes...	2,231 Views / 10 Replies
Which is fabulous, BUT... It always takes quite a while for businesses (particularly those skeptical of going to Vista from XP) to completely invest and switch to new technologies, meaning it's...
Posted by hempcamp, on Nov 24, 2007 at 02:17 AM, in Applications

I had the same attitude a few weeks ago. Then I...	998 Views / 17 Replies
I had the same attitude a few weeks ago. Then I learned to tweak spaces, and now I'm addicted! iChat (or Adium), for example, is set to appear in all spaces so my chats are always there for me....
Posted by hempcamp, on Nov 24, 2007 at 02:08 AM, in macOS

Go for it! It's a great deal today only -- you...	2,231 Views / 10 Replies
Go for it! It's a great deal today only -- you can get Office 2004 Student/Teacher for $30 after rebate and then a free upgrade to the special Media version of Office 2008 (when it comes out, $7 for...
Posted by hempcamp, on Nov 23, 2007 at 06:56 PM, in Applications

Yep, again, works fine for me on Intel + Leopard....	7,546 Views / 35 Replies
Yep, again, works fine for me on Intel + Leopard. Although I still can't wait for Elements to become universal (poor Adobe coders are probably going Cocoa-loco right now!). --Chris
Posted by hempcamp, on Nov 23, 2007 at 06:49 PM, in Applications

Ugh not another one of these questions... ...	1,371 Views / 13 Replies
Ugh not another one of these questions... Just buy what you need when you need it (or when you get a great deal on it). Macs hold their value well enough that if you really must have...
Posted by hempcamp, on Nov 23, 2007 at 06:37 PM, in Mac Notebooks

Not true. Works fine for me in Leopard. (Although...	7,546 Views / 35 Replies
Not true. Works fine for me in Leopard. (Although in Rosetta so not as fast as it could be.) --Chris
Posted by hempcamp, on Nov 22, 2007 at 11:00 PM, in Applications

So if you have a MacBook and an iBook, why not...	769 Views / 11 Replies
So if you have a MacBook and an iBook, why not put the iBook in target disk mode and move all your files temporarily to the MacBook? Then you can use Panther CDs (or Tiger, which IMO makes your...
Posted by hempcamp, on May 10, 2007 at 02:13 PM, in macOS

I've had no problem like stutters on my MB C2D...	1,021 Views / 12 Replies
I've had no problem like stutters on my MB C2D 2Ghz w/ 2GB, BUT... sometimes when I switch to one application by bringing it to the foreground, the application freezes (esp. Firefox and iTunes),...
Posted by hempcamp, on May 5, 2007 at 01:31 PM, in macOS

I find that "planning" purchases based on...	3,240 Views / 42 Replies
I find that "planning" purchases based on supposed release dates or suspected upgrades is pointless. Unless something is really imminent, buy the Mac Book when you need the Mac Book and be happy. ...
Posted by hempcamp, on Apr 25, 2007 at 08:00 PM, in Mac Notebooks

Temperature Monitor tells me that over the past 7...	2,253 Views / 41 Replies
Temperature Monitor tells me that over the past 7 days: CPU A was between 60.2 and 63.3º C CPU B was between 59.7 and 62.6º C Ambient Processor A between 50.5 and 50.5ºC Ambient Processor B...
Posted by hempcamp, on Apr 25, 2007 at 07:57 PM, in Mac Desktops

I don't know what I did exactly, but it's now...	819 Views / 12 Replies
I don't know what I did exactly, but it's now working again (5.8.8)... at least I haven't received any error messages yet but it'll be a number of hours before I'll see verified results. --Chris ...
Posted by hempcamp, on Feb 4, 2007 at 02:31 PM, in Team MacNN

Yep, erroring out before they even finish. So I...	819 Views / 12 Replies
Yep, erroring out before they even finish. So I went back to 5.4.9 and now BOINC is completely broken. Won't even start up, even after I trash the application, all BOINC-related files in the...
Posted by hempcamp, on Feb 4, 2007 at 12:07 AM, in Team MacNN

The 5.8.8 upgrade broke my BOINC installation on...	819 Views / 12 Replies
The 5.8.8 upgrade broke my BOINC installation on my PPC G5. Every World Grid task gets a computation error (faah 5.10 mainly) and the message screen reports that a zero status is returned but no...
Posted by hempcamp, on Feb 3, 2007 at 09:56 PM, in Team MacNN

Heh, silly me, that would be the problem. I...	630 Views / 7 Replies
Heh, silly me, that would be the problem. I guess I assumed Team MacNN would be attached to projects with Mac applications available, so I never read the project details. Back to WCG... sorry for...
Posted by hempcamp, on Jan 26, 2007 at 03:11 PM, in Team MacNN

Maybe I just wasn't patient enough? I had its...	630 Views / 7 Replies
Maybe I just wasn't patient enough? I had its prefs set 200 to 100 over WCG and it sent no work (even showed up in messages, no work available) so WCG has been chugging away ever since (only 2 days,...
Posted by hempcamp, on Jan 26, 2007 at 02:09 PM, in Team MacNN

I second Malaria Control, but... Any idea...	630 Views / 7 Replies
I second Malaria Control, but... Any idea when Malaria Control will start sending out work? I'm crunching World Community Grid as my main project for now, but I'd much prefer donating my clock...
Posted by hempcamp, on Jan 26, 2007 at 01:16 PM, in Team MacNN

I use MenuShade and have my desktop all black, so...	2,885 Views / 106 Replies
I use MenuShade and have my desktop all black, so I'm a bit of a minimalist, but I like the desktop. I have my main volume, Downloaded Files, To File (name Drop Box sometimes), SpotlightFS (new...
Posted by hempcamp, on Jan 23, 2007 at 09:46 PM, in MacNN Lounge

Unfortunately, the G5 Jam and Jam+ linked above...	1,163 Views / 9 Replies
Unfortunately, the G5 Jam and Jam+ linked above are incompatible with the Quad. Instead, you would need the Wiebe Tech G5 Jam Express (http://www.wiebetech.com/products/G5JamExpress.php) which...
Posted by hempcamp, on Jan 22, 2007 at 03:36 PM, in Mac Desktops

Sonnet makes the G5 Jive...	1,163 Views / 9 Replies
Sonnet makes the G5 Jive (http://sonnettech.com/product/g5_jive.html), for which you also need an additional SATA card, which would make the maximum number of drives for your machine 5. They don't...
Posted by hempcamp, on Jan 22, 2007 at 12:14 AM, in Mac Desktops

I love my Dell 2407WFP! It was much cheaper and...	2,749 Views / 78 Replies
I love my Dell 2407WFP! It was much cheaper and looks almost as sexy -- the aluminum highlights match the G5 well. I don't have many uses for the multiple inputs, but I do use the card reader. ...
Posted by hempcamp, on Jan 21, 2007 at 04:39 PM, in MacNN Lounge

I vote G4. More than ample to be a file server. ...	1,198 Views / 17 Replies
I vote G4. More than ample to be a file server. --Chris
Posted by hempcamp, on Jan 20, 2007 at 11:48 PM, in Mac Desktops

Note the "for web and music" in my post. Surfing...	1,071 Views / 8 Replies
Note the "for web and music" in my post. Surfing and listening to music won't use enough processor resources to make a noticeable difference. Ripping a CD will have a noticeable difference, if you...
Posted by hempcamp, on Jan 19, 2007 at 03:04 PM, in Mac Desktops

The second processor won't give you any benefit...	1,071 Views / 8 Replies
The second processor won't give you any benefit over the Cube's single processor at the same speed for web, music. But the vast amount of extra memory will help a lot. --Chris
Posted by hempcamp, on Jan 18, 2007 at 01:36 PM, in Mac Desktops

To make it worthwhile you would need one helluva...	3,293 Views / 37 Replies
To make it worthwhile you would need one helluva good turntable, and a phono/RIAA-curve amp. Unless the LP hasn't been released on CD, I'd just buy the CD if you want a digital version -- it's a lot...
Posted by hempcamp, on Jan 16, 2007 at 12:10 AM, in Mac Desktops

I'm not sure if you can "use" both at once --...	537 Views / 2 Replies
I'm not sure if you can "use" both at once -- there's probably a way to activate that from the command line. One thing you could do is use the gigabit ethernet to connect to the network, then...
Posted by hempcamp, on Jan 15, 2007 at 09:40 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components

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