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Probably. Although, I've never heard of and...	3,012 Views / 34 Replies
Probably. Although, I've never heard of and iBook owner complain that they couldn't use their "notebook" on the couch because it was too hot to handle.
Posted by one09jason, on Feb 26, 2006 at 12:14 PM, in Mac Notebooks

Well, I'm sure that testing conditions vary -...	3,012 Views / 34 Replies
Well, I'm sure that testing conditions vary - various CPU loads, environmental conditions. I was surprised that in an Apple store, where the conditions are completely under Apple's control, that the...
Posted by one09jason, on Feb 26, 2006 at 10:38 AM, in Mac Notebooks

The MacBook is a toater. I was in an Apple...	3,012 Views / 34 Replies
The MacBook is a toater. I was in an Apple store last night, and felt the bottom sides of the 4 MacBooks they had on display. They were all nearly as warm as my PowerBook 1.67 after it has been...
Posted by one09jason, on Feb 26, 2006 at 08:47 AM, in Mac Notebooks

Well, that's true. But then again, if you're...	1,097 Views / 18 Replies
Well, that's true. But then again, if you're "Addicted to MacNN", I guess you do care. :)
Posted by one09jason, on Feb 3, 2006 at 12:36 PM, in MacNN Lounge

Video: "Why Macs Suck"	1,097 Views / 18 Replies
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6553260189868317794 This video is funny, but not the way the author intended it. I think it's a great illustration of what MS Windows has done to the...
Posted by one09jason, on Feb 3, 2006 at 10:04 AM, in MacNN Lounge

Here here. And you don't need to go to the third...	80,913 Views / 767 Replies
Here here. And you don't need to go to the third world. Just travel outside any major US city or modern suburb. You'll need a modem.
Posted by one09jason, on Jan 12, 2006 at 12:53 PM, in Mac Notebooks

I think you have a point there. I don't see the...	80,913 Views / 767 Replies
I think you have a point there. I don't see the usual quicktime clip of Jonathan Ive gushing about the design on Apple's web site. I don't think they are particularly proud of that compromise. I...
Posted by one09jason, on Jan 12, 2006 at 12:41 PM, in Mac Notebooks

Because I capture the video and fill up those...	80,913 Views / 767 Replies
Because I capture the video and fill up those drives in places where you can't plug in a desktop computer. Anyway, I don't cary them all at one time, just 2-3 at a time. ANd FW800 also makes it...
Posted by one09jason, on Jan 11, 2006 at 10:26 AM, in Mac Notebooks

Well, that's true, but in some ways I guess...	80,913 Views / 767 Replies
Well, that's true, but in some ways I guess that's not the point. I only ocassionally use the modem also. It's just that it was a nice piece of Apple design that a port or or acessory was built in...
Posted by one09jason, on Jan 11, 2006 at 10:15 AM, in Mac Notebooks

No, actually I use OWC Mercury Elite Pro...	80,913 Views / 767 Replies
No, actually I use OWC Mercury Elite Pro FW800/400 hard drives / enclosures that use the Oxford911 chipset. I work with uncompressed digital video from specialized cameras, and I use dozens of these...
Posted by one09jason, on Jan 11, 2006 at 09:53 AM, in Mac Notebooks

And that's great for you. But I have to say, you...	80,913 Views / 767 Replies
And that's great for you. But I have to say, you probably don't travel to rural areas much. I always have this sneaking suspicion when I look at Apple laptops, that they designed the laptop that...
Posted by one09jason, on Jan 11, 2006 at 09:32 AM, in Mac Notebooks

I use firewire 800 all the time. Ever try video...	80,913 Views / 767 Replies
I use firewire 800 all the time. Ever try video editing with external disks, FW400 vs FW800? There's a very good reason for FW800.
Posted by one09jason, on Jan 11, 2006 at 08:46 AM, in Mac Notebooks

I use firewire 800 all the time. Ever try video...	80,913 Views / 767 Replies
I use firewire 800 all the time. Ever try video editing with external disks, FW400 vs FW800? There's a very good reason for FW800.
Posted by one09jason, on Jan 11, 2006 at 08:45 AM, in Mac Notebooks

Well, I have Aperture, and have read this whole...	15,442 Views / 290 Replies
Well, I have Aperture, and have read this whole thread and read the responses to the Ars review. While I think the review was certainly lopsided, no one has commented on two very good points by the...
Posted by one09jason, on Dec 8, 2005 at 11:43 AM, in Applications

Just a quick bump. I'm still having this...	2,115 Views / 5 Replies
Just a quick bump. I'm still having this problem. It is very predictable. Every time I right click now, spinning beachball for 2-3 minutes
Posted by one09jason, on Sep 9, 2005 at 12:29 PM, in macOS

Well, I tried this and it seemed to improve...	2,115 Views / 5 Replies
Well, I tried this and it seemed to improve right-click response when I did it, so I assumed that this was the problem. Now, I'm having the problem again, but there is nothing in either contextual...
Posted by one09jason, on Aug 22, 2005 at 10:52 AM, in macOS

Poll: If that's true, I couldn't hear a thing when I...	4,255 Views / 69 Replies
If that's true, I couldn't hear a thing when I tried it in the Apple store. Normal mouse buttons give you an audible click and tactile feedback as well. On a normal mouse, you know when you've...
Posted by one09jason, on Aug 7, 2005 at 11:00 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components

Poll: I hear what your saying. I understand that you...	4,255 Views / 69 Replies
I hear what your saying. I understand that you can't have perfection for everybody, but this mouse should have been, design-wise, head and shoulders above the rest. There are stil some obvious...
Posted by one09jason, on Aug 7, 2005 at 07:06 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components

Poll: You know, I was thinking, if Apple is going to...	4,255 Views / 69 Replies
You know, I was thinking, if Apple is going to make a multi-button mouse with a scroll device, why didn't they make the best one ever? I mean, Apple: the company that introduced the mouse to the...
Posted by one09jason, on Aug 7, 2005 at 12:36 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components

Poll: For those of you giving a "crap" rating, would...	4,255 Views / 69 Replies
For those of you giving a "crap" rating, would you please also tell us what mouse you think is better. It's very easy to find fault in something, but I imagine that most people are reading this...
Posted by one09jason, on Aug 6, 2005 at 02:23 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components

spinning beachball cursor on right-click in finder	2,115 Views / 5 Replies
I've been having a problem with the finder for a while now. Often, when I right-click on something in the finder, I get the spinning beachball for several minutes. Eventually, I get teh result of...
Posted by one09jason, on Aug 2, 2005 at 12:38 PM, in macOS

(I retract my earlier statement.) With a...	5,480 Views / 51 Replies
(I retract my earlier statement.) With a little experimentation, I discovered that 128 kbps AAC files encoded from a CD by iTunes are in fact slightly larger than 128 kbps MP3s encoded from the...
Posted by one09jason, on Jun 13, 2005 at 11:07 PM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod

I'll tell you what I want in the next PowerBook: ...	9,801 Views / 89 Replies
I'll tell you what I want in the next PowerBook: Better software. Why? Because if the software were written better and optimized for the processors and architecture we already have, we'd get...
Posted by one09jason, on Nov 22, 2004 at 11:37 AM, in Mac Notebooks

I think I know what you mean. I have been both a...	684 Views / 8 Replies
I think I know what you mean. I have been both a student and a teacher of web design for many years, and this is what I see: There are great functional sites that look like crap, and there are...
Posted by one09jason, on Sep 12, 2004 at 12:23 AM, in Developer Center

MS may not be at fault for this person not having...	1,549 Views / 23 Replies
MS may not be at fault for this person not having backed up their data. But they are 100% at fault for writing crap software full of bugs, of which, this one is just another fine example. Bugs, by...
Posted by one09jason, on Sep 11, 2004 at 11:58 PM, in Applications

Andy Rooney sticks it to Microsoft	1,175 Views / 7 Replies
OS X is definitely the better mousetrap, and it's always fun to get a good reminder. On 60 Minutes, Andy Rooney takes a good rip on Windows and Microsoft, including this gem: "All I can say is...
Posted by one09jason, on Nov 16, 2003 at 11:21 PM, in macOS

Well as a means of troll-control, I'd like to...	11,134 Views / 65 Replies
Well as a means of troll-control, I'd like to point out that as bad as one person's experience with Apple may be, it is annecdodal evidence and does not imply a trend. The reason this forum exists...
Posted by one09jason, on Nov 16, 2003 at 11:12 PM, in Mac Notebooks

I've been a long-time Apple fan and customer. I...	11,134 Views / 65 Replies
I've been a long-time Apple fan and customer. I get more and more dissapointed with Apple's customer service and policies. You could dedicate an entire website to the multitude of paying and...
Posted by one09jason, on Nov 14, 2003 at 11:57 PM, in Mac Notebooks

Today in Rhode Island	1,048 Views / 19 Replies
Today in Rhode Island
Posted by one09jason, on Oct 31, 2003 at 12:11 AM, in macOS

PowerBook 15" Al Service Manual	730 Views / 1 Replies
Anyone know where I could find the service manual for the new 15" Al PowerBook?
Posted by one09jason, on Oct 28, 2003 at 11:57 AM, in Mac Notebooks

Write a Letter. Write a Letter. Write a Letter....	7,510 Views / 49 Replies
Write a Letter. Write a Letter. Write a Letter. Apple as a corporation seems to be getting more and more unscrupulous. I have had several such problems, which I won't bore you with. I think...
Posted by one09jason, on Oct 26, 2003 at 10:39 AM, in Mac Notebooks

UPDATE: These are the latest results. It's...	5,467 Views / 61 Replies
UPDATE: These are the latest results. It's interesting that 1 seems to be the brightest spot, 5 the weakest spot, and the others in between in decending order. 1 also seems to be the most...
Posted by one09jason, on Oct 19, 2003 at 09:15 AM, in Mac Notebooks

It's meant to be an unbiased way to answer the...	5,467 Views / 61 Replies
It's meant to be an unbiased way to answer the question: Are these spots random, or are they occuring more frequently in some places than others? If the latter is true, than it tends to point to...
Posted by one09jason, on Oct 19, 2003 at 09:08 AM, in Mac Notebooks

UPDATE: Getting a bit more organized, here...	5,467 Views / 61 Replies
UPDATE: Getting a bit more organized, here are the latest results... http://www.109valentine.com/macnn/results2.gif
Posted by one09jason, on Oct 16, 2003 at 02:22 PM, in Mac Notebooks

UPDATE So far I have 11 people in this...	5,467 Views / 61 Replies
UPDATE So far I have 11 people in this thread responding with white spot data. Below are the results so far. Of those who have spots, the relative frequency of the spot positions are: spot...
Posted by one09jason, on Oct 16, 2003 at 12:43 PM, in Mac Notebooks

Re: Re: 15" Al PowerBook Good News	2,359 Views / 15 Replies
[QUOTE]Originally posted by gif32: [B]Don't count your chickens so soon on the white spots. Although my first Powerbook had the spots right out of the box, the replacement they sent took over a week...
Posted by one09jason, on Oct 15, 2003 at 10:28 PM, in Mac Notebooks

Check for white sopts, then report here	5,467 Views / 61 Replies
I have a new PowerBook 15" Al and I recently developed a new "white spot" that was not there when I first purchased the PowerBook. Let's look at this problem scientifically. I urge all of you with...
Posted by one09jason, on Oct 15, 2003 at 10:25 PM, in Mac Notebooks

15" Al PowerBook Good News	2,359 Views / 15 Replies
The good news: It's fantastic. No dead/stick pixels (so far, knock on wood) No white spots Happy Man Just thought I'd lighten up the mood a bit in here, what with so many negative reports...
Posted by one09jason, on Oct 6, 2003 at 09:25 PM, in Mac Notebooks

Interesting. Do you know if CompUSA considers a...	1,415 Views / 32 Replies
Interesting. Do you know if CompUSA considers a dead pixel as "defective". Will they take back a PoweBook with a dead pixel? If so, that'd be very cool and a good reason to order from them.
Posted by one09jason, on Sep 29, 2003 at 12:56 AM, in Mac Notebooks

This does not work in my experience. The staff...	1,415 Views / 32 Replies
This does not work in my experience. The staff at the Apple store will not let you open the box unless you buy the item. If you buy the item and don't like what's inside, they charge you a 10%...
Posted by one09jason, on Sep 29, 2003 at 12:04 AM, in Mac Notebooks

Huh. Ok, sounds like a plan. If I do it in...	1,649 Views / 4 Replies
Huh. Ok, sounds like a plan. If I do it in chunks, then how could I merge them together later ? QT Pro again?
Posted by one09jason, on Sep 28, 2003 at 07:53 PM, in Art & Graphic Design

How to grab every nth frame of video?	1,649 Views / 4 Replies
For those of you video-savvy folk in this forum, I have a question: How would I capture every nth frame of video? I have a VHS tape with about 8 hours of footage. I want to build a QT movie for a...
Posted by one09jason, on Sep 28, 2003 at 06:09 PM, in Art & Graphic Design

Quicktime movie from .jpg images	1,092 Views / 2 Replies
I need a little advice. I'm trying to make some QuickTime movies from a series of still images taken off webcam. QuickTime itself seems the perfect tool, because you can use the "Open Image...
Posted by one09jason, on Aug 23, 2003 at 08:29 AM, in Art & Graphic Design

Funny that I feel compelled to jump in on this...	4,312 Views / 53 Replies
Funny that I feel compelled to jump in on this one, but here goes... Who cares about the car make? Those aren't English racing stripes on the OS X 10.2 box, they're rosette patterns in the...
Posted by one09jason, on Apr 2, 2003 at 12:27 AM, in macOS

Another vote for the M-Audio Sonica. Very simple...	1,637 Views / 21 Replies
Another vote for the M-Audio Sonica. Very simple and effective solution. I keep mine plugged into my home stereo. Whenever I feel like listening, I just put my TiBook down on the bookshelf next to...
Posted by one09jason, on Feb 11, 2003 at 12:19 PM, in Mac Notebooks

www.paddysbeach.com :)	3,267 Views / 79 Replies
www.paddysbeach.com :)
Posted by one09jason, on Feb 6, 2003 at 11:18 PM, in macOS

Xeo, looks like we were posting with the...	1,957 Views / 36 Replies
Xeo, looks like we were posting with the same suggestion at the same time. Actually I think it's very telling that the solution is so obvious, and yet Apple didn't do it. They design great...
Posted by one09jason, on Feb 4, 2003 at 02:33 PM, in macOS

Now wait a minute, this isn't about money. ...	1,957 Views / 36 Replies
Now wait a minute, this isn't about money. iView, Protfolio and the others are great and even affordable. But I WANT to use iPhoto2 because of the terrific integration with iMovie, etc. No amount...
Posted by one09jason, on Feb 4, 2003 at 02:29 PM, in macOS

Bill, I have to admit that I agree with...	1,957 Views / 36 Replies
Bill, I have to admit that I agree with you. But not entirely. If you are not meant to ever delete photos from your library, then why even bother to include a feature that is called...
Posted by one09jason, on Feb 4, 2003 at 02:14 PM, in macOS

TC, Good man. That's a good suggestion...	1,957 Views / 36 Replies
TC, Good man. That's a good suggestion that I hadn't thought of. I find it so hard to believe that Apple actually designed the application this way. Leave it to you guys to think of a clever...
Posted by one09jason, on Feb 4, 2003 at 12:35 PM, in macOS

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