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For what it's worth, actual use as measured by... 39,617 Views / 18 Replies  
For what it's worth, actual use as measured by ArsTechnica confirms Apple's report and is actually a bit lower - 155 watts at idle (or so) and 200 watts at peak. I may still hold off a little while...
Posted by dave a, on Oct 9, 2006 at 12:47 PM, in Mac Desktops
I discovered with Corsair that you don't save... 3,285 Views / 19 Replies  
I discovered with Corsair that you don't save much by buying bad RAM even with lifetime guarantee if they take up two hours of your time to return it, and it takes a couple of weeks to get an RMA...
Posted by dave a, on Oct 9, 2006 at 11:17 AM, in Mac Desktops
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304... 39,617 Views / 18 Replies  
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304387 claims that the wattage is 171 at idle and 250 at peak. That doesn't seem to match the volt-amp calculation. Can anyone with a kill-a-watt meter...
Posted by dave a, on Oct 9, 2006 at 09:20 AM, in Mac Desktops
Some of Microsoft's featuers are quite good... 12,731 Views / 214 Replies  
Some of Microsoft's featuers are quite good including being able to do finder operations fro the open/save dialogues (like deleting and renaming), and some of Apple's features are nice like the...
Posted by dave a, on Aug 2, 2005 at 08:29 AM, in macOS
I take that back... 734 Views / 3 Replies  
Macintouch just featured it.

Funny because I did send notifications to macnn and macbytes first...
Posted by dave a, on Jul 8, 2005 at 08:47 AM, in Applications
Handy but still can't get any mention of it at... 734 Views / 3 Replies  
Handy but still can't get any mention of it at macnn, macintouch, macbytes, etc.

Every single page has now been updated.
Posted by dave a, on Jul 7, 2005 at 08:32 AM, in Applications
MacStats site back 734 Views / 3 Replies  
Well...I don't know why I couldn't get macnn or macintouch or macbytes to pick up this news item...but Macstats is back.

Macstats is a site devoted to Macintosh statistical software. It runs the...
Posted by dave a, on Jul 1, 2005 at 11:38 AM, in Applications
No lying. PLO demands ALL of Jerusalem. One or... 2,458 Views / 79 Replies  
No lying. PLO demands ALL of Jerusalem. One or more of the accords suggested dividing it.

The PLo would be more credible if Yassir Arafat had not lived like a king while his people starved - and...
Posted by dave a, on May 12, 2005 at 03:26 PM, in Political/War Lounge
Best thing for an SE is the Brainstorm... 838 Views / 3 Replies  
Best thing for an SE is the Brainstorm accelerator. no software needed, no caches, just a triple-speed instant boost that also increases hard drive access.
Posted by dave a, on May 9, 2005 at 04:44 PM, in Hardware Hacking
Just one quickie... Israel is giving land to the... 2,458 Views / 79 Replies  
Just one quickie... Israel is giving land to the PLO.

Well, a little more. The "Palestinians" are not just the Arabs who left Israel in order to fight rather than peacefully coexist (as many...
Posted by dave a, on May 9, 2005 at 04:43 PM, in Political/War Lounge
YAMWC (yet another Mac-Windows comparison) 527 Views / 0 Replies  
This one's supposed to be for webmasters ...
http://www.weborial.com/opinion/mac-vs-pc.shtml
Moderately unique look at what security means and pricing.
Posted by dave a, on Apr 29, 2005 at 01:59 PM, in macOS
Generally, the maintenance stuff can be handled... 3,076 Views / 17 Replies  
Generally, the maintenance stuff can be handled by leaving it on overnight once a month... unless you do really heavy use the daily and weekly won't matter too much.

Avoiding the Vault is a good...
Posted by dave a, on Aug 20, 2004 at 04:03 PM, in Mac Notebooks
$500, nope - $300! 5,681 Views / 23 Replies  
Wal-Mart $299 Lindows machines are apparently more than enough for the average user... Apple's going to have to start offering something good without a monitor in the below-$1,000 range soon...more...
Posted by dave a, on Aug 17, 2004 at 03:31 PM, in Mac Desktops
Headless iMac = LC 21,667 Views / 221 Replies  
I want a pizza-box Mac again...preferably one I could stand on its side...I loved my Quadra 605 (LC 475) and have a stack of LCIIIs I am trying to donate...I can't convince my school to go with Macs...
Posted by dave a, on Jul 23, 2004 at 03:43 PM, in Mac Desktops
Re: Re: Official "There were no new G5 PowerMacs at MWSF 2004!" complaint thread 8,524 Views / 70 Replies  
That's a mark of pride. How many PC users can work productively on a machine that old?

(I went from a beige G3 to a dual G4 when the G5s came out. I believe in getting the cheap machines when the...
Posted by dave a, on Jan 13, 2004 at 10:06 AM, in Mac Desktops
Got it - if I suspend tasks, it shows the agent!... 562 Views / 5 Replies  
Got it - if I suspend tasks, it shows the agent! Thanks!
Posted by dave a, on Sep 3, 2003 at 10:01 AM, in Team MacNN
Thanks. I was unable to find mikkyo's solution... 562 Views / 5 Replies  
Thanks. I was unable to find mikkyo's solution when I looked through the forums earlier. I did this and it does show up in teh dock now. I still don't see the status window which I'd like to see so I...
Posted by dave a, on Sep 3, 2003 at 09:53 AM, in Team MacNN
D2ol 562 Views / 5 Replies  
Has anyone managed to get the D2OL client to work properly under 10.2 ? I can get the daemon running but can't see any windows or figure out what node I am. Can't see progress...if any.
Posted by dave a, on Sep 2, 2003 at 02:50 PM, in Team MacNN
 
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