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Why would anyone buy a new Powermac G5? 5,499 Views / 65 Replies  
Seeing the amazing improvements of the iMac and Powerbooks with the Intel CoreDuo chips, why would anyone want to spend $2000 or more on a G5 powermac at this time?

If you wait a few more...
Posted by cejones, on Jan 17, 2006 at 02:04 PM, in Mac Desktops
d'uh 2,096 Views / 28 Replies  
If you really have been using mac's since the SE/30 days, didn't you know that MacWorld was at the beginning of Jan?

Don't blame Apple for releasing new macs every year at the same time.
...
Posted by cejones, on Jan 10, 2006 at 08:35 PM, in Mac Desktops
USB card readers 503 Views / 1 Replies  
I am looking to buy a all in one type card reader that can read all the major digital camera card formats...

There are a tone of models available... I was wondering if anyone could recommend a...
Posted by cejones, on Oct 30, 2003 at 03:18 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
WAP MacNN URL 447 Views / 0 Replies  
I would love to be able to check the news at MacNN using my web enabled Samsung N-400 cell phone.

Does MacNN have a WAP enabled URL for people like me?
Posted by cejones, on Mar 24, 2003 at 01:38 PM, in Feedback
Simon rocks 2,038 Views / 6 Replies  
Thank you Simon.... That is perfect!

It looks like a bear to replace the HD. Just the fact of the thermal pads on the HD makes me rethink trying to replace it myself... Looks like it is worth...
Posted by cejones, on Jan 15, 2003 at 12:22 PM, in Mac Desktops
eMac video out port 481 Views / 0 Replies  
With the correct VGA adapter, can one connect an eMac to a 2/4 port USB KVM switch?

I would like to control an eMac, a Powermac 6500 (has a PCI USB card) and an HP Pavillion from one nice big...
Posted by cejones, on Jan 14, 2003 at 08:14 PM, in Mac Desktops
Divx to DVD 746 Views / 7 Replies  
If you are looking to store Divx movies offline... you could just save the files as a data DVD disk. 4.3 Gigs holds about 35 one hour TV episodes... (typical hour episode is around 430 Megs.......
Posted by cejones, on Jan 14, 2003 at 06:38 PM, in Art & Graphic Design
pricing issues 886 Views / 7 Replies  
Why does the Granite enclosure cost $999 for a 4 drive tower?

You can buy 4 911 firewire bridge boards for around $140 ($35 each)
add a powersupply that can handle 4 drives... maybe $50.
...
Posted by cejones, on Jan 13, 2003 at 02:05 PM, in Art & Graphic Design
replacing emac harddrive 2,038 Views / 6 Replies  
Question,

Last night I took apart my eMac and replaced the standard combo drive with a new A05 DVD burner so I can use iDVD 3 when it comes out. At the time, I was hoping to also replace the...
Posted by cejones, on Jan 13, 2003 at 02:00 PM, in Mac Desktops
firewire multi drive enclosures 886 Views / 7 Replies  
I could care less about RAID... what I want is an external Firewire enclosure that allows me to connect 4 IDE drives. I want maximum storage space and I don't need RAID for this.

I am thinking...
Posted by cejones, on Jan 10, 2003 at 12:22 PM, in Art & Graphic Design
Macnn not run on Macs? 1,924 Views / 50 Replies  
I would be shocked to hear that MacNN is actually running on non-Mac hardware....
Posted by cejones, on Jan 9, 2003 at 02:04 PM, in MacNN Lounge
anyone selling a powermate? 1,356 Views / 18 Replies  
I have read that some people who bought a Griffin Powermate were not too happy with it... anyone selling theirs?

Does it work with iMovie or FCP to jog through video clips?
Posted by cejones, on Dec 10, 2002 at 02:43 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
software 1,052 Views / 7 Replies  
I recently purchased an external Pioneer DVD burner... you can use Toast to burn DVDs... If you want to burn your own home movies to DVD, you will need iDVD... but it only works with macs with an...
Posted by cejones, on Dec 9, 2002 at 03:29 PM, in Art & Graphic Design
nevermind.... found answers 670 Views / 3 Replies  
Yep.. it is doable. Sweetness! Of course, it voids my warranty :)
Posted by cejones, on Dec 9, 2002 at 03:23 PM, in Mac Desktops
replacing eMac combo drive with SuperDrive 670 Views / 3 Replies  
I currently have an eMac with the combo drive.... as well as an external firewire Pioneer AO5 DVD/CDR Burner. (Superdrive).... Is it at all possible to replace the internal combo drive with the...
Posted by cejones, on Dec 9, 2002 at 02:27 AM, in Mac Desktops
8mm conversion technique 625 Views / 3 Replies  
I paid a company to transfer the film to DV for 5 cents per foot... Not a bad price. the technique they used was to clean the film and then play it in a projector... and video taped it via digital...
Posted by cejones, on Dec 1, 2002 at 08:59 PM, in Art & Graphic Design
Home movie filtering 625 Views / 3 Replies  
I converted some 8mm film to MiniDV and have captured it on my mac using FCP. each one hour tape takes up around 12 gigs of disk space. Well, now I would like to use a program to clean up the...
Posted by cejones, on Dec 1, 2002 at 02:27 PM, in Art & Graphic Design
surge protector? 1,580 Views / 5 Replies  
Out of curiousity,

Was your router and cable modem hooked to a surge protector? I made sure mine is, but I wasn't sure how "protected" that makes it.

I would like to avoid having this...
Posted by cejones, on Aug 29, 2002 at 06:04 PM, in Networking
old news 2,481 Views / 52 Replies  
Weren't these all available in OS 9?
Posted by cejones, on Aug 28, 2002 at 02:09 PM, in Applications
this works 698 Views / 5 Replies  
I know that this works... I set it up so my wife's account sees my iTunes playlists.
Posted by cejones, on Aug 27, 2002 at 01:42 PM, in Applications
10.2 crashes after sleep 393 Views / 1 Replies  
After installing 10.2, I now find that after my iMac goes to sleep... when i come back , and get the monitor to come back on, all I see is one photo from the screensaver... it then acts like it is...
Posted by cejones, on Aug 26, 2002 at 02:31 PM, in macOS
removing Other from login on 10.2 412 Views / 1 Replies  
How does one remove the Other from the list of users on the login screen of 10.2? My wife and I are the only two people that use the computer and I hate seeing that generic icon under our...
Posted by cejones, on Aug 26, 2002 at 02:04 PM, in macOS
Ah ha 507 Views / 2 Replies  
Good to hear I am not alone with this startup issue...

Wierdness.
Posted by cejones, on Aug 16, 2002 at 11:30 AM, in macOS
anyone? 457 Views / 1 Replies  
Has anyone solved this issue? Just curious
Posted by cejones, on Aug 16, 2002 at 11:19 AM, in macOS
OS X 10.1.5 Startup issue 507 Views / 2 Replies  
This is a problem I have seen on my iMac many times, but I have never seen anyone else talk about it....

Sometimes when I restart my iMac DV 450 MHz, I get the grey screen with the rotating...
Posted by cejones, on Aug 16, 2002 at 11:18 AM, in macOS
OS X and OS 9 File sharing 674 Views / 1 Replies  
I have a 450MHz iMac DV running OS X 10.1.5 and an older Powermac 6500 running OS 9.1

The Powermac 6500 is my home file server. It is on 24/7

My iMac is used by myself and my wife, but we shut...
Posted by cejones, on Aug 14, 2002 at 06:35 PM, in Networking
Networking OS X and OS 9.1 457 Views / 1 Replies  
I have a 450MHz iMac DV running OS X 10.1.5 and an older Powermac 6500 running OS 9.1

The Powermac 6500 is my home file server. It is on 24/7

My iMac is used by myself and my wife, but we...
Posted by cejones, on Aug 14, 2002 at 04:26 PM, in macOS
Yeh, well Apple told me that iTools was free for... 593 Views / 13 Replies  
Yeh, well Apple told me that iTools was free for life as well when I bought my new iMac... I guess it all depends on who's life you are talking about... it obviously isn't my lifetime or my iMac's...
Posted by cejones, on Jul 22, 2002 at 06:40 PM, in MacNN Lounge
Parky, THank you for your information... 515 Views / 10 Replies  
Parky,

THank you for your information regarding .mac. It is good to hear what people who have already joined have to say.

I truthfully feel like I will join near the end of my trial...
Posted by cejones, on Jul 22, 2002 at 03:05 PM, in MacNN Lounge
Solved my problem... In order to install the... 543 Views / 2 Replies  
Solved my problem... In order to install the 10.1.5 combo update, Apple requires the Installer Update to be installed first.

In order to install the Installer Update, Apple requires that some...
Posted by cejones, on Jul 22, 2002 at 01:17 PM, in Mac Desktops
Updating OS 10.1 problems 543 Views / 2 Replies  
I have an iMac (700 MHz) with 128 Megs of RAM.

I current have OS 10.1 installed. When I downloaded the 10.1.5 combo updater and tried to install it, it told me that it required Installer Update...
Posted by cejones, on Jul 19, 2002 at 05:16 PM, in Mac Desktops
Who in there right mind will buy the 15 inch iMac... 642 Views / 15 Replies  
Who in there right mind will buy the 15 inch iMac with the Superdrive option? Apple is selling it for $1799 and it comes with a 60 GB HD and an older Nvideo card... For $200 more, you get an 80...
Posted by cejones, on Jul 17, 2002 at 12:52 PM, in Mac Desktops
first, take the battery/batteries out Take... 718 Views / 9 Replies  
first, take the battery/batteries out

Take it apart as much as you can... remove accessories, etc...

Place it in sunlight for a few days... let it completely dry out. (A good place would be...
Posted by cejones, on Jul 16, 2002 at 12:32 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
I am also interested in this product... ... 1,916 Views / 50 Replies  
I am also interested in this product...

My question is , How does one output the video signal from recorded shows to my TV? I have an iMac with the VGA connector on the back, so would one of...
Posted by cejones, on Jul 16, 2002 at 12:26 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
I also have the 3360 and found only PC apps for... 576 Views / 4 Replies  
I also have the 3360 and found only PC apps for transferring ring tones and graphics. Fortunately, I have a PC laptop at work... Bought the serial cable on ebay for $12 NokiaLogoManager or...
Posted by cejones, on Jul 16, 2002 at 12:18 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
Thanks for the info benny. Since my first... 661 Views / 7 Replies  
Thanks for the info benny.

Since my first post, I have converted everyone to OS X. I am going with the ADS Tech Pyro webcam over the iBot. These two cameras have the exact same insides... ...
Posted by cejones, on Jul 10, 2002 at 12:35 PM, in Art & Graphic Design
I wonder why they are not supporting ATA-133... 490 Views / 10 Replies  
I wonder why they are not supporting ATA-133 drives? If they did, they could have used larger capacity drives like the 160GB or higher as they come to market.
Posted by cejones, on May 14, 2002 at 03:04 PM, in macOS
Noice is always a good indication your drive is... 616 Views / 6 Replies  
Noice is always a good indication your drive is at its end. Also, increase in temperature.... My IBM harddrive crashed intermittently with clicking noises... and eventually the iMac would not...
Posted by cejones, on May 10, 2002 at 04:31 PM, in Mac Desktops
We need spies at Motorola in Austin... come on... 561 Views / 5 Replies  
We need spies at Motorola in Austin... come on somebody! If Russia can get U.S. secrets about our nuclear retaliation plans from that Hanssen guy, I think we can milk some juicy news from some...
Posted by cejones, on May 10, 2002 at 04:25 PM, in Mac Desktops
thanks... not bad at all... 466 Views / 5 Replies  
thanks... not bad at all...
Posted by cejones, on May 10, 2002 at 04:23 PM, in Feedback
Thanks for the info... Out of curiousity, if... 466 Views / 5 Replies  
Thanks for the info...

Out of curiousity, if I wanted to add UBB to my personal website, how much would I expect it to cost me? Just wondering....
Posted by cejones, on May 10, 2002 at 10:38 AM, in Feedback
Pitbull Pro 465 Views / 2 Replies  
Pitbull Pro
Posted by cejones, on May 9, 2002 at 11:57 AM, in Applications
improve the search for Macnn forums 466 Views / 5 Replies  
perhaps I am doing something wrong, but when I use the search feature of the forums, it ends up taking forever and then takes me to an error page.

I did a simply search for "iChat" at the top of...
Posted by cejones, on May 9, 2002 at 11:54 AM, in Feedback
I installed the new version of AIM for MacOS X... 955 Views / 34 Replies  
I installed the new version of AIM for MacOS X last night and logged in using my mac.com account. It all works, but the strange thing is that after adding all my buddies to the buddy list, I could...
Posted by cejones, on May 9, 2002 at 11:41 AM, in Applications
so are the speakers on the new eMac "kid-proof" ?... 1,804 Views / 83 Replies  
so are the speakers on the new eMac "kid-proof" ? Or are they like the one in the Quicksilver towers? Everytime I walk through a CompUSA, I would see tis speaker all crumpled from people pushing...
Posted by cejones, on Apr 29, 2002 at 04:01 PM, in Mac Desktops
Firewire and USB Webcams 661 Views / 7 Replies  
I recently converted my Mother-in-Law and my brother from Windows to Mac. My brother has a Bondi Blue iMac and my Mother-in-Law has a new low-end iMac (500MHz)

I also talked them into to getting...
Posted by cejones, on Apr 13, 2002 at 12:19 PM, in Art & Graphic Design
Firewire and USB Webcams 533 Views / 1 Replies  
I recently converted my Mother-in-Law and my brother from Windows to Mac. My brother has a Bondi Blue iMac and my Mother-in-Law has a new low-end iMac (500MHz)

I also talked them into to getting...
Posted by cejones, on Apr 13, 2002 at 12:18 PM, in Mac Desktops
Webcams 454 Views / 0 Replies  
I recently converted my Mother-in-Law and my brother from Windows to Mac. My brother has a Bondi Blue iMac and my Mother-in-Law has a new low-end iMac (500MHz)

I also talked them into to...
Posted by cejones, on Apr 11, 2002 at 12:04 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
thank you for the link... it looks perfect ... 523 Views / 3 Replies  
thank you for the link... it looks perfect

*fingers crossed*
Posted by cejones, on Mar 28, 2002 at 07:12 PM, in macOS
Broken USB port on Epson 740 printer 581 Views / 0 Replies  
I bought a used iMac for my brother and the guy gave me a free Epson 740 printer.

Came home hooked it up and the imac does not recognize the printer being connected. I have my own iMac setup...
Posted by cejones, on Mar 28, 2002 at 05:06 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
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