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Posted by GeneShifter, on Feb 21, 2006 at 11:09 AM, in Mac Notebooks
mwurman: I, too, am a convert since 2001. My... 1,648 Views / 23 Replies  
mwurman:
I, too, am a convert since 2001. My experience is that my powermac and powerbooks are slower. period. I have everything maxed out but certain things just take a while to load. I think...
Posted by GeneShifter, on Feb 21, 2006 at 11:08 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Re: Powerbook slow going to sleep now 464 Views / 3 Replies  
I have a rev A 12"PB. I had the same problem back in December '03. The time that it took to go to sleep seemed to get longer and longer each time. I could solve my problem, though, by rebooting...
Posted by GeneShifter, on Aug 13, 2004 at 04:44 PM, in Mac Notebooks
8cm CD-R, do they work in slot drives? 1,435 Views / 4 Replies  
Hey guys. I have always been working under the assumption that you CAN use 8 cm CD-R discs in these slot-loading drives (I have a 12" PB). According to a knowledgebase document I read last year...
Posted by GeneShifter, on Aug 1, 2004 at 05:43 PM, in Mac Notebooks
...ah....ah...ah..ah........'orgasm'...........'sm... 274,906 Views / 1,576 Replies  
...ah....ah...ah..ah........'orgasm'...........'smokes cigarette'......
Posted by GeneShifter, on Jul 30, 2004 at 09:45 AM, in Mac Desktops
How much you wanna bet that you receive back the... 3,404 Views / 45 Replies  
How much you wanna bet that you receive back the same refurb you returned? I think you should wait a while, seriously.
Posted by GeneShifter, on Jul 13, 2004 at 03:16 PM, in Mac Desktops
HAHAHA...pOWNED. :brick: 274,906 Views / 1,576 Replies  
HAHAHA...pOWNED. :brick:
Posted by GeneShifter, on Jun 10, 2004 at 06:48 PM, in Mac Desktops
Re: IMPACT 12,722 Views / 69 Replies  
All this is why I thought, initially, that using aluminum was a big mistake. I'm like others on these boards in that I prefer my laptop to not pop and make noise when I pick it up by a corner like...
Posted by GeneShifter, on Mar 13, 2004 at 11:39 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Re: I just can't stand the heat from my new 12" pb 916 Views / 8 Replies  
I think that this is not really a problem at all.
In fact, I have a Rev A 867MHz model and I do not have problems with heat, especially after Panther upgrade which cooled it even more.

This...
Posted by GeneShifter, on Feb 23, 2004 at 08:50 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Hmm, that's not good news. That might be due to... 4,422 Views / 86 Replies  
Hmm, that's not good news. That might be due to your low CPU speed because Safari is no problem on my PB 12" with 256MB RAM.

I wonder when Apple is going to get it right. The one gripe I have...
Posted by GeneShifter, on Feb 14, 2004 at 01:53 PM, in macOS
Re: No Quartz Extreme, yet Windows has smoother scrolling! 4,422 Views / 86 Replies  
Scrolling is good on all apps that I have...as long as I do not have mathematica or itunes running. If either one or both is running, things get choppy, and not just scrolling.

I have 12"PB with...
Posted by GeneShifter, on Feb 14, 2004 at 10:50 AM, in macOS
Re: Holy Shmoly, Windows 2000 source code leaked 2,288 Views / 50 Replies  
IF this is real, I would suggest not running your virtual pc with 2000 or NT on an unprotected broadband network connection. It will only be a matter of a few days for vulnerabilities to be...
Posted by GeneShifter, on Feb 12, 2004 at 07:39 PM, in MacNN Lounge
Re: fonts on new cinema display very un-smooth - help! 1,095 Views / 28 Replies  
Nothing is wrong. It is the unfortunate side of anti-aliasing fonts. I had turned it off on my powerbook screen because I couldn't stand it either, but Panther's implementation is much better and...
Posted by GeneShifter, on Feb 9, 2004 at 10:30 PM, in macOS
HAHA, that is way cool!!! Thx for that tip. I'm... 15,684 Views / 64 Replies  
HAHA, that is way cool!!! Thx for that tip. I'm gonna have to try this at school and freak some people out :D
Posted by GeneShifter, on Feb 9, 2004 at 09:54 PM, in macOS
Re: Anyone ever buy an Apple Refurb? 1,555 Views / 21 Replies  
I also bought a refurb, a Rev A 12"er. It has been the best computer I've ever owned. It comes with the same warranty as a new one so who cares if it is used. Also, Apple did a very good job of...
Posted by GeneShifter, on Feb 8, 2004 at 09:48 AM, in Mac Notebooks
it's official 2,974 Views / 44 Replies  
I really do not know what was so unbelievable about this anyway. Maybe tooki...ah, who cares.

Now that it is official, I do wonder what will happen to those used G5 towers.
Posted by GeneShifter, on Jan 27, 2004 at 10:06 AM, in Mac Desktops
Rev.A 12"owners -- Anyone tried Silent Night?? 776 Views / 1 Replies  
I just recently upgraded to 10.3.2 and now my stupid fan runs all the time. I never had any problems with heat before and I was happy with the settings on the fan in 10.2.

Have any of you tried...
Posted by GeneShifter, on Jan 13, 2004 at 01:29 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Re: The Wobble 1,118 Views / 9 Replies  
My wife and I went into 2 Apple stores here in the Dallas area. At both stores, we were treated like dirt. The sales people were very rude, especially at the Knox street store in Dallas. All I...
Posted by GeneShifter, on Jan 8, 2004 at 11:41 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Re: How did this guy get a copy of panther before its even out. 2,021 Views / 30 Replies  
Well, pics are gone now. Message says Apple requested they be taken down until Friday. haha.
Posted by GeneShifter, on Oct 22, 2003 at 02:49 PM, in macOS
I just bought a 12"PB Rev A Combo refurb from... 5,493 Views / 55 Replies  
I just bought a 12"PB Rev A Combo refurb from Apple for $1199. I think it is about on par with the new ibook 12" except that I LOVE the amluminum construction!!
Posted by GeneShifter, on Oct 22, 2003 at 09:56 AM, in Mac Notebooks
That's what I get on my Rev A 12"PB. 1,343 Views / 20 Replies  
That's what I get on my Rev A 12"PB.
Posted by GeneShifter, on Oct 22, 2003 at 09:33 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Yeah, that was my first thought. But, looking at... 5,493 Views / 55 Replies  
Yeah, that was my first thought. But, looking at the fact that 12" is only available at 800 MHz seems limiting. I have the 867MHz 12"PB and I love it. It would suck, though, to have to go up to...
Posted by GeneShifter, on Oct 22, 2003 at 09:01 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Re: Re: 12" Albook heat 768 Views / 8 Replies  
Well I'll be...there are new ibooks. haha.
Posted by GeneShifter, on Oct 22, 2003 at 08:54 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Re: Apple Europen stores down 488 Views / 2 Replies  
That would be cool. I just got a 12"PB, so I will not be buying. But, the ibook is always so cool. Might just have to buy an ibook, too. ;)
Posted by GeneShifter, on Oct 22, 2003 at 08:22 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Re: 12" Albook heat 768 Views / 8 Replies  
By the way:

I had a Dell Inspiron 8100 laptop that would get so hot that I could not touch the thing underneath. I was scared that it would even catch the desk on fire. This 12"PB doesn't even...
Posted by GeneShifter, on Oct 22, 2003 at 08:19 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Re: 12" Albook heat 768 Views / 8 Replies  
I bought a 12"PB Rev A refurbished for cheap just recently, and I have almost no problems with the heat. I actually use the thing on my lap in shorts a lot. Maybe Apple fixed the problem or it was...
Posted by GeneShifter, on Oct 22, 2003 at 07:56 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Re: One thing that is going to make me switch back! 3,994 Views / 68 Replies  
Well, I am one of those anti-anti-aliasing people. I found that text is blurry in OSX. In fact, I didn't buy an Apple laptop until recently because I always though the text was a bit blurry and...
Posted by GeneShifter, on Oct 17, 2003 at 04:17 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Re: Re: Re: where is drand48() ??? 893 Views / 5 Replies  
I hear you. I'm going to upgrade to Panther as soon as I upgrade my card. Right now, I have the stock Rage128. I just got so busy with school, I didn't have time to fool around with it. I'm also...
Posted by GeneShifter, on Oct 10, 2003 at 02:27 PM, in Developer Center
Re: where is drand48() ??? 893 Views / 5 Replies  
Nevermind. Apple put it into the stdlib library as of Jaguar. That's what I get for not upgrading from 10.1.5 :rolleyes:

apple tech notes (http://developer.apple.com/technotes/tn2002/tn2053.html)
Posted by GeneShifter, on Oct 10, 2003 at 10:48 AM, in Developer Center
where is drand48() ??? 893 Views / 5 Replies  
Hi all:

need some help with finding drand48() random number generator. It seems that this may not be a part of the stdlib. Is this right? What can I do to use it if it's not a part of the...
Posted by GeneShifter, on Oct 10, 2003 at 09:47 AM, in Developer Center
Yeah, makes for a great sniper target!;) Too... 812 Views / 6 Replies  
Yeah, makes for a great sniper target!;) Too many crazies out there to be making oneself a target. Besides, everyone knows that buying something for attention is compensation for something else...
Posted by GeneShifter, on Apr 1, 2003 at 11:52 PM, in Mac Notebooks
That's a bad excuse. I deal with this with... 1,676 Views / 41 Replies  
That's a bad excuse. I deal with this with Windows and Linux and everything works great with all kinds of different hardware. Don't you think hardware manufacturers would do a good job of hardware...
Posted by GeneShifter, on Mar 6, 2003 at 01:40 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Too bad they make products and lie to people... 1,676 Views / 41 Replies  
Too bad they make products and lie to people about the specs.

By the way, I think that if Windows can run on everything like it does now, Apple can do the same, but even better. I have faith in...
Posted by GeneShifter, on Mar 5, 2003 at 07:08 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Yeah, that's what I've heard, too. Wonder... 1,676 Views / 41 Replies  
Yeah, that's what I've heard, too.

Wonder why Apple announces that it'll be 2x when they know full well that it can only be 1x. I think this has to do with the sheer thinness of the material...
Posted by GeneShifter, on Mar 5, 2003 at 02:24 PM, in Mac Notebooks
I do not know why you guys are surprised by this.... 1,676 Views / 41 Replies  
I do not know why you guys are surprised by this. Apple has been doing stuff like this to it's customers for a long time. And...they are about to do it again with the 17" AlPB being downgraded to...
Posted by GeneShifter, on Mar 5, 2003 at 10:45 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Can you say OS X on x86?? The day I can have OS X... 1,676 Views / 41 Replies  
Can you say OS X on x86?? The day I can have OS X on something other than apple hardware will be the greatest:D No more dealing with Apple's lies.
Posted by GeneShifter, on Mar 5, 2003 at 10:44 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Re: Real Quick Post: 17" whining! 2,489 Views / 50 Replies  
badnewsblair:

You are an idiot.

You meant to start a flame and you know it.
Posted by GeneShifter, on Feb 28, 2003 at 09:00 AM, in Mac Notebooks
I think that brings up another point about the... 3,504 Views / 55 Replies  
I think that brings up another point about the 12"PB that is a deal-breaker for me:

I love how the keyboard FEELS, but the letters are hard to see on the keys. I'm not the best typist in the...
Posted by GeneShifter, on Feb 23, 2003 at 09:49 AM, in Mac Notebooks
no kidding:rolleyes: I mean, c'mon, people... 938 Views / 5 Replies  
no kidding:rolleyes:

I mean, c'mon, people that age don't have a clue as to what's going on. I think any OS would give him problems. As of now, Mac OS X is the best choice, but, really, all...
Posted by GeneShifter, on Feb 20, 2003 at 09:49 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Agent: Love the sig ;) 578 Views / 3 Replies  
Agent:

Love the sig ;)
Posted by GeneShifter, on Feb 14, 2003 at 04:21 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Office v.X price !?! 1,592 Views / 32 Replies  
Are you sure that Office v.X academic price is $200? That sounds high. With my school (Univ of Texas), we get Office v.X for $7:D
Posted by GeneShifter, on Feb 13, 2003 at 09:26 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Re: Sick of poltics! 678 Views / 9 Replies  
Amen to that! Politics seems to be a bunch of elitists fighting for their own self-interests. I can't stand hearing political shows with the talking heads rambling on with their discourses as they...
Posted by GeneShifter, on Feb 9, 2003 at 05:56 PM, in MacNN Lounge
You know, this "mac faithful" stuff is kind of... 1,136 Views / 49 Replies  
You know, this "mac faithful" stuff is kind of scary.

It makes you guys sound like a bunch of pot-smoking religious zealots that would pay even if Apple was charging $2000 for Jaguar. I'm not...
Posted by GeneShifter, on Jul 21, 2002 at 03:02 PM, in macOS
Hey CRASH HARDDRIVE: Those "switch" people... 1,184 Views / 53 Replies  
Hey CRASH HARDDRIVE:

Those "switch" people are going to be *****ed* when they have to keep reinstalling Mac OS X over and over and over.....

Not much difference between Windows and Mac OS X: ...
Posted by GeneShifter, on Jul 4, 2002 at 11:55 PM, in Mac Notebooks
I think I see what you mean. If you look at the... 586 Views / 16 Replies  
I think I see what you mean. If you look at the picture of it opened up, the sides look a lot like the TiPB. Even the keyboard looks similar. Otherwise, it is different.
Posted by GeneShifter, on Jun 1, 2002 at 10:41 AM, in Mac Notebooks
The PC is always going to whoop the mac at web... 644 Views / 17 Replies  
The PC is always going to whoop the mac at web browsing and playing games. The mac is going to whoop the PC in everything else.

Such as? The only thing I can think of is looks. <img border="0"...
Posted by GeneShifter, on May 28, 2002 at 04:21 PM, in Mac Desktops
Sony/Dell doesn't compare their top of the line... 494 Views / 14 Replies  
Sony/Dell doesn't compare their top of the line computers to the powerbook because they couldn't care less what apple is doing! Dell sells more notebooks than any other pc maker...why would they...
Posted by GeneShifter, on May 28, 2002 at 12:57 PM, in Mac Notebooks
I was just thinking that you might want to get... 6,354 Views / 271 Replies  
I was just thinking that you might want to get that airport base station away from your brain! It's a little too close for an object giving out that amount of radiation. Just a thought. I have...
Posted by GeneShifter, on May 14, 2002 at 10:02 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Shadow: I think someone said something about... 476 Views / 7 Replies  
Shadow:
I think someone said something about using a very, VERY small drop of lubricant oil on theirs. I'm really not sure if it's a good idea or not, but I have read posts of the tight hinges...
Posted by GeneShifter, on May 11, 2002 at 02:20 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Shadow: I have some bad news for you...the... 476 Views / 7 Replies  
Shadow:

I have some bad news for you...the hinge problem and the chipping paint problem have not been solved. Read some other posts of new 800 owners and you'll see what I mean.
Posted by GeneShifter, on May 11, 2002 at 10:20 AM, in Mac Notebooks
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