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I recieved my Vyper XS2 a little while back, and... 378,713 Views / 581 Replies  
I recieved my Vyper XS2 a little while back, and I have to admit, I'm not all that impressed. The pictures make the sleeve look like it protects more than it really is... I thought it would be very...
Posted by kashirat, on Jul 24, 2006 at 03:10 AM, in Mac Notebooks
For any Canadians who are looking for the Vyper... 378,713 Views / 581 Replies  
For any Canadians who are looking for the Vyper XS2, ReadyAndSold, one of booq's resellers ReadyAndSold will have them soon. They're in the Ontario region:
...
Posted by kashirat, on Jul 11, 2006 at 10:23 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Shipping to the states of to Canada? I'm in... 378,713 Views / 581 Replies  
Shipping to the states of to Canada? I'm in Canada :P Apparently Fedex International costs an arm and a leg.
Posted by kashirat, on Jul 11, 2006 at 12:10 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Holy... I was all excited that the XS2 was... 378,713 Views / 581 Replies  
Holy... I was all excited that the XS2 was available on booq's site, got up to the order screen and noticed they're charging $55 to SHIP the #!@%!$ case!! good lord... that is MORE than the case...
Posted by kashirat, on Jul 10, 2006 at 11:00 PM, in Mac Notebooks
I found (using my powerbook G4) that 1gb of... 1,377 Views / 13 Replies  
I found (using my powerbook G4) that 1gb of memory was nearly enough, about 75% of the time. If you're just using your machine casually, safari, mail, ical it should be less than 1gb memory usage.
...
Posted by kashirat, on May 26, 2006 at 06:28 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Yup, same here. I'm hoping as we use it more it... 1,559 Views / 19 Replies  
Yup, same here. I'm hoping as we use it more it will wear away... or else I might have to take a fine file to it ;p
Posted by kashirat, on May 26, 2006 at 06:25 PM, in Mac Notebooks
The only thing so far I don't like is the edge on... 1,377 Views / 13 Replies  
The only thing so far I don't like is the edge on the keyboard (where your hands are resting), feels rather sharp and not very comfortable.. I'm hoping after some period of use it'll smooth out a...
Posted by kashirat, on May 26, 2006 at 05:06 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Where to get started...? Writing Drivers; 694 Views / 1 Replies  
Hey all,

I just got a logitech mx5000 combo and discovered that it won't work natively with my powerbook's bluetooth module. When connected through bluetooth, the volume slider works, but the...
Posted by kashirat, on Mar 15, 2006 at 02:31 AM, in Developer Center
Aye, I've seen that screen as well, but it... 535 Views / 2 Replies  
Aye, I've seen that screen as well, but it doesn't auto-run or anything when a usb keyboard is hooked up or anything..
Posted by kashirat, on Jul 11, 2005 at 10:50 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Auto detecting keyboard layouts? 535 Views / 2 Replies  
Is there any way to get OS X to auto-detect the keyboard layout based on which keyboard you're using? It's driving me nuts switching back and forth from my usb keyboard and my powerbook keyboard and...
Posted by kashirat, on Jul 11, 2005 at 01:59 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Nope, not using iPhoto.. The card mounts in the... 752 Views / 8 Replies  
Nope, not using iPhoto.. The card mounts in the finder and I just try to copy the files from the card to hard drive.
Posted by kashirat, on Jun 1, 2005 at 10:26 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Hmm, mine is a Sandisk PC Card adapter too..... 752 Views / 8 Replies  
Hmm, mine is a Sandisk PC Card adapter too.. perhaps the problem is there.

The PC Card is supposed to be slightly faster than a usb2 card reader but if it locks up the machine then the USB2 card...
Posted by kashirat, on Jun 1, 2005 at 09:10 AM, in Mac Notebooks
It happens both on my 2GB 40x Lexar and a regualr... 752 Views / 8 Replies  
It happens both on my 2GB 40x Lexar and a regualr 256 sandisk...
Posted by kashirat, on Jun 1, 2005 at 02:21 AM, in Mac Notebooks
eh? 752 Views / 8 Replies  
eh?
Posted by kashirat, on Jun 1, 2005 at 01:25 AM, in Mac Notebooks
PC Card - Compact Flash Issues? 752 Views / 8 Replies  
I have a PC Card Compact flash adapter and use it to download photos from my camera to my powerbook (AL 15" 1.5 ghz 2 GB ram, 9700 w/ 128mb). The card mounts fine, but whenever I try to start...
Posted by kashirat, on May 30, 2005 at 10:21 PM, in Mac Notebooks
anyone? 549 Views / 4 Replies  
anyone?
Posted by kashirat, on May 9, 2005 at 01:32 PM, in Mac Notebooks
PC Card slows machine? 549 Views / 4 Replies  
I just purchased a PC Card to Compact Flash adapter, and when I'm trying to pull files off the compact flash, the file transfer slows Tiger to a crawl. CPU usage shoots up to 100%.

Is this...
Posted by kashirat, on May 9, 2005 at 01:55 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Ahhhhh my student dev account expires April 30th!... 7,188 Views / 102 Replies  
Ahhhhh my student dev account expires April 30th! What timing! :brick:
Posted by kashirat, on Apr 12, 2005 at 12:36 PM, in macOS
Aye... does anyone know the exact details of how... 604 Views / 7 Replies  
Aye... does anyone know the exact details of how the powerbook detects whether it is 'closed' or not?

Would live to find a way to work around this until I have a chance to actually send it away...
Posted by kashirat, on Mar 11, 2005 at 01:59 AM, in Mac Notebooks
No the fan isn't coming on regularly. Looks like... 604 Views / 7 Replies  
No the fan isn't coming on regularly. Looks like I'll be bringing it in to get it repaired again.. It gets so bad at times when you're trying to start up the machine that it'll keep going in and out...
Posted by kashirat, on Mar 10, 2005 at 02:52 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Its on 15 minutes when on battery... but it is... 604 Views / 7 Replies  
Its on 15 minutes when on battery... but it is sleeping even when I'm in the middle of working on the machine...
Posted by kashirat, on Mar 9, 2005 at 11:01 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Powerbook problems - sudden sleeping? 604 Views / 7 Replies  
Hey all,

I just had my powerbook repaired (had problems with the lower memory slot not recognizing memory). The logic board was replaced. Now, however, my powerbook likes to (randomly) go to...
Posted by kashirat, on Mar 9, 2005 at 10:49 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Hehe yeah I tried deleting / reinstalling too. ... 1,120 Views / 7 Replies  
Hehe yeah I tried deleting / reinstalling too. Although it did seem to improve my performance by a bit, but the ram is still fixed (unfortunately :( ) Thanks for your help Cincy ;)
Posted by kashirat, on Mar 3, 2005 at 07:56 PM, in Gaming
- Distance is at its lowest - I'm on cable -... 1,120 Views / 7 Replies  
- Distance is at its lowest
- I'm on cable
- I'm on full performance mode (no scaling back of the processor)
- I have ample disk space on my system drive for paging (should it happen.. but it...
Posted by kashirat, on Mar 3, 2005 at 05:21 PM, in Gaming
WoW issues, anyone have the same? 1,120 Views / 7 Replies  
Hey everyone,

I'm trying to play WoW on my PB G4 15" 1.5 ghz with 2 gigs of memory.. I seem to be getting pretty bad (~10ish) frame rates even at 800 x whatever resolution (its not exactly 800.....
Posted by kashirat, on Mar 2, 2005 at 01:13 AM, in Gaming
Gah -- Memory issues! 589 Views / 2 Replies  
Hey all,

I got on that outpost.com deal for the 1GB sticks awhile ago. I've been running smoothly with ~2 gigs of memory for a couple months now.. but just yesterday i noticed that it was only...
Posted by kashirat, on Feb 8, 2005 at 04:04 AM, in Mac Notebooks
4.1 speakers on Powerbook? 875 Views / 9 Replies  
On my Powerbook (15" 1.5ghz..) there are two 1/8" audio jacks on the side, one for mic, one for headphones..

I'm trying to figure out a way to hook up my 4.1 speakers up to it without having to...
Posted by kashirat, on Dec 27, 2004 at 01:45 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Got my memory today.. everything is running nice... 81,746 Views / 651 Replies  
Got my memory today.. everything is running nice and smoothly so far.

I upgraded from 512 -> 2 GB and OH MAN what a huge difference. There is no lagging now.. I can have all my apps open and...
Posted by kashirat, on Dec 3, 2004 at 02:09 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Re: Re: Shipped! 81,746 Views / 651 Replies  
Ugh, I take it that no one else who has been on back order has received a shipping notice??

I hope Outpost isn't sending me broken memory or something :brick:
Posted by kashirat, on Nov 7, 2004 at 05:03 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Shipped! 81,746 Views / 651 Replies  
After practically 2 months of being back ordered they're finally shipping my order for the memory! Looks like they finally got their shipment in! WOOT! :D

'kash
Posted by kashirat, on Nov 6, 2004 at 01:47 PM, in Mac Notebooks
My question was actually more related to the... 920 Views / 14 Replies  
My question was actually more related to the positioning of the given wallpaper given an arrangment (in software) and one large wallpaper that could potentially span both monitors... rather than 2...
Posted by kashirat, on Jun 17, 2004 at 05:10 PM, in macOS
Sorry, what I actually meant was 'from the... 920 Views / 14 Replies  
Sorry, what I actually meant was 'from the developer point of view', if there were any technical flaws in the brief algorithm...

But I suppose that would be more for the Developer forum. Ignore...
Posted by kashirat, on Jun 17, 2004 at 02:54 PM, in macOS
Well, since you _know_ the resolutions of the... 920 Views / 14 Replies  
Well, since you _know_ the resolutions of the monitors and the arrangement of them, you can calculate outer bounds of both monitors together and show only portions of the wallpapers depending on...
Posted by kashirat, on Jun 17, 2004 at 02:06 PM, in macOS
I realize you could do this, but it would be so... 920 Views / 14 Replies  
I realize you could do this, but it would be so much more powerful/managable if OSX were able to draw the appropriate background depending on the arrangement of your monitors... That way you could...
Posted by kashirat, on Jun 16, 2004 at 02:40 AM, in macOS
Dual Monitor, single wallpaper? 920 Views / 14 Replies  
Does anyone know whether it is possible to have one wallpaper span across two monitors?

For example, have a 3200 x 1024 image that spans across both monitors...

Thanks :)

kashirat
Posted by kashirat, on Jun 16, 2004 at 02:10 AM, in macOS
Ooooh.. *whew*. I breathe a sigh of relief. ... 688 Views / 3 Replies  
Ooooh.. *whew*. I breathe a sigh of relief.

Thanks much :)
Posted by kashirat, on May 21, 2004 at 12:59 AM, in macOS
AHHH goign crazy!! 688 Views / 3 Replies  
OSX keeps on popping up with:

'Internet connect

The connection has failed because you have not entered a telephone number.'

But nothing in internet connect is filled up, I am connecting by...
Posted by kashirat, on May 21, 2004 at 12:04 AM, in macOS
Adium is the first one I've tried, and its the... 2,834 Views / 58 Replies  
Adium is the first one I've tried, and its the one I've stuck with so far. I love how the contact list resizes. The program, aesthetically is well designed and the interface is clean.

Having...
Posted by kashirat, on May 19, 2004 at 12:13 PM, in Applications
Sticky: I too, would like to see some pictures and such,... 755,243 Views / 1,155 Replies  
I too, would like to see some pictures and such, if you could. Does the backpack fit an Al15"? By the specs on the page they do apparently, but it would be nice if we had some verbal...
Posted by kashirat, on May 14, 2004 at 12:38 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Programming for OSX, Mouse Controls 671 Views / 2 Replies  
Hey all,

I'm looking to write some sort of plugin that will modify mouse+keyboard interactions in _all_ of OSX, but I don't really know where to start. The docs on the apple site seem pretty big,...
Posted by kashirat, on May 13, 2004 at 02:02 PM, in Developer Center
Nevermind this post sorry [NT] 421 Views / 0 Replies  
[errrrr, this shouldn't be here, sorry.. moved to developers forum]
Posted by kashirat, on May 13, 2004 at 02:01 PM, in Applications
Got my powerbook! Have more questions.... 547 Views / 2 Replies  
Hey all,

So first impressions, this thing is WICKED!!! The move switch has been so smooth I have yet to miss anything from my windows box. I've only found one stuck pixel but it seems...
Posted by kashirat, on May 13, 2004 at 10:09 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Re: Re: New Switcher, Questions 746 Views / 4 Replies  
Yah, the brenthaven backpacks are really solid and sturdily made, from what I saw at the store here... It seemed as though it could withstand just about any drop in that bag :P But then its rather...
Posted by kashirat, on May 12, 2004 at 02:01 AM, in Mac Notebooks
New Switcher, Questions 746 Views / 4 Replies  
Hey all,

I bought a 15" AL Powerbook last week after practically a year of drooling and wishing I had Mac OSX/a powerbook! I've been using PC's my whole life, but it hasn't been until OSX that...
Posted by kashirat, on May 11, 2004 at 12:57 PM, in Mac Notebooks
 
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