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Good Luck in Taiwan 2,779 Views / 17 Replies  
Lived there for a while.. Travel there frequently, as my wife is Taiwanese... Taipei is now totally wireless, so your new macbook should work like a Pro.......Also too... Most coffee houses offer...
Posted by cornwallstone, on Jul 10, 2006 at 12:50 AM, in Mac Notebooks
And with this nice little app.... 1,853 Views / 16 Replies  
Remote Buddy http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/productivity_tools/remotebuddy.html
you can run more than just a dvd or mp3 with your laptop lid closed using your remote...You can run a variety...
Posted by cornwallstone, on Jul 10, 2006 at 12:39 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Yet another...... 3,331 Views / 17 Replies  
Yet another... (http://www.123macmini.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6303)
Posted by cornwallstone, on Jun 12, 2006 at 09:51 PM, in Mac Desktops
This Mini owner thought so... 840 Views / 8 Replies  
This Mini owner thought so (http://homepage.mac.com/macaholicg5/PhotoAlbum12.html).

I didn't mean it was me
Posted by cornwallstone, on Jun 12, 2006 at 07:54 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Thanks for the review. Lightning just took out... 755 Views / 4 Replies  
Thanks for the review. Lightning just took out the FusionHDTV USB Gold on my 1920 x1200 Dell laptop (connected to an outdoor OTA antenna) feeding BeyondTV4. The Dell and the USB hub powering the...
Posted by cornwallstone, on Jun 9, 2006 at 06:38 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
Certainly, if you're using more than 1GB of... 1,516 Views / 11 Replies  
Certainly, if you're using more than 1GB of memory, a 1GB stick with a 512MB stick will be faster than swapping out to disk with two 512MB sticks. However, if you aren't using more than 1GB, the...
Posted by cornwallstone, on Jun 9, 2006 at 11:14 AM, in Mac Notebooks
There's nothing wrong with using rewritable media... 5,509 Views / 79 Replies  
There's nothing wrong with using rewritable media for backup as long as you have lots of them (ipods and flash drives). Using only one would be like having a tape drive with only one tape in the...
Posted by cornwallstone, on Jun 8, 2006 at 05:39 PM, in Mac Notebooks
If I was buying a notebook to be used aboard a... 5,509 Views / 79 Replies  
If I was buying a notebook to be used aboard a small cruising sailboat or in a small RV, for its space and power savings, I'd want at least the slow, single-layer DVD burner inside the MacBook,...
Posted by cornwallstone, on Jun 8, 2006 at 04:42 PM, in Mac Notebooks
I agree with the 1.83 for student use since you... 636 Views / 5 Replies  
I agree with the 1.83 for student use since you have the PC. I don't think the $45 educational pricing for the 80GB hard drive is too bad, and I prefer the cooler 5400 rpm for notebooks. Nor is the...
Posted by cornwallstone, on Jun 8, 2006 at 12:16 PM, in Mac Notebooks
The first time they put a fan in it (the SE), the... 2,073 Views / 31 Replies  
The first time they put a fan in it (the SE), the fan caused wavering of the image on the monitor screen. I had one of those. The replacement fan was a little better, but they eventually had to...
Posted by cornwallstone, on Jun 7, 2006 at 08:42 PM, in Mac Desktops
Open the System Monitor application and click on... 2,073 Views / 31 Replies  
Open the System Monitor application and click on the CPU tab. Then click on the %CPU column label to sort processes using the most to be at the top.

Open the Terminal application and enter the...
Posted by cornwallstone, on Jun 7, 2006 at 11:12 AM, in Mac Desktops
I don't have a problem viewing the QTHD trailers... 816 Views / 6 Replies  
I don't have a problem viewing the QTHD trailers in OS-X. When "Actual Size" is selected, the width of the window frame on the left side shifts the picture off-screen a little on the right, but when...
Posted by cornwallstone, on Jun 1, 2006 at 04:34 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Wait for Apple to ship the iMac with Core 2 Duo,... 5,257 Views / 81 Replies  
Wait for Apple to ship the iMac with Core 2 Duo, sometime after Intel releases it in Sept...

but by that time, Leopard will almost be out, so better wait for that rather than have to turn around...
Posted by cornwallstone, on Jun 1, 2006 at 04:02 PM, in Mac Desktops
From this I take it the Core Solo Mini plays 720p... 937 Views / 12 Replies  
From this I take it the Core Solo Mini plays 720p about as well as the Core Duo Mini plays 1080p.
Posted by cornwallstone, on Jun 1, 2006 at 10:53 AM, in Mac Desktops
I can tell you that with a 2GB 1.66 Core-Duo,... 937 Views / 12 Replies  
I can tell you that with a 2GB 1.66 Core-Duo, that trailer barely plays without noticable frame drops, but frame rate does drop to 12-13 fps in a couple of scenes where there are large schools of...
Posted by cornwallstone, on Jun 1, 2006 at 08:51 AM, in Mac Desktops
Amen! With the same size memory in both slots. 937 Views / 12 Replies  
Amen! With the same size memory in both slots.
Posted by cornwallstone, on May 31, 2006 at 03:59 PM, in Mac Desktops
Not according to Intel. You don't get dual... 6,149 Views / 24 Replies  
Not according to Intel. You don't get dual channel performance PERIOD. Read how the memory is handled. The two banks are used serially.



No, dual-channel performance can't be had. Even if...
Posted by cornwallstone, on May 31, 2006 at 08:40 AM, in Mac Notebooks
It isn't trivial (i.e. designed to be... 912 Views / 4 Replies  
It isn't trivial (i.e. designed to be user-replacable as with other Macs), and there are plenty of opportunities to screw up, but with care, it IS possible. Watch the appropriate video at Other...
Posted by cornwallstone, on May 30, 2006 at 12:21 PM, in Mac Desktops
This statement contradicts Intel's documentation:... 6,149 Views / 24 Replies  
This statement contradicts Intel's documentation:

Mobile Intel 945 Express Chipset Family Datasheet

http://download.intel.com/design/mobile/datashts/30921902.pdf

Page 353

The entire IGD...
Posted by cornwallstone, on May 30, 2006 at 11:58 AM, in Mac Notebooks
I can't help you except to point to a couple of... 1,051 Views / 5 Replies  
I can't help you except to point to a couple of threads indicating you aren't alone...

New mac mini -> hdmi 1080i to sxrd (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=655308)

Official 2005...
Posted by cornwallstone, on May 29, 2006 at 01:40 PM, in Mac Desktops
If you want your Mini to be all it can be... ... 4,718 Views / 16 Replies  
If you want your Mini to be all it can be...

Mobile Intel 945 Express Chipset Family Datasheet

http://download.intel.com/design/mobile/datashts/30921902.pdf

Page 353

The entire IGD...
Posted by cornwallstone, on May 24, 2006 at 01:11 PM, in Mac Desktops
As I've posted here before, my Mini is dead... 2,073 Views / 31 Replies  
As I've posted here before, my Mini is dead silent. I've run it at 200% (100% on both cores) for up to 10 minutes where it finally got to cycling around 78-83 degrees C and the fan never came on......
Posted by cornwallstone, on May 23, 2006 at 02:22 PM, in Mac Desktops
Cables To Go (http://www.cablestogo.com/) 654 Views / 5 Replies  
Cables To Go (http://www.cablestogo.com/)
Posted by cornwallstone, on May 22, 2006 at 09:21 PM, in Mac Desktops
Besides the Mini listed below, I have both 3.2... 1,288 Views / 10 Replies  
Besides the Mini listed below, I have both 3.2 and 3.6 P4 desktops, and a 2.0 M notebook. Like the Mini, the desktops have 2GB of memory, but the notebook has 1GB.

I haven't done any objective...
Posted by cornwallstone, on May 22, 2006 at 10:30 AM, in Mac Desktops
Glossy is fine on photographs and desktop... 6,473 Views / 75 Replies  
Glossy is fine on photographs and desktop monitors displayed in environments where you can control the lighting. Putting it on a notebook, designed to travel to places where you can't, is about the...
Posted by cornwallstone, on May 21, 2006 at 09:27 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Many do it, but I'm a little gunshy about putting... 918 Views / 7 Replies  
Many do it, but I'm a little gunshy about putting a hard drive/port exapnder under my Mini because of the experience I've had doing HDTV (Fusion HDTV USB) on a 1920 x 1200 2GHz Dell notebook,...
Posted by cornwallstone, on May 21, 2006 at 08:59 PM, in Mac Desktops
Mine is dead silent. I have to get my ear within... 918 Views / 7 Replies  
Mine is dead silent. I have to get my ear within about 9" of the case to barely be able to hear the hard drive spinning. The air coming out the back is fairly warm, and seems to be moving only...
Posted by cornwallstone, on May 21, 2006 at 01:08 PM, in Mac Desktops
I got 5 years each out of two 68XXX Macs, and was... 1,049 Views / 18 Replies  
I got 5 years each out of two 68XXX Macs, and was left behind on the second, which continued to do for years what it always had done with System 7, long after the PPC and System 8 were out. When...
Posted by cornwallstone, on May 20, 2006 at 10:47 AM, in Mac Desktops
The great thing about computers is they stop... 1,049 Views / 18 Replies  
The great thing about computers is they stop getting slower when you stop upgrading their software. Then they'll last forever as long as you can get replacements for failed parts. And they can even...
Posted by cornwallstone, on May 20, 2006 at 09:45 AM, in Mac Desktops
With a little luck, it won't be either/or for me.... 4,718 Views / 16 Replies  
With a little luck, it won't be either/or for me. I loved the iBook I borrowed for a summer a few years ago, and know the MacBook is even better. But I also have a lot of experience with notebooks,...
Posted by cornwallstone, on May 17, 2006 at 07:53 PM, in Mac Desktops
Just curious... are you still running just 512MB... 4,718 Views / 16 Replies  
Just curious... are you still running just 512MB of memory? I don't see any lag when rotating Front Row. Don't "see" any dropped frames in the 1080p trailers with fullscreen QT either. I DO see...
Posted by cornwallstone, on May 17, 2006 at 07:21 PM, in Mac Desktops
I guess I might be if I had to run a big graphics... 4,718 Views / 16 Replies  
I guess I might be if I had to run a big graphics application under Rosetta, but I'm pretty happy with the 1.66 playing the 1080 QT trailers on the 23" display.
Posted by cornwallstone, on May 16, 2006 at 08:00 PM, in Mac Desktops
Not when you consider memory and disk upgrades...... 4,718 Views / 16 Replies  
Not when you consider memory and disk upgrades...

$2,067 - MacBook, 2.00 Core-Duo, SuperDrive, 2GB memory, 120GB hard drive, mini-DVI to DVI adapter, 13.3" 1280 x 800 display

$2,122 - Mac Mini,...
Posted by cornwallstone, on May 16, 2006 at 07:57 PM, in Mac Desktops
Try this link... 38,385 Views / 614 Replies  
Try this link (http://www.seminars.apple.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/ASPRegistration.woa/wa/eventDetails?eventId=45540&s=300).
Posted by cornwallstone, on May 8, 2006 at 12:54 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Mac Hammer Fan, keep in mind the Core Duo is only... 2,837 Views / 47 Replies  
Mac Hammer Fan, keep in mind the Core Duo is only $100 more than a Core Solo with the Superdrive option and same size hard drive. I've never regretted buying more processor, more memory or more...
Posted by cornwallstone, on May 4, 2006 at 01:37 PM, in Mac Desktops
Those are the base model capacities, Core Solo... 797 Views / 7 Replies  
Those are the base model capacities, Core Solo and Core Duo respectively. Optional are 100 or 120 GB capacities. My 120 GB is a Seagate Momentus 5400.2, ST9120821AS...
Posted by cornwallstone, on May 4, 2006 at 01:26 PM, in Mac Desktops
 
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