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I have a sinking feeling that after the Surface... 886 Views / 6 Replies  
I have a sinking feeling that after the Surface launch, FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt) is always going to apply, by default, to all new Microsoft product announcements.
Posted by ggirton, on Oct 16, 2012 at 08:59 AM, in Tech News
I probably should not say anything, but Sandia... 300 Views / 2 Replies  
I probably should not say anything, but Sandia did not used to be in California, and i bet they haven't moved.
Posted by ggirton, on Oct 3, 2012 at 03:29 PM, in Tech News
I love the bite-out-of-the-apple idea for the... 1,982 Views / 13 Replies  
I love the bite-out-of-the-apple idea for the second hand. But I don't like the look of the clockface. Too bad it was obviously ripped off. I hope Apple has the good sense to 1. Pay the railway...
Posted by ggirton, on Sep 20, 2012 at 03:27 PM, in Tech News
"leaving the larger traditional hard drives for... 747 Views / 5 Replies  
"leaving the larger traditional hard drives for advanced users."


the more advanced the user, the better they can handle the large, traditional drives
Posted by ggirton, on Aug 22, 2012 at 01:30 PM, in Mac News
Apple's stock price should go down because they... 281 Views / 2 Replies  
Apple's stock price should go down because they missed out on a $16 million contract? That is a knee slapper!

I love the state department requirement that there be a central means of distribution...
Posted by ggirton, on Aug 17, 2012 at 09:51 PM, in Tech News
Microsoft will profit by selling tables that this... 391 Views / 2 Replies  
Microsoft will profit by selling tables that this product can be used on.
Posted by ggirton, on Aug 15, 2012 at 03:37 PM, in Tech News
I'll just say I've used Things Cloud sync... 475 Views / 4 Replies  
I'll just say I've used Things Cloud sync throughout the beta, and it has performed flawlessly, and is really quick across all 4 devices (2 macs a phone and an ipad). Version 2.0 brings new...
Posted by ggirton, on Aug 9, 2012 at 02:07 PM, in Tech News
Oops, the firm went bankrupt! Who could have... 1,048 Views / 8 Replies  
Oops, the firm went bankrupt! Who could have seen that coming?
Posted by ggirton, on Jul 23, 2012 at 08:35 AM, in Tech News
That is not a photo with the kit lens. 381 Views / 3 Replies  
That is not a photo with the kit lens.
Posted by ggirton, on Jul 23, 2012 at 08:34 AM, in Tech News
Without knowing the numbers for the laptop... 1,237 Views / 15 Replies  
Without knowing the numbers for the laptop platform, and the the PC platform, this survey is "relatively" meaningless. Besides, who cares how people use their iPads? they obviously ARE using them!
Posted by ggirton, on Jul 23, 2012 at 08:30 AM, in Tech News
Apple already has a policy of free recycling for... 397 Views / 6 Replies  
Apple already has a policy of free recycling for its old gear. Go to the Apple store, and personnel will show you how to log onto their website and they mail you a free mailer. If your computer is...
Posted by ggirton, on Jul 19, 2012 at 01:40 PM, in Tech News
A trusted source ... trusted by whom? 321 Views / 1 Replies  
A trusted source ... trusted by whom?
Posted by ggirton, on Jul 12, 2012 at 03:29 PM, in Tech News
of cours eapple's refurbs are something special... 5,069 Views / 74 Replies  
of cours eapple's refurbs are something special -- because i got them and i didn't get dell, dude! first the cube, then the powerbook, then the macbook pro, a 17 inch baby. as far as i ctan tell,...
Posted by ggirton, on Apr 29, 2007 at 12:02 PM, in Mac Desktops
12 inch MacbookPro 8,767 Views / 62 Replies  
Imagining for a moment what would be the most fun thing to unveil, if you were Steve Jobs, as the "oh, just one more thing," I'd say it's a tossup between a two-pound MacBook Pro (a real beauty which...
Posted by ggirton, on Dec 6, 2006 at 12:47 PM, in Mac Notebooks
i stand corrected! 8,587 Views / 59 Replies  
I am starting to think the best way to get a core2duo into play is the iMac, the 24 inch it has so many advantages over the MBP. Just consider...

1. 24 inch screen
2. 250G hard drive (NOT a mere...
Posted by ggirton, on Oct 10, 2006 at 05:26 PM, in Mac Notebooks
I am starting to think the best way to get a... 8,587 Views / 59 Replies  
I am starting to think the best way to get a core2duo into play is the iMac, the 24 inch it has so many advantages over the MBP. Just consider...

1. 24 inch screen
2. 160G hard drive
3. Can...
Posted by ggirton, on Oct 6, 2006 at 06:12 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Merom is a Must 6,940 Views / 61 Replies  
Of course Merom is a must, it will set a new baseline. Integer is much faster, it has a bigger cache, and it is lower power and theerfore lower heat. Of course, to distinguish the new MBPro in...
Posted by ggirton, on Jul 12, 2006 at 06:11 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Amazon Rebate 8,045 Views / 81 Replies  
I am so sorry to hear that Amazon is still screwing people on rebates. I had the same experience with a photoshop upgrade a couple years ago, and vowed I would never fall for an Amazon rebate again....
Posted by ggirton, on Feb 5, 2005 at 06:41 PM, in Mac Notebooks
New Powerbooks with TIGER 10.4 16,438 Views / 106 Replies  
An interesting possibility is that new powerbooks will accompany TIGer 10.4, fully tested and optimized for a new graphics subsystem. Portable, and amazingly fast.

This is going to be somewhat of...
Posted by ggirton, on Nov 6, 2004 at 01:37 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Amazon Rebate? Be Careful... 11,045 Views / 121 Replies  
I got my Photoshop 7 upgrade through Amazon, supposedly was going to get a rebate, plus a book.

It never happened!
Posted by ggirton, on Oct 29, 2004 at 06:47 PM, in Mac Notebooks
New Faster Chip!! 3,615 Views / 42 Replies  
I love reading PowerBook rumors. If you post a rumor, I'll read it. My favorite umor of the past year was how IBM was going to skip directly to 45 nm for chip manufacture. So obviously false! I...
Posted by ggirton, on Oct 3, 2004 at 02:17 PM, in Mac Notebooks
print the shortcuts,post them on your desk 579 Views / 6 Replies  
I copied out the help for some keys, printed it, then
taped it to my monitor. Including the astonishing
key sequence control-command-option 8 (mash 8)
which switches to white on black, so at last...
Posted by ggirton, on Oct 3, 2004 at 01:07 PM, in Mac Notebooks
trailing edge 12,402 Views / 85 Replies  
This is an excellent chance to become trailing edge!

The difference between a powerbook purchased today and one tomorrow? Miniscule compared to the powerbook of 2 or 3 years from now.

In your...
Posted by ggirton, on Sep 27, 2004 at 11:03 PM, in Mac Notebooks
External Drive!!!!! 12,402 Views / 85 Replies  
This is what that funny little plug socket on the side of the computer is for, so you can plug in a bigger drive (firewire). And you know what, this actually works!
Posted by ggirton, on Sep 24, 2004 at 05:40 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Have Mercy! Put Tiger on it and it's mine all... 24,726 Views / 113 Replies  
Have Mercy! Put Tiger on it and it's mine all mine!!
Posted by ggirton, on Aug 28, 2004 at 04:03 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Not dual core, declining stocke, then what? 24,726 Views / 113 Replies  
A dual core G4 isn't consistent with the timing of the freescale chip announcement, not for a new powerbook in the next 45 days. Since
Apple is obviously not going to discontinue the 17-inch screen,...
Posted by ggirton, on Aug 28, 2004 at 02:38 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Can small be fast, too? 24,726 Views / 113 Replies  
It's pretty hard to make up my mind on this powerbook question. Is there a reason Apple doesn't offer a 1.5 GHz 12-inch powerbook? It seems like how fast your computer is ought to be a choice you can...
Posted by ggirton, on Aug 26, 2004 at 07:46 PM, in Mac Notebooks
G4, 32M for QExtreme, 12 inch screen, period. ... 804 Views / 41 Replies  
G4, 32M for QExtreme, 12 inch screen, period.

I'm with Eug on this one. I'd get the fastest clock I could on this one, too. What I'm looking for is something that's fast enough I don't have to...
Posted by ggirton, on May 18, 2002 at 01:54 AM, in Mac Notebooks
You can export from the Palm Desktop, there's a... 503 Views / 6 Replies  
You can export from the Palm Desktop, there's a VCard format dropdown. It gives a weird kind of V-like single vcard file, but if you put it in your contacts folder it goes over to the iPod.
Posted by ggirton, on Mar 22, 2002 at 02:29 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
Thanks, that is just what I was looking for! It... 505 Views / 4 Replies  
Thanks, that is just what I was looking for! It seems like my Mac will probably recognize the FAT filesystem, which I think is limited to only 2G of space.

Since I have a 20G drive, I would have...
Posted by ggirton, on Mar 12, 2002 at 01:11 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
FireWire to Windows and Back 505 Views / 4 Replies  
So, who formatS first mac or windows?
Or does it even matter?

When I put my Firewire drive in and partition it I only have
4 options: unused (not 4 me), classic MacoSX, Extended OSX,
and Unix...
Posted by ggirton, on Mar 9, 2002 at 03:36 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
I'm very happy with my Maxtor 160G. I think... 597 Views / 6 Replies  
I'm very happy with my Maxtor 160G.
I think that will meet your criterion of
80G or greater.

One thing to be aware of: you can't plug it
into a Windows computer and keep your data:
many...
Posted by ggirton, on Mar 9, 2002 at 03:27 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
Sharity really DOES enable connection with NT... 748 Views / 21 Replies  
Sharity really DOES enable connection with NT server but it didn't connect to an administrative share as I specified, it could only see the shared folders on NT server. The documentation was a little...
Posted by ggirton, on Mar 30, 2001 at 11:37 AM, in macOS
Now that you bring it up I totally agree that... 415 Views / 6 Replies  
Now that you bring it up I totally agree that more RAM could reduce system heat by minimizing hard drive access. I had only been thinking of the extra row(s?) of chips having electrical current run...
Posted by ggirton, on Feb 6, 2001 at 11:47 AM, in Mac Desktops
The possibility of adding an external firewire... 415 Views / 6 Replies  
The possibility of adding an external firewire drive later on would certainly simplify things http://forums.macnn.com/cgi-bin/smile.gif

But with power brick, keyboardmouse and speakers, not to...
Posted by ggirton, on Feb 6, 2001 at 02:52 AM, in Mac Desktops
help me build a dream 1G/75G cube!! 415 Views / 6 Replies  
or you can tell me why its a bad idea (i worry so much) ...

nothing spiffs up a computer's performance like extra RAM, i was just wondering if 1G would over-work the cube's convection cooling. i...
Posted by ggirton, on Feb 5, 2001 at 02:34 PM, in Mac Desktops
I'm pretty happy with Illustrator 9, but then I... 584 Views / 17 Replies  
I'm pretty happy with Illustrator 9, but then I never had 8 to compare it with, and I'm not using it in production, but just to learn illustrator. I tried Freehand, and found that it had a really...
Posted by ggirton, on Oct 24, 2000 at 12:11 PM, in Applications
G4 cube ship dates have slipped? Not according to... 1,724 Views / 114 Replies  
G4 cube ship dates have slipped? Not according to the apple store, still pegged right in there at 21 days, just like last week. One of these days my mouse is going to slip and I'll skip right through...
Posted by ggirton, on Jul 29, 2000 at 01:40 PM, in Mac Desktops
beeH, you are so lucky that you have experienced... 646 Views / 40 Replies  
beeH, you are so lucky that you have experienced the hocky puck and the old keyboard, now when you get the new one your brain will make the comparison and get smarter just on that basis.

While...
Posted by ggirton, on Jul 19, 2000 at 08:56 PM, in Mac Desktops
I love the cube. It's the perfect match for my 19... 793 Views / 34 Replies  
I love the cube. It's the perfect match for my 19 inch vga monitor on the server the kitchen. I can just run the ethernet down into the hub, and be surfing. The small size really answers my wife's...
Posted by ggirton, on Jul 19, 2000 at 08:52 PM, in Mac Desktops
Say, BooBooBear, do you think you might get an... 629 Views / 17 Replies  
Say, BooBooBear, do you think you might get an ethernet card for your PC and connect the PC and the iMac with an ethernet cable? The Superdisk idea is a really good one for transfer, but for...
Posted by ggirton, on Dec 9, 1999 at 02:08 AM, in Mac Desktops
for a cool quicktime movie, I like "All about... 668 Views / 15 Replies  
for a cool quicktime movie, I like "All about Bongos" that kalanimusic.com made, maybe it is still on his site
Posted by ggirton, on Dec 7, 1999 at 01:19 PM, in Mac Desktops
Felix, relent... and show her how you think... 503 Views / 16 Replies  
Felix, relent... and show her how you think different. Maybe offer to take her to the hi-tech boat show? I'm sure she will appreciate the catalytic converters, n'est-ce pas?

PARIS...A high-tech...
Posted by ggirton, on Nov 19, 1999 at 07:19 PM, in Mac Desktops
Apple Store told me a week ago last Friday that... 541 Views / 23 Replies  
Apple Store told me a week ago last Friday that iMacs coming out of manufacturing early the following week would have OS-9. Call me crazy but I don't want to do an OS upgrade the very first thing...
Posted by ggirton, on Nov 17, 1999 at 01:36 AM, in Mac Desktops
 
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