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The quickest way to look a little better is... 675 Views / 2 Replies  
The quickest way to look a little better is change the gamma setting. Go into easy calibration mode and select 2.2 Gamma. Everything should be bluer and feel sharper and less fuzzy.

Or download a...
Posted by electric monk, on Apr 7, 2005 at 10:33 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Gotcha. By the way Space Empires 5 will be... 805 Views / 3 Replies  
Gotcha.

By the way Space Empires 5 will be ported to the Mac if we ever get a Delphi compiler.

And yes, MOO does rock. Just thought that there might be some other stuff out there that I missed.
Posted by electric monk, on Mar 15, 2005 at 12:19 PM, in Gaming
Space 4x Games 805 Views / 3 Replies  
Are there any good ones for the Mac?

I've played Spaceward Ho! (simplistic IMHO of course).
Galactica AD (Weak interface, too much Air Traffic Controllers in space)
Star Conquest (Pointlessly...
Posted by electric monk, on Mar 11, 2005 at 06:19 PM, in Gaming
Yeah but it only works with contacts and in the... 1,126 Views / 6 Replies  
Yeah but it only works with contacts and in the future the calendar.
Posted by electric monk, on Mar 6, 2005 at 06:53 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
Actually it's a little of both. Apple's iSync is... 1,126 Views / 6 Replies  
Actually it's a little of both. Apple's iSync is hosed without full SyncML support. Motorola however uses a weird OBEX despite chairing the committee standards.

Should be solved with Tiger though....
Posted by electric monk, on Mar 4, 2005 at 05:42 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
First Apple does the hard drive protection a... 1,022 Views / 7 Replies  
First Apple does the hard drive protection a different way then IBM, but achieves the same affect.

Secondly you can buy USB devices with a fingerprint scanner that you plug into your computer and...
Posted by electric monk, on Feb 23, 2005 at 05:12 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Motorola phones use the modern Sync ML protocol... 720 Views / 10 Replies  
Motorola phones use the modern Sync ML protocol to connect phones via bluetooth. iSync does not currently support this. Motorola phones do not have older connection protocols.

Series 60 refers to...
Posted by electric monk, on Feb 19, 2005 at 02:25 PM, in Applications
For modern, but now the new, Powerbooks and... 1,165 Views / 5 Replies  
For modern, but now the new, Powerbooks and modern iBooks.

If they have a W-Enhanced trackpad you can enable a few features.

See here: http://www-users.kawo2.rwth-aachen.de/%7Erazzfazz/

Does...
Posted by electric monk, on Feb 17, 2005 at 09:09 PM, in Mac Notebooks
No, you have to have a Mac to get the trial... 726 Views / 8 Replies  
No, you have to have a Mac to get the trial account, anybody can pay for .Mac

Speaking of trial accounts, that's how you find out if they have the username for you: you sign for the trial account...
Posted by electric monk, on Feb 17, 2005 at 09:00 PM, in Applications
DX 2 was nowhere near as good as the first one.... 1,318 Views / 12 Replies  
DX 2 was nowhere near as good as the first one. The tiny levels from the constraint of the Xbox's limited RAM just killed the game for me. Well that and the omnipresent loading screens.

I just...
Posted by electric monk, on Feb 16, 2005 at 06:37 AM, in Gaming
Cmd-S on start up drops you into single user... 2,304 Views / 49 Replies  
Cmd-S on start up drops you into single user mode.

It's freakishly cool to see lines of white text on a black screen on a Powerbook without any GUI elements (not that I don't prefer and love the...
Posted by electric monk, on Feb 15, 2005 at 05:28 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Poll: Second Omniweb for sure. Though I also use... 1,728 Views / 29 Replies  
Second Omniweb for sure.

Though I also use Camino, Safari, and Firefox upon occasion.
Posted by electric monk, on Feb 13, 2005 at 04:22 PM, in Applications
This applies only to the 7447A or better... 1,956 Views / 23 Replies  
This applies only to the 7447A or better Freescale processors.

Dynamic frequency switching (DFS) conserves power by lowering operating frequency, divide by two and divide by four are included....
Posted by electric monk, on Feb 12, 2005 at 05:34 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Rendering Engines Safari and Omniweb use a... 1,223 Views / 16 Replies  
Rendering Engines
Safari and Omniweb use a varient of KHTML known as WebCore.
Konqueror uses KHTML (but can switch to Gecko).
Opera for WIndows and Mac uses Presto.
Mozilla/Firefox/Camino use...
Posted by electric monk, on Feb 12, 2005 at 05:29 PM, in Applications
NewsFire for a lightweight one that looks the... 1,271 Views / 21 Replies  
NewsFire for a lightweight one that looks the best.
Net News Wire for a full featured one.
Tickershock for a different way to do it.
Posted by electric monk, on Feb 3, 2005 at 05:21 PM, in Applications
Text Edit at first glance does not seem able to... 463 Views / 1 Replies  
Text Edit at first glance does not seem able to do indentations after the first line.

I can point out that both Mellel and Nisus Writer Express 2 are pretty good word processors. They both can do...
Posted by electric monk, on Jan 25, 2005 at 10:13 PM, in Applications
Works fine for me. What flash plug in do you have... 2,907 Views / 48 Replies  
Works fine for me. What flash plug in do you have installed?

Mines just the normal Shockwave Flash plug in.
Posted by electric monk, on Jan 25, 2005 at 10:06 PM, in Applications
This is so cool. I own all the Calvin and... 1,337 Views / 17 Replies  
This is so cool.
I own all the Calvin and Hobbes comics (not however all the books). and it is easily my favorite comic series (alongside Farside but Farside's are all one-offs, no continuing story...
Posted by electric monk, on Jan 25, 2005 at 10:00 PM, in MacNN Lounge
Mac OS X runs all kinds of programs in the... 603 Views / 5 Replies  
Mac OS X runs all kinds of programs in the background. But they are all system required programs. The most CPU time they generally use is ~1% although it can climb to ~10% briefly, higher use also...
Posted by electric monk, on Jan 25, 2005 at 09:58 PM, in Mac Notebooks
In Omniweb anyway the border is screwed up,... 8,076 Views / 138 Replies  
In Omniweb anyway the border is screwed up, otherwise looks ok.
Posted by electric monk, on Jan 21, 2005 at 07:41 PM, in Applications
Looks fine with Omniweb. Second the PDF... 8,076 Views / 138 Replies  
Looks fine with Omniweb.

Second the PDF comparison requirement.
Posted by electric monk, on Jan 21, 2005 at 07:32 PM, in Applications
Canada lists stock models at 1-3 days, any BTO... 4,018 Views / 37 Replies  
Canada lists stock models at 1-3 days, any BTO bumps it to 10-15 days.

Probably minor specs upgrade -
17"/15" Superdrive
1.67 or 1.73 GHz using the 7447b, Think Secret says 1.67 but 1.73 can be...
Posted by electric monk, on Jan 19, 2005 at 08:13 PM, in Mac Notebooks
I doubt Apple will launch a movie store right... 925 Views / 7 Replies  
I doubt Apple will launch a movie store right away, but the message left on the website is oddly similar to the one left on Soundjam's website when Apple bought them.

If Apple does do iFlicks then...
Posted by electric monk, on Jan 16, 2005 at 05:22 AM, in Applications
Any chance of a review from anyone who was at... 5,636 Views / 94 Replies  
Any chance of a review from anyone who was at Macworld and got a chance to play with it for a little while?
Posted by electric monk, on Jan 16, 2005 at 05:09 AM, in Applications
Not particularly. I will point out that if... 3,105 Views / 48 Replies  
Not particularly.

I will point out that if they release speed bumped ones they'll bump your order before it gets to you, or you have 10? (I've heard 60, but that seems way too high) days to go...
Posted by electric monk, on Jan 13, 2005 at 11:44 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Sonnet says that they do use a true 1.7 Ghz. Giga... 1,928 Views / 33 Replies  
Sonnet says that they do use a true 1.7 Ghz. Giga is indeed overclocked to 1.73 Ghz. The upgrade guys expect 1.8 Ghz in the new year followed by the 7448 at up to 2 Ghz. Followed of course by single...
Posted by electric monk, on Dec 12, 2004 at 10:31 PM, in Mac Notebooks
I think my story can top (or at least match that... 8,856 Views / 108 Replies  
I think my story can top (or at least match that :) Although it did turn out fine in the end.

I needed a new computer for school. I wanted a Powerbook but couldn't afford a new one. So eBay. I...
Posted by electric monk, on Dec 12, 2004 at 09:21 PM, in Mac Notebooks
 
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