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No one said that they were planning on moving the... 6,504 Views / 50 Replies  
No one said that they were planning on moving the Power Mac line to Intel. That would just be silly. Hell, we just survived the transition to OSX from OS9... if Apple made us struggle with another...
Posted by mfessenden, on May 23, 2005 at 01:31 PM, in MacNN Lounge
Where can I buy the X800 now? Are they shipping? 8,702 Views / 93 Replies  
Where can I buy the X800 now? Are they shipping?
Posted by mfessenden, on Jan 12, 2005 at 01:58 PM, in Mac Desktops
I started having this problem yesterday as well,... 2,922 Views / 35 Replies  
I started having this problem yesterday as well, and when I woke up this morning the clock was still stuck at 1am.

After reading down this thread, I realized my iPod had been attached overnight,...
Posted by mfessenden, on Aug 19, 2004 at 09:33 AM, in macOS
Desert Combat is a fantastic mod...almost makes... 2,908 Views / 55 Replies  
Desert Combat is a fantastic mod...almost makes BF1942 a new game. You can get it for the Mac here (http://www.macgamefiles.com/detail.php?item=18236).
Posted by mfessenden, on Jul 3, 2004 at 10:45 AM, in Gaming
I got mine today, from Aspyr directly. It comes... 2,908 Views / 55 Replies  
I got mine today, from Aspyr directly. It comes on one DVD which is nice, and runs great on my G5(2Ghz/9600) at 1280x1024, best quality. So far, very impressed...

Oddly, the levels load a bit...
Posted by mfessenden, on Jul 1, 2004 at 03:59 PM, in Gaming
That's right. The FX 5950 also has Mac... 5,027 Views / 34 Replies  
That's right. The FX 5950 also has Mac compatiblity, but the card was never built. Apple seems to be favoring ATI again these days with the higher end cards, so maybe this one will grab Apple's...
Posted by mfessenden, on Apr 17, 2004 at 11:01 AM, in Mac Desktops
I wouldn't use Halo to show off good graphics.... 1,105 Views / 15 Replies  
I wouldn't use Halo to show off good graphics. UT2003 has the best texture mapping and map models that I've seen on the Mac to date.

Don't get me wrong, Halo's got phenomenal gameplay, but it's...
Posted by mfessenden, on Feb 1, 2004 at 12:25 PM, in Gaming
I have a G5 too...what I meant was you can duck... 1,384 Views / 33 Replies  
I have a G5 too...what I meant was you can duck out of the game at a slow point and do something else...email, chat...whatever.
Posted by mfessenden, on Jan 22, 2004 at 04:00 PM, in Gaming
Ditto...they're actually pretty good about... 587 Views / 3 Replies  
Ditto...they're actually pretty good about responding.
Posted by mfessenden, on Jan 22, 2004 at 02:40 PM, in Gaming
I actually like the fact that you can Cmd-Tab to... 1,384 Views / 33 Replies  
I actually like the fact that you can Cmd-Tab to other apps while playing the game. You can write an email while a game is ending and waiting for the next map to load. :D
Posted by mfessenden, on Jan 22, 2004 at 02:19 PM, in Gaming
See my thread below...you have to take your IP... 1,592 Views / 17 Replies  
See my thread below...you have to take your IP address out of the dialog box that comes up when you launch Halo. You can join games, but can't host with a firewall.
Posted by mfessenden, on Jan 21, 2004 at 11:59 PM, in Gaming
Hosting Halo behind a firewall... 587 Views / 3 Replies  
How do you do it?

After the 1.03 update, I have to remove my Public IP Address from the dialog that pops up when Halo launches.

Now, I can't host games because I'm using a cable connection and...
Posted by mfessenden, on Jan 21, 2004 at 06:01 PM, in Gaming
Having trouble here... 1,592 Views / 17 Replies  
After running the update, I can no longer join or create an online game.

Anyone else?
Posted by mfessenden, on Jan 20, 2004 at 11:12 AM, in Gaming
Not happy.....ecstatic!! :D 5,028 Views / 38 Replies  
Not happy.....ecstatic!! :D
Posted by mfessenden, on Dec 23, 2003 at 01:55 PM, in Mac Desktops
The 5900 has Macintosh support listed. I guess... 824 Views / 4 Replies  
The 5900 has Macintosh support listed. I guess all we're waiting for is some brave soul to pop it into his G5...

If it wroks, I'd get one in a heartbeat for my 2Ghz G5...I'm tired of ATI...
Posted by mfessenden, on Dec 3, 2003 at 01:57 AM, in Mac Desktops
You're my savior! :D I was adding some... 677 Views / 2 Replies  
You're my savior! :D

I was adding some fonts for a job with the Font Book app and disabled Helvetica...that was it.

The annoying thing was other user accounts could use iChat...but mine...
Posted by mfessenden, on Nov 17, 2003 at 02:24 PM, in Applications
iChat AV Problem 677 Views / 2 Replies  
I had a problem this morning with iChat AV (DP G5/OSX 10.3.1) and keep getting the following error when I try and send someone a message:

iChat Internal Error!

NSInvalidArgumentException:...
Posted by mfessenden, on Nov 17, 2003 at 12:25 PM, in Applications
I had a problem with iChat as well...how do I... 651 Views / 5 Replies  
I had a problem with iChat as well...how do I Install just iChat from my Panther CD? :confused:
Posted by mfessenden, on Nov 17, 2003 at 11:30 AM, in macOS
That link doesn't work... 1,273 Views / 12 Replies  
That link doesn't work...
Posted by mfessenden, on Oct 28, 2003 at 11:07 AM, in Applications
Re: Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004 1,832 Views / 17 Replies  
It's a pity because on Windows MX 2004 is a fantastic upgrade....and very speedy even on sub-1ghz machines. Plus, the PC version has the single-window interface that the Mac lacks.

It's so bad,...
Posted by mfessenden, on Oct 12, 2003 at 03:24 PM, in Applications
The low-end version of SolidThinking is very... 1,314 Views / 9 Replies  
The low-end version of SolidThinking is very similar to Rhino...probably a better solution that Virtual PC.
Posted by mfessenden, on Sep 26, 2003 at 12:49 PM, in Applications
For industrial design, you need NURBS and I'd go... 17,707 Views / 20 Replies  
For industrial design, you need NURBS and I'd go with SloidThinking. Great preogram, and the OSX port is really slick. FormZ is nice too, but suited more towards architecture than form design.
...
Posted by mfessenden, on Sep 9, 2003 at 12:12 PM, in Applications
Re: 1 GHz G4, Dead AGP Slot? 694 Views / 7 Replies  
Why not get an Apple tech out to fix it? If it's a brand new machine, the warranty will cover a new motherboard. I had a tech come out and swap the board on my G4...didn't cost me a cent.
Posted by mfessenden, on Jul 15, 2003 at 02:49 PM, in Mac Desktops
Ugh...Let's hope not! Cheryl Crow hitting a... 4,862 Views / 59 Replies  
Ugh...Let's hope not!

Cheryl Crow hitting a high note gets my vote... :D
Posted by mfessenden, on Jul 15, 2003 at 01:18 PM, in Mac Desktops
We Massachusetts people often buy our toys in NH... 1,578 Views / 13 Replies  
We Massachusetts people often buy our toys in NH as it's so close and they have no sales tax... Ship it in MA and you get slammed with tax.
Posted by mfessenden, on Jul 11, 2003 at 09:06 AM, in Mac Desktops
Just out of curiosity...why isn't the G5 a 64 bit... 14,088 Views / 14 Replies  
Just out of curiosity...why isn't the G5 a 64 bit computer?
Posted by mfessenden, on Jul 10, 2003 at 09:16 AM, in Mac Desktops
Why can't the color of the folder icon change,... 1,816 Views / 24 Replies  
Why can't the color of the folder icon change, like it used to? This doesn't seem to be much of an improvement.
Posted by mfessenden, on Jul 2, 2003 at 11:08 AM, in macOS
Just curious, has anyone seen one in an Apple... 4,862 Views / 59 Replies  
Just curious, has anyone seen one in an Apple store (haven't been over to mine in a while)...
Posted by mfessenden, on Jul 1, 2003 at 11:34 AM, in Mac Desktops
Bad ports or not, if price is an issue, building... 2,517 Views / 53 Replies  
Bad ports or not, if price is an issue, building a PC will give you much better gaming experience than a mac.
Posted by mfessenden, on Jul 1, 2003 at 08:49 AM, in Mac Desktops
Putting in newer GeForce (3, 4Ti or 4MX) in a... 988 Views / 8 Replies  
Putting in newer GeForce (3, 4Ti or 4MX) in a G4/400/450/500 wouldn't give you much of a boost over a 2MX or Radeon, but his 533 should have a 4xAGP, so the boost would be noticable.
Posted by mfessenden, on Jun 17, 2003 at 10:13 AM, in Mac Desktops
Manually eject/mount disks? 521 Views / 1 Replies  
My DP450 won't eject CD's (from the DVD-RAM drive) I press eject on the keyboard, the Finder unmounts it and the drive never opens... Restarting is the only cure. This behavior began from 10.2.5...
Posted by mfessenden, on Jun 7, 2003 at 08:14 AM, in macOS
Re: Re: Re: LoopRumors reports about 970 shiping to fab. 1,481 Views / 16 Replies  
Hey, I'm planning on buying one of those suckers...I don't want you peaking anywhere near it!

:D
Posted by mfessenden, on May 13, 2003 at 05:22 PM, in Mac Desktops
I actually heard from someone that the buttons... 1,935 Views / 44 Replies  
I actually heard from someone that the buttons are somehow different on the new iPods and part of the new playlist functionality (and maybe the solitaire too) rely on that. Perhaps v2.0 is coming to...
Posted by mfessenden, on Apr 30, 2003 at 04:39 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
2nd Gen 10g iPod freezing with 1.3 update! 493 Views / 1 Replies  
Okay, I've had this thing for almost a year now, and it was a *vast* improvment over my old 5G, which had horrible battery life and froze constantly. I don't think the 10g has frozen once since I...
Posted by mfessenden, on Apr 30, 2003 at 12:05 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
For charging purposes. You can't drag songs from... 3,356 Views / 48 Replies  
For charging purposes. You can't drag songs from your iTunes library on a mounted iPod to another drive, so you'd have to store them as data which is pretty redundant. I charge my iPod daily on my...
Posted by mfessenden, on Apr 29, 2003 at 10:14 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Yeah, where the hell are these new features? 2,107 Views / 44 Replies  
Well, they did the last time. My first 5G iPod got a calendar, contacts and a few other things when the 10 and 20G models were released. It's an MP3 player, and it's a pretty expensive one at that. I...
Posted by mfessenden, on Apr 29, 2003 at 09:40 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
That's for Window, read a little closer. 2,107 Views / 44 Replies  
That's for Window, read a little closer.
Posted by mfessenden, on Apr 28, 2003 at 08:45 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
Poll: That's not a bad thing; the G4's are regarded as... 11,881 Views / 98 Replies  
That's not a bad thing; the G4's are regarded as slower than Windows counterparts...hardly fitting for pro machines.

Apple's branding campaigns have never been predictable or boring...I doubt...
Posted by mfessenden, on Apr 22, 2003 at 03:09 PM, in Mac Desktops
Re: Should Apple change Aqua from flat Pinstripes to Glass and Glossy white? 2,691 Views / 52 Replies  
I agree with Yoda on this one...I never really jived on the white pinstripes and bulbous buttons (I was so happy when the button style changed in 10.2) Themes would be nice...
Posted by mfessenden, on Mar 20, 2003 at 11:59 AM, in macOS
Re: Small and large enclosures for the PowerMac G5 (ala the aluminium PowerBook G4s)? 1,479 Views / 29 Replies  
This doesn't make a lot of sense. IBM will probably be supplying boards to go with the 970. To keep costs down, I'd imagine most of the new Mac line will be single-processor. The XServe line might...
Posted by mfessenden, on Feb 24, 2003 at 10:35 AM, in Mac Desktops
Yeah...I'd agree with all the above statements.... 807 Views / 6 Replies  
Yeah...I'd agree with all the above statements. It's a very capable machine...but if it comes with a Rage 128 card, toss it and get yourself a Geforce 2, 3 or Radeon AGP of some sort....Quartz...
Posted by mfessenden, on Feb 19, 2003 at 11:09 AM, in Mac Desktops
Also, programs will read a font if you drop it in... 1,367 Views / 26 Replies  
Also, programs will read a font if you drop it in one of the folders without having to restart the app or the machine. You can also oragnize fonts into groups, which is a large part of ATM's old...
Posted by mfessenden, on Feb 7, 2003 at 01:23 PM, in macOS
There's a whole thread about this here... 740 Views / 8 Replies  
There's a whole thread about this here (http://forums.macnn.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=136001)
Posted by mfessenden, on Feb 3, 2003 at 11:52 PM, in macOS
Damn! I should close up shop and call it a day... 7,924 Views / 178 Replies  
Damn! I should close up shop and call it a day then....:rolleyes:
Posted by mfessenden, on Jan 31, 2003 at 07:15 PM, in Mac Desktops
True...but I run Lightwave on an aging Dual 500.... 7,924 Views / 178 Replies  
True...but I run Lightwave on an aging Dual 500. I've been torn between getting myself a really great PC for serious work, but want to stay with Apple. The idea of a 970-based machine makes me...
Posted by mfessenden, on Jan 31, 2003 at 11:30 AM, in Mac Desktops
Re: ok what's the big deal about the 970 chip? 7,924 Views / 178 Replies  
Apple and Motorola have squeezed about as much speed out of the G4 as they can right now. Add to that that the G4s in current machines aren't DDR aware, and the crappy motherboard...Apple's "Pro"...
Posted by mfessenden, on Jan 31, 2003 at 11:09 AM, in Mac Desktops
Oh, that's just wrong... :rolleyes: 3,772 Views / 42 Replies  
Oh, that's just wrong... :rolleyes:
Posted by mfessenden, on Jan 28, 2003 at 12:34 PM, in macOS
Re: STOP the ENCODING!!! Entourage not playing well 1,438 Views / 1 Replies  
I set my Entourage to send attachments in Windows MIME format after some aol users told me they couldn't read my attachments.

In Mail & News Prefs, under the Compose tab there should be a section...
Posted by mfessenden, on Jan 27, 2003 at 08:23 PM, in macOS
Well, perhaps XPress 6 will be a cocoa app.... 2,003 Views / 39 Replies  
Well, perhaps XPress 6 will be a cocoa app. Quarks' current management is a joke, and the rumor is that the code for XPress was so badly written that the OSX version has been farmed out and mostly...
Posted by mfessenden, on Jan 21, 2003 at 01:46 PM, in Applications
Safari: Images not showing 428 Views / 0 Replies  
So I have Safari...love it for a lot of reasons. Then today, suddenly images don't load. I just get a blank placeholder for everything. Anyone know why this happens? I haven't changed anything as far...
Posted by mfessenden, on Jan 21, 2003 at 12:32 AM, in macOS
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