The ethernet port on my mac book stopped working, then the power cord melted through, so I sent it back to Apple. Not only did they fix the problems, they repaired the case which had gotten damaged through normal wear and tear.

Totally impressed with Apple's customer service.

Arthur

Quoted from "Bigg_Al"
You can now get a TERA-byte external hard drive for 200. Wow. I remember when something that capacity wasn't even imagined ...

<img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3251/2383712673_aa14e16373_o.jpg"/>

Not if it's 720p.

Errrrrrrghghghghghghgh!

I have a video of the Pope.... avi format... and can't get my new fancy schmancy mac to pay it! Mac OS X leopard

Audio no video

I just downloaded like 4 things..... and now I have audio and blurry video..... and by blurry I mean the top inch of video is fine and the rest looks like finger painting.

:spineyes:

Help!!!!!

Oh, the irony.

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IBM study shows that its own engineers are hot for Macs By Chris Foresman Published: April 16, 2008 - 01:08PM CT IBM has recently completed the first phase of a pilot program that began late last year in order to test the use of Macs at IBM's Watson Research Center. Roughly Drafted was able to obtain a document from IBM detailing the program, which was "designed to study the possibility of moving significant numbers of employees to the Mac platform." The goal is to encourage a more heterogenous, yet interoperable, computing environment. The pilot originally included 24 staff members, mostly researchers and engineers, and each was given a MacBook Pro to use for a four-month evaluation period. The participants were asked to use the MacBook Pro as a primary machine, turning to their standard issue ThinkPad only as a last resort. Of the 22 participants that gave feedback at the end of the four months, 19 chose to keep the MacBook Pro and use VMware Fusion to run Windows when necessary. The feedback was mostly positive: "There are a number of features in the Mac that make it much better than a Windows machine. Overall productivity in using the Mac platform is higher. I can imagine that the new version of the operating system will make those features even better." Because of this, the pilot has been extended to 50 additional users for the first half of this year. If the feedback continues to be positive, the program will extend to an additional 100 users later this year. An internal intranet site called "Mac IBM" notes that there is an official group of Mac users at IBM, with nearly 1,000 members around the globe. The program was not without issues, however. A number of IBM development tools do not have Mac-compatible versions, and support for IBM's InfoPrint workgroup printers is missing in action. Common enterprise tools from Microsoft, Visio and NetMeeting also have no Mac version. There were complaints of issues with Lotus Sametime, the IM client that is part of Lotus Notes, and with PowerPoint. Having worked for a large corporation that relied heavily on Lotus Notes and Microsoft Office on Windows laptops, I can vouch for those issues with Lotus Notes. However, I never experienced a problem moving PPT files between Mac and Windows versions of Office. With the Mac gaining popularity with consumers, especially college students who are beginning to move into the workforce, Macs are starting to gain more traction in the enterprise. Combined with the ability to run Mac OS X, Linux, and Windows, and their award-winning industrial design, Apple computers are starting to win over IT departments. If Macs prove to be a good choice for IBM the progenitor of the current Wintel PC it might be the impetus for IT departments everywhere to rethink their Windows-only policies

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We all know how much computers advance over just a couple of years. But I don't know if I've ever seen such a straight-up comparison like this.

The iPhone is more powerful than the 1998 iMac. And WAY more powerful than a 1984 Macintosh. Makes logical sense, but it's still freakin' nuts.

Quoted from "Bigg_Al"
Yeah, but the iPhone comes with a monthly bill; the iMac doesn't.

So do women, but I still like 'em. rimshot

Ok Mac geeks.... help!

Sooo MSN Messenger for Mac 7.... am I correct in thinking that it STILL doesn't have a function for a webcam?

It's an update, but really it's just an update to let you know that you STILL can't use your webcam and MSN?????

:x

Quoted from "Wexie"
Tink, Check this out: http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/25617

WEeeeee! thanks Wexie!

I got an email this morning that a store in my region has not one, but THREE 1TB drives ranging in price from 160 (internal) to 180 (external USB case). Gimme FireWire and it's a go.

Holy kronk that's a lot of porn!

Quoted from "FoolsRun"
My Mac is out for repairs and I need a file from it, which I have on a Time Machine backup. I've tried mounting this backup on a Linux machine but the permissions don't allow even the root user to access the files I need.

Hmm... that doesn't make sense to me. What permissions does the file in question have? Also, does the linux machine handle the HFS filesystem?

Quoted from "Mugsy Malone"
Right. But what I want is not to backup my computer - what I want is to keep two iTunes libraries in sync. Will Chronosync update the iTunes library on the other computer, or just keep the folders in sync? From what I can see on the product's homepage, no, it can just keep files in sync. If you look at the Automator routine I posted, you'll see the extra functionality that I need - in addition to keeping the two folders in sync (which Chronosync would be a fine tool for) I need the G4 to monitor the folder for changes and then add those new files to its iTunes library. Additionally, I just realized that I am going to want to do the same thing with iPhoto - keep the iPhoto library on the G4 updated with changes from the Intel - since Front Row has NO way to browse pictures on another computer.

Mugs, have you seen this yet? http://www.socketheadstudios.com/

Quick question for the tech-savvy:

I gave my brother my old G4 iMac (the one with the dome base and swiveling flat screen) when I got my laptop. It was (and still is) running OS X 10.3 on an 800mHz G4 processor with 512MB of RAM.

Then I got him a new iPod for Christmas. Lo and behold, it requires 10.4 or higher to sync with his computer, so now we're looking at just upgrading to 10.5 (Leopard) since 10.4 isn't in stores anymore and is going for a mint on eBay.

But 10.5 has minimum system requirements of at least 867MHz G4 processor, and 512MB of RAM.

Can he upgrade even though he has a 800MHz processor? I told him I thought the difference was small enough that it might be okay, but I am no techie. I also told him that he should upgrade his RAM at the minimum to maybe make up the difference. He does want to update this machine so it lasts him a few more years.. it's been good to both of us since at least 2003, maybe even 2002 (I can't remember when I got it). He's going to call a local Apple servicer to see what they think, but I thought I'd get as many opinions as I can.

Any insights are welcome....

Wexie - Amandapance mentioned Tiger, but said that it was hard to find and very expensive.

Hmmmmm....

Well I did a bit of research on some of the Mac forums and it seems that you can overclock your CPU speed up to 867MHz and the install will work. HOWEVER, this is slightly pushing MY level of comfort with technology (I worked in my college's computer lab on WinNT machines and have lots of experience fiddling with BIOS and such, but have never had to work that closely with Macs), and I certainly couldn't walk my brother through it on the phone. I would have to go up there myself (a weekend trip; he's 5 hours away) and fiddle with it, which may be outside the realm of possibility right now.

Tiger is selling on eBay for about 180 right now (way more than the 129 for a new copy of Leopard), so I guess we could do that.. it's just frustrating that we have to pay more for a piece of obsolete software and not have the computer be completely up to date.

My brother is going to call the techs at a Mac servicer near him tomorrow and see what they have to say. Thanks for the help, guys.