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antoine I don't know of a way to run airtunes without an airport express. However, if you share your laptop itunes library, you should be able to access it via...
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John C. Randolph wrote Adds FW800 port, about time for a "pro line" of notebooks. Somehow, they...
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Mitch wrote IF that's all you got, then it doesn't mean much, and doesn't apply at all for the...
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But the thread was specifically about the 17" model, and for many people the speed is meaningful -- so the difference stands. Not my point -- I'm comparing...
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I don't see why you resist this; FW800 is much faster. That is an advantage. I think from Microsoft; I read that the work-arounds are based on features...
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Lefty Bigfoot well the Dimensions are el cheapo but the dimensions of the Precisions are still 1.6"(H) x 15.5(W) x 11.3"(D) That is the whole point of a...
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Belphegor wrote (in article If you want to be as portable as possible, you don't buy something with a 17" display. *IF...
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Lefty Bigfoot I said 'as possible'. If you want it more portable and you don't need...
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Belphegor We are using AutoDesk Civil 3d, ArcView, Photoshop and a long list of standard office...
17" MacBook Pro
Yeah, that's the problem with me - I may want something that could replace a desktop... My setup: At work: Dual 2.5Ghz G5 Mac Mobile: 1.25Ghz G4...
Bootcamp only the beginning Advocacy at it's best
A piece by John Martellaro who is a senior scientist and author. He has worked...
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When did I ever say this doesn't happen? I double dog dare you to back that up. I must weigh pretty heavily on your mind that when...
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silliness: Indeed. Well said. I read this a lot. People use the big word 'THE' as in 'THE REASON...
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They sure are. I've told these zealots time and time again that if OS X gets popular...
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What zealots? Not me you twit. Actually I keep telling you wintrolls to STOP LYING about Mac...
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Forget about bothering to change Stew's vacant mind. We post information here every week that proves he is wrong. He will keep telling...
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Lefty Bigfoot Yes, that is a lot of cores, so buttuming the OS can spread the load around nicely (and the apps are optimised for it), it should be pretty smoking. That...
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Anyway, regardless of the source, it's probably correct that Apple will use Woodcrest. (Though Woodcrest is, as noted elsewhere, dual-core, not quad-core). There are a lot of...
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iMovie and iDVD are writen to take advantage of multiple processors. For instance, in iMovie, every new effect you generate...
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Tim Murray Thanks for the link. Interesting... Not sure if the OP used the same link, but here's an interesting...
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in article Well made points, and frankly, 4 cores or 8 isn't a problem. 4 at modern clock...
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Steve Carroll wrote (in article Agree completely. Of course, OS X not having support for anything but software...
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Steve Carroll wrote (in article I'm thinking about building a home-grown e-SATA box made up of a power supply (large) and a "server chbuttis...
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It is comments like that which feed the wintrolls with spew to spray back at us, calling us callous about security. No way am I putting up with that accusation! 5 'proof...
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Yea, it's' hilarious what windroids say. It's all just bullpoo anyway. The trolls pretend to be all tweaked out about Mac security yet if they can't expect-demand anything better from MS, I'm certainly...
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But the articles you quote do not support the contention "There is clearly more and more momentum by crackers...
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Dave Balderstone Dave, dave, dave, who do you think supplies those "researchers" with info? Many times the "researchers" are just fronts for...
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Here's a better idea: look at the exploits. Evaluate them. See if they consbreastute a real threat. There are many OS X exploits...
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Yes, there is an excuse to not have an antivirus app: All antivirus apps impact system resources. This impact may be greater (Norton Antivirus) or smaller (ClamXAV), but...
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Sandman I see the point was lost on you. Are you disingenuous to the point that you're pretending to not understand that he expects the application and all buttociated files to be trashed when you...
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Well, bear in mind that (as I explained) even frisky ISV that do care can't actually write a complete...
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Daniel Johnson Why not? I saw one uninstaller for win98 that did. The rest were clueless or didn't care. The fact that the software can be installed and registry entries be made...
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Even on win98, tracking down the registry hives for every user is painful. Though I suppose without roaming profiles it...
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Daniel Johnson Yeup. If software can make an entry, then the uninstall software can remove it. Not the same. Works great...
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Nope! It is common to install a program so that all users can access it; those who do get to have...
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Daniel Johnson Haven't you ever programed with the registry? So far as I can tell you can remove entries inside the registry from a program. We are not talking about servers. The...
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Yes, you can delete keys, but you can't delete *other people's* keys. Even if you are an administrator and can access...
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Daniel Johnson Not even as admin? Surely the admin can do that. Sounds like Windows isn't the way to...
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An administrator can take ownership of other registry hives on the same machine and change them; but this is likely to cause problems for the original...
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Daniel Johnson Ah, that explains their problem then. There might be a piece of software utility out there to help in...
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I don't think such software exists. Other systems don't do roaming profiles like this; your home directory may be remote, but if remote it stays...
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Daniel Johnson Why would anyone want a local copy of a remote? Why? I do not see any...
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Because it is faster. You can eliminate the network overhead when accessing preferences and other local data. How big a...
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Daniel Johnson wrote Actually, it *should* be better, because it purports to actually remove entire application bundles. Unfortunately, far too often it does NOT achieve the goal properly. Sure, some...
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Just to quibble: Windows does not have "bundles"; it purports to remove *applications*, which is rather...
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Daniel Johnson wrote I meant the term bundle as in "all of the crap buttociated with...
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My mistake. snip How can an uninstaller remove leftover preferences for all users, not just the one running the application? Hmmmm.. are we proposing that the way to write the idea Windows uninstaller is to...
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If so, then Apple's bundles also "fail to uninstall". Hardly. And even a rabid Apple fan isn't going to claim that leaving application caches behind is good! snip It will remove the tray...
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Of course they don't. Oh please - you're grasping at straws. Uninstallers on Windows that fail to uninstall the application from the myriad...
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This is not "standard" in Mac OS X, as far as I can see. Certainly I've never yet seen a Mac app with a separate uninstaller, and...
WalMart's foray into selling computer components raises eyebrows
In his national best-selling book "The Wal-Mart Effect", Charles Fishman writes, "The Wal-Mart effect touches...
Apple USB modem causes iMac core duo kernel panic
Apple USB modem causes iMac core duo kernel panic. This is a problem that I called Apple tech support about shortly after I bought my...
Apple USB modem causes iMac core duo kernel panic
Thank you for reminding me that Macs have their foibles just like PC's. I suppose we're getting...
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