That sucks... It's strange that Apple chose now to make it so difficult to mod the boot panel.

Made it work. The new pdf must be exactly the same size (bytes) as the original. My new one was smaller so it was padded with nulls before the $EOF. \n's will also work. I don'…

Can you describe exactly how you made the edit? What tool did you use?

how do you crack the executible open to get at the .pdf? -Andrew

hex dump was used in this case but any number of other approaches will work. The key is be sure the new image is exactly the same size as the original image.

I used Photoshop and Resorcerer (HexEdit would do just fine). I'd be interested in better methods for reducing the size of a pdf image. Don't forget the progress bar: http://forum…

I just picked up a 1.42 / 256 / 80, with AE and BT. Upgraded right away to 512. What I don't get is why Apple introduced a machine with notebook class performance. Isn't that the…

Because it's Apple's lowest end machine? You were obviously expecting a $500 machine to beat Apple's laptops which are double and triple the price. It's not Apple's fault you expec…

And the stupid post of the day award goes to. . . mhie! Congratulations.

Quote: Originally Posted by Big Mac And the stupid post of the day award goes to. . . mhie! Congratulations. Quoted for Truth, seriously look at the specs, did you think a 1…

The Mac mini is basically a monitorless iBook. It sounds like an iMac is what you wanted. That's not a mini. The mini has sold well because it fits a niche. It's great for a second…

Quote: Originally Posted by esXXI Because it's Apple's lowest end machine? You were obviously expecting a $500 machine to beat Apple's laptops which are double and triple the pr…

Quote: Originally Posted by Randman The Mac mini is basically a monitorless iBook. It sounds like an iMac is what you wanted. That's not a mini. The mini has sold well because i…

Quote: Originally Posted by elvis2000 1) Define "well". It is sold well below Apple's expectations and the warehouses are full of unsold inventory. 2) They didn't need to make…

I love OS X, but I have to agree that the mini is a joke. My 4 year old DA w/1.4 G4 upgrade is at least twice as fast in terms of feel. A $500 Dell w/512mb will run circles around …

Quote: Originally Posted by esXXI 1)Apple isn't forcing you to buy their 'crippled' hard-ware, if you're pinching pennies there's a nice cheap seller named Dell that's up your a…

Quote: Originally Posted by discotronic An industry leading 90 day warranty 90 days ? Is that even legal ? Or are you talking about phone support ?

Check out this link: http://www1.us.dell.com/content/prod...=19&l=en&s=dhs

Your mistake, my friend, was buying anything other than the basic $499 model. Getting extras for the mini is a waste of money, because once you add up the cost of the extras, you m…

I think the Mac Mini is a fine computer but I think that the eMac is the best entry level buy at Apple right now (at least until the next Mini revision). It has a Core Image compat…

another case of 'i want my $500 dollar machine to run circles around my $1500+ powerbookitis.' the mini does just fine...the only thing that's bad about the mini is it's GPU. how…

*waits for mini to arrive* Specs: 1.25GHz 512MB ram 60GB 7200RPM drive DVD/CDRW It's possible to correct it's greatest shortcoming

Quote: Originally Posted by discotronic Check out this link: http://www1.us.dell.com/content/prod...=19&l=en&s=dhs Man, those are some great deals. Got to get me …

Quote: Originally Posted by Scotttheking *waits for mini to arrive* Specs: 1.25GHz 512MB ram 60GB 7200RPM drive DVD/CDRW It's possible to correct it's greatest shortcoming …

Quote: Originally Posted by Anand Man, those are some great deals. Got to get me one of those Dimension 3000 machines. Wow, Macs are so over-priced. Not! I was only linki…