Quote: Originally posted by crystalthunder: I'm in the exact same situation as you, paper clip and all. I'm looking for a definitive guide to getting my Airport Express…

I am having problems with my iBook 500 locking up after streaming music to my stereo after about 30 minutes. It locks totally solid. Anyone else?

Quote: Originally posted by Disgruntled Head of C-3PO: I am having problems with my iBook 500 locking up after streaming music to my stereo after about 30 minutes. It l…

Quote: Originally posted by Eug Wanker: I guess I'll wait until rev. B... Ya right, it is called software. I am not playing that rev b game or I will never own a…

I need to be able to run the desktop of a PC at work, from home. Since various requirements of installed hardware and software mandate Windows 2000, I can't use Windows XP Pro with…

My recollection is that on the VNC server there is a slider setting that trades off VNC performance against the local PC performance. You might try fiddling with that setting.

Quote: Originally posted by John Strung: My recollection is that on the VNC server there is a slider setting that trades off VNC performance against the local PC perform…

I was in a similar situation, and ended up using GoToMyPC. It's not free, but it works surprisingly well.

VNC isn't exactly the fastest protocol out there. If you want performance, I'd recommend installing the TightVNC software package instead. Unfortunately, I don't know of any Mac cl…

I wish Microsoft would just sell a simple add-on Terminal Services/RDC package that wouldn't require Win 2k Server. Dominik

General rules for VNC speed - decrease screen size - decrease color depth - turn on compression I believe I used to launch my client in lower bit depth than my server (running at…

Quote: Originally posted by DominikHoffmann: I wish Microsoft would just sell a simple add-on Terminal Services/RDC package that wouldn't require Win 2k Server. Win…

Quote: Originally posted by tooki: Windows XP Pro has an RDC server built-in. tooki Exactly. Unfortunately, upgrading to Windows XP Pro is not an option. Dominik

RDC actually sends windowing commands between the server and you. So because of that - it can be TONS faster. VNC sends compressed bitmaps. I can run RDC over GPRS and be usable. …

you might want to use compression in order to get beeter speeds while using VNC. use a SSH tunnel with the -c (compression) flag. It can make a difference.

Quote: Originally posted by Sarc: you might want to use compression in order to get beeter speeds while using VNC. use a SSH tunnel with the -c (compression) flag. It ca…

Quote: Originally posted by alex_kac: My biggest pet peeve with RDC is that its copy/paste between server and client are broken and the RDC client on the Mac could kill …

Interesting news from Siggraph. You may remember from last year... Kaydara was the company that said "Mac OS X is the [Unix] platform of the future", and that for unix they would…

My vote: good. Alias has shown interest in Mac OS X with their releases of Maya. Hopefully this acquisition will give them a sharper edge in making Maya on OS X better.

Quote: Originally posted by CD Hanks: My vote: good. Alias has shown interest in Mac OS X with their releases of Maya. Hopefully this acquisition will give them a sharp…

Undecided as of now. Alias have promised to maintain Motionbuilder on all support software and not just hook it up to Maya and dump the rest. As to what this means for OS X, I don…

As the LG stock optical drives in the Pismo die, I am trying to compile a list of replacement drives that can be placed into the bezzel (aka "universal adaptor"). For some more i…

there was also talk that the matshita ujda 710 drive also works well with little or no modification. just read about your pepboys experience and that's a damn shame. have you mad…

bstone, xlr8your mac has a great compiled list also. http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/feedback/..._feedback.html Many of them are installed in the Pismo, great list and user feedback. …

Toshiba SD-R 6112 2xDVD-R 1xDVD-RW 16xCD-R It works on a Pismo. I'm doing a backup to a DVD-R as I'm writing.