I have the low end, since an iMac takes care of the DVD burning. It's a great Mac so far.

Just bought a refreshed low end macbook for $989 from the Apple Store. Very impressed so far and I haven't yet received my 2gb of ram. Coming from a 12 inch powerbook, this thing…

Count me in as another person likely to go for the low-end system and upgrade the RAM and hdd after the fact.

Quote: Originally Posted by zurfer Just bought a refreshed low end macbook for $989 from the Apple Store. Kind of makes you wonder where it came from, since they just came o…

Quote: Originally Posted by Icruise Kind of makes you wonder where it came from, since they just came out such a short time ago. Perhaps open box returns or the like? Maybe from…

I agree with most of the others. The main difference is the superdrive. I was really tempted to go with the middle model just because it wasn't the cheap one, but after really look…

How much is an external DVD write drive, anyway? (around how much) and how would it connect it?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827106011 $80. firewire (or in this case) usb 2.0.

I got mine yesterday. Also a low-end model. I don't need superdrive as my two G5s have and I have one extra external one anyway. Burning DVDs with an already hot enough MacBook …

I got a MacBook today! 2.0ghz with Superdrive... I decided for the mid-range one for resale value and to skip the harddrive upgrade for the time being. I have 700GB in my desktop …

"Also, I am picking up a boatload of wireless connections from the neighborhood." Me too. I don't live in an apartment. I live in a house on the corner (so no other houses on one …

I bought the low end. The price is a lot nicer and the speed is virtually the same in benchmarks. I have a superdrive on my desktop (which I never really use) so I didn't mind losi…

I know that there is a plugin for Backup, but it would be cool to be able to sync with a .Mac account. Similar to the plugin that I have for my Transmit favorites. -dev

Quote: Originally Posted by devros I know that there is a plugin for Backup, but it would be cool to be able to sync with a .Mac account. Similar to the plugin that I have for …

The idea of dot-mac syncing is a good one, and one we've got in the venerable requested features list, but it has a few technical considerations. When you think of things that syn…

I can't get it say it's okay to disconnect. Ejecting in iTunes comes back with a message that files on it are in use by another app. Ejecting from Windows Explorer gives the same…

I constantly get this message every time i try to open up the firewall settings, yet I have no other firewall software on my computer. I used to use flying buttress, but i have de…

Do you run Virtual PC? If so, it taps into the firewall to protect itself and prevent your Windows installation from being hacked. Another possiblity is PGP Desktop. It also modifi…

no, the only thing i can think of is that my wireless router security settings are tapping into the firewall, but i still want to use options like "stealth mode"

Check /Library/StartupItems for anything that Flying Buttress may have left behind. If there's a startup item in there, that would explain what you're seeing.

I had this same problem a few months back. The solution that worked for me was to download a fresh copy of flying buttress, immediatly use the uninstall that was downloaded. Viol…

i check the startupitems folder, and i see a folder titled "firewall". is that part of the os, or can i delete that? im not sure whether it is part of FB or not.

Quote: Originally Posted by warra i check the startupitems folder, and i see a folder titled "firewall". is that part of the os, or can i delete that? im not sure whether it i…

Quote: Originally Posted by warra i check the startupitems folder, and i see a folder titled "firewall". is that part of the os, or can i delete that? im not sure whether it i…

yea that seemed to work, i moved the firewall folder out, and restarted. But, is the OS X firewall enough. I have "block UDP traffic" and "enable stealth mode" checked. is that…