First of all, neither IBM or Delphi make the Powerbook. Apple does. The delay is from IBM but only because of the processor. Second, if you want to game, get a desktop machine. …
MacNNTroubleshootingby ibook_steveTue, 10 May 2005 - 19:53
It's pretty clear that Apple wants the Dock to stay stupid-simple. If Apple has neglected to put features from DragThing into the Dock, I don't think it's because they're unable or…
I too have a clean install fetish Every new OS goes on a freshly zeroed hard drive. It's really no big deal, even though it takes me about 5 hours to do. I zero the HD, then rein…
MacNNTroubleshootingby iluvmymactooTue, 10 May 2005 - 17:59
I always do a clean install. For me when I do a clean install it makes my .Mac subscription worth it. I never lose mail settings, app settings desktop or other things backed up u…
MacNNTroubleshootingby typoonTue, 10 May 2005 - 17:37
Damn man! Apple should have kept him developing the Dock!! :cryin' shame:
There are so many cool and dare I say important features that could so easily be incorporated into the …
MacNNSoftwareby Weyland-YutaniTue, 10 May 2005 - 17:27
Frustration starting to set in. Powerbooks can't seem to take gaming very well...
PC based noteoboks perform MUCh better in games...and...its...depressing because Powerbooks rock…
MacNNTroubleshootingby SassyPantsTue, 10 May 2005 - 16:46
Some of you might be interested in this:
10 years of dragthing
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The reason there wasn't much DragThing development between 1998 and 2000 is because I was then …
Yup i wonder how that would work with gaming i might have to get a ibook because i don't know if i can afford a powerbook in June i do hope they do upgrade Video ram on ibooks.. I …
MacNNSoftwareby BKKloppenborgTue, 10 May 2005 - 16:19
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Originally Posted by Tesseract
There is a hidden preference to pin the dock to the left or right (top or bottom if it's on the side of the screen).
You can edit the pref…
Very nice mock-ups!
I am looking forward to TransparentDock for 10.4 too! I'm sure that app hasn't escaped Apple, I'm sure they're looking at it with the xerox machine close at ha…
MacNNSoftwareby Weyland-YutaniTue, 10 May 2005 - 15:54
I just jumped in and bought a lite-on DVD burner, 16x, burns all kinds of media (+R-R RW etc...), worked with Toast out of the box, would work with iApps if i installed the patch b…
Yeah, I've always believed in a Clean Install as well (at least from my former life in the Windows world), but I didn't think it was that necessary on a Mac based on other user's e…
MacNNTroubleshootingby bondsteelTue, 10 May 2005 - 14:54
I am a BIG believer in starting from scratch with each new OS.
I would bet that 90% of the problems people have in tiger are due to all the gunk from older software in the prev OS…
MacNNTroubleshootingby osxisfunTue, 10 May 2005 - 13:36
My (forced) Tiger "clean install" today has transformed me... this is a really really big time-waster, and full of frustrations. Especially now that I finally had to admit to mysel…
MacNNTroubleshootingby workerbeeTue, 10 May 2005 - 13:16
Yeah, I downloaded cosmos and didn't like it. Basically all I want is a transparent map option that can be turned off or on and for items and possibly npc's to appear on my maps. O…
MacNNTroubleshootingby PMDalyTue, 10 May 2005 - 12:05
Again, the standard BT file browser in 10.4 works like a charm. Photos appear in the /pictures directory, copy them to your hard drive or wherever.
I know there's lots of info out…
MacNNTroubleshootingby druberTue, 10 May 2005 - 11:05
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Originally Posted by Alex Gunter
Absolutely, zOne81, that was pretty cool. I was just thinking about it; it was what allowed me to come up with and put together mockups …