To quote Low End Mac : "There are rumors that some Bondi blue ones were built in January 1999 using the last of the Bondi cases." This is on the iMac 266MHz specs page. Very nice…

Don't think of Bondi as Blue, it was greenish blue, closer to green then blue, basically Teal. Apple never made Bondi 266mhz.

Except that it's *not* Blueberry. Blueberry is instantly recognisable as blue but this is closer to the colour of my Blue and White G3. The spec sticker on the underside backs up t…

Since it's 266mhz, it's a Rev C. blueberry iMac. Cool!

I saw a message on the local FreeCycle group about an "Apple G3 Computer" so I sent off a reply asking to take it off their hands and they agreed. I go out there and it's a Bondi i…

I will be so jealous if this is a freebie.

Cool! Where'd ya get it?

I am now happily posting from my new G5! Specs: 1.6GHz PP G5 256MB RAM <-- This iwll be fixed Nvidia GeForce FX 5200 AGP Pro 8X 64MB Video (has DVI and ADC) 80GB HD Su…

Besides, Front Row's entire raison d'être is to be a simple UI for controlling with a small remote control from a large distance. When you're sitting at the computer, you have the …

"i've got it running on my mini right now. works brilliantly." Right, but with out the DVD playback working. No one to the best of my knowledge has that working outside of the Im…

i've got it running on my mini right now. works brilliantly.

Quote: Originally Posted by moonmonkey Are you sure they are coreimage effets? it just looks like 4 objects rotaing/scaling with reflections. Coverflow does much more than that …

moonmonkey, I see that you live in Shanghai. You an expat? Do you live in Pudong or Puxi? Also, you know where's a good place in Shanghai to get Mac service? (Just in case)

Quote: Originally Posted by tooki h.264 really does tax a single G4. Try scaling it up to fill the screen -- it gets choppy. But FrontRow also uses other effects, some of which…

Quote: Originally Posted by sonicularulus well, they dont do it, but hackers find a way and i think they are trying to prevent the hacking with the rumored new versioni of tiger…

What's the big deal with a Frontrow Mini? You have it sitting next to/on top of your tv and hooked via s-video, you use yor FrontRow remote with a broadband hookup, you log into th…

well, they dont do it, but hackers find a way and i think they are trying to prevent the hacking with the rumored new versioni of tiger...which i think is already included in the n…

Nah, I seriously doubt Apple would distribute an x86-compatible version with a PowerPC Mac. tooki

Quote: Originally Posted by goMac Uhh... the new iMac isn't x86. I know that. what i meant was that because the current tiger os has got a bug where it can be installed in…

h.264 really does tax a single G4. Try scaling it up to fill the screen -- it gets choppy. But FrontRow also uses other effects, some of which clearly rely on CoreVideo/CoreImage.…

Quote: Originally Posted by inkhead yeah this would be nice, but your forgetting one thing. The mac mini performance sucks, the effects of front row alone would make the mac min…

Quote: Originally Posted by Simon Last question: Why in God's name did Apple's engineers chose the old and ugly IR instead of the nice and already included Bluetooth? You…

Quote: Originally Posted by sonicularulus i think the reason why frontrow is for imac only is because i think there is a new operating system within the new imac...the new one …

Quote: Originally Posted by inkhead yeah this would be nice, but your forgetting one thing. The mac mini performance sucks, the effects of front row alone would make the mac min…

Quote: Originally Posted by inkhead yeah this would be nice, but your forgetting one thing. The mac mini performance sucks, the effects of front row alone would make the mac min…