Many, many thanks to evryone who responded! I will be trying the many suggestion listed here this wekend and will post my findings next week. I appreciate all of the help. Thank y…

for bragging rights: got a dual 800 qs and 22" display. Plan to get a powerbook (hopefully 17"!), and some upgrades for my g4 (video card and some ram) soon Slow in photoshop? ye…

Your video card makes a HUGE difference in the performace of the Sims 2. ATi just released a new card that works on both the PC and Mac - the ATi 9600 PC & Mac edition, I belie…

I think MacNN needs to develop a small menu bar app, similar to WeatherPop, that connects to their "Should I Buy or Not" web site (similar to 'Hot or Not' ). Based on the feedback …

I Love Itunes. Found some good stuff on there.

Anyone? Surely, I'm not the only one who is wondering about this or knows about this... Noah

I have the shure e2c's, and I love them. theyre not the best, by far, but definately worth the sub 100$ price tag. Very clear, extremely crisp sound. puts the ipod headphones to sh…

Quote: Originally Posted by ael719 thanks for the download tips for a new switcher any other must have software/downloads? The Applications forum is where you need to loo…

This site has links to many open source RSS reader projects in multiple languages (Perl, Smalltalk, Java) --> http://www.rssfeeds.com/readers.php . Got this from a simple Google…

Quote: Originally Posted by Doofy The 911 (Carrera) is for people who want a Porsche. The Boxster is for people who want a Porsche but can't afford it. The Cayenne is for people…

Wow, Hero has been out a long time. While Collateral is next on the movie list, I'm looking forward to seeing House of Flying Daggers. Maybe next week during an afternoon when I'm …

I'll just make sure I don't put a wad of cat hair in my magsafe, or let cats piss on the connector, or I'll keep my computer on a surge protector in an electrical storm, etc. Clear…

Apparently, it works as follows: 1) look through the servers at www.jabber.org/network and pick one that offers the services you want iChat doesn't offer setting up a new jabber …

Quote: Originally Posted by surferboy Thanks for the input. I did some reading- looks like 1920x1200 resolution is not yet supported in parallels, but it will be soon. My bigg…

I really enjoy the Engadget one, as well as Leo's. The two best ones out there, I think. Engadget Podcasts The Laporte Report

Regarding navigating in the app, couldn't you just implement fps style wasd movement with mouse aim? That seems pretty intuitive to me. (I remember playing a mod of Quake 3 that en…

well im kind of pissed but i had this coming. i bought my 15" powerbook with some upgrades a couple of months ago for around 2500 after the education discount. now all that stuff i…

Indeed. My bad. Still, so long as people insist on using old technology, new technology will be slow to be widely supported. It's kind of a chicken/egg thing - many people won't …

Quote: Originally Posted by cambro Well, there must be an issue on some installations, but all I can tell you is that I run MySQL 5.0.15 and PHP 4.3.11 on both a G5 and a Powerb…

Quote: Originally posted by techtrucker: We have decided we want to sell our house (which we stand to make a tidy profit on * move somewhere where the cost of living i…

Quote: Originally posted by King Bob On The Cob: I know of about 14-16 people with Portable DVD players. If that's not the market you want to get to, I don't know what i…

Depends on if you bought it from Apple or a retailer, and if you got the retailer's warranty or applecare.

I will continue to buy other software for OS X but games on windows unless there happens to be a game that is better on OS X.

I just got the claim form in the mail. My 2nd generation iPod's battery died, but I don't have it any more and I never wrote down the serial number. It sucks because I can't claim …

Digital music is a problem that has been "solved," if you know what I mean. It's ridiculously easy to "rip, mix, and burn" or throw music onto an iPod, or just play it from your c…