Quote: Originally Posted by bashar I installed an Alpine radio in my BMW, better than anything for ipod, the alpine media expander technology does wonders to mp3s, its awesome. …

i would look into a g3 class ibook (used) you can get a good one (600mhz+) for $300+ install 10.3 on it and you should have a fine writing machine. (i doubt you will run it from …

Cassette adapters are a last resort only, and so are the FM devices like the iTrip (which are practically useless in areas with a crowded FM band anyway). You definitely want somet…

I installed an Alpine radio in my BMW, better than anything for ipod, the alpine media expander technology does wonders to mp3s, its awesome.

This is the slickest thing I have seen. The I.C.E. Link+ works seemlessly with your car's factory or aftermarket stereo system. It is available for a limited number of OEM car ra…

Those are very very cool . Thanks for sharing them with us--The more colors the better,,keep us posted!

Quote: Originally Posted by ChrisF This is my preferred means of connecting to the car stereo. It provides real line level output from the iPod and adds charging capability. …

that's very interesting i like that effect a lot. do you have more color variations? thanks.

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Quote: Originally Posted by westrock I've thought about doing this to my Mini, but I don't want to waste my current OSX setuup. I have a LaCie 250gb USB drive, can I use the di…

Last night I picked up the appropriate 6-6 pin firewire cable and tomorrow my friend is bringing over his G4 PowerBook and we're going to give it a try to install Tiger by "target…

I've thought about doing this to my Mini, but I don't want to waste my current OSX setuup. I have a LaCie 250gb USB drive, can I use the disk utility to backup my current copy to …

A friend has a PC with the floppy drive hanging out the side of the case by its cable!

Thanks for the suggestion.. however I already have an enough airport expresses to do the bridging to down stairs and dont wish to buy another piece of hardware.. I have a 8 port ro…

randman - just based on my experience there vs new zealand, and with the caveat that japan is never going to be the cheapest place in asia to buy electronics. sminch

If I was building a pc, i would tie a string to the mobo and mount it to the ceiling have the hard drive and optical drive(slot loading) dangling from their power cables and a scre…

A side note: Anyone interested in Lightscribe will be happy to know that Pioneer has licensed the technology from HP.

Quote: Originally Posted by d.fine Hey, my profiles are gone!? And when I press 'cailbrate' I get a message : 'Can not calibrate the display. The factory profile for the displa…

Hey, my profiles are gone!? And when I press 'cailbrate' I get a message : 'Can not calibrate the display. The factory profile for the display could not be found.' What now? The …

Quote: Originally Posted by Rolnif Will be installing my Newegg ordered DVR-109BK into my dual 2 G5 this weekend. Anybody know how to remove the face plate? Well, for my…

Quote: Originally Posted by codywalton ... The shuttles are nice, but not what I'm looking for, as they are a bit pricey, and don't match the general size and shape of a G5. …

I had an issue the other day where 10.4 "lost" all my monitor profiles, and reverted both displays back to Generic RGB. I had to restart to get them back. Take a look at the "color…

if you've never built a pc before, don't even bother. check out the prices from the pc makers before you decide what to do and plus, they handle all the warranty-related issues fo…

Quote: Originally Posted by Graymalkin Preview and Photoshop are probably respecting a color profile stored in the image. Finder might not be doing that and as such doesn't make…

Chenbro, Koolance, V-Tech, and Xoxide all make pretty good clones of the G5 tower. Also you might want to check out the Lian-Li PC-V1000. Not exactly a "clone" of the G5 tower in t…