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Quote: Originally posted by slughead I should say that I'd like to use 802.11G standards (That's right, I'm cheap..) that particular bridging function only works with Apple and Linksys products I'm not sure what you mean by that. Apple an…
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Congratulations! You're gonna love it. All the best things about Linux, with none of the headaches.Quote: 3) Browser, does it use firefox and thunderbird? You can download Firefox and/or Thunderbird for OS X, yes. If you're used to them already…
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Quote: Originally posted by Kickaha The only thing a quit app saves you is VM space on the disk. And I've noticed that quitting an app requires first loading it back into RAM so the command can be executed. So something useful has to be swap…
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Quote: Originally posted by Placebo +1 Except I don't think I'd ever buy a full-blown Mac again. Maybe not. But even if required only as much effort as it takes to run Gentoo happily on my x86 box, I'd be still willing to spend the money t…
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Quote: Originally posted by Zeeple I need an SSH client that will save logon info for my most common servers that I SSH to You can use a command alias or a simple script to save the login command for each of your favorite servers, if re-typin…
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I think the original question is missing the point. Should they "offer" a stripped-down, totally unsupported version of OS X for x86? Sure. Call it the retail box of OS X for x86 Macs. I don't think they should make even the slightest effort to sugg…
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If you're working with text documents, you can use cut and paste on the command line to do this. They can be a lot faster and less aggravating than firing up Excel. Say you're working with two tab-delimited text files with data in columns. To cop…
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Is the test drive installed in a separate folder from the full version? If so, just drag the whole folder to the trash. If you have trouble disentagling the two, you can just tell OSX to use the real one to open doc files. Select a doc file, Get …
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Quote: Originally posted by melgross I started to use Macs the end of '91 or so, when I bought my 950. Until Jobs announced that Apple was going to bring the speed of the G4 AGP series down by 50MHz because Moto couldn't meet the speeds promised,…
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A .exe is a Windows program. To run them you need either Windows emulation software on your Mac, or a PC that runs Windows.
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Quote: Originally posted by hardeeharhar What is the real reason to have a wireless mouse? Not having a cord to get stuck in/around/under things. I find the wireless just more comfortable to use.
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Quote: Originally posted by Tidelwav Yeah, i've just been putting it to sleep. But what i'm talking about is not when i put it to sleep and fire it up. I'm just talking about quitting the program. For example, i can open up Safari, set the siz…
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Well, I was curious (and bored) enough to try it on my Kensington lock, and it didn't work. The toilet paper roll wasn't stiff enough to hold its shape under the pressure required. It crumpled up as I tried to push it into the lock. Maybe I just don…
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Quote: Originally posted by Anders Funny stuff. At one point you could buy a new PowerMac G5 with the money people was prepared to offer the last generation of G4s that could boot into classic... It all depends on 1) how well Rosetta will work…
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Quote: Originally posted by ZO ok, I saw the "Windows Sharing" in the Sharing Pref paneas well, but people still need a login/pass to access the share. The people here just want something that appears as a shared drive... Why not just set up…