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  • Quote: Originally posted by Mr. SG Here's a quick xbench: Before - 2x Seagate IDE 120GB Drives (Stripe RAID) Disk Test\t99.28\t \t\tSequential\t102.54\t \t\t\tUncached Write\t105.25\t43.87 MB/sec [4K blocks] \t\t\tUncached Write\t100.14\…
  • Quote: Originally posted by Mr. SG I just bought an SATA card and 400GB SATA drive from OWC for under $300. We'll see how that goes. I can always use the SATA drive in my future G5 as well! Cool! Could you report on performance increases…
  • Quote: Originally posted by Mr. SG I'm a fellow Quicksilver-er looking for more speed... While I have already maxxed out my ram and added a cpu upgrade over the last 2 years. I'm curious what other things I can do to speed up my aging Quicksi…
  • Quote: Originally posted by cybermonkey From the looks of that (out of focus ) pic, your using an El cheap midi tower? Which is probably made of steel, which is ain't good as it retains the heat and fry's everything. get a nice aluminum case, C…
  • Quote: Originally posted by ThinkingDifferent At that time we had about 100 developers. Ouch -
  • Quote: Originally posted by ThinkingDifferent Back in '97 we wanted to migrate from XLC to GCC because of licensing costs. We had a huge code repository that had to be recompiled. After recompiling the code in our dev environment we found some …
  • Quote: Originally posted by ThinkingDifferent I am not sure why an Apple developer will want to pay for the Intel's plugins. XTools provide a comprehensive set of dev tools for free. Seriously though - Xcode is simply fantastic. One point of…
  • Most gnu/linux programs are platform independent, and with proper dependancies, will compile on OS X. Of corse, you could save your self some trouble and get fink: http://fink.sourceforge.net/download/index.php and fink commander: http://fink…
  • Quote: Originally posted by BeigeUser My card is a 9600. That confirms my theory that a 9800 is needed for a smooth dual-monitor setup. How much VRAM does your 9800 have? Standard 128 mb 9800 pro.
  • Quote: Originally posted by BeigeUser The redraw speeds were excellent in a one-monitor setup but it slowed down significantly with two monitors connected. Maybe you need a 9800 with 256MB or higher to get adequate performance out of large or mul…
  • Quote: Originally posted by sebastijan How to enable vim syntax for php... i have file php.vim in /syntax folder and... :syntax enable :syntax on I tried also with file .vimrc and doesn't help unfortunately. (i use Mac OS X 10.4 (xterm-…
  • Consult the Macintosh optical drive bible: http://forums.xlr8yourmac.com/drived....drivedb.lasso From my quick search it looks as if the DVR-110's are compatable.
  • Anything'll work for basic video editing, it just depends on what type of editing you plan to do - for basic video footage an iBook / MacMini should work fine - if you plan to encode full length DVD's and author your own menu's you'll definitely wan…
  • I often see 1.6 ghz G5 systems sell for $800.00-$1000.00, give or take a hundred bucks - here's an example of a 1.6 current selling for $600.00 with 20 hours left: http://cgi.ebay.com/Apple-Power-Mac-...QQcmdZViewItem
  • Quote: Originally posted by Copse Dude, with only 32MB Video-ram you dont get the cool water ripple effect in dashboard Think about it! The one thing that´s stopping me from ordering a 12" powerbook/ibook is the LCD. Im writing this on a 3-4 …
  • I'd say get the PowerBook - you'll get a Better LCD panel, Video card, and processor, all for an extra $200.00.
  • Quote: Originally posted by Gon Semi-fly, that's a *really* apples to oranges comparison. \ Well, as I stated in my post, you can't really compare the quality of Apple hardware to PC hardware - Apple has higher standards, which means you…
  • Quote: Originally posted by Eric_Z The saddest pice of PM kit is still the 1.8Ghz single though, with it's mighty mighty 5200. I mean ... bleh. Yep - let's face it, that configuration is a rip-off. Lets see what $1500.00 gets a consumer on th…
  • Could you post more information on what exactly your burner is doing? (Burning Software, error messages, brand of meadia, data files etc).
  • Quote: Originally posted by Algol Go on ebay and pick up a 17" apple studio display for 350. It will look the best and they're pretty freaken good displays. That's a good idea - plus, they look great sitting next to a mini.