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  • Quote: Originally Posted by sc_markt I noticed that the new mac pro's can hold 2 video cards. Does this mean they are SLI capable? - Mark The answer is no. The only reason to get more cards is to plug in more monitors. Plus, they d…
  • this is all I'm mirroring.. it's cropped from Apple's site:
  • Apple introducing a "Mac"? CRAZY!
    in The Mac Comment by slughead August 2006
  • Veni. Vidi. Farti.
  • Quote: Originally Posted by shetline It's amazing how many people are so eager to give so much power over to their corporate overlords. Why do want companies like Apple and Microsoft, and groups like the RIAA, to have practically all the bargainin…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by 1984 I thought they had thrown out the part of the law that required Apple to open up their DRM among other things... They did but they didn't, read megross post.. I thought so too but when reading further it tur…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by Chucker But that was precisely my point They clock the GPU higher (much like "overclocking" would), but not dangerously so (quite unlike overclocking). Wait, if you're talking about GPUs, ATI has a variable speed …
  • Quote: Originally Posted by luvosx Sure - I am all for BRay - I am also aware of the useless mpeg2 codec usage - one would wonder - first impression - should be stunning - so that people are awed ... don't know why a lackluster player or a codec o…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by Marvin I'm not sure but isn't your filevault password different from your account password? No, Apple sets them both the same.
  • Run the hardware test fully, there's a RAM test in there somewhere.
  • Quote: Originally Posted by Chucker So tell me, where do you get the impression that Asus does not "overclock"? I've been using Asus hardware for years and they've never overclocked.. if they started recently that'd just be weird. Asus is kn…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by MovieCutter I can't believe it took more than 5 posts to figure that out. I could have told everyone that after my 1st week of Latin class....props to m01ety and hot cha I don't 'codi' is a real latin verb. I don't t…
  • well since you're transcoding from .m4p to mp3, you may as well burn to a CD and rip in Mp3 as it'll probably have the same quality loss. To simply 'unprotect' them (m4p -> m4a), I would imagine Hymn would work but I haven't used it since itun…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by David Coasby I have a 20" Apple Cinema Display linked to my G4 running 10.3.9. It's nearly 4 years old and is left on most of the time (with screen saver and sleep enabled). There is now a dark shadow across the top qua…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by Placebo Eh, laptops. Indeed. If I were a stockholder, I'd care. As a person who hates working away from home, I don't.
  • Ripping on a mac is a pain in the ass. Mactheripper (basically the only [free] way to rip encrypted DVDs on a mac) works great but just decrypts the video_ts and saves it... after that you're on your own. If it's too big for a single layer DVD…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by Marvin There's no point. OS X doesn't allocate more than 2-2.5GB per process. Shake can only go up to 2.5 despite having 4GB in the Quad at work: http://tolstoy.newcastle.edu.au/R/help/05/12/17691.html http://66.249…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by onlooker If there isn't SLI your not going to running them at full speed? Why not just get one and run it at 16X then? Do you need the 2 extra monitors, or something? Yep, 2 extra monitors.
  • I don't get it.. there are no specs listed? Well SH*T man, buy me a macbook, I'll buy you a cheap dell and paint it blue for you! Hell, I'll even add sequins and ribbons, I'll make it look real 'sharp'. What's it with people and form over func…
  • extend it but don't hyper-extend it.. always keep it slightly bent but as extended as possible. ACL is a rat bastard. Luckily, with all my knee injuries, I never got around to tearing that particular ligament. You need to have it X-rayed and h…