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  • The way that I'm doing this right now is as follows. I've hooked a marantz MV5100 VCR to a canopus ADVC100 via s-video. The whole setup cost me 80$ used (craigslist, value village). A VCR with s-video will give a much better output, and the Mara…
    in Converting VHS to DVD Comment by rminkler October 2007
  • Quote: Originally Posted by mcarling If Apple were to ship a new line of Cinema Displays with 125dpi, they might be: 30.4" WQSXGA 3200x2048 24" WQXGA 2560x1600 18" WUXGA 1920x1200 (Apple already offers this resolution at 133dpi on the 17" M…
    in New Apple Cinema Displays. Comment by rminkler October 2007
  • Quote: Originally Posted by jinix Hi I have a 250GB external hard drive. I want to format the whole thing into FAT32, but I have no clue. One member here told me that it can be done at the Disk Utilities, but I'm not sure how to do it. I know …
    in How to format an external hard drive into FAT32 Comment by rminkler March 2007
  • Quote: Originally Posted by skydivedan I just bought a new Mac Mini. Here are the specs. 1.83 Intel Core Duo 2GB 667 DDR2 SDRAM-2x1GB 160GB Serial ATA drive Mac OS X I also bought a brand new Apple 30 inch display, but it won't let me ad…
    in Max resolution? 30 Inch display & MacMini Comment by rminkler March 2007
  • I've heard that as a rule of thumb, never fill a drive more than 90%.
    in optimal swap file, hardrive space for macbook Comment by rminkler February 2007
  • Leopard is just around the corner, and will probably drop g3 support. I'd go for an old G4 if I were you.
    in G3 performance question Comment by rminkler February 2007
  • Quote: Originally Posted by OM2 Take Firefox for example: I have several windows open. How do I navigate through the open windows? On WIndows I'd use alt+tab. I can't figure out the Mac equivalent. The only way I've found how to do what…
    in How do I navigate through different windows of the same application? Comment by rminkler February 2007
  • Sure, you can replicate many of the cool features of RAW with TIFF files and photoshop, but the result isn't going to have the same quality. For example, you can adjust the white balance of a tif file in photoshop, but this is a lossy operation, and…
    in Why No RAW Scanners??? Comment by rminkler February 2007
  • [QUOTE=Ebby;1045226]#1) A Camera RAW file is usually a 12 bit file. Scans can be 48bit or more. You don't need RAW. It is a step backwards. All the "advantages" a RAW file brings can already be done with simple Photoshop tools. There is no need…
    in Why No RAW Scanners??? Comment by rminkler February 2007
  • Quote: Originally Posted by donebylee Why are there no scanners that produce a RAW file? Seriously, I would have thought that someone would be offering one by now. Is there some technical reason that I don't understand? And for those w…
    in Why No RAW Scanners??? Comment by rminkler February 2007
  • Quote: Originally Posted by shadasan kl thanx i anybody eles knows if theres any kind of graphics card or video cards out there for ibooks plz tell me. There are none. You can't upgrade the graphics cards in any of Apples laptops, almost no la…
    in ibookG4 video upgrade Comment by rminkler February 2007
  • The problem with the cheaper analog to digital video converters, mac or pc, is that they convert to mpeg or some other compressed format, whereas the more expensive firewire converters convert video into standard uncompressed DV, which is really wha…
    in can i edit video on my mac like this... Comment by rminkler February 2007
  • If you pay them the cost of shipping new CDs to you, and send them a letter declaring that you will destroy your windows photoshop cds, Adobe will send you Mac discs.
    in Photoshop Comment by rminkler January 2007
  • Quote: Originally Posted by Apple Imp lol. Im not saying there wont be a G6. Its just not coming out anytime soon. I asked him cuz Apple has a tendencey to release something, and then in less than a year release something better (or at least that…
    in New iMacs? Comment by rminkler January 2007
  • 15-20 audio tracks puts a load on the cpu, not on the soundcard.
    in Soundcards in Apple computers Comment by rminkler January 2007
  • I'm pretty sure that the core duo is just as dual core as the core 2 duo - I'd go for the core 2 duo though because it is a 64bit processor, which doesn't matter much (at all) at the moment, but might help down the road a few years.
    in Let's play a Game: "Help the Switcher" Comment by rminkler January 2007
  • There's something wrong. Your computer is a supported configuration, the game ought to be playable. Might be something lacking in Apple's video drivers?
    in So, it turns out, C2D MBP's AREN'T unbeatable. Comment by rminkler November 2006
  • Search on wikipedia.
    in Internet Connection question Comment by rminkler November 2006
  • Apple's DNG support is lacking because there are essentially two kinds of DNG files: There are DNG files which contain the original Bayer sensor readout from the RAW file, and there are DNG files that have been converted to linear mode (not totally …
    in Aperture 1.5.1 update, demo download coming today Comment by rminkler November 2006
  • Another interesting tidbit from the same technology overview, opengl 2.1 is included with Leopard, as well as the following: "Leopard also provides a dramatic increase in OpenGL performance by offloading CPU-based processing onto another thread w…
    in Resolution independence in Leopard confirmed by Apple Comment by rminkler October 2006