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Quote: Originally Posted by Karl Kuehn Why would you want two 19" displays rather then one 27" display? To put numbers to this: Two 19" monitors probably display each have a resolution of 1280x1024 or 1440x900, so: 1280 * 1024 * 2 (monitors…
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Quote: Originally Posted by KingOfSomewhereHot A simple "splitter" would not work. If there's not already, then soon, there will be "hubs" available... similar to those we use with USB and Firewire. Thunderbolt can also be "daisychained". In t…
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Hello! I have a question. I am obviously an Apple die-hard, so please, no flaming! but, I am about to buy a Windows mobile smart phone for work (I have Sprint, so, no iPhone for me), and it comes with Windows mobile 6.1 or whatever. What I…
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Okay, thanks a lot Marvin. I will only use Read/Write encrypted images. Marvin, what you are saying is, that if I have my encrypted images mounted (which I plan on being the case pretty much all of the time--I hardly ever restart my computer, I …
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Thank you everyone for all of your responses! I am feeling pretty confident about locking most of my stuff up now! On the FileVault topic, I have a friend who had Filevault go bad, essentially locking herself out of her own computer files. She …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Marvin You are right to be cautious: http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/22/s...to-be-trusted/ Apple themselves would hopefully be different but the employees are human just the same. I do an erase too or drive swap …
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Quote: Originally Posted by dfiler Simply zeroing data during a reformat is sufficient. That is, unless someone takes the drive to forensic laboratory, removes the spindles, and puts them in a mind-bogglingly expensive machine. Theft of the co…
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Quote: Originally Posted by FuturePastNow It's a normal 2.5" SATA drive, but all the drives Apple offers on the mini are 5400RPM. A 7200RPM 2.5" drive should be no problem, though, or a SSD. Well, thats cool, just so long as I can swop it out …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Joe_the_dragon The mini also has on board video that takes 128-256 of system ram for video. Apple really needs a desktop tower the mac pro is about $1500 over priced. I see, Joe. Well, thats not great news, but th…
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Quote: Originally Posted by FuturePastNow Slower hard drive. That can be upgraded. Really? Ahhh, very interesting! Thanks for the tip, FuturePastNow! I suppose that little Mini takes standard laptop 2.5 hard drives, right? Or has apple d…
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Quote: Originally Posted by addabox Time Machine, an app built into Leopard, can do that. You do a complete backup of the old machine to an external drive (Time Machine gives you the option to exclude files, so you shouldn't), then connect tha…
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Quote: Originally Posted by mdriftmeyer What owner/group status do you have for that drive? If your Guest isn't a member of it's group restrict Read/Write/Execute for the mount point to Root and Read/Write to Group which your general account has …
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Quote: Originally Posted by OldCodger73 You can tell which hard drive brand you have by going to "About this Mac" in the Apple menu. Select "More info..." in the window that comes up, and then in the "Contents" pane select "Serial-ATA". i did …
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Quote: Originally Posted by GrayShades I think OpenOffice.org 3.0 has it in the form of text frames. Is that what you are looking for? What about Pages from iWork? You get the benefit of Keynote and Numbers, too. I have Appleworks, which does …
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Quote: Originally Posted by iPeon The updates are here: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1387 More info here: http://lowendmac.com/misc/03/0505.html sweet. thanks! I guess i dont really need a bunch of extentions, do i? Nothing that I cant…
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no wonder I couldn't find it on my install disc last night! Thanks for the confirmation! Cripes. Hey, when I upgrade to Leopard, is there a way I will be able to get it on CD's verses DVD? That way I could also install it on my old 500mhz G3 lap…
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i don't know =( I'm gonna check my install CD!
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thanks! so close
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but whaT's this im reading about headphones needing an amp to reach their ful potential? I just started reading about the Grado SR80's and I read that they could use an amp to heighten their quality. I just want something that will be good for my …
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awesome! thanks for the great places to start looking! Im gonna check with those references! As far as price goes, I cannot imagine paying more than $100