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  • Quote: Originally Posted by Kali Can you (or others) tell more on this ? What can we expect with the MBA ? If the storage SSD fails, the whole MBA will be unusable, especially if we can't replace the storage medium. What average lifetime can…
    in MacBook Air Buying Advice Comment by kali October 2010
  • Nomore opinions on this subject ?
    in Mac mini against best MacBook Air Comment by kali October 2010
  • I'm also interested in this subject. I'm about to buy the best MBA (13" with the 2.13 GHz CPU and 4 GB ram). I'm concerned about the heat issues that may occur with the fastest processor. To save some $, I may stick with the default CPU (1.86…
    in Any heat issue on new 13" MBA? Comment by kali October 2010
  • Quote: Originally Posted by marvin they should make novelty ones like this: not this though: that's just wrong. They can attach a cuddly lion toy to the usb pen. This way you also have an excuse for explaining computer purchases …
    in Mac OS X Lion & the new MacBook Air Comment by kali October 2010
  • Quote: Originally Posted by addabox Oh yeah, and on the ram thing, I should also note that SDDs have a finite read/write cycles, and limiting ram increases paging-- which over time will actually have an effect on the lifespan of the drive. ra…
    in MacBook Air Buying Advice Comment by kali October 2010
  • Quote: Originally Posted by Kali For Quake3, that's really NOT a problem, since I can already play it perfectly on the mini (9600M), with 90 FPS and all rendering options set to best. So with the 320M (which is supposed to be about twice the per…
    in Mac mini against best MacBook Air Comment by kali October 2010
  • Quote: Originally Posted by KingOfSomewhereHot The 330M may not be MUCH better than a 320M, but if you're playing quake and it's the difference between 20 fps and 30 fps, then it's very noticeable. For Quake3, that's really NOT a problem, sinc…
    in Mac mini against best MacBook Air Comment by kali October 2010
  • Quote: Originally Posted by KingOfSomewhereHot It sounds like you REALLY ought to be getting (at least considering) the 15" MacBookPro. For the same price, you get a bigger screen, a MUCH faster (i5) CPU, and a much better GPU. It's not quite…
    in Mac mini against best MacBook Air Comment by kali October 2010
  • Quote: Originally Posted by Ireland For $100 less you can get this: http://store.apple.com/us/configure/...co=MTg1ODA3Nzg Well, that iMac maybe much more powerfull (more bang for the bucks), but it isn't a portable computer, which is what I…
    in Mac mini against best MacBook Air Comment by kali October 2010
  • The new MBA are still using glossy-shinny-glassy screens, on an ultra-portable ! WTF !? I need a MATTE SCREEN on my PORTABLE, Steve ! GEEZ !
    in Apple unveils new, instant-on MacBook Air: 'MacBook meets iPad' Comment by kali October 2010
  • Please Apple ! Please Apple, PLEASE APPLE ! REMOVE THE %&*$ DRIVE FROM YOUR PORTABLE !! I don't need, I don't want any drive on a portable ! Geez !
    in Apple to hold special 'Back to the Mac' event on October 20th Comment by kali October 2010
  • That's it ! I think I've found exactly what I need, and it's a freeware ! http://www.apple.com/downloads/macos...iabrowser.html What do you think of this little thingy ?
    in Pictures catalog ? Comment by kali May 2010
  • This is a neat trick in Terminal : defaults write com.apple.dock use-new-list-stack -boolean yes; killall Dock
    in Icons Size in the Dock Grid Comment by kali May 2010
  • Quote: Originally Posted by Marvin You have to edit the Dock image files for anything more than the 2D switch. Also note, while you can change transparency, the Dock will still capture clicks in that area. So, if you wanted to shrink it down, whe…
    in Snow Leopard's Dock -> Tiger's Dock ? Comment by kali May 2010
  • I've found a Terminal command to change the Dock to 2D : 1) Open Terminal (Applications => Utilities => Terminal.app) 2) Type the following code "press enter for each code once": defaults write com.apple.dock no-glass -boolean YES …
    in Snow Leopard's Dock -> Tiger's Dock ? Comment by kali May 2010
  • I just found a nice freeware Dock customisation app : Docker http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/33516 Arrgh ! Its options are limited. I'm unable to get Tiger's Dock. Any ideas ?
    in Snow Leopard's Dock -> Tiger's Dock ? Comment by kali May 2010
  • Quote: Originally Posted by SpotOn System/Library/CoreServices/DefaultDesktop.jpg Thanks a lot !
    in Where are the Login pictures ? Comment by kali May 2010
  • Quote: Originally Posted by PB Exactly, VLC Media Player and also Movist. Both very nice. Movist is very nice, thanks for that one ! But I'm still very surprised that all these codecs aren't integrated into the default QuickTime and its pla…
    in AVI movies in QT player ? Comment by kali May 2010
  • Quote: Originally Posted by Mr. Me Changing the extension changes the name and nothing else. I have no problem playing any video with the .avi extension. If you don't have QuickTime Player 7, then you should download it from Apple and install it.…
    in AVI movies in QT player ? Comment by kali May 2010
  • Quote: Originally Posted by Karl Kuehn The problem you are running into is that these files are not real AVIs, but rather are a bastardized version of H.264 (or something else) wrapped in something that might resemble an AVI wrapper, but mainly u…
    in AVI movies in QT player ? Comment by kali May 2010