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  • Quote: Originally Posted by Eros Get a macbook. Some really need to assess what the concept of an ultraportable means. I guess some of us just miss the 12" PB :-) Personally I wouldn't be mind an external optical drive as long as it was …
    in Thin Apple notebooks may come clad in black aluminum Comment by mmurray September 2007
  • If you download and build your own x11 1.0 note that you don't get quartz-wm - that belongs to Apple. So you will have to use some other window manager which will not have the quartz look and feel. If you want quartz-wm you will have to buy Pant…
    in [?] ... what ever happened to Apple X11? Comment by mmurray July 2003
  • [quote]Originally posted by spooky: I 2) what will X allow you to do that no other OS can offer? UNIX plus Microsoft Office on the same machine without rebooting. [quote] Years ago a Unix tech-head friend of mine said something …
    in what will OS X bring us? Comment by mmurray September 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by satchmo: I've just connected up a JetDirect box to my HP4MP via parallel cable. Now I've got ethernet out of this printer. Do I use a cross over cable directly into my iMac? Then what? How do I get this thing to…
    in Can I print via ethernet? Comment by mmurray July 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by Brian Paulsen: (Virtual desktops are very hard to live without) Brian Have you tried Virtual Desktop from
    in Should Apple include X11 with Mac OS X? Comment by mmurray July 2002
  • There was a topic on MacNN about this started by Andrew Welch from Ambrosia Software.
    in Virtual Desktops? Comment by mmurray February 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by Anders: Yes but I thought online member was the lowest scum of ADC members. I must be lower than scum No you are an online member. That is the lowest order of life on the ADC I think. People like us don't ge…
    in Mac OS X 10.1.3 Comment by mmurray January 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by Scott H.: It never crashed on me either. Hung up bad one time but a terminal and a kill -9 clean it up. Or was that a regular force quit. I don't think anyone has mentioned the wake from sleep time yet. Its instantan…
    in OS X on iBook....OK? Comment by mmurray January 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by Scott H.: Mac users can be an "ignorant lot" too. The major problem with OS X where I "work" was AppleTalk. Let's see if I remember. NT 4 supports AppleTalk. OS X only supports AppleTalk via TCP/IP. So there was no w…
    in OSX default startup on new iMacs a major problem. Comment by mmurray January 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by Sinewave: Just type the url of the Java apple into the "Applet Launcher" application. It's a browser Issue. Thanks. Is there anyway of making it use proxies ? I notice there are Pref's under the Applet Launche…
    in OsX and Java..When? Comment by mmurray January 2002
  • You can download the updater as a single file from http:/docs.info.apple.comarticle.html?artnum=122003 Michael
    in 10.1.2 Where can I get the download Comment by mmurray December 2001
  • [quote]Originally posted by xype: MacOS X is unix. Get X11 for OS X and you will have it. Not true. You will have access only to the X11 apps running on the Mac. ie the UNIX stuff. You won't be able to see any if the quartz GUI or u…
    in Remote Desktop Comment by mmurray December 2001
  • [quote]Originally posted by Dogcow: There is one thing i would really like to see Apple implement from the windows side and that is the remote desktop. If you've never seen it, it lets you access your desktop over any (PC) computer with Internet e…
    in Remote Desktop Comment by mmurray December 2001
  • [quote]Originally posted by hacmac: My position was and is: If I own one copy, it's fair to use it on both of my machines. [ 11-17-2001: Message edited by: hacmac ] Its a nice idea. But I think you will find that few licence agreements…
    in Office X .... what if you have 2 boxes ? Comment by mmurray December 2001
  • [quote]Originally posted by bradbower: What if Daddy is trying to make a canned PowerPoint about his division's quarterly earnings, and little Trisha wants to type up her lab reports, and David wants to send an email to a friend about the track…
    in Office X .... what if you have 2 boxes ? Comment by mmurray November 2001
  • [quote]Originally posted by Adam11: Thanks for all of the thoughts, but short of the cracked code option (and Im not sure how that would go mapped from the same IP against my real copy), it seems like MS has got us stumped. I guess that we might h…
    in Office X .... what if you have 2 boxes ? Comment by mmurray November 2001
  • There are some nasty bugs in the pdf viewing software in 10.1. You can produce pdf's using TeXShop which, when you view them, cash you right out to the login in screen and then require a reboot before you can login in again. Nasty if its a docum…
    in 10.1.1 Comment by mmurray November 2001
  • [quote]Originally posted by othello: I'm going to be getting ADSL (self install) in January and I wanted to know if an Aiport base station plays well with it? So I'm going to have the ADSL ethernet box, plugged into my Aiport base station and le…
    in UK members: OK to use an Aiport base station with ADSL? Comment by mmurray December 2002
  • [quote]Originally posted by MacJedai: Ok, Here ya go,
    in 19" LCDs and new Powerbooks on Nov 5 is the new rumor Comment by mmurray October 2002
  • I think its clear - if Steve was introducing a G 5 or a G od next week there would have been more hype. I can't decide which I believe in less :-) Michael
    in G5 next week. Certain. Comment by mmurray January 2002