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  • My two cents' worth: it's always the case that you can't judge it until you've seen it for real. I was dubious about the new Cinema Displays till I visited the store and got the chance to see how sleek and solid a presence they actually have. And th…
    in POLL: New iMac, like or no-like? Comment by shalmaneser August 2004
  • Oh yeah baby. This is the kind of thing that used to cause a certain 133t gamer nerd college dorm-mate to crash-wrestle me to the floor and not let me up till I said "Macs suck", back in freshman year. Better send in for that Office 2004 upgrade fas…
    in Tiger Ad Campaign Begins! Comment by shalmaneser June 2004
  • Mostly I think it's hilariously funny that the definition of the word "computer" in 99% of people's minds includes spyware, driver conflicts, blue screens, a daily virus and a five second wait between click and response. Times like these, however…
    in More Windows Media idiocy Comment by shalmaneser April 2004
  • Quote: Originally posted by costique Microsoft is, as usual, good at making one-legged software for one-armed hardware. Heheheheh. Mind if I spread that meme around a bit?
    in More Windows Media idiocy Comment by shalmaneser April 2004
  • Hi Luca. That isn't the problem - I was watching development of Windows Media and I did download the 9.0 version as soon as it became available (primarily to see if it would play back HD content). However, upon loading some files that are clearly…
    in More Windows Media idiocy Comment by shalmaneser April 2004
  • Thanks alcimedes. All backed up now - weird to think my hard drive has a newer OS than some of the desktops hereabouts... The sound keeps coming back, but it definitely seems to have something to do with the length of time the computer's been on …
    in Did I hear the "click of death" coming from my Powerbook? Comment by shalmaneser April 2004
  • Nice. I'd probably save this one, of course - this Powerbook has already cost me a bit more than it should in battery and power adapter replacements so I'm going to save everything I can on it. I just had a thought. If the internal drive dies alt…
    in Did I hear the "click of death" coming from my Powerbook? Comment by shalmaneser April 2004
  • Cheers guys - installing Panther on my external 200GB FW800 drive as we speak and just hoping she holds together long enough to make the run... *pats computer* "You hear me baby? Hold together!"
    in Did I hear the "click of death" coming from my Powerbook? Comment by shalmaneser April 2004
  • Didn't say I subscribe to any of it, but that's what "audiophiles" tell me, and it seem to piss them off mighty... can't tell the difference myself.
    in In-Ear Headphones vs Earbuds ??? Comment by shalmaneser January 2004
  • Quote: Originally posted by israces Better wouldn't really matter much since the range of human hearing is approximately 20-20k Hz IIRC. True. Slightly off topic, but just FYI: the philosophy behind "audiophile" formats such as DVD-Audio and…
    in In-Ear Headphones vs Earbuds ??? Comment by shalmaneser January 2004
  • Other people have made the point better than I, but I'll say that most of the people I've spoken to are reacting just how Steve wants them to. "$50 more for all that? Cool!!" And if they go "But for $50 MORE - even COOLER!" then so much the better f…
    in I'm not quite sure I "get" the new iPods... Comment by shalmaneser January 2004
  • Quote: Originally posted by hmurchison Panther DVD player and G5 support Toslink Digi I/O. The only way you get multichannel here is Dolby Digital Encoded. Ah, thanks. Should have guessed - that big fat Toslink port had to be there for somethi…
    in 5.1 Surround for Panther? Comment by shalmaneser July 2003
  • OK - so it works now... but ONLY if one of the AirPort-enabled computers is actually plugged into the Base Station via Ethernet cable. Because this is (a) inexplicable, and (b) defies the Base Station's entire reason for existing, I am going to c…
    in AirPort Extreme repeatedly "fades out" Comment by shalmaneser June 2003
  • Quote: Originally posted by Ebby Just wondering, but is the power the same Down Under as it is in America? (120V 60Hz) Ah, no it isn't. That's the only thing it could possibly be, but my grasp of why it's happening is fuzzy (my electrical e…
    in TiBook battery showing signs of "memory effect"... whuh? Comment by shalmaneser June 2003
  • Quote: Originally posted by PaulP No suggestions I'm afraid but just want to say you're not the only one! We've had quite a few Airport Extreme Base Stations now and all of them have been flakey to say the least. Thanks Paul. Good to know…
    in AirPort Extreme repeatedly "fades out" Comment by shalmaneser June 2003
  • Quote: Originally posted by Eugene 3.0) Only if you can get it really, really cheaply. I got the more expensive Extreme base because it has an external antenna connector. I'm using a rather large omnidirectional pole antenna on it to almost tr…
    in Many Airport related questions. Comment by shalmaneser June 2003
  • Quote: Originally posted by ast3r3x Summary is that my brothers firewire drive all of the sudden started giving the error that no readable partitions were available on it. This wouldn't by any chance be a QPS Que!M3 Firewire drive, would it? N…
    in Broken FireWire HD Comment by shalmaneser June 2003