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  • I agree with you here. I know you have to take a test and stuff to work at the genius bar, but some of these things don't need a 10 step instruction manual. A DVD drive is one of those. My dad and brother both had problems with their Dell compute…
    in Tired of being treated like an idiot!!! Comment by ebby February 2007
  • Oh yea it was. *wipes tear* Can't wait for the sequel. ( ) EDIT: oooOOOOoooooo...
    in Hello Comment by ebby February 2007
  • I second more USB ports in general. Yea, the keyboard should have USB2, but it would also be great if I never run into "This device is drawing too much power" problems. For a desktop computer (Including iMac) 2 USB2 ports doesn't cut it. At least…
    in Official "future physical changes" thread Comment by ebby February 2007
  • OS X can generate a PDF from any page you can print. Just print a page, and select the PDF drop down box. It could be as simple as using your scanner software, choosing print, and saving the file. If you need more control, you could scan in ano…
    in Free (or cheap) program to Scan to PDF Comment by ebby February 2007
  • I have a 333Mhz desktop and a 400Mhz laptop. The laptop works fine, but the desktop is noticeably sluggish. I wouldn't use anything less than a 400Mhz G3. I also upgraded to 720MB RAM in my laptop and noticed a big improvement. RAM really helps …
    in G3 performance question Comment by ebby February 2007
  • Not really. You can do it that way if you want, but you can also use Adjustment Layers to do the same thing. And you have more controls like curves, Hue/Saturation, color balance, brightness/contrast, etc to manipulate the image. Don't like somet…
    in Why No RAW Scanners??? Comment by ebby February 2007
  • Actually I was wondering about that when I typed it. Didn't really make a whole lot of sense. Thanks. But there is still no quality advantages to use RAW over TIFF. That's what I was trying to get at.
    in Why No RAW Scanners??? Comment by ebby February 2007
  • #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 with the exception …
    in Why No RAW Scanners??? Comment by ebby February 2007
  • What in the world? I am sure I posted but I am not showing up. Something going on here? EDIT: Whoa! That was fun. I just had some sort of cache refresh problem blended with a double topic to create some really confusing moments. Way to pull …
    in Imac G3 Help PLZZZZZ Comment by ebby February 2007
  • Well, OSX doesn't really slow down unless you have less than 400Mhz. I'll assume you have at least that. Video: DVD's and MP4's are usually good; flash and h.264 you will see dropped frames. Internet runs fine as long as you don't have a lot of m…
    in G3 Help PLZZZZZZZZ Comment by ebby February 2007
  • Personally, I grabbed an old computer, installed Ubuntu and BIND and also Webmin. Webmin is a pain to install for mac, only because you have to install Perl as well. Bind works well on Ubuntu, but I had problems getting it working for Mac. I …
    in Internet speed problem revisited Comment by ebby February 2007
  • My ISP has slow DNS servers. While bandwidth is pretty high, requesting pages and images from multiple sites used to take some time. The only way I fixed that was building my own DNS server.
    in Internet speed problem revisited Comment by ebby February 2007
  • I use a G3 laptop and it works fine for internet, iTunes, and MS Office. Plus there are lots of little programs it is really good at. But I have to disagree on the video. You Tube videos stutter, especially while downloading. DVD's work fine, …
    in Should I get the wife a G3 laptop? Comment by ebby February 2007
  • It is probably formatted using FAT 16 for compatibility. Since this is a NAS, you may be limited in options, but both NTSF and HFS+ can handle longer filenames. Not exactly sure about FAT32, but since you are already reformatting, it can't hurt to…
    in NAS on OS X Comment by ebby February 2007
  • Hey, I have Panther running on a Beige G3. It may not be "compatible" or "supported" but it runs thanks to XPost Facto. If Leopard *really* doesn't work, so be it, but just because it doesn't say on the box doesn't mean it won't work.
    in Leopard on G3 Comment by ebby February 2007
  • And get as many icons off the desktop as you can. I noticed that speeds up OS X a lot.
    in My machine is slowing down! Comment by ebby February 2007
  • 1) I grew up on a Mac IIsi and some sort of PC running DOS and Windows 3.1. I could actually do things on a Mac. Then again, I was like 6 years old... 2) Advertising has a big influence on the perception on Apple as a company. However I never …
    in I would appreciate some help (research) Comment by ebby February 2007
  • I use disk images to store my homework on School computers. I had one of my Photoshop and flash files copied by other students. There are plenty of non-naughty uses for encrypted disk images.
    in what is a disk image. Comment by ebby January 2007
  • It looks like any old file. You can move them anywhere you like. The magic only happens when you open it. Take a spin: Empty Sparse Image (Not Encrypted, but that would ask for a password before opening)
    in what is a disk image. Comment by ebby January 2007
  • A disk Image is like a virtual hard drive. (Or CD or any kind of drive you need) It shows up as a attached disk when it is opened and can close when ejected. But instead of inserting a DVD-r or thumb drive, the file remains on your computer all t…
    in what is a disk image. Comment by ebby January 2007