Recent content by mac mini n00b

I bought a Mac Mini just to learn about this OS. But I'll admit I'm still a hardcore Windows (pc) user. The breadth of software out there still keeps me tied to Windows. Sure I like the Mac, its nice and all but now that I pretty much know OSX and all now, I cant find much use for this machine...

I swear I still these being sold on ebay for over $350. Most arent over 500mhz. Some go over $500 yet the mini mac is much more powerful. Sure I know its a laptop, but its old, as in 1998-2000 old. :rolleyes:

I have several DVD-R's with files Ive backed up and such on my Windows machine, but OSX wont read them, why not?

The only way i can do it is with slideshow but then i have to hit fullscreen then pause it, which is too much trouble. I just want to fullscreen it and then use either my arrowkeys or mousewheel to goto the next page is there an easier way to make my pdf fullscreen, i got some reading to do...

I'd like to prevent my APple from playing that sound when u turn on the power, is there a way

How do I view CHM files on Mac?

I need IE for Mac (for testing, my mac mini didnt come with it) and I cant find it on micro$ofts huge bloated site :(

Found out the manufactuer or where you can get a good USB based microphone input device, besides Ebay http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=HE-280B&cat=SND its only $10 It says "Also found to work in Mac OS X 10.3.7, but without 3D effects software/drivers" Has anyone tried it on...

its a memorex and is just for Windows I guess :( the scroll wheel and middle button work in safari just fine, rightclick works, hmmm well I guess when this mouse dies I'll get one that works on all 3 OS'es i dont think i want to gamble with using another manufactuers drivers, probably...

I've done a search for this first but is there anyway I can get my buttons 4 and 5 to work in OS X? I'd like mouse-button 4 to work as a back button and 5 as forward in several applications (Finder and web browsers) I've done a google but it seems the only choice is some kind of USB software...

This is something that really bugs me I ALWAYS have to resize finder the the size I want and it never remembers it. Is there a way to fix this?

Is there a Free program I can use to record video of my desktop in Mac OS X?

yah i did mean software wise

I just downloaded tinkertool, but what other things can I do to optomize OS X? I've searched google and these forums, and I didnt find much

as it will only display txt files fine but if you ftp a EXE or a JPG or something it will let you FTP it but when you try to run it or view it, it wont work. Something to do with MIME or something