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    The problem with Intel macs and keychain access

    You may have noticed with your new intel mac that keychains absolutely do not work. You are unable to save new passwords to your keychain, and all keychains previously saved on PPC macs are unreadable. Even if you load up the PPC version of keychain access using Pacifist or something, you can...
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    Importing video via USB

    Is there any known shareware or 3rd party app to import video from a USB only camcorder? Thanks, -Carlos-
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    :-( iTunes performance on Intel Duo

    Doesn't the raw power of an Intel Duo far exceed the speed boost of AltiVec?
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    :-( iTunes performance on Intel Duo

    I wonder what the difference is between the 5200 RPM internal MacBook Pro drive and a typical SATA internal PC HDD. Also, I wonder if I can get a Firewire 800 card for my MacBook? Because my drive is a FW800 drive, and my only downgrade from PowerBook 17 inch to MacBook Pro 15 inch (other...
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    :-( iTunes performance on Intel Duo

    My bad... i'm a dunce. I put the AIFF file on my external Firewire Hard Drive (7200 RPM) and then encoded it to MP3. I got 30x. Not as good as the P4 at 80x but at least it's a major improvement. Maybe the P4 has a faster connection to its own internal HD than my external firewire drive...
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    :-( iTunes performance on Intel Duo

    Wow this is sad, or maybe something is just wrong. But on my old G4 powerbook, my iTunes would encode mp3s at 7x or 8x. On my Pentium 4 2 Ghz something like 2 year old PC tower, I see performance of 80 - 100x in MP3 encoding. Literally!!! Now I got a new MacBook Pro 15", 2ghz intel core...
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    HELP - buying a new mac -- decisions!

    D'OH!!!!!! Turns out your right -- the mac mini and macbook both have that integrated Intel GMA 950 graphics chipset which is **NOT** supported by Apple Pro software. I could have SWORN that it was though. So there was no more option. My only choice was the MacBook Pro 15". At least that...
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    HELP - buying a new mac -- decisions!

    I've been thnking about it... and basically... I just need to know if the mac mini's integrated graphics card is pure crap, or if it is going to run Apple's pro apps decently. If it runs pro apps significantly better than a PB G4, then it is a boost for me regardless of how much better a...
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