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    OS X 10.3 vs. 10.3 Server

    I was wondering if someone can explain the advantage of having 10.3 Server over just 10.3? In my situation, I've about 5 Windows and Apple computers on a network. Some of the computers need to access files that are kept on a certain hard drive of one of the computers. Currently these are just...
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    Dang it! Dell vs. Apple

    It's $999 at Apple now for a 20" http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/70102/wo/1O3jeBQn8owv2DwGFK51g6Wc6w2/1.0.11.1.0.6.21.1.2.1.3.0.0.1.0
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    MacOSX.com word association!

    mao sze dong
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    Apple site update w/ tsunamis

    The easy way of viewing what Apple and other companies have done to promote charitable causes is to be cynical. Most companies are not so cold as to be completely involved in charitable causes for PR and image. At the same time, it is not ethically wrong to let others know that you do promote...
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    Apple stock grow, grow, grow...

    i'm sick that i sold my apple stock at $13. 2-3 yrs ago, i saw my stock drop 50% in 1 day. then another 50% a few months later. if i only kept it.
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    Where can I get powerbook screws?

    have you tried going to a retail apple store? if they don't have it, then maybe www.partsolver.com ???
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    windows in San Jose police cars ..... crash!

    here's an intersting read on the problem of bad user interface, not consulting the user, and using Windows with its bugs ... http://nytimes.com/2004/11/11/technology/circuits/11cops.html?8hpib
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    Dell are sharks!!!

    i bought a Dell Precision M60 laptop last spring; I went to different sections of their website to price the exact same system and the prices were different. For instance, getting a system priced between "Small Business" and "Gov/Education" and etc. That was sly of them ...
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    Mac OS X in Czech

    yea, worse case, a reinstalling the entire OS X will only take 40 minutes. but i doubt that you'll need to reinstall everything ...
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    Mac OS X in Czech

    no locationalization needed. it's already built into OS X. Go to System Preferences, and International. Click on Languages tab, edit and choose Cestina, okay. Click on Customize Sorting and Central Go to Input Menu and click on Central European, okay. Click on Input Menu Tab (3rd one), and...
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    iPod Photo (color iPod) just showed up in Apple Store

    sweet! that's awesome! i'll have a wait a little while since i just bought a Mazda3.
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    e-voting machine crashes

    I read a story about the e-voting machines crashing b/c of too much heat produced. Although the article didn't say anything about Pentiums or PC's, I immediately thought of the heat excessive P4's. (my brother had a dell inspiron P4 laptop that would overheat and shut down). Wouldn't it be...
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    iTunes burning

    Does anyone know how to set iTunes to burn songs into different folders on to a CD? I would like the songs organized by genre or artist. iTunes doesn't seem to have the setting to allow that; am i right?
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    hard drive noise

    yea, i figured it was at the end of its life. It sounded horrible. I went to microcenter and bought an 80 GB Maxtor with 8 mb cache for $108 with tax. Not the greatest deal, but this computer needed to be up and running asap. It took about 2 hours to back up, and 2 hours to replace...
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    hard drive noise

    my hard drive in my powermac g4 933 Mhz is making a squeek-ka-put noise .... it doesn't sound good. I've run Disk utility and TechTool and those programs said it was okay. i've problems trying to copy files and folders backing up. sounds like it's gonna die ...
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    I could use a little help

    try Audion by Panic www.panic.com/audion
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    Suggestions for upgrading G4

    I had an AGP G4 Powermac 400 Mhz that had been upgraded in the following ways: 1. Added RAM to 1 GB 2. Replaced HD with a 60 GB Maxtor (HD failed under extended warranty. warranty company replaced it with an inferior brand. got fed up and bought a new one myself). 3. Replaced my video...
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    Question on iPOD battery life

    i've a 2nd gen iPod; I've gotten close to 8 hours in the past. since it's about 2 yrs old, i've not tested its limits but i've gotten 6.5 recently.
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    Apple laptop displays

    i have a dell m60 and a 15" Al Powerbook. I'm used to the screen on my powerbook at 1280 x 854 so I thought 1900 x 1200 on my Dell was just too many pixels crammed in a 15" display. My eyes strain when using it b/c everything's so small. And it doesn't look right when I've it on any other...
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    MacOSX.com word association!

    house
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