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    F - Tangerine iMac, Ohio State campus area

    Tangerine iMac is gone. Thanks for your interest.
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    Apple Shopping 2007

    Probably iWork when (if?) they stick a spreadsheet app in there. Maybe the new OS X version after the first couple revisions. Might be kinda tough to talk the wife into letting me get an iMac, though...
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    matlab troubles

    Do other programs that use X11 work OK?
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    Problems with my new macbook..help needed

    Best of luck. Hopefully they'll be able to clear up the situation. I hope it's not needed, but as with any place you might have to be pleasantly persistent until things are fully resolved.
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    Problems with my new macbook..help needed

    djc_nl, you're paying extra for a Mac and part of what you're paying for is less hassle. You did not create the problems; they were there from the start. It's up to the Apple people to fix them. You've got better things to do with your time.
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    GraphicConverter alternatives?

    Viro, hope you continue to enjoy it. GC is a great example of time=money. Once you set up some batches, etc, you'll easily get back the purchase price. For both work pics and family pics, GC has been great over here.
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    In your opinion, how has the Intel transition gone?

    I've seen Apple reluctantly discard their proprietary hardware piece by piece, to the point where Apples were pretty much just PCs with a different processor and OS. It's good to see that they've finally made it. Also funny to see how all of a sudden the benchmarks sort of point the other...
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    Cheap Theropy

    After using emacs a few times, I fully understand why there's a built-in therapy function...
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    GraphicConverter alternatives?

    Did you look through the OS X downloads on Apple's site? There are several freeware / shareware / commercial products available. fwiw, I didn't find anything comparable to GC. There's ImageMagick, which I've actually used quite a bit and which is easily as powerful, but it requires more time...
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    Inaccessible sites and no DHCP with Linksys router

    If you didn't tinker with anything (and if you've got a good admin password on the router), then maybe the router's going bad? Another likely thing is that your ISP is doing "upgrades" that messes with things temporarily. Any way to test another router? fwiw, with the Linksys I'm using (same...
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    smells like hot electrical...

    Goldi1ocks, fwiw, yes, I've seen new batteries blow out older powerboards (small board hooked up to the motherboard in the models of laptops I used to repair) from time to time. I've also seen many times when motherboards / powerboards blew out through their own free will. Does the smell go...
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    ACDSee is great on PC. Any like it for Intel Mac

    Graphic Converter is great. If you want something much smaller (and free) that may fit your needs, try FFView. Not nearly as many features as GC, but it's noticeably faster.
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    Eating our words: a look back to Oct 2001

    After reading the posts, it's all too clear: Fryke is really Steve Jobs. :D If iPods ever get down to about $50 - $70, I'll buy one. Guess that leaves me way way behind with iTV...
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    imagemagick install

    I'd have to put another vote towards Fink. It installed and worked perfectly (but this Mac's made me even more lazy so I later bought Graphic Converter :D).
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    Is Appleworks really that bad?

    I've really enjoyed "Pages" that's bundled with "Keynote" and sold as "iWork". Still, along with the above posts I'd have to ask about trying some free apps before putting down money for something that may be overkill. As Mikuro mentioned, TextEdit is pretty good (and not too slow). Also, the...
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    This Is Atrocious!

    Hey, Windows 3 was just fine for me. ... at least the version I ran under OS/2 2.1 ... :D
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    Apple is still behind HP and Dell...

    Dude, I should have read your post instead of editing mine. :D
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    Apple is still behind HP and Dell...

    It's all moot; Apple products are just too cute to throw out anyhow. I've still got a Tangerine in the basement, and there are people who have super-old Macs hanging around. No need for Greenpeace to worry. :) edit: The Greenpeace site seems very vague about the hazards in Apple products...
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    Intel iMac lockup

    Warragul, did you try turning off Airport completely, doing a fresh boot with it turned off, and seeing if the iMacs still lock up? If you boot into Safe Mode, does it still happen? Booting from the CD? If so, maybe you could get them replaced by Apple.
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    webserver kit??

    The "unidentified error" thing would really concern me. I've played with that triplet of apps before and always got helpful error messages like "could not connect to database" , etc. Are errors to the screen turned on in the php.ini? Also, did you comb through all the apache, MySQL and PHP...
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