Anyone want to make a logical guess as to when the iMacs will be refreshed/bumped/updated/whatevs? I need to replace my aging G4 desktop before I lose the ability to use my student discount.
http://buyersguide.macrumors.com/
I would expect a performance bump (no redesign) in July (whenever the hell WWDC is this year). If they don't announce then, you need to buy it then or wait until January. You'll be super pissed if you pick it up in October only to see it updated in January 2009.
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My MacBook Air, let me show you it (later when I borrow my girlfriend's digital camera). If anyone has questions about it, feel free to ask. I'll run any kind of tests that people may be interested in.
Did you get the SuperDrive as well? Will the SuperDrive work if connected to a usb hub and not directly to the port? And what's the battery life like?
My MacBook Air, let me show you it (later when I borrow my girlfriend's digital camera). If anyone has questions about it, feel free to ask. I'll run any kind of tests that people may be interested in.
Does it suck as much as it appears to? Like, are the internets right?
So speaking of Macs and gaming, how well does a Macbook handle WoW? My videocard on my PC just died, and I'm in the process of saving for a Macbook. I'm wondering if I should just buy the Macbook, and a videocard down the road, or videocard now, and wait to buy the Macbook.
I have a 13 inch macbook for work and WoW hurts it. Don't even try Outland.
Did you get the SuperDrive as well? Will the SuperDrive work if connected to a usb hub and not directly to the port? And what's the battery life like?
No, I didn't get the SuperDrive. The only time I would need it would be now, when I'm installing software initially (and hell most of it is just DMG on a disc anyway). Engadget reports that even hooking up the SuperDrive to a powered USB hub won't let it work on other Macs. It appears to be tied at a hardware/firmware level to the MacBook Air.
Already done for the both of you. With 4 gigs of after-market RAM in my lowest-priced Macbook, I get around 20 FPS in front of the Org bank. Not too shabby if you're not doing anything extremely intense.
Ok guys... I'm on the verge of making a very, very big purchase.
I'm about to redo my bedroom, and I've decided that I want both a new TV in there and a new Mac. So, in order to kill two birds with one stone, I'm looking at these:
I'm looking at the Time Capsule because I recently lost an Apple Router and I love the Airport Admin Utility, so this would replace that while giving me enough space to back up all my Macs. I also have a fairly complicated network in place, so I'd be able to drop this in while getting the improved performance of wireless n.
I'm pretty comfortable with the purchase of the HDHomeRun because I don't watch much more than network television and if I can cancel my cable TV and save some money each month plus play my TV on two of my Macs, that would be great.
The Mac Buyer's Guide says that the iMac is nearly due for a refresh since it's been quite a while. So here's my question: when they finally update the iMac, is there any likelihood that the upgrade would include an improved video card? I'm guessing a processor bump is a given at this point.
The reason I ask is because my other two computers at home are a Core Duo 1.66GHz Mac Mini and a 1GHz G4 12" Powerbook, so I'd Boot Camp WinXP on the iMac for the few games I play (Portal, Guild Wars). In truth, the current configuration of the base 24" iMac is more than powerful enough for me to comfortably play those games. If I bought it today and they updated it tomorrow, I wouldn't feel that bad because the iMac is so much more powerful than anything else I have. But if I can wait a few weeks and get a better video card, I probably will.
Are there any hints as to a video card upgrade in the iMac? Didn't they just update the video cards in the Mac Pros?
Honestly, if you're at all worried about it, I would just wait. I would think that whatever the next refresh entails, it will probably be a proc and video card update and maybe a new fixed up screen.
If you're worried, you're always better waiting and then pulling the trigger.
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Hey dudes, I don't really know much about Macs (can't afford 'em hiyoooooo), but I'm selling a monitor and a dude is interested in buying it, but he wasn't sure if it worked on his computer.
He says he's got a G5, which I read shipped with Radeon 9800s, so he should be fine buying a SyncMaster with VGA and DVi inputs, right?
Hey dudes, I don't really know much about Macs (can't afford 'em hiyoooooo), but I'm selling a monitor and a dude is interested in buying it, but he wasn't sure if it worked on his computer.
He says he's got a G5, which I read shipped with Radeon 9800s, so he should be fine buying a SyncMaster with VGA and DVi inputs, right?
I don't recall my 9800 having a DVI port, or if it did it only had 1 but yeah, the monitor would work fine with that video card.
Ok, so every now and again (more frequently now) my MBP wont shut down. The shutdown times out because [Application] refuses to quit. The applications vary, and when I do it manually, another one has the same issue.... Skype, Mail etc.
I have Leopard... Has anyone else had this problem? Any suggestions?
I'm looking for some fun, low-sys-req games for my C2D Macbook. I'm looking for something twitchy, with graphics that don't look like ass. Not really looking for a big-name game, just something for quick and pretty short twitch-gaming sessions. Racing games or something like that would be cool. I wanted to play StarCraft, but thanks to Rosetta emulation, I find it runs like ass and gets my fans going full speed way too quickly.
It's probably just a difference between the backlights. Most laptop backlights, in order to save power and space, don't go to the same brightness as dektop ones, and if the new NEC you just bought is as awesome as you say, it probably beats the MB screen in contrast ratio as well as brightness.
Now if it's not an illusion and the laptop screen is actually detectably blurry, I'm not sure what would be happening there. LCDs shouldn't be capable of getting blurry as long as they're running at a native resolution.
As a side note, my Powerbook screen looks pretty shoddy next to my desktop ViewSonic, though that's partly due to the Powerbook's age. CCFL backlights get dimmer with use.
My iBook screen looks* awful compared to my 18month old iMac screen.
Im actually a little concerned about buying a new monitor, as my iMac will look bad next to it.
*Looked. It had the logic board failure last week, so I decided to just dump it and gave the battery and charger to a friend. I'll get a MacBook when my student loan clears.
I'm looking for some fun, low-sys-req games for my C2D Macbook. I'm looking for something twitchy, with graphics that don't look like ass. Not really looking for a big-name game, just something for quick and pretty short twitch-gaming sessions. Racing games or something like that would be cool. I wanted to play StarCraft, but thanks to Rosetta emulation, I find it runs like ass and gets my fans going full speed way too quickly.
I'm bumping this because I too am in the same boat.
I'm looking for some fun, low-sys-req games for my C2D Macbook. I'm looking for something twitchy, with graphics that don't look like ass. Not really looking for a big-name game, just something for quick and pretty short twitch-gaming sessions. Racing games or something like that would be cool. I wanted to play StarCraft, but thanks to Rosetta emulation, I find it runs like ass and gets my fans going full speed way too quickly.
I'm bumping this because I too am in the same boat.
My iBook screen looks* awful compared to my 18month old iMac screen.
Im actually a little concerned about buying a new monitor, as my iMac will look bad next to it.
*Looked. It had the logic board failure last week, so I decided to just dump it and gave the battery and charger to a friend. I'll get a MacBook when my student loan clears.
My Powerbook G4 17" logic board failured last night too ;( Warcraft pushed it over the edge, now I have no computer
Before I use Boot Camp I want to do a clean install of Leopard on my MacBook (I've been running an upgrade install and it runs like dog shit)
If I already have time machine back ups on an external drive. Could I connect this external drive and return my fresh install back to where my current set up is?
Turns out the optional $1000 solid-state drive for the MBA is actually only a little bit faster than the mp3-player hard disk in the base model. This coupled with the battery life being about half of what Apple claims makes me wonder just what the hell they think they're doing, and whether Steve Jobs realized that he was lying through his teeth by pitching it as an ultraportable without compromise.
Anyone use .mac? Do you like it? How fast is it? I'm looking for an external backup for mah important files. I have realized that a fire in my place of living will wipe out my backup cds too!!
Before I use Boot Camp I want to do a clean install of Leopard on my MacBook (I've been running an upgrade install and it runs like dog shit)
If I already have time machine back ups on an external drive. Could I connect this external drive and return my fresh install back to where my current set up is?
I think you can use the migration assistant for this, but you don't want to restore the entire time machine backup because that will just bring you back to the upgrade-install state. You can browse the time machine backup and pick and choose files to restore.
I'm looking for some fun, low-sys-req games for my C2D Macbook. I'm looking for something twitchy, with graphics that don't look like ass. Not really looking for a big-name game, just something for quick and pretty short twitch-gaming sessions. Racing games or something like that would be cool. I wanted to play StarCraft, but thanks to Rosetta emulation, I find it runs like ass and gets my fans going full speed way too quickly.
I'm bumping this because I too am in the same boat.
Turns out the optional $1000 solid-state drive for the MBA is actually only a little bit faster than the mp3-player hard disk in the base model. This coupled with the battery life being about half of what Apple claims makes me wonder just what the hell they think they're doing, and whether Steve Jobs realized that he was lying through his teeth by pitching it as an ultraportable without compromise.
I'm glad the SSD doesn't offer that much. It's really cool to see the option and have it available but anyone could have told you that it wouldn't make that large of a difference in the end. Write speeds to SSD just aren't there yet. It'll read fast, sure, but writing takes forever and a day.
I don't know where people are getting this half battery life thing. I've seen a few reviews claim a little shy of five hours but does anyone actually believe Apple's claims of battery life? I've been running it a lot since Monday and with the screen on auto-dim (which in a classroom usually puts it around 75%), WiFi on, Bluetooth off I'm getting 4-4.5 hours. That's not bad at all in this package.
The reason people are hating so hard on the MacBook Air is that it's 1) not a 12" Powerbook that older Mac lovers just can't let go of and 2) trying to shove it into the existing ultraportable category, ignoring the fact that definitions change over time in technology. The MBA has a 13.3" screen and full size keyboard while lacking expansion, many ports and an optical drive. Other ultraportables have a smaller screen and keyboard while still keeping future expansion (RAM mostly) open, having a 'full' compliment of ports and an optical drive. The MBA is ideal for some (me, obviously) while the other group (such as the Dell M1330) are ideal for others.
Anyone use .mac? Do you like it? How fast is it? I'm looking for an external backup for mah important files. I have realized that a fire in my place of living will wipe out my backup cds too!!
I have it, but I don't really use iDisk. I think I fucked something up when I got my MBA and synced. Right now it's keeping up Mail and iCal just fine. A lot of people complain about iDisk, including several big Mac pundits (Andy Ihnatko, Leo Laporte) but it does work for some (Merlin Mann).
Satan, what's the keyboard like on your MBA? I'm thinking of getting one when this semester is over and I'll have some money to spend. I write a hell of a lot of papers, and that plus browsing and general non-intensive kind of stuff is what I'd be using it for. I have my main box which I just built recently for all of my intensive stuff running Kubuntu, so graphics cards or lack of Ghz isn't an issue, nor is the lack of a large harddrive a problem. I have over 1 TB of storage in this one machine, and it's easily expandable to over 2TB.
The main reason I'm looking at the MBA vs. a vanilla MB is the weight - I have to carry around a lot of books with me (since I have to do so much reading), and I'd really like something that is light enough that it isn't going to add too much poundage to what I already have to carry. Is it really that much lighter than the MB, and if so, does this lack of weight come at the expense of sturdiness or toughness?
Satan, what's the keyboard like on your MBA? I'm thinking of getting one when this semester is over and I'll have some money to spend. I write a hell of a lot of papers, and that plus browsing and general non-intensive kind of stuff is what I'd be using it for. I have my main box which I just built recently for all of my intensive stuff running Kubuntu, so graphics cards or lack of Ghz isn't an issue, nor is the lack of a large harddrive a problem. I have over 1 TB of storage in this one machine, and it's easily expandable to over 2TB.
The main reason I'm looking at the MBA vs. a vanilla MB is the weight - I have to carry around a lot of books with me (since I have to do so much reading), and I'd really like something that is light enough that it isn't going to add too much poundage to what I already have to carry. Is it really that much lighter than the MB, and if so, does this lack of weight come at the expense of sturdiness or toughness?
The keyboard is the same keyboard from the black MacBooks (even includes the eject button!) and after going from a Dell keyboard to this one, it's the quickest keyboard transition I've ever had. I already know where all the keys are so the muscle memory wasn't so bad. I'm not afraid to type hard on my keys so I feel the tactile response just fine. I'm in the same boat as you -- I've got about 2.2TB on my main machine, so I could care less about storage and processor power.
I can't compare the MBA to the MB in terms of weight, but I am certainly noticing the lighter bag over my shoulder (I have a messenger bag). The very first thing I did when I pulled it out of the box was flex the hell out of it. I figured that way I could claim it was broken in shipping :P I am extremely confident with it. It goes between a ton of textbooks/paperbacks and my body and is constantly banging against my body (the bag bounces a bit because of how I walk, it seems). It's been just fine and shows no signs of wear at all... though it is just a week old.
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I know I promised pictures, and I have them. I just need to run them through something to cut down the file size.
I don't know where people are getting this half battery life thing. I've seen a few reviews claim a little shy of five hours but does anyone actually believe Apple's claims of battery life? I've been running it a lot since Monday and with the screen on auto-dim (which in a classroom usually puts it around 75%), WiFi on, Bluetooth off I'm getting 4-4.5 hours. That's not bad at all in this package.
Sounds like you're one of the lucky ones, most of the reports I've been getting are 2-3 hours, which is what I usually get on my Pro.
In the discussion thread for our MacBook Air review, many readers questioned whether my (average) 2.5 hour battery life was legitimate. I was constantly using the machine during that time as I described above and on lowest brightness (since that's how I actually use a notebook) and with WiFi on but Bluetooth off—here at Ars, we believe in real-world battery tests, not just turning everything off and pretending the thing isn't on just to see how long it will last while looping a song. My times ranged from 2 hours and 19 minutes to 2 hours and 44 minutes, depending on what I was doing during that time span.
Speaking to others about the battery life of the Air, my averages turned out to be, well, pretty average. Based on actual use, users I spoke to were getting between 2:00 and 2:45 depending on screen brightness and levels of disk activity. Taking that into consideration, we are (or were—keep reading) confident that the HDD model's battery life is indeed the real deal.
But what's the battery life on the SSD model actually like? One of the major benefits of an SSD drive, aside from speed in some areas, is its savings on battery life since there are no moving parts. No hard drive head to haul around means one less thing to power constantly, and I had high hopes for the battery life on the SSD model. Unfortunately, I was met with only moderate gains when there were any at all.
When using the SSD Air in exactly the same manner as the HDD Air and running it down twice, I got an average of 2 hours and 31 minutes of battery life. That's... pretty bad, and two minutes lower than the HDD model. But this number is low because of the two extremes I got when running these tests. My first number was 2 hours and 52 minutes, and the second was 2 hours and 10 minutes. Incidentally, I did less during the second rundown than the first, since my cable service was down and I couldn't do anything on the Internet. I wrote a few paragraphs of this review and watched some TV shows stored on my drive.
If I optimistically decide to run with the first number—2 hours and 52 minutes—that's a 29 minute (average) gain over the HDD's battery life. That's still not the massive gain that I had hoped for. Again, battery life turned out to be a disappointment.
It's important to note that some users don't appear to be experiencing this poor level of battery life on their SSD units. For example, David Heinemeier Hansson (creator of Ruby on Rails) told us that he can get between four and five hours on his SSD MacBook Air at half brightness and while working normally. Needless to say, that hasn't been my experience at all, so I attempted to look into the discrepancy.
Both the HDD and SSD models that I have show a full charge capacity of close to 5000mAh—the HDD model tops out at 5046mAh and the SSD model at 5004mAh. We asked around and found out that other Air owners (of both models) were seeing numbers between 4900mAh and 5100mAh. These same people reported similar battery life—between 2 and 2.5 hours on the HDD model, and between 2:45 and 3 hours on the SSD. Hansson said that he was seeing 4934mAh, so our only explanation is that he was either doing work that wasn't as "intensive" as I was (which is odd, considering that I didn't do anything intensive) or something else is wrong with an entire batch of batteries.
We plan to continue looking into this issue in the coming days and weeks. (If you're reading this and you are experiencing something vastly different than we are, please shoot me an e-mail!)
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I've restarted, I've reinstalled the print drivers, I've tried opening the file differently.
Any ideas?
here is the error
Path: /Applications/Microsoft Office 2004/Microsoft Excel
Identifier: com.microsoft.Excel
Version: 070618 (11.3.6)
Code Type: PPC (Translated)
Parent Process: launchd [95]
Date/Time: 2008-02-04 19:12:38.858 -0800
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.5.1 (9B18)
Report Version: 6
Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)
Exception Codes: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x00000000c0000008
Crashed Thread: 0
Thread 0 Crashed:
0 ??? 0x816aa69f 0 + 2171250335
Thread 1:
0 ??? 0x800bb8e6 0 + 2148251878
1 ??? 0x800c30dc 0 + 2148282588
2 translate 0xb818b69a CallPPCFunctionAtAddressInt + 202826
3 ??? 0x800ec075 0 + 2148450421
4 ??? 0x800ebf32 0 + 2148450098
Thread 2:
0 translate 0xb8152b0b spin_lock_wrapper + 92383
1 translate 0xb817b5d8 CallPPCFunctionAtAddressInt + 137096
2 translate 0xb80bd6fb 0xb8000000 + 775931
3 translate 0xb80b6b77 0xb8000000 + 748407
4 translate 0xb80d4530 0xb8000000 + 869680
5 translate 0xb813d2cf spin_lock_wrapper + 4259
Thread 3:
0 translate 0xb8152bc4 spin_lock_wrapper + 92568
1 translate 0xb817b2ee CallPPCFunctionAtAddressInt + 136350
2 translate 0xb80bd6fb 0xb8000000 + 775931
3 translate 0xb80b6b77 0xb8000000 + 748407
4 translate 0xb80d4530 0xb8000000 + 869680
5 translate 0xb813c9e9 spin_lock_wrapper + 1981
Thread 4:
0 translate 0xb8152803 spin_lock_wrapper + 91607
1 translate 0xb816e76d CallPPCFunctionAtAddressInt + 84253
2 translate 0xb80bd6fb 0xb8000000 + 775931
3 translate 0xb80b6b77 0xb8000000 + 748407
4 translate 0xb80d4530 0xb8000000 + 869680
5 translate 0xb813c9e9 spin_lock_wrapper + 1981
Thread 0 crashed with X86 Thread State (32-bit):
eax: 0xc0000003 ebx: 0x75d388d4 ecx: 0x00000000 edx: 0xbfffbbd0
edi: 0xb81d8794 esi: 0x75d388c4 ebp: 0x8080d180 esp: 0xb7fffacc
ss: 0x0000001f efl: 0x00010246 eip: 0x816aa69f cs: 0x00000017
ds: 0x0000001f es: 0x0000001f fs: 0x00000000 gs: 0x00000037
cr2: 0xc0000008
Binary Images:
0xb8000000 - 0xb81d7fe7 translate ??? (???) /usr/libexec/oah/translate
Translated Code Information:
Rosetta Version: 20.44
Args: /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Support/LaunchCFMApp /Applications/Microsoft Office 2004/Microsoft Excel
Exception: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (0x0001)
Thread 0: (0xb019ed64, 0xb8152803)
0x94e23b5c: /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/CarbonCore.framework/Versions/A/CarbonCore : _MPWaitOnSemaphore + 40
0x84842ad8: No symbol
0x94e0f7cc: /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/CarbonCore.framework/Versions/A/CarbonCore : _PrivateMPEntryPoint + 80
0x94e0f7cc: /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/CarbonCore.framework/Versions/A/CarbonCore : _PrivateMPEntryPoint + 80
0x967e539c: /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib : __pthread_body + 40
0x00000000: /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Support/LaunchCFMApp : + 0
PPC Thread State
srr0: 0x00000000 srr1: 0x00000000 vrsave: 0x00000000
cr: 0xXXXXXXXX xer: 0x00000000 lr: 0x94e23ba0 ctr: 0x96753a40
r00: 0xffffffda r01: 0xf0182d60 r02: 0x1831e900 r03: 0x00006303
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r08: 0x00000010 r09: 0x000f4240 r10: 0x00810750 r11: 0xa0bd39e0
r12: 0x96753a40 r13: 0x00000000 r14: 0x00000000 r15: 0x00000000
r16: 0x00000000 r17: 0x00000000 r18: 0x00000000 r19: 0x00000000
r20: 0x00000000 r21: 0x00000000 r22: 0x00000000 r23: 0x00000000
r24: 0x00000000 r25: 0x00000000 r26: 0x00000000 r27: 0x00000000
r28: 0x00000000 r29: 0x0000ea60 r30: 0x00000000 r31: 0x94e23b40
Thread 1: (0xb011cd38, 0xb8152bc4)
0x00000000: /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Support/LaunchCFMApp : + 0
0x848e1aec: No symbol
0x8484279c: No symbol
0x84842934: No symbol
0x94e0f7cc: /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/CarbonCore.framework/Versions/A/CarbonCore : _PrivateMPEntryPoint + 80
0x94e0f7cc: /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/CarbonCore.framework/Versions/A/CarbonCore : _PrivateMPEntryPoint + 80
0x967e539c: /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib : __pthread_body + 40
PPC Thread State
srr0: 0x00000000 srr1: 0x00000000 vrsave: 0x00000000
cr: 0xXXXXXXXX xer: 0x00000000 lr: 0x005eeaf0 ctr: 0x967e47a0
r00: 0x00000193 r01: 0xf0101c20 r02: 0x00000000 r03: 0x00000014
r04: 0xf0101d18 r05: 0x00000098 r06: 0x00000000 r07: 0x00000000
r08: 0x00000000 r09: 0x00250660 r10: 0x000eb020 r11: 0x0065c124
r12: 0x967e47a0 r13: 0x00000000 r14: 0x00000000 r15: 0x00000000
r16: 0x00000000 r17: 0x00000000 r18: 0x00000000 r19: 0x00000000
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r24: 0x00000000 r25: 0x00000000 r26: 0x00000000 r27: 0x00000000
r28: 0x00000000 r29: 0xf0101d18 r30: 0xf0101d04 r31: 0xf0101d04
Thread 2: (0xb009ad64, 0xb8152b0b)
0x00000000: /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Support/LaunchCFMApp : + 0
0x005ee934: /Applications/Microsoft Office 2004/Office/ShMem.bundle/Contents/MacOS/ShMem : _FWaitForConnection + 48
0x848e1974: No symbol
0x84842388: No symbol
0x8484256c: No symbol
0x94e0f7cc: /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/CarbonCore.framework/Versions/A/CarbonCore : _PrivateMPEntryPoint + 80
0x94e0f7cc: /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/CarbonCore.framework/Versions/A/CarbonCore : _PrivateMPEntryPoint + 80
0x967e539c: /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib : __pthread_body + 40
PPC Thread State
srr0: 0x00000000 srr1: 0x00000000 vrsave: 0x00000000
cr: 0xXXXXXXXX xer: 0x00000000 lr: 0x967fcfcc ctr: 0x967fcfb8
r00: 0x00000194 r01: 0xf00809d0 r02: 0x00000000 r03: 0x00000013
r04: 0xf0080a68 r05: 0xf0080a60 r06: 0xf0080d40 r07: 0x00000004
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r12: 0x967fcfb8 r13: 0x00000000 r14: 0x00000000 r15: 0x00000000
r16: 0x00000000 r17: 0x00000000 r18: 0x00000000 r19: 0x00000000
r20: 0x00000000 r21: 0x00000000 r22: 0x00000000 r23: 0x00000000
r24: 0x00000000 r25: 0x00000000 r26: 0x00000000 r27: 0x00000000
r28: 0x00000000 r29: 0x00931c00 r30: 0xf0080b28 r31: 0xf0080b28
Thread 3: Crashed (0xb7fffacc, 0x816aa69f)
0x3ff00000: No symbol
0x140d6224: /Library/Printers/Lexmark/PDEs/IJPrintQuality.plugin/Contents/MacOS/IJPrintQuality : Conflicts::Release() + 48
0x140d47c4: /Library/Printers/Lexmark/PDEs/IJPrintQuality.plugin/Contents/MacOS/IJPrintQuality : _Terminate + 36
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0x1408e7d8: /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/Print.framework/Versions/Current/Plugins/PrintCocoaUI.bundle/Contents/MacOS/PrintCocoaUI : _AskUserForFile + 9128
0x14084a38: /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/Print.framework/Versions/Current/Plugins/PrintCocoaUI.bundle/Contents/MacOS/PrintCocoaUI : + 23096
0x14084e80: /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/Print.framework/Versions/Current/Plugins/PrintCocoaUI.bundle/Contents/MacOS/PrintCocoaUI : + 24192
0x1408396c: /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/Print.framework/Versions/Current/Plugins/PrintCocoaUI.bundle/Contents/MacOS/PrintCocoaUI : + 18796
0x14082518: /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/Print.framework/Versions/Current/Plugins/PrintCocoaUI.bundle/Contents/MacOS/PrintCocoaUI : + 13592
0x14094f24: /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/Print.framework/Versions/Current/Plugins/PrintCocoaUI.bundle/Contents/MacOS/PrintCocoaUI : _AskUserForFile + 35572
0x1409d220: /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/Print.framework/Versions/Current/Plugins/PrintCocoaUI.bundle/Contents/MacOS/PrintCocoaUI : CarbonWindowEventHandler(OpaqueEventHandlerCallRef*, OpaqueEventRef*, void*) + 2624
0x952b8ab4: /System/Library/Frameworks/AppKit.framework/Versions/C/AppKit : -[NSWindowController _windowDidLoad] + 452
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Did you get the SuperDrive as well? Will the SuperDrive work if connected to a usb hub and not directly to the port? And what's the battery life like?
Damnit Apple. Why? I buy in January, you update in February. I mean, gimmie a couple of months or something. :x
At least it's more expensive. I'd be sad if it were $399.
I have a 13 inch macbook for work and WoW hurts it. Don't even try Outland.
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Get fucked, thanks.
Already done for the both of you. With 4 gigs of after-market RAM in my lowest-priced Macbook, I get around 20 FPS in front of the Org bank. Not too shabby if you're not doing anything extremely intense.
It runs hotter than hell, though.
I'm about to redo my bedroom, and I've decided that I want both a new TV in there and a new Mac. So, in order to kill two birds with one stone, I'm looking at these:
24" iMac
4GB RAM from Crucial ($130)
Elgato HDHomeRun for Mac
Time Capsule (1TB)
I'm looking at the Time Capsule because I recently lost an Apple Router and I love the Airport Admin Utility, so this would replace that while giving me enough space to back up all my Macs. I also have a fairly complicated network in place, so I'd be able to drop this in while getting the improved performance of wireless n.
I'm pretty comfortable with the purchase of the HDHomeRun because I don't watch much more than network television and if I can cancel my cable TV and save some money each month plus play my TV on two of my Macs, that would be great.
The Mac Buyer's Guide says that the iMac is nearly due for a refresh since it's been quite a while. So here's my question: when they finally update the iMac, is there any likelihood that the upgrade would include an improved video card? I'm guessing a processor bump is a given at this point.
The reason I ask is because my other two computers at home are a Core Duo 1.66GHz Mac Mini and a 1GHz G4 12" Powerbook, so I'd Boot Camp WinXP on the iMac for the few games I play (Portal, Guild Wars). In truth, the current configuration of the base 24" iMac is more than powerful enough for me to comfortably play those games. If I bought it today and they updated it tomorrow, I wouldn't feel that bad because the iMac is so much more powerful than anything else I have. But if I can wait a few weeks and get a better video card, I probably will.
Are there any hints as to a video card upgrade in the iMac? Didn't they just update the video cards in the Mac Pros?
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If you're worried, you're always better waiting and then pulling the trigger.
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He says he's got a G5, which I read shipped with Radeon 9800s, so he should be fine buying a SyncMaster with VGA and DVi inputs, right?
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Now if he'd only get around to actually buying the thing.
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I have Leopard... Has anyone else had this problem? Any suggestions?
I've started to notice that my Laptop screen seems kinda dull and a little blurry.
Am I just used to looking at my AWESOME NEC desktop monitor, or did I fuck my screen up by running this thing with the lid closed?
I really hope I didn't fuck up this screen, It used to be beautiful
Now if it's not an illusion and the laptop screen is actually detectably blurry, I'm not sure what would be happening there. LCDs shouldn't be capable of getting blurry as long as they're running at a native resolution.
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Im actually a little concerned about buying a new monitor, as my iMac will look bad next to it.
*Looked. It had the logic board failure last week, so I decided to just dump it and gave the battery and charger to a friend. I'll get a MacBook when my student loan clears.
Have you tried Off Road Raptor Safari?
I don't know of any free virtualization software for OSX... unless you're thinking of Xen, but I don't know if that even runs on OSX.
There's always Boot Camp, that's free (but not virtualization).
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My Powerbook G4 17" logic board failured last night too ;( Warcraft pushed it over the edge, now I have no computer
There's QEMU, the Mac port being called Q. It's a bit shit though.
It works pretty great on Windows and Linux though, I can't imagine the mac port would have any problems once the bugs are ironed out.
Before I use Boot Camp I want to do a clean install of Leopard on my MacBook (I've been running an upgrade install and it runs like dog shit)
If I already have time machine back ups on an external drive. Could I connect this external drive and return my fresh install back to where my current set up is?
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I think you can use the migration assistant for this, but you don't want to restore the entire time machine backup because that will just bring you back to the upgrade-install state. You can browse the time machine backup and pick and choose files to restore.
Freeverse released Neon Tango today.
And Return to Dark Castle's supposed to be coming out any day now...
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I don't know where people are getting this half battery life thing. I've seen a few reviews claim a little shy of five hours but does anyone actually believe Apple's claims of battery life? I've been running it a lot since Monday and with the screen on auto-dim (which in a classroom usually puts it around 75%), WiFi on, Bluetooth off I'm getting 4-4.5 hours. That's not bad at all in this package.
The reason people are hating so hard on the MacBook Air is that it's 1) not a 12" Powerbook that older Mac lovers just can't let go of and 2) trying to shove it into the existing ultraportable category, ignoring the fact that definitions change over time in technology. The MBA has a 13.3" screen and full size keyboard while lacking expansion, many ports and an optical drive. Other ultraportables have a smaller screen and keyboard while still keeping future expansion (RAM mostly) open, having a 'full' compliment of ports and an optical drive. The MBA is ideal for some (me, obviously) while the other group (such as the Dell M1330) are ideal for others.
I have it, but I don't really use iDisk. I think I fucked something up when I got my MBA and synced. Right now it's keeping up Mail and iCal just fine. A lot of people complain about iDisk, including several big Mac pundits (Andy Ihnatko, Leo Laporte) but it does work for some (Merlin Mann).
The main reason I'm looking at the MBA vs. a vanilla MB is the weight - I have to carry around a lot of books with me (since I have to do so much reading), and I'd really like something that is light enough that it isn't going to add too much poundage to what I already have to carry. Is it really that much lighter than the MB, and if so, does this lack of weight come at the expense of sturdiness or toughness?
I can't compare the MBA to the MB in terms of weight, but I am certainly noticing the lighter bag over my shoulder (I have a messenger bag). The very first thing I did when I pulled it out of the box was flex the hell out of it. I figured that way I could claim it was broken in shipping :P I am extremely confident with it. It goes between a ton of textbooks/paperbacks and my body and is constantly banging against my body (the bag bounces a bit because of how I walk, it seems). It's been just fine and shows no signs of wear at all... though it is just a week old.
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I know I promised pictures, and I have them. I just need to run them through something to cut down the file size.