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Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2005 10:51 pm
by plained
save what you have first tho ey

Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2005 12:09 am
by Dave
oic... i stopped reading after it came with panther...

Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2005 12:34 am
by Shmee
OK - how do I maximize windows in this CRAZY OS?

Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2005 12:39 am
by Canis
There is no "maximize" button per se, but the green button will resize the window accordingly. It may maximize it depending on what is in the window to be displayed.

Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2005 12:40 am
by Shmee
I'm kinda hating this already..

Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2005 12:42 am
by Shmee
So - my only option to make my browser fit the whole screen is to minimize the dock and drag the window to fit the whole screen? That fucking sucks.

Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2005 12:54 am
by 4g3nt_Smith
why would you need it to span the entire window, resizing it to fit the content is no different, except then you have no useless side space wasted.

Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2005 1:01 am
by bitWISE
4g3nt_Smith wrote:why would you need it to span the entire window, resizing it to fit the content is no different, except then you have no useless side space wasted.
I'm with Shmee. I maximize everything. I'd maximize the calculator if I could.

Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2005 1:03 am
by Dave
Once you maximize them yourself they dont usually go back

Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2005 3:46 am
by ajerara
you might consider using it for internet since it's not as virus/spyware/godknowswhat prone as Windows.

Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2005 4:04 am
by Dr.Gibbs
I love Macs for their simplicity and stability, but man, what an awful UI. You have to do everything the long way. I mean, the home and end keys don't even work in text boxes. Come on!

Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2005 4:23 am
by Dave
You find ways around it and get used to it.. I always try to use mac shortcuts on windows, so I know it becomes natural

Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2005 5:09 am
by 4g3nt_Smith
Dr.Gibbs wrote:I love Macs for their simplicity and stability, but man, what an awful UI. You have to do everything the long way. I mean, the home and end keys don't even work in text boxes. Come on!
Funny, they work fine here...

Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2005 5:33 am
by Canis
Home/end in text boxes? what do you mean?

Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2005 7:25 am
by Dave
Canis wrote:Home/end in text boxes? what do you mean?
apple dropped the ball on that one. Unless you use Word or other office apps, those keys are practically worthless

Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2005 9:45 am
by saturn
Shmee wrote:So - my only option to make my browser fit the whole screen is to minimize the dock and drag the window to fit the whole screen? That fucking sucks.
lol, I had to get used to this too. There's an add-in (dunno wtf I should call it) program for Safari, called Saft with a fullscreen option. It costs money though.

I don't miss the maximize window button anymore.

Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2005 9:46 am
by saturn
btw, how much mem did you get with the Mini? Hopefully not 256 Mb, 512 is the minimum for Tiger to work properly.

Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2005 10:16 am
by SOAPboy
Shmee how much did it run you.. ive been thinking about getting a minimac just to toy with myself..

Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2005 10:20 am
by Geebs
saturn wrote:btw, how much mem did you get with the Mini? Hopefully not 256 Mb, 512 is the minimum for Tiger to work properly.
I think my dad's one came with 512 Mb, but I made him get it factory upgraded to 1 Gb. Tiger runs pretty well on it, despite the whole 4200 rpm drve thing.

Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2005 10:29 am
by saturn
Geebs wrote:
saturn wrote:btw, how much mem did you get with the Mini? Hopefully not 256 Mb, 512 is the minimum for Tiger to work properly.
I think my dad's one came with 512 Mb, but I made him get it factory upgraded to 1 Gb. Tiger runs pretty well on it, despite the whole 4200 rpm drve thing.
4200 rpm drive, it's like a laptop without the screen and the keyboard.
Plus they can do it with passive cooling

Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2005 10:39 am
by Geebs
I have a 7200 RPM drive in my Powerbook 'cos it used to be part of my recording setup until I bought the G5. No problems with heat or noise, and it gave a nice boost to the OS. But yeah, the fact that the Mini doesn't have any fan noise is pretty sweet - that's why my dad got one rather than any other model, it was to replace his Cube.

Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2005 11:28 am
by saturn
how did you get a 7200 rpm hd into your pb?

wasn't one of the options when I got my 12"PB

p.s. the Cube is classic, eccentric piece of hardware, but classic.

Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2005 3:32 pm
by Geebs
Bought it and installed it :p

There's instructions on how to swap out the hard disk in the manual that comes with the powerbook. It's either a Hitachi or IBM model, can't remember which - it's one of the Travelstar ones, I think.

Battery life is possibly a bit shorter with it.

Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2005 5:23 pm
by Shmee
Yeah, I only got the 256MB one. It's not bad - a little sluggish starting some programs, but once they're up they work fine. One thing has impressed me so far - all I had to do to get pictures out of my camera was to plug it in and open iPhoto.

Zombies to come!

Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2005 5:24 pm
by Shmee
SOAPboy wrote:Shmee how much did it run you.. ive been thinking about getting a minimac just to toy with myself..
$500 USD

Edit: The KVM switch I got was $70 - works better than I expected too. It actually switches audio between the machines as well. Hit scroll lock twice and you flip to the next machine. Pretty cool.