Computers - Page 19

Flinty_McFlint · 01-14-2005, 06:50 PM

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Originally posted by NotFromHere
There's no such thing as bad publicity.

So you wouldn't mind me posting vile things about your grandparents? Hey, it brings publicity to you, right?

ltl/fb · 01-14-2005, 06:52 PM

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Originally posted by Flinty_McFlint
So you wouldn't mind me posting vile things about your grandparents? Hey, it brings publicity to you, right?

She likes it. Note that she's now obsessed with my painter.

ETA oh right, I forgot, it is not really that she is obsessed with my painter. It is that I am her muse. So . . . defame the grandparents, become a god(dess) in her eyes.

NotFromHere · 01-14-2005, 07:00 PM

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Originally posted by Flinty_McFlint
So you wouldn't mind me posting vile things about your grandparents? Hey, it brings publicity to you, right?

Ehn. It's been done.

Flinty_McFlint · 01-14-2005, 07:15 PM

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Originally posted by NotFromHere
Ehn. It's been done.

So have your grandparents, apparently.

Alex_de_Large · 01-23-2005, 07:53 PM

For those interested, here is an interesting how-to for opening and upgrading a mac-mini.

Anne Elk · 01-27-2005, 03:07 PM

My Compaq Armada is dying a slow death so the time has come to start researching the purchase of a replacement laptop. (Yes, a laptop. I live in a really small condo so a traditional desktop is not an option.) I love the idea of the tablet PC but I haven't seen many around since they were first introduced.

Anyone have any experience with them? Are they worth the extra cost?

mmm3587 · 01-30-2005, 11:48 PM

So, I'm still trying to get my sharing set up on my home network. These computers (presently, just two) are both accessing the internet through a Linksys wireless router. One is connected with a wire and one is using the wireless. The wireless settings on the router require WEP and the MAC address of the machine to be entered. I have no problems with either.

Whenever I try to share a printer or do anthing with a shared drive, I can't see it on the other machine on Network Neighborhood. But I have followed all the help-mes and all that shit in Windows to do it.

I think that I am missing something obvious. This was much easier when you just had to find the shit in Chooser.

Mmmm, Burger (C.J.) · 01-31-2005, 11:43 AM

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Originally posted by mmm3587

I think that I am missing something obvious. .

The obvious thing is that windows sucks. But putting that aside, it's a bit hard to diagnose when you've done loads of troubleshooting. If it's the home version of XP, isn't file sharing etc. somewhat limited? You have the computer with the shared drive and printer on, right?

Printer sharing I thought was pretty easy. On the computer it's connected to, you say share. On the other one, you say "connect to shared printer" and that should be that.

Is it possible something on the router prevents wired/wireless sharing?

Alex_de_Large · 02-01-2005, 04:50 PM

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Atticus Grinch · 02-02-2005, 02:52 AM

Fo da peeps that wanted to use a Mac mini as a media center, some things to know:

How-To.

The Mac Media Center Project.

Speculation about supersecret Project "Asteroid" being a Firewire-to-HD media bridge.

Robert X. Cringely thinks the Apple Music Store might be repositioning itself to sell downloadable HD movies.

FWIW, some people have been complaining about the optical and HDD noise, making this first gen mini allegedly unsuitable for use as a media center, but others say the HDD noise can be controlled with some kind of software switch.

pony_trekker · 02-02-2005, 03:57 PM

from getting one of these:

notcasesensitive · 02-02-2005, 04:15 PM

Anyone have both a Mac and a PC on the same network at home? Doable? I'm in a PC household, but considering a Mac for a variety of reasons, not the least of which is how shitty the iTunes stuff works on PC. Of course, I'm mildly annoyed that Apple set it up that way, but I'm also used to it (no worse really than what Microsoft has done over the last decade). Fucking tech geeks.

Ps. No real research in the Mac front yet, so hints about price/specs on a small laptop are also appreciated.

Say_hello_for_me · 02-02-2005, 04:29 PM

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Originally posted by notcasesensitive
Anyone have both a Mac and a PC on the same network at home? Doable? I'm in a PC household, but considering a Mac for a variety of reasons, not the least of which is how shitty the iTunes stuff works on PC. Of course, I'm mildly annoyed that Apple set it up that way, but I'm also used to it (no worse really than what Microsoft has done over the last decade). Fucking tech geeks.

Ps. No real research in the Mac front yet, so hints about price/specs on a small laptop are also appreciated.

Yup. I swear we just discussed this two pages ago. Airport Extreme/Airport Express wireless network -- based on Comcast Cable broadband. Its doable. The only trick is, configure Airport from the Mac remotely without plugging the things into your PC. If your PC is running on Windows XP, Windows XP won't like you setting up a connection with mac o/s. Once its set up though, just plug it into the PC ethernet input and you should be all set up.

On anothe note, I subscribe to musicmatch's on-demand service for something like $85 or $90 per year. It doesn't completely overlap Itunes, and its a little less user-friendly, but I just love, love, love that I can listen to anything on-demand without on a flat annual-fee basis. Wanna listen to the Postal Service? Listen to the whole album as many times as you want.

Wanna put it on your Ipod? Buy it from Itunes.

Hope that helps.

Replaced_Texan · 02-02-2005, 04:32 PM

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Originally posted by Say_hello_for_me
On anothe note, I subscribe to musicmatch's on-demand service for something like $85 or $90 per year. It doesn't completely overlap Itunes, and its a little less user-friendly, but I just love, love, love that I can listen to anything on-demand without on a flat annual-fee basis. Wanna listen to the Postal Service? Listen to the whole album as many times as you want.

Wanna put it on your Ipod? Buy it from Itunes.

Hope that helps.

A friend of mine subscribes to this or a similar service, and another friend and I played DJ on Friday night. All we had to do was think of a song, and more likely than not it'd be in the library. It was a little overwhelming to have such a massive library at our disposal, but we had a blast making the playlist.

Mmmm, Burger (C.J.) · 02-02-2005, 04:59 PM

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Originally posted by notcasesensitive
Anyone have both a Mac and a PC on the same network at home? Doable?

And, if not wireless, the only limits are what windows imposes. macs are built to work on windows networks (well, the OS is set to do that). So, if you have XP Home, you might have to do a little more tweaking because networking on XP Home is weak (or so I'm told--it's very weak on ME)

As for choices, it's either PowerBook or iBook-3 models of each. I can vouch that the iBooks are great if you don't need tons of power. The 12" is fantastic if it's not your only computer. One tip: max out the memory .