Tag: Macintosh

Since AOL owns both AIM and ICQ, they are finally going to allow users of both services to talk with each other. I hope this means Apple will get to update iChat to talk to ICQ as well. I love Fire, but it would be nice to have most of my users in iChat.

A new version of Fire has shipped. It features a yahoo crash fix by yours truly (all of one line of code) and adds MSN typing notification. You can find it at version tracker

Here is a story from wired about using third party wifi cards in your tibook to get much better range….

Slashdot comments on an article stating that Mac OS X 10.2.2 will have an optional journaled file system. At a speed hit of 10-15%, the JFS will give the system a file transaction history. BeOS used this and it was GREAT. After a crash, a 10 second rebuild is all that was needed to fix… Continue reading 10.2.2 to have JFS?

Geez, Microsoft can’t even be original in it’s own advertising: Microsoft ripoff advertising Gotta love the quotes: “AppleWorks (previously called ClarisWorks) pales in comparison to Microsoft Office XP.” Pales in price comparison, too. “The key to getting hardware to work with your computer is to have the correct drivers, the software that enables your PC… Continue reading Confessions of a Mac to PC convert

This article shows you how to reaffix the antennae to the case so that your TiBook’s airport reception improves!

From MacFixit: Stuffit Deluxe 7 RAR support Aladdin Systems provided the following statement to a user regarding support for expanding files using the RAR format: “StuffIt 7.0 does not support the current RAR 3.x.x standard in use on versions of the Microsoft Windows OS and/or other OSes; StuffIt 7.0 only provides support for up to… Continue reading Classic Aladdin aimless decisions…

Munkeynet is linking to a ton of Apple switch ad parodies. Check them out!

Tom’s Hardware has a review of the new Yamaha drive that can actually burn images into the unused portion of a CD-R. Toast 5.2 is expected to support this somehow. Pretty awesome!

Here is an article about a linux user who has switched to OS X for his laptop use.

I toted my iPod down to The Computer Store in Tigard to run some Codewarrior benchmarks on the new Apple 1.25 ghz PowerMac G4s. Needless to say, the G4 1.25ghz performed incredibly well, given half the RAM,and half the processor speed! Update: “Steven W. Riggins wrote:” >I just ran a speed test on a Dual… Continue reading Benchmarking the new 1.25ghz G4s (Updated)

haha you just have to watch this to beleive it.

On CBS’ reality show “Big Brother,” iChat was used for Lisa to communicate with the internet (it was an America’s Choice poll). It was clear it was iChat, with the bubbles and OS X menu bar. More exposure for Apple is a good thing!