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Tuesday, February 15th, 2005
I guess you could file this one under, ‘plea for help’ or ‘has anyone else experienced this’. Alright here’s a quick rundown of where I was before patching to 10.3.8. I had iTunes, Dolby Digital and DTS all playing through the digital out of my M-Audio Sonica Theater. Enter 10.3.8 and I lose DTS, I [...]
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Saturday, February 5th, 2005
This originally started out as a
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Hardware, Mac Mini, Reviews |
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Saturday, February 5th, 2005
Ok, things are settling down a bit, and I’m getting more comfortable with OSX and Mac in general (thanks to all for the remote drives in startup tips). We’ve watched two movies on the Mac mini since it arrived, pretty much without a hitch. I say pretty much because the M-Audio Sonica theater has to go, [...]
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Friday, February 4th, 2005
I want to preface this review by saying I’m a windows user, have been since 93 or 94 when I bought a 75ish MHz Intel chip (my memories foggy), a barebones case and had a co-worker build me a ‘windows machine’. It blew obviously, and had little of the geek appeal of my first [...]
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Thursday, February 3rd, 2005
Well after a world wind tour of the Far East and extreme northwestern part of the United States, my mini finally made its way to Atlanta this morning. I don’t think their going to fall for my ’sick routine’ again at work, one dentist and doctor trip already this month. Oh well needless to say [...]
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Tuesday, February 1st, 2005
As I mentioned yesterday, I went out and picked up a Mac mini at a local store instead of waiting on my BTO order from Apple. My configuration is based on the faster 1.4GHz model with 512MB RAM, SuperDrive and Bluetooth. I may upgrade to Airport Extreme in the future and adjust the [...]
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Monday, January 31st, 2005
While Jonathan is whiling away the hours in total seclusion, hoarding his Mac mini all to himself, err wait I’m not bitter. Any way while we anxiously await his initial impressions, I thought another ‘useful software’ tip was in order. With the various
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Monday, January 31st, 2005
Well - I’ve been dying waiting and when I discovered that Tekserve a local Mac shop had the mini in stock, I immediately ran out and picked it up. I’ve been seriously regretting not ordering mine as soon as it was announced. My Apple BTO system is still not even scheduled to ship [...]
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Saturday, January 29th, 2005
Articles like this one, about Apple mice, are the kind of things new Mac Mini owners should investigate ‘before’ yours arrives. Every bit of Mac yes’s and no no’s you can get under your belt before hand helps ensure your not banging your head against that new keyboard instead of enjoying it. Much akin to [...]
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Friday, January 28th, 2005
Dear Apple Customer,
Apple is pleased to report that a shipment for the following order is on its way to you.
Web Order Number: *********
PO Number: [...]
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