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    AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited October 26, 2005
    JohnR wrote:
    I prefer iChat to Adium. Tried it way back when and still prefer iChat.

    For those who want it, my ID on there is jbr123064

    yabbut - can ichat linky uppy to aol, yahoo, msn, jabber folks? that's why i use adium, i need to be able to chat with folks on all sorts of ims.
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    DavidTODavidTO Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 19,160 Major grins
    edited October 26, 2005
    JohnR wrote:
    I prefer iChat to Adium. Tried it way back when and still prefer iChat.

    For those who want it, my ID on there is jbr123064
    I prefer the fact that file transfer actually works in iChat, but it's a screen hog, so I spend most of my time in Adium, since you can make it very screen efficient.
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    JohnRJohnR Registered Users Posts: 732 Major grins
    edited October 27, 2005
    I used to use Yahoo, ICQ and MSN, but gave those up awhile ago.
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    AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited October 27, 2005
    JohnR wrote:
    I used to use Yahoo, ICQ and MSN, but gave those up awhile ago.


    :nono i think you're missing my reason: i need to chat with people that are on all those services - and so, adium let's me do that.
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    AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited October 27, 2005
    new resolution on 15" powerbook
    so, my new 15" pbook arrived - very cool, 1440x960 screen rez, i'm diggin it. other than the faster hd (7200rpm) it's the same box as before....
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    colourboxcolourbox Registered Users Posts: 2,095 Major grins
    edited October 27, 2005
    andy wrote:
    it's the same box as before....

    I believe they added digital audio in and the ability for the 15" to drive the wallet-draining 30" Cinema Display, didn't they?

    I have the original 15" and am lusting after the upgraded screen resolution.
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    Mike LaneMike Lane Registered Users Posts: 7,106 Major grins
    edited October 27, 2005
    andy wrote:
    so, my new 15" pbook arrived - very cool, 1440x960 screen rez, i'm diggin it. other than the faster hd (7200rpm) it's the same box as before....
    Noticed any performance benefits with the faster drive yet?
    Y'all don't want to hear me, you just want to dance.

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    AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited October 27, 2005
    Mike Lane wrote:
    Noticed any performance benefits with the faster drive yet?

    not yet, just installing cs2 - will edit some photos later and see -
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    AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited October 27, 2005
    acidsearch
    david sent me a linky to a pretty darn cool safari plug-in, called acid search it's darn cool.
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    jmathewjmathew Registered Users Posts: 75 Big grins
    edited October 30, 2005
    Quicksilver
    Not sure if anyone has posted this or not, but Quicksilver is a very cool app!
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    DavidTODavidTO Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 19,160 Major grins
    edited October 30, 2005
    jmathew wrote:
    Not sure if anyone has posted this or not, but Quicksilver is a very cool app!


    Cool. I may have to check that one out. I fixed your URL, you had two http://'s in it. How's the transition to Mac going for you?
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    DavidTODavidTO Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 19,160 Major grins
    edited November 13, 2005
    Removing Cached Recipients from Mail.app

    For when you need to remove bad addresses that mail has cached and keeps offering you as an option for email.
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    AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited November 13, 2005
    Dave,

    I have questions about how "sleep" mode works - do you have any comments or links?
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    AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited November 13, 2005
    uh, Dave, I'm waiting......
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    AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited November 13, 2005
    The responsiveness in this thread is dog slow, can I request an upgrade lol3.gif
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    DavidTODavidTO Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 19,160 Major grins
    edited November 13, 2005
    andy wrote:
    Dave,

    I have questions about how "sleep" mode works - do you have any comments or links?


    Well, if you're having problems with waking from sleep, there's this article from MacFixit.

    The new Powerbooks have a mode called SafeSleep, which it is possible to hack into older books, but no guarantees. That article is here. I viewed it this morning, but it's currently not loading. Looks like it's a site-wide problem for Mr. Escobar, so if you can't get it, try back in a day.
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    AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited November 13, 2005
    got up from ur nap i see...
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    DavidTODavidTO Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 19,160 Major grins
    edited November 13, 2005
    andy wrote:
    got up from ur nap i see...


    Uh, yeah.

    Hey, if you want to toggle open windows within the active application, hit cmd~

    Works in Safari, Mail, etc.

    It does NOT work in PS.
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    colourboxcolourbox Registered Users Posts: 2,095 Major grins
    edited November 13, 2005
    DavidTO wrote:
    Uh, yeah.
    Hey, if you want to toggle open windows within the active application, hit cmd~
    Works in Safari, Mail, etc.
    It does NOT work in PS.

    In Photoshop, use Ctrl-Tab.
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    AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited November 19, 2005
    So, I was in SmugMugville for the past few days, came home, and there was a big box from Apple clap.gif Can't wait to see what this thing does with Photoshop naughty.gif
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    jimfjimf Registered Users Posts: 338 Major grins
    edited November 19, 2005
    andy wrote:
    So, I was in SmugMugville for the past few days, came home, and there was a big box from Apple clap.gif Can't wait to see what this thing does with Photoshop naughty.gif

    Heh. Mine is on a truck somewhere in the middle of the country, due to show up at my office while we're all off for Thanksgiving. I whimper about that whenever I start a "run all night" set of image conversions in Capture One on the laptop....
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    AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited November 19, 2005
    This time, I did things right. I bought a UPS, finally - I get power spikes about 1x per month, and maybe 3-4x a year the power goes out. Orderly shutdowns! clap.gif
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    AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited November 19, 2005
    andy wrote:
    tiger seems faster for photoshop

    i ran this test and it came in in 48 seconds flat. bt, before tiger, the test ran in 58 seconds.

    cool!

    Old system (G5, dual 2.5Ghz): 48 seconds 15939222-L.gif

    I ran the same test again on my new Quad G5. 15903995-L.gif 22 seconds.


    wave.gif Hiya 'Gus!!! 15651390-L.gif
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    gusgus Registered Users Posts: 16,209 Major grins
    edited November 19, 2005
    andy wrote:
    Old system (G5, dual 2.5Ghz): 48 seconds 15939222-L.gif

    I ran the same test again on my new Quad G5. 15903995-L.gif 22 seconds.


    wave.gif Hiya 'Gus!!! 15651390-L.gif
    Thats Fantastic..totally unbelievable.

    ...i met a bloke the other day whom had just bought a Ferrari & was having a winge at all the happy campers in '68 VW's passing him in traffic cause they picked a better lane.
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    AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited November 19, 2005
    Humungus wrote:
    Thats Fantastic..totally unbelievable.

    ...i met a bloke the other day whom had just bought a Ferrari & was having a winge at all the happy campers in '68 VW's passing him in traffic cause they picked a better lane.


    Bloody Nora, have a butcher's at this!
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    gusgus Registered Users Posts: 16,209 Major grins
    edited November 19, 2005
    andy wrote:
    Bloody Nora, have a butcher's at this!
    Jan '00. Im on a flight to Sydney & picked up a comp mag at the airport. I was about to buy a 500 Mhz intel proc & in there was an article (dont ask me why i remember this) on how they were actually running a 1 Ghz overclocked intel processor with a refrigeration unit mounted under it & piping chilled water past it to cool it.

    You are aware that others will poke fun at you for not buying it just as much as some will for buying it mate...you cant win here so just drop the card out let it happen my friend.
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    AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited November 19, 2005
    Humungus wrote:

    You are aware that others will poke fun at you for not buying it just as much as some will for buying it mate...you cant win here so just drop the card out let it happen my friend.

    I was wrong on the timing on that test -- I ran it again, it was 21 seconds lol3.gif
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    pathfinderpathfinder Super Moderators Posts: 14,697 moderator
    edited November 19, 2005
    SO you sold your 2xG5 for the quad G5 at what cost?? And it saves you 27 seconds. Hmmmmm. How much per second was that cost??
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    AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited November 19, 2005
    pathfinder wrote:
    SO you sold your 2xG5 for the quad G5 at what cost?? And it saves you 27 seconds. Hmmmmm. How much per second was that cost??

    :nono you are missing the point completely lol3.gif it's NEW, pathfinder!

    Well, that and this thing eats up files in Adobe Bridge like Harry with a plate of ribs at Virgil's! It opens up 5D and 1Ds Mark II raw files in the blink of an eye - 1 second, maybe 1.5 secs to open up in ACR, then 1.5 sec to open in photoshop as a 16-bit file. That's where the difference is, for me. Processing time for filters - well, that's fine for benchmarking but it's not the difference maker for me...

    Oh and the sale on the dual - hardly enough to worry - and after all, I used it for 8 months, so I got plenty of value there. I think the buyer, a dgrinner, is quite happy with the deal, too.
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    David_S85David_S85 Administrators Posts: 13,189 moderator
    edited November 19, 2005
    I'll bet you can run all of smugmug on just a partition with that monster from your study. rolleyes1.gif


    Honestly, it looks like a fun toy. Makes my new Pentium D 830 look like a mere can opener.
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