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Post Your Mac Setup: Past & Present! (part 2)
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Yeah but surely a few missing capitals is better than 'CHECK OUT MI ORSUM SETUP GUYS!!!!!!!!!!!ROCKON
!!!!!!'?
Yes, but what annoys me is that s/he correctly capitalised the second half of the post, thus proving that it isn't above his/her mental constitution to use the shift key.
I recommend that you definately read "Eats shoots and leaves", it's one of the best books I have ever encountered on the subject of grammar and the way in which it is used. People like you and I are therein known as "Sticklers".
Proud to be a stickler
Hah, yes, I think somebody bought me a copy a couple of years back but I have yet to (search it out &) read it.
Haha, yea. That'd be the only reason I wouldn't mount it up there. From what I hear it's relatively safe, but...
Mount INTO the stud / support and have a secondary restraint - say a steel cable going to another support - so in the event of a failure - you have a backup. I think some places actually have codes in place requiring this, too.
Yeah I had the 20" one for a few days. I figured I wasn't going to upgrade my desktop for a while, so I sold it and got the 24"
Yes, this camera is something that never should have seen the light of day, but I needed a camera, had $40, so an off brand camera from Wal-Mart was what I could get.
What's that thing across the bottom of the monitor?Yes, this camera is something that never should have seen the light of day, but I needed a camera, had $40, so an off brand camera from Wal-Mart was what I could get.
Wise decision, the 24" is the way to go, i see you've got photoshop on that machine, so 24" would be nice to edit you pictures on a big screen, its also good for movies
, did you send it back to apple, or sell it on ebay?Yes, this camera is something that never should have seen the light of day, but I needed a camera, had $40, so an off brand camera from Wal-Mart was what I could get.
So you've got yourself mac mini there, now, would you share with the rest of us why you dont have an LCD? also, have you thought about upgradeing your keyboard? and even if you dont like the new keyboard, the old one is still out there somewhere
What's that thing across the bottom of the monitor?
i was about to say...
So you've got yourself mac mini there, now, would you share with the rest of us why you dont have an LCD? also, have you thought about upgradeing your keyboard? and even if you dont like the new keyboard, the old one is still out there somewhere
i was about to say...
I don't really care for LCD's, plus I don't have the money.
And I would LOVE to have the new Apple Keyboard, but like I said above, I'm broke.
And uh, that strip is a piece of duct tape. I was bored, put it on and haven't taken it off
I think you've told us why before (or in another thread... can't remember) but out of curiosity, why?
I think that CRT's provide a more even picture, they're more durable, easier to clean and cheaper as well. Plus I don't have to worry about people touching my screen. Touch it all you want, you're not going to harm it!
I think that CRT's provide a more even picture, they're more durable, easier to clean and cheaper as well. Plus I don't have to worry about people touching my screen. Touch it all you want, you're not going to harm it!
I wish I could think like you. I could have saved me sooooooo much money.
I think that CRT's provide a more even picture, they're more durable, easier to clean and cheaper as well. Plus I don't have to worry about people touching my screen. Touch it all you want, you're not going to harm it!
I'm the same about my iMac.. I don't really care who uses it touches etc... but I am like a hound when it comes to my MBP
Speaking of CRTs... I've spent the morning re-arranging mine!
Both CRTs were pulled from skips, both were legendary in their day, but both now have their issues. The left is a 20" Silicon Graphics (Sony Triniton tube) which doesn't go as bright as it should do, the right is a 21" Mitsubishi Diamond Pro (Diamondtron tube) which shows horizontal banding in line with bright contrast boundaries, which is probably just due to a dry solder join on the HD15 input board if I could be bothered to open it up & repair it!
Well, I will hook up one of my LCDs for my (little used) XP box, then neaten stuff up. A spot of lunch too...
(PS - I also have a 21" Sony Triniton TV in the other corner of the room, which I also pulled from a skip! It's become quite the past time since moving here, I picked up an old blue clamshell iBook yesterday).
Both CRTs were pulled from skips, both were legendary in their day, but both now have their issues. The left is a 20" Silicon Graphics (Sony Triniton tube) which doesn't go as bright as it should do, the right is a 21" Mitsubishi Diamond Pro (Diamondtron tube) which shows horizontal banding in line with bright contrast boundaries, which is probably just due to a dry solder join on the HD15 input board if I could be bothered to open it up & repair it!
Well, I will hook up one of my LCDs for my (little used) XP box, then neaten stuff up. A spot of lunch too...
(PS - I also have a 21" Sony Triniton TV in the other corner of the room, which I also pulled from a skip! It's become quite the past time since moving here, I picked up an old blue clamshell iBook yesterday).
Lost Eden, good choice of external HD!
I'm thinking about the 250GB, it's just so much cheaper than the WD passport, and it doesn't look too bad either.
I'm thinking about the 250GB, it's just so much cheaper than the WD passport, and it doesn't look too bad either.
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Do I really have to quote myself?
me said:
Mine's a 320GB (the silver one beneath it is also a 320GB Barracuda!). I'm a long time Seagate fanboy, but there are 2 things I dislike about the drive. 1.) it comes formatted as NTFS & 2.) the firmware power management has serious issues with Linux (& maybe Mac, though I've never used mine on my Mac) & can only be turned off via the Windows software (until somebody wrote a bashscript to modprobe it). Still, spending a couple of minutes disabling the feature is definately worth it for the Barracuda reliability & the 5-year warranty.Brianstorm91 said:
Anyway, a spot of lunch & some progress;
The messy cable on the left trackball can't really be helped, it has an extension cable on it so I can control music/movies/anime from my bed (which I'm standing on to take the photo, speakers are just to the left & right of the photo, you can see the edge of the right one with it's wire hanging down & the cable for the left one taped to the carpet).
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