Mac Forum / Country Specific / UK Mac Group / August 2006

It seems like the 10.4.7 sources are now officially available for
building on Intel, but not PPC.
<http://kernel.macosforge.org/>
It looks like you have to also download some secret binary kernel

MacPro "recommended" with 3 year onsite support (estimate, based on
Xserve plan)
£2,398 including VAT.
Dell P490 specced to match (includes 3 year onsite, hence the plan -

My G4 powerbook running the latest version of Tiger has suddenly become
extremely slow. All I know is I had to force quit either Opera or Safari
because it was not responding, then I rebooted and now everything seems dog
slow. Items from the dock seem to take between 10-20 ...

Trying to make this happen here. Can do it across the Internet using
Skype betas on both platforms. Can't get it to work with AOL's AIM
client to iChat over the Internet. (Don't know why it just say's I've
failed to respond on the Mac - not true I've responded with

BBC radio streaming over the Internet. A sanity saver when away? Said
it before, but Radio 4 is worth the license fee on it's own. IMO of
course.
Isn't US TV awful? Obviously they produce really good individual shows,

No new Finder (maybe)
No new Mac Book Pro.
No iMac update.
No display update.

Well, it's there...
<http://www.apple.com/quicktime/qtv/wwdc06/>
but its been connecting for ages. I think I'll try tomorrow!

Does the Mac Pro take non-Apple RAM?
http://www.apple.com/macpro/expansion.html
"To help dissipate heat, every Apple DIMM you purchase for your Mac Pro
comes with its own preinstalled heat sink. This unique heat sink lets

Anyone noticed the similarity between the internals of the Mac Pro once
you lift the side off and modern higher-end cars once you lift the
bonnet?
Everything's tucked away, compartmentalised, and anonymous. And kind of

What's the thought on Apple shares? They are about $61 at present. Does
anyone think they'll hit the $80+ they were at last year again in the
near future?
Ian

I'm looking for a solution to this problem:
Either a Mac or PC is set up with a collection of MP3's - doesn't
necessarily need to be controlled away from the computer, as playlists can
just be left running.

... To ship "in the coming Spring" is one Steve's closing remarks.

Crazy Apple Rumors are also repoting on the Keynote. Bloody funny.
Jim

Microsoft produces Vista-branded fizzy drink.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/279428_theinsider31.html
[insert punchline here]
    -zoara-

Are they *really* trying to sell the new boxes with only 256MB of RAM???!!
Cheers,
Chris