Mac Forum / Country Specific / UK Mac Group / February 2007

After some thought I've come to the conclusion that life is too short. I
fully accept my error.
The BBC are Great.
The BBC can do NO wrong.

Is it possible to download Xephem from anywhere (not source) without
having to have the weighty load that is Fink installed?

Now available:
<http://www.parallels.com/en/download/desktop/>
Ian

That'll plug and play into a powerbook.
Cheers
D

Via a Digg post, someone has video purporting to show a 5th Gen iPod with new
firmware that gives it Coverflow:
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFwEcmn26zI>
So - fake or not? I've not had time to watch it properly, but my gut says

The keyboard just stopped working , is there any thing other than the
keyboard itself which could be faulty? If not ,is it repairable?
cheers
Richard

I have a Mac mini (G4/10.4.8) which sits at home behind a hardware
router.  I connect to it via SSH from assorted locations, and tunnel
stuff through it.  And this is how it has been for almost two years,
and everything has worked fine.

It's the latest and fastest model they sold. Mini DVI out with adapter
etc. Is it possible to split that output and drive two monitors - both
17" with the lid closed?
Cheers

I have a G3 iMac which has a small hard drive which I want to upgrade.
Does any one know a website which would show me how to do this. i have
tried to take the case apart but simply dont know how to get in. Any
help much appreciatted.

If any of you live in dodgy neighbourhoods, it might be worthwhile
buying a MacBook Pro.
http://blog.wired.com/cultofmac/2007/02/bullet_doesnt_s.html
Cheers

Thanks to those who answered my last post about the spec on my new
iMac, very helpful.
I'm going for the imac 2.16ghz with 20 inch monitor and an extra 1GB
addition, but I'm wondering if you guys know where I can get the best

West Quay Store yesterday: Mission - purchase one Shuffle for son. Ask
employee; brings Shuffle to me and takes out his portable till. Won't
work. I ask what OS it's running. Windows, of course. It still won't
work. To the back of the store to try another. It won't work. Try

I have 2 x 1GB sticks - one Apple, one Crucial. The latter was
purchased for my 1st gen MBP (the refurb which went back due to a
dodgy HDD) and the former is spare because I bought a 2GB module. The
former was kept outside the 30-day return window and Crucial refused

Anyone know if either of the two phones - LG Shine or Samsung D840 -
are compatible with the Mac across Bluetooth and can be used with
iSync?
Any pros/cons/etc about either of the phones?

10.39, using either  Firefox (2.0.0.1) or Safari  (version 1.3.2)
Have been trying to get the customised speed test working at
http://www.kbps.co.uk
The auto sped test runs OK but when I switch to the custom speed test