Mac Forum / General / Hardware / April 2005

I was wanting to take my 6 gb hd out and put in a 20 gb hd from a
eMachines pc i got layin around...I ran Disk Utility and according to it
the hd was reformatted and ready to use..I ran the Panther install and
it got all the way to the end of Disk 1 but instead of ejecting and

The new PowerMac G5 dual 2, 2.3, and 2.7 GHz models do not come with modems. I
know they are a $29 add-on when you buy the computer from Apple on-line, but I
expect to buy one elsewhere. The on-line Apple Store does not offer the modem by
itself. I live in a rural area and cannot ...

My first post to a Mac group.. :)
To make it short: I'm a switcher (from Solaris/Sparc & Linux/RHEL which
I'm keeping, btw) and I just bought myself a brand new Mac Mini (1.4GHz,
256M, will add more later).

I was wondering if their was a way of ripping(or just playing) a DualDisc??? I just got the new Springsteen album and can't get the album to play on any of my computers (PC or Mac)... I was hoping their might be a workaround.
When I put the cd in my PC's it allows access to the ...

I'm shopping for a new monitor to hook up to my 1.6GHz G5 PowerMac, and am
looking probably for a 19" LCD. The Dell 1905FP seems like a good monitor
at a good price, but the Dell Web site claims it's PC-only. I phoned Dell
customer support and they told me the same thing. However ...

I'm purchasing a Mac Mini tomorrow (whee!), which is replacing my
reliable old iMac G3 DV SE.  Could someone who bought and is
successfully using 1 GB memory in their Mini tell me where they bought
it?  Thanks!

I've got a second generation 10 Gb iPod. During the use of one of the
latest software updates, I glanced over at the screen, which said it
wanted or was able to be unplugged. I reached over and did so just as
the screen changed to 'don't unplug this iPod on pain of death' or

hi! i'm a newby to mac . have about $ 2000. for hardware. thinking of
getting an LCD tv which can be my monitor as well. thinking of a mac
mini with bluetooth. will i need airport ex as well? i mainly will
just be surfing web with some e mail and word processing. any

I have a G4 powerbook and have just purchased an Airport Extreme base
station. Is this all I need to connect wirelessly to the net?
I have a broadband connection but no router or broadband modem? Will
the base station suffice?

Has anyone tried or heard of person/persons trying to hook up a 3G iPod
to a digital camcorder. My little experiment is to try and hook up my 15
Gb iPod to a Panasonic DV and see if I can send the DV directly to the
iPod rather than the cassette.

I have one of these cards in a Power Mac G4 Digital Audio 733Mhz and the
only resolution
it will give my is 1024 x 768.  I am running Panther with all the software
updates

I'm a newbie of MAC.
I have a PB G4.
I have a modem "AETHRA Starmodem UM1040 USB ADSL" but i can't find
working driver. I download it from three italian site.. but they seam

Hi folks--
I have an original flat panel iMac--that has one 512MB RAM chip already
installed at the factory--and the other slot is empty.  I now have another
512MB RAM chip to install in the "user-accessible" slot.  I went online to

I've got a Macintosh II that has some files on it (pictures and sound)
that I'd like to transfer off onto a newer computer and make CD backups
of.  I've been trying to use VersaTerm on the Mac II and Zterm on my
PowerBook G4 with a USB -> RS-232 adapter to transfer the files via

iMac MacOSX USB Firewire
I realize it probably varies with the game, but i would like to buy my
son a USB game controller for Christmas and was wonder which is the
best?