Mac Forum / General / Hardware / April 2007

I'm thinking about buying a 2.33 GHz MacBook Pro
with 2 GBs RAM
What kind of performance can i expect compared to
my current system... dual 1.25 G4, MDD, 1.75 GBs RAM?

Has anyone tried this device for VHS to DVD transfer; and for TV with a
cable box ??
http://www.elgato.com/
I would be using it with a Mac mini, and Comcast/Motorola cable box.

Can anyone recommend a good all-in-one printer that works fully with
Mac OS X?  I'm ready to ditch my Brother all-in-one due to numerous
problems, plus the scanner drivers don't quite work with OS X.  I
would also like to be able to print/scan wirelessly through the

What do I need?
I want to take my old Hi8 tapes -- I still have the video camera -- and
import them onto my MacBook Pro. I see the Canopus (what an unfortunate
name!) AVDC110. Would that be it? Would iMovie 06 and iDVD 06 then be

My Imac when run the cd apple hardware test, (aht 1.2.2) says to me that it
does not recognize the hardware.
Also with the cd of installation of the os 9 not ago the boot ,
while ago the boot if there is a connected external monitor ....

I'm about to make the move to Mac and   noticed the Mac Mini.  It seem
perfect for my test as I don't really want/need a portable but would like a
small system in the bedroom which I can network to the main system in the
living room.

I have a friend with a new mac.  I have a lot of video files in avi
format on my PC.  If I burn a CD with these files as straight data files
will his mac be able to read (and play) them?
If it is not directly compatible is there software that will allow it?

Is it feasible to use a MacBook Pro (Core 2 Duo) as my main computer?
My old MMD dual 1.25 GHz G4 is still pretty nice and fast enough for
most of my use, but it would be nice to have something faster and more
capable.

Assuming that the Canopus ADVC 55 is still the most affordable best way
to digitize VHS tapes, could someone please tell me basically how it
works?  The ads say that you don't need to buy software but I don't
understand how the DVD is cut w/o software.  And also, can I assume ...

I have installed a 250GB IDE Seagate disk in my Sawtooth G4 but only
128GB is actually seen by the system.
Anything I can do to use the remaining size or am I out of luck?
Jan E.

I've just bought an external hard hard drive for 12" Powerbook. It
sits happily on my desk, and seems to be working fine, but I have one
concern - how much of a risk is to leave it by my speakers? At the
moment it's sitting about 2-3 inches in front of my right speaker.

Can any one assist on how to pull the HD from a performa 6115. I've
got the case open, but am obviously missing out on how the HD is
removed.
TIA

I have been using a partition on a 50G external Firewire HD to back up
my 400MHz G4 Titanium ("Mercury") powerbook, using SuperDuper.  The
TiBook only had a 10G drive so I used the remaining partitions of the
external HD for other uses.

Has anyone come up with a hack to connect two displays to the Mac
Mini? I seem to remember someone talking about a DVI splitter, but I
haven't been able to find out if it actually works.
How about things like the Matrox DualHead2Go?

We have a Linksys BEFSR41 4 port router which works well. However, we
need one more port for my son's Xbox 360. Can another BEFSR41 router be
installed dwonstream of the current router to split the signal again, or
should I just buy an 8 port BEFSR81. I don't want to go wireless. ...