Mac Forum / General / Hardware / June 2007

I know that the Mac Mini is a minimalist system in all respects, so I'm not
expecting game-playing video performance.
The Adobe CS3 package says that it requires an "OpenGL 1.4-capable" video
card for certain 3D aspects of Photoshop.

i have an old g4 tower that i just decided to fire up again. i am
using a generic usb keyboard and even the most simple shortcuts like
ctrl copy, paste, etc don't work. i prefer to use flock as my internet
browser on my pc, and was hoping i could use it just as easily on my

I just went by the Apple Store in Broomfield, CO yesterday. I was
amazed.  The store was packed.  You could hear calls coming in about
the iPhone, people were asking questions, people were looking at the 4
ft. mockups at the entrance, etc. I talked to the employees and they

how do you feel about the rumours that the Mac mini will be
discontinued?
It's the only computer which was not yet updated to Intel Dual Core 2,
but I feel it's excellent to have a budget computer.

I know there is all kinds of information on making your own mac din8
serial cable to a DB9 pc serial cable but my question is a bit
backwards.
In all the examples I have seen online, the cable is made from the

I just want a good typing USB full keyboard for my Mac Book Pro.  I hate
the Apple white keyboards. I really have to pound on them to type
without missing letters.  The keyboard on the MacBook Pro is great, but
I like a full keyboard at my desk.  I don't need or want wireless.  ...

I have always used my MacBook on 'better battery life', and it has run
with no fan noise or noticeable heat.  But recently I now hear the fan
and the top-left bottom gets very hot.  Is this due to a faulty Mac OS X
update that I recently applied?

Let me thank those of you who answered my first posting. You all
wanteded more details.
I have a Power Mac 400mhz, stock AGP video card, 384mb, DVD ROM, 20gig
(9.2.2) and an 80gig (partitioned, and running 9.2.2 and 10.3), an

I was doing just fine running my G4 under OSX 10.1.5, except when I
got on the internet. I kept getting messages that I needed to upgrade
my browser.
I got on ebay and bought a full install of OSX 10.2.3, and Apple

Some weeks ago I asked for recommendations for keyboards for the Mac.  
Severy people recommended Macally keyboards, in particular the ICEKEY
keyboard.  I bought two (I have three Macs).  I really like them.  
Thanks for the recommendations and I agree that they are really nice to

It seems like I may have a bad Ethernet port on my G4 iMac (gooseneck).
The router port flashes on and off when I plug it in and the machine is
unable to connect to the router. My other Intel iMac works from that
same port (or any other) on the router.

I tried a monitor calibration website. It said I should be
able to distinguish a grey of RGB=050505, but I can't see
anything until RGB=0F0F0F. Therefore the black point needs
tweaking. I was told that this is simply a matter of

I'd like to have a Pro Speaker extension cable. Griffin had one in stock
years ago.
Does anyone know where I can buy one? Or which kind of jacks I'd need to
solder one myself?

I have a new hard drive, Western Digital WD Scorpio 80 GB, installed in
my G4 Powerbook. I went through the erase process with Disk Utility
(which I was told is the way to format or initialize a new HD) and
partitioned it also. Now when I select a partition to install as a

im trying to install a aria extreme pci card from sonnet tech into my
g4 tower. the airport setup application utility cannot find it. tried
in several slots. am running os x 10.3.5
any advice would be much appreciated.