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Huh, I wouldn't think an ATI Rage would be that slow for 2D Video, but my Mac knowledge is pretty much nil. Getting an adequate 2D video card is over $100 bucks? Whoa. I'm used to making PCs out of spare parts and good 2D video is like a $20 ATI-based card away. I'm trying to keep my monatary investment in the two digit range. Actually more like the two digit range for base 6.
Also, the jumper setting I needed for the hard drive to start working was freaky.
If I want to create a direct PC to TiVo connection to transfer programs, am I correct in thinking that all I need is a hub to establish the wired connection? I have a wireless connection up now and that's how the TiVo gets its guide data, but I just want to create a mini wired network with no internet connection for faster transferring purposes.
The trick is that OS X uses the Quartz engine to do much of the screen drawing and this relies on offloading much of the work to the processor on the video card. Parts of the screen are also done with 3D processing as well.
Don't know how accurate this source is, but comes across as non-crazy, intelligent and knowledgeable. According to it Sony's copy protetction schemes for it's CDS install spyware on your system - with all sorts of traps to prevent removal. Sony has or is about to release an uninstall procedure now that it is made public. [link]
Oh, crap. The problem I'm having with pop-ups and sign-ins has returned. To recap: When I try to access pretty much anything that requires me to sign in (not this site, I'm signed in automatically), I get the 'screen could not be displayed' page. The problem disappeared previously when I turned off IE SP2's pop-up blocker. Now it's off, but the problem's back.
I've tried installing Firefox, but when I try to start it I get a message saying "The connection was refused when attempting to contact [insert website here]".
Anyone have any ideas on what it might be? Thanks.
My guess with Firefox is that there is a proxy that needs to be setup. Try gooing to Tools->Options... on the menu. Then go to the "General" Options (but I think that is where you will end up by default), and click on "Connection Settings". Try telling it to auto-detect the proxy settings and press ok.
I've never had to set up proxies on Firefox, so I'm not sure how well the auto-detect stuff works.
Dunno if it that is the problem, but it's the first thing that came to mind.
I've got OS X 10.0.4 running on my Mac now and it's not too bad performance-wise. Now I'm trying to get my hands on a copy of 10.2 without spending much money.
If I don't want to go with MS Office for OS X, what are my compatible and cheaper options?
Which office components do you need? I'm a big fan of iWork, which handles Word and PPT files perfectly, but it doesn't have a spreadsheet program. You can use OpenOffice for that (or indeed for the whole package), although it's not as pretty or easy.
mr. flea likes OpenOffice.