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    Acronis True Image equivalent for OS X?

    CCC is great. Also, if you boot from another device (external HDD, Mac OS X DVD-ROM, etc) you should be able to use Disk Utility to make an image of the partitions you want to preserve.
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    Is it me or does FF suck on a Mac?

    Webkit is simply the engine behind Safari.... Safari is the GUI, Webkit is the HTML rendering engine. Webkit is opensource and is also being used in products by Nokia and some new Adobe thing. By downloading the latest WebKit you can try out the newest changes and get a preview of what HTML...
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    Is it me or does FF suck on a Mac?

    I personally use the latest builds of FF, Camino, and Safari/Webkit (Webkit is the opensource KHTML engine behind Safari). http://nightly.webkit.org/ http://www.caminobrowser.org/download/releases/nightly/ http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/ You can also try...
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    Considering a Mac but need Windows?

    ignorance is bliss
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    Recommend a GOOD 19" widescreen LCD, w/ wide viewing angle

    I'm interested in a 19" widescreen LCD (1440x900) which I know is less pixels than traditional square 19" (1280x1024) but I still want wide due to to how I position my windows and how I watch widescreen DVDs. I don't want anything larger than 20" But here is the thing, I have looked at several...
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    Considering a Mac but need Windows?

    I have been using my MacBookPro for well over 14 months now. Parallels works great and I rarely dual-boot into XP (only to play games about once a month). I find myself using Windows (via parallels) less and less all the time as I find more Mac programs to replace my Windows programs. But still...
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    Router recommendations needed

    What routers do you recommend for me with my 12 mbit cable modem? I think my 4 years old DLink router is just too slow to be useful anymore. When I plug my computer directly into the cable modem I get about 11.8 mbit from the Speakeasy Speed Test. But when I go thru the DLink router I only get...
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    Remotely controlling a MAC from a PC?

    Install a VNC server on the Macintosh. This one is free: http://www.redstonesoftware.com/products/vine/server/vineosx/index.html Install a VNC client on the Windows PC. There are many to choose from.
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    Is it really worth installing Vista RC1 at this point?

    I'm starting to use RC1 more and more. It's just as stable as XP for my use. And it's pretty close to finished anyway... RC1 = Release Candidate 1.
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    is apple frontrow a dvr

    No. Front Row is a full screen application used to navigate and play movies, music, photos, DVDs, and streaming movie trailers. It does not have any DVR features... ...However, the Elgato EyeTV series of TV tuners now include drivers that add DVR fuctionality that can be intergrated into...
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    iTunes 7 for Mac - Stability issues?

    I might try iTunes 7 on my MacBookPro sometime tomorrow. After the NIGHTMARE I had with iTunes 7 on my PC, I am now back to running 6.0.4 and 6.0.5 on all of my machines. I want to use iTunes 7, but the sound distortion on my PC was driving me crazy. Here's hoping for 7.0.1....
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    A+ prep guide

    I like cramsession.com as well.
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    24" iMac released

    FB-DIMM is a mixed bag. FB-DIMM is less efficient for single-thread applications, but it's really the best overall choice for 4+ cores and 8+ DIMM slots in the Intel world. (My overall preference is what AMD does, and that's putting the memory controller on the CPU itself... but we're talking...
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    iTunes 7

    iTunes 7 is __terrible__ on my integrated VIA audio. The sound is distorted at best and there are many periods of "static" and "pops". It sounds like someone moved all of the EQ sliders to their max limit and then turned down the volume. Overdriven but not loud. This is very dissapointing...
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    question about hooking up pc to a mac

    You could share the contents of the DVD, yes. However this may be lacking any sort of copy protection the game might be looking for. But it is worth a try. Connect the two computers with an ethernet cable. Modern Mac laptops will automatically do the crossover for you...