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    UPS for Powermac Quad

    I need to get a UPS for my powermac G5 quad. Any ideas how many watts is safe for this desktop? I'll be connecting a 20" Cinema display, as well as a powerbook laptop to the same UPS. Thanks.
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    Mouse not moving smoothly on Apple Powerbook

    I just got a new Powerbook, and I can't seem to find a mouse that works with it! The movement of the cursor keeps on jumping around. It's been annoying me for 2 weeks now. Three different USB Optical mouse/pad combination that works very smoothly on Windows XP machines, none of them would give...
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    LaCie Bigger Disk Extreme 1TB

    Anybody have any experience with the LaCie disks? How reliable are they? I'm thinking of getting a 1TB disk. I wonder if they use a single 1TB disk in the enclosure, or several. Would it make sense to create two different partitions on a single physical disk, to attempt to create cheap...
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    Design schools in the US

    Any general pointers on design schools in the US? (or perhaps a better forum to ask the question :) ) How hard is it really to get into Parsons in NY? and, right now she's been accepted to Academy of Arts in SF. Any comments on that school?
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    OS X Keychain password lost

    Anybody have any idea to reset/retreive lost keychain password?
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    Internet OEM Software shops

    I always consider those emails as spam until couple days ago.. They are a lot cheaper I mean..
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    Backup Solution for Photography Studio

    Previously we have always backed up our photos on DVDs... I know it's not very professional, but back then we really didn't have the time and resources to install a more sophisticated system. Over time we have found out that we take photographs much faster than we can burn them into DVDs. We...
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    DVI LCDs?

    The DVI LCDs seem to be a lot nicer than the regular ones. However I am told that not only you need a DVI ready video card, but also the maximum resolution is not very high on these. What exactly are the benefits of DVI?
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    Setting up a photo server.

    We're a photography studio, and right now we're overwhelmed with managing our photo files. What happen after a photo shoot is we download the files to one computer. Then if our retoucher needs to work on the photo, they'll have to download it to another computer and work it off there. Then we...
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    Computer for Photoshop and digital imaging.

    Right now we're using an Athlon running at 2300MHz, overclocked. I think it was the Barton model, can't remember exactly. Memory is value Kingston, only 512 MB. Motherboard is Via KT266 or something like that. We're using this system 100% for Photoshop, and it's a pretty SLOW machine on WinXP...
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    TINY Terminal Window in OSX

    Anybody ever had this problem before? I try to open up Terminal, and it opens in a ~10x10 pixel window! I can't see anything but the red "X" button.
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    Need a name for a brand

    I've been brainstorming with no luck.. This is going to be a photography company. Small volume, A+ clients photography. Need to project an image like Prada or Hermes is to fashion. Basically we want to look very very exclusive. A little modern artsy image is good too. Wanna try? :)
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    I have a Barton 2600+ but no MB...

    Please help me up here, I just bought a Barton 2600+ chip with one stick 512MB PC3200 kingston to go with it. Now what I need is really a motherboard. I don't live in the states, so I don't get the selection that you guys have. However, I was offered an Elitegroup board with VIA KT chipset...
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    Ipod & Firewire digicams

    The ipod comes with firewire. So does top cameras like the 1Ds and such. Does anybody make a firmware that'll allow the camera to download images directly to the ipod? that'll be cool.
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    External DVD Burners for Mac

    Well, first just about all the external DVD burners I've seen only says "for windows" on the box. I wonder if there's going to be any drivers problem on OSX10.3. Other than that, what should I look for? So far I've seen Iomega and Sony. The Iomega is $100 cheaper (4X vs 8X) - which is good...
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    Lost password on Macintosh

    I lost my admin password. using OSX 10.3. Anyway to retain it? Thanks.
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    iTunes User!

    I noticed today that iTunes no longer can convert my CD tracks to MP3s, instead they use the AAC format. YUCK!!! This is weird, cause I didn't install any patch or upgrade or anything. It seemed like iTunes connected itself to the internet and changed this?? I don't follow digital music...
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    Short lease apartment in Munich

    We're looking for an apartment to lease for about a month in Munich. Can anybody recommend one, or point where to look for them? Thanks.
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    Plasma TVs need refilling??

    Is it true that Plasma TVs need to have their "plasma gas" refilled at a specified time interval (i.e: a couple thousand hours of use). I have no idea how plasma tvs work, but this sounds ridiculous to me.
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    Slick laptop for Photo editing

    I was thinking of getting a 15" Powerbook (starts at $2000), but then I came across Sony's Z1 series (starts at $2100). Here's the comparison: Powerbook: 1GHz or 1.25 GHz G4 166 Mhz bus 512 MB L2 cache 15" screen @ 1280x854 resolution Sony: 1.5 GHz to 1.7 GHz Centrino 400 MHz bus 1GB L2...
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    Hard Disk close to death?

    Normally, when the computer is on, you can hear the sound of your HD spinning at a constant speed (especially if its a loud 10,000rpm one). Well, today my HD starts acting up. While I was working, I can hear the disk losing its spin, then coming back up again, repeatedly like if you connect and...
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    Recommend a video card not for gaming?

    Can someone recommend a basic video card?? All I need is something that can run 1600x1200 desktop resolution @ 85hz reliably on windows XP. I'm now using Voodoo 3 3000, but the card crashes quite often at 1600x1200.
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    Space Missing from my partitions??

    I have two partitions that are missing disk space. One partition is ~5GB. There is only 200MB of space left, yet all the files on that drive is only ~3GB in size (windows explorer, select all, properties) Same thing in the other partition. a 4GB with only 200MB of space left, whereas the all...
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    Anyone works in Digital Imaging related area??

    I'm looking for a good forum -- like Anandtech's on digital imaging, digital darkroom, color management tools, etc. So far I've found only two that, but none of them satisfactory. 1. DPreview's forum just need to update to bulletin style. It's a pain to have to load every people's replies...
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    Looking for a pen stylus

    What is a good pen stylus to use for retouching in photoshop?? I'm totally blank about these. I don't think I need the quality that illustrators use, but probably don't want to use something too cheap either, since this is for my work. Thanks.
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    Can somebody explain the notation for RAM and Athlon CPUs?

    I want to upgrade to an athlon system, but there seems to be two things that everybody know yet no clear explanation on it. 1. PC2100, PC2700, PC3200. It's about the speed, like PC133 I know. But how does the notation correlate to the FSB, and what speed should I get for an Ahtlon system on...
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    Problem with IEEE1394

    I posted the same question on General Hardware two weeks ago, but didn't get any replies. Here is another try. I purchased a unit of Tekram TR-1394W firewire adapter. I installed it, and windows XP detected the card and installed an appropriate driver with no problems. However, when I try...
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    Problem with IEEE1394

    I posted the same question on General Hardware two weeks ago, but didn't get any replies. Here is another try. I purchased a unit of Tekram TR-1394W firewire adapter. I installed it, and windows XP detected the card and installed an appropriate driver with no problems. However, when I try...
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    Problem with IEEE1394

    I posted the same question on General Hardware two weeks ago, but didn't get any replies. Here is another try. I purchased a unit of Tekram TR-1394W firewire adapter. I installed it, and windows XP detected the card and installed an appropriate driver with no problems. However, when I try...
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    Problem with IEEE1394

    I posted the same question on General Hardware two weeks ago, but didn't get any replies. Here is another try. I purchased a unit of Tekram TR-1394W firewire adapter. I installed it, and windows XP detected the card and installed an appropriate driver with no problems. However, when I try...
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    Problem with IEEE1394

    I posted the same question on General Hardware two weeks ago, but didn't get any replies. Here is another try. I purchased a unit of Tekram TR-1394W firewire adapter. I installed it, and windows XP detected the card and installed an appropriate driver with no problems. However, when I try...
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    Problem with IEEE1394

    I posted the same question on General Hardware two weeks ago, but didn't get any replies. Here is another try. I purchased a unit of Tekram TR-1394W firewire adapter. I installed it, and windows XP detected the card and installed an appropriate driver with no problems. However, when I try...
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    Problem with IEEE1394

    I posted the same question on General Hardware two weeks ago, but didn't get any replies. Here is another try. I purchased a unit of Tekram TR-1394W firewire adapter. I installed it, and windows XP detected the card and installed an appropriate driver with no problems. However, when I try...
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    Problem connecting to IEEE1394 hardware

    I just installed a tekram firewire card to my pc. (440BX, Pentium 3, Windows 2000 pro). No problems with the installation, the card instantly appeared in the Device Manager. When I tried connecting my printer (epson 2100), and my digital camera (nikon d1x), neither of them are recognized. I...
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    3rd party Monitor Brightness/Contrast Control Software

    I have a laptop, and I'm looking for a way to adjust the brightness/contrast of the LCD screen. Does anybody know of a 3rd party software that lets me do this? Thanks.
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    Complaint: Spam from Return Path

    This is a very strange case. I got two new email addresses a couple months back. I keep one email purely for my friends and relatives, and I never use it for anything online. The other address I use for everything else including anything that requires registration online. But today, I got a...
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    CDRW Drive: PCMCIA or Firewire

    What would be faster: a PCMCIA or Firewire CDRW?
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    Windows 2000 to ME peer-peer network

    Hi all, I'm trying to set up a Microsoft Networks network with NetBEUI from a Windows ME machine to a Windows 2000 Pro machine. Access to the ME machine from the W2K machine works just fine. I can access the files on the windows me machine, read, write, all that stuff. The problem is, I...
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    HD Noise, Not normal ???

    A ticking sound is coming from my HD. Not very loud, but noticeable. It started just now, a ticking noise, but very fast, like a fan hitting an object. I have two HDs, a WD 10k rpm, about 1.5 yrs old, and a WD 7.2 rpm, about 2.5 yrs old.. I'm not sure which one is producing the sound. Do HDs...
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    Desktop becomes sluggish...

    I have this program, which is basically an eye candy for the desktop. The program runs an anime character, rendered in 3D, walking around the desktop doing things. Problem is, whenever the program runs, everything runs a little sluggish. Stuff like menu, typing, you can feel that they're not...