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From: Debbie Wilson on 6 Mar 2010 03:25 Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote: > That's the way to do it. Remember to get a network hard drive that you > can plug a USB hard drive into to back it up - *so* useful, and much > easier than doing your backups via a Mac. Good idea - thanks. > Mine's an Infrant ReadyNAS NV+ (medium size, 4 SATA slots) but they do > smaller 2 disk ones, and Synology and Drobo make similar devices. All > of them can sort out their own backup schedules/destinations and > whatnot. Excellent, thank you. Deb. -- http://www.scientific-art.com "He looked a fierce and quarrelsome cat, but claw he never would; He only bit the ones he loved, because they tasted good." S. Greenfield
From: Woody on 6 Mar 2010 05:23 Debbie Wilson <djmaizels(a)mac.com> wrote: > Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > > > They're a lot less bother if you stick 'em under the desk, and then > > apply carpet off-cuts here&there underneath the desk as a > > sound-deadener. The high-frequency nastiness gets clobbered pretty well > > that way. > > It is already under the desk :-) > This is the G4 model that Apple actually issued new fan units for as the > first one sounded exactly like having a vacuum cleaner operating next to > your ear. Yes, I still have a 2G4 that sounds just like that. I never got round to getting the fan fitted like Jim did. I really need to sell it or something, it is taking space. Its just so big though -- Woody www.alienrat.com
From: Elliott Roper on 6 Mar 2010 07:19 In article <4b91a509$0$10747$6bd9118d(a)unlimited.newshosting.com>, Gavin Lawrie <gavin.lawrie(a)2gc.co.uk> wrote: <snip> > Graphics on the MacPro are not so good apparently. Not noticeably > worse than the Powermac, but if you look at what MacPro discussions > there are, changing the graphics card is popular and apparently highly > effective. I've not tried, but apparently you can get some PC versions > of ATI 4870 card to work in MacPro - but AFAIK Apple no longer sell an > upgrade card that works in MacPro 1,1 (something to do with the 1,1 > having 32bit EFI, and later versions having 64bit or some such). So if > latest graphics cards are your thing probably not best option. I flung an Apple flavoured 4870 in my Pro 1,1 same as yours. It works fine. Simple instal. It is not supported, but works much better than the GeForce 7300 which came as standard and far far far better than that steaming turd of an XT1900 which was "supported" too. The only kernel panic I have ever had in Snow Leopard mentioned the 4870 kext in the crash report, and I get a couple of funnies in full screen mode in Aperture 3 which I think is software, but could be the graphics. (using an adjustment brush on the second screen sometimes blanks the thumbnails on the main screen even though the adjustments HUD stays alive there.) It is still the fastest and most reliable graphics this machine has ever had, and it is as quiet as the fanless 7300. I reckon it will make the move to a newer Pro when I get sick of waiting for renders, although the latest sensible Pro only benchmarks 3 times faster. My upgrade threshold is 4 times. -- To de-mung my e-mail address:- fsnospam$elliott$$ PGP Fingerprint: 1A96 3CF7 637F 896B C810 E199 7E5C A9E4 8E59 E248
From: Eddie on 6 Mar 2010 08:31 Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote: > On Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:41:23 +0000, Nige <nige(a)room.fsa.com> wrote: > > >Could anyone offer any advice/insight on this as a worthwhile move? > >Looking at my G5 and comparing it with the diminutive Mac Mini, it > >seems hard to believe I'd be 'trading up' - but the spec's speak for > >themselves... don't they? > > Do it. They are wonderful little workhorses, and the latest ones will > indeed spank the G5 on everything except on quantity of internal disk. > > Apple screw you for memory and hard drive, though - upgrade these > yourself if you need to. The WD Blue 500gigs are superbly fast. > I was in the US last week and upgraded my brothers old MacMini to max memory. Bought it from Crucial, took it down to Apple, in the local mall, and they installed it for free whilst I waited. Do they do that here in the UK? -- Regards Eddie "Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake." Napoleon
From: Jaimie Vandenbergh on 6 Mar 2010 08:55
On Sat, 06 Mar 2010 12:19:49 +0000, Elliott Roper <nospam(a)yrl.co.uk> wrote: >I reckon it will make >the move to a newer Pro when I get sick of waiting for renders, >although the latest sensible Pro only benchmarks 3 times faster. My >upgrade threshold is 4 times. Won't be long then, if these six-core chips drop into the next model. Cheers - Jaimie -- There he saw Merry's feet still sticking out - the rest had already been drawn further inside. Tom put his mouth to the crack and began singing into it in a low voice. They could not catch the words, but evidently Merry was aroused. -- J R R Tolkien |