Posts by triadone

my Logitech G7 wireless (but non-bluetooth) has 8 buttons which I use USB Overdrive on without any problems, despite there being no specific OS X drivers for it. I assume that setting up a multi-button BT mouse would work just as...

somewhat old but there tends to be a difference even on a single 3.5" drive, though newer FW800 chipsets might make up the difference. http://www.barefeats.com/hard48.html

If you want to boot from an external drive at top speeds you'll want a FW800 enclosure and ideally, IMO, an eSATA enclosure and eSATA expresscard adapter. Not sure which ones (expresscard) allow for booting via bootcamp, though the FW800...

The 17" MBP is very likely THE most portable 17" notebook around. Weighing in at 6.8 lbs puts it in the neighborhood of many 15" machines. So weight-wise, it's very portable for it's screen dimensions. The physical...

I have, works wonderfully. :-) I got 2 individual sticks of the same model from Newegg for $80 after rebate ($60 after a paypal promotion) and they have been working flawlessly. :-)

If you're doing high end photography stuff I'd recommend a 15" MBP. The MacBooks are pretty much on par with the MBPs in 2D and photoshop work. The only issues is that Adobe is increasingly using GPU calls to run certain filters in...

It may happen in January, but it's more likely to be specification changes rather than a redesign. Perhaps LED backlighting on the 17" and maybe a GPU upgrade, but no guarantees.

heheh, i remember sites from a while back that would consider you a system builder if you bought an IDE ribbon with your copy of windows.

yes, it (leopard) was installed on my iBook so when I plugged in my MacBook to migrate all my stuff, it didn't "think" to install bootcamp. as i said, if my iBook had Tiger on it, then leopard would have migrated all of my old...

nope, still here (in FL), for a while likely.