I haven't used DVD Profiler, but it certainly doesn't look as fun to use from the screenshots on their website.
I don't see any way that DVD Profiler can track your books, CD and games either, or use a webcam to scan product codes, or any mention of being able to find others with similar tastes (coming in the next release of Delicious Library).
On the positive side, DVD Profiler is cheaper. Grats to you.
Advice for improving performance on the iMac G5 can be found here.
No prob on my 15" PowerBook btw. That won't really help you, unfortunately; I just didn't want the casual reader to think that all Macs suck playing WoW.
Many of the established EQ1 players are now just playing because they've invested so much time in their characters. The last few expansions have been horrible (the Gates of Discord one was bad enough to break my addiction; I'd been playing for over 2 years) and SOE really don't have as much goodwill from their customers as you suggest.
What I've noticed with my old EQ guild is that most people are far more aware of what's happening in WoW, partly because of friends with beta accounts, partly because we've been able to read the beta forums. Compared to Blizzard, Sony's NDA made it appear that they had something to hide.
The difference is that none of the EQ competitors were actually any good. AFAIK Blizzard was the first developer that didn't hide their beta behind NDAs before launch, and the public KNOWS the game is already more polished than EQ ever was. Those of us lucky enough to play in the stress test have experienced it first hand. Open beta starts very shortly.
The old G3 iMacs can't deal with large drives, but the G4s apparently can. From xlr8yourmac.com:
Just a FYI that in 2003 several owners have noted that the iMac G4 has native 48bit addressing support for "big/large" IDE drives (those over 128/137GB). Apple's kbase doc notes only the MDD G4 and Xserves have native support (without using a 3rd party driver or PCI IDE ATA/100-133 controller) - but as noted in the main site news page and drive upgrade database reports, several iMac G4 owners noted they are running 160 to 200GB IDE drives inside their iMac G4s with full capacity available. (The drives as usual format to slightly under the 'rated' capacity due to the usual binary vs decimal numbering system noted in the FAQ years ago - but without 48bit/big drive support, a large drive would be limited to appx 128GB even with multiple partitions.)
Myself, I'm looking for a couple of 450Mhz G4 PowerMacs to replace my x86 Linux servers (which are too hot and noisy for my liking), but the buggers are still holding their value too well!
Maybe you've had your head in the sand (or elsewhere) during the last couple of years, but the majority of the best PC games come out for the Mac these days. I stopped using my PC completely about 6 months ago when I quit EverQuest and switched across to my PowerBook which is coping just fine, thanks for asking.
I finally got around to buying Warcraft 3 the other day, so I could get more of a feel for the WC world before World of Warcraft goes into open beta. To tide me over I'll be buying KotOR and Homeworld 2 this month, don't tell the missus... oh, and the Call of Duty expansion is due in November.
To repeat: Plenty of games for the Mac, please return to your spyware scanning.
By 'a zillion' I take it you mean 'more than one'? My girlfriend's PowerBook thrashes like hell with only 256Mb of RAM. Mine has 1Gb, and rarely uses more than 600-700Mb (I'm using ~400Mb right now with only a few Internet apps running). 512Mb is a sensible medium.
That's not the free player. It's a 14-day trial of the full version that will start pestering you to fork out cash once you install it. The fact that you can't find the free version shows that Real's tactics are still working.
I was disappointed by Shrek too, but I can't say I 'hated' it. I thought the humans walked very stiffly (like puppets, they didn't seem to have any weight), and I remember reading that the animators deliberately tried to make them 'less realistic' - probably something to do with the Uncanny Valley phenomenon. I don't think they succeeded. The sequel looked a lot less forced.
I didn't think much of the official campaign that came with the original game either, but the expansion packs were far superior. They actually bothered to adjust your alignment when you acted contrary to it (I've found out that my playing style is definitely chaotic, and my monk is in danger of losing the ability to level). You also had the ability to be a real bastard if you want, which I don't recall in the OC.
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Actually Office on the Mac is a version ahead of Windows.
Yes. Compared to a native Aqua app, X11 bites.
I haven't used DVD Profiler, but it certainly doesn't look as fun to use from the screenshots on their website.
I don't see any way that DVD Profiler can track your books, CD and games either, or use a webcam to scan product codes, or any mention of being able to find others with similar tastes (coming in the next release of Delicious Library).
On the positive side, DVD Profiler is cheaper. Grats to you.
Erm, Adobe cancelled Premiere on the Mac a couple of years ago. Why would Apple cater for a product that isn't made for the platform anymore?
I'm very distracted by games on my Mac :(
Try Cmd-~ (tilde) to jump between windows in the one application.
The 5200 is a crap card, sadly.
Advice for improving performance on the iMac G5 can be found here.
No prob on my 15" PowerBook btw. That won't really help you, unfortunately; I just didn't want the casual reader to think that all Macs suck playing WoW.
I just tested this on our office testbox and it exhibits the same behaviour. Very odd. :)
I played during the last beta, but EQ2 and WoW have come out since then. I'm enjoying WoW too much to waste time on any other betas at the moment. :)
You're right, it won't 'catch up' to EQ. It will decimate it. Wait until the Korean launch.
That doesn't really fit A Bug's Life at all.
Disney has had no creative input on any of the Pixar films. It shows.
Be that as it may, I've filed about 5 minor bugs for the game in the last couple of days.
Many of the established EQ1 players are now just playing because they've invested so much time in their characters. The last few expansions have been horrible (the Gates of Discord one was bad enough to break my addiction; I'd been playing for over 2 years) and SOE really don't have as much goodwill from their customers as you suggest.
What I've noticed with my old EQ guild is that most people are far more aware of what's happening in WoW, partly because of friends with beta accounts, partly because we've been able to read the beta forums. Compared to Blizzard, Sony's NDA made it appear that they had something to hide.
The difference is that none of the EQ competitors were actually any good. AFAIK Blizzard was the first developer that didn't hide their beta behind NDAs before launch, and the public KNOWS the game is already more polished than EQ ever was. Those of us lucky enough to play in the stress test have experienced it first hand. Open beta starts very shortly.
Buy some real headphones. I use Grado SR-80s, but the Etymotics range is supposed to be incredible.
I'm looking at getting some of these to replace the utterly average iPod phones.
The old G3 iMacs can't deal with large drives, but the G4s apparently can. From xlr8yourmac.com:
Just a FYI that in 2003 several owners have noted that the iMac G4 has native 48bit addressing support for "big/large" IDE drives (those over 128/137GB). Apple's kbase doc notes only the MDD G4 and Xserves have native support (without using a 3rd party driver or PCI IDE ATA/100-133 controller) - but as noted in the main site news page and drive upgrade database reports, several iMac G4 owners noted they are running 160 to 200GB IDE drives inside their iMac G4s with full capacity available. (The drives as usual format to slightly under the 'rated' capacity due to the usual binary vs decimal numbering system noted in the FAQ years ago - but without 48bit/big drive support, a large drive would be limited to appx 128GB even with multiple partitions.)
Myself, I'm looking for a couple of 450Mhz G4 PowerMacs to replace my x86 Linux servers (which are too hot and noisy for my liking), but the buggers are still holding their value too well!
Maybe you've had your head in the sand (or elsewhere) during the last couple of years, but the majority of the best PC games come out for the Mac these days. I stopped using my PC completely about 6 months ago when I quit EverQuest and switched across to my PowerBook which is coping just fine, thanks for asking.
I finally got around to buying Warcraft 3 the other day, so I could get more of a feel for the WC world before World of Warcraft goes into open beta. To tide me over I'll be buying KotOR and Homeworld 2 this month, don't tell the missus... oh, and the Call of Duty expansion is due in November.
To repeat: Plenty of games for the Mac, please return to your spyware scanning.
Try the crud around the back of the shelter sheds!
By 'a zillion' I take it you mean 'more than one'? My girlfriend's PowerBook thrashes like hell with only 256Mb of RAM. Mine has 1Gb, and rarely uses more than 600-700Mb (I'm using ~400Mb right now with only a few Internet apps running). 512Mb is a sensible medium.
I've had to reboot when installing a driver, but not when plugging in a USB device that already has a driver installed.
That's not the free player. It's a 14-day trial of the full version that will start pestering you to fork out cash once you install it. The fact that you can't find the free version shows that Real's tactics are still working.
According to this article it's not legal. Certainly the artists aren't getting anything out of your downloading.
I was disappointed by Shrek too, but I can't say I 'hated' it. I thought the humans walked very stiffly (like puppets, they didn't seem to have any weight), and I remember reading that the animators deliberately tried to make them 'less realistic' - probably something to do with the Uncanny Valley phenomenon. I don't think they succeeded. The sequel looked a lot less forced.
I didn't think much of the official campaign that came with the original game either, but the expansion packs were far superior. They actually bothered to adjust your alignment when you acted contrary to it (I've found out that my playing style is definitely chaotic, and my monk is in danger of losing the ability to level). You also had the ability to be a real bastard if you want, which I don't recall in the OC.