Dang, I'm not in front of my Mac at the moment. I have an Apple Script that will put the QuickTime player into full screen mode without buying the pro version. google for it.
I smell FUD. The last non-iMac G3 desktops were the blue & white machines, last sold in 1999, not 1 year ago (www.everymac.com). I have the B&W G3/400. The video card is a Rage128, w/o DVI output. As long as you have a DVI capable video card (e.g., ATI Radeon), the DVIator web site claims compatibility with Mac OS 8.6 or later, depending on video card drivers (DVIator compatibility).
I typically use emacs for NT and XEmacs at work. At home on my TiBook I avoid running emacs in the Terminal because I can never remember enough key-bindings to get around. Instead I use XFree86, XDarwin, and built XEmacs. It works great. Even has scroll wheel support.
I'm a former vi convert. I still use vi for quick and dirty stuff, but emacs (XEmacs) is fantastic for my Java, C++, and Perl coding.
For Mac OS 8/9, try the TypesChange CM Plugin. It adds a contextual menu item to the Finder that allows you to change the type and creator of one or more files.
I have used a beta build (5G48) on my B&W G3/400 for the last couple weeks. Mac OS X 10.1 performance is leaps above 10.0.4. Applications launch faster. The Finder is not sluggish and the scroll wheel finally works. Columns can be individually resized in column view. Classic mode (Mac OS 9 compatibility) performance is much improved.
Performance feels on par or better than the Asus A7V/Duron/700/Mandrake 8.0/KDE that sits next to it.
I had been holding off using Mac OS X as my everyday OS until now. 10.1 will go on my TiBook as soon as it's released.
The beauty of Mac OS X (or at least the intent) is that it will be a great desktop/consumer OS as well as a great server/workstation OS. It will be the Swiss-Army knife OS. iBook-toting elementary school kids, TiBook-toting PowerPoint presenting business people, developers, gamers, academics, scientists, graphics designers, and webmasters will all have a use for the OS.
While I'm a bit disappointed by the speed and implementation of the current Finder, I think that Mac OS X rocks. I'm typing this from OmniWeb. I just installed rootless X Windows so I can use XEmacs (see macgimp.org). I installed MySQL and PHP a few weeks ago, but have yet to give it a spin.
Background:
I'm a Java/C++ programmer by day. I use NT4.0 and W2K at work, mainly using emacs/XEmacs, MKS Toolkit, Exceed to our Sun development machines.
I come home to Mac OS X (B&W G3), Mac OS 9.1 (TiBook, my "Classic" environment), as well as Mandrake Linux 8.0/Win98 on my home-built Duron machine.
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Dang, I'm not in front of my Mac at the moment. I have an Apple Script that will put the QuickTime player into full screen mode without buying the pro version. google for it.
More space is better, but 10GB is roomy enough.
:)
I keep my mp3 collection on an 80GB FireWire drive. I only sync the iPod with what I want to listen to.
When you go on a trip, you don't pack the contents of your closet, do you?
Above all, caveat emptor or RTFM!
I'm a former vi convert. I still use vi for quick and dirty stuff, but emacs (XEmacs) is fantastic for my Java, C++, and Perl coding.
The link is http://www.helsinki.fi/~pkamppur/typeschange.html
Performance feels on par or better than the Asus A7V/Duron/700/Mandrake 8.0/KDE that sits next to it.
I had been holding off using Mac OS X as my everyday OS until now. 10.1 will go on my TiBook as soon as it's released.
While I'm a bit disappointed by the speed and implementation of the current Finder, I think that Mac OS X rocks. I'm typing this from OmniWeb. I just installed rootless X Windows so I can use XEmacs (see macgimp.org). I installed MySQL and PHP a few weeks ago, but have yet to give it a spin.
Background:
I'm a Java/C++ programmer by day. I use NT4.0 and W2K at work, mainly using emacs/XEmacs, MKS Toolkit, Exceed to our Sun development machines.
I come home to Mac OS X (B&W G3), Mac OS 9.1 (TiBook, my "Classic" environment), as well as Mandrake Linux 8.0/Win98 on my home-built Duron machine.