Recent content by joudbren

In regards to the Mac mini, I would seriously look at the base 21.5" iMac. For the extra funds you get an excellent IPS technology screen, better and faster processor, more memory, vid cam, bigger and faster hard drive, better graphics processor with dedicated memory, wireless bluetooth...

You don't need to pull the battery. Most modern notebooks will either trickle charge the battery or typically, they'll stop charging at 100% and when the battery starts to discharge on it's own and drops to 95% or so then it will start the charging circuit back up to top it off. My MacBook Pro...

You should easily get your asking price (or close) as the model is still current and the used Apple market is pretty robust compared to the PC side. Having Apple Care is the bonus for anyone buying it as it is transferable to the new owner so they still get almost 3 years of warranty and...

120 lumens is no problem on the new iMacs. The brightness slider in about the middle position is very close to 120 without calibration. I've calibrated my 27" i5 first with a Spyder2 and it wasn't good. Found out the Spyder2 being 5 year old technology cannot properly handle wide gamut...

I'm not sure if it's up to par or not as I just don't use it. Heck, it might be just fine. I've played around with a few packages and Coloreyes just seems to be the goods and highly recommended by an awful lot of pros. There are also another couple of good programs for the Mac in iColor...

You're going to need a combination of a quality calibrator and software. Don't bother with the Spyder2, it's at least 5 year old technology and cannot deal with LED backlighting and wide gamut screens. The Spyder3 is worlds apart from the old version and is highly recommended. Probably one...

SyncMaster 275T. I got my Photoshop CS4 loaded up last night (finally) which installed a bunch of extra profiles for the monitor. I was playing around with the profiles on the Samsung just to see if any made a difference and found one "Wide Gamut RGB" that actually gets the screen close in...

I just did exactly what you're thinkin' about. I had a one year old MacBook Pro 15" 2.2 ghz that pretty much never left the house. I wanted a horsepower upgrade and the new Mac Mini just wasn't enough and the new iMac looked pretty tempting. Ultimately I ended up getting the new 27" stock...

I certainly don't condone piracy but this ruling is nothing short of ludicrous and will (and should) be appealed. I can do a search for just about ANY torrent on Google, Yahoo, et al., and none of the big guys are being hauled into court. I'm guessing it's easier (and cheaper) to take on the...

Why not get a portable bluetooth mouse and free up the USB port completely? Then no dongle to lose. I have a MS Notebook 5000 bluetooth laser mouse which works perfectly with the bluetooth in my HE. Cheers! James 8-)

I'm well aware that the performance/energy saving modes are changing the FSB. It's changing it for the CPU, not the memory. The system is booting the ram at 533mhz at CL4 and CPUZ clearly shows the ram staying at CL4 regardless of the speed mode selected on the 1000HE. Again, CPUZ CLEARLY...

Ok, I've done a lot more digging on this ram thing and it seems NOBODY is getting 667mhz on their ram with the 1000HE. If you disable the Asus splash screen in the bios (quiet boot = disabled) then the bios boot info clearly shows the ram booting as DDRII 533/CL4 instead of the expected DDRII...

Is Asus pulling a fast one here? I've tried 4 different sticks of ram in this thing and all of them including the original 1GB stick provided by Asus are showing 533mhz /CL4 on bootup in the bios screen. My understanding was that the 1000HE is supposed to have a 667mhz FSB and the ram provided...

I'd get one now. The new loaded Asus 1000HE is a good bet and the Samsung NC10 is also highly recommended. I have an Acer Aspire One which works perfect for me but if I was shopping today it would probably be the new Asus. These things are not intended to replace your desktop but compliment...