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    OS X 10.7 or 10.8 preferred on a Macbook 4,1?

    Eos is built on Ubuntu. I am newer to Eos but like it due to its similarity to macos. I have used Ubuntu on some other C2D 08 & 09 macbooks I have with great success and DD it on an A1078 09 MBP. Interestingly, Eos was not as easy an install requiring some command line work as Ubuntu which was...
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    OS X 10.7 or 10.8 preferred on a Macbook 4,1?

    I have SL, Lion and ElementaryOS on my MacBook.
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    Decoder Ring - a keygen for games released by Ambrosia Software

    Very cool. I wonder if that would work for Ambrosia screen cap apps Snapz Pro and Snapz Pro X?
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    M3 Keyboard Covers-Recommendations?

    The uninihibited, creative naming convention of a 3.5y/o and a 6.5y/o. :D
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    M3 Keyboard Covers-Recommendations?

    and my sons new beagle pup Turbo FrenchFry just ate my kb cover :D She is starting to teeth I think so shes chewing on absolutely everything she can gert a hold of. Anyhow I cant get mad at that little girl.
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    I just can't say NO - B&W G3

    Awesome score :) If I lived near Free Geek, my wife would divorce me for sure. :D
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    Troubles reinstalling OS 8.5 on SSD in G3 B&W

    If the original drive is still functioning, why not boot with the old hdd, connect the SSD as a second drive and clone/copy the spinners contents to the SSD? Then replace the spinner with the SSD & boot. Why that install is failing could be a myriad of issues from adapter incompatibility to...
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    M3 Keyboard Covers-Recommendations?

    I am not a fan of the shallow keyboard tolerances on the M2 keyboard. I used a generic silicone cover to add height to the keys. It has nothing to do with keeping it clean although I ended up setting up my son on it to do his virtual summer reading club classes, so not a bad idea for little...
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    Thoughts On The Global Tech Outage?

    My 75&81 y/o parents were flying back from Alaska when this F’d everything up. Initially it grounded their plane for a little over an hour which they thought would make them late to their connecting gate but their pilot was a goat & pushed the heck out of that airbus making up about 45 minutes...
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    How Embarrassing-A Lesson In Purchasing A Refurbished Computer From Apple's Site

    Wow, there are five states in the Union that do not charge internet sales tax to residents for internet purchases. Of course my state isn’t one of them lol 😂
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    Why Desktop Linux Sucks (Hey, Action Retro! ;) )

    I think there are quite a few polished distros in 2024 that are really easy entry points for folks who just want it to work like Ubuntu for example. Polished UI, regular updates, decent snap repo, annd community etc. Now the fragmentation he speaks to I think is a natural byproduct of an open...
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    I Got An M3 MacBook Pro; Obsolescence Forced My Hand

    I purchased some MS office software this way through an old employer for like $20 bucks. At the time it was the only way I could afford MS office for my 08 macbook. Still have it of course. :) @2112st congrats on your M3 MBP. I really am enjoying my M2 16" MBP quite a bit. My wife thinks it's...
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    Looking for ways to replace the clock battery in my G4

    Which g4 laptop do you have? Some used capacitors where others used batteries. In any of these, you will be opening up the laptop for replacement.
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    recreating my first PC build

    The first case I had where the housing didn’t come off in a big bent “U” shape was an Antec Dragon mid case. The one I had was space gray and also was the first PC case I got with a window & I particularly loved how the drive bays were all hidden behind a sleek door. That was the first build...
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    recreating my first PC build

    Great job. These beige box rebuilds bring back late 90s/TOTC gaming nostalgia feelies for me. I never had a TV tuner card though :) Makes me want to snag one and stick it in one of my win boxes.
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    Fun with Three Early MacPro models: 1,1 2,1 3,1

    This is my garage/workshop cMP 1,1. It still crushes it. At some point I figure I'll throw linux on here but El Cap still runs great on this machine so there's little incentive. I guess if I ever run out of things to do LOL. The GPU I'm using is a NVIDIA 240 GT that I've had for ages. No boot...
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    Fun with Three Early MacPro models: 1,1 2,1 3,1

    Nice. I enjoy my cMP 1,1 alot. I have Lion and El Cap on mine.
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    Radeon 7000 Flashing Woes

    This is the 7000 pci card that I flashed and lives in my B&W. There’s another pci 7000 that looks almost identical but under the hood is a Radeon mobility and doesn’t flash worth a darn … or at least I wasn’t able to get it to work lol.
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    TiBook Screen Assembly - the forbidden split?

    This thread over on the MRF PowerPC forum might be helpful. Good luck.
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    Converting An 80-gig External To A 250 gig SSD-Need Advice

    This reminds me of my ext 1tb backup for my 08 a1048 mb. The case died a horrible drop death fracture but the guts survived - just the pcb and the hdd sitting as a book end on one of my book shelves connected to the mb via a long usb cable. lol jank I guess but it works for me. :)