Recent content by Iantosca

I may be a bit behind, but I seem to remember an earlier thread about the fan behavior on the MacBook. Particularly the noise and how it ceased when you were scrolling but was present when you were not. Anyway, it seems Apple has fixed the problem. Just download the new firmware update...

Great, so you think if I were to buy a new Athlon X2 the HSF that came with it would have the square of paste?

Do the heatsinks that come with processors usually come with a thermal pad on the bottom of them? And, if they do, is there no need to use thermal paste? Thanks in advance.

Put simply, YES!!!

Oh man do I wish I could afford one of those! :)

The General, you make excellent points. I switched from Windows to Mac and found the same or similar programs to those of windows to handle my everyday needs. This coupled with the lack of viruses, spyware, system crashes, etc. I, and I stress, I, feel that OS X has treated me infinite times...

I feel like the same questions are asked time and time again. Before asking such a general question, in order to avoid repitition, please just use the search feature. Hence the purpose of having such a grand feature.

I'm an Idiot! Thank you for your help The General ... it works great.

Hmmm, thanks, I'll give it a try.

I tried to run Gimp but was told that I need x11. It also said that it was on the 10.4 Tiger install disk but I can't seem to figure out which package it is. Has anyone installed x11 on 10.4 or later and know which package to use. Please help me out. :) *EDIT* I am using an intel MacBook (if...

very mature comment ... learn to spell first though

Alright, so apparently all I had to do was create a "new burn folder" on the desktop. Thanks anyway guys.

I just downloaded MacTheRipper to rip my dvd's onto my computer. Before you ask, yes, I am just backing them up, a lot of them are in poor condition. :) Now I am left with a problem, what program can I use to actually burn the dvd files onto a dvd-r? Thanks.

I love Cyberduck. :)

Of course, my mother has an AMAZING dvd collection, I'm talking like 500+ dvd's all store bought.