@throttlemeister

I have been searching for weeks, and came up dry. Also at Insanelymac they don't seem to know or not interested, as I can't even get responses to my queries. Hopefully here some may know what is going on and how to fix it. I have an Apple…

Since xbench is old, and not always reliable with newer hardware, I am curious to the Cinebench R10 results. You can download it (free) from: ma xon.net/index.php?id=162 I will kick of with some results of my MBP:

Does anyone know if there are NAS out there compatible with Timecapsule? I find 500 euro quite expensive for a simple 1TB NAS, but in order to work with Time Machine, it needs to be compatible. Any ideas? Brands? Types?

I am running iATKOS v5i, with Voodoo/XNU kernel v1.0. Since more and more software (from Apple) is requiring 10.5.6, I am wondering if I can safely use the upgrade tool to go to 10.5.6. I am running EFI_V9, and supposedly my system is…

“[newbie mode on]How do you do this?[newbie mode off] Can I use yours? I love what you did there!”

“Actually, my gfx tests are better, except for text. But still, a latop generally does not compare favorably to a desktop/workstation machine. Particularly graphics and disc are typically not so good in laptops, as your disc scores clearly s…”

“With disk results: Results 150.61 System Info Xbench Version 1.3 System Version 10.5.6 (9G2133) Physical RAM 4096 MB Model MacBookPro5,1 Drive Type Hitachi HTS723232L9SA62 CPU Test 195.90 GCD Loop 338.07 17.82 Mops/sec Floating Point Basic …”

“With disk test, I get ~149. I would expect a MP to get much higher scores than a MBP, which is a laptop after all. Granted, it is a kick-ass laptop, but still.”

“Is it me, or are those scores I see here so low? These are what I get from my MBP. Results 241.88 System Info Xbench Version 1.3 System Version 10.5.6 (9G2133) Physical RAM 4096 MB Model MacBookPro5,1 Drive Type Hitachi HTS723232L9SA62 CPU …”

“AFAIK it is just a fancy looking USB keyboard and it will even work with Windows. Just has a couple of keys you wouldn't expect on a PC.”

“Hara Taiki, did I correctly understand that Wiz is only 13 years old now? If so, I take my head off to him. Not only for his coding skills, but also for being more mature in his behavior than the so-called adults in that thread.”

“I am relatively new to the OSx86 thingie, but it seems like Insanelymac is more like a Voodoo-group(ie) forum than a generic place to gain and spread knowledge of getting OSX running on non-Apple hardware. Of course I could be totally wrong…”

“And adding an DVI connector will cost more money, you know, Apple always takes care to build cheap computers. HA HA! Apple creates some of their problems being not so widely used by theirselves. In the most cases you have to pay the most of…”

“LOL, nothing like an excuse to buy a new toy, uh?”

“I let my Spyder2Pro do its thing, and it did make changes. It is not like a huge difference, but it is there.”

“@throttlemeister; Serious monitor envy here! :-& I hope to get my own 24" Apple Display in the next couple of months. How are you finding the small wireless keyboard, do you not miss the number pad at all? You will love it when you get it. …”

“@throttlemeister; very nice indeed If you ever get fed up with that set up let me know Let me think… Nah, not gonna happen.”

“Well, the OSx86 scene has caused me to spend a lot of money to buy me the real thing. So now I have: - Apple Macbook Pro 15.3", Core2Duo 2.93GHz, nVidia 9400M + nVidia 9600M GT/512MB, 4GB DDR3/1066, 320GB/7200rpm - Apple 24" LED Cinema Scre…”

“Point is, if they really wanted to, they could make things really hard for us in future versions. It would be hacked eventually, but that's not the issue.”

“They could do something like a BIOS probe. If they find something, shut down or KP. You can't block something like that with the bootloader, and though , a coder could probably find it in the kernel source and remove it, it would make life …”

“I think it is more likely Apple will put in more checks to make it even harder to run OSX on a regular PC for us. They do not want their reputation tarnished by unstable systems and crappy drivers. Keep in mind this is the biggest problem o…”

“[float=right]HyperMegaNet, however, said it believes it is immune from Apple's legal attacks. According to a translation of an FAQ on its site, HyperMegaNet said it's on safe ground. "German legislation is in this case on the side of the fi…”

“I find it hard to believe that Apple couldn't lock their OS into genuine Apple hardware if they wanted to. I'd say the hole OSx86 thing has happened because Apple wanted it to happen (or at least didn't mind it happening), but competitors s…”

“Dunno either, but I do know it doesn't crash here anymore.”

“I have taken the plunge and updated to 10.5.6 Vanilla and now Safari 4 does not crash anymore, also nog with the "Top Sites". I don't know what is different, but apparently it likes 10.5.6 Vanilla more than 10.5.5 Voodoo.”

“ay I figured out how to fix it! its because everytime you open a new tab it opens "Top Sites" in the new tab.' Go to Preferences and under New Tabs Open With: select "Blank Page" =D That does it for me too. S4 does seem to be significantly …”

“Same behavior as I am getting. Maybe it is caused by us not running 10.5.6?”

“Starting for the first time, you get that Safari4 animation on the Apple website: *BOOM* Restarting, opening a second tab: *BOOM* Not very stable or useful. Not for me at least. Removed it again real fast. My system is fast & stable. But S4…”

“Desktop (Asus P4K Deluxe, Q6600, 4GB, nVidia 8600GTS): 10/10 Laptop (see sig): 7/10 MBP: 10/10”

“Only Windows! I know 7. It's getting more and more like OS X:) UI design is like car design. If different companies try to design a car for minimal windresistance, they all end up with a design that looks more or less similar (something you…”

“Objectively? - limited range of products (but can be a good business model) - only products in the high-end price range - 1yr warranty SUCKS, and their 3yr warranty upgrade is a scam - they completely ignore EU laws re warranty - they are e…”

“Anyone? Am I this stupid, or is it just me again with an impossible problem? Either would be a reasonable assumption, really.”

“Sitecom USB wireless sticks work perfectly with OSX and using the latest Ralink drivers. I am using the WL608, which uses the RT2870 chipset, and I did had to have to add it to the Info.plist, but this thing is so new it is not even on the …”

“Why is everybody here reacting like they just have been anally invaded? The man tried something, and it didn't work out for him. Sure, the title is made up to draw people in, but still this is about him, not you or me. News value 0. Move on…”

“I did all of that, and I am still getting the loop... When I type in "fsck -fy" I got this: /dev/rdisk1s3 (NO WRITE) Root file system Checking Non-journaled HFS Plus volume. Checking Extents Overflow file. Checking Catalog file. Checking mu…”

“True, but the -s method always works. It also seems to be very often happening with iDeneb. Other distributions don't have nearly as much problems with this loop.”

“The point I was making was that to actually write the file to get him past the loop, did not require a passwd call. To log in after, yes, but not just to touch it. Well, you'd have to agree that would make the whole point kinda useless. The…”

“and I have no idea why you need to use passwd. Because OSX does not have a user and root does not have a password set. Without password, OSX will not allow you to log in. You do not need to do a diskutil repairpermissions. It does not work,…”

“Boy, that post got deleted quickly. Anyways, I would not even want to try to begin to improve on this…-I'd rather start from scratch. And believe me, I could — no doubt — create a utility that actually does something useful. However that go…”

“They did not get rid of the new macbooks. The old Macbook just got a speedbump and a new name, and with the exception of the SD card reader and fw are identical to the new 13" 'Macbook Pro'.”

“If you do not know such things, maybe you should reconsider doing this. This is not for n00bs. It is not like dropping in a DVD and clicking Next. If you don't know what you are doing, you WILL hose your current windows installation.”

“It definitely supports GUID drives on the x64 version; haven't run 32b windows in 2 or 3 years now.”

“iPC has it too, so does iAtkos, at least the intel version does.”

“Taisto, the nice thing about a NAS is it is a set-it-and-forget-it thing. If you use a USB drive (which I have), you need to plug it in. You don't always sit at the same place the drive is (I use a laptop), and with a NAS Time Capsule, once…”