Recent content by ubermick

Guys and gals, in a bit of a quandry - I'm brand spanking new to Clover, having used Chameleon in the past. Used to dual boot between Yosemite and Win 7. Finally upgraded this weekend to El Cap and now am no longer able to boot into the Windows side of things. In addition, having updated the...

Wow, I'M late to the party here. Yes, you need to download your OS on another machine (usually) as a clean install is always preferred. The Yeti, alas has been sitting idle for about a year now, as my office has demanded that all work be performed on a company machine. So am using a Mac Pro...

@Stork me old mate - hope things are going well! So on after a long hiatus - work has me using a cylinder Mac Pro these days, after handing down the edict that all work MUST be performed on a company machine. That, coupled with a daughter meant that the Yeti has sat unused for over a year now...

An update to all this… gave up trying to get it sorted, so backed up what I could, wiped the drive, and reinstalled everything. And, true to form, suddenly the computer was back to being hyper fast, and had absolutely zero issues... …for about two weeks. And then Safari started doing it's old...

Well, have forced it into 1920x1200 via the boot.plist, but still only recognizing 8mb of VRAM. Booted into Windoze 7, and it's working without issue there, so 'tis definitely hardware. Sigh… wish I could win the lottery and just get a mac pro!

Okay, when I get this thing working, it's a beast. It doesn't just run, it flies. Unfortunately, I seem to be in a situation where over time, things start… happening. Usually the first symptom is Safari. It'll start misbehaving, acting buggy, randomly freeze (constantly having to "force reload"...

Yeah, don't get me wrong - if I had $500 sitting around with nothing better to do with it, then I'd absolutely snag a retina mini. Or indeed if I felt I'd use this more than just general entertainment. In fact chances are once the novelty wore off, I wouldn't even use the thing except when...

Lads and lasses, I'm not a happy camper right now. I've been wanting an iPad for a while now, but more interested in the Mini than the full sized version. And like everyone, was very disappointed by the specs of that Mini, so decided to wait for the retina flavour. So I waited. And...

Boring stuff. Desktop is usually a LOT more cluttered than this, just did a fresh install.

Biggest highlight was Mavericks being released for free. Very bold move by Apple, although willing to bet anyone installing it on a non-current machine will find performance running really slow (thereby getting them thinking about upgrading). But would much, much, MUCH rather pay a premium for...

Oh Adrian. You really know how to cut to the core of me... ;) Yeah, looks like I'll need another machine. Now the question becomes... buy a used Mac Mini for about $450, or build a Hack Server for a bit more...

Tony himself is currently testing one of these out: http://www.tonymacx86.com/general-hardware-discussion/103022-testing-thread-gigabyte-brix-mini-pc-kit-core-i3-mobile.html Giving it some thought, the i3 Brix is $308.05 from Amazon. It's basically the box, power supply, processor, and...

C'mon Tyler, you can admit it. This is a safe place. You're on commission, aren't you? ;) Okay, so if I'm reading right, a NAS along with Apple TV will do the trick?

+1 on Stork's suggestions. Stick with the recommended components for the minimum of fuss. Stork's Thunderball build as well as Slugnet's video editor helped me immensely when I gutted my Yeti rig, and replaced the motherboard with that exact model, as well as a new Ivy Bridge i7 and GTX 670...

Storko!!! Yeah, I've read a lot of recommendations for the Synology NAS, and think I'll get one (regardless) for backing up, archiving, and storage. I think I was a bit fuzzy in what I need to do first, though. I have my main computer, the Hack, in the office. Full size rig, power hungry, and...