April 2008
4 posts
Graphics problems on the MacBook Pro →
Yesterday, I stumbled across a grim issue with the MacBook Pro graphics chip, the nVidia 8600 GT. I’m not convinced it’s a hardware issue, yet, but this morning’s disaster sure looks like one. I…
GnuCash 2.2 on Leopard 10.5 →
Having successfully installed GnuCash 2.2 on my Tiger (Mac OS X 10.4) computer, iFive, it’s time to install it on my new MacBook Pro running Leopard (10.5). I started with the same instructions I…
Disk Usage by OS →
Here’s my disk usage by operating system: neil@area-51u:~$ df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/hdb1 14G 4.4G 8.5G 34% / varrun 1.4G 196K 1.4G 1% /var/run varlock 1.4G 0…
The New MacBook Pro →
I had my heart set on a 17 inch MacBook Pro, but there were some problems: • The older 17-inch screens were very dark, especially the high resolution options. • The new LED screens are suffering…