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Techman, there are many large corporations that skipped XP and stuck with 2000. Does that mean that 2000 is better than XP? Probably not. It just means that they didn't find enough reason to upgrade. This makes sense as the thought of upgrading thousands of computers is a daunting and...

Here we go again. Sorry, I was pretty busy after the Long Beach tradeshow. My heck, you people make it sound like Vista is the devil. If you install it on a decent machine with newer software, with SP1, it is a great OS. I have yet to see any reason to want to downgrade to XP unless you...

I think that I would purposely install spyware on my PC before I installed McAfee.:frustrated:

This is usually only possible if the software was written for it. I have seen many proprietary (smaller and usually specialized) software companies write their software to be run this way. The bulk of the code is "server side" and is installed on the server share. Then there is a smaller...

You are probably dealing with files too large for your PC to handle. You could probably get away with 72 instead of 150 as well. I can offer suggestions, but they all include computer upgrades. More RAM, Scratch Disks, and RAID all help. Building computers to handle these size files are our...

Thanks Bryan! PM sent.

That is intersesting. I didn't know that they had gone to USB. The last one I set up was FireWire only. Good to know! Thanks.

Chris, PM sent.

In your case, I would stick with the FireWire. It is a dedicated, direct connection to your RIP computer. If your printer has an Ethernet print server, you can use that, but it is not ideal to connect it to the same router as your computers. If you do have the ability to use an Ethernet...

Don't even know where you would find a "hub" these days. But don't get one. You need a router, not a hub, not a switch. A router will be able to hand out IP addresses via DHCP and allow all of your Ethernet devices to "talk" to each other. Neither a hub, nor a switch will do this and you...

Yep Firewire and Ethernet are different. Since you want Internet of them both of them, you will need a router. Otherwise, you could have just used a cross-over cable. Linksys is a great way to go. Be sure to go through the router setup and change the default password. It isn't really...

Does your Mimaki use firewire to connect to your RIP PC? Do both of your computers have Ethernet ports? Do you want them to be connected to the Internet? If so, what type of Internet connection do you have and do you already have a router? BTW, no need for a server.

I think that the 30" is currently made by LG. I know that some of the Apple Cinemas are using (or at least were using) Samsung LCD panels. I have seen the model #s on the panels. Samsung, Sony, LG, and... uhmmmm (can't ever remember the last one), Sharp (I think) are the four major LCD...

I have to strongly disagree here. Celeron 3.0 GHz and 1 GB of ram wouldn't even open some of the design files we work with. We are finding wrap files getting over 6GB in size (Photoshop). It take our systems a while to open them. I can't imagine trying to work with those files on a system...

I know a great computer company who focuses on wrap and sign design computers. They really know their stuff! Best in the biz, I hear. :thumb: They are even a merchant member on Signs101.com. j/k. Let me know if I can help you in any way.

I have see a (relatively) few compatibility issues with certain hardware and certain service packs / updates. There is a real possibility that this could happen, but the numbers of systems affected like this are pretty low. I am making a "blanket" statement and, of course, there will be...

Shovelhead, there soooooo many people who don't have the slightest interest in computer security until it is too late and they have been infected. It is sad because most of the infections could be avoided or at least contained with a little precaution.

What do they have to do with each other? Browser vulnerabilities and "hacking" lead to all kinds of viruses, malware, rootkits, etc. The ability to "hack" into a system gives someone the ability to do all kinds of wonderful things. This was not meant as a Mac bash thread. I think Macs do...

An it is not a Mac/PC thing. These are good ideas on either system.

Sure, keep dreamin'. You must have missed my post on the earlier thread: http://www.macworld.com/article/132733/2008/03/hack.html