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Hell, even if someone didn't want a working Beige G3, I wouldn't toss it. I'd sell it! They still go for $200-450 or so on eBay, last time I noticed.

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Throw what out? Beige G3's????

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Personally, I think the Beige G3's are great systems. They're still very usable to this day and easily upgradable.

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I haven't yet messed with OS X themes as they actually replace system files. They "should" have had an option to restore Aqua, though, I would think. ;-/

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What's really sad is the existence of an XP theme for OS X. You can find it on this site: http://macmotiva.rocks.it/

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I'm not especially enthusiastic about the default multi-colored Aqua, but the Graphite variant is quite pleasing to me and I've not really had any urge to change it in the last 15 months or so...OTOH, I wish there was still an option to make it look a little more like NeXTSTEP. As far as graphics apps go, I use the Corel Graphics 10 Suite and Painter 7. Eventually I think I'm going to purchase TIFFany. I've heard that Quark is a bit of a mess, code-wise. I imagine they've had

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Hmm, the wheel is natively supported under OS X, and I have the Logitech driver installed under OS9 and it works ok there (granted, I rarely boot back into 9 so how good it works I have no idea). I really don't like XP. I thought NT4 and Win2k were great but the UI in XP is just a mess, IMO, and I don't really see any other major benefits. Well, if you're lumping all the *nix's together, I guess you'd have to throw OS X in there, as well. <img src="http://images.stardock.com/i

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mormegil: I actually haven't tried DesktopX under VPC, but WindowBlinds, ObjectBar, etc... all run fine here. KarmaGirl: I agree, all computers have issues. IMO, however, a recent Mac running OS X 10.1 generally seems to have less issues than a comparable PC running Windows. Probably due to the fact that the hardware and OS were literally made for each other. I've had virtually no problems with m

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KarmaGirl, if you're happy with your Wintel PC then that's why the ads don't appeal to you. Apple seems to be specifically targeting people who are unhappy with their current systems - and there are a lot of those people. I know a teacher who saw one of the ads on TV over the weekend. She knows I use Macs now and called to ask me if she should 'switch'. I more or less made the 'switch' around 15 months ago myself and couldn't be happier. The only Windows PC that runs in my hou

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My first experience was with a VIC-20. hehe

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Actually, they're not all creative people: a Windows LAN Admin, one claims to be a programmer, I think another is an IT manager or business consultant. Of course, I don't see any 16 yo's talking about how they IM their friends from an iBook while handling the Drive-Thru window at Wendy's. Maybe that will be in the next wave of ads. <img src="http://images.stardock.com/images/smile

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Indeed, IIRC, Steve Jobs just recently stated once again that there was absolutely NO CHANCE of an x86 version of OS X. ...and let's face it, it makes no sense for them to ever do so. Apple is primarily a hardware company and to release an x86 version of their OS would be suicide. As far as ease of use goes, at least for the way I work, OS X is quite a bit more user friendly than OS 9 and earlier. The only reason OS 9 seems more user friendly is because the UI hasn't changed all t

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I also think the ads work. I deal with 'normal' PC and Mac users every day and some of the stuff I hear in the new ads is exactly the same sort of stuff I hear out of my customer's mouths. The one with Sarah somebody is exactly like one of my customers actually. heh I think the ads are a big improvement over more recent efforts that focused almost entirely on style. They're not quite as good as the old "Power" ads though.

Reply to Sorry to be a pest.......what is Next Step in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

You probably mean, NextSTART, not NeXTSTEP. NeXTSTEP is a wonderful, though now defunct, operating system that is enjoying a second life as Mac OS X. NextSTART is a replacement for the Windows start menu. It doesn't work in all OS's, just Windows. You can find more info at http://www.winstep.net

Reply to I want WinCustomize to look good in Mozilla! in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Works fine here in Chimera for OS X, which is based on the Mozilla 1.0 engine.

Reply to For all those thinking about getting an iMac in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Ummm, Paxx, what OS is crap? Certainly not OS X, as I've been running it for over a year and haven't had a single crash in at least 10-11 months. Now, OS9 on the other hand isn't so stable but it's not really any worse than Win9x IME.

Reply to WWW.OSXP.NET Gone in WinCustomize News JoeUser Forums

umm, no, Michael... I'd simply remove them because I respect the people and the work that went into the creation of the original OS GUI in question and not so much just because "they said so". In any case, IBM hasn't stepped up and asked me to dump my OS/2 stuff yet so...

Reply to WWW.OSXP.NET Gone in WinCustomize News JoeUser Forums

As anyone who's seen my body of work will realize - I absolutely LOVE to make themes/skins based on other Operating Systems. It's the only reason I ever got into skinning. However: if Apple, Sun, IBM or whoever were to claim infringement and ask that my stuff be removed, I'd certainly respect and comply with their request and I wouldn't complain one bit. That's the risk of doing a GUI/OS port.

Reply to OS/2 2.0 Turns TEN years old! in WinCustomize News JoeUser Forums

Ahhhh... I have such fond memories of OS/2. A friend gave me a copy of OS/2 2.0 LA in January of '92 and I immediately got hooked. I ran out and grabbed the 2.0 GA release as soon as it hit the stores. I long lusted for NeXT hardware/software but as I had no hope of affording it, I continued to run OS/2 all the way through v4's release before finally jumping ship to NT 4.0 due to a lack of modern, usable apps. It wasn't until I jumped ship a year ago to Mac OS X that I enjoyed using a computer

Reply to Windows XP - Is It Worth It? in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Personally, I prefer Win2k over WinXP where stability and getting things done is concerned. At least for me, most of the new features in XP just aren't worth it. In fact, the only big plus I can think that it has is being a little more 'skinning' friendly, which is good because Luna sucks rocks, IMNSHO. A lot of people find XP to be rock solid but after installing it on two personal systems I found it to be otherwise - certainly better than Win9x/ME but I think it needs a service pack

Reply to Goodbye :( in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Yeah, no reason to leave just because you buy a Mac. I've been updating/creating skins for the last year on my Power Mac G4 in OS X using Painter 7 and Photo-Paint, testing them under VirtualPC when I don't have a 'real' PC handy. No one-button mice around here though.

Reply to MAC-icon rips in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Well, I must be the anti-christ himself then with all the OS ports I do... However, I also see a subtle difference between ports and 'normal' rips in most cases. In the case of porting the 'look' of an OS to WindowBlinds or whatever, it's not a matter of directly stealing the graphic files used on the OS in question, simply copying them to your skin folder and -bam- you have a theme using them unmodified. In many cases it takes hours of time and work to recreate something that fits with

Reply to New Flat Pannel I-Mac.... in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

lol, Crae... same here. I was running 1600x1200 on my 17" for ages. Came back down to 1280x1024 in the last month or so though due to some stuff I've been working on... Renita: the iMac line of computers (both the CRT and new LCD model) has always pretty much been made and marketed like an appliance... there's very little there in the way of internal upgrades that a user can perform other than adding memory or an Airport wireless network card...(which is why there's such a huge market

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From what I've seen, LCD monitors are generally created to work best at specific resolutions - 15" at 1024x768, 17" at 1280x1024, etc... That's one of the reasons I chose to go with the CRT Apple Studio Display when I purchased my Mac G4, rather than an LCD... However, I don't generally switch resolutions frequently so my next monitor will no doubt be one of the Apple LCD's. ...and yes, Renita, the iMac is a complete and rather powerful all-in-one computer. The entire computer is in the

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Of course, that article is dated June of '96... one has to wonder if the technology ever went anywhere. There's also not any indication in the article of consumer possibilities nor of anything in a remotely usable size/resolution.