" Mike,
I finally was able to get my Intel iMac HD install guide on the web. Check it out here:
http://home.comcast.net/~woojo
-John "

As mentioned in several posts here in the last week John had problems with a Western Digital WD4000KD (400GB) drive in the Intel CPU iMac, but said a Maxtor (300GB) model was literally plug an play. (G5 owners also reported problems in the past with the WD4000KD drive on the onboard SATA.)

" Hi Mike, I recently picked up one of those Soundmax SD-102's previously mentioned on your site. (see Jan 16th news page Quicksilver owner report on Low-Cost USB Audio out dongle-Mike) For 12$ I am extremely pleased with it. For others to note it is sold as "ALPHA OME USB EXT SOUND CARD 5" at microcenter.com online.
It is pretty nice, the only thing I have noticed is that since it does not seem to support 44.1khz audio out, both garage band, and some games seem to have problems getting audio out. Garage band refuses to select the output saying that it is not 44.1, although I still haven't upgraded to garage band 3, so maybe that will help. The only game I have tried so far is quake 3, and it was doing storage things, all the sound seemed to be sped up (at least 3x as fast). Microcenter claimed that it has "limited availability" so hopefully that doesn't end up being a problem for anyone. Looks like it will be great for doing anything else with audio, but I cant say I would recommend it for garage band or gaming.
(I asked if the OS X Audio/Midi utility showed other rates for it-Mike)
The Audio midi utility shows 48khz(only) as the rate, I tried manually entering 44100hz, but it just defaults back to 48000hz every time.
-Dave "

There's also been reports of basic Core Audio support for other USB audio cards, like creative labs models which a reader said are often very cheap also. (He got one for under $5 he said on ebay.)

• Apple page on Universal (Binary) Applications (comments from developers)
• TNT Basic 1.31 (game development software)
• Undercover (notebook theft recovery software for OS X)
• Avernum 2 For Macintosh v2.0

• Powerlogix G4 Dual 1.3GHz (7457) in (Sawtooth) G4/AGP (rated 9)
• Sonnet G4 Dual 1.8GHz (7447A) in (Quicksilver) G4/AGP (rated 10)
  
  (Full reviews of G4 and G3 upgrades compared to stock CPUs, including real world apps/game tests, install info, etc. are linked at the CPU upgrades page. OC/CPU module articles are on the Systems page.)

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Hard Drives:
• IDE Seagate ST9160821A (Momentus 5400.3) 160GB in PowerBook G4 (OS X 10.4)
  (Reader FYI - PowerBook G4 Ti 15in. LCD illustrated Hard Drive install guide here
  PB G4 15in (Aluminum) Disassembly guide here.
  Powerbook G4 12in LCD illustrated Hard Drive install guide here
  The FAQ's Powerbook section has links to other model take-apart guides.)

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