Reviewer's Name: FuKai Chuang
Date Submitted: 5/27/2001
Drive Type: CDRW
Drive Interface: IDE
Drive Brand: Teac
Drive Model Number: TEAC CD-W516EB (MMC) 16X/10X/40X
Mac Model: Apple G4 Dual CPU
Mac OS Version: OS 9.1
Reader Comments:
"16x/10x/40x CDRW bought in COMPUSA for 99.99 after rebate. Great drive...it's quiet, fast, BURN-Proof, Bootable by OS9.1, recognized by iTunes and Toast 5 Platium... (it's an IDE drive that I replaced the factory DVD-ROM)
my comp: G4 dual 500mhz, OS9.1 and OSX.
(he later wrote) it's sold under Teac's brand box...and it's 139.99 before a 40 dollars rebate...which brings the total price down to 99.99. i think you have to purchase the CDRW today, the offer expires on tuesday (5/29/2001) "

I assume tomorrow the drive will be back at $199.99 with no rebate. If interested, call your local store to see if they have this drive on sale today and to make sure they still have stock. (A reader noted the store's rebate center has the $40 rebate if the salesperson does not have one handy. I did not see it listed at their web site.)

" I flashed the Asus 8200 [GeForce3 PC model] with the original Mac bios of the GF3 (of course this was the most difficult on the whole project to find a Mac rom for the Card).

I flashed the Asus 8200 using a normal AGP PC and Nvflash.exe with the string :

Nvflash.exe -m -f macbios.rom

( the option -m is very important to make sure that the card will be flashed in a mac compatible format)

I put the card in my G4 and ....it works!!!!
The last Step was to copy the gf3 driver extentions to systemextentions .
I think this would work with almost all gf3 cards .
Please feel free to publish this on your site...
Nader "

Note: although apple lists a 4x AGP mac as required for the Mac Geforce3 card, it does work in 2x AGP Macs. I've used one in my CPU upgraded Cube also (See the Video Topics page Graphics card section for GF3 and other mac video card tests and articles.)

PowerMac G4/350, 320MB RAM, 10GB + 27 GB HD, Ati Rage 128 Pro card, MacOS 9.1, QuickTime 5.01.

2 second Cross dissolve 60% faster
Final Cut Pro 1.25:   15.6 sec
Final Cut Pro 2.0:  9.3 sec

5 second text on video with 1 second cross dissolve 20% faster
Final Cut Pro 1.25:   25.2 sec
Final Cut Pro 2.0:   20.6 sec

4 second video clip scaled 50% in size 25% faster
Final Cut Pro 1.25:   22.1 sec
Final Cut Pro 2.0:   17.7 sec

4 second gaussian blur filter (50 to 0) on DV-stream, 130% faster
Final Cut Pro 1.25:   72.0 sec
Final Cut Pro 2.0:   31.1 sec

The Final Cut Pro 2.0 upgrade is $249 at the apple store for owners of the previous version.

" mike, hey I was the one who talked to you about the faulty ethernet jack in my iBook. well as suggested i checked to see if any of the pins inside were out of wack relative to the others, and I'll be damned if the second pin from the right wasn't 1/16th inch lower. after poking at it for awhile with an exacto knife i pushed it up even with the others, and now my ethernet works beautifully. In fact I am sending you this from Eudora beta for X on my iBook. anyway thanks to your post, i don't need to send my machine to apple to be fixed (or destroyed).

As I am sure you have heard, this new iBook is a real gem, especially at the price. with 320 of ram, it runs OS X like a dream and overall I am very happy with it. the higher res monitor really makes OS X gorgeous, and I think maybe apple was planning on higher res monitors when it made everything in OS X so damned big.

Oh, and yes, it scratches real easy. Once i resigned myself to that it was no problem. the scrathes aren't very noticeable, but there are lots of 'em already.
paul"

" I just checked out your long e-mail from HP related to their new drivers [now on this page-Mike]

What impresses me most is not that the drivers are out. And that is plenty exciting. But more impressive is the excitement exuded by their engineers in their message.

To our chagrin, we use mostly Epson printers here. And most of our models---many of them less than 6 months old---do not have OS X drivers. WhatĖs worse is that Epson doesnĖt seem to care. Their tech support people even say they may never have drivers for our 900 models that we bought about six months ago!! ...

I can tell you plainly that we will drop them for Lexmark, and possibly even HP if we don't see better behavior from them than we have so far.
Thanks, Susie "

I've sent an email, but I doubt it will help. As I commented on in the forum - in my opinion companies need to divert some of the resources from producing more and more new printer models and put more effort into better support for existing customers. I don't plan on buying another printer for some time, but I will certainly consider support more heavily in my next purchase.

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You can find these full reports by searching the database selecting the indicated Mac model and upgrade card brand/type. If you've upgraded the CPU on your Mac, please post an entry in the database. Search the database for entries from most every upgradable Mac model *before* you buy. (Searchable by mac model/upgrade brand). For detailed reviews with performance tests and install tips, see the CPU Upgrades page.)

Software Updates:

• MacPopUp (Cross-Platform Instant Messenger for LAN)
• MacDraft 5.0 (CAD program)

Apple TIL Updates: (none today)

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• Apple Store Opening Video (apple)
• iBook Review (macuser uk)
• Design & Publishing Workflow Benchmark (apple)
• From Novice to DVD Maestro (apple)
• Smart [Lap]Tops This Summer (Times of India)
• Pearl Jam shoots from the pit [using FCPro] (boston globe)
• OS X Finder tip (MOSR)

Rumormongering:
• Mac OS X Update news (MOSR)
• Apple to use 802.11g in future AirPort products (MOSR)