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    12/11/09

    In reply to Most Popular DIY Projects of 2009
    Aren't those ping pong ball lights supposed to be super dangerous cause they can catch on fire really fast?
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    12/12/09

    @petertew001: How would they catch on fire? They're made of plastic.
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    12/12/09

    Unionhawk: very fun to do when u crack a pingpong ball
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    Unionhawk promoted this comment Edited by cadenlaguna at 12/12/09 11:01 PM cadenlaguna was starred cadenlaguna was unstarred
    Image of Unionhawk Unionhawk
    12/12/09

    @cadenlaguna: hmm... well, I stand corrected then
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    Image of BeyondtheTech BeyondtheTech
    11/23/09

    In reply to Sony Vaio UX Becomes a Killer Hackintosh UMPC
    I remember having the UX180P and 280P, and the battery life was the most depressing part of it. Sucked the cells dry within 90-140 minutes flat. I'd get this again in a heartbeat if they could at least double it without doubling the size or weight of the unit.
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    11/23/09

    In reply to Sony Vaio UX Becomes a Killer Hackintosh UMPC
    Can anyone tell me what program is used to make the boot menu? I suspect it is linux based. Right now I have Windows 7, I get a boot menu asking me if I want to run Windows 7 or a previous version of windows.
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    11/23/09

    In reply to Sony Vaio UX Becomes a Killer Hackintosh UMPC
    Why have I never heard of the unhacked version of this product?
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    soggy_cheerio promoted this comment STiger was starred STiger was unstarred
    Image of soggy_cheerio soggy_cheerio
    11/23/09

    @STiger: I'm going to guess that it's because you've been living under a rock, or at least you were a few years ago when these things were being talked up.
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    Image of fleebailey33 fleebailey33
    11/20/09

    In reply to Intel Atom's Snow Leopard Compatibility Re-Hacked
    apple releases the kernel sources, it doesn't do the same for itunes, as long as apple does that the atom will always work.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/20/09

    In reply to Intel Atom's Snow Leopard Compatibility Re-Hacked
    Technically you can't break support of something when it was never listed in the spec requirements or even installed on said hardware officially to begin with :P

    That's like saying an iTunes update broke support of the Palm Pre.
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    Edited by Kaiser-Machead at 11/20/09 1:29 AM Kaiser-Machead was starred Kaiser-Machead was unstarred
    Image of natelock natelock
    11/20/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: You can support something unintentionally. And just with most unintentional supports they are likely to break. Apple just took a hammer to it. By Steve-thars hammer, by the suns of Woz, you shall be avenged!
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    11/20/09

    @natelock: Great Lisa's ghost! Perhaps you're right.
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    Image of Deaf Mute Deaf Mute
    11/20/09

    In reply to Intel Atom's Snow Leopard Compatibility Re-Hacked
    I don't know why Apple bothers, it isn't like they exactly lose money when people privately make their own hackintoshes. Especially if people go through the effort to legitimately buy their discs.
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    11/20/09

    @Deaf Mute: No. Apple does lose money. Lots of people who make hackintoshs would have bought macbooks if they couldn't get OS X any other way.
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    AkkiRonin promoted this comment Isaac was starred Isaac was unstarred
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    11/20/09

    @Isaac: I don't thing "lots" would. But, Apple get $30 from a hackintosh and $1000 from a MacBook. So if better then 1 in 30 do they are ahead.
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    11/17/09

    In reply to Flash 10.1 Is Good News for Hackintosh Netbooks
    Not to troll, but the "worlds most advanced operating system" (according to them) doesnt support GPU-accelerated video yet? #flash101hacktintosh
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    Image of Craig Cabrey Craig Cabrey
    11/17/09

    @Nitesh Singh: No, Apple just doesn't open the APIs up for public use. #flash101hacktintosh
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    11/17/09

    In reply to Flash 10.1 Is Good News for Hackintosh Netbooks
    Dell mini 10v hackintosh here. Big increase in speed! Mine is not running youtube or vimeo in hd well but southpark studios can do hd fullscreen now.
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    11/17/09

    In reply to Flash 10.1 Is Good News for Hackintosh Netbooks
    this update does absolutely NOTHING for macs. read the release notes, the improvements are for windows and linux only.
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    Danny Allen promoted this comment RoseHizang was starred RoseHizang was unstarred
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    11/17/09

    @RoseHizang: [gizmodo.com] #flash101hacktintosh
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    Image of George_P George_P
    11/17/09

    In reply to Flash 10.1 Is Good News for Hackintosh Netbooks
    This post is erroneous. the Flash plugin does not support the Intel GMA950 graphics chipset that the Wind (and many other netbooks) run. The chipset does not even have the hardware to support it. So, it is probably in your head that you saw performance. Supported chipsets are Nvidia 8/9/100/200 series and the newer ones from ATI (don't remember the exact models). #flash101hacktintosh
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    Image of Danny Allen Danny Allen
    11/17/09

    @George_P: Read the post. I didn't say it's hardware acceleration, I said the improvements are most likely through better CPU usage. #flash101hacktintosh
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    11/17/09

    @Danny Allen: Hi Danny. Do we have information from Adobe that the new version improves the CPU usage when no hardware acceleration is supported by the GPU? Tests will have to be run to measure whether there is an actual improvement or not. We have the same MSI model/specs (U100 with 2GB ram). I tested it on both Win7 and MacOSX and didn't see any difference compared to the previous version of Flash. #flash101hacktintosh
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    Image of ImAmac93 ImAmac93
    11/17/09

    @Danny Allen: I realize this doesnt have a ton to do with this topic but I just ordered a dell mini 10v to install OSX on and and it had the option to upgrade the CPU to the 1.66 atom 280 from the 1.60 270 for $25 would there be a noticeable difference in performance on flash and such? or is the difference insignificant? #flash101hacktintosh
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    Danny Allen promoted this comment ImAmac93 was starred ImAmac93 was unstarred
    Image of Danny Allen Danny Allen
    11/17/09

    @ImAmac93: I'd get the upgrade for sure, but I doubt you'll get much difference in performance. Honestly, I wouldn't be basing any hardware buying decisions on a lil' extra CPU usage...wait and see if Apple lets Adobe give Mac Flash 10.1 GPU-acceleration...then buy an Nvidia Ion-based netbook ;) #flash101hacktintosh
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    11/17/09

    @Danny Allen: but would a nvidia ion based netbook be as compatible with snow leopard as the dell mini 10v? I was under the impression that the 10v was still the best bet for hackintosh hardware support and functionality.. #flash101hacktintosh
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    11/17/09

    @ImAmac93: Maybe "best bet for ease of setup", but if you're buying today (or black friday) I'd still grab a netbook with Ion. The Ion-powered HP Mini 311 Hackintosh has everything working but sound at the moment ([myhpmini.com]), and that may have been fixed already. #flash101hacktintosh
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    11/17/09

    In reply to Flash 10.1 Is Good News for Hackintosh Netbooks
    Is performance improved at all on old PowerPC Macs? #flash101hacktintosh
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    Danny Allen promoted this comment Nintenboy01 was starred Nintenboy01 was unstarred
    Image of Danny Allen Danny Allen
    11/17/09

    @Nintenboy01: Flash 10.1 beta is only available for Intel-based Macs, I believe, sorry. #flash101hacktintosh
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    11/17/09

    In reply to Flash 10.1 Is Good News for Hackintosh Netbooks
    So this doesn't really have anything to do with hackintoshes, but rather any slow PC and any operating system in general, yes? #flash101hacktintosh
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    Image of Danny Allen Danny Allen
    11/17/09

    @chocolatebanana: "But this is good news for hackintoshes, and netbooks in general." This would suggest so, yes? #flash101hacktintosh
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    Image of ricky.leverence ricky.leverence
    11/17/09

    In reply to Flash 10.1 Is Good News for Hackintosh Netbooks
    It runs like crap, here.

    MacBook Pro, late 2006 (ATI x1600). I go to watch a Youtube video and I'd say about half of the frames drop.
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    Image of Danny Allen Danny Allen
    11/17/09

    @ricky.leverence: Think it's the ATI chipset. See the AnandTech story. #flash101hacktintosh
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    11/17/09

    In reply to Flash 10.1 Is Good News for Hackintosh Netbooks
    I have the same wind model. This is great news. I'll try it tonight. #flash101hacktintosh
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