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[SunnyChahal]

@Aayush,yea Time Capsule is silent and looks cute!No difference in speeds at all.
You never told you have 3 Macs.Your MacBook Pro,Your Sis's MacBook and if I am not mistaken,your future family iMac
One stupid querry,how to sign up 60 days .mac trial on Apple site?I can see only Mobilemee ads

 

[narangz]

One stupid querry,how to sign up 60 days .mac trial on Apple site?I can see only Mobilemee ads

*www.mac.com/WebObjects/Signup.woa/wa/trial?aff=consumer&cty=US&lang=en&identifier=unwq4wM9XlR1UcgC

Even I have got one

 

[SunnyChahal]

Thanks Narang

Parallels Desktop vs VMware Fusion.Which one is better?I am using Parallels right now,looks quite good.What about VMware Fusion?

 

[jamesbond007]

@dinesh72

To open the hdfc trading site, disable the Safari AdBlocker from Prefs, and since the page is designed for IE, go to the develop menu in safari, select user agent as Internet Explorer 7. You should be fine.

@Aryayush

Does you sister has any specific needs for Retail, Corporate or x64 versions of XP ?? If there is no specific need, I suggest to go with XP Pro SP3, retail or corporate won't make a big difference.

I am also surprised Time Capsule is not going n range. I thought that if the router is of n range WiFi card's range won't matter, is that thought wrong ?? Try to put your TC on the first floor and check. Where and for how much did you get TC ??

@Sunny

Did you refer the old pages of this thread?? Try searching this thread, we had a great debate on this topic. If gaming is in your thought, both suck!!

 

[SunnyChahal]

No I have a Gaming PC,I am trying these two just for fun

 

[jamesbond007]

@aryayush

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I have high res images of 3000x2000 ( stuff like that ), I want to create a Marching end selection of, say 1280x800 on to those images, so that I can cut the best part of the image and save it as my wallpaper. I know how to resize the images and that is not what I want.

Suggest the method in any app in Mac, Irfan View does this on Windos

 

[Ankur Gupta]

Setup your router on ground or first floor to get the range on all floors. It's always better not to keep it on upper floors. At least that's my experience.

That is completely opposite to what I read on Lifehacker blog. It is best to place it at the top floor if you want to get connectivity across multiple floors.

@Aaryayush
It is strange that the Apple Time Capsule has so limited connectivity, read up some reviews on net to confirm that there is no problem with your device.

 

[narangz]

That is completely opposite to what I read on Lifehacker blog. It is best to place it at the top floor if you want to get connectivity across multiple floors.

Well in my case it worked better the way I said. You should just place it high & not on the floor. That's the most important thing. Anyway trying different locations is a good idea.

Also the antenna should be placed at 45 degrees or 0 degrees (parallel to floor) in multi-storey buildings. Even Netgear suggests this.

# Antennas should be in line-of-sight of one another, where possible. Put your face next to one antenna, to find whether the other is visible.
# Place high, and clear of obstructions as practical.
# Keep antennas 2 feet from metal fixtures such as sprinklers, pipes, metal ceiling, reinforced concrete, metal partitions. (However, antennas on roofs do not necessarily give the best results. )
# Keep away from large amounts of water such as fish tanks and water coolers.
# Antennas transmit weakly at the base, where they connect. So don't expect good reception from the bottom of a router or access point.
#For multi-story buildings, placing antennas at 45 degrees (diagonally) or 0 degrees (straight out parallel to the floor) may be most effective.

 

[goobimama]

@azeem: use preview app to drag out a selection and then command + k to crop.

 

[Pathik]

Guys, anyone of you read Inside Steve's Brain by any chance?

 

[goobimama]

@aayush: trying to make this fully apple seems a little stupid and arrogant to me. If all one needs to do to extend the range is to Ise a router that one already has then I wouldn't hesitate in using it. If it bothers you so much hide the netgear under some books or something. Of course its a different matter if it doesn't work properly...

@everyone: I see all of you have got trial accounts of .mac. What say we all chip in for a family pack. Even if three of us go in for it each account will cost just $50. And 5GB is more than enough space that most of us need. And next year we could either contnue with the same or each get a separate account. What say?

 

[jamesbond007]

@azeem: use preview app to drag out a selection and then command + k to crop.

The only problem here is the size of the selection, I don't just want to draw a selection, but a selection of a particular size say 1280x800. How could I do that, while drawing the selection in Preview, I don't see the size (I mean to say the resolution ) of my selection!!

 

[iMav]

I saw iWoz at the stands today, 250/- is it good?

 

[jamesbond007]

@goobi

For 50$, I am ready, but do we have to pay 50$ every month ?? More details...

 

[cooldudie3]

What do you mean by a family pack?
I don't understand, is everyone paying $50 USD,and do we pay every month or year? Do we get our own accounts for email and iweb?
Also, who will be the main account while everyone else is the sub accounts?

 

[Pathik]

Mav, seems great from the reviews. Have you read iCon : Steve Jobs?

 

[goobimama]

iWoz is okaay. I much too much predered iCon.

As for the mobileme Account, it would sum up to 50 a year, less if there are more of us. Basically you pay $150 a year for 5 accounts. As for who holds the main account, well we could come up with some arrangment for that. Just email me on my gmail account whoever is interested.

 

[cooldudie3]

Someone who pays more money gets the main account
How much is a family pack?

 

[din]

Apple noob here. Will this be of any help for me ? I mean the MobilMe account - as I do not have a Mac / iPhone yet.

I was just checking the push email, calendar etc ...

Goobi, do not ban me for asking "noob level -1" questions here

Arya, pricing here - *www.apple.com/mobileme/pricing/ - if thats what you meant.

 

[narangz]

@aayush: trying to make this fully apple seems a little stupid and arrogant to me. If all one needs to do to extend the range is to Ise a router that one already has then I wouldn't hesitate in using it. If it bothers you so much hide the netgear under some books or something.

Man, Netgears look great!

Also hiding it under books means means less signal from internal antenna