Tag Archives: os x

Question: How Do You Prefer Your Dock?

April 2nd, 2009

2 Comments

It’s one of the most important user interface elements in Max OS X, and Apple has patented it. There are programs for Windows (and Linux) that try to emulate it. Some hate it, others love it. That’s right, it’s the Dock. So I was wondering how you prefer your dock to behave. Do you have […]

Continue reading...

Goddamn, this computer is running HOT!!!

March 30th, 2009

15 Comments

Have you ever heard your fans kick up to their highest RPM, so you feel the bottom of your computer to see why and shout “Goddam, this computer is running HOT!!!” I definitely have before and its not good for you or your system. Not only have people actually been severely burned by overheated laptops, […]

Continue reading...

Steve Woz Approves of Hackintoshing?

March 26th, 2009

2 Comments

Mathew PB is one of the luckiest bastards on Earth; he has a hacked Dell Mini 9 with The Woz’s signature on it: He met Woz at Dancing With The Stars and showed him his hackintosh: He said, “Oh my god, that is so COOL!” And: “Is that really the color you wanted?” Then he […]

Continue reading...

Your audio doesn’t work, right? Well….

March 23rd, 2009

87 Comments

This site has been up for a while now and, so far, it has seen five different releases of OS X, four major builds of OS X (Kalyway, iAtkos, XxX, and iPC), and countless hardware issues resolved. But whether you’re new to this whole OS X 86 thing or you’re just having some problems, not […]

Continue reading...

An Accidental Stroke of Brilliance

March 19th, 2009

4 Comments

Today, when I left my newly installed and configured HackBook (running XxX 10.5.6) downstairs for awhile, the display went to sleep. I thought nothing of it of course. I closed the lid and took it upstairs. When I opened the lid, it gave me the boot prompt. “Strange,” I thought, and when I pressed enter […]

Continue reading...