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OWC Tips & Deals 10/27/2004
Intro: Greetings from Woodstock! As October winds down, also do the the days of Day Light Savings. Most of us will be getting an extra hour of sleep come this Sunday - so long as we remember to set those clocks black. Of course the other side of that is we'll have what feels like a shorter day as the darkness will now fall that hour and some sooner on those same clocks. Found some interesting stuff doing a search on DST today too. There have been arguments for keeping DST for more of the year or even full time with consideration to possible energy usage savings as well as improved evening economic with the addition day light shopping time. Arguments against in the past came from farmers relating to market hours(a farmer's 'clock' starts at sunrise, DST or no DST), and also Drive-In Movie Theaters which would be a non-issue today. Seems that during the California energy crisis, the US House even had a hearing on to look at extending DST for the aforementioned argued benefit. Funny how with that crisis forgotten so seems was DST. This is a short and informative article I came across about the history of Day Light Savings Time, and if you have a bit more time, this transcript of that US House Hearing you might find an interesting piece. I for one, never did understand why they couldn't have had DST at least end after Halloween, like the first Sunday of November instead of the last Sunday of October, for the safety of the kids. Oh well - time to get going! As promised, OWC has been engaged the last couple weeks setting up for and performing a comprehensive Video Card performance test series. This test series will include current and older video cards operating in various speed PowerMac G3s, PowerMac G4 100MHZ Bus, PowerMac G4 133MHZ Bus, PowerMac G4 167MHz bus, and PowerMac G5. When we complete the actual video card benchmarks, will do further tests of the non-upgradeable built in stock video performance of eMacs, PowerBooks, iBooks, and iMacs (including the G5) to give you additional points of comparison. Initially, starting with the first series, OWC's Jamie who is doing the testing will provide a brief write up with the graphed test results. At the conclusion of all of our video testing, the data will be incorporated into our Benchmark Reporting System so you can compare video performance just like you can use it now for processor upgrade comparison. Just a quick note, in regards to the Powerbooks, we haven't forgotten the VT Book PCMCIA 32MB Video adapter which primarily serves to add support for 3rd display and/or gives you higher resolution support as well a DVI option. This product is more about giving you additional display options and higher resolution support than actual acceleration over stock video. Nonetheless, it's a great solution whether for a better 2nd display option or a third display option on a PowerBook G3 Wallstreet or later. Back to the testing - since Video performance is a factor of both the video card as well as the speed of your Mac's processor, multiples of the same test are done for each video card with several different processor card speeds. For this week, we are pleased to have the results which apply to PowerMac G4 AGP Graphics and PowerMac G4 Gigabit Ethernet model machines. These machines have a 100MHz system bus and a 2X AGP Video slot. Aside from increased video performance, another reason to buy a new video card is to be able to connect up more than one display. The factory video card the G4 Gigabit Ethernet and AGP Graphic models shipped with was the ATI Rage Pro 16MB AGP. Supporting just one display and with only 16MBs of VRam, it's slower than even the latest Radeon 9200 PCI card! If you're still using this card, pretty much any of the later AGP video cards will give you a significant boost you'll find well worth the investment. If you're scouting a used card or maybe a card you have after upgrading video on an newer Mac, anything including and released after than Nvidia GeForce3 or ATI Radeon 8500 could give you nearly a brand new machine - especially if you have done a G4 processor upgrade. The new AGP cards you can buy today(and from the last two years) provide dual display support, have seriously better 3D video performance, and most important for general non-game related use - they are supported by the Quartz Extreme video acceleration technology Apple has incorporated into Apple OS X 10.2.x and later. In addition to giving an improved look, speed, and experience in how the video is displayed thanks to Quartz Extreme's utilization of AGP Video Card features, Quartz Extreme also increases system performance by using the Video Card to process the video. That sounds rather obvious, but prior to 10.2.x - excluding games that go video direct - and on systems without a QE supported video card (must be AGP and have 32MB or more memory), the computer's processor is what is used to do the bulk of that video processing. It really is a significant upgrade when you ditch that stock ATI Rage Pro 16MB AGP card! Some additional background and a few insights before viewing OWC Jamie's article and test results... First you can have the best video card out there, but at that point if you only have a 400MHz processor - the processor speed is the bottleneck. Can have the fastest processor, but then the video card becomes a bottleneck if it's not up to par. By providing results each video card tested in the system equipped with processors from 400MHz to 1.4GHz, you can see how processor speed extremely important when it comes to the 3D gaming experience. Something else you'll see is that once your up to a certain video card 'level', buying the latest video card probably isn't going to do too much unless it has a specific feature supported by your favorite game that an older card does not. The main reason is the 2X AGP slot speed of these machines - while the latest video cards support up to 8X AGP and are backwards compatible to 2X allowing them to work in these 2X AGP equipped Macs, the 2X AGP speed doesn't tap that cards true capability and you'll probably agree that the Radeon 9000 AGP, at less than half the price, makes a lot more sense with basically the same performance. This is not the case with later PowerMac models that have 4X and 8X AGP slots. And at the same time, this is not at all to say that you can have very respectable performance with a new video card in your AGP Graphics or Gigabit machine. Last thing - the Radeon 9200 PCI is also included in this test. This card is EXTREMELY impressive for being PCI and even bested the low end AGP video cards in some tests. It's of course a great option (as our near future non-AGP Mac results will show) if you don't have an AGP slot and a great high-performance solution for adding a third display when you've already got the right AGP card installed. Online now - PowerMac G4 100MHZ Bus AGP Video Test results comparing the following Macintosh Edition video cards: ATI Rage Pro AGP, ATI Radeon Pro 9000 AGP 64MB, ATI Radeon Pro 9000 AGP 128MB, ATI Radeon Pro 9200 PCI 128MB, ATI Radeon Pro 9800 AGP 128MB, Nvidia GeForce2MX 32MB, Nvidia Geforce3, Nvidia GeForce4MX 32MB, Nvidia Geforce4MX 64MB, nVidia GeForce4TI 128MB; in a consistently configured PowerMac G4 Gigabit Ethernet Mac with: Stock Apple G4/400MHz 1MB L2 Processor, OWC Mercury Extreme G4@900MHz 2MB L3, OWC Mercury Extreme G4@1.2GHz 2MB L3, and OWC Mercury Extreme G4@1.4GHz 2MB L3. ------ While we've been busy keeping the Macs we have going strong, Apple's been very busy releasing ones that would replace them. Lowering the price of admission for a PowerMac G5 is the new 1.8GHz Single Processor at $1499. And now the latest iBook brings you blazing 1.2-1.33GHz G4 Speed starting from an amazing $999! And these new models are in stock and shipping now, without delay - NICE! Availability (which still is an issue for the 2.5GHz Dual G5 and to varying degrees for the iMac G5) has been one hold back to Apple's CPU sales. With improving overall availability, maybe between these new models and all those newly Apple exposed iPod owners we'll see Apple's market share start to advance. Today Apple basically owns the portable music market, time to see them rebound on the CPU side too. And of course the iPod Evolution continues too. Along with the new computers, Apple has also rolled out the new iPod Photo 40 and 60GB that has a color display and photo viewing software + a special cool factor signed iPod U2 Edition. Apple gotta keep things cooking to keep that hefty 65% player market share (92% of hard drive based), although even the very first iPod still rocks vs. anything not an iPod. The biggest issue now if you have an older iPod would be battery life. Wired News is the latest to give our NewerTech division a thumbs up on our high-capacity replacement batteries that are the cure for any 1/2/3 gen iPod suffering from diminished play time. Like NewerTech's PowerBook and iBook batteries, these iPod batteries are the highest capacity and longest running internals(up to over 20 hours) you can get! Apple makes new iPods rockin with more features, we keep 'em rockin longer. Unless you're in Australia or had an overcast sky, tonight you may have observed the lunar eclipse. It's one of those things I enjoy and in the midst of writing the newsletter tonight, I did in fact take a stroll with a nice look at tonight's 'Hunter's Moon'. Talk about things eclipsing - Apple's stock is above $50 for the first time since it's sharp dive about four years ago. The articles about Apple are mostly all upbeat and positive, gone are the doom and gloom impeding demise lines. Well, we've always kept the faith and now Apple's potenial is really coming out. Just didn't expect it to come through a dominance of the music player market. But all good for Apple and us Apple users. Going to bring this 'intro' to a close on that note. Our iMac G5/1.8GHz arrived yesterday - watch for our upcoming in depth memory/system performance on that model. Coming next time will be more video card test results and before we're done I'm sure you'll have the results that cover your system too. Still in this edition, you'll find our latest Quick Tip, new Music on the Mac by our Roger Adler, and the latest Reader Specials too. Thanks for being an OWC Tips n' Deals Reader, and hey - as if haven't heard it a million times already, don't forget to Vote on November 2nd! :) Some Quick Links A better Apple/Macintosh ISP for a better price - FasterMac.Net From $8 a month get nationwide dial up or DSL just for Mac Users that includes 24/7 1-800 support, anti-virus blocking, powerfully effective and fully customizable anti-spam tools, web space, 5 e-mail accounts, and more. Get more, pay less with FasterMac.Net. Just what does OWC do with trade-ins, open box items, discontinued goods, etc.? We put 'em up on our Clearance Deals Page, visit often for the killer steals! Get the most from a Pioneer Superdrive! Increase read and write speeds, install current firmware, and more! OWC's Jamie tells you how! Upgrade the Mac you have or get a new one? OWC's exclusive Benchmark Reporting System helps you answer your own question. Compare various stock Macs vs. New Macs vs. Upgrades - you pick the Macs to compare and from up to 15 different tests we've completed. Use Apple OS 9.2.2 & Apple OS X 10.3.x on Macs Apple doesn't support - OWC Supports you with OS 9 Helper and Xpostfacto! Quick Tip: Know your OS X Undeletion Options In the past I've written about the importance of having a good backup. By doing regular backups, you can avoid the really seriously skin paling, headache inducing moments a major disk drive catastrophe can bring on. When you've got a recent backup, you're in pretty good shape... But the most recent backup won't save you from a problem between backups. Assuming you keep good backups, it's most likely that you'll be the reason your sweating than some mechanical problem. For example - working with iPhoto this past weekend I imported files off a 32MB CF module for my wife from her bridal shower this past spring. See, that module came with the camera and got replaced with a regularly used and downloaded from 512MB CF module. Anyway - she's got a new Photo printer and wanted to print a few, so I loaded them into iPhoto and proceeded to erase the module and stick in an older camera that still had a 16MB CF module which my niece played with later that day. Also later that day - I decided I'd re-organize the whole iPhoto library. While my Powerbook had every photo except those bridal shower ones, the home Mac had a mish-mash of various. I made the mistake of thinking I'd just move those bridal photos out, and wipe the rest out. What I moved out were alias files iPhoto had created when she made a bridal shower 'album' with them. I'd deleted the ONLY digital pictures she had from that bridal shower! Talk about sweating it! I own DataRescue - it's great for recovering files after a hard drive problem and or/file and directory corruption but it does not help with recovering files you intentionally deleted via the OS X trash empty action. Hello Virtual Lab by BinaryBiz. This application is like the pro's use, but extremely easy to use nonetheless. Costing nothing to try, you pay for 'quotas' of data that you can recover AFTER it shows you the files it's found which you can also preview prior to paying for and doing the recovery on. Cost is $49.95 for up to the first GB and then it gets cheaper per Gig from there... what you don't use you can use the next time you need to. This application was great as you can tell it what type of file to look and after 2 hours of scanning, it found about 14,000 JPEGs. I knew the ones I was looking for would be around 1 to 2 megs, so I sorted by size and started previewing (quite a bit fewer in that size range). Before too long, I hit my first one - and then the second. Learned quick that the files which were all named Apple Picture File XXXX 1 to 14,000 - were in numbered in the order they were found. And guess what, when I change the sort back to by file name, the 23 files I had deleted were all in a row and ready for recovery. My little glitch definitely took some of the relaxation out of Sunday evening/night, but Virtual Lab definitely saved my Bacon! I have not researched other similiar undelete recovery utilities, but I'll tell that short of a backup it's hard to beat this application. And of course in the case of something like this - well - deleting work or personal files just added, you're not going to have a backup to turn to. And yes - what's with the generic file names on the recovered images? OS X is a little different than what I remember from Apple OS 7-8.6 (never needed to undelete while I had OS 9....). Back in the 'good ole days' when one accidentally trashed a file you'd turn to the then excellent Norton Utilities for Mac and use the Undelete function. It would give a nice list of all the files by name with date that it could find in the free blocks your drive had from the deletions. With OS X though, when you delete, sure the data is still there till you overwrite or zero the blocks - but when you trash with OS X it appears you pretty much permanently trash those file attributes leaving only raw data in the file for possible recovery... but there is a way to have back the 'good ole days'. Enter Prosoft DataRecycler! This handy $39.95 utility, once installed, lets you allocate space to essentially 'backup' the files you trash. If you give it a Gig, the last gig of files you trash you will find you can undelete with just a couple clicks - just select that file by name, date, whatever - and it's back. That would have saved me several hours of grief and dread Sunday. Sadly, I could have installed this utility quite some time ago - but it's been years since I've even thought of needing to undelete something and with memories of how EASY it used to be, I thought why even bother with something like this. Well, OS X is different and something like DataRecycler is pretty much fool proof and instant too. This utility does not recover files deleted prior to it tracking your trashing, but once installed - it'll save you the hours of recovery time that a moment's mistake could result in. It wouldn't have been the end of the world if the photos hadn't been recoverd, but things are well, better off for them having been - and just imagine if a work project or other major current doing got wiped by an error. I am very sold now on Prosoft's application as a great helper in such an event. But if like me, you choose to learn after you've had your own accidental deletion incident - a little more work and Virtual Lab should save you day. Mistakes happen and so do mechanical and/or software glitches that all can cause needed data to be out of reach. Having regular backups will give you a comfort level worth the time and cost to have them going in restful nights of sleep you can have not worrying. Knowing the tools out there for recovering data from a damaged file system or from your own accidentally intentional deletions complete the equation giving you a path to recovery. Mistakes happen, fortunately most mistakes can be deleted as well. One other quick tip... This is the second time tonight that i got to write this quick tip. It has to be at least a year since remember having an OS X crash with the funky multi-language you must reboot message, but it happened tonight. I do save at various points, but hadn't for about an hour and half. That cost me this section, the next, and even a start of the music portion placement. Many application have auto-save backup features - I suggest enabling them. When using programs like BBEdit 7.x which do not have an autosave -save frequently. I can count on one hand the number of times OS X has crapped out on me in the last couple years, but once in a blue moon (or lunar eclipse) is all it takes to watch that work since last save go adios. The command-s save reflex action will be a bit more regular now. See past Quick Tip topics online in the Quick Tip Archive Great Buys and Featured Exclusive Specials for OWC E-Mail Subscribers: Find all the deals reserved just for Readers on your Tips n' Deals Exclusive Specials Page. What follows next is just a sampling of this week's highlights. FireWire Storage Deal Although it's hard to beat our OWC Mercury Elite Pro FireWire 800/400/USB solutions which include Dantz Retrospect Backup, Intech HD Speedtools, and a 2 year warranty, we can't dismiss a limited supply deal we've got on LaCie 250GBs. Having done a special purchase of a one time deal from LaCie, we've got a limited supply of LaCie D2 FireWire 400 250GB 7200RPM 8MB Buffer new retail box solutions for just $195.99. Get 'em while their hot, that's over $20 less compared to LaCie's lower end Porsche model! The Best prices for Apple OS X EVER! Apple OS X 10.1.x Full Install Set $5.75 Apple OS X 10.2.x 'Jaguar' Full, stand alone, Installer Set $27.50 Apple OS X 10.2.x 'Jaguar' with Apple iLife '2003' Bundle $33.00 Have Apple OS X 10.2.x already? Get Apple 10.3.x 'Panther' Update $60.00 Apple OS X 10.3.x 'Panther' Full Install CD Set $75.00 Belkin 802.11B WireLess Feature Special We had nearly a thousand, now less than 80 of the Belkin USB 802.11b Wireless adapters left. This special $19 bargain that lets any Mac with a USB port(built in or added on) to an Airport or other Wireless network isn't going to be around very much longer. So long as you're running Apple OS 9.2.x or OS X 10.2.x and later - well, this is about as inexpensive as I've ever seen it to go wireless. This adapter is very small, light, USB powered and such that it's perfect for on the road too. Wait much longer and this deal will be no more. Logitech RF Wireless Mouse, Mouse + KB Special Logitech RF Wireless 2 Button USB Mouse w/Scroll Wheel, only $12.99! I've now been using mine for nearly two months on the same batteries and it's got the 'OWC Larry Endorsement'. Logitech makes a fine mouse - smooth operation, and flawless wireless response. Highly accurate like a good corded mouse, except the freedom of cordless. I personally don't need a Wireless Keyboard - but for those that do, well, you can't beat our deal on the Logitech Freedom Wireless Keyboard at just $23.95. And that would be a great deal if it was just for the keyboard alone... But $23.95 actually gets you that Logitech Wireless Keyboard with Logitech Wireless Mouse too! Just plug and play via built-in USB or USB via an add on card. Freedom! Get a Superdrive from $57.99, read/write CDs & DVDs Looking to get creating both DVDs and CDs? Our latest deal in the door are for Genuine Apple Rom/Apple Logo Pioneer DVR-105 4X DVD-R + CDRW SuperDrives at $57.99 We've got Apple DVR-106s from $79.99 and Pioneer DVR-108s from $97.95 too. Check out these later drives and bundles too. Memory Specials & Price Trend Report: 10/27/2004 update: Right now we've got great below market deals on PC100/133 SDRam memory and after moving up the first part of the month, we've seen the DDR product lines stay pretty steady through the end of October. If history repeats itself as it has been doing, come mid-November and through December it's likely we will see all memory prices edge up a bit again. Regardless, my consistent comment about memory, it's cheap at twice the price and especially so if your have OS X and see what happens when you go from 384MBs or less to 640MB, 768MB, 1GB, or even more. When you give OS X the memory it needs and wants, it REALLY speeds up and you'll see that the Mac you have feels speedy and new again from that additional memory - which just cost you a fraction of what actual new Mac would cost. And also - buying a New Mac with just base 256MB results in a machine that may very well be SLOWER than the Mac you have should it be upgraded to 1GB. Whether upgrading an old Mac or buying a new Mac - make sure it's got plenty of Memory - to short it on memory will short you big time on how that machine performs! 256MB SDRam for all PowerMac G3 Models and PowerMac G4 'Yikes PCI $31.50 256MB PC133 CL3/PC100 CL2 SDRam for PowerMac G4s AGP Models 350-1GHz & Cube $31.50 Or, top things off with 512MB Modules at $87.50 1GB PC3200 DDR Upgrade Kit (2x512MB) for all PowerMac G5 & iMac G5 Models $187.50 This is almost $40 less than Apple charges to bump 256MB to 1GB alone. Really hungry for memory? 2GB PC3200 Kits (2x1GB Module) special $425.00, less than half what Apple charge PER 1GB module! 1GB Module for PowerBook G4 AL 12/15/17"; iMac G4/1.0GHz+, iBook G4s $237.00 Get a 1GB from OWC vs. what Apple charges to add just 512MB! Mac 128MB 5V 168 Pin 60NS Dimms for 7300-9600 Models & Clones, $15.75 Visit our Mac Memory Section to browse the full selection of memory we offer and/or use our online memory guide to get the right memory for the Mac(s) you have. Listen good, listen longer with longest lasting iPod Battery + FM NewerTech internal battery for 1st and 2nd Generation Apple iPods: 1600mAh version, 30% more capacity - $29.95; 2100mAh for over 70% more $39.95 NewerTech internal battery for 3rd Generation Apple iPods: 850mAh version with over 30% More capacity vs. Apple's - $25.99 Get the iPod going on the road with the NewerTech 'RoadTrip!' FM Transmitter: The cost is only $19.99, but this product really works, and works well. Some of you have been frustrated by products that either don't sound good, are complicated to use, or both. The RoadTrip! is plug and play simple & it really sounds great! Just doing our part to get you a better product that comes with a better price as well. And - when you buy the RoadTrip! and one of our 2100mAh batteries on the same order - get and extra $10 with coupon code 'HIGHROAD'. Power Backup for when the Power is Out Tripplite 525VA 6-Outlet Uninterruptible Power Supply/Surge Suppressor just $39.00 Peace of mind doesn't get much cheaper than this. That's just a small sample of the many deals you'll find on your Tips 'n Deals Reader Specials Page, check it out! Music on the Mac 10/27 - Extremely Garageband, Luna, Fast Track Greetings from www.macsales.com/music There have been some new products released at Apple recently for music creation. Two new "Jam Packs" for GarageBand specifically. These offer lots more loops and instruments which you can use to create your own music tracks. The 3 Jam Packs now available really broaden the type of sounds you can get from GarageBand and the loops are useable in Apple's Soundtrack, Logic Express and Logic Pro too! Another new feature is the ability to import GarageBand files directly into Logic and Logic Express. This enables you to take your GarageBand tracks to a whole new level as far as editing, effects and virtual instruments. Speaking of GarageBand, I am working on a special project with the application on a machine especially set-up for the project. I am using a G4 that has an OWC Mercury Extreme 1.5GHz Processor upgrade, lots of RAM and an OWC Mercury Elite FireWire Pro 800 drive. This system really makes GarageBand fly....lots of tracks and effects. It is humming along beautifully. I will be sharing more with you about my "special project" soon! Stay tuned. M-Audio has a wonderful offer going on now until November 30th, 2004 - If you purchase their FireWire 1814 audio interface you gat a free Luna Mic valued at $249.00. Both are excellent products and this is a great deal! I had mentioned here recently that M-Audio has a new, inexpensive audio interface called Fast Track. We now have them in stock and they are a fantastic value at $99.00. The included GT Player Express software is a virtual "pedal board" for guitarists. A pedal board is a group of effects pedals as used by guitar players with effects such as Chorus, Distortion, Delay, Tremelo, Phaser, Auto-wah, etc, all attached together. The effects in GT Player Express sound every bit as good as the hardware they emulate and this is a nice "added value" to the Fast Track package. There is a nice demo of some of the GT Player sounds at M-Audio.com. The GT Player also has a file player which can play audio file types such as AAC, MP3 and Wav. It can slow down the audio track without changing pitch so you can transcribe those blazingly fast guitar riffs you are trying to learn. The M-Audio Fast Track is a great way to get instrument and mic signals into GarageBand at a breakthrough price. M-Audio has some new products set for release in November that are exciting and inexpensive. I will keep you informed. Thanks to those who stopped by my GarageBand demo at the North Michigan Ave Apple store on Oct.19 for your interest and great questions. And maybe see you next time too... I am now scheduled to be present seminars on GarageBand: Apple Woodfield ( Schaumburg, IL ) on Nov 12th at 7PM. Apple Mayfair (suburban Milwaukee) Nov 16 at 7 PM You are all invited and it's FREE! Hope to see some of our readers there! We encourage you to visit our Mac Music/Audio Forum for all your musical needs and to share your questions and info with all! Also, visit our website to view all of Roger's other OWC Music on the Mac articles online! Don't miss the article on GarageBand by Roger Adler in the Sept/Oct issue of Mac Design Magazine - on newsstands now! About our Music Guru: Roger Adler is a 4 time EMMY nominated composer/producer/performer. You may have heard his music in his role as Music Director for the A&E TV Series "The BEST of COMIC RELIEF" starring Robin Williams, Billy Crystal and Whoopi Goldberg. He also appeared in and played on the soundtrack for the hit movie "GROUNDHOG DAY" starring Bill Murray and Andi MacDowell. He is the Music Director for the popular TV Series "WILD CHICAGO" now in it' s 15th season on WTTW in Chicago. In 2001, he travelled to Antwerp, Belgium to produce and perform in the annual meeting for Philips Electronics. He recently composed and performed two TV commercials for WRANGLER JEANS, currently airing on ESPN. Closing: Sometimes it feels like I should be writing a book rather than trying to condense things into a newsletter. Take a good bit more time, expand with more detail - and have someone review and edit for those little typos too. :) Never know, but I do enjoy writing the newsletter and glad it does some good out there too. What's it all about and we've got a lot lined up to keep things very informative over the next few editions. There's a lot happening in the Apple world to talk about as well as lot of system testing we're doing and going to be doing that we'll provide to help you make the best decisions you can when it comes to getting the most bang for the buck out of that Apple. The best as always to you and to yours, have a great weekend and beyond! Thank you for being an OWC Tips n' Deals Reader! 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