David Hurst

PHP/MySQL, REALbasic, Javascript Developer

Alternative Apple Keyboards

I really liked the old Apple Pro keyboard - I had one with my G3 iMac and it was a pleasure to use. The new Apple keyboard however is not so great. At £19 a pop, they’re not the cheapest keyboards in the world, so you’d think you would get something of superior quality, but […]

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All change for the Apple iMac range

I can’t believe how cheap the iMac has become. £679 buys you a 17″ iMac with the following specification:
1.83GHz Intel Core Duo
17″ Widescreen LCD
512MB RAM
160Gb Hard Disk
DVD-ROM/CD-RW
Plus don’t forget it comes with Wireless and iSight Web Cam, not to mention the full suite of Apple software goodies. And it can run Windows too. Bargain!

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Connect Mac OS X to Windows 2003 server shared folders

Do you use a multi-platform network with a Windows 2003 server? If so, you may have found with great irritation that your Mac will for some reason refuse to authenticate properly on shares held on a domain controller. It’s all to do with the way your Mac is handling .local domains and something called SMB […]

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Apple Boot Camp - run Windows on Apple Hardware

With the release of Apple’s Boot Camp software, it is now possible to run Microsoft Windows on Intel based Apple computers natively - i.e. without using Virtual PC etc. Whilst this is hardly fresh news (Boot Camp has been about for a few months now), I have only today had the opportunity to try it […]

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