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38 MA XIMUMPC DECEMBER 2005 MAKING SWITCH THE OR: HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE OS X BY WILL SMITH The story thus far: ...

DECEMBER 2005 MA XIMUMPC 3 In the Beginning... TRANSITIONING FROM LINUX TO OS X WAS SURPRISINGLY EASY. THE HARD PART, IT TURNS ...

Day-to-Day Operations GETTING THE MAC RUNNING WAS (UNSURPRISINGLY) MUCH EASIER THAN SETTING UP MY LINUX BOX. BUT HAVING LOTS OF ...

42 MA XIMUMPC DECEMBER 2005 THE MAC SWITCH Getting into the Nitty Gritty THE APPLE-PROVIDED APPS IN THE ILIFE SUITE ARE SURPRISI ...

43 Midway through my Mac experiment, Apple released the fourth revision to OS X, code- named Tiger. Tiger adds a ton of new feat ...

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44 MA XIMUMPC DECEMBER 2005 DECEMBER 2005 MA XIMUMPC 4 Maximum PC hits the streets to bring you the scoop on 10 new portable au ...

46 MA XIMUMPC DECEMBER 2005 DECEMBER 2005 MA XIMUMPC 47 The Digital Audio and Video Player Buyers Guide The four most important ...

It’s relatively bulky, and sports a vexing interface and a demonic touch-sensitive scroller, but if you aren’t too snooty about ...

Cowon 1GB iAudio U2 Feature-crazed player settles for the bronze If software features added weight to a digital audio player, Co ...

We’re assuming “Infotainment Centre” means a portable video player that includes TV reception, although we’d pre- fer to avoid t ...

50 MA XIMUMPC DECEMBER 2005 Cowon 20GB iAudio X5 Well, it’s better than in-fl ight movies We’d rather have Cowon’s iAudio X5 por ...

DECEMBER 2005 MA XIMUMPC Don’t Forget the Trimmings There are hundreds of digital-media accessories luring unsuspecting buyers t ...

 MA XIMUMPC DECEMBER 2005 We’re selling two kick-ass Maximum PC-built and -blessed PCs on eBay to raise money for the Red Cros ...

XXXXXXX 2005 MA XIMUMPC 00 AUCTION BLOCK T he staff at Maximum PC watched in horror as first Hurricane Katrina, and then Hurrica ...

58 MA XIMUMPC DECEMBER 2005 The Road Runner Part 1970s-style MOPAR muscle car, part state-of-the- art computing power—you’re loo ...

XXXXXXX XXXXXXX 20052005 MA XIMMAMAMAXIMXIMXIMXIMUUUUUMMMPPPPCCC 0000 Baby Blue A small footprint and a super-low noise profile ...

60 MA XIMUMPC DECEMBER 2005 AMD (www.amd.com) Antec (www.antec.com) Aopen (www.aopen.com) Asus (www.asus.com) BFG Technologies ( ...

B ack when the entertainment industry was still trying to figure out what this em-pee-three business was all about, the Divx vid ...

64 MA XIMUMPC DECEMBER 2005 how (^2) IMPROVING YOUR PC EXPERIENCE, ONE STEP AT A TIME Rip Your DVD The easiest way to convert yo ...