September 2009
3 posts
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Broadcom WiFi + Ubuntu 9.04 on MacMini 3,1
I’ve been playing around with installing Ubuntu on my Mac Mini, and so far its been a real breeze … i did run into a couple of problems though:
1. no out-of-the-box WiFi … which is unusual for ubuntu (as of 6.04) 2. system freezes suddenly on specific dialogs/screens, ex: System > Preferences > Power Management (sliding the bars freezes the system) 3. system does not...
“It is not length of life, but depth of life.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via kari-shma)
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How to buy brand new Apple products for far less...
I needed to buy 3 Mac Minis … Don’t ask why (Its complicated) So I went to the Apple website to check prices, the base model was selling for CAD $729 so I figured I have to spend at least CAD $2724 including the 3 year warranty +tax … Which is tad bit too much … So I started thinking of ways to save … I checked craigslist, kijiji, and all the online stores I could...