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Just spotted this over at Mac Rumors, that there are a few cases reported Mac Pro users can boot into their 64-bit Windows Vista (GO confirms XP support still limited to 32-bit on Bootcamp).

From the manual, Page 4, the message said:

Important: You must use a single full-install Windows installation disc (Service Pack 2 is required for Windows XP installations). Do not use an upgrade version of Windows and do not install an earlier version of Windows XP and attempt to update it later to SP2 or later. Use only 32-bit versions of Windows. If you have a Mac Pro introduced in late 2007 or later, you can use a 64-bit version of Windows Vista.

Also, from your Mac Pro restore disk (on newer shipped models, apparently), you should be able to find a file “BookCamp64.exe” under “Drivers\Apple\”, under Windows. There a spread/file sharing of this file on the internet whom a forum member has kindly shared with other Mac Pro user. As I have never used Boot Camp and don’t have a Mac at all, I can’t say if this “BootCamp64″ will work with all other 64-bits processors used by Mac. It in understand that all Mac Pro are 64-bit capable.
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Lighter - MacBook Remote Control Trick

You can use your lighter to remote your macbook. It will repeat your last signal from remote control. E.g. if you volume up, lighter will gonna volume up, if you volume down, it will volume down.

Enjoy it

Requirements: windows installed macbook(with bootcamp), remote control(you have one RC from macbook) and a lighter.

Apple’s new iMac Campagin states that, “You can’t be too thin. Or too powerful.” The Alliance for Eating Disorders Awareness calls upon Apple to rethink their new media campaign. In society in which 7 -10 million Americans are struggling with eating disorders, and messages from the media are influential and they do make a difference, The Alliance questions, “Is Apple taking a revamping of the Duchess of Windsor’s adage a step to far?”

North Palm Beach, FL (PRWEB) August 20, 2007 – The Alliance for Eating Disorders Awareness reacted today to the new Apple Inc IMAC Campaign, “The new iMac. You can’t be too thin. Or too powerful.” The Alliance questions, “What kind of message is Apple sending our youth with an ad campaign of this nature?”

The truth is one CAN be too thin. According to the American Psychological Association, in the United States alone 7 -10 million individuals are struggling with eating disorders. Of that 10 to 20 percent of them will not survive their struggle. Eating disorders not only have extreme physical and mental repercussions - including the highest mortality rate among all psychological disorders but they also act as a barrier for personal growth, achievement, education, and success. We live in a society in which Messages from the media are influential and they do make a difference.

“As not only the Executive Director of The Alliance, but also a recovering anorectic and exercise bulimic, I must say that I find the new IMAC campaign troubling and extremely triggering,” said Johanna Kandel. “Apple’s revamping of the Duchess of Windsor’s adage draws a direct connection between being thin and being powerful. While this concept may work well from a technological perspective, it can become deadly in the eyes of an individual that is genetically predisposed to developing an eating disorder.”

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Another blog-turned-book (see Hertzfeld’s www.folklore.org), this set of remembrances chronicles the birth of the Macintosh from inside the lab. In 1978, Hertzfeld’s world was rocked by his purchase of an Apple II; by the next year, he was working for the fledgling company on the nascent Mac as a software engineer, co-writing the Mac’s operating system. Strictly for Silicon Valley-folk and Apple obsessives, Hertzfeld’s short entries dwell on everything from mouse-scaling parameters to the eating habits of hardware engineer Burrell Smith. A plethora of color photos feature early screen shots and sedentary-looking Mac team members in tight t-shirts (”User Friendly!”) and large glasses. Even aficionados may find their attention wandering at sentences like, “The most controversial part of the Control Panel was the desktop pattern editor, which I had rescued from its earlier standalone incarnation.” But among the 90 entries, highlights include awkward-looking early demos of the Mac’s operating system; competition and idea-swapping with Microsoft, Osborne and Xerox; and inside glimpses of Apple’s unique, before-the-boom culture. Hertzfeld’s earnest enthusiasm for the work that he and the team began 25-plus years ago is infectious enough to carry one through the rest.

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