This guide is written for custom built PCs with the exact same components listed at the beginning, not a universal guide for any PC.

VOTE: iCal

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I just like saying Principal Albert T. Wang out loud.

I read this entire article picturing a full-size animatronic robot. Then I watched the video. I am sad.

Honestly, if you were able to open FCP7 projects the reviews wouldn't be nearly this bad. This way they have no frame of reference to the new paradigms, and you'll never find anyone as stubborn, inflexible, and uncomfortable towards change as a professional video editor.

Not bad, just different, and lacking tons of professional features (tape support, ability to open FCP7 files, etc).

I actually use Hazel for app cleaning. It's a rule-based automatic file organizer, which happens to have an app cleaner as well.

Repair permissions with Disk Utility. Use OnyX for other things.

Although Macs don't require as much maintenance as PCs, theres still some good habits you should get into.

I keep this pic just for times like these.

Yes.

#starthisman

Remove SleepEnabler and go for it. Google for the newest version of SE. It is update/kernel-dependent.

Yup. 'Kernel Panics' are fairly common (OS X's version of a BSOD, if you will).

Are you sure you burned the disc properly? Re-download and re-burn everything and try again. You're not just dragging the .ISO to the disc and pressing burn. You are burning the files contained in the .ISO file, not the ISO itself. Also verify you have the DVD drive set as the first boot device, not a hard drive, and…

If this is the error message, you are getting a kernel panic, the UNIX equivalent of a BSOD. If it's caused by adding above 4GB of RAM then OS X is unable to boot into 64-bit mode, which enables 4GB+ of RAM, among many other highly desirable things.

Ahem.

VOTE: Transmission

Common question, one I'm sure many of you are sick of, but here goes. If I want to try to get into basic DSLR photography, which, relatively inexpensive, camera would you recommend?