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CrossOver Games releases version 8.1.0

by Mike Schramm (RSS feed) on Nov 20th, 2009

The folks behind CrossOver Games sent us a note that version 8.1.0 of their software has come out, and it's got some nice upgrades for Mac and Linux folks who prefer to run their games in Windows almost-emulators (it's based on Wine, and as we all know, Wine Is Not an Emulator) rather than Boot Camping over to the real thing. We tried out CrossOver Games a while back, and found it lacking in almost everything but Steam games, but actually that's OK, because lately Steam has a lot of games going on. Accordingly, this new version has support built-in for the brand new Left 4 Dead 2, as well as fixes for Steam's voice chat, a few upgrades for WoW on Linux and Guild Wars, and a couple of changes to ensure compatibility with Snow Leopard. Sounds like a nice solid upgrade -- owners of the software can grab it for free, or you can try out the app for yourself from their website.

In case you don't have the app yet, CodeWeavers also let us know that they're giving away a Linux rig that's the "ultimate" in... wait for it... gaming. Yes, putting together a Linux rig for gaming is like putting a UFC fighter on a dance show, but we guess stranger things have happened. Anyway, CrossOver Games will definitely help you play at least a few games on the decked-out rig, if you want a shot at winning the thing, all you have to do is pick up the software before December 1st. They'll pick a name out of a hat, and if it's yours, there'll be an awesome 'nix box headed your way. Good luck with getting smooth fullscreen Flash video to work. We kid! You Linux guys make it so easy.

Oh wait, what's that? Flash on the iPhone? I have no idea what you're talking about.

Tags: crossover, crossover-games, emulation, flash, gaming, guild-wars, linux, rig, software, steam, ufc-fighter, version

Filed under: Rig of the Week, Flickr Find

Flickr Find: The Cocoon

by Robert Palmer (RSS feed) on Sep 19th, 2008

Mitch Haile shared this set with our Flickr Pool to show us the ridiculously awesome setup he has in his office.

From what we can tell, he has:

a 24-inch Intel iMac
a 15-inch MacBook Pro
a Mac Pro with six (!) monitors
several PCs
a couple of Kinesis Freestyle keyboards

The six monitors include four HPs, one ViewSonic, and a 30-inch Apple Cinema Display. The Mac Pro has three video cards. The whole shebang is served by two APC uninterruptible power supplies. Nice.

Me, I just want a reason to keep an ice bucket on my desk.

Thanks, Mitch!

Tags: apc, freestyle, hp, imac, kinesis, mac pro, MacPro, rig, viewsonic

Filed under: Hardware, Flickr Find

Flickr Find: 11,600 horizontal pixels of heaven

by Robert Palmer (RSS feed) on May 15th, 2008

What you're looking at is actually nine computers: five Macs, three PCs and one Linux machine. (Check out the Flickr page, to see what's what.) According to its owner, it's all driven with one keyboard and mouse, and switches seamlessly between machines. Incredible.

Thinking about the cable management for this thing makes my head hurt.

[Via Twitter]

Tags: rig, tweet-this

Filed under: Hardware, Cult of Mac, Rig of the Week

Rig of the Year (So Far)

by Dan Lurie (RSS feed) on Jan 2nd, 2007

Digg today brings us our first TUAW rig of the day/week/month/year. Owned by flickr user washington_dc_photographer, this workstation sports three 30 inch Apple Cinema displays, 1 G5 Quad, 1 G5 Dual, 1 15 inch PowerBook, 6TB of external storage, 6 CF card readers, and a 15 inch Sony wireless TV. I can only imagine the kind of money that he must have spent on this setup, but I certainly see why this would be needed for a full time professional photographer shooting large RAW files and running Aperture.

In any case, this setup certainly sets a high bar for future 2007 rigs, so don't forget to submit yours to the TUAW flickr pool.

Tags: awesome, digg, photographer, rig, tuaw, workstation

Filed under: Hardware

TUAW Flickr group: Your Mac rigs

by Dave Caolo (RSS feed) on Jan 13th, 2006

You've spent a tremendous amount of time setting up your Mac rig, arranging everything just so, selecting the perfect desk, chair, speaker system, mouse and so on. Why not show it off? To that end, we've created the TUAW Mac Rigs Flickr Pool. Upload your best shot of your rig at home, you set up at school, your mobile solution or your tower of power. Every day, we'll select one shot to feature here on TUAW as the Rig of the Day.

We may also select your photos to illustrate our posts, providing full credit, of course - so be sure to include any links you'd like us to use in your Flickr profile. So let's see those sweet rigs!

Tags: flickr, macs, mobile, rig

Filed under: Odds and ends, Interviews

Mac personalities talk about their Macs

by Scott McNulty (RSS feed) on Dec 29th, 2005

Giles Turnbull recently spoke to some Mac personalities about their Mac rigs. He found out what Leander Kahney of the Cult of Mac uses, Jonathan Rentzsh (he of the Red Shed), Michael Tsai (SpamSieve), Joe Kissel (author), and Andy Ihnakto.

It is worth a read, though sadly I wasn't included. Luckily I can just write about what I use right here!

I have a brand new 20 inch iMac G5 (named Vercingetorix. Yes, named after that Vercingetorix) which is my workhorse machine, and a neglected G4 Powerbook by the name of Ambrose.

Tags: hardware, mac, osx, powerbook, powermac, rig

Filed under: Hacks, How-tos

MacDevCenter Hands-Free Shooting Rig

by C.K. Sample, III (RSS feed) on Aug 9th, 2005

Romain Guy has put together a very interesting Hands-Free Shooting Rig over at MacDevCenter: "Here's how to build a hands-free photography rig using an iSight, a Bluetooth headset, a backpack, and a dash of AppleScript that enables you to capture images on the go by simply speaking, 'Take shot.' Romain Guy shows you how to build it." How awesome is that? 12-inch Powerbook in a backpack with an iSight sticking out of the cellphone holder that starts taking pictures when you say, "Take shot" into your bluetooth headset.

I'm going to build the same setup, but instead of "Take shot," I'm going to have it take a shot every time I say, "That's hot."

Tags: digital+photography, DigitalPhotography, hack, rig

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