Does the MacBook Support Quartz Extreme?

Yes, the MacBook can run Quartz Extreme, both with OSX 10.4 (Tiger) and 10.5 (Leopard). Apple has more documentation on the system requirements to run Quartz Extreme and Core Image graphics here.

How to Capture the Screen on a Mac

Press"Command" and "Shift" and "3" at the same time to create a screenshot. The screen shot will appear on your desktop labeled Picture 1, Picture 2, etc.

Problem Reformatting Western Digital My Book for Mac

I got the following error while trying to reformat a Western Digital My Book from Windows DOS to the Mac format:

Partition failed with the error: Could not unmount disk

I entered the phrase into Google and was surprised I could not find a fix. It turns out the problem was that I had a folder open from the new drive, and it was preventing the "unmounting."

If you're having this problem, make sure you close all folders from the new hard drive. This is probably a frequent error because you need to open folders on the hard drive in order to install some Mac programs. Close those folders!

Fake Steve's Hubris

You've got to love Fake Steve Jobs:

"See this great article on Wired.com about how the music companies are now desperately trying to prop up some other online retailer as the alternative to Apple, and even sacrificing DRM to do it. Money quote from Edgar Bronfman Jr. where he admits that consumers now care more about their choice of music player than they do about the music itself: "Never before in the history of content has the hardware been more valuable than the software. You think about the VCR or the video cassette -- the video cassette always had more value than the VCR that you shoved it into. Apple has been able to turn that model on its head."

Yes we have. Ain't we cool?"