AppleIntelRock
Jul 9, 01:28 AM
looks like i'm going to los gatos
crenz
Jul 3, 03:31 PM
I've been following MR for quite a while and finally decided to register in the forum since I have a question (will post it in another thread). Anyway, I thought I'll just mention about my switch to the Mac platform as an introduction.
I have used Macintoshes "for real" the first time about six years ago. Then, ever since I got that student job at a mostly-Mac internet company four years ago, I got to work on Macs occasionally. I really liked them, but most of my work is Unix-based (FreeBSD/Linux), so using a Linux desktop was way more convenient. However, after MacOS X was announced, I knew I was going to get a Mac eventually :) . I remember I first was a bit disappointed with the interface because I was used to OS 9, but it grew on me (and my Mac colleagues). During the last two years, I thought more seriously about getting a Mac, but it was only this year that I borrowed a left-over G3/266 from the office and started working on it at home.
I was positively surprised that I actually could do a lot with OS X even on this old machine (especially after I bumped up the memory to 224 MB). OK, application startup times are quite long, but I do alot of work on the terminal, so I can still live with it. Initially, I made an effort to use the Mac instead of my 266 MHz PC. Now the PC has been disassembled and sits in a closet, and I do everything on the Mac. Everything except Windows software development, which I still have to do in the office. I hope to get my first own Mac soon and settle this issue with VirtualPC :) and even more importantly do music composing/production as well.
Anyway, just wanted to share this. Sorry it got a bit long. Hope nobody got bored :).
I have used Macintoshes "for real" the first time about six years ago. Then, ever since I got that student job at a mostly-Mac internet company four years ago, I got to work on Macs occasionally. I really liked them, but most of my work is Unix-based (FreeBSD/Linux), so using a Linux desktop was way more convenient. However, after MacOS X was announced, I knew I was going to get a Mac eventually :) . I remember I first was a bit disappointed with the interface because I was used to OS 9, but it grew on me (and my Mac colleagues). During the last two years, I thought more seriously about getting a Mac, but it was only this year that I borrowed a left-over G3/266 from the office and started working on it at home.
I was positively surprised that I actually could do a lot with OS X even on this old machine (especially after I bumped up the memory to 224 MB). OK, application startup times are quite long, but I do alot of work on the terminal, so I can still live with it. Initially, I made an effort to use the Mac instead of my 266 MHz PC. Now the PC has been disassembled and sits in a closet, and I do everything on the Mac. Everything except Windows software development, which I still have to do in the office. I hope to get my first own Mac soon and settle this issue with VirtualPC :) and even more importantly do music composing/production as well.
Anyway, just wanted to share this. Sorry it got a bit long. Hope nobody got bored :).
secksthoi
May 3, 02:21 PM
What are some precautions I should take before selling my Air? Beyond wiping my SSD what else do I need to do to make sure my data is securely erased?
Markleshark
Mar 20, 03:28 AM
Isn't that the mod that lets you play downloaded roms off the internet?
Now there is something we shouldn't be talking about...
Now there is something we shouldn't be talking about...
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SamIchi
Sep 18, 02:11 PM
its called the trash can! ;)
I would, but I'm sure someone would like them. The trash would be just a waste. I want to find some used cds too.
I would, but I'm sure someone would like them. The trash would be just a waste. I want to find some used cds too.
xxRONNIExx
Apr 14, 05:57 PM
still wipe and do a clean install just because it cant hurt.
the best way it to buy an external hdd and just copy and paste your data (thats what i do) or make a time machine back up
your itunes question is very easy actually copy your entire itunes folder and library to the new external drive.-> go into itunes on the MBA-> go into preferences and advanced you will see where it shows your itunes media folder location click change-> and remap it to the external driver you can only access it while plugged in but it will save a lot of space.
Just got back into town. Worked like a charm thank you :D
the best way it to buy an external hdd and just copy and paste your data (thats what i do) or make a time machine back up
your itunes question is very easy actually copy your entire itunes folder and library to the new external drive.-> go into itunes on the MBA-> go into preferences and advanced you will see where it shows your itunes media folder location click change-> and remap it to the external driver you can only access it while plugged in but it will save a lot of space.
Just got back into town. Worked like a charm thank you :D
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Designer Dale
Feb 22, 01:59 PM
Hi all,
I invested in a D5000 about a year and a half ago to begin a new hobby. I was hoping to get opinions on if it would be worth it to try to make photography more than a hobby for me. I prefer nature, but would be willing to go for events maybe...I don't want to do portraits.
I've inserted some of my work from a photo camp below. Any advice/criticism would be greatly appreciated :-).
http://cblevins.smugmug.com/Animals/Wilds/wilds-32/1187038187_KNAuz-M.jpg
http://cblevins.smugmug.com/Animals/Wilds/wilds-81/1187077370_DZ5cR-M.jpg
http://cblevins.smugmug.com/Animals/Wilds/wilds-298/1187198258_W2GRe-M.jpg
http://cblevins.smugmug.com/Animals/Wilds/wilds-614/1187301244_p4EaG-M.jpg
Thanks again!
I'm a sucker for a good sunset shot, and I like the first here quit a bit. The colors and textures in the sky give it a good feel. It's a pity the sun is on the centerline, though. I tends to capture the eye because it is the brightest area of the photo. If it was a little off center I might like it even more.
The photo of the Cheetahs has a lot of potential. I like where they are placed in the frame, and the direction of their heads is a nice contrast to the flow of their bodies. Kind of moves right then left with their vision. I would like the colors of the grass to be a bit deeper. The exposure is a bit light for the shadows and that lets the sunlit area in the background go too bright.
The other two are nice vacation pics, but they don't stir me visually.
Dale
I invested in a D5000 about a year and a half ago to begin a new hobby. I was hoping to get opinions on if it would be worth it to try to make photography more than a hobby for me. I prefer nature, but would be willing to go for events maybe...I don't want to do portraits.
I've inserted some of my work from a photo camp below. Any advice/criticism would be greatly appreciated :-).
http://cblevins.smugmug.com/Animals/Wilds/wilds-32/1187038187_KNAuz-M.jpg
http://cblevins.smugmug.com/Animals/Wilds/wilds-81/1187077370_DZ5cR-M.jpg
http://cblevins.smugmug.com/Animals/Wilds/wilds-298/1187198258_W2GRe-M.jpg
http://cblevins.smugmug.com/Animals/Wilds/wilds-614/1187301244_p4EaG-M.jpg
Thanks again!
I'm a sucker for a good sunset shot, and I like the first here quit a bit. The colors and textures in the sky give it a good feel. It's a pity the sun is on the centerline, though. I tends to capture the eye because it is the brightest area of the photo. If it was a little off center I might like it even more.
The photo of the Cheetahs has a lot of potential. I like where they are placed in the frame, and the direction of their heads is a nice contrast to the flow of their bodies. Kind of moves right then left with their vision. I would like the colors of the grass to be a bit deeper. The exposure is a bit light for the shadows and that lets the sunlit area in the background go too bright.
The other two are nice vacation pics, but they don't stir me visually.
Dale
shartypants
Dec 24, 11:17 AM
I never use the web interface for MobileMe, but its nice to see them polishing it in the event I ever do :)
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furcalchick
Oct 25, 11:12 AM
i'm shocked that there aren't that many macrumors members around here. im guessing this area only services lake o and the northern everglades.
MBP13
May 4, 12:16 AM
Hi.
I'm a new Mac user after having dealt with PC's for way too long, and I'm certain that I'll never look back to Windows ever again. I love my MacBook Pro to death, and I especially love Mac OS.
I have some money to spend, and there is a nice looking iMac G4 on a surplus website that I am extremely interested in purchasing if the price is right. Right now, it looks as though the price will stay pretty reasonable given that there is only 1 day and 21 hours left until the auction ends, and current bid is less than $65 dollars.
Here's the iMac that I'm interested in buying: From the pictures it looks to be a nice Mac.
I'd love to know anything and everything that I should know about this iMac whether the information is good or bad. What can you tell me about it?
From the pictures, it looks like it is running Leopard, so that seems nice (even though I'm used to Snow Leopard on the MBP).
There are a few things I'm hesitant about. Because it is a non-Intel Mac, I'm basically out of luck if I want to watch YouTube videos, play games that require Flash, etc. Right? YouTube does have a HTML5 beta version of the website, so would that work on a non-Intel Mac? I mainly browse forums, Yahoo! chat, etc. I should be fine, I think. I wouldn't kill me to watch YouTube videos or anything that required Flash on the MacBook Pro.
Would I be able to browse the internet using AirPort on this iMac?
Is there anything else that you think I should know before potentially buying this Mac?
Thank you SO much! I appreciate it! :)
Pictures:
http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn107/astroworldfan1/Screenshot2011-05-04at125855AM.jpg
http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn107/astroworldfan1/Screenshot2011-05-04at125444AM-2.jpg
http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn107/astroworldfan1/Screenshot2011-05-04at125605AM-1.jpg
http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn107/astroworldfan1/Screenshot2011-05-04at125619AM.jpg
http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn107/astroworldfan1/Screenshot2011-05-04at125636AM.jpg
I'm a new Mac user after having dealt with PC's for way too long, and I'm certain that I'll never look back to Windows ever again. I love my MacBook Pro to death, and I especially love Mac OS.
I have some money to spend, and there is a nice looking iMac G4 on a surplus website that I am extremely interested in purchasing if the price is right. Right now, it looks as though the price will stay pretty reasonable given that there is only 1 day and 21 hours left until the auction ends, and current bid is less than $65 dollars.
Here's the iMac that I'm interested in buying: From the pictures it looks to be a nice Mac.
I'd love to know anything and everything that I should know about this iMac whether the information is good or bad. What can you tell me about it?
From the pictures, it looks like it is running Leopard, so that seems nice (even though I'm used to Snow Leopard on the MBP).
There are a few things I'm hesitant about. Because it is a non-Intel Mac, I'm basically out of luck if I want to watch YouTube videos, play games that require Flash, etc. Right? YouTube does have a HTML5 beta version of the website, so would that work on a non-Intel Mac? I mainly browse forums, Yahoo! chat, etc. I should be fine, I think. I wouldn't kill me to watch YouTube videos or anything that required Flash on the MacBook Pro.
Would I be able to browse the internet using AirPort on this iMac?
Is there anything else that you think I should know before potentially buying this Mac?
Thank you SO much! I appreciate it! :)
Pictures:
http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn107/astroworldfan1/Screenshot2011-05-04at125855AM.jpg
http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn107/astroworldfan1/Screenshot2011-05-04at125444AM-2.jpg
http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn107/astroworldfan1/Screenshot2011-05-04at125605AM-1.jpg
http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn107/astroworldfan1/Screenshot2011-05-04at125619AM.jpg
http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn107/astroworldfan1/Screenshot2011-05-04at125636AM.jpg
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zv470
Jul 31, 06:03 PM
Don't you mean you found the scale factor? That equation is pretty standard? No? ;)
maclaptop
May 1, 10:14 PM
Ho hum
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RebeccaL
Apr 4, 07:55 AM
@Meltdownblitz
Thanks! The new cut looks great. What is the other company that has an oleo? I did not found it on larry's page.
@asdad123
Thanks for the advice. Unfortunatelly my problem is not with dust but with aligment.
And for the curious, here is how the old SGP Oleo used to look like:
https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_SZJhD3ksiT6gkXadqr14rkhh6gvMeV9WDc_KKdKjCOGoOtcloHV027U1PZyu384FplDMtib1xLLWP945W7E6AwDfBMHKPXyhAeL5s_scjeQ9cwtxajpo6uRL2tbqrK4r6Cv1QjNyC5el/s1600/IMG_3030.jpg
Thanks! The new cut looks great. What is the other company that has an oleo? I did not found it on larry's page.
@asdad123
Thanks for the advice. Unfortunatelly my problem is not with dust but with aligment.
And for the curious, here is how the old SGP Oleo used to look like:
https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_SZJhD3ksiT6gkXadqr14rkhh6gvMeV9WDc_KKdKjCOGoOtcloHV027U1PZyu384FplDMtib1xLLWP945W7E6AwDfBMHKPXyhAeL5s_scjeQ9cwtxajpo6uRL2tbqrK4r6Cv1QjNyC5el/s1600/IMG_3030.jpg
Kaulitz
Mar 25, 03:19 AM
How long is the queue at the moment?
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PlaceofDis
Mar 1, 05:05 PM
Congress appears to disagree with the President
and congress is wrong.
and congress is wrong.
jigglyjon
May 4, 07:48 PM
Sorry, I figured it out... at least i figured out how to fix it... not certain why it happened.
I just removed the picture folder I had it pointed to and re-added and that fixed.
I just removed the picture folder I had it pointed to and re-added and that fixed.
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iEdd
Dec 22, 02:44 PM
I wonder when macminipaperweight will come out :D
That's my best design so far :o I saw this guy on techtv who happened to take 8 plasma displays (his work gave them to him for free) and a mac mini to make virtual windows in his house. Pretty awesome concept. Having guests around, hearing them say "woh... your neighbourhood is beautiful", when really you live in apartment up against a brick wall :p
That's my best design so far :o I saw this guy on techtv who happened to take 8 plasma displays (his work gave them to him for free) and a mac mini to make virtual windows in his house. Pretty awesome concept. Having guests around, hearing them say "woh... your neighbourhood is beautiful", when really you live in apartment up against a brick wall :p
happle
Jan 4, 09:25 AM
Yes a keyboard will be useful but the most important thing in a studio is sound. If you can't hear what you're doing it's so frustrating. If you're just starting out you may think that having ok sound will do the trick but it won't be long before you're not sure if you're hearing your mix or your speakers when you're mixing on bad speakers. I'd much rather make house music with good sound than a keyboard.
For good speakers, you're looking for near field monitors, they differ from standard speakers in that they try to reproduce accurately the sound you feed them, standard speakers try to "sound good". There's a pretty big difference between the two, sounding good usually means a compressed sound with not a lot of middle frequencies. For house, you'll probably want a sub.
Either way, a keyboard is nice to have, if you don't have any previous experience with keyboards, you might as well just get the 25 key (get it velocity sensitive especially useful for drums). M-audio have a pretty good value.
yeah but this is why i suggested he gets a set of klipsch promedia 2.1 speakers, which are thx certified and fairly accurate (good for checking mixes).
but for his main mixing he can use sennhesier hd280 pro headphones.
plus bottom end in house is a major concern, and he is not going to be able to afford a good enough set of monitors thats going to hit the lows he wants. cheap monitors do not get very loud nor have much bottom end to them which is why i got the klipsch and sennhesier headphones until i can afford a good set of monitors.
edit: plus hes obviously not insanely serious about production just yet which just further justifies my suggestion.
For good speakers, you're looking for near field monitors, they differ from standard speakers in that they try to reproduce accurately the sound you feed them, standard speakers try to "sound good". There's a pretty big difference between the two, sounding good usually means a compressed sound with not a lot of middle frequencies. For house, you'll probably want a sub.
Either way, a keyboard is nice to have, if you don't have any previous experience with keyboards, you might as well just get the 25 key (get it velocity sensitive especially useful for drums). M-audio have a pretty good value.
yeah but this is why i suggested he gets a set of klipsch promedia 2.1 speakers, which are thx certified and fairly accurate (good for checking mixes).
but for his main mixing he can use sennhesier hd280 pro headphones.
plus bottom end in house is a major concern, and he is not going to be able to afford a good enough set of monitors thats going to hit the lows he wants. cheap monitors do not get very loud nor have much bottom end to them which is why i got the klipsch and sennhesier headphones until i can afford a good set of monitors.
edit: plus hes obviously not insanely serious about production just yet which just further justifies my suggestion.
Sun Baked
Dec 21, 06:50 PM
Almost looks like a thinly disguised commercial for selling the SpyMac products.
You can't have cool products without a cool commercial.
You can't have cool products without a cool commercial.
TwinCities Dan
Apr 12, 08:43 PM
What's older? The Mac's or the clear phone? :p
spekulanten
Apr 15, 03:32 PM
i downloaded fah for 10.5, i have 10.6, than system preferences, folding, start (with anonymus), and i have no screen saver or window application, why dosnt it? how do i get it started? :confused:
The.316
Dec 24, 03:35 PM
http://www.catfacts.org/cat-facts.jpg
And no, not a cat, per say :D
And no, not a cat, per say :D
dubbz
Nov 16, 12:02 AM
While the HTML is valid, the CSS doesn't seem to be.
W3C CSS Validator results (http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/validator?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.myelixr.com%2F&usermedium=all)
Two errors, but it's way to early/late for me try to make any sense of it...
W3C CSS Validator results (http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/validator?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.myelixr.com%2F&usermedium=all)
Two errors, but it's way to early/late for me try to make any sense of it...
Sun Baked
Sep 23, 02:45 PM
No experience...
Offer him a job in something he seems to have oodles of experience with.
Like a job as the office hemorrhoid (especially if you already fired the last one), but it seems he's already overemployed in that capacity in any case.
Sure it's a minimum wage job with no future, but even the office gopher needs to feel he isn't the low man on the totem pole.
Offer him a job in something he seems to have oodles of experience with.
Like a job as the office hemorrhoid (especially if you already fired the last one), but it seems he's already overemployed in that capacity in any case.
Sure it's a minimum wage job with no future, but even the office gopher needs to feel he isn't the low man on the totem pole.
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