swfla Posted May 26, 2006 Report Posted May 26, 2006 ... and bought a new iMac! i got the 20inch with 2x2ghz, 1GB RAM and 256MB gfx card! was pretty expensive though (1500euros) but looks sooooo beautiful! and OS 10 is also way better than windows! You can share music with an IPOD now!!
Les Center Posted May 27, 2006 Report Posted May 27, 2006 (edited) ...and OS 10 is also way better than windows! Welcome to the fold!! It's nice to see so many new people coming to understand what some of us have known for 20 years. Good to have you aboard. Les Edited May 27, 2006 by Les Center
Pugwash Posted May 27, 2006 Report Posted May 27, 2006 Welcome to the fold!! It's nice to see some many new people coming to understand what some of us have known for 20 years. Good to have you aboard. I've used Macs since the 80s, and, to be hoinest, until OSX 10.2 came out, it would have been a hard sell to get people away from Windows. OS9 was way behind what it should have been and 10.0-10.1 couldn't even play DVDs. I bought a G4 Tower (G4-400/AGP with OS8) the month they came out and loved it, but I secretly knew we Mac users were losing the race. I got OSX Public Beta and knew it was the future, but it took a few releases before we could truly lord it over the XP-heads. I'm typing this on my dual 2GHz G5 (bought shortly after they came out ... I seem to be into these towers at release date - roll on the Intel PowerMac!) and love doing all my photo stuff one minute and boom, getting down and dirty with sed/awk/grep or a perlscript on the UNIX command line. It's the machine for the creative in me that loves to play and the geek in me that pays the rent. Welcome, Slay. You're in for a fun ride. Spot the Mac G5 on the left plugged into my 24" widescreen LCD. The PC on the right hasn't been started since ... ooh, last time I needed to play R-Factor.
swdivad Posted May 27, 2006 Report Posted May 27, 2006 I only wish I could use a Mac... My profession forces me to use windows (engineering/design/analysis) and my apps just won't run properly in emulation. Currently the MacBook pros are looking tempting, as soon as they put in high end video, I'm there... My wife has an iBook, I just love the interface!
Pugwash Posted May 27, 2006 Report Posted May 27, 2006 Currently the MacBook pros are looking tempting, as soon as they put in high end video, I'm there... Radeon X1600 not high-end enough for you?
slay Posted June 3, 2006 Author Report Posted June 3, 2006 I only wish I could use a Mac... My profession forces me to use windows (engineering/design/analysis) and my apps just won't run properly in emulation. Currently the MacBook pros are looking tempting, as soon as they put in high end video, I'm there... My wife has an iBook, I just love the interface! recieved the iMac today... WOW it looks soooo gorgeous!!!! and you can use windows on it too, simply download bootcamp!
Pugwash Posted June 3, 2006 Report Posted June 3, 2006 and you can use windows on it too, simply download bootcamp! There's a way of doing it in a virtual machine without rebooting. http://www.parallels.com/en/products/workstation/mac/ As I don't have an Intel Mac (still on the dual G5 tower here) I have not tested it. ps. Welcome to the right side of the tracks.
slay Posted June 3, 2006 Author Report Posted June 3, 2006 yeah, but a VM is way too slow... I only use XP for games&such and that would be impossible in a VM!
Pugwash Posted June 3, 2006 Report Posted June 3, 2006 yeah, but a VM is way too slow... I only use XP for games&such and that would be impossible in a VM! It's not emulated ... Ok, for games, a reboot is best. For any non-directx apps, it's about as fast as a non-vm.
tomtofa Posted June 3, 2006 Report Posted June 3, 2006 i got the 20inch with 2x2ghz, 1GB RAM and 256MB gfx Slay - If you have the 1 gig in a single slot I can give you an extra 512MB card for the 2nd slot - I got 2 gigs to replace the 512, so it's just sitting around unused - Tom
slay Posted June 3, 2006 Author Report Posted June 3, 2006 I'd love to buy it, but I spent way too much € within the last week but thanks for the offer!
tomtofa Posted June 3, 2006 Report Posted June 3, 2006 No paying involved. It's not doing me any good, and wouldn't get me much on eBay. I'll send it over if you can use it - let me know where - Tom
slay Posted June 4, 2006 Author Report Posted June 4, 2006 thanks, thats a veryx generous offer, but System Profiler shows 2x 512, so theres no free slot., right?
slay Posted June 15, 2006 Author Report Posted June 15, 2006 that stupid mighty mouse is a piece of CRAP!!!%&!/&§$%!(/$%!!!! the scroll ball got stuck and I had to open it up to clean it and that stupud thing is impossible to put back together without braking some parts... now I its hold together by a few pieces of duct tape
Pugwash Posted June 15, 2006 Report Posted June 15, 2006 that stupid mighty mouse is a piece of CRAP!!!%&!/&§$%!(/$%!!!! I use a Microsoft Wireless Explorer thingy on my Mac. Does the job better than the Mighty.
slay Posted June 15, 2006 Author Report Posted June 15, 2006 is it possible to use the exposé with another mouse? my problem is, that other mice dont fit in the picture of the iMac... the mighty mouse looks damn good next to the iMac, but its a useless piece of junk b/c it gets dirty after 1month of use and its impossible to clean it without breaking something
cwai02 Posted June 15, 2006 Report Posted June 15, 2006 The mighty mouse sucks. Get a logitech MX1000 or a G7.
slay Posted June 15, 2006 Author Report Posted June 15, 2006 I already have an MX510 but none of the mice that are being sold look as good as the mighty mouse
Craytonic Posted June 15, 2006 Report Posted June 15, 2006 glad to see someone else made the jump Have always loved my powerbooks and can't wait to upgrade in a year or so to the intel (best to let them sort out the bugs for a revision or two).
cwai02 Posted June 15, 2006 Report Posted June 15, 2006 (edited) I already have an MX510 but none of the mice that are being sold look as good as the mighty mouse so? It's a computer, not a decoration. Edited June 15, 2006 by cwai02
Craytonic Posted June 15, 2006 Report Posted June 15, 2006 I think for many purchasers the styling/look of the mac is probably more important than what it does (e.g. my girlfriend).
slay Posted June 15, 2006 Author Report Posted June 15, 2006 so? It's a computer, not a decoration. No, its an iMac, means its main purpose is style, design and decoration. I could have gotten the same hardware for half price if it wasnt for the design! I think for many purchasers the styling/look of the mac is probably more important than what it does (e.g. my girlfriend). exactly
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