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J_R
FemaleFirst Grand Master (1000+ Posts)
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| pheromoaner wrote: |
| By the way I like the Fisher Price analogy - wonder if thats why windows fanatics love to take them apart so often? |
Am at work editing on my own Mac based Avid. The fisher price based one that is supposed to be so much better has had to be shipped back to it's mummy and daddy because it no longer sees any firewire devices.
Ok so it was a little faster but all my problems like the hour I would loose every morning restarting the thing fifteen times til it saw my drives is all in the past. That is until the fisher price unit returns... |
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dumbfook
FemaleFirst Grand Master (1000+ Posts)
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| Posted: Fri May 12, 2006 2:56 pm Post subject: |
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| SONY IS OVER PRICED IMO |
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Oroshi
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Joined: 02 Aug 2005
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Location: Middlesbrough
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| Posted: Fri May 12, 2006 3:39 pm Post subject: |
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| dumbfook wrote: |
| SONY IS OVER PRICED IMO |
yeah but also miroshite over price too!! rip off and unstable 
MAC #1!
Linux #1! |
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jacob85
Hello. I am New! Talk to Me
Joined: 27 May 2006
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| Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 11:00 pm Post subject: Mac |
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There is no doubt to buy an Apple.
Now u can boot windows by BOOTCAMP on an Apple on legal way
But it must be intel based |
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jacob85
Hello. I am New! Talk to Me
Joined: 27 May 2006
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| Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 11:04 pm Post subject: Mac |
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@ miss sexy j
if u haven't satisfied u can send pm
now u can run MacOS X & Win XP(or Vista) on 1 coputer=Mac(=iMac) |
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boingo
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Joined: 19 Feb 2006
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Location: Perth, Western Australia (GMT+8hrs)
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| Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 4:37 am Post subject: |
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| Oroshi wrote: |
MAC!!!
Mac rulez!! |
If you want stability and superior graphics edititing capabilities, I'd got with Mac too. The only downfall is PC software can take up to six months to come out as a Mac version. My friend's got a Mac and she swears by it. Even though I've got a PC, I use iTunes for music and Quicktime for videos.
I played the same clip symultaniously with Windows Media Player and Quicktime. WMP showed the clip excessively dark with a lack of colour, while Quicktime showed it brighter with realistic colours. I've never had Apple products crash either!  |
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mostirreverent
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Joined: 15 Nov 2004
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Location: Boston, MA USA
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| Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 11:27 am Post subject: |
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| i just had to find a program to defrag my memory. it seems on my PC i am always having to fix something. on my Mac, i've never had to do this stuff. seems every other day there is some PC problem. |
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boingo
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| Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 2:53 pm Post subject: |
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| i just had to find a program to defrag my memory. it seems on my PC i am always having to fix something. on my Mac, i've never had to do this stuff. seems every other day there is some PC problem. |
Damn straight. I've never had a Mac, but that's only because of compatibility problems and becuase I know how to fix most of the problems with PCs (with a bit of help from 3 friends who are IT qualified) I just built myself a new PC from individual hardware and software components I bought. I doubt I could do that with an Apple, but then again, I wouldn't have to. One day I'll get an Apple for real work, but I'll probably keep my PC for a few years after so I can have a lengthy transitional stage.
Personally, I think Microsoft should be responsiblem, to a degree, for providing it's own software to fix the errors that programs such as Norton Utilities are suppoesed to fix. (I've stopped using Norton too as it seemingly causes some of the errors it's supposed to be reparing)
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mostirreverent
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Joined: 15 Nov 2004
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Location: Boston, MA USA
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| Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2006 3:21 am Post subject: |
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| boingo wrote: |
| mostirreverent wrote: |
| i just had to find a program to defrag my memory. it seems on my PC i am always having to fix something. on my Mac, i've never had to do this stuff. seems every other day there is some PC problem. |
Damn straight. I've never had a Mac, but that's only because of compatibility problems and becuase I know how to fix most of the problems with PCs (with a bit of help from 3 friends who are IT qualified) I just built myself a new PC from individual hardware and software components I bought. I doubt I could do that with an Apple, but then again, I wouldn't have to. One day I'll get an Apple for real work, but I'll probably keep my PC for a few years after so I can have a lengthy transitional stage.
Personally, I think Microsoft should be responsiblem, to a degree, for providing it's own software to fix the errors that programs such as Norton Utilities are suppoesed to fix. (I've stopped using Norton too as it seemingly causes some of the errors it's supposed to be reparing)
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there is a company that makes a gread disk retreaval program called Disk Worriar for the mac. i asked them if they had a program like norton since norton droped the mac. they guy said it is built in. save your money. and i had my credit card waiting. the only reason i have a PC is to do 3D cad work with solidworks. there is only one or two programs on the mac, but none like solidworks. But Apple screw that market up. too bad. for most things, my 6yo mac seem just as fast as a P4 2GHz machine.
i just noticed to day that i cant drag stuff from the web to word and have word stay in the background (though i have an older version of office on my XP professional machine. i can witth the better office for the mac. they were made seperately and a lot of the mac word stuff was not availiabl on the pc version at the time. not sure about now. they had a seperate Mac bussiness unit.
i can swop boards and throw dip switches on ether platform, but i pray for the poor bastards using windows then are not computer savy. i just put in a quadra 700 nvidia bord in and it was not under the monitor area but under graphics displays. and there was nowhere in the control pannels that idicated graphics. i new enough to go to hardware, and knew what a graphics dispaly vs a graphis card was. otherwise i would have not known how to set up the driver. and on the mac, you dont have to deal with drivers (except for a printer sometimes). Pluse word will save right to pdf. |
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boingo
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| Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2006 5:57 am Post subject: |
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| mostirreverent wrote: |
there is a company that makes a gread disk retreaval program called Disk Worriar for the mac. i asked them if they had a program like norton since norton droped the mac. they guy said it is built in. save your money. and i had my credit card waiting. the only reason i have a PC is to do 3D cad work with solidworks. there is only one or two programs on the mac, but
none like solidworks. But Apple screw that market up. too bad. for most things, my 6yo mac seem just as fast as a P4 2GHz machine.
i just noticed to day that i cant drag stuff from the web to word and have word stay in the background (though i have an older version of office on my XP professional machine. i can witth the better office for the mac. they were made seperately and a lot of the mac word stuff was not availiabl on the pc version at the time. not sure about now. they had a seperate Mac bussiness unit.
i can swop boards and throw dip switches on ether platform, but i pray for the poor bastards using windows then are not computer savy. i just put in a quadra 700 nvidia bord in and it was not under the monitor area but under graphics displays. and there was nowhere in the control pannels that idicated graphics. i new enough to go to hardware, and knew what a graphics dispaly vs a graphis card was. otherwise i would have not known how to set up the driver. and on the mac, you dont have to deal with drivers (except for a printer sometimes). Pluse word will save right to pdf. |
Gee, thanks for the extra info on Macs. No wonder they are starting to take a better share of the market. I guess teenages and their Apple iPods would help. Also, have you noticed that every movie these days, especailly those aimed at teenagers, have major Apple sponsoring? I think it's a good thing for market fairness really.
I'll definately have to look at Apple for my next computer.
If you want some boring statistics, the new PC I just built is made from: Asus P5P800 SE mother board.-7spkr on board surround sound with some new Philips/Sony digital audio output for true digital sound through a home theatre. It also supports the latest 64bit dual core chips, but I'm on a tight budget, so I got a Celeron 2.8Ghz for now.
I put in 1GB of RAM, but I can put up to 4GB total.
Radion 9550 256MB graphics card (Supports dual monitors and also has analogue TV out)
Although the motherboard supports SATA drives, I'm using my old ones until the price comes down.
I transfered my old analogue TV-Rado card into this PC, even though I have never used it. lol
I wanted a big case to support loads of stuff, so I bought a shiney black one called "Soprano" made by Thermaltake. Somehow I got it cheap (I recon they priced it wrong) It has one of those transparrent show-off panels on the side so I can add some poxy lights if I ever feel like wasting some money. Plus it has keys to lock the case shut (including a door on the front) There are so many fans! One masive fan at the front to draw air in thtough a removable filter, one fan on the side to draw hot air away from the processor, on big fan on the back, one directly over the chip, one on the graphics card, two on the power supply and one on the removable hard drive bay!
Eventually I want to max out all the bays, because I can. The case has 4x CD bays, 2x floppy bays and 7 dedicated HD bays. Oh, and it has extra ports on top for Fire wire, audio in and out, and 2 extra USB ports.
Its a beast!
I saved a few hundred dollars because I built it all myself. Excluding my old components: TV card, CD-DVD drives and hard drives, it only cost about $AU550. I would hav paid close to $AU1000 for an equivelant pre-built PC in the shops. |
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stavpal
FemaleFirst Grand Master (1000+ Posts)
Joined: 06 May 2006
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| Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2006 6:23 am Post subject: |
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dude....you could have waited for the Conroe's. The prices of all cpu's (not only Conroe's) will drop quite a bit then...
Oh well....enjoy what you've got |
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boingo
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Joined: 19 Feb 2006
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Location: Perth, Western Australia (GMT+8hrs)
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dude....you could have waited for the Conroe's. The prices of all cpu's (not only Conroe's) will drop quite a bit then...
Oh well....enjoy what you've got |
Yeah, but I was only using a P800 before. I had to upgrade, and it had to be now because Windows XP was too resource intensive.
I just checked up about the Conroe chips though. They seem to be super fast. I guess the days of judging a chip's true speed mostly off it's processor speed are disappearing fast. -I'm confused already 
I bet they'll cost a fortune though. One thing, at least the price of other duel core chips should drop dramically when the Conroe comes out.
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monosodium
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Joined: 21 Oct 2005
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Location: In UR base snifin all UR pantys
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| Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2006 7:23 pm Post subject: |
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TBH - Dual core is a bit of a waste right now, there are very few apps which can actually make use of it (there are some, but not many). And many applications would have to be completely rewritten to take advantage of it. You'd be better off pumping your cash into a faster single-core processor.
The only place where it is very useful is in running multiple applications simulataneously, where one can be going hell for leather without touching the other processes.
Expect it to be a few years before you see apps that can take real advantage of it on any platform. |
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boingo
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| monosodium wrote: |
TBH - Dual core is a bit of a waste right now, there are very few apps which can actually make use of it (there are some, but not many). And many applications would have to be completely rewritten to take advantage of it. You'd be better off pumping your cash into a faster single-core processor.
The only place where it is very useful is in running multiple applications simulataneously, where one can be going hell for leather without touching the other processes.
Expect it to be a few years before you see apps that can take real advantage of it on any platform. |
Thanks for that bit of useful information. I suppose currently, if I attached a monitor to play a game and a TV set for others to watch a movie, then I may need a dual core, but, then again, I'm never going to do that. |
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Louise_Ash
FemaleFirst Chatter (200+ Posts)
Joined: 04 Mar 2007
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Location: Essex, UK
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Mac. Mac. Mac. No choice.
My Pro iBook runs super slick OSX and at the touch of function key XP appears too!
You'll pay more for the Mac but its worth saving for the extra money and then getting what consider is to be the sexiest laptop made. |
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