Posted by mackem
On 2008-01-15 20:51:23, arien617 wrote:
On 2008-01-15 20:39:01, Dicky Snapples wrote:
yum!
Bleugh when you see the price.
Im not one to use "Oh fu*k that" very often...
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pretty much
Posted by MWEB
Looks fab, but one USB, fixed battery and the price are off putting.
Posted by Luke-the-magic-man
stupid twats! I love apple but they really are retarded sometimes.
Why the hell do they put in a non user replaceable battery? using some kind of mechanism like the mbp, doesn't take up much space!!!
also the usb thing is stupid, why recess it? SO you can only plug in the next gen of apple usb sockets n pen drives!!!
arh really annoys me when a company destroys such a good product, saying that if I needed a tiny notebook id probably buy one considering the competitive specs and price. The battery doesn't bother me as much as the general consumer as I would be confident enough about swapping around such a part.
Posted by Luke-the-magic-man
ok apple have now officially pissed me off again
apple us price for the air - $1800 basic spec
apple uk price - £1200
exchange currencies and theres a £285 difference of $560
how the hell can they justify this? seriously what the f**k apple! Your going to loose me as a dedicated fan unless you sort out your shocking international price differnces!
Posted by chrisfirst
Oh, bugger! What I've feared just happened... Falling in love with the Air! I just can't stop watching the ad! Don't know how they've calculated the UK price thought. So, it seems like I will get one...
Posted by arien617
Feck that!
You'd be better off with a MacBook Pro!
It's slim enough! And think of what's missing from the air! Basic shite like changing yer own battery!
Posted by haynesycop
Good god how thin is that macbook air! The no optical drive is rather rubbish but wow!
Luke i agree the price differences are really starting to annoy me now, although i can see myself getting a macbook air in July in NYC will be alot cheaper across the pond so to speak.
Posted by chrisfirst
Having second thoughts now... Mono speakers??? What? Also, I'm not sure about this new magsafe. Look like "uncomfortable" if you like your machine on your lap. Don't like the new keyboard layout. By the time I've managed to learn the MacBook's I have to learn a new one. It seems like there is nothing is user upgradeable. I mean, I can't be sure, I don't want 4gig memory in the future and a larger capacity hard drive. OK, maybe the HDD is not that important, since I've decided to get this Time Capsule thingy. There is one more thing. Will this thing be powerfull enough to play 1080p HD videos?
Posted by amnesia
the macbook air is perfect for me. Something nice, slim, fast enough and great for a traveler like me.
Posted by Luke-the-magic-man
On 2008-01-15 23:24:58, haynesycop wrote:
Good god how thin is that macbook air! The no optical drive is rather rubbish but wow!
I think I use a cd/dvd in my mac only a few times a year, seems like a good idea removing it.
Interesting to see apple support blue ray, im quite glad they did that.
I think the air is really designed for someone such as myself, and amnesia as we are always on the go and just want something light and fast. I would get one if I didnt have a mbp which is pretty much good enough for me
Posted by haynesycop
I guess 80gb is pretty good for such a slim device and i'm sure in the future it will be improved, can't believe how slim it is, just crazy.
Anyhow is was wondering is there a way to merge both ichat and jabber buddy lists into one window at all? I've added my msn contacts using this guide but it is a pain having separate windows.
http://blog.toonetown.com/200[....]s-to-multi-protocol-ichat.html
?
Posted by Luke-the-magic-man
adium?
Posted by Jools
@Laura: Chax will do it for you I think:
http://www.ksuther.com/chax/
Posted by haynesycop
Thats the one thanks Jools!
Posted by arien617
Time capsule looks tempting...
And would look good in place of my dusty old Belkin router...
Though I need to save up after getting the mac :\\
Posted by fatreg
seriously running out of space on el Mac...
Do I really need to keep a folder called "Previous Systems" on Mac HDD? it's a good 10gb big and frankly I could use the space!
only things on my mac are OS, a few apps that won't move to ext hdd and music, everything else is on my ext hdd but my 250gb HDD is showing less than 10gb free (and yes we all know why that is, but an extra fw gbs for music would be grand!)
ta! or anything else I can do to free up space? like a defrag on windoze?
Posted by p900 lover
Im quite happy there isn't a new macbook pro out lol, i only got mine in August.
The new air is nice but for me i need a bit more than just a screen and keyboard. My MBP is thin enough for me.
I can see the air being very popular with people who travel a lot.
Posted by p900 lover
iv just tried to download the guided tour for the macbook air but when it downloads and i try and open it from my desktop it says this:
Posted by arien617
@p900.. Can you open zips?
And is it possible to buy from iTunes even if there is no money or payment method connected to your account? I have a registered billing address etc.
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Posted by haynesycop
How exactly do you intend to pay then?
Posted by arien617
Go into iDebt?
Posted by p900 lover
@arien617 iv got stuffit, but i used to be able to open zip files no problem
Posted by haynesycop
You can't you need to put down a debit/credit card or use the gift vouchers.
Posted by arien617
@P900
I'm a mac noob so I'm already out of ideas, sorry.
and
Ahh gimps!
Was kinda hoping for a "reserve tank" type thing so that I can buy after I'm outta credit. Grr.
They have my address on file afterall so I don't see why not.
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Posted by drlau9
whoa?! I just installed windows on my macbook via leopards boot camp and I must say it's rather good especially for game play! However How do I run simultaneous dual boot for fast OS changing?
Btw I would only let my macbook run windows 30 mins at a time as it get really hot, so hot it remolded my other laptop beneath it.
Fast changing OS, is it possible?
Derek.
Posted by chrisfirst
Hi guys! Can you manage to play HD videos in Quicktime after the newest update? It seems like I can even play movie trailers anymore without choppynes and it's drives me crazy!
Posted by p900 lover
Anyone know where i can get Leopard for cheap or FREE, i know its cheeky but im a student lol
Posted by chrisfirst
On 2008-01-22 15:51:43, p900 lover wrote:
Anyone know where i can get Leopard for cheap or FREE, i know its cheeky but im a student lol
PM
On 2008-01-22 12:53:00, chrisfirst wrote:
Hi guys! Can you manage to play HD videos in Quicktime after the newest update? It seems like I can even play movie trailers anymore without choppynes and it's drives me crazy!
Problem sorted. As my english hearing is not that good I like to use subtitles while I watch movies. So far, it seems like Perian's subtitle feature isn't working with QT 7.4, so I've installed an unstable not official update, which caused the problem mentioned. I had to downgrade QT back to 7.3.1 with Perian 1.0, to make everything work again. Everything is fine now, but to be honest I like my system fully updated...
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Posted by arien617
I keep getting the (-48) error message that says iTunes can't sync my iPod...
It happens fairly on and off and I'm sick of having to restore it and shift 50GB on and off it every time I want to add a new album!
!
Help me?
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Posted by haynesycop
I was wondering if there is a way to mount the iPhone to the desktop when i put it into the dock so it shows an icon like it does when you connect an iPod at all?
Arien do you have the latest version of iTunes as i've not had that problem at all?
Posted by arien617
Yeha I have the latest. Still got the problem though.
Posted by Luke-the-magic-man
On 2008-01-23 18:38:04, arien617 wrote:
I keep getting the (-48) error message that says iTunes can't sync my iPod...
It happens fairly on and off and I'm sick of having to restore it and shift 50GB on and off it every time I want to add a new album!
!
Help me?
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[ This Message was edited by: arien617 on 2008-01-23 17:38 ]
Man I get this problem all the time, I have had all kinds of ipod and always get it. Personally I just start itunes and if it doesnt work I will just do it another time.
Posted by arien617
Ph I'd be happy leaving it to do another time. That won't bother me so much but having to move everything off then sticking it back on is a bitch.
Posted by arien617
Do any of you know of any good and free screen recording apps?
I've got a trial of iShowU... I would pay for it if I had to.. but if anyone could help me out with free software?
Posted by Luke-the-magic-man
right, sometimes my downloads cut out as I loose internet. Like just now I had 680 of 700 meg downloaded then the internet messes up. I click resume and it says file does not exist even though it's sitting on my desktop.
How can I fix this so it resumes a f**king file!
Posted by p900 lover
Got 2 more questions for you mac experts, will a SEw960 work well with my mac? like how will i transfer music and contacts? at the moment im using a n73 and everything syns perfectly and im just wondering what is the support from Se like on a mac?
and is there a version of idump for macs?
Posted by fatreg
P1i worked fine in iSync so I guess a plugin for the W960i shouuld be just around the corner?
it's not on the SE website yet..
you could always, download the P1i plugin and edit it....
iDump? what's that?
http://www.fadingred.org/senuti/
is what Jools told me to use to get music off my iPod onto my mac...
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Posted by below24
Can anyone tell me if a 2 month old macbook pro 15" with 2.24GHz, 2GB ram, 160GB HDD is worth £750?
Thanks
Posted by Luke-the-magic-man
yeh, but make sure its the 2.2 or 2.4 there is no 2.24ghz model
Posted by Hlcn Twst
OK you experts, I have a question regarding some iTunes library management.
My iTunes library consists entirely of music ripped from audio CDs. Each CD was ripped twice, once in Apple Lossless format, once in AAC format.
For several reasons (chief among them the desire to free up a lot of disk space on my iMac), I want to remove the Lossless files from my iTunes library. But I want to keep all of the AAC files there as they are, along with my playlists (all based on the AAC files only).
However, for a measure of future-proofing, I still want to keep the Lossless files. And whenever I buy a CD, I want to still import it as both Lossless and AAC, keeping the Lossless files handy while adding the AAC files (only) to the iTunes library.
I must obviously begin with an external Firewire drive big enough for my Lossless content. How do I proceeed from there?
Posted by chrisfirst
Does anybody has any idea, how to use BBC iPlayer abroad?
Posted by arien617
Sorry for not being able to help the prev. 2 questions out but I'm still having that persistent syncing issue!
Unknown Error (-48) is still coming up on a regular basis and restoring my iPod is seriously my very very last resort! I don't have time to delete 40GBs of music and film and put it all back on again just for a new album!
iPod + iMac = serious issues! My Vista machine doesn't even come up with stupid problems like this!
Posted by themarques
On 2008-02-08 20:15:18, chrisfirst wrote:
Does anybody has any idea, how to use BBC iPlayer abroad?
Using PPTP
Posted by Superluminova
Hello,
Having a bit of a problem with my iMac, every-time i put a blank cd into the superdrive it fails to mount??
Works with dvds and normal music/software cds but just not blank ones?
anyone know how to sort this? tried a google search but i wasn't much help.
Cheers
Super
Posted by fatreg
I found, was to open Nero, etc etc, get whatever you wanted to burn ready, then insert the CD when it says so and away you go....
also... blank CDs don't appear to mount on desktop
so might go someway to explaining why it won't show..
well when I say the don't mount, they don't on my desktop...
Posted by Superluminova
thank you, thats work
Posted by arien617
On 2008-02-08 21:47:12, arien617 wrote:
Sorry for not being able to help the prev. 2 questions out but I'm still having that persistent syncing issue!
Unknown Error (-48) is still coming up on a regular basis and restoring my iPod is seriously my very very last resort! I don't have time to delete 40GBs of music and film and put it all back on again just for a new album!
iPod + iMac = serious issues! My Vista machine doesn't even come up with stupid problems like this!
Anyone?
Posted by haynesycop
Try this:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304893
Posted by arien617
Thankyou!
It happens after every 5 syncs so I've got my fingers crossed for when I can get back onto my computer.
Posted by haynesycop
No problem hope it works for you!