Re: Windows Machine Like A Mac Mini

2014-11-15 Thread Kulvinder Bhogal
Here here. Very well said. Why buy a pretender. Regards. Kulvinder On 15 Nov 2014, at 01:33, Mary Otten maryot...@comcast.net wrote: Seems too expensive for something you have to add lots of things to, like your ram and storage. Buy the Mini and be done with it. Mary

Re: Windows Machine Like A Mac Mini

2014-11-15 Thread Dane Trethowan
These machines are no pretenders, they’re proper Intel machines, much the same as your Desktop or Notebook but one hell of a lot smaller, perfect as the audio/video hub in your lounge room because of their size, put them literally anywhere, can you imagine a desktop machine taking up room in

Re: Windows Machine Like A Mac Mini

2014-11-15 Thread Kulvinder Bhogal
I was simply going by the fact that this is made to look like a Mac Mini and that is all. Smiles. Regards. Kulvinder On 15 Nov 2014, at 10:19, Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net wrote: These machines are no pretenders, they’re proper Intel machines, much the same as your Desktop or

Re: Windows Machine Like A Mac Mini

2014-11-15 Thread Dane Trethowan
Interesting you took it that way as its vastely different from a Mac mini, try configuring a Mac Mini yourself and see how you get on smile. The only similarity between the Nuc and the Mac Mini are the size of the machines really, even the entry level Mac Mini is more expensive than a Nuc

Re: Windows Machine Like A Mac Mini

2014-11-15 Thread Kulvinder Bhogal
I have configured my Mac as it goes. Smiles. Regards. Kulvinder On 15 Nov 2014, at 15:03, Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net wrote: Interesting you took it that way as its vastely different from a Mac mini, try configuring a Mac Mini yourself and see how you get on smile. The only

Witopia VPN And Windows

2014-11-15 Thread Dane Trethowan
Okay, this is the first time I've used the Witopia VPN clinet under Windows, up until now I had manually set up my VPN service on Mac and iPhone, setting up manually on a Windows machines is a little more complex. It can be done but the Protocol Windows uses is not secure so that's where the

Re: Windows Machine Like A Mac Mini

2014-11-15 Thread Kelly Pierce
It is an i5, which sucks for audio editing. It is doable, but not as responsive as an i7. I can understand your interest in this machine. Macs are overpriced and underpowered compared to high performance Windows machines. Kelly On 11/15/14, Kulvinder Bhogal kbhog...@btinternet.com wrote: I

Re: Windows Machine Like A Mac Mini

2014-11-15 Thread Dane Trethowan
I thought the differences between i5 and i processors were more to do with the handling of video encoding/decoding and display. On what do you base your statements regarding audio editing? I use several computers here, my Windows Desktop is an I5 along with my iMac, so what am I missing when

Re: Windows Machine Like A Mac Mini

2014-11-15 Thread Kulvinder Bhogal
I have to disagree since it is a matter of what you wish to do with the machine. What I mean by that is that you can buy Macs that are high powered and are more than capable for audio and video editing. However, if you decide to buy a budget machine, then that is what you get, an under powered

Reinstalled Total Recorder

2014-11-15 Thread Dane Trethowan
I've just reinstlaled this software onto my Desktop, haven't used Total Recorder for absolute ages, I've been meaning to reinstall since my system had a major crash last year bu never got around to doing the job until now, its like having an old friend back when that software is handy to the

Re: Windows Machine Like A Mac Mini

2014-11-15 Thread Dane Trethowan
Hi! An Audio Engineer friend of mine has been following this discussion and sends comments regarding Kelly's statement below and Mini PC machines thus. snip Hmm; ignoring all the emotive garbage, there *is* at least *some* truth to the statement, inasmuch as the I5 isn't a patch on the I7: no

Re: Reinstalled Total Recorder

2014-11-15 Thread Aidan
Yes, its the best program out there I found. Many people don't believe it. Why should many struggle to use complex stuff like audacity if this can do such a good job? I understand for advanced stuff you would go furder but really this help in so many remarks. I like the fact that you can split

Re: Reinstalled Total Recorder

2014-11-15 Thread Dane Trethowan
What I'm about to say is my personal point of view but when it comes to Audacity then I can only say that people just have time to waste. Yeah sure! its free but all the ucking about that people seem to have to do to get the thing working when there's stuff like Total Recorder just sitting

Re: Reinstalled Total Recorder

2014-11-15 Thread Dane Trethowan
About changing default settings for the driver? I've never done that so don't know of what the consequences are, everything has just worked here as stated. Correct me if I'm wrong but I thought the Driver was essentual if you wanted to directly record Internet Radio streams and so on. On

Re: Reinstalled Total Recorder

2014-11-15 Thread ken reed
Hi Dane, I couldn't agree more. I've been using t r for about 12 years now, and I don't know why there isn't any excitement about it. It's the best thing going. -Original Message- From: Dane Trethowan Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2014 5:02 PM To: PC Audio

RE: Reinstalled Total Recorder

2014-11-15 Thread Tom Kaufman
I don't use TR as much as I used to...only because I record a lot with Tapin Radio when recording audio streams! But I agree whole-heartedly that Total Recorder is a fine program! Tom Kaufman -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of ken reed

Re: Reinstalled Total Recorder

2014-11-15 Thread Dane Trethowan
Ye, I can understand where you're coming from there and that makes perfect sense. I haven't been using Total Recorder a lot mainly due to the reasons I outlined in the first eMail of this discussion but there is still nothing that equals the recording power of the Total Recorder software

Tapin Radio Was Reinstalled Total Recorder

2014-11-15 Thread Dane Trethowan
Actually I just purchased Tapin Radio, at $15 you really can't see that this purchase will break the bank plus I do like to support those developers who sell good value for money software. On 16/11/2014 5:37 PM, Tom Kaufman wrote: I don't use TR as much as I used to...only because I record a