Re: Help! me convert my friends into buyin Apple
First of all subtract the price of the additional ram from the Applestore price. 512 is all you need for most things. That will bring it down a bit. Don't upgrade anything from the applestore online. get a reseller to do it. Applestore prices are a rippoff on the extras. Next sit them down at a mac and plug in a digital camera, DV camera and take them through iPhoto and iMovie. Burn a DVD from iDVD. Explain these are free apps that are included in the price and that these types of apps will be (a) additional cost and (b) not as easy and just plain cool on PC. Show them Garage Band and explain this is also free and included. Everyone wants to be a muso! Plug an iPod in and show iTunes. RIP a CD. Talk about virus's on PC and Spyware. Explain that there is NONE of that in the Mac world. Get them to ask their PC friends about virus's and spyware. Compare! Put a Dell box next to an iMac. Which would you rather have in your home? Explain that Bill Gates is in league with Satan, no just kidding, you get the idea. HTH Rob On 10/03/2005, at 11:48 PM, Bart Raffaele wrote: Hi all At the moment I'm trying to convert some of my friend into buying a iMac G5 in a couple weeks.. Instead of a Windows PCDell model The specs for the G5 iMac is 1gig of ram 160 HD Super Drive. And the Total price from the Apple Store came to $2,927 and I did do a Dell comparison and of course the Dell was cheaper by $800 or so. Is there anyone on the List who works at a Apple reseller store do a better deal than Apple Store online. My friends do like the iMac G5 but price may even turn them to the dark side.. I pretty much explain why Mac's are better PC's..so I have got them on that.. I would hate to keep going to there place to fix teeving problems with a Windows PC, and say I told you so. Thanks Bart -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Re: Help! me convert my friends into buyin Apple
And the Total price from the Apple Store came to $2,927 and I did do a Dell comparison and of course the Dell was cheaper by $800 or so. * $800 is only a couple of hours worth of their time spent removing viruses, spyware, adware, dealing with driver issues, installing Microsoft Windows security patches, dealing with the conflicts they cause... * The average usable lifespan of the Mac is longer than that of a PC. * Linus (the guy responsible for the Linux kernel) uses a Mac :) Have fun, Shay -- === Shay Telfer Perth, Western Australia Technomancer The love of liberty is the love Opinions for hire [POQ] of others; the love of power is http://public.xdi.org/=Shayfnord the love of ourselves - Hazlitt
Re: iPhoto5 and camera raw format
On 11/03/2005, at 11:43 AM, Severin Crisp wrote: IPhoto5 reputedly handles camera raw formats. It does not recognise my Nikon .NEF raw files which PhotoshopCS has no problem with. Is this just a glitch with the Nikon format? Whose cameras use .RAW? Severin Crisp From what I understand of it, RAW differs wildly from camera to camera. If it is not supported at the moment, I am sure Apple will release an update to take care of it. Alternatively you could google for Nikon RAW iPhoto5 http://www.google.com/search?q=Nikon+RAW+iPhoto5 - Matt
Re: iPhoto5 and camera raw format
On 11/03/2005, at 11:43 AM, Severin Crisp wrote: IPhoto5 reputedly handles camera raw formats. It does not recognise my Nikon .NEF raw files which PhotoshopCS has no problem with. Is this just a glitch with the Nikon format? Whose cameras use .RAW? Severin Crisp Further investigation reveals... http://www.apple.com/ilife/iphoto/import.html snip Camera Compatibility iPhoto supports digital cameras from a wide variety of manufacturers, including Canon, Fujifilm, Hewlett Packard, Kodak, Konica Minolta, Nikon, Olympus and Sony. Just plug them in over USB or FireWire. No need to install drivers. RAW files from these cameras are supported in iPhoto: -- Canon -- EOS-1D MARK II 1DS EOS 20D EOS 10D EOS D60 EOS Digital Rebel PowerShot Pro 1 PowerShot G5 PowerShot G6 -- Konica Minolta -- DiMAGE A2 -- Nikon -- D100 D2H D70 Coolpix 8700 -- Olympus -- C-8080 Wide Zoom -- Sony -- DSC-F828 snip
Re: Help! me convert my friends into buyin Apple
A very simple one that I have found works very well is just get a DVD movie and put that in a brand spanking new PC and try and watch it. On 11 Mar 2005, at 12:06 AM, Rob Findlay wrote: First of all subtract the price of the additional ram from the Applestore price. 512 is all you need for most things. That will bring it down a bit. Don't upgrade anything from the applestore online. get a reseller to do it. Applestore prices are a rippoff on the extras. Next sit them down at a mac and plug in a digital camera, DV camera and take them through iPhoto and iMovie. Burn a DVD from iDVD. Explain these are free apps that are included in the price and that these types of apps will be (a) additional cost and (b) not as easy and just plain cool on PC. Show them Garage Band and explain this is also free and included. Everyone wants to be a muso! Plug an iPod in and show iTunes. RIP a CD. Talk about virus's on PC and Spyware. Explain that there is NONE of that in the Mac world. Get them to ask their PC friends about virus's and spyware. Compare! Put a Dell box next to an iMac. Which would you rather have in your home? Explain that Bill Gates is in league with Satan, no just kidding, you get the idea. HTH Rob On 10/03/2005, at 11:48 PM, Bart Raffaele wrote: Hi all At the moment I'm trying to convert some of my friend into buying a iMac G5 in a couple weeks.. Instead of a Windows PCDell model The specs for the G5 iMac is 1gig of ram 160 HD Super Drive. And the Total price from the Apple Store came to $2,927 and I did do a Dell comparison and of course the Dell was cheaper by $800 or so. Is there anyone on the List who works at a Apple reseller store do a better deal than Apple Store online. My friends do like the iMac G5 but price may even turn them to the dark side.. I pretty much explain why Mac's are better PC's..so I have got them on that.. I would hate to keep going to there place to fix teeving problems with a Windows PC, and say I told you so. Thanks Bart -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
iCal
Morning, Hopefully someone can shed some light on problem or it's another day of organising calendars. Just fired up the laptop to start the day and iCal seems to have removed data from rebuilt and newly created calendars, any thoughts. I know they where their last night before I went to bed, this morning phwooof! MMM interesting. Just the Icon is their as is the .ics file but no data. Thanks Cheers! Rob Davies [EMAIL PROTECTED] It is the world which makes known to us our belonging to a subject-communtiy, especially the existence in the world of the manufactured objects. Sartre.
Apple Macintosh computing equipment for sale.
Items Surplus To Needs March 2005 Macintosh Computing Equipment ex Biomedical Sciences Curtin University We are trialing a on line auction style. Please email your offers on items, check your bids daily, re bid if necessary. Your bid will have your initials next to it. see current bids updated daily at 5.00pm http://134.7.190.149/~paul/tender.htm Final bids close Thur 9.00pm March 24th 2005. Highest valid offer will be accepted. -- Item 1 PowerBook G3 Laptop 400Mhz 256Mb RAM/10G HD/CD-DVD/56k/14.1 sn: QT008HDR06U (Purchased Mar 2000) Excellent Condition. for further details see http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/powerbook_g3/stats/ powerbook_g3_400.html - Item 2 PowerBook G3 Laptop 400Mhz 192Mb RAM/6G HD/CD-DVD/56K/14.1 sn: QT009DNYHDR (Purchased April 2000) Excellent Condition. for further details see http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/powerbook_g3/stats/ powerbook_g3_400.html - Item 3 PowerBook 5300c16Mb/800Mb HD 56k modem/ethernet10colourPlus power supply sn:SG5423H265R(Purchased Jan 1996 ) for further details see http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/powerbook/stats/ mac_powerbook5300c_100.html - Items 4 a,b,c, iMac G3 350mhz 64Mb/6G HD/56k modem,15 screen, slot loading CD USB KeyBoard and round puck mouse (Purchased 1999)Several! for further details see http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/imac/stats/imac_350.html --- -- Please Note All above items have been tested and found to be fully operational when tested. There is no warranty implied or intended with all the above items. You bid for items at own risk. Inspections by arrangement only. We reserve the right to withdraw any item without notice and the right to refuse bids that are not considered valid. Assets Disposal -- Curtin Policy http://www.policies.curtin.edu.au/financial_management.html ** Paul Sparrow IT Support Biomedical Science 404.101 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Curtin University Bentley CRICOS provider code 00301J **
Re: Help! me convert my friends into buyin Apple
I do training in PC's (I have to eat) but I have owned 5 Macs since 1985. PC's are crap - Macs are a gift from heaven. But seriously, for new users PC's are just so hard to use, they are unreliable, plug and play is a myth, and the viruses and spyware etc make you mad and paranoid. Yes Macs cost a bit more but you don't get a BMW for the price of a Hyundai (apologies to the Hyundai owners). And strangely enough, even Microsoft software for the Mac is miles ahead of MS software for PC's. If your friends want to live a happy and calm life urge them to get a Mac.. and they look so cool on the desk. Peter Bull -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Rob Davies [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 05:57:40 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Re: Help! me convert my friends into buyin Apple A very simple one that I have found works very well is just get a DVD movie and put that in a brand spanking new PC and try and watch it. On 11 Mar 2005, at 12:06 AM, Rob Findlay wrote: First of all subtract the price of the additional ram from the Applestore price. 512 is all you need for most things. That will bring it down a bit. Don't upgrade anything from the applestore online. get a reseller to do it. Applestore prices are a rippoff on the extras. Next sit them down at a mac and plug in a digital camera, DV camera and take them through iPhoto and iMovie. Burn a DVD from iDVD. Explain these are free apps that are included in the price and that these types of apps will be (a) additional cost and (b) not as easy and just plain cool on PC. Show them Garage Band and explain this is also free and included. Everyone wants to be a muso! Plug an iPod in and show iTunes. RIP a CD. Talk about virus's on PC and Spyware. Explain that there is NONE of that in the Mac world. Get them to ask their PC friends about virus's and spyware. Compare! Put a Dell box next to an iMac. Which would you rather have in your home? Explain that Bill Gates is in league with Satan, no just kidding, you get the idea. HTH Rob On 10/03/2005, at 11:48 PM, Bart Raffaele wrote: Hi all At the moment I'm trying to convert some of my friend into buying a iMac G5 in a couple weeks.. Instead of a Windows PCDell model The specs for the G5 iMac is 1gig of ram 160 HD Super Drive. And the Total price from the Apple Store came to $2,927 and I did do a Dell comparison and of course the Dell was cheaper by $800 or so. Is there anyone on the List who works at a Apple reseller store do a better deal than Apple Store online. My friends do like the iMac G5 but price may even turn them to the dark side.. I pretty much explain why Mac's are better PC's..so I have got them on that.. I would hate to keep going to there place to fix teeving problems with a Windows PC, and say I told you so. Thanks Bart -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Re: Has anyone come across this.
On 11/03/2005, at 9:49 PM, Stephen Chape wrote: http://www.cherryos.com/ Regards, Stephen Chape Stephen There's a big controversy about it -- most people think it's a ripoff of PearPC. http://apple.slashdot.org/apple/05/03/09/0258220.shtml?tid=179tid=3 Cheers, Glen Low --- pixelglow software | simply brilliant stuff www.pixelglow.com
Re: Has anyone come across this.
On Fri, 2005-03-11 at 22:21 +0800, Glen Low wrote: There's a big controversy about it -- most people think it's a ripoff of PearPC. ... which can be found at http://pearpc.sf.net/ for the curious. -- Craig Ringer
Swapfiles not released
For no apparent reason I find that swapfiles arising from PhotoShopCS are not released when they are no longer needed, even when I quit PhotoShop. They build up in sequence - 64MB, 64MB, 128MB, 256MB, 512MB, 1GB and so on. Even with a session with many large files open this does not always happen. Only a reboot will clear them out. I have 1.38GB of installed RAM on a G4/400 and 10.3.8. This is annoying but not life threatening. Comments and suggestions welcomed. Severin Crisp Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP 15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia. Phone (08) 9842 1950 (Int'l +61 8 9842 1950) email mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Web pages http://www.JennyCrisp.com.au http://members.westnet.com.au/Crisp
