Re: Commbank
At 09:08 +0800 25/5/05, Shay Telfer wrote: Be thankful they've even heard of Mozilla, Firefox and Safari! Even if they think MAC is an acronym - well, it is - Media Access Control. But that's unrelated to the word Macintosh which is a proper noun. -- Andrew Nielsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
cleaning up 'Open With...'
Sorry if this has been posted before (I've been having trouble with my email) If you have duplicates in your finder contextual menu this hint will sort it out: http://www.macgeekery.com/tips/configuration/acrobat_update_glitch_affecting_open_with_list_in_finder If I had found this two days earlier it would have saved me a good hour or two! -nav
Intel CEO recommends Macs
From the Wall Street Journal: Pressed about security by Mr. Mossberg, Mr. Otellini had a startling confession: He spends an hour a weekend removing spyware from his daughter's computer. And when further pressed about whether a mainstream computer user in search of immediate safety from security woes ought to buy Apple Computer Inc.'s Macintosh instead of a Wintel PC, he said, If you want to fix it tomorrow, maybe you should buy something else. http://online.wsj.com/public/article/0,,SB111684809888140520-CB7pf4gh1ZaQ3oF44a0sjw8dJXY_20060524,00.html?mod=tff_main_tff_top Have fun, Shay -- === Shay Telfer Perth, Western Australia Technomancer Join Team Sungroper in the Opinions for hire [POQ] 2005 World Solar Challenge http://public.xdi.org/=Shayfnord http://sungroper.asn.au/
iMac G5's in stock?
Hi... Does anyone out there have iMac G5's in stock? Have fun, Shay -- === Shay Telfer Perth, Western Australia Technomancer Join Team Sungroper in the Opinions for hire [POQ] 2005 World Solar Challenge http://public.xdi.org/=Shayfnord http://sungroper.asn.au/
Graphics/video workstation.
Hi all, This is slightly off the topic and I apologise for that in advance. I need some advice from those in the graphics and/or video (etc) editing world. I am considering the purchase of a machine from the dark side and would appreciate some advice on what type of mother board and processor etc would be best suited for my needs. I will be running Adobe Photoshop, illustrator, after effects, encore, audition and premiere pro on the machine. This is not my preference by the way, it has been made necessary by client requirements. Thanks in advance for all assistance. Ken.
Re: Graphics/video workstation.
But all those apps are available on Mac :( On 26/05/2005, at 4:41 PM, Ken Woods wrote: Hi all, This is slightly off the topic and I apologise for that in advance. I need some advice from those in the graphics and/or video (etc) editing world. I am considering the purchase of a machine from the dark side and would appreciate some advice on what type of mother board and processor etc would be best suited for my needs. I will be running Adobe Photoshop, illustrator, after effects, encore, audition and premiere pro on the machine. This is not my preference by the way, it has been made necessary by client requirements. Thanks in advance for all assistance. Ken. -- 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: Graphics/video workstation.
On 26/05/2005, at 4:41 PM, Ken Woods wrote: Hi all, This is slightly off the topic and I apologise for that in advance. I need some advice from those in the graphics and/or video (etc) editing world. I am considering the purchase of a machine from the dark side and would appreciate some advice on what type of mother board and processor etc would be best suited for my needs. I will be running Adobe Photoshop, illustrator, after effects, encore, audition and premiere pro on the machine. This is not my preference by the way, it has been made necessary by client requirements. Thanks in advance for all assistance. Ken. Hi Ken, Stick to an Intel over the AMD for those apps. Just a little more stable. Obviously faster the better for the processor, so anything over 3Ghz Pent IV (get a full Pentium, not a cobbled Celeron). After the dramas I had with Gigabyte boards in the past, I'd have a look at an ASUS. Then look at your graphics card (so many more choices here for PC - and cheaper!). If you can, go for a motherboard that supports PCI Express. Then check out the latest Radeons and NVidia cards. And plenty of ram. And one other thing - if this machine is just for straight video and still editing, keep it off the internet! Windows seems to run s much better when disconnected.. :-) BTW, for better advice, have a gander at some of the PC mags, such as APC, PC Magazine, Australian PC World. They all quite frequently have reviews on the latest and greatest for the PC. Also have a look at this site: http://www.overclockers.com.au/ Good hardware review site, and with a forum that might be a better place to post looking for the best PC specs for the job. Seeya Rod!
Re: Graphics/video workstation.
I've been told that Mac's traditionally do better in the roles of creativity anyway in comparison to PC's. A lot of PC users understand this but is it a myth? I Would like to know as I planned to move into this field as a career but if I won't be seeing many Macs it could be concerning. I've used Premiere on a PC and gee, I was impressed... :P, Constant crashing etc real productive. Regards Christian On 26/05/2005, at 5:22 PM, Rod wrote: On 26/05/2005, at 4:41 PM, Ken Woods wrote: Hi all, This is slightly off the topic and I apologise for that in advance. I need some advice from those in the graphics and/or video (etc) editing world. I am considering the purchase of a machine from the dark side and would appreciate some advice on what type of mother board and processor etc would be best suited for my needs. I will be running Adobe Photoshop, illustrator, after effects, encore, audition and premiere pro on the machine. This is not my preference by the way, it has been made necessary by client requirements. Thanks in advance for all assistance. Ken. Hi Ken, Stick to an Intel over the AMD for those apps. Just a little more stable. Obviously faster the better for the processor, so anything over 3Ghz Pent IV (get a full Pentium, not a cobbled Celeron). After the dramas I had with Gigabyte boards in the past, I'd have a look at an ASUS. Then look at your graphics card (so many more choices here for PC - and cheaper!). If you can, go for a motherboard that supports PCI Express. Then check out the latest Radeons and NVidia cards. And plenty of ram. And one other thing - if this machine is just for straight video and still editing, keep it off the internet! Windows seems to run s much better when disconnected.. :-) BTW, for better advice, have a gander at some of the PC mags, such as APC, PC Magazine, Australian PC World. They all quite frequently have reviews on the latest and greatest for the PC. Also have a look at this site: http://www.overclockers.com.au/ Good hardware review site, and with a forum that might be a better place to post looking for the best PC specs for the job. Seeya Rod! -- 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: Graphics/video workstation.
Afternoon Ken, On 26/05/2005, at 4:41 PM, Ken Woods wrote: Hi all, This is slightly off the topic and I apologise for that in advance. I need some advice from those in the graphics and/or video (etc) editing world. I am considering the purchase of a machine from the dark side and would appreciate some advice on what type of mother board and processor etc would How long is a piece of string and budget. Personal experience do not try it, go with Apple and explain to client whatever he can output via WinXP it can be opened or copied and worked on from the Apple, then output so as his clients computers or services can utilise. Encore is no where near DVDSP3 so the advances plus time you will save with 4 are outstanding, Premier is good, but the operating system just cannot handle file sizes or throughput of DV, never-less any of the Higher quality outputs. Software for Final Cut Studio is cheaper than Adobes products with a substantial amount of Utility software i.e. Soundtrack Pro, Livetype and Compressor 2. One thing WinXP cannot do unless you spend big bucks is encode AC3 hence Dolby surround sound or compress sound with it very important tool for squeezing the most out of your DVD authoring. The time you would save are quite staggering in a working studio environment. Photoshop and the like are very much a muchness on either, but Apple offers a safer and recoverable working environment, video it is not even close. People whom use WinXP in this field have specialist machines from specialist companies and mostly running Avid Or Sony products although I have worked at a couple of Studios on east coat that used Premier with specialist machinery and I lost count how many times my PB 17 saved the day and the companies arse hence they have switched to Apple now strange that. be best suited for my needs. DV only PB 17 studio HD Powermac G5 budget = which one. Amazingly enough you will find the price variance is negligible and the Apple works out of the box WinXP machines require an awful lot of fine tuning (drivers - codecs etc...) before you even start setting your personal environment. An even bigger bonus for me is the Unix/ Linux software utilities one can tap into to do those strange jobs, without rebooting machine. Spyware and Viruses is another topic, except to say put aside at least an hour a week minimum although my son spends this amount of time everyday as a minimum. I will be running Adobe Photoshop, illustrator, after effects, encore, audition and premiere pro on the machine. This is not my preference by the way, it has been made necessary by client requirements. Lots of patience and a rock solid recovery and backup scenario if you must go $M. Thanks in advance for all assistance. Ken. -- 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 Cheers! Rob Davies [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can always tell if you're working on a Mac or a PC, he said. Just take your applications and stick them in and see if they run (Gates 05). If it does Welcome to Mac OS X! (RJDarts 05).
Re: Graphics/video workstation.
Woops forgot the link! If you must go down the dark side, here is a good reference site with links to others. http://www.tomshardware.com On 26/05/2005, at 4:41 PM, Ken Woods wrote: snipd Cheers! Rob Davies [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can always tell if you're working on a Mac or a PC, he said. Just take your applications and stick them in and see if they run (Gates 05). If it does Welcome to Mac OS X! (RJDarts 05).
Re: Graphics/video workstation.
On Thu, 2005-05-26 at 17:34 +0800, Christian Kotz wrote: I've been told that Mac's traditionally do better in the roles of creativity anyway in comparison to PC's. A lot of PC users understand this but is it a myth? It used to be true, back in the MacOS 7 vs win311 days when there was just no comparison. I don't think it's really all that significant anymore. I would like to know as I planned to move into this field as a career but if I won't be seeing many Macs it could be concerning. I've used Premiere on a PC and gee, I was impressed... :P, Constant crashing etc real productive. I think it's much of a muchness, really. Depends on what you prefer to work with. You can get all the important apps for both, and the colour management on both platforms is broken in various ways so you'll end up using the apps' built in colour management no matter what platform you use. For me, the biggest single factor is that Windows apps mostly use these ghastly MDIs (multiple-document-interface, ie window-within-a-window) that I simply cannot stand. Not that I'm fond of Apple's weird window management either (switching apps not windows), as a long term UNIX user, but it's at least a little less nasty than an MDI. I've found stability on both to be excellent (well, MacOS 9 is always poor stability-wise, I mean MacOS/X and above) if the OS and apps are properly configured, and stability on both to be awful if they're not. It's easier to get it wrong with a PC though, in particular because many virus scanners and personal firewalls are pure evil and worse than the problems they try to solve, and because bad software is more able to harm your system's stability on a PC. You also need to be very careful about spyware etc. On the other hand, in the mid-range you get a lot more grunt for the buck with a PC IMO. Depending on the work you do, that may matter a lot. Right now, I really don't know what I'd pick. I'm an experienced sysadmin, so I can make Windows behave its self, and I'm more familar with x86 - but I /like/ the UNIX-like innards of MacOS/X even after all the butchery Apple have commmited on them. In the end, I think I'd suggest you make the decision based on what platform you're most comfortable working on. -- Craig Ringer
Re: Graphics/video workstation.
Ken Woods wrote: I need some advice from those in the graphics and/or video (etc) editing world. I am considering the purchase of a machine from the dark side and would appreciate some advice on what type of mother board and processor etc would be best suited for my needs. Hi Ken I like both ASUS and MSI boards, I make choices based on things like on-board Firewire, gigabit Ethernet, pricing, availability etc.. I have no probs with the stability of AMD processors themselves given their sometimes cheaper price combined with some bench testing reports. I personally would not buy off the shelf PCs as they are usually overpriced if they indeed meet requirements. When I build PCs to similar performance requirements as yours I do my best to emulate current Mac specifications anyway. ATI graphics, SATA hard drives, Pioneer optical drives, Firewire, gigabit LAN etc.. Spend your time comparison shopping on brands Apple use and waiting for parts to ship instead of believing some brand or other is worth your efforts. You'll probably find that the PC price advantage will soon shrink this way too. As for Operating Systems for someone below the level of developer I can recommend NONE (apologies to any Posix heads). It's a real shame, as these computers are great until I install XP ;( I use a Mac. Seriously, you will have much less dramas, including dramas with your clients too, if you integrate with PCs rather than use them, a better bottom line too. This is better known as The Devil you know... You could even consider keeping a cheap or second hand PC for just the must-do situations and use a Mac for everything else. For instance Internet use on PCs can be made good. Rule No. 1: no mission-critical usage at all, especially storage! If you wish further help or hardware, feel free to contact me off-list. Good Luck Paul PS I agree with all the other posts on this not-so-off-topic subject as well!
Australian Dashboard Widgets
Hi, Does anyone know of a source for Australian widgets to replace the USA centric widgets? Even the Australian Apple website proudly displays the details of the USA phone book! For example: An Australian/British English dictionary The Australian White/Yellow Pages The Australian Stock Exchange Regards, John -- John Winters Phone +61 8 9367 9277 Fax +61 8 9367 9244 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Australian Dashboard Widgets
one i have found is this one.. http://www.islayer.net/widgets.php Natas On 26/05/2005, at 9:44 PM, John Winters wrote: Hi, Does anyone know of a source for Australian widgets to replace the USA centric widgets? Even the Australian Apple website proudly displays the details of the USA phone book! For example: An Australian/British English dictionary The Australian White/Yellow Pages The Australian Stock Exchange Regards, John -- John Winters Phone +61 8 9367 9277 Fax +61 8 9367 9244 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- 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
word to pdf
Hi everyone For the last hour I have been trying to save a 20 page doc from word X (G5 with 10.3.8) to PDF, so I can send to a client. I have been using print to pdf. It works ok with other docs I have. There is no worries with the first 12 pages, but then it stops. the reason I think is that there is a section break which corresponds to the start of some landscape pages with a table on them. Sure enough, I check my folder and half the doc is in pdf format, but without the attached landscape tables. Has anyone overcome this problem and can let me know what to do? Many thanks for any help regards chris
Re: Australian Dashboard Widgets
You can download free Australian Phonebook Widget from http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/dashboard/australianphonebook.html -- All the best Greg Sharp President/Webmaster [EMAIL PROTECTED] Australian Mac Users Group (AUSMUG) http://australian.macusersgroup.org
Re: word to pdf
Chris Yes, I've come across this one and it's easily solved. Print to PDF will always split a Word file at a section break but will see in the directory you save the file to that there are other files with the same name with numbers added eg printfile.pdf, priintfile1.pdf, printfile2.pdf etc depending on how many sections your document has. To make a single file of them download CombinePDF from versiontracker or similar. Bring the files in to CombinePDF and save to one - it's a great little utility, really easy to use and free! PDFLab will do the same but is more complicated to use - on the other hand it is more powerful. Cheers Greg From: Chris Burton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 22:01:27 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: word to pdf Hi everyone For the last hour I have been trying to save a 20 page doc from word X (G5 with 10.3.8) to PDF, so I can send to a client. I have been using print to pdf. It works ok with other docs I have. There is no worries with the first 12 pages, but then it stops. the reason I think is that there is a section break which corresponds to the start of some landscape pages with a table on them. Sure enough, I check my folder and half the doc is in pdf format, but without the attached landscape tables. Has anyone overcome this problem and can let me know what to do? Many thanks for any help regards chris -- 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
