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Re: IF I were to convert to the Dark Side...

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Dec 11th, 2006

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Originally Posted by 'Stein

Hello,

I have one more question, if you all don't mind.

Should I just wait until Leopard arrives? I noticed in one of joeprogrammer's post that it's due out in January/February?

Anybody concur?

Thanks.

It depends. If you really need a new computer, and you can't wait, I'd say go ahead and buy a new Mac. In fact, I'm not terribly impressed by the features Leopard has to offer.

If this isn't urgent, maybe you should first check out Apple's website on it:
http://www.apple.com/macosx/leopard/index.html

If you can see yourself wanting these features really badly, then save yourself ~$100 by waiting. But if not, waiting that long simply to save a tiny bit of money isn't really going to be worth it.

Hope this helps

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Re: IF I were to convert to the Dark Side...

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You know after that iTunes 7 fiasco .. i' gonna wait a couple of months after the release of OS 10.5 to switch. I say get it and do the transition and get used to it and then if you want .. get the new OpSys once they work the kinks out. Is your employer gonna pay for upgrades ... i so write it in your work budget. I had to get on my soapbox the last quarter. but I got them to budget to replace one new computer bi-quarterly for two years and software upgrades eveery quarter. this way if I know murphy's law ids in effect the should equal 1 computer a year and software upgrades every 6 months.

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Hohohoho and I don't mean street woman .. Ya'll have a great holiday. . See ya next year ... I'm going to have a hawaiian style christmas away from computers for awhile.

Mele kalikimaka and Hauoli Makahiki

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Re: IF I were to convert to the Dark Side...

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Dec 29th, 2006

...If Apple is the Dark Side, then I'm now Darth Vader.

15" Macbook Pro and loving it.

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Re: IF I were to convert to the Dark Side...

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Stein,

How do you like OS X and ilife? Did you load X2 Programmr tools on it? Have you been using the terminal/unix? did you go for dual boot or parallel and XP?

I'm running the latest vers. of parallel ... but for the xp applications i use (Prop. DB, Delorme GPS, Arcview and pathfinder GIS) . I'm not noticing a time lag. I selected Parallel so I wouldn't have to reboot.

For the rest of my computer needs I use just the mac side .. Aperture/Photshop, Final Cut Pro, and Digidesign Protools and Logic Pro.. The new macs are kinda a Photo/Video Studio and Recording Studio fro my band and hula group. I still use Garage BAnd, Imovie and iPhoto for quick fixes.

It Just Works!!! Welome to Enlightment Da Darkside Way...Happy New Year!

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Originally Posted by Junyah

Did you load X2 Programmr tools on it?

Don't you mean Apple Developer Tools? There is an editor called X2 Programmer editor, but it's not available for Mac...

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I'm running the latest vers. of parallel ... but for the xp applications i use (Prop. DB, Delorme GPS, Arcview and pathfinder GIS) . I'm not noticing a time lag. I selected Parallel so I wouldn't have to reboot.

@'Stein: If you don't have Parallels already, you may want to hold off buying it if you need virtulization software. VMWare Fusion has been released as a public beta, and once it becomes final, it will likely be just as good if not better as Parallels, given its sucess on the PC platform. Who knows? It might even be cheaper.

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For the rest of my computer needs I use just the mac side .. Aperture/Photshop, Final Cut Pro, and Digidesign Protools and Logic Pro.. The new macs are kinda a Photo/Video Studio and Recording Studio fro my band and hula group. I still use Garage BAnd, Imovie and iPhoto for quick fixes.

Yeah, there's not that much Windows can run that Mac can't. And I hate running Windows apps in an emulator, and avoid it like the plague. Maybe someday Wine will become reliable enough to replace emulators, or Apple writes their own - eliminating the need to run Windows at all.

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It Just Works!!! Welome to Enlightment Da Darkside Way...Happy New Year!

Is it just me, or do I feel that Microsoft is the Dark Side, and us few Apple fans are the Rebellion... :p

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Re: IF I were to convert to the Dark Side...

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Originally Posted by Junyah

How do you like OS X and ilife?

It's been heaven so far.

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Originally Posted by junyah

Did you load X2 Programmr tools on it? Have you been using the terminal/unix? did you go for dual boot or parallel and XP?

Well, I'm not too much of a programmer, so I won't be loading any programming tools on this one. But yes, I will be dualbooting with XP, but I havn't set it up yet. I think Bootcamp will be in near future.

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Originally Posted by joeprogrammer

@'Stein: If you don't have Parallels already, you may want to hold off buying it if you need virtulization software. VMWare Fusion has been released as a public beta, and once it becomes final, it will likely be just as good if not better as Parallels, given its sucess on the PC platform. Who knows? It might even be cheaper.

That's a good point. I actually have a copy of VPC '04 that I might try out (it was bought for a computer not used much).

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Originally Posted by joeprogrammer

Yeah, there's not that much Windows can run that Mac can't.

Amen!

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Originally Posted by joeprogrammer

Is it just me, or do I feel that Microsoft is the Dark Side, and us few Apple fans are the Rebellion...

I now know why people contiune to use Apples.

Thanks everybody for the advice.

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Re: IF I were to convert to the Dark Side...

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Yup! Stein and Joe,

I tink I've gone over to the dark side also. I love my intels macs. I gotta admit ... I was a mac basher 3-4 years ago. But tho old 7100/80 in the kids room kept teasing me .. no bsod, no drivers, no hassles... It started with a G4 mini and Da OS and I was eatin my words .. Change is a good thing...your know I have the old 71, Mac mini, and ibook still ... and the Macbook proimac in the studio. And they are all running great..I did pull off the iemulator on the G4's .. and i'm thinking of running the macbook pro with just OS and taking off the parallel .. I found a GPS program Route 66 and it seems to work with my delorme bluetoo and trimble gis rig. So the only one mac that is spltting the shores is the imac. Oh! My year old PC is gathering dust except for when the kids wanna surf or play games or skype their friends. I'll run it till its dies then I won't replace it. I don't consider myself a fanatic .. just practical..

Good News .. I bought my daughter a macbook for XMA .... the macbook converted hear in one nite ... she gave her toshiba Noteboook to my nephew wihtout even batting an eye. Can I be arrested for converting a minor over to the darkside? As I type she's converting all f her friends to the dark side.