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JohnnyBoy
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 Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2008 4:48 am Post subject: Re: New to Mac but like what I see |
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| Cypher wrote: | | I literally detest using windows at work, I never realised how troublesome it was until having working with Macs for 10 months now. I usually reboot by work machine at least a couple of times a day, although I think a lot of that is the way our IT dept have locked it down but it is a miserable and frustrating day using window. I tend to take my MBP to work and use that for most things I don't need the corporate network for. |
Jeez, I feel for you, Cypher. The thought of using Windows makes my skin crawl. I makes me wonder if there are any documented case-studies of offices or IT departments switching to Mac and seeing measurable increases in productivity.
| Cypher wrote: | | Leopard has some great new features but I think I still prefer Tiger for the stability. Hopefully with the updates that Leopard has been getting it will become as strong as Tiger was. |
I'm with you there, Cypher. I'm still using Tiger on my Mini, but I don't know how long I'll be able to hold out. As another member commented, more and more software releases are "Leopard Only".
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Cypher
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| Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2008 5:08 am Post subject: |
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I've not given up on the idea of ordering myself a mini for work, I just need to find a way of getting it on to one of my purchase orders. I don't tend to buy a lot of stuff from Apple stores for work. 
I'll just have to try and think of a suitable project I'm working on that a mini might be suitable for, but its not easy on a chemical plant 
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DaimajinBob
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Joined: 21 Mar 2007
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Location: Houston Texas
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| Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2008 8:09 pm Post subject: |
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I had to switch back to 10.4 to use iDVD. The version I have doesn't work on Leopard
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Pleiades
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| Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2008 8:12 pm Post subject: |
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DaimajinBob, what version is that? I see you have a Core Duo Mac Mini. That should have at least iDVD '06 which works fine on Leopard.
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DaimajinBob
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| Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2008 8:18 pm Post subject: |
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when I installed it off of the 10.4 discs and booted it up it said "This version of iDVD can not run on Leopard"
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Pleiades
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| Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2008 8:25 pm Post subject: |
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Did you run all the updates? I believe you need iDVD 6.0.4 or 7.0.1 to ensure Leopard compatibility.
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DaimajinBob
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| Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2008 8:27 pm Post subject: |
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I will be really ticked off if hat what it was
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DaimajinBob
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| Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2008 8:35 pm Post subject: |
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After you encode where does the DVD file go?
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Pleiades
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| Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2008 8:42 pm Post subject: |
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In iDVD you have the option to save the encoded DVD as a disc image, or burn it directly to disc using iDVD itself.
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DaimajinBob
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| Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2008 8:49 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks. This is my first time using it. When I had a PC i was using Nero. It has taken me 9 hours to convert an MP4 video to DVD format
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wingers99
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Joined: 17 Nov 2007
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| Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 3:50 pm Post subject: |
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Can now say, Leopard is great. Still learning all the shortcuts, there are so many.
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Ben Tex
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| Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2008 4:46 pm Post subject: |
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| wingers99 wrote: | | Can now say, Leopard is great. Still learning all the shortcuts, there are so many. |
You might be interested in KeyCue if you feel overwhelmed and you are a keyboard shortcut kind of person.
http://www.ergonis.com/products/keycue/ |
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wingers99
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| Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2008 5:54 pm Post subject: Shortcuts |
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Thanks for the tip, its also the failing physical shortcuts in my brain, not being able to keep pace with my keyboard and mouse.
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xmerz
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Joined: 03 Jul 2008
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Location: van.bc.ca
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| Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2008 10:23 pm Post subject: |
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My brand new mini (w/ Superdrive; 2GB RAM) with 10.5 is very unstable. One example is that opening up System Preferences a lot of times leads to a froze (mouse & keyboard not responding and that darn System Preferences just won't launch), especially after the mini wakes up from sleep. My good old Pismo (XLR8 G4; 1GB RAM) with 10.3 is running much more stable! And it seems that the 10.5 finder is slower than 10.3! Unbelievable... :'(
Waiting for 10.6... |
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JohnnyBoy
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| Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 4:10 am Post subject: |
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@xmerz - Which version of 10.5 do you have?
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