Bobbyjames Has Treated Himself To A MacBook!

http://www.last.fm/user/cbar05 · Post by **Bobbyjames** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 1:12 pm

YAY! though i dont get it for like another week. anyway, im new to Mac, what programs or software would you guys recomend be getting?

Bass Cone · Post by **Bass Cone** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 2:15 pm

Adium for IMing, transmission for torrents, and stuffit expander for opening .rar files.

Post by **Nic** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 4:16 pm

Bass Cone wrote:Adium for IMing, transmission for torrents, and stuffit expander for opening .rar files.

Yea I use Adium for my AIM account, i use Transmission for torrents, but I use BetterZip for my archive files.

Bass Cone, I didn't know you had a mac.

When you get your mac bobby, just PM me and I will help you out if you need.

Bass Cone · Post by **Bass Cone** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 5:59 pm

I've had mine for a year and a half

wiggs1441 · Post by **wiggs1441** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 6:31 pm

enjoy it. its good.

d4rkst4r · Post by **d4rkst4r** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 6:40 pm

Yeah I love mine.

http://www.last.fm/user/cbar05 · Post by **Bobbyjames** » Tue Jul 29, 2008 8:25 am

Nic wrote:
Bass Cone wrote:Adium for IMing, transmission for torrents, and stuffit expander for opening .rar files.
Yea I use Adium for my AIM account, i use Transmission for torrents, but I use BetterZip for my archive files.

Bass Cone, I didn't know you had a mac.

When you get your mac bobby, just PM me and I will help you out if you need.

cheers dude, i will probably need alot of help getting used to it, lol

http://www.last.fm/user/cbar05 · Post by **Bobbyjames** » Wed Aug 06, 2008 6:56 pm

YAY! it arrived today, and i love it already! still getitng used to it though, im so used to windows, lol

Rick · Post by **Rick** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 12:26 am

dude, once you start using mac for a while, then you go back to windows your like "WTF why is windows so gay, why's it like this. that makes no sense." its funny, but it makes me love mac all the more.

ps hold ctrl and scroll in, its cool.

apple+shift+3 takes a screen shot
and apple+shift+4 gives you cross hairs and you can highlight an area you want to screenshot.
and they all end up on your desktop.

just a few hints if you didn't know them already.

anything else your wondering, just ask.

http://www.last.fm/user/cbar05 · Post by **Bobbyjames** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 12:51 pm

cheers Rick, i could do with all the hints to help me out, lol.

and with the windows thing, im still using it every day, its what we use at work, but even after 2 days of using my Mac, im already sitting here thinkin how shit windows is, and how slow it is, and how horrible it looks, lol. it does make me love my mac even more

Nettn · Post by **Nettn** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 5:56 pm

Use iSquint for converting movie files to .mp4 (for iPod). I've used it for a while and never had any problems. Just remember to check the "Optimize For iPod" and "H.264 Encoding" box. Then You can choose the video quality.. Easy to use, and I've never had any problems with videos being out of sync and stuff like that. Don't know if you have an iPod or whatever, but if you do, you should use this program.
Link: http://www.isquint.org/

EDIT// and also, GetTube is a great program to have. You can rip the audio/video YouTube. From concerts, football (soccer) matches, and so on. Link: http://web.mac.com/simonvrel/en/gettube/gettube.html

Post by **Dylan** » Sat Aug 30, 2008 12:32 am

how much did it cost? i want to start saving up for a laptop computer for university in a couple years.

Post by **Jeremy Kill** » Sun Aug 31, 2008 3:52 pm

NoReason27 wrote:how much did it cost? i want to start saving up for a laptop computer for university in a couple years.

Regular MacBooks are like $1500 - $1800 depending on how much memory you want and stuff.

MacBook Pros go from $2000 - $2700 depending on how much bells and whistles you want as well.

My MacBook Pro was $2500. It was the in-between choice. I wanted 250GB of space, but I didn't care for the 17" screen.

boof · Post by **boof** » Mon Sep 01, 2008 1:39 am

mine cost me like $4000

but thats because i got a 17" macbook pro and bumped up alot of extras - 250GB hard drive, 4GB RAM, Hi-Res Screen etc.
Also thats Australian dollars... works out to be like $3500 US i think.

http://www.last.fm/user/cbar05 · Post by **Bobbyjames** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 5:47 pm

i paid Ã‚Â£829. have no idea what that is $. weeeeellllllllllllllll worth it though, lol

Post by **Jeremy Kill** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 9:08 pm

I used the Widgets on my Dashboard (

) and Ã‚Â£829 is equal to about $1560 CAN or about $1470 US.

LTS · Post by **LTS** » Sat Sep 06, 2008 6:04 am

i recommend selling your mac and getting a windows XP ...

naw.. i wish i had a mac.

Bass Cone · Post by **Bass Cone** » Tue Sep 09, 2008 3:28 am

LTS wrote:i recommend selling your mac and getting a windows XP ...

naw.. i wish i had a mac.

...I was about to say...

http://www.last.fm/user/cbar05 · Post by **Bobbyjames** » Tue Sep 09, 2008 12:13 pm

doea anyone know of any cool widgets to stick on my dashboard? so far i inly have the lastfm one and a christmas countdown one with the grinch, lol

Nettn · Post by **Nettn** » Tue Sep 09, 2008 7:06 pm

I have a piano and guitar I downloaded from apple.com. I've never really used them. And I used to have a United kit that would tell me what date it was (with the numbers on the back). I'm sure they have a smililar Liverpool kit. I never use my dashboard, I just stick things there that I don't really need. :p

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