Bobbyjames Has Treated Himself To A MacBook!
Posted: 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?
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Re: Bobbyjames Has Treated Himself To A MacBook!
Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 2:15 pm
Adium for IMing, transmission for torrents, and stuffit expander for opening .rar files.
Re: Bobbyjames Has Treated Himself To A MacBook!
Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 4:16 pm
Yea I use Adium for my AIM account, i use Transmission for torrents, but I use BetterZip for my archive files.Bass Cone wrote:Adium for IMing, transmission for torrents, and stuffit expander for opening .rar 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.
Re: Bobbyjames Has Treated Himself To A MacBook!
Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 5:59 pm
I've had mine for a year and a half
Re: Bobbyjames Has Treated Himself To A MacBook!
Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 6:31 pm
enjoy it. its good.
Re: Bobbyjames Has Treated Himself To A MacBook!
Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 6:40 pm
Yeah I love mine.
Re: Bobbyjames Has Treated Himself To A MacBook!
Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 8:25 am
cheers dude, i will probably need alot of help getting used to it, lolNic wrote:Yea I use Adium for my AIM account, i use Transmission for torrents, but I use BetterZip for my archive files.Bass Cone wrote:Adium for IMing, transmission for torrents, and stuffit expander for opening .rar 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.
Re: Bobbyjames Has Treated Himself To A MacBook!
Posted: 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
Re: Bobbyjames Has Treated Himself To A MacBook!
Posted: 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.
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.
Re: Bobbyjames Has Treated Himself To A MacBook!
Posted: 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
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
Re: Bobbyjames Has Treated Himself To A MacBook!
Posted: 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
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
Re: Bobbyjames Has Treated Himself To A MacBook!
Posted: 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.
Re: Bobbyjames Has Treated Himself To A MacBook!
Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 3:52 pm
Regular MacBooks are like $1500 - $1800 depending on how much memory you want and stuff.NoReason27 wrote:how much did it cost? i want to start saving up for a laptop computer for university in a couple years.
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.
Re: Bobbyjames Has Treated Himself To A MacBook!
Posted: 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.
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.
Re: Bobbyjames Has Treated Himself To A MacBook!
Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 5:47 pm
i paid £829. have no idea what that is $. weeeeellllllllllllllll worth it though, lol
Re: Bobbyjames Has Treated Himself To A MacBook!
Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 9:08 pm
I used the Widgets on my Dashboard ( 
) and £829 is equal to about $1560 CAN or about $1470 US.
) and £829 is equal to about $1560 CAN or about $1470 US.Re: Bobbyjames Has Treated Himself To A MacBook!
Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 6:04 am
i recommend selling your mac and getting a windows XP ...
naw.. i wish i had a mac.
naw.. i wish i had a mac.
Re: Bobbyjames Has Treated Himself To A MacBook!
Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 3:28 am
...I was about to say...LTS wrote:i recommend selling your mac and getting a windows XP ...
naw.. i wish i had a mac.
Re: Bobbyjames Has Treated Himself To A MacBook!
Posted: 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
Re: Bobbyjames Has Treated Himself To A MacBook!
Posted: 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