Buying a Mac?

Post by **plained** » Fri Jun 24, 2005 10:51 pm

save what you have first tho ey

Post by **Dave** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 12:09 am

oic... i stopped reading after it came with panther...

Post by **Shmee** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 12:34 am

OK - how do I maximize windows in this CRAZY OS?

Post by **Canis** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 12:39 am

There is no "maximize" button per se, but the green button will resize the window accordingly. It may maximize it depending on what is in the window to be displayed.

Post by **Shmee** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 12:40 am

I'm kinda hating this already..

Post by **Shmee** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 12:42 am

So - my only option to make my browser fit the whole screen is to minimize the dock and drag the window to fit the whole screen? That fucking sucks.

Post by **4g3nt_Smith** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 12:54 am

why would you need it to span the entire window, resizing it to fit the content is no different, except then you have no useless side space wasted.

Post by **bitWISE** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 1:01 am

4g3nt_Smith wrote:why would you need it to span the entire window, resizing it to fit the content is no different, except then you have no useless side space wasted.

I'm with Shmee. I maximize everything. I'd maximize the calculator if I could.

Post by **Dave** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 1:03 am

Once you maximize them yourself they dont usually go back

Post by **ajerara** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 3:46 am

you might consider using it for internet since it's not as virus/spyware/godknowswhat prone as Windows.

Post by **Dr.Gibbs** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 4:04 am

I love Macs for their simplicity and stability, but man, what an awful UI. You have to do everything the long way. I mean, the home and end keys don't even work in text boxes. Come on!

Post by **Dave** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 4:23 am

You find ways around it and get used to it.. I always try to use mac shortcuts on windows, so I know it becomes natural

Post by **4g3nt_Smith** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 5:09 am

Dr.Gibbs wrote:I love Macs for their simplicity and stability, but man, what an awful UI. You have to do everything the long way. I mean, the home and end keys don't even work in text boxes. Come on!

Funny, they work fine here...

Post by **Canis** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 5:33 am

Home/end in text boxes? what do you mean?

Post by **Dave** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 7:25 am

Canis wrote:Home/end in text boxes? what do you mean?

apple dropped the ball on that one. Unless you use Word or other office apps, those keys are practically worthless

Post by **saturn** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 9:45 am

Shmee wrote:So - my only option to make my browser fit the whole screen is to minimize the dock and drag the window to fit the whole screen? That fucking sucks.

lol, I had to get used to this too. There's an add-in (dunno wtf I should call it) program for Safari, called Saft with a fullscreen option. It costs money though.

I don't miss the maximize window button anymore.

Post by **saturn** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 9:46 am

btw, how much mem did you get with the Mini? Hopefully not 256 Mb, 512 is the minimum for Tiger to work properly.

Post by **SOAPboy** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 10:16 am

Shmee how much did it run you.. ive been thinking about getting a minimac just to toy with myself..

Post by **Geebs** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 10:20 am

saturn wrote:btw, how much mem did you get with the Mini? Hopefully not 256 Mb, 512 is the minimum for Tiger to work properly.

I think my dad's one came with 512 Mb, but I made him get it factory upgraded to 1 Gb. Tiger runs pretty well on it, despite the whole 4200 rpm drve thing.

Post by **saturn** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 10:29 am

Geebs wrote:
saturn wrote:btw, how much mem did you get with the Mini? Hopefully not 256 Mb, 512 is the minimum for Tiger to work properly.
I think my dad's one came with 512 Mb, but I made him get it factory upgraded to 1 Gb. Tiger runs pretty well on it, despite the whole 4200 rpm drve thing.

4200 rpm drive, it's like a laptop without the screen and the keyboard.
Plus they can do it with passive cooling

Post by **Geebs** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 10:39 am

I have a 7200 RPM drive in my Powerbook 'cos it used to be part of my recording setup until I bought the G5. No problems with heat or noise, and it gave a nice boost to the OS. But yeah, the fact that the Mini doesn't have any fan noise is pretty sweet - that's why my dad got one rather than any other model, it was to replace his Cube.

Post by **saturn** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 11:28 am

how did you get a 7200 rpm hd into your pb?

wasn't one of the options when I got my 12"PB

p.s. the Cube is classic, eccentric piece of hardware, but classic.

Post by **Geebs** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 3:32 pm

Bought it and installed it

There's instructions on how to swap out the hard disk in the manual that comes with the powerbook. It's either a Hitachi or IBM model, can't remember which - it's one of the Travelstar ones, I think.

Battery life is possibly a bit shorter with it.

Post by **Shmee** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 5:23 pm

Yeah, I only got the 256MB one. It's not bad - a little sluggish starting some programs, but once they're up they work fine. One thing has impressed me so far - all I had to do to get pictures out of my camera was to plug it in and open iPhoto.

Zombies to come!

Post by **Shmee** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 5:24 pm

SOAPboy wrote:Shmee how much did it run you.. ive been thinking about getting a minimac just to toy with myself..

$500 USD

Edit: The KVM switch I got was $70 - works better than I expected too. It actually switches audio between the machines as well. Hit scroll lock twice and you flip to the next machine. Pretty cool.