Re: Re: Macworld 2006

[Chris Hunter <cjhunter@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>when I move into my own house and can relegate the pc to being just a
server ...


Noel -

'curious to know what sort of things you'd use the server for ... ?   We
still have our old now ancient IIfx sitting about, and it would be nice
to put it to use ... 40MHz but zero wait-state, so it's not too bad ...

Chris



noel_pilot wrote:

> Fair enough!  I was on Panther for about 8 months before upgrading to
> Tiger, in all fairness I don't nail my ibook intensively like I know
> some friends do who are also into music production.  I know a number
> of them are still on Panther largely I believe to software issues if
> they upgrade to Tiger.
>
> I think as and when I get back into my video editing and production
> then maybe I'll see some limitations but for me its been like rock!
>
> currently im loving the top slogan on apple.com
>
> "What's an intel chip doing in a mac?......A lot more than it
ever did
> in a pc!!"
>
> My next computer will definitely be an imac.  That'll be when I move
> into my own house and can relegate the pc to being just a server,
> starting to make a list of currently PC only tasks then i can look
> into ways of making them doable on the mac.  Some things like making a
> quick cd image for an audio cd then importing it into itunes (i.e.
> when downloading music that hasnt been titled and artisted) I can't
> figure out how to do on the mac, similarly with dvd ripping, nothing
> quite as good as dvd shrink for my mind!
>
> Cheers
> Noel


> > aashram
> >
> > Its not really a debate :-)
> >
> > Have you used panther? I know many ppl that have gone back to
panther.
> > Tiger is pretty much agreed within pro mac users as being
sluggish
> compared to other osx releases. Maybe it is the spotlight nonsense or
> dashboards who knows but we end up having to disable it.
> >
> > I use Mac in a recording studio environment and have used all the
> releases of OSX and tiger was a disappointment (pretty much the
> consensus amongst users). Don't get me wrong its still beautiful. With
> each release after tiger things have got better hoping 10.4.4 is no
> exception


> > noel_pilot
> > Sent: 10 January 2006 20:51
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: [ukha_d] Re: Macworld 2006
> >
> > Way too buggy???!! Not trying to start a big debate here but i'm
> > intrigued.  I used most up to date tiger on my G4 ibook and its
> > brilliant! Almost crashes and when it does its only individual
> > programs not the whole lot! LOL
> >
> > be intrigued what probs you having?
> > cheers


> > > aashram
> > >
> > > I am eager to go mac fulltime but tiger is way too buggy and
not
> their best version.
> > > I eagerly await leopard


> > > Mark McCall
> > > Sent: Tue 10/01/2006 11:56
> > > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Macworld 2006
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > Macworld 2006
> > >
> > > Looking forward to the Jobs presentation tonight.  It was
last
> years one
> > > that led me to buy the Mac mini.
> > >
> > > After watching the Gates keynote, MS should be so
embarressed with
> > > everything they showed for Vista, all of it was done in OS X
a
> year ago.
> > >
> > > However MS have a couple of years run on Apple in the Media
Centre
> stuff.
> > >
> > > M