northwick Posted September 1, 2009 Report Share Posted September 1, 2009 Lol. Sure. Snow Leopard is to Leopard what Windows 7 is to Vista, and Snow Leopard cost me £24.99 - Windows 7 will cost anywhere from £65 to £130.What he said Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinnyGTI Posted September 1, 2009 Report Share Posted September 1, 2009 Snow Leopard is just amazing. Just finished installing it ands its so much better, its freed up 19gb and most of my apps are still working, which is good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick_a Posted September 6, 2009 Report Share Posted September 6, 2009 just got a cheap g4 powermacseems pretty cool tbh, but i need to have msn downloaded msn for mac book is naff,anyone got any recomendations? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjblyth Posted September 6, 2009 Report Share Posted September 6, 2009 just got a cheap g4 powermacseems pretty cool tbh, but i need to have msn downloaded msn for mac book is naff,anyone got any recomendations?Yes, Adium. http://adium.im/It takes a little getting used to, but once up and running you'll love it. You can sign into multiple services at once (I use it for MSN & Facebook). It's completely customisable, so no more ugly MSN!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinnyGTI Posted September 6, 2009 Report Share Posted September 6, 2009 (edited) Also, if you want to use video Adium doesn't support that. But you can use Mercury which does. But Adium is smart, you can change the dock icon. Edited September 6, 2009 by VinnyGTI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjblyth Posted September 6, 2009 Report Share Posted September 6, 2009 Also, if you want to use video Adium doesn't support that. But you can use Mercury which does. But Adium is smart, you can change the dock icon.You can change the dock icon for any application Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick_a Posted September 7, 2009 Report Share Posted September 7, 2009 Yeah got adium seems to work okay takes a while to sign into one of my accounts th0?Basically got this powermac as my old man thinks I'll hate mac os, and shut up on about buying a MacBook but don't think I will!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArosaScotty Posted September 7, 2009 Report Share Posted September 7, 2009 does anyone know if there will be a 64 gb touch coming soon can anyone shed any light on this? i've read that ipods usually get updated around "fall", but i've also read that because the ipod touch didnt get updated until feburary that this new one wont come till roundabout the same time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjblyth Posted September 7, 2009 Report Share Posted September 7, 2009 can anyone shed any light on this? i've read that ipods usually get updated around "fall", but i've also read that because the ipod touch didnt get updated until feburary that this new one wont come till roundabout the same time.New iPod range is expected to be unveiled to the public on Wednesday 9th September. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick_a Posted September 7, 2009 Report Share Posted September 7, 2009 Seem to be banging iPods out loads now one reason I got phone pretty soon so get most out of it ,wonder what new nano will be like :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArosaScotty Posted September 7, 2009 Report Share Posted September 7, 2009 New iPod range is expected to be unveiled to the public on Wednesday 9th September.brilliant. thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick_a Posted September 10, 2009 Report Share Posted September 10, 2009 New Ipods released yesterday, 8gb an 16gb nano's now with a camera an fm module,also new classic being 160gb and now a 64gb touch, really though the touch would have had a camera now tho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottgroovez Posted September 10, 2009 Report Share Posted September 10, 2009 Camera will probably be part of the next model. They've just gotta have those yearly updates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjblyth Posted September 10, 2009 Report Share Posted September 10, 2009 Camera will probably be part of the next model. They've just gotta have those yearly updates.I think the camera isn't in with the Touch because it would be too similar to the iPhone. Bang Skype on an iTouch and you've almost got an iPhone then, just seems they would be taking their own business away from themselves, as pricing is close with those 2 products. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigz™ Posted September 10, 2009 Report Share Posted September 10, 2009 and now a 64gb touch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nfbr Posted September 10, 2009 Report Share Posted September 10, 2009 Yes, Adium. http://adium.im/It takes a little getting used to, but once up and running you'll love it. You can sign into multiple services at once (I use it for MSN & Facebook). It's completely customisable, so no more ugly MSN!!Aah, I remember the day I told you to get Adium Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick_a Posted September 10, 2009 Report Share Posted September 10, 2009 Think the 64gb touch would be pretty good,proper happy to get back on the mac today after using my pc just want to order a MacBook now :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjblyth Posted September 10, 2009 Report Share Posted September 10, 2009 Aah, I remember the day I told you to get AdiumYes and I ignored you for weeks because MSN worked just fine. These days, I don't even have MSN installed!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dxg Posted September 12, 2009 Report Share Posted September 12, 2009 I still haven't updated to Snow Leopard on my work machine (2007 macbook) because I;ve got too much work on and can't take the risk right now. But, after the 2gb > 4gb a couple of weeks ago, today I went from a 5400rpm 80gb (with 4.5gb left!!) to a 7200prm 320gb and the XBench results were:Before:Results 87.72 Disk Test 23.30 Sequential 36.13 Uncached Write 33.93 20.83 MB/sec [4K blocks] Uncached Write 32.39 18.33 MB/sec [256K blocks] Uncached Read 35.10 10.27 MB/sec [4K blocks] Uncached Read 45.75 22.99 MB/sec [256K blocks] Random 17.20 Uncached Write 6.65 0.70 MB/sec [4K blocks] Uncached Write 34.09 10.91 MB/sec [256K blocks] Uncached Read 30.92 0.22 MB/sec [4K blocks] Uncached Read 48.90 9.07 MB/sec [256K blocks] After:Results 138.02 Disk Test 67.62 Sequential 100.26 Uncached Write 123.45 75.79 MB/sec [4K blocks] Uncached Write 120.41 68.13 MB/sec [256K blocks] Uncached Read 61.19 17.91 MB/sec [4K blocks] Uncached Read 139.94 70.33 MB/sec [256K blocks] Random 51.01 Uncached Write 18.36 1.94 MB/sec [4K blocks] Uncached Write 162.22 51.93 MB/sec [256K blocks] Uncached Read 93.18 0.66 MB/sec [4K blocks] Uncached Read 142.04 26.36 MB/sec [256K blocks]So a 1.6 times increase in disk performance. It really does feel *snappy!* Aside - had a look at the new iPod nanos in the Apple store this morning - All I could think was *meh*Almost bought the price-cut iPod touch, but instead ordered £10 replacement battery for my 2g Nano and will hold out to see what the tablet's like in the new year... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick_a Posted September 13, 2009 Report Share Posted September 13, 2009 Urm quick question got a griffin case for iPhone that goes round sides and across back and back is clear but gets loads o dirt in back an scratching it and looks bad anyone recomend a good one thought spending 20 quid would get me a good one as came with the screen protector but obviously not anyone got a good case to recomend? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackcat Posted September 13, 2009 Report Share Posted September 13, 2009 I still haven't updated to Snow Leopard on my work machine (2007 macbook) because I;ve got too much work on and can't take the risk right now.I updated to Snow last week, it's very quick and doesn't damage your system. I would advise backing up your data externally, wipe the HD and install from fresh = 0% Fragmentation.Check the applications that you use are Snow compatible, most are and I'm very pleased; Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinnyGTI Posted September 13, 2009 Report Share Posted September 13, 2009 For some reason iDVD '09 goes crazy and crashes when you try and make a DVD using 7.0 themes, "they" say that if you use 6.0 themes it'll work. That isn't the case, that crashes too when you click on burn. I'll just wait for a fix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dxg Posted September 13, 2009 Report Share Posted September 13, 2009 Well, tonight I've ordered all the bits for a mid-range Hackintosh -- eek!!!Sticking with EP45 chipset, but with a quad core chip and 8gigs of memory. Should be an interesting experiment...I'm hoping for performance somewhere around a good iMac (but secretly hoping for something between an iMac and a MacPro...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dxg Posted September 13, 2009 Report Share Posted September 13, 2009 I updated to Snow last week, it's very quick and doesn't damage your system. I would advise backing up your data externally, wipe the HD and install from fresh = 0% Fragmentation.Check the applications that you use are Snow compatible, most are and I'm very pleased;I rely on Parallels and, although I'm version 4, I'm not sure what to expect... As an academic, I've also got a bunch of somewhat esoteric software - Sente, Ulysses, Scrivener, DevonThink, and the like... They're all "mission critical" stuff and none are exactly mainstream.And there's the CS3 issue. Which doesn't seem to bad if you're backing up an old install. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nfbr Posted September 13, 2009 Report Share Posted September 13, 2009 Had a play with a new 8gb Nano today! Impressed with the wee onboard video camera! pretty cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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