I'll probably be getting some sort of MacBook or MacBook Pro soon, too.
I just have to figure out how to get rid of my G5 tower.
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Tom Scola - Feb 26, 2008 10:44:49 am PST #4923 of 25501
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
NoiseDesign - Feb 26, 2008 11:00:18 am PST #4924 of 25501
Our wings are not tired
I still have my G5 Tower sitting under my desk, unplugged.
tommyrot - Feb 26, 2008 11:07:05 am PST #4925 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Is Apple ever gonna release a MacBook Pro smaller than 15"?
I totally want a Pro, but I love the 13" size of the MacBook. But the Pro has an aluminum case which would better protect it if I ever fell on it....
§ ita § - Feb 26, 2008 11:09:58 am PST #4926 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm leaning towards replacing my desktop. I probably need a better reason, though. I don't need much bells and whistles. I could do with something *much* smaller and quieter--I keep it on 24/7 and the fan seems so noisy these days.
Given I've sworn off Dell due to extreme support issues, what's a good brand to start off with? HP?
NoiseDesign - Feb 26, 2008 11:12:58 am PST #4927 of 25501
Our wings are not tired
But the Pro has an aluminum case which would better protect it if I ever fell on it....
Not really. I own both and the MacBook is actually able to take abuse better than the Pro. The aluminum looks cool, but is actually much thinner than the MacBook case.
§ ita § - Feb 26, 2008 11:24:10 am PST #4928 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Ugh. I just started looking at the HP page and I'm scared off PC shopping for the next little while.
Thinking in terms of expansion, though--is there as much demand for cases that can accomodate large cards? If you get the right video card in the first time round, in-case expansion items are RAM, HD, and optical disks. What am I missing?
tommyrot - Feb 26, 2008 11:28:25 am PST #4929 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Memory card readers?
Which I tend to just leave in my cameras, so desktop memory card readers are of no use to me, but you might be weird and use them....
Oh, um... Bluetooth? WiFi?
Tom Scola - Feb 26, 2008 11:28:33 am PST #4930 of 25501
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Video capture/tuner?
Miracleman - Feb 26, 2008 11:29:35 am PST #4931 of 25501
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
Someone explain this to me:
Windows 2000 on my laptop cannot, for some reason, see audio CDs in my D: drive.
Thus, iTunes cannot see them.
Windows Media Player can. But then I have to go through this pain in the ass process of copying them via Media Player then importing them one-by-one into iTunes which involves converting the songs from WMA to AAC. Which it won't do in bulk. Just one. By. One.
Any ideas for a fix?
tommyrot - Feb 26, 2008 11:34:40 am PST #4932 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Have you looked at the Device Manager to see if the drive shows up? and if there's any errors associated with it?