Can you do this on the PC?

koffiejunkie said:
"One thing Mac users can't do - shut the f*** up" coming from someone who can't keep his trap shut either and seems to think loading his rather poor writing with "*******" and similar words somehow gives it more credibility.

Sad, really.
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He's writing it to be funny. You obviously don't find it funny, but that's besides the point. :)
 
koffiejunkie said:
And for what it's worth, Mac copes better with gadgets that follow some sort of standard. My digital camera presents itself as a USB storage devices. Both Linux and OSX picks it up as such. Windows has no idea it's even plugged in unless I load the manufacturers f***ing horrible software.
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Weird. What camera is that? Every digital camera I've ever used is seen as a mass storage device.
 
Browser said:
YaY,,, Yepeee,,, Woohooo.


:sick:
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Do it daily on Windows PC - in studio and as DJ system... :p

Claymore said:
Weird. What camera is that? Every digital camera I've ever used is seen as a mass storage device.
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Probably one of those old Agfa models that was manufactured pre 2K. I also have one of those. (16 hi-res 640x480 VGA pics in memory then have to download to PC or view on TV - no SD card) :D

Even Atari outperforms MAC... ;)
 
Lol this thread is funny .. :p :p :D

Just for the record on my Linux box I can watch multiple movies at a go in separate windows and divert the audio for each one through a different speaker on my surround sound set up... :cool: :D :p
 
Sooo... I can right click. Can you do that on a mac?
 
rorz0r said:
Sooo... I can right click. Can you do that on a mac?
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and there's the lamest argument of them all.

Well done. :rolleyes:

And just in case you havent figured it out by now . . yes, you can right click with a mouse, have been able to for quite some time now.
 
Ok. Now lets see. Why do I own a PC and not a MAC?
(I have nothing against the MAC by the way.)

1) I am more comfortable with my PC. I can build and break with the thing like I want. I feel safe with the PC in the sense that if something does go wrong, I can fix myself. I know the thing by now.

2)Lol, When we got our first PC, MAC kind of did not exist for us

3)Walk into Makro/Game/IC, What do you see? PC stuff? Exactly. Are there MAC shops in SA?

4)My perception of the MAC is: It's that much better with imaging, video and animation than a PC. If you want to do those types of things, Get a MAC! For all other things, and If you want me to help you with the thing, Get a PC!

What did I miss? What is a MAC also good for?

One thing I have to add. LOL@ that MAC Video!
 
Claymore said:
Weird. What camera is that? Every digital camera I've ever used is seen as a mass storage device.
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Was a while a go. Sony maybe. Can't remember the model - I had it for a good two weeks before it was "redistributed"... But like someone else posted - it was pre-memorycard model. Had internal memory and that was it.

Anyways, my old mobile phone, Nokia 6230, is the same. In windows you need the data suite to be able to see what's on the phone if you connect via bluetooth. In Linux and OSX you can hook it up via Bluetooth and browse the content of the phone as if it was a usb flash drive.

Disclaimer: I have not tried this in Vista and have no desire or intention to.
 
I can have separate outputs for my front and rear audio jacks so yeah...
 
redarrow said:
Lol this thread is funny .. :p :p :D

Just for the record on my Linux box I can watch multiple movies at a go in separate windows and divert the audio for each one through a different speaker on my surround sound set up... :cool: :D :p
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Speaking of which, if you have two screens you have have them play on different monitors too simultaneously.

Not sure about Mac and PC - I haven't had one of either with two screens yet :-)
 
ld13 said:
Are there MAC shops in SA?
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If you look out for them you start realising just how many there are. Last time I was in Cresta they even had some Mac notebooks at IC, which means there were three places in one mall where you could shop for Mac kit, the other two being Wayne's World and Look&Listen. Most Look&Listens I've been to have a handful of Macs on display and the most important goodies to go with it.
 
koffiejunkie said:
If you look out for them you start realising just how many there are. Last time I was in Cresta they even had some Mac notebooks at IC, which means there were three places in one mall where you could shop for Mac kit, the other two being Wayne's World and Look&Listen. Most Look&Listens I've been to have a handful of Macs on display and the most important goodies to go with it.
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Hmmm, The only reason I ever visit IC is to go and laugh at their high prices for games. I always give the rest of the shop a miss. The stuff I always see is PC related anyhow. Will keep my eyes peeled next time I go in there.
Don't know Wayne's World.
L&L, Interesting. I’ll head on over there someday and have a look then.
Thx :)
 
ld13 said:
Hmmm, The only reason I ever visit IC is to go and laugh at their high prices for games.
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Hehe me too. Althought they were quite often fairly cheap with their blank DVDs.

Bear in mind the last time I've been there was almost a year ago.

Don't know Wayne's World.
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If you leave IC and walk straight out past the AA, the Greek bank etc, past the escalators, Wayne's World is just around the corner to the left by the exit. The guys who work there are somewhat clueless, but they usually have stock of the most popular Mac stuff.
 
koffiejunkie said:
Anyways, my old mobile phone, Nokia 6230, is the same. In windows you need the data suite to be able to see what's on the phone if you connect via bluetooth. In Linux and OSX you can hook it up via Bluetooth and browse the content of the phone as if it was a usb flash drive.

Disclaimer: I have not tried this in Vista and have no desire or intention to.
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*shudder* I have experienced the ways of Nokia and their Bluetooth support. And because of the various Bluetooth stacks used in XP, Bluetooth could be a bit of a headache. Vista is better, in that respect.

I'm coming to the sad realisation that no matter how much I don't like Apple, MacOX X is a better operating system than Vista; far more consistent and well thought-out than the patched together Microsoft jumble. *sigh*

On the downside, OsX runs only on one brand of hardware, and supports virtually none of the software I want to run...and the OS is there to run my software, not to be cool all on its own.
 
Claymore said:
*shudder* I have experienced the ways of Nokia and their Bluetooth support. And because of the various Bluetooth stacks used in XP, Bluetooth could be a bit of a headache. Vista is better, in that respect.
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I'm not sure how much of it is really Nokia's fault. I used to blame them for the bluetooth headaches, until I started using the very same phone in Linux and more recently OSX, and realised that their phones are actually pretty consistent in the way they communicate. Their windows software are normally phone specific, to match each phone's features (this can be unified and improved so that one data suite will work with all their phones and just give you what the phone provides - they should have done this a long time ago). But the protocols used to access e.g. files on your phone (OBEX) are pretty standard. Windows just doesn't know how to deal with it.

I'm coming to the sad realisation that no matter how much I don't like Apple, MacOX X is a better operating system than Vista; far more consistent and well thought-out than the patched together Microsoft jumble. *sigh*
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This goes for their Wireless support too. Each manufacturer wants you to use their own little silly tray-applet to configure your wireless. And this is, again, in part Microsoft's fault. Wireless networking was already pretty popular for a while and it was clearly the way forward, before they woke up and started building support into the OS. And the support in XP is still unreliable, even on non-cheapy quality hardware. I've lost count of the number of recent notebooks I've had to configure that wouldn't connect to a wireless network, can't keep the stable connection, etc unless you use the manufacturer app. One thing it does more often than is acceptible is mis-detect the type of network encryption, even though iwlist in Linux on the same hardware gives me accurate results 100% of the time and the Mac connects as soon as I click on the network name.

On the downside, OsX runs only on one brand of hardware, and supports virtually none of the software I want to run...and the OS is there to run my software, not to be cool all on its own.
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That's why it's important that people for who the Mac is perfect go out and buy it despite the small price premium. The more people use it, the more software will become available for it. This is already happening. If apple could achieve just 25% of installed base, it would mean stronger competition and the result of that would be better software for you and me, regardless of platform.

EDIT: To add to that, it's vitally important that people who are interested in or are considering switching to Mac, but are kept back by the applications they use, write to those vendors and express their interest for OSX versions of said software. Otherwise these companies just wouldn't know.
 
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