Finally made the move from windows to Mac

Linoman said:
Wait until the thing breaks and you need support from Core. I was just burned by this, this weekend. I will never purchase another Apple product while in South Africa. Not worth it!
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Can you give some more detailed feedback re. aftersales and warranty issues? We have recently purchased a MacBook Pro from The Core and in process of buying another.
 
MightyQuin said:
Can you give some more detailed feedback re. aftersales and warranty issues? We have recently purchased a MacBook Pro from The Core and in process of buying another.
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In fairly typical fashion they'll try to get out of honouring the warranty, will refuse to repair known defects for free, and so on. Basically in the countries where Apple has a known presence the default assumption is that any issue is Apple's problem unless shown otherwise. Here there's a tendency to assume you broke it unless you can prove otherwise.

Elimentals said:
Noob question, as I dont have a Mac, would it actually run that seeing that in Linux you need su 1st ?

No not trolling, actually very interested if it would do that or how you would get it to run that.
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In Linux sudo rm should work. On OS X it is going to ask for your password, same as Linux.
 
noxibox said:
Basically in the countries where Apple has a known presence the default assumption is that any issue is Apple's problem unless shown otherwise. Here there's a tendency to assume you broke it unless you can prove otherwise.
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I hate this about any product.

If it fails, you know the store is going to blame you and try get out of it. I had an issue with a BB that was never out of the box or even turned on that was faulty from the factory. Took days of fighting to get a new one.

Also a n00b here - how does OSX work?

With Windows you buy a R1,500.0-R2,000.00 OS and the Service Packs/updates are free thereafter - until the next major release. Mac work similar? How far apart are the big releases?
 
Dolby said:
With Windows you buy a R1,500.0-R2,000.00 OS and the Service Packs/updates are free thereafter - until the next major release. Mac work similar? How far apart are the big releases?
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Incremental (eg 10.6.1 − 10.6.8) increases are free - they're the equivalent of service packs. You pay for major increases (eg 10.6 to 10.7) - the last one was 10.7 and that cost $29.99 iirc. They tend to be annual.
 
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weelzSA said:
@greg0205 Thanks for all the info, really useful. Just a few questions I have regarding installing windows (as I need two programmes to be installed for work), is bootcamp the best option to use or is there a better option? I have installed Office for Mac and so far it is workings well, would you recommend I also get iWork suite as I use an iPhone and an iPad or would Office for Mac suffice especially with iCloud now? Lastly, I am recieving an Apple TV this week and would like to stream all the content from the iMac to my TV, I know how to set this up but wanted to know if there is a way to connet my iPad to the iMac without the use of another app? I have installed AirVideo to stream movies from the iMac to the iPad and it works fine but want to also stream the music ect - is this possible without additional apps or am I better waiting for the Apple TV? Thnkas again for the help.
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Re windows -- if you're not a big windows gamer, then I'd suggest you rather install a virtual machine; the paid products are the best integrated (either VMWare Fusion or Parallels -- both are good, IMO I'd go with Parallels). They allow you to install multiple OSs which can be booted up very quickly -- you going to need memory for these, recommend you add at least another 4Gb onto the base 4Gb it was shipped with.
There is a free product called Oracle Virtualbox (not bad for a free product.)

Office vs iWork -- go with the product you know... Microsoft will most likely adapt Office re iCloud.

Streaming content requires iTunes, set it up on your Mac and load all your media (music, tv shows & movies) -- the movies will need to be converted to an iTunes compatible format; this is simple with a free product called handbrake (if only a little time consuming though)
Then make sure you setup "home sharing" on all devices (iTunes, iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, etc.) -- once setup you will be able access / play your content from these devices. I'd also recommend you download Apple remote for your iPhone / iPad as it allows you to remotely control all your media & AirTunes (on both ITunes and Apple TV) -- AirPlay is built into your iPhone / iPad so it'll work straight out the box with your Apple TV.
 
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[)roi(];7174999 said:
Streaming content requires iTunes, set it up on your Mac and load all your media (music, tv shows & movies) -- the movies will need to be converted to an iTunes compatible format; this is simple with a free product called handbrake (if only a little time consuming though)
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Wow - what a mission :/

So I guess if 1500 movies take even 10 minutes each - that's 'only' 250 hours ... almost a continuous 11 days worth ... and in real terms probably closer to a month

Good 'ol Steve!

Btw - can't you use Boxee to do it all automatically?
 
Apple tv - one product I've never seen the value of having in SA. :confused:
 
bwana said:
Apple tv - one product I've never seen the value of having in SA. :confused:
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It can operate as a standalone media server product, and it's really not a challenge to use if you have a US iTunes account, for example movie rentals work just fine, if you want Netflix to work via this, then you'll require your router to establish a VPN.

It's also the only way to do complete AirPlay re Apple implemented AirPlay using Apple's FairPlay DRM -- hence there are no 3rd party solutions to do the equivalent, for example AirPlay mirroring (mirror everything on your iPad / iPhone to your Apple TV)

There is a software product called AirServer that does many of the things Apple TV does re AirPlay and AirTunes, but not mirroring re stream DRM.

Overall the low price vs the previous Apple TV makes this more of a "why not" scenario
 
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[)roi(];7175295 said:
Overall the low price vs the previous Apple TV makes this more of a "why not" scenario
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Five years ago, long before the advent of the AppleTV I bought a mac mini and it continues to serve me better than an AppleTV could ever do.
 
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