Comments on: MacBook Pro http://www.nekofever.com/archives/2007/04/macbook-pro/ My games and other nonsense Sat, 23 Jul 2011 22:38:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Olly http://www.nekofever.com/archives/2007/04/macbook-pro/#comment-15861 Olly Wed, 02 May 2007 22:37:06 +0000 http://www.nekofever.com/archives/2007/04/macbook-pro/#comment-15861 Believe me, it's not cumbersome when you get used to it. What you'll find is that the Add/Remove Programs menu in Windows is the real pain. Just trashing a program to uninstall it is liberating ;) Believe me, it’s not cumbersome when you get used to it. What you’ll find is that the Add/Remove Programs menu in Windows is the real pain. Just trashing a program to uninstall it is liberating ;)

]]> By: anonymous http://www.nekofever.com/archives/2007/04/macbook-pro/#comment-14515 anonymous Wed, 25 Apr 2007 15:19:46 +0000 http://www.nekofever.com/archives/2007/04/macbook-pro/#comment-14515 Thanks a lot for all that. That install thing does seem a bit cumbersome, but hopefully once I have my Macbook, it should become obvious :) Thanks a lot for all that. That install thing does seem a bit cumbersome, but hopefully once I have my Macbook, it should become obvious :)

]]> By: Olly http://www.nekofever.com/archives/2007/04/macbook-pro/#comment-14474 Olly Wed, 25 Apr 2007 10:44:46 +0000 http://www.nekofever.com/archives/2007/04/macbook-pro/#comment-14474 There's not a lot to it really. Buying a USB or Bluetooth two-button mouse helps the transition because Apple is stubbornly sticking to one button on everything. The one is workable and you don't need any more than that for most apps, but it's less hassle to not have to remember to hold control. Installing applications is another thing that I see Windows users struggling to get their head around. Apps usually come in a disk image (.dmg) file which you double click to mount as a virtual drive. You then drag the app into your application folder and can unmount and delete the image. I see so many people with their application folder littered with disk images or mounting them up every time they want to use the application. Also install <a href="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/" rel="nofollow">VLC</a> and set it as your default media player for any videos that aren't MP4 or MOV. It'll play any codec you throw at it and saves hunting for Quicktime compatible versions of XviD and stuff. <a href="http://hyperreality.wordpress.com/2006/07/17/10-tips-for-new-mac-users-switching-from-windows/" rel="nofollow">This</a> has some decent tips as well. Luckily the new Macs have the safety net of being able to boot into Windows which is extremely appealing for most potential switchers. There’s not a lot to it really. Buying a USB or Bluetooth two-button mouse helps the transition because Apple is stubbornly sticking to one button on everything. The one is workable and you don’t need any more than that for most apps, but it’s less hassle to not have to remember to hold control.

Installing applications is another thing that I see Windows users struggling to get their head around. Apps usually come in a disk image (.dmg) file which you double click to mount as a virtual drive. You then drag the app into your application folder and can unmount and delete the image. I see so many people with their application folder littered with disk images or mounting them up every time they want to use the application.

Also install VLC and set it as your default media player for any videos that aren’t MP4 or MOV. It’ll play any codec you throw at it and saves hunting for Quicktime compatible versions of XviD and stuff.

This has some decent tips as well. Luckily the new Macs have the safety net of being able to boot into Windows which is extremely appealing for most potential switchers.

]]> By: anonymous http://www.nekofever.com/archives/2007/04/macbook-pro/#comment-14389 anonymous Wed, 25 Apr 2007 01:26:57 +0000 http://www.nekofever.com/archives/2007/04/macbook-pro/#comment-14389 Fair enough. Just out of interest, have you got any tips for a first time MAC user, switching over from PC after 8 years of use? The OS looks daunting, but after being told of it's abilities I'm excited by the prospect of trying it out for myself :) Fair enough.

Just out of interest, have you got any tips for a first time MAC user, switching over from PC after 8 years of use? The OS looks daunting, but after being told of it’s abilities I’m excited by the prospect of trying it out for myself :)

]]> By: Olly http://www.nekofever.com/archives/2007/04/macbook-pro/#comment-14355 Olly Tue, 24 Apr 2007 20:12:59 +0000 http://www.nekofever.com/archives/2007/04/macbook-pro/#comment-14355 To be honest I don't yet see a great reason to jump on the Leopard bus as soon as it arrives, although I probably will. In any case I should only end up paying about £60 for it which is reasonable IMO. Just think of how much you'd pay for Vista. Time Machine looks cool but I do weekly backups with <a href="http://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/" rel="nofollow">SuperDuper</a> anyway. Booleans for Spotlight is nice as well, but I don't see anything that's as much of a great addition as Spotlight itself was for Tiger. Not worth waiting until October (?) with only an iBook with a dead hard drive (it's been running on a FireWire drive for months), in other words. To be honest I don’t yet see a great reason to jump on the Leopard bus as soon as it arrives, although I probably will. In any case I should only end up paying about £60 for it which is reasonable IMO. Just think of how much you’d pay for Vista.

Time Machine looks cool but I do weekly backups with SuperDuper anyway. Booleans for Spotlight is nice as well, but I don’t see anything that’s as much of a great addition as Spotlight itself was for Tiger.

Not worth waiting until October (?) with only an iBook with a dead hard drive (it’s been running on a FireWire drive for months), in other words.

]]> By: anonymous http://www.nekofever.com/archives/2007/04/macbook-pro/#comment-14176 anonymous Mon, 23 Apr 2007 16:08:47 +0000 http://www.nekofever.com/archives/2007/04/macbook-pro/#comment-14176 Just out of interest, why didn't you wait for Leopard (10.5) good sir? I'm going to buy my Macbook soon too (my first Mac), but I'm just gonna hang on till it's release. Just out of interest, why didn’t you wait for Leopard (10.5) good sir? I’m going to buy my Macbook soon too (my first Mac), but I’m just gonna hang on till it’s release.

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