Re: New Macbook Pros :-)

[Brett Carboni]

On 24/10/2006, at 10:51 PM, Martin Hill wrote:



It's also a pity the 200GB disk is only 4200rpm.  Oh well, we're  
slowly

getting there.   :-)


Actually there's a good question here (as I'll be ordering tomorrow).

The question : Is the performance hit with the 4500rpm 200Gb drive  
worth bearing with as opposed to getting 160Gb at a faster rate?


I've got a 160Gb in my old 17" but half my ram died at the same time  
so I was unable to see how much faster it was. (And it was a  
motherboard problem so I just had to limp along with 512Mb ram). I'm  
tired of painfully slow performance in a laptop (unless you're doing  
video work with an external hard drive using FW800).


Of course the 160Gb is almost full :-)

T.I.A.

Brett Carboni
Tsunami
"Dual sushi chefs - sushi service up to 39% faster"

Re: New Macbook Pros :-)

[Martin Hill]

And as I'd hoped, the 15" now has a dual-layer 6x DVD burner and a Firewire
800 port.  Shame it still doesn't have the magnetic front latch of it's
little brother though.
It's also a pity the 200GB disk is only 4200rpm.  Oh well, we're slowly
getting there.   :-)

(what am I complaining about?  Compared to the "mother of all thermal
challenges" of shoe-horning a G5 into a laptop, the current pace of
development is a different world to the ole G4 stagnation.  :-)

-Mart
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> From: Rod Lavington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 21:07:26 +0800
> To: WAMUG Mailing List 
> Subject: New Macbook Pros :-)
> 
> Hi All!
> 
> Macbook Pros were updated tonight.  39% faster than the previous models, and
> now with Core 2 Duo.  Two 15" models and 1 17" model.
> 
> Highlights:
> 
> 2.16Ghz or 2.33Ghz
> 120Gig or 160Gig HD (with the option for 200Gig!)
> 6x or 8x Dual Layer Superdrives
> 2Gb Memory on the high end models
> 
> $3199, $3999 and $4399 with shipping in about 6-8 days.
> 
> Check out:
> 
>  75B7EFB&nclm=MacBookPro>
> 
> for more info!
> 
> Seeya
> 
> Rod!
> 
> 
> 
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Continuing saga

[Malcolm McCallum]

I now have XP running-only one ! and Keyspan USB to  DB9 male socket  
with all connected up but do not know how to set ports :-( Do I need  
software or just settings. I have tried guessing the Com 1 and com 2  
ports with no luck. do I need to set something on the Mac side?

Mac
Malcolm McCallum
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Skype docmactor

Re: New Macbook Pros :-)

[Daniel Kerr]

On 24/10/06 9:07 PM, "Rod Lavington" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Hi All!
> 
> Macbook Pros were updated tonight.  39% faster than the previous models, and
> now with Core 2 Duo.  Two 15" models and 1 17" model.
> 
> Highlights:
> 
> 2.16Ghz or 2.33Ghz
> 120Gig or 160Gig HD (with the option for 200Gig!)
> 6x or 8x Dual Layer Superdrives
> 2Gb Memory on the high end models
> 
> $3199, $3999 and $4399 with shipping in about 6-8 days.
> 
> Check out:
> 
>  75B7EFB&nclm=MacBookPro>
> 
> for more info!
> 
> Seeya
> 
> Rod!
> 
> 

Wondered when that was happening. Thought it wouldn't be too far away.

Now, all I have to do is sell my MacBook Pro.
Anyone interested in a MacBook Pro 2Ghz model with 2GB RAM. Still under
warranty? ;O)

Kind Regards
Daniel
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New Macbook Pros :-)

[Rod Lavington]

Hi All!

Macbook Pros were updated tonight.  39% faster than the previous models, and 
now with Core 2 Duo.  Two 15" models and 1 17" model.

Highlights:

2.16Ghz or 2.33Ghz
120Gig or 160Gig HD (with the option for 200Gig!)
6x or 8x Dual Layer Superdrives
2Gb Memory on the high end models

$3199, $3999 and $4399 with shipping in about 6-8 days.

Check out:



for more info!

Seeya

Rod!

Re: Skype video beta.

[Paul]

Tony Francis wrote:


Hi Michael
I have downloaded and used Skype beta with the iSight, the only 
problem I found, contacting the U.K. Mac to P.C. was that we had 
speaker feedback, reception was fine, not brilliant but good enough.

If you would like to go online and try with me let me know.
Cheers Michael

Tony Francis.
DERBY
W.A.
On 24/10/2006, at 4:21 PM, Michael Kane Taylor wrote:



Has anyone downloaded the Skype video beta yet. I just installed 
Skype 2.0.0.6. Whilst I haven't actually used it yet, due to a 
distinct shortage of friends/relatives with cameras, it seems to work 
well with iSight.  If anyone else has it I would welcome a trial call.

Michael


We had speaker feedback too, on calls to Sydney, we found that the
speakers (at both ends?) could be tuned down slightly to stop the feedback.
I was impressed by how well Skype handled this particular issue.
It may help if there is not line-of-sight between speaker and mic as
this makes it much worse I think.
Headsets are the ultimate but they don't beat just sitting back and
chatting.

Have fun
Paul

Re: Skype video beta.

[Paul Doyle]

I'm reduced to dial up at the moment so I can't help with the skype 
video. I wanted to tell Michael how much I enjoyed his site though. 
Nice artwork.


Cheers
Paul

On 24 Oct 2006, at 16:32, Tony Francis wrote:


Hi Michael
I have downloaded and used Skype beta with the iSight, the only 
problem I found, contacting the U.K. Mac to P.C. was that we had 
speaker feedback, reception was fine, not brilliant but good enough.

If you would like to go online and try with me let me know.
Cheers Michael

Tony Francis.
DERBY
W.A.
On 24/10/2006, at 4:21 PM, Michael Kane Taylor wrote:

Has anyone downloaded the Skype video beta yet. I just installed 
Skype 2.0.0.6. Whilst I haven't actually used it yet, due to a 
distinct shortage of friends/relatives with cameras, it seems to work 
well with iSight.  If anyone else has it I would welcome a trial 
call.

Michael



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Re:

[Robert Howells]

On 24/10/2006, at 5:18 PM, Malcolm McCallum wrote:


Hi,
 I am one very confused wamugger :-( . Long ago when I bought my G4  
from Dan I also bought VPC. I never did seem to get it working and  
as I was really chicken about my lovely G4 being loose on the net  
disguised as a PC. I decided I did no really want a PC anyway :-)   
Recently I acquired a Multimeter with a PC interface which turned  
my PC into a data logger so I decided I would get VPC going.  I  
decided I would re-install and then get rid of the non working VPC.  
I got the new VPC working and then needed to get rid of the old  
'VPC' I found that despite using un-install I still had 2 copies of  
VPC. A-Ha i said I will get rid of all traces of VPC even to the  
extent of running un install until it said there is no VPC to un-  
install. I cleared the bin and reinstalled   I have now GOT THREE  
COPIES of VPC.  :-(   Called Windows XP professional  Windows XP  
professional[2] and Windows XP professional [3]   HELP!!!


Mac




Can I be cheeky and suggest you reformat the Hard Drive ??
That would also mean a reinstal of OSX of course !

Cheers

Bob

Re:

[Greg Pennefather]

Malcolm

Do these 3 copies appear in the VPC List?  If so, sounds like you have 1
copy of VPC installed but 3 virtual PCs and probably 3 VPC hard disk files.
I just checked out what you can do in my copy of VPC 7 - shutdown the PCs
you want to remove (leaving VPC running), select them in the VPC list and,
from the file menu, choose "Move to Trash".  This should remove the VPCs you
don't want.  Just make sure you don't have any data on them that you want to
keep.

HTH

Cheers

Greg


> From: Malcolm McCallum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 17:18:13 +0800
> To: WAMUG Mailing List 
> 
> Hi,
>   I am one very confused wamugger :-( . Long ago when I bought my G4
> from Dan I also bought VPC. I never did seem to get it working and as
> I was really chicken about my lovely G4 being loose on the net
> disguised as a PC. I decided I did no really want a PC anyway :-)
> Recently I acquired a Multimeter with a PC interface which turned my
> PC into a data logger so I decided I would get VPC going.  I decided
> I would re-install and then get rid of the non working VPC. I got the
> new VPC working and then needed to get rid of the old 'VPC' I found
> that despite using un-install I still had 2 copies of VPC. A-Ha i
> said I will get rid of all traces of VPC even to the extent of
> running un install until it said there is no VPC to un- install. I
> cleared the bin and reinstalled   I have now GOT THREE COPIES of
> VPC.  :-(   Called Windows XP professional  Windows XP professional
> [2] and Windows XP professional [3]   HELP!!!
> 
> Mac
> 
> 
> 
> Malcolm McCallum
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Skype docmactor
> 
> 
> 
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[Malcolm McCallum]

Hi,
 I am one very confused wamugger :-( . Long ago when I bought my G4  
from Dan I also bought VPC. I never did seem to get it working and as  
I was really chicken about my lovely G4 being loose on the net  
disguised as a PC. I decided I did no really want a PC anyway :-)   
Recently I acquired a Multimeter with a PC interface which turned my  
PC into a data logger so I decided I would get VPC going.  I decided  
I would re-install and then get rid of the non working VPC. I got the  
new VPC working and then needed to get rid of the old 'VPC' I found  
that despite using un-install I still had 2 copies of VPC. A-Ha i  
said I will get rid of all traces of VPC even to the extent of  
running un install until it said there is no VPC to un- install. I  
cleared the bin and reinstalled   I have now GOT THREE COPIES of  
VPC.  :-(   Called Windows XP professional  Windows XP professional 
[2] and Windows XP professional [3]   HELP!!!


Mac



Malcolm McCallum
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Skype docmactor

Runtime Revolution question

[Rod Kevill]

Anyone out there using Runtime Revolution Studio?  (v2.7.4 on Mac OS 10.4.7)

I¹m having a problem figuring out how to format columns in a Table field
object ­ specifically decimal places and right justification. There is
nothing in the user documentation apart from:

 ³4.2.23 Table Field Control ­ for displaying a table
 Table fields allow you to display data in cells, and optionally allow the
user to edit the cells.²

I¹m particularly confused by the odd notation used when adding formats to a
table object: eg attempting to format columns 1 to 5, the notation
³1,1:5,71² appears in the next field. Does that mean from col 1, row 1 to
col 5, row 71?
 
And I¹m not sure what goes in the ³with² field when any of the pull-down
formats are selected.  If I choose ³Decimal² from the ³using² pull-down menu
and type ³2² in the ³with² field, then ³Add², the text ³Decimal:2² appears
in the right hand column, but it appears to have no effect on any data
placed in that column in the table field.

Any suggestions appreciated...

Thanks,
Rod

Re: Skype video beta.

[Tony Francis]

Hi Michael
I have downloaded and used Skype beta with the iSight, the only  
problem I found, contacting the U.K. Mac to P.C. was that we had  
speaker feedback, reception was fine, not brilliant but good enough.

If you would like to go online and try with me let me know.
Cheers Michael

Tony Francis.
DERBY
W.A.
On 24/10/2006, at 4:21 PM, Michael Kane Taylor wrote:

Has anyone downloaded the Skype video beta yet. I just installed  
Skype 2.0.0.6. Whilst I haven't actually used it yet, due to a  
distinct shortage of friends/relatives with cameras, it seems to  
work well with iSight.  If anyone else has it I would welcome a  
trial call.

Michael



Ph: 61 (0)8 9498 0952
Mob: 0406 760 696
Skype: Mikanta

http://www.kanetaylor.id.au



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Skype Video

[Michael Kane Taylor]

Has anyone downloaded the Skype video beta yet. I just installed  
Skype 2.0.0.6. Whilst I haven't actually used it yet, due to a  
distinct shortage of friends/relatives with cameras, it seems to work  
well with iSight.  If anyone else has it I would welcome a trial call.

Michael



Ph: 61 (0)8 9498 0952
Mob: 0406 760 696
Skype: Mikanta

http://www.kanetaylor.id.au

[no subject]

[Michael Kane Taylor]

Has anyone downloaded the Skype video beta yet. I just installed  
Skype 2.0.0.6. Whilst I haven't actually used it yet, due to a  
distinct shortage of friends/relatives with cameras, it seems to work  
well with iSight.  If anyone else has it I would welcome a trial call.

Michael



Ph: 61 (0)8 9498 0952
Mob: 0406 760 696
Skype: Mikanta

http://www.kanetaylor.id.au