New iMacs

[pweaver]

Well the new iMacs have been announced as predicted.  Plus the price
has dropped on the basic machine from A$1698 to $A1599.   Too bad
they don't appear to have designed a better Mighty Mouse.

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Hi Janis

> I just bought a used Macbook  Core Duo 2 on EBAY

Congratulations on your new Purchase

> in which the previous owner seems to have formatted the HD into two.

Yes he has formatted the HD into two pieces using Boot Camp Assistant


> The windows HD in info says " read only" as I have been unable to copy any 
> files onto that HD.

Ok so in Boot Camp when he originally set the partition he Used
non-fat 32 partitioning scheme which cannot be written to by MacOS 10
Without the use of a third-party application


> How do I change the permissions?

You cannot change the permissions

To be able to write to the Windows partition you would need to remove
the current partition using Boot Camp Then using Boot Camp You will
need to create a new partition using the fat 32 option then you'd need
to reinstall Windows


> Also I am not familiar with windows on MAC so  I assume I will be able to use 
> windows apps if loaded onto this HD?

Yes you would need to boot up in Windows and install them


> How do I initiate the Windows OS?

On Start-up hold down the option key Then when you see the drive
select menu Choose the Windows partition


> Also since I do not have any windows programs, I was thinking of loading my 
> Itunes music library onto this drive And free up space on the OS HD.

As this section of the hard drive has been partitioned for Windows if
You're not going to use the Windows operating system in any way I
would recommend you removed the Windows partition scheme in boot camp
which will give you back all the Space

As your hard drive is currently broken up into two pieces one for
MacOS X and one for Windows


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Hi All

I just bought a used Macbook  Core Duo 2 on EBAY in which the  
previous owner seems to have formatted the HD into two.  One formated  
as OS and the other has Windows.  The windows HD in info says " read  
only" as I have been unable to copy any files onto that HD.  How do I  
change the permissions?  Also I am not familiar with windows on MAC  
so  I assume I will be able to use windows apps if loaded onto this  
HD?  How do I initiate the Windows OS?  Also since I do not have any  
windows programs,  I was thinking of loading my Itunes music library  
onto this drive  and free up space on the OS HD.  Does anyone know if  
there would be a problem doing this? Thanks for listening!


Regards
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Re: Oz Mac prices

[Edward]

I am in the US at present and just bought 500Gb Time Capsule from the  
Apple Store in Tucson AZ. It was $340AUD whereas if I bought it from  
the Australia Apple store it would be about $440AUD.


Best wishes
edward








On 28/04/2008, at 6:29 PM, Peter Curtis wrote:


Hi
They still make a whelter out of it. The vendors in the States still  
have their profit margin on it, and some States don't have  
additional taxes.
I just bought a GPS in the States for (with postage) just a fraction  
over $300AU, the recommended retail here was in excess of $850 and  
bargain prices around $650. It don't add up!

On 28/04/2008, at 4:21 PM, Rod wrote:




As stated there is US sales Tax on top of that.

Don't forget here we have Customs Duty and freight included in our
price.  We don't get gouged as much as the UK though.  Even their tv
shows are 1.89 Pounds, compared to $1.99US on the US iTunes Store.
That's almost double the US price!

Seeya

Rod!


On Mon, 2008-04-28 at 15:52 +0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

I figure that with the current rate of exchange the Australian price
of a basic iMac costing AU$1,698 equates to US$1,577.   The same
machine in the US is priced at US$1,199.

That's a difference of $US 370.  One has to wonder if Australian
customers are being gouged?

I've heard an revised version of the iMac is imminent.  Will the
prices drop for Australians?


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Re: imac speed bump Re: New updated Mac coming

[Mark Secker]

that's a bummer... I ordered my Macbook Black and the next week they 
announced the new model... for $100 less


fortunately the shop couldn't order the old one  and I got the newer 
model + $100 shop credit... so sometimes, just sometimes, it can work 
out in your favour



Hi all,


 Back up now with new speed bumped iMacs


Oh that's great. I just brought a 2.4GHz 20inch iMac on Saturday :-(

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Re: macbook wakeup

[Shay Telfer]

Hi All

Not sure if this is a universal problem but my macbook pro 
(purchased Jan 08 now with OSX 10.5.2) sometimes just doesnt wake up 
after being asleep for an hour or all night. All I have is a black 
screen for a half an hour in one case, but I can still hear a 'soft' 
noise inside it. I usually just have to press the power button to 
shut it down then restart.


Has anyone else had this happen and is there a fix?

I had a thought today that it might require a firmware upgrade perhaps?

Kind regards

chris


I'd ensure you've got all the firmware updates installed.

Are you sure it's not in Safe Sleep? Your MacBook will go into Safe 
Sleep if its battery is low, ie it writes all of memory out to disk 
and turns off. You won't be able to wake it from keyboard or mouse, 
but pressing the power button will cause it to reload memory from 
disk and start up where it left off.


http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1757

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Re: Oz Mac prices

[Dark1]

Baseline G5 tower from the Australian store is AU$3999 while the one  
from the US store is AU$2988 (after conversion using the calculator  
program).  Interestingly enough the similarly priced NVIDIA Quadro FX  
5600 card as an extra also has about a AU$1000 difference.


I too have noticed this difference.  It appears to become even  
greater as you purchasing more expensive equipment.  There was a  
difference of more than AU$1000 between the baseline G5 towers.  Of  
course that doesn't take into account additional costs such as  
payment for currency conversion, additional taxes and shipping but  
with such a large difference it does make you wonder.


I'll post up a calculation when the Apple stores come back up.


I figure that with the current rate of exchange the Australian price
of a basic iMac costing AU$1,698 equates to US$1,577.   The same
machine in the US is priced at US$1,199.

That's a difference of $US 370.  One has to wonder if Australian
customers are being gouged?

I've heard an revised version of the iMac is imminent.  Will the
prices drop for Australians?


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FW: New updated Mac coming

[Jack/Bauer]

New new imacs are out now  3.06ghz





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Hi all

Yes the Apple store web page is out to Lunch with the news of New Mac's
being updated.
Can  anyone remember how long once the Apple stores go off line and then
back on.

I'll be checking first thing in the morning ;

Bart

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[Reg Whitely]

Can you take it back?
Reg

On 28 Apr 2008, at 8:41pm, Andrew Schox wrote:


Hi all,


Back up now with new speed bumped iMacs


Oh that's great. I just brought a 2.4GHz 20inch iMac on Saturday :-(

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Hi all,

> Back up now with new speed bumped iMacs

Oh that's great. I just brought a 2.4GHz 20inch iMac on Saturday :-(

Andrew



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imac speed bump Re: New updated Mac coming

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Back up now with new speed bumped iMacs


Hi all

Yes the Apple store web page is out to Lunch with the news of New Mac's
being updated.
Can  anyone remember how long once the Apple stores go off line and then
back on.

I'll be checking first thing in the morning ;

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[Jack/Bauer]

Hi all

Yes the Apple store web page is out to Lunch with the news of New Mac's
being updated.
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back on.

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Re: Oz Mac prices

[Kyle Kreusch]

Hi all About 2-4 months ago there was a big write-up on MacTalk. That
went into everything regarding the price difference between Australia
and the US. It was a very good read and I thought Some people here may
be interested

Kyle

On 4/28/08, Mark Secker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> another things to consider too is
>  1: economies of scale,
>  Apple here are a "boutique" brand, Apple in the US are a wholesale/retail
> enterprise (probably bigger than the whole home  PC business here).
>
>  The US market is huge, the volume of Macs  sold there takes down the
> marginal price (cost per unit)  as  the marginal cost of  variables like
> shipping/storage/ordering and fixed/semi fixed  cost (management/store
> rental)   actually decreases for each additional unit sold  (up to a point
> where inefficiencies kick in).
>
>  2: charging what the market can afford -  just as there's no point selling
> to a market that isn't profitable  (unless your marketing department is
> driving for  market place share dominance  to archive after market
> service/accessories profit) there's no real economic sense in charging less
> than what the market will pay. Traditionally in places like Australia and
> Europe consumers have been used to huge duties & taxes on items like
> computers and home electrical goods.  No point for a company starting
> cutting price  to charge lower, more "realistic" prices if  the market is
> willing to pay the extra margin, if you drive your prices down without
> cutting costs even if you pick up additional units you may loose profit. And
> when the competition reacts then you might even find your self back to
> square one market share wise but with you and every other competitor  having
> lower net profit.
>
>
>
>
>
> > I too have noticed this difference.  It appears to become even greater as
> you purchasing more expensive equipment.  There was a difference of more
> than AU$1000 between the baseline G5 towers.  Of course that doesn't take
> into account additional costs such as payment for currency conversion,
> additional taxes and shipping but with such a large difference it does make
> you wonder.
> >
> > I'll post up a calculation when the Apple stores come back up.
> >
> >
> > > I figure that with the current rate of exchange the Australian price
> > > of a basic iMac costing AU$1,698 equates to US$1,577.   The same
> > > machine in the US is priced at US$1,199.
> > >
> > > That's a difference of $US 370.  One has to wonder if Australian
> > > customers are being gouged?
> > >
> > > I've heard an revised version of the iMac is imminent.  Will the
> > > prices drop for Australians?
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[Mark Secker]

another things to consider too is
1: economies of scale,
Apple here are a "boutique" brand, Apple in the US are a 
wholesale/retail enterprise (probably bigger than the whole home  PC 
business here).


The US market is huge, the volume of Macs  sold there takes down the 
marginal price (cost per unit)  as  the marginal cost of  variables 
like shipping/storage/ordering and fixed/semi fixed  cost 
(management/store rental)   actually decreases for each additional 
unit sold  (up to a point where inefficiencies kick in).


2: charging what the market can afford -  just as there's no point 
selling to a market that isn't profitable  (unless your marketing 
department is driving for  market place share dominance  to archive 
after market service/accessories profit) there's no real economic 
sense in charging less than what the market will pay. Traditionally 
in places like Australia and Europe consumers have been used to huge 
duties & taxes on items like computers and home electrical goods.  No 
point for a company starting cutting price  to charge lower, more 
"realistic" prices if  the market is willing to pay the extra margin, 
if you drive your prices down without cutting costs even if you pick 
up additional units you may loose profit. And when the competition 
reacts then you might even find your self back to square one market 
share wise but with you and every other competitor  having lower net 
profit.




I too have noticed this difference.  It appears to become even 
greater as you purchasing more expensive equipment.  There was a 
difference of more than AU$1000 between the baseline G5 towers.  Of 
course that doesn't take into account additional costs such as 
payment for currency conversion, additional taxes and shipping but 
with such a large difference it does make you wonder.


I'll post up a calculation when the Apple stores come back up.


I figure that with the current rate of exchange the Australian price
of a basic iMac costing AU$1,698 equates to US$1,577.   The same
machine in the US is priced at US$1,199.

That's a difference of $US 370.  One has to wonder if Australian
customers are being gouged?

I've heard an revised version of the iMac is imminent.  Will the
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I too have noticed this difference.  It appears to become even greater  
as you purchasing more expensive equipment.  There was a difference of  
more than AU$1000 between the baseline G5 towers.  Of course that  
doesn't take into account additional costs such as payment for  
currency conversion, additional taxes and shipping but with such a  
large difference it does make you wonder.


I'll post up a calculation when the Apple stores come back up.


I figure that with the current rate of exchange the Australian price
of a basic iMac costing AU$1,698 equates to US$1,577.   The same
machine in the US is priced at US$1,199.

That's a difference of $US 370.  One has to wonder if Australian
customers are being gouged?

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prices drop for Australians?


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AppleStore is down,...

[Daniel Kerr]

Well,..seems the Applestore is down.
If they change something, then that will be a bit different for them, seeing
as they normally do things on Tuesday night.

Speculate away :o)

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[Geoffrey & Barbara Maidment]

Hey Guys!

Don't get too excited about US prices...only 3 states do NOT have a state
sales tax first of all, then there's things like shipping, etc.  I say worry
about getting the best deal in Oz and leave the rest of the world to figure
it out for themselves!

Barb


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> -- Forwarded Message
> From: KEVIN Lock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:05:39 +0930
> To: Daniel Kerr 
> Subject: Re: Oz Mac prices
> 
> Paul,
> 
> There are state taxes to consider in US pricing.  A friend who lives
> in NY City buys her stuff interstate to avoid NY taxes.
> 
> Kev
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> 
>> On 28/4/08 3:52 PM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> 
>>>  I figure that with the current rate of exchange the Australian price
>>>  of a basic iMac costing AU$1,698 equates to US$1,577.   The same
>>>  machine in the US is priced at US$1,199.
>>> 
>>>  That's a difference of $US 370.  One has to wonder if Australian
>>>  customers are being gouged?
>>> 
>>>  I've heard an revised version of the iMac is imminent.  Will the
>>>  prices drop for Australians?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Paul.
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Re: macbook wakeup

[Ronda Brown]

Hi Chris,

Have you got "Require password to wake this computer from sleep or  
screen saver" activated in System Preferences > Security - General.
I had this activated and started to experience the black screen on  
wake up on my MacBook Pro awhile back.
So Instead I turned on fast user switching and went to the login  
window to lock the screen.


But, all is working as it should now since the last Firmware Update or  
one of the other updates.
Wakes from sleep correctly with the "Require password to wake this  
computer from sleep or screen saver" activated.


To check if your MacBook Pro requires a firmware update go here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1237

Cheers,
Ronni

On 28/04/2008, at 5:09 PM, Chris Burton wrote:


Hi All

Not sure if this is a universal problem but my macbook pro  
(purchased Jan 08 now with OSX 10.5.2) sometimes just doesnt wake up  
after being asleep for an hour or all night. All I have is a black  
screen for a half an hour in one case, but I can still hear a 'soft'  
noise inside it. I usually just have to press the power button to  
shut it down then restart.


Has anyone else had this happen and is there a fix?

I had a thought today that it might require a firmware upgrade  
perhaps?


Kind regards

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Re: text to audio

[Neil Houghton]

On version tracker it's:



Says it is freeware


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on 28/4/08 4:41 PM, Graham Byatt at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> I have Text Reader Version 1.2.1, that saves a text file as AiFF or
> exports to itunes.   Can't remember where i got it from though
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Re: Audio in email

[Kyle Kreusch]

Hi All

After having a search on macupdate and trying a fair few applications
Payed and free My favourite were

1.Say It Save It

Developer: 

2. Text Reader



>  Actually I'm going to have a search on macupdate to see if there's any
>  Free applications As it's been a good couple years since the last time
>  I checked
>

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macbook wakeup

[Chris Burton]

Hi All

Not sure if this is a universal problem but my macbook pro (purchased  
Jan 08 now with OSX 10.5.2) sometimes just doesnt wake up after being  
asleep for an hour or all night. All I have is a black screen for a  
half an hour in one case, but I can still hear a 'soft' noise inside  
it. I usually just have to press the power button to shut it down then  
restart.


Has anyone else had this happen and is there a fix?

I had a thought today that it might require a firmware upgrade perhaps?

Kind regards

chris


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Drives for sale

[Severin Crisp]

These two drives are still sitting waiting for a home.

They are a
Western Digital WD Caviar SE WD800 Enhanced IDE
and a
Seagate Barracuda ATA IV
Both are used but fully operational and quiet.
Make me an offer.
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text to audio

[Graham Byatt]

I have Text Reader Version 1.2.1, that saves a text file as AiFF or  
exports to itunes.   Can't remember where i got it from though


Graham



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Re: Oz Mac prices

[Peter Curtis]

Hi
They still make a whelter out of it. The vendors in the States still  
have their profit margin on it, and some States don't have additional  
taxes.
I just bought a GPS in the States for (with postage) just a fraction  
over $300AU, the recommended retail here was in excess of $850 and  
bargain prices around $650. It don't add up!

On 28/04/2008, at 4:21 PM, Rod wrote:




As stated there is US sales Tax on top of that.

Don't forget here we have Customs Duty and freight included in our
price.  We don't get gouged as much as the UK though.  Even their tv
shows are 1.89 Pounds, compared to $1.99US on the US iTunes Store.
That's almost double the US price!

Seeya

Rod!


On Mon, 2008-04-28 at 15:52 +0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

I figure that with the current rate of exchange the Australian price
of a basic iMac costing AU$1,698 equates to US$1,577.   The same
machine in the US is priced at US$1,199.

That's a difference of $US 370.  One has to wonder if Australian
customers are being gouged?

I've heard an revised version of the iMac is imminent.  Will the
prices drop for Australians?


Paul.


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Re: Oz Mac prices

[Daniel Kerr]

And I suppose we can look at it from the flip side as well. When the dollar
wasn't so crash hot and changing I'm sure the margin went down when the
dollar changed the other way and wasn't worth as much, yet the price stayed
the same.
Swings and round-abouts I suppose. (Or however that saying goes)

Kind Regards
Daniel
(Whose brain is asleep from dealing with a mountain of paperworkI know
my desk is under here somewhere)


On 28/4/08 3:52 PM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I figure that with the current rate of exchange the Australian price
> of a basic iMac costing AU$1,698 equates to US$1,577.   The same
> machine in the US is priced at US$1,199.
> 
> That's a difference of $US 370.  One has to wonder if Australian
> customers are being gouged?
> 
> I've heard an revised version of the iMac is imminent.  Will the
> prices drop for Australians?
> 
> 
> Paul.
> 
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Re: Oz Mac prices

[Rod]

As stated there is US sales Tax on top of that.

Don't forget here we have Customs Duty and freight included in our
price.  We don't get gouged as much as the UK though.  Even their tv
shows are 1.89 Pounds, compared to $1.99US on the US iTunes Store.
That's almost double the US price!

Seeya

Rod!


On Mon, 2008-04-28 at 15:52 +0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I figure that with the current rate of exchange the Australian price
> of a basic iMac costing AU$1,698 equates to US$1,577.   The same
> machine in the US is priced at US$1,199.
> 
> That's a difference of $US 370.  One has to wonder if Australian
> customers are being gouged?
> 
> I've heard an revised version of the iMac is imminent.  Will the
> prices drop for Australians?
> 
> 
> Paul.
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Re: Audio in email

[Kyle Kreusch]

Hi Rod

Like I mentioned before there is a quite a few applications out there
that can do this but none of are Free

>  Now that's a handy tip!  Might be a worthwhile exercise to turn into a
>  gui app, using either Applescript Studio or a simple XCode project.
>  Drop a text file onto an icon and it pumps out an audio file.

Rod Do you know how to write a application in XCode (:


Actually I'm going to have a search on macupdate to see if there's any
Free applications As it's been a good couple years since the last time
I checked

Regards Kyle


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FW: Oz Mac prices

[Daniel Kerr]

-- Forwarded Message
From: KEVIN Lock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:05:39 +0930
To: Daniel Kerr 
Subject: Re: Oz Mac prices

Paul,

There are state taxes to consider in US pricing.  A friend who lives
in NY City buys her stuff interstate to avoid NY taxes.

Kev




>
>On 28/4/08 3:52 PM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>  I figure that with the current rate of exchange the Australian price
>>  of a basic iMac costing AU$1,698 equates to US$1,577.   The same
>>  machine in the US is priced at US$1,199.
>>
>>  That's a difference of $US 370.  One has to wonder if Australian
>>  customers are being gouged?
>>
>>  I've heard an revised version of the iMac is imminent.  Will the
>>  prices drop for Australians?
>>
>>
>  > Paul.

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Re: Audio in email

[Rod]

Hi Kyle,

Now that's a handy tip!  Might be a worthwhile exercise to turn into a
gui app, using either Applescript Studio or a simple XCode project.
Drop a text file onto an icon and it pumps out an audio file.

Seeya

Rod!


On Mon, 2008-04-28 at 15:45 +0800, Kyle Kreusch wrote:
> Hi Lloyd
> 
> Speech Synthesis Manager - Man Page
> To find out what everything means in the example below Type into Terminal
> 
> man say
> 
> 
> Example:
> 
> This example will convert a text document to a Audio file Which is
> located on the desktop
> 
> say -v Victoria -o /Users/username/Desktop/Texttospeechoutput.aiff -f
> /Users/username/Desktop/Texttospeechinput.txt
> 
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Re: Oz Mac prices

[Daniel Kerr]

Hi Paul

One would think that the price would change with the imminent release of an
updated iMac. According to the  latest rumour sites, that change should be
any day
But yes, with the way the exchange rate is at the moment,..there must be
some dollars going somewhere,... I know it's not in my pocket, :o(

Kind Regards
Daniel


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> I figure that with the current rate of exchange the Australian price
> of a basic iMac costing AU$1,698 equates to US$1,577.   The same
> machine in the US is priced at US$1,199.
> 
> That's a difference of $US 370.  One has to wonder if Australian
> customers are being gouged?
> 
> I've heard an revised version of the iMac is imminent.  Will the
> prices drop for Australians?
> 
> 
> Paul.
> 
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Oz Mac prices

[pweaver]

I figure that with the current rate of exchange the Australian price
of a basic iMac costing AU$1,698 equates to US$1,577.   The same
machine in the US is priced at US$1,199.

That's a difference of $US 370.  One has to wonder if Australian
customers are being gouged?

I've heard an revised version of the iMac is imminent.  Will the
prices drop for Australians?


Paul.


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Re: Audio in email

[Kyle Kreusch]

Hi Lloyd

Speech Synthesis Manager - Man Page
To find out what everything means in the example below Type into Terminal

man say


Example:

This example will convert a text document to a Audio file Which is
located on the desktop

say -v Victoria -o /Users/username/Desktop/Texttospeechoutput.aiff -f
/Users/username/Desktop/Texttospeechinput.txt

Regards Kyle


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Re: Audio in email

[Lloyd White]

Hi Kylie,
Thanks for that. I followed your instructions and it does work.
MS Word is forgiven - again! If all else fails, read the instructions!

Lloyd 




> Hi Lloyd
> 
> The services menu is unavailable in MS Office 2004
> 
> You will need to go to system preferences --> speech --> text to speech
> 
> Choose a voice you would like to use Then tick the box next to "Speak
> selected text when the key is pressed" And then choose a key to use
> 
> This should allow you to use the text-to-speech option anywhere
> including MS Office 2004
> 
> 
> Or if you would like to use VoiceOver
> 
> To set up VoiceOver you will need to go into Applications -->
> Utilities --> VoiceOver Utility Once you have got the desired settings
> in their
> 
> To turn on VoiceOver: command F5
> 
> 
> To save this as an audio file you can use Terminal
> 
> Or if you don't mind paying for a application is quite a few out there
> that will do this for you but I don't believe there's any free ones
> 
> I will have to get back to you with the terminal commands as I can not find it
> 
> 
> Kyle
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