Re: Commbank

2005-05-26 Thread Andrew Nielsen
At 09:08 +0800 25/5/05, Shay Telfer wrote: Be thankful they've even heard of Mozilla, Firefox and Safari! Even if they think MAC is an acronym - well, it is - Media Access Control. But that's unrelated to the word Macintosh which is a proper noun. -- Andrew Nielsen mailto:[EMAIL

cleaning up 'Open With...'

2005-05-26 Thread 206gti
Sorry if this has been posted before (I've been having trouble with my email) If you have duplicates in your finder contextual menu this hint will sort it out: http://www.macgeekery.com/tips/configuration/acrobat_update_glitch_affecting_open_with_list_in_finder If I had found this two days

Intel CEO recommends Macs

2005-05-26 Thread Shay Telfer
From the Wall Street Journal: Pressed about security by Mr. Mossberg, Mr. Otellini had a startling confession: He spends an hour a weekend removing spyware from his daughter's computer. And when further pressed about whether a mainstream computer user in search of immediate safety from

iMac G5's in stock?

2005-05-26 Thread Shay Telfer
Hi... Does anyone out there have iMac G5's in stock? Have fun, Shay -- === Shay Telfer Perth, Western Australia Technomancer Join Team Sungroper in the Opinions for hire [POQ] 2005 World Solar Challenge

Graphics/video workstation.

2005-05-26 Thread Ken Woods
Hi all, This is slightly off the topic and I apologise for that in advance. I need some advice from those in the graphics and/or video (etc) editing world. I am considering the purchase of a machine from the dark side and would appreciate some advice on what type of mother board and processor

Re: Graphics/video workstation.

2005-05-26 Thread Christian Kotz
But all those apps are available on Mac :( On 26/05/2005, at 4:41 PM, Ken Woods wrote: Hi all, This is slightly off the topic and I apologise for that in advance. I need some advice from those in the graphics and/or video (etc) editing world. I am considering the purchase of a machine

Re: Graphics/video workstation.

2005-05-26 Thread Rod
On 26/05/2005, at 4:41 PM, Ken Woods wrote: Hi all, This is slightly off the topic and I apologise for that in advance. I need some advice from those in the graphics and/or video (etc) editing world. I am considering the purchase of a machine from the dark side and would appreciate

Re: Graphics/video workstation.

2005-05-26 Thread Christian Kotz
I've been told that Mac's traditionally do better in the roles of creativity anyway in comparison to PC's. A lot of PC users understand this but is it a myth? I Would like to know as I planned to move into this field as a career but if I won't be seeing many Macs it could be concerning. I've

Re: Graphics/video workstation.

2005-05-26 Thread Rob Davies
Afternoon Ken, On 26/05/2005, at 4:41 PM, Ken Woods wrote: Hi all, This is slightly off the topic and I apologise for that in advance. I need some advice from those in the graphics and/or video (etc) editing world. I am considering the purchase of a machine from the dark side and would

Re: Graphics/video workstation.

2005-05-26 Thread Rob Davies
Woops forgot the link! If you must go down the dark side, here is a good reference site with links to others. http://www.tomshardware.com On 26/05/2005, at 4:41 PM, Ken Woods wrote: snipd Cheers! Rob Davies [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can always tell if you're working on a Mac or a PC, he

Re: Graphics/video workstation.

2005-05-26 Thread Craig Ringer
On Thu, 2005-05-26 at 17:34 +0800, Christian Kotz wrote: I've been told that Mac's traditionally do better in the roles of creativity anyway in comparison to PC's. A lot of PC users understand this but is it a myth? It used to be true, back in the MacOS 7 vs win311 days when there was just

Re: Graphics/video workstation.

2005-05-26 Thread Paul Kitchener
Ken Woods wrote: I need some advice from those in the graphics and/or video (etc) editing world. I am considering the purchase of a machine from the dark side and would appreciate some advice on what type of mother board and processor etc would be best suited for my needs. Hi Ken I like

Australian Dashboard Widgets

2005-05-26 Thread John Winters
Hi, Does anyone know of a source for Australian widgets to replace the USA centric widgets? Even the Australian Apple website proudly displays the details of the USA phone book! For example: An Australian/British English dictionary The Australian White/Yellow Pages The Australian Stock Exchange

Re: Australian Dashboard Widgets

2005-05-26 Thread subscribe
one i have found is this one.. http://www.islayer.net/widgets.php Natas On 26/05/2005, at 9:44 PM, John Winters wrote: Hi, Does anyone know of a source for Australian widgets to replace the USA centric widgets? Even the Australian Apple website proudly displays the details of the USA phone

word to pdf

2005-05-26 Thread Chris Burton
Hi everyone For the last hour I have been trying to save a 20 page doc from word X (G5 with 10.3.8) to PDF, so I can send to a client. I have been using print to pdf. It works ok with other docs I have. There is no worries with the first 12 pages, but then it stops. the reason I think is

Re: Australian Dashboard Widgets

2005-05-26 Thread Greg Sharp
You can download free Australian Phonebook Widget from http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/dashboard/australianphonebook.html -- All the best Greg Sharp President/Webmaster [EMAIL PROTECTED] Australian Mac Users Group (AUSMUG) http://australian.macusersgroup.org

Re: word to pdf

2005-05-26 Thread Greg Pennefather
Chris Yes, I've come across this one and it's easily solved. Print to PDF will always split a Word file at a section break but will see in the directory you save the file to that there are other files with the same name with numbers added eg printfile.pdf, priintfile1.pdf, printfile2.pdf etc