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| Author: | Hermskii [ Sun Aug 31, 2003 7:06 pm ] |
| Post subject: | I bought a MAC today. I swear I did! |
My wife cratored the PC again today for what I hope is the last time. Right while I was almost done uploading about 30 new maps too. I had to start all over. I have had it with her touching my main system too so today we went shopping. Here is a breakdown of what we got. First of all it's the smaller of the 2 iMacs. Actually, my wife is already using it and she loves it. Something about a music library that she is enjoying right now. I got the Office pack with it and .com service and the three year warranty. It came with a printer some clear speakers a wierd keyboard and a few other goodies. I will need to get UT for MAC now. I plugged it in and turned it on and it works. I must admit that it was pretty easy. Here is the breakdown: 15-inch LCD flat screen 800MHz PowerPC G4 NVIDIA GeForce2 MX 32MB DDR video memory 256MB SDRAM 60GB Ultra ATA hard drive 10/100BASE-T Ethernet 56K V.92 internal modem Apple Pro Speakers AirPort Ready Bluetooth Optional It came with a bunch of software too. My wife wants the IPod now too. I got the whole thing for just under $1,800 US) The base package sold for $1.299 but I bought the extra warranty and support and other stuff. I will expect the MAC folks here to support the crap out of this effort for me. First things first! Where the hell do I get UT for MAC? |
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| Author: | -BiGi- [ Sun Aug 31, 2003 7:12 pm ] |
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sell out. just kidding. good luck with that crap. Probably good for your average user, but not enough functionality for me. Wait till you start having hardware fail. |
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| Author: | -BiGi- [ Sun Aug 31, 2003 7:14 pm ] |
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looks like you can buy it here. http://www.simso.com/macgames/details.a ... ALTOURMAC' |
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| Author: | Hermskii [ Sun Aug 31, 2003 8:11 pm ] |
| Post subject: | LOL |
Did you read the description of the game? That's not UT they are talking about. I think it's Unreal or Unreal2. I didn'r play either but that description certainly isn't for UT and that price isn't right either! |
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| Author: | Scify [ Sun Aug 31, 2003 8:26 pm ] |
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MayBe Max give you HIS? One time it was at http://www.apple.com/ but I see UT2K3 there now |
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| Author: | Scify [ Sun Aug 31, 2003 8:30 pm ] |
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Herm I think Bigi lead to right to it See for your self http://www.simso.com/search/index.asp?p ... 22&go.y=11 |
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| Author: | Mahatma [ Sun Aug 31, 2003 11:27 pm ] |
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congratulations, Benedict Arnold! :lol: |
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| Author: | Riff-Raff [ Mon Sep 01, 2003 1:27 am ] |
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Hey Herm, I could try and send you a burned copy. Welcome to the world of Macintosh Herm's wife. If you have any questions, feel free to ask either Maximus, Metalman or I. torple |
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| Author: | Hermskii [ Mon Sep 01, 2003 8:18 am ] |
| Post subject: | LOL |
Thanks Torp! I'm actually on this MAC right now. I have already learned quit a bit about this thing from just yesterday. I have to give MAC some credit here. It was certainly easier to set up than a PC would have been if I weren't a computer person. I really did just have to plug in all of the usb items like mouse and keyboard, then I plugged in the network cable and turned it on and was done! I had the MAC store update it before I took it from there. They totally updated everything in less than 45 minutes. Even on XP, getting the patches would have taken well over and hour and I would have had to reboot about 6 times. This hasn't crashed or requested a reboot once. The "Dock" at the bottom is very cool. My wife says she likes the keyboard because it feels good and types easy. I don't like that I can't put it on the little legs to tilt it up like most keyboards. I'm going to start a thread called MAC questions and answers. I'll post my problems and general questions there from this point forward. Eventually, it should become the biggest thread this forum has ever had I imagine. Thank you for your support. |
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| Author: | n6nu [ Mon Sep 01, 2003 8:38 am ] |
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Congrats Herm! You are a Unix user now :-) N6NU |
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| Author: | Hermskii [ Mon Sep 01, 2003 9:10 am ] |
| Post subject: | Unix, 9, 10 |
Thanks N6. I think it's wierd that it comes with two OS's on it. They are both built on Unix too. I sort of look at it like this. OSX is on OX9 which is on Unix. So far so good. |
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| Author: | 1V1etal1V1an [ Mon Sep 01, 2003 11:00 am ] |
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sniffff......sniffff...I think i'm gonna cry!!! snifff....sob..... Herm, Welcome to the wonderful world of NO PROBLEMS!!!! Dont listen to bigi, I have had my Mac for 7 years now and NOTHING that was Mac original has failed on me. I have only added a video card, RAM, and an extra drive to it, and I can still beat some of you in the arenas!!! pretty pathetic....all you PC folk should be slinking back into the pile of driver floppy discs (whats a floppy disc? HAHAHAH Or...what the hell is a driver!!? AHAHAHAH) you own! Does it have iMovie installed? If so you are in trouble!! Its just too freaking addictive! If you have a DV camera you are going to be plagued for some time! In fact we may never see you again!!! Your wife must be having a ton of fun with iTunes! Isn't it nice to have a program that does a million things FOR you rather than you having to find a different program for each thing (ripping, burning, compressing, surfing, buying online, etc) I think thats why i have always loved the Mac....it does the work for you...not the other way around. Well I will restrain myself until some boring PC diatribe presents itself so I can smash it down AGAIN!! :lol: Welcome to the fold young jedi!!!! //\etal//\ac |
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| Author: | Hermskii [ Mon Sep 01, 2003 3:01 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Hmm! |
It does have iMovie but we don't have a DV camera.............yet! Well said about the iTunes. It's true. It does everything for you. It's a one stop solution. I will suffer with thing until I grasp how MAC thinks to do things but I'm sure I'll come around. I play on it every once in a while but I find the ease of knowing exactly what I'm doing on a PC keeps me on mine more than hers. Today is my MACs 1 day old birthday. It's gowing up so fast. |
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| Author: | JimmyNeutron [ Mon Sep 01, 2003 5:56 pm ] |
| Post subject: | I'll just GIVE you my Mac UT copy... |
Herm, send me email and I'll send you my real paid-for copy of UT for the Mac. I don't expect to be needing mine, and it's not worth the trouble to sell it. Send to JamesAndVanessa1 at comcast.net, and include your shipping address. :wink: |
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| Author: | <SRA>Maximus [ Mon Sep 01, 2003 6:45 pm ] |
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Actually Herm OSX rubs on top of the unix platform but OS9 is almost like an application. At least thats the way I see it. By the way herm If you got a .Mac subscription when u purchased your iMac and you get the isight or a digital camera I can video conference with you to talk you through how to do some things. let me know if you get one. The iSight is like $129. It works with a free prog called iChat which allows people with a .Mac or AIM to talk with each other. Although you can't video conference with AIM folks yet. You may need to dload the public beta of iChat. U will also need a .mac subscription to be able to vid conference. http://www.apple.com/ichat/download/ http://www.mac.com/ |
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