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Happy Birthday, Sakis! [message #76988]

Wed, 13 December 2006 06:54

Paul Artola

Messages: 161
Registered: November 2005

Senior Member

e it runs windows.

>> The
>> old , my thing is bigger and better than your thing, pissing contest.
My
>> windows PC is better than your Mac. It wasn't a contest post, or a draw
>> to arms challenge.
>>
>> I wasn't trying to tell anybody to go buy one. The reply was, mine is

>> better
>> and it doesn't get better

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Re: Happy Birthday, Sakis! [message #76993 is a reply to message #76988]

Wed, 13 December 2006 11:04

Nappy
Messages: 198
Registered: September 2006

Senior Member

gt; When I need a camera, I want a real camera, currently a Canon
>>>>>>>> digital
>>>>>SLR.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> If I can get by with something small that I can type on, I use a

>>>>>>>> Psion
>>>>>
>>>>>>>> PDA (like a mini-laptop). Also works as a voice recorder. Cool
>>>>>>>> little
>>>>>
>>>>>>>> box but long discontinued.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I'm r

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Re: Happy Birthday, Sakis! [message #76997 is a reply to message #76993]

Wed, 13 December 2006 12:22

Don Nafe

Messages: 1206
Registered: July 2005

Senior Member

0.
>>>
>>> In better news, I wound up on modular synth dreamland for about five
hours
>>> last night, wiring up my John Bowen Pro Wave into modular patches and
>using
>>> it to feed vocoders and all of the things that make computer recording
>worth
>>> it. Then I forgot to save the presets, but hey, that's the way it goes.
>
>>>
>>> TCB
>Thanks James. Have a great weekend! I'm off to see the Dixie Dregs. :^)

Cheers,
-Jamie
www.JamieKrutz.com

James McCloskey wrote:
> Here it is:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8c6ckjy-gdY&NR
>
> "James McCloskey" <excelsm@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> Hey Jamie! MacWorld Magazine has a good video, but I cant find it. Here
>> are some user videos on changing RAM and the hard drive

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Re: Happy Birthday, Sakis! [message #76998 is a reply to message #76997]

Wed, 13 December 2006 13:21

EK Sound

Messages: 939
Registered: June 2005

Senior Member

.
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMmHef6fjyM
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YerwvktWtKA
>>
>> James
>>
>> Jamie K <Meta@Dimensional.com> wrote:
>>> Where's the fuel? You mean you finally noticed that Apple has gone to
>>> Intel for hardware designs, and onboard graphics on the low end models?
>>>
>>> This is pretty old news. When Apple announced the Intel switch more than
>>> a year ago, this was one of the reasons given. The Macbook is their low
>>> end laptop, and probably the biggest cost reduction was using the
>>> onboard graphics instead of something snazzier. The Macbook Pro has the
>>> snazzier stuff, but it's still off the shelf with OSX drivers. Apple
>>> doesn't and hasn't ever AFAIK developed their own graphics chipsets.
>>>
>>> Well heck, they don't develop their own CPUs either, although I imagine
>>> they give input to those companies. Up until last year Apple chose
>>> differ

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Re: Happy Birthday, Sakis! [message #76999 is a reply to message #76988]

Wed, 13 December 2006 17:19

emarenot

Messages: 345
Registered: June 2005

Senior Member

ent CPU models than were blessed by Microsoft, and tried to gain
>
>>> an advantage from the differences. Now they are using the same CPUs that
>>> Microsoft likes, so any advantage is going to be from design and software.
>>>
>>> I like Apple's desktop case design. Really easy to get into and change
>
>>> memory, drives, etc.; quiet and cool running airflow. The laptop designs
>>> have varied at accessibility, sometimes compromising for thinness. For
>
>>> example my PowerBook is easy to access for memory upgrades but not for
>
>>> HD upgrades. That may have changed in the new ones.
>>>
>>> Mac laptop sales are rising, other manufacturers are copying the

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Re: Happy Birthday, Sakis! [message #77000 is a reply to message #76997]

Wed, 13 December 2006 15:24

steve the artguy
Messages: 308
Registered: June 2005

Senior Member

ir form
>>> factor, but if you ever buy one (other than overpaying for a Macbook for
>>> someone else, and then complaining about it) I'll be amazed. Sorry you
>
>>> had to subject yourself to working on a Mac today, but even sorrier you
>>> had to infect it with XP. ;^)
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> -Jamie
>>> www.JamieKrutz.com
>>>
>>>
>>> TCB wrote:
>>>> So, I had to set up XP on a Mac Book today. The child of an important
>> person
>>>> on my office had one and, surprise, most of the games a 12 year old likes
>>>> to play don't have Mac versions.
>>>>
>>>> So, once and for all I can put to rest the notion that Apple hardware
>> is
>>>> somehow 'super special' and thus justifies the higher price. Intel chipset,
>>>> Intel integrated graphics, Atheros wireless, Marvell NIC, generic firewire
>>>> controller. The CD/DVD burner was the slot loading kind, so that's slightly
>>>> cool (unless you want to pop out the CD before the machine boots when
>> it's
>>>> nice to have a physical switch), but that's about the only thing unusual
>>>> about the hardware. If you were to show me the XP device list for a Mac
>> Book
>>>> and the same list

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Re: Happy Birthday, Sakis! [message #77001 is a reply to message #76988]

Wed, 13 December 2006 14:46

Don Nafe

Messages: 1206
Registered: July 2005

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from a Dell 640m (two of which I've also set up recently)
>>>> I would have given a _slight_ preference to the Dell, mostly because
> it
>> uses
>>>> an Intel wireless chipset that does b/g/n and bluetooth on one chip,
> and
>>>> I've had very good luck with those wireless cards. A 640m also has a
> larger
>>>> screed and costs around $750.
>>>>
>>>> In better news, I wound up on modular synth dreamland for about five
> hours
>>>> last night, wiring up my John Bowen Pro Wave into modular patches and
>> using
>>>> it to feed vocoders and all of the things that make computer recording
>> worth
>>>> it. Then I forgot to save t

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Re: Happy Birthday, Sakis! [message #77003 is a reply to message #77001]

Wed, 13 December 2006 15:50

Neil
Messages: 1645
Registered: April 2006

Senior Member

s no. Then he started
>rendering all the video at the same time, he again asked them if their PC
>could do that, the all gave a resounding no! He continued doing multiple
>real time renders and showed many other things to show the G5s power. No
>body left without being vary impressed with it's power and capabilities.
>
>
>Our experiences are quite a bit different. Again, Apple couldn't have made
>the claims at the time if it wasn't true.
>
>
>"LaMont" <jjdpro@ameritech.net> wrote:
>>
>>Just Stop!!! That school IT head needs to be fired!! As with most academic
>>institutions IT personal.
>>
>>This PHD obviously nuts. Just 2 weeks after that implementation(In Pure
>Apple
>>form), the come out with the G5 X-servers. Could saved that university
of
>>ton of space. Also, to say that those G5 could compete with IBS mainframes
>>, HP unix mid frams is insane at best..

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Re: Happy Birthday, Sakis! [message #77004 is a reply to message #76988]

Wed, 13 December 2006 15:58

Kim
Messages: 1246
Registered: October 2005

Senior Member

/> >>
>>
>>
>>"James McCloskey" <excelsm@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>Here's the correct link on the G5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLujLtgBJC0&mode=related& amp;search
>>>
>>>"James McCloskey" <excelsm@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>LaMont I love ya man, but I go

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Re: Happy Birthday, Sakis! [message #77005 is a reply to message #76988]

Wed, 13 December 2006 15:25

Paul Braun

Messages: 391
Registered: September 2005

Senior Member

tta call you out on this one. The G4 you
>>>work
>>>>on is a 867Mhz right? That machine is from 2001! That's a six year
old
>>>>machine your talking about being slow!!!! Check it out at www.apple-history.com
>>>>
>>>>You conveniently remember things the way you want to. When Apple announced
>>>>that they had the fastest personal computer on the planet, they did.

>That
>>>>was the truth, that's the fact, if it wasn't, Intel, AMD, Dell, Gateway,
>>>>HP, and every other other PC manufacture would have sued Apple and won!!!!!
>>>> Now might be a good time for you to file a suit against Apple if you
>think
>>>>t

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Re: Happy Birthday, Sakis! [message #77008 is a reply to message #76988]

Wed, 13 December 2006 16:49

excelav

Messages: 2130
Registered: July 2005
Location: Metro Detroit

Senior Member

d into any computer platform discussion pro or con
>>>>>>in this newsgroup. I have my own preferences having worked on both,
>but
>>>>>I'm
>>>>>>not pushing my views on anyone else, except over beers at the local
>pub
>>>>>with
>>>>>>friends who are ready, willing and able. (As an aside, they are 1.
Always
>>>>>>vehemont, and 2. Without any actual real world experience on one of
>the
>>>>>>platforms in question).
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I hav

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Re: Happy Birthday, Sakis! [message #77009 is a reply to message #76988]

Wed, 13 December 2006 16:59

Graham Duncan

Messages: 147
Registered: December 2008

Senior Member

e to say that I am amazed by the venom that spews whenever someone
>>>>>>points to something Mac. It seems irrational to me. As if Steve Jobs
>>personally
>>>>>>injured some on this group. Why do we worry so much about things we
>have
>>>>>>no
>>>>>>control over? If someone points out a new plug, or a new amp, or instrument,
>>>>>>things usually don't get personal. The recent donnybrook over Politics,
>>>>>Religion
>>>>>>and
>>>>>>War is regrettable but not

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Re: Happy Birthday, Sakis! [message #77020 is a reply to message #77001]

Wed, 13 December 2006 20:59

Paul Artola

Messages: 161
Registered: November 2005

Senior Member

t;>>>>> Pictures of the iPhone
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> http://www.macrumorslive.com/
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> http://www.apple.com/
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> More to come!
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>"Steve Cox" <stevec1@charter.net> wrote:
>
>Hey David,
>I set Paris to word clock 44.1 and both 8 channel pre's to be slave @ 44.1.
I ran light pipe from both pre's to the 2 adat cards.
>The Aardsync has 3 word

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Re: Happy Birthday, Sakis! [message #77021 is a reply to message #76988]

Wed, 13 December 2006 22:42

Gene Lennon[4]
Messages: 26
Registered: November 2006

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clock outs on it so I ran 3 seperate BNC cables,
>one to each entit

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Re: Happy Birthday, Sakis! [message #77028 is a reply to message #76988]

Thu, 14 December 2006 02:24

rick

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