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  1. ryalex

    ryalex Two Time F1 World Champ
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    #26 ryalex, Apr 26, 2006

    You must feel like the bad guy in an action movie having such large displays. It's always the evil corporate CEO who has the really cool A/V setup. :D
     
  2. Turb0flat4

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    #27 Turb0flat4, Apr 26, 2006
    Oh that's neat. I'd love to see your setup (I'm in Sg too). :)

    Also, nice to see another Enterprise fan. So many Trekkies dismiss this series out of hand.
     
  3. MikeZ_NJ

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    #28 MikeZ_NJ, Apr 26, 2006
    I was thinking of going with a VM solution, but my experience with VMWare tells me "virtual machines on a laptop = bad idea" due to the fact that its so resource-intensive. On the MacBook with 2 gigs of ram though, do you think the delay would be that significant? Have you used VMWare? How does Parrallels stack up ?

    No games for me... just the basics...

    Thanks.
     
  4. Turb0flat4

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    #29 Turb0flat4, Apr 26, 2006
    Is there a variant of Cedega for the Mac ?

    Maybe you could give it a whirl with the free version of Wine, I'm sure there's a port for BSD you could compile on the Mac.
     
  5. Malfoy

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    #30 Malfoy, Apr 26, 2006
    I havent used VMWare. I have 2gbs of ram in my MBP (1.83 ghz model) and parallels runs fine with very little delay. If you have ever controlled a computer over a LAN with VNC/remote desktop, parallels has a far quicker response than that. You only have to worry if you are running on battery power because parallels will devour it very quick.
     
  6. Noel

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    #31 Noel, Apr 26, 2006
    i flipped a few months back...love it.
     
  7. MikeZ_NJ

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    #32 MikeZ_NJ, Apr 26, 2006
    Yeah, VMWare's much faster than VNC/RDP, too. I'll give Parallels a shot - thanks!
     
  8. aawil

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    #33 aawil, Apr 26, 2006
    I always hated them as well. I bought an ipod at the beginning of last year. I loved the interface of the ipod so much and was growing tired of all the adaware and trojans I was always battling that I bought a mac mini in october to give it a try. I loved OSX so last month I bought a 20" iMac Core Duo. I figured I would eventually be able to run windows but wasn't really expecting boot camp to come along. Now I can race with r-factor on the imac with XP.
     
  9. lung7707

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    #34 lung7707, Apr 27, 2006
    Excellent choice... welcome to the Rebel Alliance
     
  10. ItaliaF1

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    #35 ItaliaF1, Apr 27, 2006
    I'm also on a MacBook Pro. I ordered it a few hours after thye announced it at Macworld. I love this computer. Just for kicks, I might upgrade the RAM later...hehehehe.
     
  11. MikeZ_NJ

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    #36 MikeZ_NJ, Apr 29, 2006
    I have to put my second gig of RAM in here. 1 gig, running a bunch of programs and Parallels with 256 megs is far too slow. Parallels is a good program though -- almost identical to VMWare.
     
  12. GMMTC

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    #37 GMMTC, Jun 15, 2006
    I just started using macs in march (when I stated working for apple) and their stuff is really quite interesting. The learning curve has been fairly quick and I'm quite proficient now. My next computer will most likely be a mac.
     
  13. lung7707

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    #38 lung7707, Jun 15, 2006
    What do u mean most likely be a mac? It should only be a mac :)

    btw i am writing this on my new Black MacBook.
     
  14. MikeZ_NJ

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    #39 MikeZ_NJ, Jun 15, 2006
    FWIW,

    My filesystem became so corrupt on Sunday that the computer wouldn't boot, I couldn't retrieve any data (after using multiple recovery tools for about 10 hours worth of scanning), and I had to wipe the drive and start over.

    Be careful with the Intel Macs... the non-Universal programs can be pretty volatile.
     
  15. Ferrari0324

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    #40 Ferrari0324, Jun 15, 2006
    Sorry for this quick hijack of the thread, but...

    Lung, I have the street sign you have in your avatar hanging on my door!
     
  16. lung7707

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    #41 lung7707, Jun 15, 2006
    I got mine hanging in the office.
     
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