got my apple now what?

[laxplayer39]

hey guys i posted on this ot forum a few weeks ago when i was buying my new powerbook (well it was slightly used but its new to me and my first apple)

this thing seems pretty sweet some stuff is sort of hard(er) but maybe thats just b/c ive used a pc with windows my whole life. watching dvds is sweeeeet.

for filesharing purposes i downloaded acquisition and that seems like a nice little program - one problem i have is that some avi files dont play correctly and i dont know how to fix that b/c apple seems to want to open all video files with quicktime which is cool but sometimes it doesnt have the correct codec? whats the workaround? im sure osme of these files would work on a pc and that they arent corrupt so thats what i was wondering. (btw is it possible to watch fullscreen on quicktime?)

hmm what else, ichat is a cool program but i dont like the fact that you cant have groups set up - multitasking is pretty awesome if you ask me and the total ease of use is pretty cool too ... not to mention girls comment on it everytime they enter the room (which when your a guy like me anything helps hah)


so any advice on how to pop the collar of my mac would be def appreciated !!!

 

[ohtwell]

You could eat it!

Apples are yumy!



: ) Amanda

 

[BD2003]

the avi files that arent playing right are either divx or wmv. I think you can get divx for mac, although you might have to download windows media player to get the wmv codec.

 

[XZeroII]

You can use it to keep stacks of papers from flying away when a breeze blows through

 

[jcovercash]

Ichat is nice, but I used Adium it was pretty good. Expose' is great though. I am thinking about selling my PC to get an EMAC but I love my 21" monitor....

 

[ActuaryTm]

You could do this?

 

[pmoa]

you should get VLC for the mac....thats what i use to watch divx stuff

 

[tweakmm]

I :heart: my G4 Powerbook.

 

[laxplayer39]

its sweet man i def like it i just wish i knew for real how to really get the mopst out of it...btw have any of you see those educational discounts whereby they are selling 5 ibooks for 5k etc etc? its like buying in bulk

 

[BaboonGuy]

http://www.videolan.org/

use that ^

 

[homestarmy]

Originally posted by: laxplayer39

this thing seems pretty sweet some stuff is sort of hard(er) but maybe thats just b/c ive used a pc with windows my whole life. watching dvds is sweeeeet.

I don't get it... does it make low budget films with horrible actors look like the next LOTR? I'm pretty sure its the same no matter what format it's viewed on.

 

[Platypus]

VLC

 

[homestarmy]

Originally posted by: ActuaryTm
You could do <a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="</blockquote>
">[url]http://www.mit.edu/~mikeho/med...>this</a>?[/q[/url]

awesome, too bad i can only listen since I'm at work... its worth emailing myself at home so i can watch there.

 

[Snapster]

Originally posted by: ActuaryTm
You could do <a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="</blockquote>
">[url]http://www.mit.edu/~mikeho/med...>this</a>?[/q[/url]


Still cracks me up!

 

[phreakah]

Originally posted by: laxplayer39



so any advice on how to pop the collar

ask brigden

 

[laxplayer39]

vlc is sweeeeeet ... thanks guys any toher progs that are good to have?

 

[Platypus]

Originally posted by: laxplayer39
vlc is sweeeeeet ... thanks guys any toher progs that are good to have?

get xcode tools from mac if you actually want to use your laptop

 

[MmmSkyscraper]

Take it back and get a refund.

 

[Wahsapa]

about the movie thing, download wmp and divx, that should work.

also instead of acquisition try poisoned or xfactor.

and adium is awsome :thumbsup: i suggest the killbill theme

 

[ViRGE]

Just some random good programs:

Proteus: The closest you'll get to Trillian on the Mac(including that it's not entirely free)

BBedit Lite: Discontinued, but a great light-weight text editor

Konfabulator: Just get it, you'll thank me later

Poisioned: Kazaa for the Mac

Azureus: Ok, this is cross-platform, but you need a good BitTorrent client, and this is it

LaunchBar: A handy utility to make starting different programs easy

Slashdock: A good RSS reader

Microsoft Office 2004: Because life isn't complete without Office

VLC: Already stated

 

[way]

Get SideTrack to add scrolling capabilities with the side of your touchpad. You can also set corner taps to emulate other mouse buttons.

 

[tweakmm]

Originally posted by: ViRGE

Konfabulator: Just get it, you'll thank me later

This has to be the greatest program ever.

 

[Trente]

Originally posted by: ViRGE
Just some random good programs:

Proteus: The closest you'll get to Trillian on the Mac(including that it's not entirely free)

BBedit Lite: Discontinued, but a great light-weight text editor

Konfabulator: Just get it, you'll thank me later

Poisioned: Kazaa for the Mac

Azureus: Ok, this is cross-platform, but you need a good BitTorrent client, and this is it

LaunchBar: A handy utility to make starting different programs easy

Slashdock: A good RSS reader

Microsoft Office 2004: Because life isn't complete without Office

VLC: Already stated

:thumbsup:

 

[jadinolf]

Yard sale????

 

[joecool]

shine it up and eat it!