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nobsmuggler
from silly mid-off on 2005-01-29 15:53 [#01481084]
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What is the mini-mac like, is it powerfull enough etc...?
Is garageband anygood for making music?
Do usb products have to be mac compatible, hubs etc...?
Are there any good p2p/torrent/file sharing aps for mac?
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pantalaimon
from Winterfell (United Kingdom) on 2005-01-29 16:12 [#01481102]
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"What is the mini-mac like, is it powerfull enough etc...?"
probably, what do you intend to do on it? If you already have a keyboard and monitor the mac-mini is a bargain. Probably won't be too good for 3D gaming but thats not what macs are for really.
"Is garageband anygood for making music?"
i've heard its just a good beginer programme, there are other good music programmes available for the mac. Loads of musicians use macs to make music.
"Do usb products have to be mac compatible, hubs etc...?"
should be compatible, they use the same usb 2.0.
"Are there any good p2p/torrent/file sharing aps for mac?"
yes, acquisition is the one i use... i think its the best but i haven't explored them too much.
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hanal
from k_maty only (United Kingdom) on 2005-01-29 16:17 [#01481106]
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wot about fleetwood mac
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nobsmuggler
from silly mid-off on 2005-01-29 16:19 [#01481109]
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thanks man
i dont plan to use it for games thats what my playstaion is for :)
i think youve confimed what i thought, i just needed some reasurance
have you always used mac or did you go from windows and if you did is it easy to get used to?
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uzim
on 2005-01-29 16:19 [#01481110]
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"Are there any good p2p/torrent/file sharing aps for mac?"
> yep : ) soulseek clients... Nicotine if you know about linux/unix/X11/whatever, SolarSeek if you don't!
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nobsmuggler
from silly mid-off on 2005-01-29 16:20 [#01481111]
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jeebus
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hanal
from k_maty only (United Kingdom) on 2005-01-29 16:23 [#01481115]
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best rain mac maybe
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hanal
from k_maty only (United Kingdom) on 2005-01-29 16:24 [#01481117]
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big mac
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nobsmuggler
from silly mid-off on 2005-01-29 16:25 [#01481119]
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haha :)
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nobsmuggler
from silly mid-off on 2005-01-29 16:50 [#01481147]
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is it worth getting virus protection?
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pantalaimon
from Winterfell (United Kingdom) on 2005-01-29 17:00 [#01481154]
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"is it worth getting virus protection?"
not really, i've used macs for 5 years now and never had a problem.
OSX is extremely easy to use, its the best operating system there is
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nobsmuggler
from silly mid-off on 2005-01-29 17:05 [#01481158]
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right ill have a mac in 3-4 weeks in about 5 mins
i think ill bake a cake
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nobsmuggler
from silly mid-off on 2005-01-30 12:46 [#01481977]
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do i need to use a ASDL router instead of a standard ASDL modem?
does anybody know a good broadband ISP in the UK for mac?
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Taxidermist
from Black Grass on 2005-01-30 19:36 [#01482368]
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One of the benefits for macs on the net is 95% percent or upwards of viruses and trojans are writen for pc's. The downside is macs are notoriously shitty for internet uses.
Most usb hardware is compatible with any computer that has a usb port. Mac, Linux or PC. All you need is the proper drivers. If you are not sure, just look on the box. The hardware will mention what kind of systems it is compatible with. The downside to macs, is to upgrade them you practically have to pull the entire thing apart. With pc's just open the side panel and install what you need, no fuss no muss (although my new soundcard took me an hour to install, cause I had to figure out how the drive bay was to connect to the board card and such. It took me 3 minutes to install my video card, after turning my computer off).
Really, its all about preferance. I would never buy a mac, cause I have found them to be less than reliable, and they focus too much on making them pretty, and easy to use, while making the more detail oriented and advanced applications really difficult. The same reason I hate window XP.
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Dannn_
from United Kingdom on 2005-01-30 19:54 [#01482386]
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Mac Mini looks powerful enough to me
Garageband isn't bad but it just doesn't do very much.
Peripherals should be fine, if they need any sort of driver you should check there is a Mac one obviously
Aquisition and Solarseek are good apps for p2p, bittorrent works too but I've kind of given up on that
I've never had a Mac virus in about 10 years
Macunlimited is a good mac broadband provider that I use
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earthleakage
from tell the world you're winning on 2005-01-30 19:57 [#01482390]
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ahhh, but can you get coolwebsearch on the mac?
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aphextriplet
from your mothers bedroom (United Kingdom) on 2005-01-31 01:29 [#01482527]
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i went from windows to mac and it was an arse to start off but it works out fine
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Taxidermist
from Black Grass on 2005-01-31 05:06 [#01482596]
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I had a friend who did the opposite, and he found his stuff worked better from the start, and kept on working better.
You mac people just insult yourselves naturally, by owning macs. I don't need to say anything further.
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nobsmuggler
from silly mid-off on 2005-01-31 10:45 [#01482949]
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thanks for all your ppl
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