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So... word on the street is that i'll have a new power book soon. so... make a list of cool stuff i should download for it and post it here. (i've always used pc with MS windows) thanks in advance. |
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There are no new powerbooks |
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Microsoft Virtual PC |
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ultimate macbook promac powerup |
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multiple network instant msger - Adium slsk client - Nictotine (need to install X11 aswell) Tomatotorrent -barebones-ish torrent program quite tidy code editor - Jedit quite tidy audio editor - Audacity Goban go game Processing gfx programming language Ardour - audio environment thing havent tried it looks good breve - mad modelling thing Blender GNOME image editor Frogblast Hotline client (warez) all FREE |
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dont know how many have universal binaries or intel builds going i suppose they should all run under rosetta anyway? |
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Frozen-bubble bubblebobble game |
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Actually for slsk purposes, there's , which is much easier to install/use than Nicotine, and it's a Universal Binary too! |
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i run some of those programs on ubuntu (linux) and they are quite shit. in my opinion, windows has way better software, except for the obvious downside that it always gets viruseses and explodes. dunno about macs. i think the best thing is to get windows and never plug it into the internets for any reason. :) especially Audacity - HORRIBLE. i have so many stories about how shit this is. it should not be trusted for anything remotely serious with music. haven't had any trouble with Nicotine to speak of. but i also don't run it on a mac. |
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my point is that just because they are free and open-source doesn't mean they measure up to stuff you buy for windows. sometimes you're better off paying for a better product and being really careful. |
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iLife ;d and essential is when you want to encode your cd's the right way (don't use iTunes!). Max is like EAC, but only better. and go to find your own cool stuff |
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openoffice |
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I really hate audacity too, I find it really clumsy and unstable. I use SoundStudio2 which I love but I have a tendency to make it crash by having hours worth of aiffs open at once. SoundStudio3 is out and claims to do all the same things as audacity (time stretching and multiple channels most notably) but its really unstable for me. These are only availble as 30day trials btw. goDel - whats bad about itunes ripping? this strikes me as a problem that mainly affects geeks cause it seems okay to me |
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audioeditor tetris good for playing flacs and other not-supported-in-itunes formats a must on any platform for when you need to unpack rar files system stats made poshlookin cool desktop manager good imageeditor *not all are universal binaries, but most will probably be soon |
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peak is about the best audio editor i've found on mac, it's still no soundforge, i find it ridiculous that many functions don't have a preview of the sound you'll make before you process it. |
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ive found a few bugs in audacity 1.2.3, but it gets the job done i like the fact its got nyquist as a backend my point is that just because they are bought for windows doesn't mean they measure up to stuff that is open source. |
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oh yeah Pd and SuperCollider3 too for audio |
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The most important reason not to use iTunes for ripping your cd's to mp3 is that you can't encode using LAME or it's presets. I could name some more, but i shouldn't have to. |
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i installed mac os x 10.6.4 on my dell laptop and it didn't go as well as planned :/ although some nerd in CS in college got it to work perfectly on his, on mine the sound and graphics were kinda fucked. so, the general jist of this, is that i'm extremely envious of you, and i'll give my friend johnl a tip off on this thread and he;'ll have lots of stuff to reccomend no doubt |
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woah there, 10.6.4? I guess really you meant 10.4.6, so I forgive you |
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that's the one |
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it's a fucking sexy OS though, so many cool features my friend has one of those powerbooks, it has fucking light sensors, FUCKING LIGHT SENSORS, just where the speakers are, so when you open it up at night, and the room's all dark, it lowers the monitor brightness accordingly so you don't burn your fucking eyes out genius fucking love it |
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godel> http://www.blacktree.com/apps/iTunes-LAME/ please name some more |
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waiting.................................................... ........................................................... .............................................. |
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I used iTunes-LAME for a while, but i prefer MAX. Probably because i had to compile my own version of LAME to get it to work (and that it wasn't a universal binary). With MAX you can also rip to flac, ogg and whatnot. and it's a standalone converter too. just drag a flac into the window and an mp3 pops out! its magic! |
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cool thank you all. and morsto. it's new to me |
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Umm, MAX always tell me that it needs one or more output formats, even though I have checked mp3 when I want to convert flacs for portable mp3 action. am I doing something wrong? |
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uhm, i remember getting that message too and having dealt with it. but i can't remember how. i think it had something to do with using the encoder window instead of the converter window, or vice versa... |
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you'll love it. Free aps that I need and you may too: Transmission - for dloading torrents Cyberduck - FTP Soulseex - Soulseek |
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i got my mac recently and cant believ how much better than Windows it is. Ive used Win since and it seems like a chore! Also; Firefox or Camino - Camino is native and lightweight. Oh and check the dashboard widgets you can dload, I find the Lipsum generator very useful. |
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cant figure it out :(( |
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MEGAMAN EFFECT |
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" So... word on the street is that i'll have a new power book soon." is it gonna be your birthday? |
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close , my sister doesn't need hers anymore. (it was her birthday so she got a better one) |
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can't find the encoder/converter windows, or you can but it still doesn't work? |
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and what version? i know there's been a lot of changes with each upgrade |
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I'm running the lastest version of it. and I can find the encoder windpws ndd all - no problem - but it doesnt do me any good, it still says I have to select one or more formats (when I selec Convert Files under the File menu) |
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hi |
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i'm afraid i can't be of any help. here, it just works fine when i drop a flac in the converter window... :S |
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silly-fix is to check both a lossless format and mp3 in the Formats tab and just manually cancel the lossless encoding while in progress. it'll do for now. thanks anyway |
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new mac = pc but more stable. installing windows on the new mac core duo is easier and crashes less than it does on the pc [pure crap]. i've been pc for the last 12 years and am going back to mac when the new cpu's hit the desktops. [three months possibly]. advantage...3 motherboards to design for as opposed to the pc's 5 000 000 configs. the new mac can either dual boot or you can boot windows in a window. currently only the low - high end lap tops and the kiddy comps have the new setup. logic + pluggo + mac = solid. i still like my pc...so much cracked shit out there for it :) |
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cool now i have it... now how the hell do I 'reset' it?. it takes a lot of time to boot up. god knows what my sister did to it. |
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it always seems like using mac osx is such a chore... i just can't condone the lack of any sort of separate window system for multitasking. i have to use them in the computer center at university sometimes and it takes so much longer for me to get anything done. they look pretty, but i prefer windows. |
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i dunno, in my experience Mac OS X is far better in multitasking. Running multiple programs at the same time on windows hardly works at all. If you want to switch between diff apps on a mac, use expose. on a tangent: is going to look like a serious OS X rip-off: -aqua instead of quartz (sexy GUI) -widgets -flip3d instead of expose - start-search instead of spotlight ... |
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try a new one! clicking on an app in the dock as opposed to start>programs>etc windows is a chore mate! |
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reformat and reinstall the system, always nice to start from scratch. should take a few years before you have to wipe it again :) |
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yeah i guess, question is how do you do this on mac, well iguess i have to get an installation disc and that'll do it for me. pc is so much easier to destroy and tear down haha. |
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everythings good. now how do i make music with this thingie alone. |
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