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- kasted, on 10/12/2007, -4/+39I got a mac mini for xmas, and I love OS X so far..
- avatarpalin, on 10/12/2007, -7/+30I bought the entry macbook and to be honest I can't believe how powerful the unit is, sure the gaming issue has been done to death but two of my favourite games Americas Army and Eve (Although give Warrock a try just for the no brainer factor). Although here is a tip for the switcher, (fanboys please ignore)
1. Get two gig of DDR2 ram from your local shop, don't buy from apple.com
2. Don't get anti virus, seeing there are no Virus's for the mac I wonder what is in the program that protect you from something that isn't there.
3. Use your iTunes to get some podcasts (or Netcasts) that show you how to do stuff on the Mac, MacBreak + Screencasts online are a good start
4. expect people to tell you that you have made the wrong decision. Even though they have never used one in their life they will swear that they 'suck', don't argue with them just bid them a good day. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -5/+26Yeah, Mater. As in Tuhmater, without the tuh.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -5/+23I'm sorry, but I wanted to get a Mac Mini so I put my mind to it, and got one. If I had sat around with my finger up my arse saying, oh but it's so expensive, I'd get nowhere. And in the context of Digg, possibly the laziest place one can occupy, that's my attitude. There's nothing to discuss here other than the same repetitive trolling and Mac myths. I've been a Mac user for over a year, after almost 15 years a Windows user and I made the right choice and didn't dally around discussion threads gloating over myself. So if you're going to spread Mac fud, put up or shut up.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -16/+33If only so many people didn't have it in their head that Macs were expensive, when they are not.
I tire of people giving a lazy "if only they were cheaper". If you DO want a Mac, you'd be saving toward it - not a impossible feat, even with an imaginary 10% extra cost, just save more. If you DONT want a Mac, don't go around saying you wish they were cheaper. Put your wallet where your mouth is and either buy one, or shut up about how you long for one manufacturer's computers being more than some others. Go buy a dell, in case you didn't notice, VAIOs are not cheap. - joaob, on 10/12/2007, -3/+18I went to a vocational high school for computer technologies, jumped to umass amherst for comp sci, graduated. had never touched a Apple Mac for more then 2 minutes (hated my college gf's iMac).
dropped 2700 on a core 2 duo mbp and i haven't looked back. i will NEVER go back to a pc. - ccaazz, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13"Consumer personal computer purchase intent is at the highest level since July"
- you don't say; it's xmas! - jman8888, on 10/12/2007, -14/+24Well i wanna get a macbook if that maters
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -14/+24BWAHAHAHA
"Intent to Purchase" ???
This is what its come down to? - GMorgan, on 10/12/2007, -3/+12OSX isn't bloated crap. It's based on BSD so is quite sound.
- ATLBeer, on 10/12/2007, -5/+13@ccaazz
Spelling police? - inkswamp, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Who's saying otherwise? The point is that people reporting an intent to buy has increased significantly. Do you have data to argue against that or are you keen on smacking down strawman arguments instead?
- cinnix, on 10/12/2007, -5/+12Some of us are students with barely enough money to feed ourselves properly. If money shot out my arse I'd buy a Macbook in a heartbeat. But until then we can save enough money and keep dreaming till the day comes when you have enough. I don't know if your trying to size up your e-penis by posting multiple silly comments but hey, think about it. Perhaps they could be a little cheaper huh?
Joe Average will walk into PC world, see the 1000 quid Macbook next to the 400 quid dell, hp.... whatever, and will go for the cheapest. Perhaps if _SOME_ of the smug ass Apple geeks would brighten up a bit, instead of boasting about how Apple is better than [x] like a schoolyard fight, actually show the rest of the internet masses exactly why it does [x] better than other things, then people might see reason into go that extra length to get an Apple product.
Oh and to clear things up, I'm one month or so away from a shiny new Macbook, despite the bad image most the people here give out. So lets brighten up a little guys, its christmas.
Oh and my daddy is better than yours :P - ccaazz, on 10/12/2007, -14/+20grammar police!
- oohkumar, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Just bought a Macbook. I'm a PC user and programmer. Installed Parallels, installed Windows Pro, installed Linux. I've had no problems switching between operating systems. I get to use Mac for pleasure, Windows for work and Linux for testing code in a LAMP environment.
Luv the look of the Macbook and luv OSX even more.
Nuff sed. - OdinEye, on 10/12/2007, -3/+7@Toast1185
Re: "Opportunity cost"
I have been using a mac for a little over a year and a half - accidental conversion due to needing to communicate with a colleague who was a mac user. I bought a mini and didn't expect to use it much outside of that purpose. I'm now a convert, and have converted my home office entirely to mac, with a new iMac purchased this month.
Like many sole proprietors, I am the IT guy for my business. The lack of downtime and frustration from lockups and restarts, struggling with networking issues, and being distracted by the need to update virus software, adjust firewalls and attend to the various pop-up information balloons, etc, more than counterbalances the (potential) additional expense from a mac purchase. The time I used to spend struggling with those issues is now spent on productive, paying work. Opportunity cost has to be viewed from a wider perspective than simply cost of entry.
I'd imagine the same would be true for a student, and in those cases I'd probably recommend buying a used mac over a shiny new PC if cost of entry was the primary barrier. It won't be quite as fancy and new, but the lack of frustration (and fear of losing that final term paper) would more than make up for it. - NSResponder, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Microsoft caught IBM's fumble.
-jcr - okto, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Windows-based machines are cheaper and more common. Many, perhaps most, people only use their computer for email, web browsing, and playing music. While the Mac excels Windows at all of these, the type of person who only wants to tap that tenth of a personal computer's potential probably doesn't value their computer enough to lay out for more than an eMachine (or Dell).
Windows beat the Macintosh initially (mid-80s) because it ran on common hardware that many people already owned.
Part of why the marketshare is still small is because Apple has had a lot of bad management through the years. They sold more personal computers than any other single company in 1991, but they got full of themselves, stopped innovating, and Compaq and Dell undercut them with cheaper, more configurable machines.
If you look at Apple's marketshare in the areas they focus on, however, they are a significantly bigger deal. Remember, Apple is the only company producing Macintoshes vs thousands of PC manufacturers.
Also, Apple tends to aim at different demographics and industries than Microsoft and the PC manufacturers do.
I would guess, based on people I know in the biz, that 90% of the television you watch was produced on a Mac. A large number of feature films are either edited or have the visual effects composited in on a Mac.
If you're a graphic designer of any kind and you don't use a Mac, you're practically a third-class citizen. Using Windows for graphics is not just foolish, it's an exercise in frustration.
The recording industry is likewise Mac-dominated. Logic Pro coupled with CoreAudio and the complete hardware solutions available (MacPro/30" Cinema, MacBook Pro) make the Mac an obvious choice.
The tiny marketshare represents the percentage of installed Macs vs installed Windows machines overall, in all usage situations. While creative producers almost all tend to use Macs, Joe Consumer tends not to use a Mac because he feels the benefits do not balance the costs, but this study indicates that he may be realizing that the perceived added price is matched (or exceeded) by the added value. Let's hope his pocketbook speaks as loudly as his survey responses. ^_^ - starmanjones, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6i was in microcenter a couple days before christmas and the number of macs i saw go out the door was incredible. the guy in front of me had bought 4 iMacs... the good guys do win sometimes.
- NSResponder, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3The wonderful thing about a thread like this, is that it gathers up a dozen or more people in one place that I can block to improve Digg's signal/noise ratio.
- trylleklovn, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5@avatarpalin
So you play EVE on your MacBook, but since that doesn't run in OS X, your suggestion that one should not install antivirus probably isn't the best. - rickcarson, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3@avatarpalin
At risk of trolling all the Dell fanboys who hang out in the Apple section of Digg...
I looked at Apple's price for RAM upgrades a couple of weeks ago and they were all cheaper than the exact same RAM upgrades from Dell.
Maybe that is another myth that needs to be buried? Also: some people with cheap RAM have traced problems with OS X crashing back to the RAM.
By all means try to get a good deal on your RAM, but be aware that buying the lowest quality RAM might not be such a good idea. - Jugalator, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4"Apple's retail stores are outdoing bestbuy, put together."
Apple's stores are outdoing all Bestbuy stores put together?
But... There are more PC stores than Bestbuy? :-S
Sorry, either I'm very stupidly missing something, or that comparison was very stupid. - jimthetaff, on 10/12/2007, -5/+8says the tramp that can't afford one and has to make do with his 256MB $20 usb player
- a0me, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Well I intended to purchase an iMac as soon as they'd ship one with a bigger screen and I eventually bought one when the 24' was released. So that's for my own "intent to purchase" story.
- chicken101, on 10/12/2007, -5/+8I think I just saw a gerbil come out of it, does that count?
- Quix, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Lynn is trolling the Apple diggs again. "Here we go again" indeed.
- inkswamp, on 10/12/2007, -3/+6Macs are expensive, sure, but ridiculously so...? Only if your paycheck has a Burger King logo on it.
- guerrilla_suit, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4My guess is the business market has driven sales of PC's early on. People buy what they know, and if they've got one at work, then that's good enough. Add in Quake, Doom, and every other major gaming phenomenon and that's enough to take the lead. Just a guess.
I was never a fan of OS9, or the older mac line of computers. It took OSX, the Intel switchover, and Bootcamp to push me over the edge. The cost wasn't as big an issue that people make it out to be. I have built my own machines, and bought some computers from PC manufacturers. My HP gear always broke, or didn't work right. So I thought I'd go with a mac. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -4/+6At Best Buy we always get asked if we sell Macs...always have to order them.
Our Best Buy needs them - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -11/+13MiddleGirth,
My comment was intended to the Apple fans who are now apparently scraping the barrel for pro-apple stories with this one. - rickcarson, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Quote your sources please. Oh, and btw Microsoft funded 'research' doesn't count.
- SvnX, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3@Aggaman....Your thoughts of a Mac being equal in price to a PC are oh so wrong. There are a few reasons why PC's are cheaper and most of us on Digg seem to overlook these:
1) PC vendors sell desktop space on each machine which gives them the ability to make more margin off of every machine as well as lowering the price for the average consumer (i.e. Yahoo, Google, Money & Quicken and bla bla bla other programs / trials).
2) Apples hardware is to the PC as the Chrysler Town & Country is to the Dodge Grand Caravan...same parts ....extra leather here and there....and we have a price increase.
3) Because of the large volume of PC's sold, regardless of which vendor, parts (even quality ones) can be purchased at greater discounts. Apple may one day be able to lower their price as their market share grows...but that day won't come to soon.
PRIMARY REASON APPLE COMPUTERS WON'T SALE TO THE MARKET AT LARGE??? Not only do they cost to much...they can't help these markets:
1) Low Income Families: These families can't afford $1000 for a Mac with no monitor...etc. They can purchase a PC w/ Monitor / Speakers for $500. Apple can't even get close to this
2) Software: Nope...not talking about Adobe / Final Cut / Etc. I'm talking about Typing Tutor / (my sons 5 - Sponge Bob teaches typing), SAT's , All of the education cartoon programs. Oh..what about the cute Scrapbook software that my 12 year old daughter uses? These are not available on a Mac (and be careful before you tell me they are. I work for a major computer reseller.)
OH...AND ABOUT SOFTWARE YOU HAVE TO PURCHASE FOR A Mac. You said 1) Antivirus - Here....umm...I use AVG Antivirus and it's free, 2) Firewall - Free Again, Other than that. Everything has to be purchased just like on the Mac....except...there's just more to purchase on the PC.
Bottom line...It's about what's best for YOU!!! Not everyone else. What's the most Bang for the Buck for the average person? What's best for me..you? And what's best...dosent make one better than the other. - Quix, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3"can someone explain the appeal of an iMac to me, yeah I think it looks nice and its a space saver..."
I used to think the iMac was for home users with low demands. Then I sold my dual G4 PowerMac filled with 4 hard drives and 2 optical drives and bought a 20" Intel iMac. FAR quieter. Far less heat. Far less space consuming. Far better looking. And has the power to do anything I need. I'm now an iMac believer.
"its basically just an un-portable laptop why not buy a laptop instead that way you can take it with you"
Um, because there is no 20" Apple laptop? My 20" iMac + a low-end MacBook (my next purchase) = my perfect combo. Actually, change my 20" iMac to a 24" and I'd have my perfect combo. - rickcarson, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Who would want it?
Software:
People who prefer OS X over Windows for starters. Also people who prefer OS X over Linux. Then there are the guys who like the hardware, but blow away OS X and install Linux (to each his own). People who like the iLife apps and what you can do on them (allegedly much easier than you could have done the same in other software).
Ease of configuration:
The only thing that comes close in terms of ease of setup is a carefully handcrafted Linux Live CD. But that careful crafting aspect kind of defeats the purpose. As a programmer/power user who has had to install (and reinstall after crashes) hundreds of software packages over the years in Windows I've had an absolute gutsfull of software which has to have the crap kicked out of it before it starts working. Time to setup a Mac for a Java programmer: 0.5 days. Time to setup Windows for the same tools for a Java programmer on the same team: 3 weeks. For those of you counting the $, there's a $7000 savings right there.
I know some people secretly like their computer to be hard to configure. Some kind of substitute for primitive proofs of manliness I guess (to each their own).
Hardware:
You don't have a lot of choices here, but the choices are quite interesting. Especially the two form factors that pretty much no one else gets even close to, the mini and iMac. Once you start increasing the number of computers you have, your available space gets halved as soon as you buy a second one. Most of the people I know who are serious about their computers have a room in their house set aside for computers and all the mess that goes with them.
I had a play around on the 24 inch iMac at a store just before Christmas and it was amazing. I was so in love with it. Then I played around on a MacBook and MacBook Pro and didn't like them. I'm a 'size matters' kind of bloke when it comes to computer screens, and once you start playing with the big boys (20 inch displays and up) desk space suddenly becomes more of an issue for some mysterious reason.
Budget:
If you like the Core 2 Duos in laptop form then NewEgg says the Macs are the cheapest.
The mini isn't the absolute cheapest computer out there, but it is pretty good for a name brand computer that someone else assembled for you.
Once you include the price of a decent high quality LCD screen the iMacs become extremely cost competitive. LCDs are getting a lot cheaper (and also a lot more expensive, have a look at Dell's range for an indication of how much the price varies) so I wonder if there may be a price adjustment in the near future (cough Macworld uncough).
The Mac Pro is by now notorious for under cutting the competitors on price, and when compared to similar machines from name brand manufacturers it is a huge bargain. It is so competitive that it makes the XServe pricing start to look a bit expensive. Similarly configured Mac Pros and XServes have the XServe at over $1000 more expensive. (Almost as expensive as a ... (decides not to take cheap shot))
The 'cheapest computer' is a silly argument. I can get a pretty cheap programmable calculator. What about wristwatches? They can have a computer chip inside them too! I see Playstation 2s are going dirt cheap, why not use one of those as your computer? I'm sure that with a tremendous amount of pain and suffering it would be possible to install Ubuntu on one of those puppies. HP and Dell are more expensive than PS2s as well!
It only makes sense to compare machines with similar capabilities. The fly in the ointment is when you compare Intel and AMD. Fortunately Intel is beating the crap out of AMD in the laptop space (and has been ever since Pentium M), but things are less clear in the desktop space. When/if AMD comes up with a really compelling CPU in terms of price/performance/heat (aka how do we get this thing in there) then the arguments about Apple might get more interesting. AMD has some interesting stuff (didn't they just buy a graphics card maker? The 'integrated graphics' battle might become a lot more interesting in the future. I know the graphics card would be a sticking point for me if I were to ever consider buying a Mac mini in the future. (But then being such a 'big screen slut' I'd be naturally headed for the iMacs anyway (unless they do something colossally stupid to that part of their line up).
I'd find a Mac Pro a compelling purchase if I had a lot of storage needs or wanted the fastest processors. But 'fastest processors' is such a quickly moving target I can't bear the thought of buying a top of the line computer only to have it 'obsolete' in 3 months. Because I'm budget conscious (read as: I'm cheap) I tend to buy at the other end of the spectrum, that way everything is a lot more cost effective. - rick2k, on 10/12/2007, -5/+7i can see ***** coming from you mouth does that count ?
- guerrilla_suit, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I always intend to upgrade piece by piece, but the only thing I ever do is buy more ram. By the time I need to upgrade, computers have moved along so much that I just buy a new one. Too many things update so fast, it's not just the video card, or just the HDD, or just the processor. That's just me.
I don't know about imac. A lot of people like a computer out of the box. I'm partial to the laptops myself. - dagamer34, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3The only flaws I see in the MacBook is that they don't come with a real video card. I mean, throw in any video card from nVidia or ATI and gamers would be all over that thing. I don't want to spend $1999+ just to play the latest games. x1300 or 7200 please!!!
- brstilson, on 10/12/2007, -5/+7I cannot count how many times I've intended to purchase a particular item, only to end up buying something completely different. I intent to purchase a Mac when my Tax return comes in, but I may end up building a PC this year instead.
'intent to purchase' is absolutely bogus. Until those customers have Macs in their hands, this means Jack and *****. - rickcarson, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Actually, technically it is not so much of a large laptop, but rather a 1u rack mount tipped upright with an LCD bolted on the front of it. What gives it away was that the RAM slots in the early iMacs were on the diagonal just like the rack mount servers.
For me the appeal is the form factor. I have no desire to mess around with the innards, that isn't how I get my jollies. I've never upgraded a graphics card, and I probably never will.
Additionally, after trooping around across the South Pacific with a Mac mini, I find the vast plethora of cords out the back of it to be frustrating. I've recently upgraded to wireless internet and bluetooth peripherals on the iMac so that I can do _everything_ with just one cord, the power cord. It is beautiful. If I had a 10 foot by 5 foot monster of a desk I might feel different, but having the extra space does appeal to me.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -7/+9If you took out all the PCs sitting in businesses right now, and you took away all the PC servers, and you took away all the non-consumer portion of the market - you would find - supprise supprise, that the Apple market share is healthy, and increasing much faster than the PC market which has been slowing down. Apple's retail stores are outdoing bestbuy, put together.
- Aggaman, on 10/12/2007, -3/+5Macs are overpriced. What a crock. They are relatively more expensive outside North America, but that's about it.
The real difference is that Apple doesn't discount its computers. Dell and company regularly discount their machines with coupon offers and suchlike.
But if you configure a Dell laptop to be equivalent to a MacBook, you won't get far. You'll have to pay for XP Professional (since XP Home is not the equivalent of OS X), and you'll probably have to pay for the equivalents of the iLife suite (sorry, free apps and the stuff that is usually bundled with Dells is not good enough). Then pay for anti-virus software and so on (which you don't need on the mac, despite what people say). Make sure the Dell has an inbuilt cam, etc.
Sure, you can buy a really cheap Dell, but these things suck compared to Apple's machines. Apple doesn't sell to the bottom of the bag consumer, and Apple doesn't do discounts. So what. If you're a cheapskate, you won't be buying Apple, and you won't be buying any sort of decent computer.
And for the "build your own" crowd, please just shut the ***** up. It is not cheaper to build your own. What you people forget to include is the time you spent learning to put a computer together properly, and the time you'll spend sorting out problems with incompatibilities and the like. If you bill that at an hourly rate, you'll find the price difference does not work out in your favour.
Honestly, the people who talk about building their own computers would be thought idiots if they were intent on building their own lawnmowers, yet the principle is the same. The people who build their own computers/lawnmowers for the sheer pleasure of making something are OK. The people who do it for economic reasons and recommend that everyone else does it are clearly insane. Our society is built on specialization. Sure, everyone could make their own stuff, but it would be vastly inefficient. - inkswamp, on 10/12/2007, -4/+6The article states that consumers *haven't* always intended to purchase Macs so I'm not sure where you could be pulling this tidbit from.
And fercrissake, please don't be yet another anti-Mac guy kicking around terms like "market share" without really understanding what it is. There are loads of legitimate reasons to hate Macs and/or Apple if you really need to do so to make your life complete, but at least don't embarrass yourself by talking about market share in a context that reveals you have no idea what it actually means. - YoGramMamma, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2wait? is it me or does the $1999+ macbook (pro) come with an ATI x1600 video card? i could have sworn it did (note the sarcasm, since, im really actually SURE it does)? Could they get better cards in there? maybe so, but there IS a "video card made by nVidia or ATI" in it...
now the macbook, which costs considerably less than $1999+ (say, $1099/$1299 etc) doesn't come with a real gaming card.... but lets not get it twisted. - rickcarson, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Thanks for pointing out msy. I have to disagree that they are the cheapest in Australia.
Their 1.83 Core 2 Duo Notebook was over 3 grand, the bottom of the line MacBook is 1.75 grand.
RM738PA HP COMPAQ NC8430 C2D T5600 15.4W/512M /80G/DVDRW/56K/802.11A/B/G/B’TH/WINDOWS XP PRO 3130
Apple wins again. I'd have looked through their list for somethign with a 13 inch screen and the same processor to see if it got any cheaper, but I think I need to have a lie down after looking at that horrible web site. :D
Every time I go do a comparison shop in Australia, Apple beats the stuffing out of everybody else on price. Sometimes not by much, but for a decent system, (without the headrests, doors and steering wheel removed), you can't beat Apple. - avatarpalin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1@ rickcarson
Good point, although I was referring to normal PC selling places.. The cheapest in Australia is MSY, checkout there website. It has to be the worst in the world, but there stuff is cheap.. No service though,
www.msy.com.au - firsttube, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1As a mac user, I have people that tell me all the time that they are going to get a Mac. I usually kinda roll my eyes because people say it to me all the time, and in the past it was people wishfully thinking. I do have to admit though, people saying it lately have actually done the deed. I hope the 'share doesn't go up too much, because I don't want to get antivirus software anytime soon. Good day.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Apple needs a mid-range desktop they go right from the iMac to the Mac Pro with a min price tag of $2500. I want to be able to upgrade my video card every couple of years and I don't want my screen built in to my computer, if that was the case I'd buy a laptop. If Apple could come out with a desktop(Mac Pro style case) base spec'd with a Core2 Duo 2.16ghz, 1gb ram, 250gb hd, 7300GT and super drive for about $1299 I would absolutely buy it. I came up with my price since the specs are similar to the 20in iMac and subtracted the cost of the LCD.
Oh, and a quick side note here, can someone explain the appeal of an iMac to me, yeah I think it looks nice and its a space saver but when it comes right down to it...its basically just an un-portable laptop why not buy a laptop instead that way you can take it with you and when your at home connect a mouse and full size keyboard to it. - vannyx, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1You know the Mac ads and Mac users talk about how PCs are for work and Macs are for fun. Almost all my computers at home are geared towards entertainment. ( they all have office on them because i also need to be able to work across anyone i am infront of.
I watch alot of videos, videos from around the world with subtitles and in wierd codecs. I have a collect of just under 2 terrabytes. Now i got a new 40 inch Plasma TV and i was so happy, i decided i was going to attach a computer to it and watch my Videos throught it (xvid,divx,avi,mpeg2,mpeg4,h.264,wmv,mkv, to name a few). So i looked at my bulky windows machines i had on hand, and i ran out and bouth a new Macmini core 2 with wireless and bluetooth. (now i stream videos off my fileserver and watch it on my dell wireless over 802.11G plays beautifully no hickups).
So hooked up the mini turned it on , did all the regitrstration , joined it to my network and setup my network share. Started playing some of the h.264 stuff and mpeg 2 , everything worked beautifully. Then i started playing some Avi's and some of the more exotic(for mac) codecs started running into problems , then i thought i realized what was the problem i didnt install the codecs i needed (but this was a mac , its ready to go out of the box). So after researching online, i realize im a dumb ass, Macs cant natively play WMV you need a special program you have to buy to do that, Macs cant play some of the more exotic codecs either i need VLC ( now ive used VLC on the PC , when media player absalutely positively can not play it or you cant find the codec VLC will play it). So downloaded VLC for OSX and it worked, but still no WMV playback on VLC and also on the higher quality videos VLC started telling me my computer was too slow, But dude wait, this is a Mac , a core 2 Mac. This computer was starting to be not very fun. After a week i got so disgusted i dugg through my closet and found a slimeline dell unit ( not as small as the mini but quite), installed windows media center with a good graphics card , installed my codecs and installed VLC for backup. Its been work perfectly since, hell its about to hit almost a year of service ( would have been continuous if not for automatic updates). - Xyntar, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3Perhaps she didn't want to use the built in webcam?
But yeah, screw her for wanting her hardware to work. -
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