akm3
Mar 14, 04:15 PM
Who didn't see this coming? Microsoft is crashing...hard!!!
I actually see this as a good thing for Microsoft. Like Apple did when Steve returned, they are cutting everything that doesn't make sense so they can focus on their strategy. Steve killed Newton and it got a lot of flak for Apple similar to this, but it was the right call.
Microsoft has it's toes in way too many pots. Figure out a strategy, pursue it, and ruthlessly cut everything else without succumbing to 'sunk cost' syndrome of throwing good money after bad money.
I actually see this as a good thing for Microsoft. Like Apple did when Steve returned, they are cutting everything that doesn't make sense so they can focus on their strategy. Steve killed Newton and it got a lot of flak for Apple similar to this, but it was the right call.
Microsoft has it's toes in way too many pots. Figure out a strategy, pursue it, and ruthlessly cut everything else without succumbing to 'sunk cost' syndrome of throwing good money after bad money.
Gix1k
Apr 11, 07:43 AM
Didn't look at this forum all weekend...was hoping it was here today.
MrFluffums
Apr 10, 08:46 AM
Look for the Model Identifier:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10644330/MR_Image_Hotlinks/MR_screenshots/MR_identify_your_Mac_short.png
Identify your Mac and Mac OS X version, visualised in a more elaborate image (http://tinyurl.com/66ah4n6)
Identify your Mac and Mac OS X version using this 25 second video tutorial (3MB, .mp4, H.264) (http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10644330/MR_Image_Hotlinks/MR_screenshots/MR_VTs/MR_VT_AboutThisMac.mp4)
MacSales (http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/memory/MacBook/DDR2/) can also help you to find the correct RAM.
So would the 7,1 mean seventh generation?
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10644330/MR_Image_Hotlinks/MR_screenshots/MR_identify_your_Mac_short.png
Identify your Mac and Mac OS X version, visualised in a more elaborate image (http://tinyurl.com/66ah4n6)
Identify your Mac and Mac OS X version using this 25 second video tutorial (3MB, .mp4, H.264) (http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10644330/MR_Image_Hotlinks/MR_screenshots/MR_VTs/MR_VT_AboutThisMac.mp4)
MacSales (http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/memory/MacBook/DDR2/) can also help you to find the correct RAM.
So would the 7,1 mean seventh generation?
kalex
May 5, 03:30 PM
Yep just got it. and this is exactly what I was talking about in my earlier posts. they are filtering it out on the backend and killed access to version 1.0 from the servers. Now I remember why and how much I hate cablevision
Damn useless limitations and whining networks stupid providers. I really hope all of them go down the flames with their idiotic restrictions and limitations
Damn useless limitations and whining networks stupid providers. I really hope all of them go down the flames with their idiotic restrictions and limitations
benhollberg
Mar 7, 05:37 PM
I'll be there as well! But not until about 5 or 6PM since I'm driving down from Idaho.
For those that get there early, keep us updated on the lines and stock!
You mean you'll be there at those times Friday or Thursday?
For those that get there early, keep us updated on the lines and stock!
You mean you'll be there at those times Friday or Thursday?
MisterG5
Dec 30, 11:49 PM
I LOVE THE NEW LOOK! GREAT JOB!
ELA2
May 6, 12:55 PM
Thats why I bought 8GB memory and 256GB SSD from Apple in my new MBP. Compatibility and the fact that if ANYTHING goes wrong with it I don't have to futz with it.
Deepdale
Sep 12, 05:00 AM
I presently work seven blocks from Ground Zero, but before the move to my new location I worked for eleven years directly across the street from the WTC. I will share with you some of my vivid memories from that day. It was a busy morning and I was listening to Beatles music coming through my headphones when I felt my chair lifted about 1 inch off the carpeted floor.
As unusual as that was, I was rather quick to dismiss it because the prior week similar repairs were being done on the floor beneath me. Heavy tools were used at that time and noticeable vibrations felt throughout the day ... thus, I did not feel an apparent need to be curious and pursue the matter further.
About ten minutes after the first plane hit the North Tower, we all received immediate orders to evacuate the building in a calm manner. After arriving on the street, I looked upward and it eerily resembled evening. At least 15 fire engines were screaming all around us and a beautiful September morning was rapidly transformed into a horror.
Some fellow employees had been on the top floor and heard that first plane roaring by one block away, and seconds later watched it slice into the WTC building from their unobstructed view.
Within 15 minutes it was deemed far too dangerous for hundreds of workers to be milling around outside, so we were dismissed and told to go home immediately. I was lucky to get my train because some subway lines stopped service within an hour.
From where I get the train it is underground ... however, when it leaves Manhattan about 8 minutes later it becomes an elevated train and you have an excellent view of the downtown skyline.
Needless to say, on this morning there was nothing picturesque about it. It was obscene! The higher floors of both buildings were now engulfed in flames and thick clouds of toxic smoke were pouring into the surrounding pretty blue sky. Everyone on the jammed train was riveted to what was unfolding before their eyes.
I cannot even imagine the fear that overcame people who decide to leap to their deaths as opposed to perishing in the inferno. I tried hard to suppress thinking about it, but figured I probably would have opted for the former method myself ... sure it is gruesome, but it would all be over in 15-20 seconds.
When I arrived home, the only TV station working was Channel 2 since they had a backup master antenna atop the Empire State Building. All other media outlets were either dark or had such awful interference which rendered them unwatchable. After being fixated to the television for about 30 minutes, the first building hit toppled.
As horrible as this all was, for some reason I thought the towers would never fall despite the spillage of jet fuel and resulting raging fires. I know nothing about engineering and architecture, so it was just wishful thinking on my part. Since watching the WTC during the years of construction, it had an invincible aura to it.
The 24 hour coverage was continuous for at least 7-10 days. After the second building crumbled, I retrieved a voice mail message from management informing employees that we would be required to stay home for two weeks to ensure the structural safety of our building.
When we eventually did get back to work, we were without phone service for another 3-4 weeks. The telephone company underground substation servicing much of lower Manhattan was located directly across from the WTC and completely destroyed.
It was a terribly sad, frightening and chaotic day that I will never forget because it has been indelibly etched in my mind ... hopefully, a repeat performance of such an inhumane, despicable and cowardly act will not come again to an American city on any scale.
As unusual as that was, I was rather quick to dismiss it because the prior week similar repairs were being done on the floor beneath me. Heavy tools were used at that time and noticeable vibrations felt throughout the day ... thus, I did not feel an apparent need to be curious and pursue the matter further.
About ten minutes after the first plane hit the North Tower, we all received immediate orders to evacuate the building in a calm manner. After arriving on the street, I looked upward and it eerily resembled evening. At least 15 fire engines were screaming all around us and a beautiful September morning was rapidly transformed into a horror.
Some fellow employees had been on the top floor and heard that first plane roaring by one block away, and seconds later watched it slice into the WTC building from their unobstructed view.
Within 15 minutes it was deemed far too dangerous for hundreds of workers to be milling around outside, so we were dismissed and told to go home immediately. I was lucky to get my train because some subway lines stopped service within an hour.
From where I get the train it is underground ... however, when it leaves Manhattan about 8 minutes later it becomes an elevated train and you have an excellent view of the downtown skyline.
Needless to say, on this morning there was nothing picturesque about it. It was obscene! The higher floors of both buildings were now engulfed in flames and thick clouds of toxic smoke were pouring into the surrounding pretty blue sky. Everyone on the jammed train was riveted to what was unfolding before their eyes.
I cannot even imagine the fear that overcame people who decide to leap to their deaths as opposed to perishing in the inferno. I tried hard to suppress thinking about it, but figured I probably would have opted for the former method myself ... sure it is gruesome, but it would all be over in 15-20 seconds.
When I arrived home, the only TV station working was Channel 2 since they had a backup master antenna atop the Empire State Building. All other media outlets were either dark or had such awful interference which rendered them unwatchable. After being fixated to the television for about 30 minutes, the first building hit toppled.
As horrible as this all was, for some reason I thought the towers would never fall despite the spillage of jet fuel and resulting raging fires. I know nothing about engineering and architecture, so it was just wishful thinking on my part. Since watching the WTC during the years of construction, it had an invincible aura to it.
The 24 hour coverage was continuous for at least 7-10 days. After the second building crumbled, I retrieved a voice mail message from management informing employees that we would be required to stay home for two weeks to ensure the structural safety of our building.
When we eventually did get back to work, we were without phone service for another 3-4 weeks. The telephone company underground substation servicing much of lower Manhattan was located directly across from the WTC and completely destroyed.
It was a terribly sad, frightening and chaotic day that I will never forget because it has been indelibly etched in my mind ... hopefully, a repeat performance of such an inhumane, despicable and cowardly act will not come again to an American city on any scale.
hellomoto4
Apr 18, 08:32 AM
Depends how much Lion retails for, I guess.
John88
Apr 27, 08:25 AM
They apologized, and sent me a new order yesterday.
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dlegend
Mar 10, 07:21 PM
I'm sure you don't want to hear this, but I think you're better off with an iMac or a mac mini with a nice IPS monitor. I understand that the mac pro is easier to expand, but if you plan on keeping it for 4 years you could buy a new mac mini every year and still come out the same.
Better to spend money on upgraded lenses and external backups.
Better to spend money on upgraded lenses and external backups.
vixapphire
Jan 16, 02:22 PM
too bad about the lack of acd updates. i'm not ready to buy one myself, but a friend i work with was buying a new setup for herself, so I told her of the upcoming mac pro refresh and possible acds, but i just told her this morning to go ahead and head up to NH to get a tax free MP (she also gets edu because she takes a few classes every year). In good news she's buying a HP 30" monitor from IT at work for $900. She also claims that ebay has some HP 30"ers for $900 shipped, but i try to stay away from the fleabay these days. Still, it was tough to tell her to pay $800 for a 23" when she could get a 30" for $100 more. The HP is ugly, but she's a designer with a rather picky eye and she used it all day yesterday to test it and just loved the actual screen.
it's not that ugly, and the screen is truly something to behold.
it's not that ugly, and the screen is truly something to behold.
Typerighter
Mar 13, 06:43 PM
I've got an iBook G4 1.2 and use FCP on it. In fact, FCP HD. If you know your way around the FCP's Media Manager, you can compress your DV footage down to something the iBook can handle. It won't look as good, but for straight editing with no effects and so forth, it works terrifically. Then you transfer your edit "file" back to a faster machine (in my case, a G4 dual 533) and do all your uncompressed DV renders in there.
So my answer is this, yes, the iBook can handle FCP if you:
1) Don't use exotic effects -- just straight edits
2) Use Media Manager to compress your DV footage to smaller, faster files
3) Use another, faster machine to handle the full-on rendering of the original, uncompressed footage
Now, having said that, I've used the same technique on an iBook G3 600 ("son of Pismo") with the same great results. On that machine, it TOTALLY maxes out the processor, but it still works.
Hope that helped...
So my answer is this, yes, the iBook can handle FCP if you:
1) Don't use exotic effects -- just straight edits
2) Use Media Manager to compress your DV footage to smaller, faster files
3) Use another, faster machine to handle the full-on rendering of the original, uncompressed footage
Now, having said that, I've used the same technique on an iBook G3 600 ("son of Pismo") with the same great results. On that machine, it TOTALLY maxes out the processor, but it still works.
Hope that helped...
Detrius
Apr 21, 03:04 PM
You still might need to point him to this. ;)
.jpg "Skin Burning Tattoos")
yippy
Mar 29, 03:20 PM
Um, unless I am misunderstanding something, you don't need a new graphics card to run a DVI display. Macs have had DVI as standard on their cards for a long time before the G5 came out.
Worst case you have a card with and ADC port and VGA port. In this case all you need is a cheap ($10-$20) ADC->DVI adapter.
Worst case you have a card with and ADC port and VGA port. In this case all you need is a cheap ($10-$20) ADC->DVI adapter.
ErikAndre
Jan 15, 09:16 PM
I think they may be holding off on the cinema displays until later this year when they update the MacPro to the new Nehalem processor. The new Mac Pros may even sport the new look we've all been speculating and the new displays will carry a built-in iSight.
Who knows what the reason is..
Who knows what the reason is..
0815
Mar 14, 08:49 PM
What are you talking about.. Sony still made Walkman and
Discman http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?storeId=10151&langId=-1&catalogId=10551&categoryId=8198552921644761499&N=4294950923&Name=Walkman%20MP3%20&%20Audio%20Players
Wow - they do a really bad job in marketing this and getting the (formerly well known) name out ....
Discman http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?storeId=10151&langId=-1&catalogId=10551&categoryId=8198552921644761499&N=4294950923&Name=Walkman%20MP3%20&%20Audio%20Players
Wow - they do a really bad job in marketing this and getting the (formerly well known) name out ....
miles01110
May 2, 03:38 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Inc.
ViciousShadow21
Nov 12, 01:19 PM
sure, here you are...
danke
danke
joec1101
Apr 3, 10:57 PM
Mine won't install the Win7 Service Pack 1 - it just constantly fails. I've tried every suggestion I've been able to find, mostly from the SevenForums.com site, to no avail.
From the litle bit of research I've done, it seems there are issues with Win7 updates with MBP as well as other machines.
I really think it's a Microsoft issue since it's happening with all different brands of hardware.
I guess we'll just have to wait for MS to release "fixed" updates. :(
From the litle bit of research I've done, it seems there are issues with Win7 updates with MBP as well as other machines.
I really think it's a Microsoft issue since it's happening with all different brands of hardware.
I guess we'll just have to wait for MS to release "fixed" updates. :(
jnc
Jan 23, 10:59 AM
Why the hell would I want to waste space and money on something that gives me the same resolution as a monitor half its size. This is about computer displays, not family room displays.
Actually I believe what we were talking about was how much cheaper units can function as computer displays.
Actually I believe what we were talking about was how much cheaper units can function as computer displays.
ImNoSuperMan
Sep 13, 03:18 AM
We will see something similar to what happened last Fall? - Apple holding an event in september, then a couple weeks later another invite goes out saying "One More Thing..." like last year. and that event will be mid october or something?
Or are we done for the year?
vPod. *fingers crossed*
Or are we done for the year?
vPod. *fingers crossed*
WestSt
Apr 19, 11:37 PM
I am having a devil of a time getting deinterlaced output from FCE 4. I definitely want DI movie files because the delivery target is always going to be a computer, never a TV.
My source clips are 1080 60i, from a Sony camera. I can import them into FCE OK and arrange them on a timeline.
I have tried turning on deinterlacing every single place I see it, but playing the exported mov always shows really ugly interlacing artifacts.
Attempt 1: I have tried adding the DI filter to each clip in the Browser, rendering, and exporting the sequence as a self contained quicktime movie. No luck. But if I export the clip to a mov (by right-clicking it in the Browser and choosing Export/Quicktime Movie) THAT mov looks fine and clearly has deinterlacing applied.
Attempt 2: I have tried exporting the project "Using Quicktime Conversion" and turning on the DI checkbox in the Size options... No luck.
There is surely SOMETHING I am doing wrong but I can't figure it out.
I looked in to the JES deinterlacer but it won't work on MTS files, plus FCE won't even let you import MTS files from the desktop... they have to be right out of the camera, which seems daffy to me.
I would be super appreciative of any tips. This is the second to last problem I need to solve to make this video camera useful. (The next will be figuring out how to get my deinterlaced mov files to Vimeo, which demands mp4 I think.)
I am finding the world of video editing to be about a million times more complex and frustrating than I expected. I'm going back to still photography. ;)
Use MPEG Streamclip;)
My source clips are 1080 60i, from a Sony camera. I can import them into FCE OK and arrange them on a timeline.
I have tried turning on deinterlacing every single place I see it, but playing the exported mov always shows really ugly interlacing artifacts.
Attempt 1: I have tried adding the DI filter to each clip in the Browser, rendering, and exporting the sequence as a self contained quicktime movie. No luck. But if I export the clip to a mov (by right-clicking it in the Browser and choosing Export/Quicktime Movie) THAT mov looks fine and clearly has deinterlacing applied.
Attempt 2: I have tried exporting the project "Using Quicktime Conversion" and turning on the DI checkbox in the Size options... No luck.
There is surely SOMETHING I am doing wrong but I can't figure it out.
I looked in to the JES deinterlacer but it won't work on MTS files, plus FCE won't even let you import MTS files from the desktop... they have to be right out of the camera, which seems daffy to me.
I would be super appreciative of any tips. This is the second to last problem I need to solve to make this video camera useful. (The next will be figuring out how to get my deinterlaced mov files to Vimeo, which demands mp4 I think.)
I am finding the world of video editing to be about a million times more complex and frustrating than I expected. I'm going back to still photography. ;)
Use MPEG Streamclip;)
Samelson03
Feb 18, 06:21 PM
Oh, come on, there has to be someone who has experienced this.
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