The Official Mac Chat Thread

[invaderjason]

[shadedream]

Originally Posted by Chubs

Idk man, it'd be nice to KNOW beforehand what's to come (like Win7) so we don't have to be taken by surprise.

I will give you that that is the biggest problem with Apple in enterprise, but that's really just how they do business. Not much to do about it. Honestly though it sounds as though there are some more fundamental problems that need to be fixed on the network. There's no reason the Macs and PCs can't coexist on the network normally. It's done all of the time.

As far as your parallels problem, have you considered using Virtualbox instead? It's free and owned by Sun (now Oracle). Worked fine for me from day one on 10.6 but then again it's not a commercial product so you can't expect commercial support (but hey, it's free!).

[Chubs]

Originally Posted by shadedream

I will give you that that is the biggest problem with Apple in enterprise, but that's really just how they do business. Not much to do about it.

As far as your parallels problem, have you considered using Virtualbox instead? It's free and owned by Sun (now Oracle). Worked fine for me from day one on 10.6 but then again it's not a commercial product so you can't expect commercial support (but hey, it's free!).

exactly...we have to have support for whatever we install. We do oracle stuff here, so im sure if we worked a deal w/ Sun Microsystems we could get support. I'll check into it at a later time because it's quittin time!

[darkstar107]

Originally Posted by shadedream

haha. Is it very old? Can always work well as a media center PC attached to an HDTV. I still use my old one for various background tasks and servers.

No its not very old. Its got a EVGA nforce 680i SLI Mobo, 4GB Ram, 2x 8800GT, 500GB HDD, 23" LG LCD (50000:1 contrast ratio), 2nd Gen g15 gaming keyboard, Logitech MX Revolution mouse, Logitech Z-5500 speakers, Coolermaster Cosmos S case.

It will play any game out right now at full graphics. I just find that all the games I play run fine on my macbook pro .

[Robstunner]

mmm i <3 the MX revolution. i have the VX (i think.. the laptop version) and i love it. its on the backburner now b/c i went ahead and got the wireless mac mouse with my MBP.

[shadedream]

Originally Posted by darkstar107

No its not very old. Its got a EVGA nforce 680i SLI Mobo, 4GB Ram, 2x 8800GT, 500GB HDD, 23" LG LCD (50000:1 contrast ratio), 2nd Gen g15 gaming keyboard, Logitech MX Revolution mouse, Logitech Z-5500 speakers, Coolermaster Cosmos S case.

It will play any game out right now at full graphics. I just find that all the games I play run fine on my macbook pro .

Set up the G15 on the Macbook Pro and use it as a media center

I've not useed the MX Revolution mouse but I absolutely love my G5. Adjustable weighting (I like a heavy mouse) and the cloth wrapped cable so it doesnt stick and get stuck on things.

[Chubs]

the MX revolution mouse is amazing. I had one when I worked for Hilton Corporate.

i want a new mobo w/ intel corei7 in it. I've been an AMD person for the longest time...but the i7 has my heart lol.

[B MAN]

anyone have a mighty mouse they wanna get rid of?


i broke mine, but ive been using a regular mouse, so i cant bring myself to spend that much money on something that technically isnt broken

[shadedream]

Originally Posted by B MAN

anyone have a mighty mouse they wanna get rid of?


i broke mine, but ive been using a regular mouse, so i cant bring myself to spend that much money on something that technically isnt broken

Mine never left the box. I hate those little roller ball scroll wheels... bought a Logitech G5 the day I bought my iMac

[B MAN]

is it for sale?

[shadedream]

Unfortunately I'd like to keep it around as a backup =\

[darkstar107]

Originally Posted by shadedream

Set up the G15 on the Macbook Pro and use it as a media center

I've not useed the MX Revolution mouse but I absolutely love my G5. Adjustable weighting (I like a heavy mouse) and the cloth wrapped cable so it doesnt stick and get stuck on things.

I would, but I wanna sell it all as a package so that I can pay off my car . I LOVE the MX Revolution mouse. I have the VX Revolution for my MBP. its a nice mouse as well.

[Chubs]

I have a VX revolution...someone wanna buy it? lolz

[Robstunner]

FYI OSX 10.6.1 is out now

[B MAN]

wuts new?

[geost]

Here's a workaround to get Parallel's 3.0 to work in Snow Leopard: Toni Uebernickel havvgs life Blog Archive Parallels 3.0 on Snow Leopard

It works great! (except for the weird glitches in the beginning)

[Robstunner]

Originally Posted by B MAN

wuts new?

* Improves compatibility with some Sierra Wireless 3G modems
* Addresses an issue in which some printer compatibility drivers might not appear properly in the Add Printer browser
* Addresses an issue that might cause DVD playback to stop unexpectedly
* Addresses an issue that might make it difficult to remove an item from the Dock
* Resolves an issue in which the Command-Option-T keyboard shortcut would sometimes bring up the special characters menu in applications such as Mail and TextEdit
* Addresses instances in which auto account setup in Mail might not work
* Resolves issues when sending mail with certain SMTP servers
* Addresses an issue in which Motion 4 could become unresponsive
* Includes an update to Adobe Flash Player plug-in version 10.0.32.18

[Firestrife]

Awesome, I got Parallels running with Flashpro in coherence mode so its like having Flashpro look like its own program in OS X.

[darkstar107]

Anyone have problems with Safari/Firefox crashing in Snow Leopard while watching some videos on break.com?

[cderalow]

no issues with 10.6.1 yet.

granted, I haven't really played around a ton yet since the reinstall.