Author Topic: Macbook/Macbook Pro thread (Read 483112 times)

nidgemo · « **Reply #560 on:** September 5, 2007, 10:41:01 pm »

Quote from: Ephraim Longworth on September 5, 2007, 10:35:52 pm

where would we be without that little guy and serial box

PS - PM on it's way...

Claire. · « **Reply #561 on:** September 5, 2007, 10:54:21 pm »

Quote from: Ephraim Longworth on September 5, 2007, 10:28:55 pm

Have you tried transmit? It's brilliant. If you call that dumbed down, I'll switch to windows to use whatever you use because anymore features and it will wipe my arse and cook me breakfast.

Transmit consistently wins best application awards, and considering a hell of a lot of web designers choose Mac, I'd be surprised if it doesn't do what you need.

i have Transmit, and i'm not fussed on it, it reminds me of a pretty good one i had on windows years ago called SmartFTP but not quite as good. FlashFXP is what i've used for a long time now and it can do everything you could possibly want, but i guess if you've never had those extra bits available to you, you won't miss them, eh

http://www.inicom.net/pages/en.ffxp-home.php

¡Basta Ya! · « **Reply #562 on:** September 5, 2007, 10:56:53 pm »

Quote from: Claire. on September 5, 2007, 10:54:21 pm

i guess if you've never had those extra bits available to you, you won't miss them, eh

I've used it, for about 6 months. It's nowhere near as good as transmit. You need to sort yourself out, you're used to these namby pamby windows crap - you're using what the pro's use now.. get with the program.

;)

You know it's bollocks when it's main selling points are "Full Featured User Interface with Drag & Drop Support" and "Local and Site to Site File transfers."

WOW!!!! NOT DRAG AND DROP LOLERZ

Welcome to the real world of ftp clients.

Claire. · « **Reply #563 on:** September 5, 2007, 11:13:31 pm »

Quote from: Ephraim Longworth on September 5, 2007, 10:56:53 pm

I've used it, for about 6 months. It's nowhere near as good as transmit. You need to sort yourself out, you're used to these namby pamby windows crap - you're using what the pro's use now.. get with the program. ;)

You know it's bollocks when it's main selling points are "Full Featured User Interface with Drag & Drop Support" and "Local and Site to Site File transfers."

WOW!!!! NOT DRAG AND DROP LOLERZ

Welcome to the real world of ftp clients.

mmm, yes, shite that remote site-to-site transfer, where's that on Transmit then?

As far as I can see, FFXP can do everything Transmit can do, and then some.

¡Basta Ya! · « **Reply #564 on:** September 5, 2007, 11:18:29 pm »

Quote from: Claire. on September 5, 2007, 11:13:31 pm

As far as I can see, FFXP can do everything Transmit can do, and then some.

Need to look harder then.

Quote from: Claire. on September 5, 2007, 11:13:31 pm

mmm, yes, shite that remote site-to-site transfer, where's that on Transmit then?

Such an advanced feature that you can't do it... oh wait - you drag...then you drop... Using tabs, it's easy.

FFXP is fine, but so is transmit. Very powerful and should be more than enough for any needs.

Claire. · « **Reply #565 on:** September 5, 2007, 11:56:02 pm »

i am looking harder and i'm not any closer to being convinced

Matt S · « **Reply #566 on:** September 6, 2007, 12:51:01 am »

I use Azureus for torrents, never had a problem. Its picked up incomplete files from other computers before as well.

WorldChampions · « **Reply #567 on:** September 6, 2007, 07:53:36 am »

Carn't believe people actually use and like Azureus, I would rarther put my dick in a meat cleaver. Its fucking horrible

I use what EP suggested to me a while ago Transmission, the only one problem I have had from it is torrents from one of the private trackers I use refuse to download in it

iSmiff · « **Reply #568 on:** September 6, 2007, 08:25:09 am »

if you aren't maxing your connection on Utorrent YOU are doing something wrong

¡Basta Ya! · « **Reply #569 on:** September 6, 2007, 08:32:41 am »

Quote from: WorldChampions on September 6, 2007, 07:53:36 am

I would rarther put my dick in a meat cleaver.

IN a meat clever? IN one?

Good luck with that

Quote from: Claire. on September 5, 2007, 11:56:02 pm

i am looking harder and i'm not any closer to being convinced

nidgemo · « **Reply #570 on:** September 6, 2007, 09:03:47 am »

Quote from: Ephraim Longworth on September 6, 2007, 08:32:41 am

IN a meat clever? IN one?

Well, many of them DO have a little hole for hanging...

¡Basta Ya! · « **Reply #571 on:** September 6, 2007, 09:04:59 am »

Quote from: nidgemo on September 6, 2007, 09:03:47 am

Well, many of them DO have a little hole for hanging...

Surely that would be through

maybe his has a hollow handle.

Matt S · « **Reply #572 on:** September 6, 2007, 10:56:40 am »

Quote from: Ephraim Longworth on September 6, 2007, 09:04:59 am

maybe his has a hollow handle.

and wears it like a glove? Do you think he has trouble keeping a girlfriend?

WorldChampions · « **Reply #573 on:** September 6, 2007, 01:41:30 pm »

Well what ever these are called

¡Basta Ya! · « **Reply #574 on:** September 6, 2007, 01:45:06 pm »

Quote from: WorldChampions on September 6, 2007, 01:41:30 pm

Well what ever these are called

It's a mincer.... are you saying you want to put your cock in a mincer?

iSmiff · « **Reply #575 on:** September 6, 2007, 02:47:13 pm »

mincer, what sort of mincer

¡Basta Ya! · « **Reply #576 on:** September 6, 2007, 02:48:20 pm »

Do you put your cock in a mincer to make faggots

WorldChampions · « **Reply #577 on:** September 6, 2007, 02:48:57 pm »

Who knows

nidgemo · « **Reply #578 on:** September 6, 2007, 03:35:44 pm »

Quote from: Ephraim Longworth on September 6, 2007, 01:45:06 pm

It's a mincer.... are you saying you want to put your cock in a mincer?

You are naughty, but I like you.

¡Basta Ya! · « **Reply #579 on:** September 6, 2007, 03:50:13 pm »

Quote from: nidgemo on September 6, 2007, 03:35:44 pm

You are naughty, but I like you.

myrlas · « **Reply #580 on:** September 7, 2007, 11:42:16 am »

It was my external HD that was broken.

So now everything is delayed a bit - but fine

I even managed to burn my first DVD last night without actually understanding what I was doing.

But it worked

¡Basta Ya! · « **Reply #581 on:** September 7, 2007, 11:44:02 am »

Quote from: myrlas on September 5, 2007, 07:29:26 pm

There is nothing funny about my HD.

Quote from: myrlas on September 7, 2007, 11:42:16 am

It was my external HD that was broken.

myrlas · « **Reply #582 on:** September 7, 2007, 11:50:41 am »

It crashed between those posts you know

Claire. · « **Reply #583 on:** September 8, 2007, 08:54:36 pm »

got my new wacom today

<---- happy at last

Ryde-On · « **Reply #584 on:** September 8, 2007, 10:49:21 pm »

EP you were right about Transmission - blimey it has fast transfer rates!! I had 590kb/s+ on a torrent from Torrentleech! Demonoid is usually slower, haven't tried it on that yet....

Claire. · « **Reply #585 on:** September 9, 2007, 09:36:11 pm »

this inkwell thing, i'm confused.

i turned it on and i'm in photoshop, i draw something and it puts this box around that looks like notepaper, i stop drawing/writing, it pauses and then makes everything disappear

do i need to change a setting somewhere in photoshop or click summin or what to get it to do whatever it is it's supposed to be doing.

i can draw/write in the little notepad thing and it recognises it's text, it can't read my writing

but it's working.

¡Basta Ya! · « **Reply #586 on:** September 10, 2007, 07:31:35 am »

Quote from: Claire. on September 9, 2007, 09:36:11 pm

i turned it on

That's your problem.

Seriously, I've been using a Wacom for about 2 years and never once had the need to mess with that. It's more for writing letters, I believe (and doing silly little patterns to get stuff to work).

What tablet have you got? To get it working well in photoshop you need to adjust your brush preferences and customise how you want it to react with the pen.

Claire. · « **Reply #587 on:** September 10, 2007, 08:08:15 am »

i went for the intuos3 A5 wide, thought the 16:10 would map rather nicely with the widescreen on this.

Says on Apple that inkwell is some kind of revelation that means you never have to type in text when you're using the pen, i'm shocked that you've never used it

i can't say i'll have a whole load of use for it but just wanted to see what it can do, which doesn't appear to be very much outside of it's own little pad thing unless i'm missing a setting somewhere.

First thing i did was set the pen settings in PS

nidgemo · « **Reply #588 on:** September 10, 2007, 08:20:42 am »

Quote from: Claire. on September 10, 2007, 08:08:15 am

i went for the intuos3 A5 wide, thought the 16:10 would map rather nicely with the widescreen on this.

Says on Apple that inkwell is some kind of revelation that means you never have to type in text when you're using the pen, i'm shocked that you've never used it i can't say i'll have a whole load of use for it but just wanted to see what it can do, which doesn't appear to be very much outside of it's own little pad thing unless i'm missing a setting somewhere.

First thing i did was set the pen settings in PS

Surely you can type quicker than you can write anyway?

¡Basta Ya! · « **Reply #589 on:** September 10, 2007, 10:18:20 am »

Quote from: Claire. on September 10, 2007, 08:08:15 am

i went for the intuos3 A5 wide, thought the 16:10 would map rather nicely with the widescreen on this.

Good choice, same as I've got. Superb, but pricey.

Quote

Says on Apple that inkwell is some kind of revelation that means you never have to type in text when you're using the pen, i'm shocked that you've never used it

Not checked it out really, don't think I'll even bother though.

bradigor · « **Reply #590 on:** September 10, 2007, 10:33:22 am »

Quote from: Claire. on September 8, 2007, 08:54:36 pm

got my new wacom today

<---- happy at last

Will hopefully be getting one myself before the year is out

Claire. · « **Reply #591 on:** September 10, 2007, 01:08:14 pm »

Quote from: nidgemo on September 10, 2007, 08:20:42 am

Surely you can type quicker than you can write anyway?

Well, yeah, I can, but umm... new toy isn't it

Just wanted to see if it would allow me to write in text rather than type it, especially with it having the cmd/alt/option/scroll or zoom buttons on the tablet itself, if you can get the little command system going with it you wouldn't need to put down the pen at all. I need to seek out some proper info into how it works and intergrates with apps, I don't usually need to type a lot of text in PS, occasional few lines, so it could be handy, and if i can get it doing the commands it'd be great cos of the way I have it physically set up at present.

Quote from: Ephraim Longworth on September 10, 2007, 10:18:20 am

Good choice, same as I've got. Superb, but pricey.

Worth every penny though, eh. My old one is a trust one, wasn't exactly expensive when i bought it but there was no way I could've afforded a Wacom then, it served me well, but this thing is just beautiful.

Quote from: bradigor on September 10, 2007, 10:33:22 am

Will hopefully be getting one myself before the year is out

They're definately worth it, makes things so much easier if you do any freehand/painting. I can *just* about cope doing painting with a touchpad, but I can't use a mouse to save my life anymore.

myrlas · « **Reply #592 on:** September 18, 2007, 11:23:45 am »

The verdict after a couple of weeks.

I'm very VERY pleased

nidgemo · « **Reply #593 on:** September 18, 2007, 04:10:06 pm »

Quote from: myrlas on September 18, 2007, 11:23:45 am

The verdict after a couple of weeks.

I'm very VERY pleased

Well of course.

What do you think we are, liars like the PC crew?

We've been telling the truth all along.

Are you using windows on it?

WorldChampions · « **Reply #594 on:** September 18, 2007, 04:29:27 pm »

Quote from: nidgemo on September 18, 2007, 04:10:06 pm

Well of course.

What do you think we are, liars like the PC crew?

We've been telling the truth all along.

Are you using windows on it?

Don't speak about windows

LAst week it managed to fuck up and need a fully new installation on my parallels partition. It was only used for betfair poker, how can it fuck up with one application installed

A new update came out for the poker client which required direct x 9, installed both through the steps provided via windows. Then restart as per, then couldn't even open betfair poker, something about 3d such and such failing.

Piece of shit

nidgemo · « **Reply #595 on:** September 18, 2007, 04:47:45 pm »

Quote from: WorldChampions on September 18, 2007, 04:29:27 pm

Don't speak about windows

Piece of shit

I set them up, you knock them down.

I always say that to any PC user considering mac.

It'll run windows. But in a couple of weeks, you'll never want to use windows again.

WorldChampions · « **Reply #596 on:** September 18, 2007, 05:41:06 pm »

Only need it for betfair poker, c*nts should bring out a Mac version

nidgemo · « **Reply #597 on:** September 18, 2007, 05:54:33 pm »

Quote from: WorldChampions on September 18, 2007, 05:41:06 pm

Only need it for betfair poker, c*nts should bring out a Mac version

Or you could use another company who are willing to spend some of YOUR money to support the computer YOU want to use...

Put it like this, if I wanted a BMW, and Shell didn't want to provide fuel that worked with my BMW, I'd not change the car to suit the fuel...

I'd just get the fuel somewhere else.

WorldChampions · « **Reply #598 on:** September 18, 2007, 05:59:28 pm »

Quote from: nidgemo on September 18, 2007, 05:54:33 pm

Or you could use another company who are willing to spend some of YOUR money to support the computer YOU want to use...

Put it like this, if I wanted a BMW, and Shell didn't want to provide fuel that worked with my BMW, I'd not change the car to suit the fuel...

I'd just get the fuel somewhere else.

Knew that was coming

There isn't really many that work for macs. The only one I have found is full tilt but I prefer the betfair layout. Which is surprising seen as its a windows app

myrlas · « **Reply #599 on:** September 19, 2007, 11:29:54 am »

I'm not using windows.

I'm getting almost there now in fulfilling all my private computer needs on my mac.

Dreamweaver is the final part.

Or could I manage an dreamweaver created web page with another program?