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General Discussions => Spunk => Topic started by: FrankZappa on February 09, 2007, 06:25:36 am
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one thing that\'s reeeeeeeally irking me here...
MAC (http://www.maccosmetics.com/)
mac (http://www.apple.com/)
kthxbye.
Wow.
You really are emotionally invested in computers.
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one thing that\'s reeeeeeeally irking me here...
MAC (http://www.maccosmetics.com/)
mac (http://www.apple.com/)
kthxbye.
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And if you did have a mac that video for the 1,000 show would have been done by now.
Do you want me to work on it for you?
Funny, i had that ready to go back at the begining of august and I did it on a pc. You\'re telling me if I used a mac it would have taken me an additional 7 months? not much of a sale there nikki. ;)
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By the way Just purchased a 3 cd set from Kean College from Feb. 28th 1980 JGB-awesome jerry sounds amazing, I keep getting goose bumps!
Great set!!! One of my favorites.
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Paul
You still haven\'t gotten a mac, put yourself in a little dent, invest in a mac and get final cut pro. FCP is expensive at the start, but if you keep upgrading final cut, (like I didn\'t) it won\'t be too bad. There is also FCP Xpress. I can prob. get a copy of the newest upgrade of FCP from kids at school, there is one copy of one burned in our video studio. With all your connections, you can\'t find a reasonably priced mac deal. Try educational pricing @ mac online or macmall.com or any other outfit like that. That\'s how I got mine.
And if you did have a mac that video for the 1,000 show would have been done by now.
Do you want me to work on it for you?
signed,
the "killer"
PS I am too busy to read everyone\'s responses, b/c I am working on Dr. Sierpe\'s research proposal-do you remember him from southern Paul, he is a tough teacher.
By the way Just purchased a 3 cd set from Kean College from Feb. 28th 1980 JGB-awesome jerry sounds amazing, I keep getting goose bumps!
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At home, I have a desktop PC, Todd has a desktop PC, he has a Dell laptop, and I have a MAC laptop. I\'ve owned the MAC for about a year, now, and have watched ALL of the PC\'s shut down unexpectedly & need to be rebooted, due to processor issues, etc. My MAC has been steady - no problems, no shutdowns, and no unnecessary downloads to supposedly "correct bugs."
I highly suggest a MAC - it may cost some $$ now, but it\'ll be well worth it in the long run! :awwyeah:
(They\'re for sale cheap @ some places in CT, too! IMAC (http://www.purchasemystuff.com/imac) )
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How about Linux for free... loaded with tons of software for free.
Looks better, works better, supports the little guy, all that good stuff.
Check out Fedora Core 6 that\'s the Linux I\'d recommend to people these days. I used to work on PCs and Macs at my college help desk , technician stuff, ... any OS can be set up allright except Windows ME.
But if you like to be able to customize your gear and have everything for free and have it work better taboot, try Linux.
... of course if you like to play computer games and use certain platform specific software you\'re stuck. But you\'d probably be surprised to find out the diversity and quality of open source apps for Linux, there\'s a lot of enthusiam in the community to keep this stuff ahead of the curve.
Did I mention your computer will also be faster??
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Personally I never install a MicroSoft OS until after the first service pack is released. Also XP pro is a very stable OS. Between home and office I currently have several XP Pro systems running. They never go down and have not been rebooted for many months.
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if you have decent credit get a mac, pay for it monthly. i just bought a new laptop a month or so ago and really REALLY didn\'t want another windows based computer, but I couldn\'t afford a mac and didnt get approved through apple
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Well, xp crashed on me, you try to boot from the drive and you get stuck in a loop with it telling you your c:/ is invalid and to check the disc, would you like to launch in safe mode, etc. No matter which you select it stays in the loop with a blue screen and then a reset, back to choose how you want to boot. I had an older version of xp sp1 on a seperate hard drive so I\'ve been running that but i can\'t ingest video on it and it\'s pretty slow, so i\'ve been meaning to just get a full version of windows ______ and start over. I don\'t mind spending the money for vista if it is worth it.
I know exactly what you mean, but right now I don\'t have the cash (well I do but I don\'t want to take that much out of savings).
If you have the XP disc. Boot up to that and when it finds the OS it will ask u if u want to reinstall or try to repair the old install. I would do that and the run chkdsk /F If the HDD is still good then it might be able to fix the problem on your machine. I had this happen to me a few times in win2k
As for your original question. DO NOT GET XP HOME. If your going to get XP go with XP pro also if u buy now they were doing a promo where if you buy XP u can get a coupon for a free upgrade to Vista. Not sure if thats still going on but it was only the other week when I saw it on newegg.com
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well I\'m not sure what you want for specs, but I asure you I don\'t know them off the top of my head. :P
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Well, xp crashed on me, you try to boot from the drive and you get stuck in a loop with it telling you your c:/ is invalid and to check the disc, would you like to launch in safe mode, etc. No matter which you select it stays in the loop with a blue screen and then a reset, back to choose how you want to boot. I had an older version of xp sp1 on a seperate hard drive so I\'ve been running that but i can\'t ingest video on it and it\'s pretty slow, so i\'ve been meaning to just get a full version of windows ______ and start over. I don\'t mind spending the money for vista if it is worth it.
you didn\'t give any specs, but if you\'re not upgrading, i\'d say just stick with XP Pro.. personally, i won\'t be going to vista until i get/build my next pc, which hopefully won\'t be for another year or so..
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you mention upgrading your computer -- what exactly are you upgrading? or are you JUST talking about your OS? what kind of specs are you working with here?
Well, xp crashed on me, you try to boot from the drive and you get stuck in a loop with it telling you your c:/ is invalid and to check the disc, would you like to launch in safe mode, etc. No matter which you select it stays in the loop with a blue screen and then a reset, back to choose how you want to boot. I had an older version of xp sp1 on a seperate hard drive so I\'ve been running that but i can\'t ingest video on it and it\'s pretty slow, so i\'ve been meaning to just get a full version of windows ______ and start over. I don\'t mind spending the money for vista if it is worth it.
I would get a Mac, if you\'re not too concerned about the cost. I don\'t have one, but we use them in the editing suite at school. I love \'em.
I know exactly what you mean, but right now I don\'t have the cash (well I do but I don\'t want to take that much out of savings).
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does anyone know if you can use microsoft office software over again on another computer? i have microsoft office small business on my comp at home and it just expired, but costs $280 to upgrade. if i find the software somewhere at work and bring it home to load on my computer is this something that could possibly work?
http://www.oink.uk
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I would get a Mac, if you\'re not too concerned about the cost. I don\'t have one, but we use them in the editing suite at school. I love \'em.
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does anyone know if you can use microsoft office software over again on another computer? i have microsoft office small business on my comp at home and it just expired, but costs $280 to upgrade. if i find the software somewhere at work and bring it home to load on my computer is this something that could possibly work?
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you mention upgrading your computer -- what exactly are you upgrading? or are you JUST talking about your OS? what kind of specs are you working with here?
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http://www.oink.uk
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I have heard only bad things abotu Windows Vista.
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if something ain\'t broke, there\'s no need to fix it
If that was the case I\'d still be running Win NT4.0
Since mine broke right around the time of a new release I figured I\'d see what people thought (ah, good old blue screen of death (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_screen_of_death)). The reviews I\'m seeing are typical. Not that much better than XP but with less features and more bugs. If it\'s worth it I have no problem upgrading, but so far I\'m not convinced.
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While I love my MAC, if I were in your position, I\'d probably wait for all the bugs to be removed from Vista before investing in it. IMO, if something ain\'t broke, there\'s no need to fix it
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yea, but I can\'t afford one. I\'d love to get an avid for home, but what can you do if you don\'t have the $? :shrug:
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jill works in the computer biz and she was talking about all the things wrong with vista. like, all the things that are in xp but that they\'ve taken out of vista. vista is going to seriously limit the things that jill\'s company can do for their clients. clients who, btw, are currently marketing the everloving bejesus out of vista. oh the irony.....
besides, if you\'re doing video editing you should have had a mac years ago!
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So my computer sucks and I need to upgrade it (hence the reason no videos being edited, I can\'t ). Should I:
*Get Windows Vista™ Home Premium ($239 :wah:)
*Use my company discounts to get Windows XP Home Servicepack2 ($64)
*Suck it up and buy a mac I can\'t afford ($5K+)?
Usually I never buy a new product from microsoft, I always wait for the reviews and upgrades to come in (remember windows me! anyone? :shudder: ) Comments are welcome.