Best Computer I've Ever Used
Hey everybody, well, I finally went out and got my blackbook. and let me tell you, this thing is incredible! It is not only the sleekest and sexiest computer that i've ever seen, but it is so fast, it's incredible. Now, mind you, I'm coming from a iMac G4 700MHz with 256 ram, and i'm playing on a 2.0ghz 80 gig, 2 gig ram macbook.
this is honestly one of the most amazing machines that i've ever used. the keyboard is extreemly tactile, and it responds very well. It is actually better, i've found, than almost every other laptop i've used for typing fast (the keys rebound so quickly!)
So, for any of you who have concerns about the postings on this website, don't worry at all. It is truly a machine to buy and enjoy. Heat issues are non existant, and i've yet to hear a moo. This thing is flawless. Buy Now!
Blackbook 2.0Ghz, 80 Gig HD, 2.0 Gig RAM Mac OS X (10.4.6)
Distro_1,
Windows PC. I can laugh about it now, but, my pc ended up infested with a virus that no virus software was able to locate until it was much much too late...in the process, it destroyed all of the info on my secondary hard drive as well....200gb of lost photos, music, movies etc. I have yet to bring that hard drive to a technician because I am scared to hear that it could all possibly be lost forever. Music and movies I can replace, photos, I cannot. Thankfully, I had backed many of them up or sent copies to friends and family. Also, I uploaded many pics to photo sites. There were however, dozens that were not I've been really busy over the past few months and was unable to do so. BTW, the PC is just over 2 months old. Anyway, the moral of the story is that I am hoping that these problems will not be nearly as big an issue with Mac. I want to be able to leave my computer for an hour or two unattended without worrying about losing everything. I hope that's not too much to ask.
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5 Major Problems, yet still the best computer I've ever used.
I was an early adopter of the Macbook. I got it the first day it came out and started using it immediately for school @ The University of Texas at Austin. I've gone through about 300 charge cycles and I think the computer is approx.. 13 months old. I really hope that this computer will last for the rest of my undergraduate career, but we'll see what happens. From the start, it had the faint "moo-ing" noise which I lived with until after 3 months of owning my computer when it started shutting down randomly. I sent it in to applecare for about 2 weeks and got it back good as new. Then, there was some discoloration on the palm-rests, and I got that fixed as well. Then after 9 months my hard-drive crashed and I lost everything that I had because I didn't back anything up, idiotically. After 11 months, the screen started flickering and the display inverter had to be fixed as well. All in all, I paid $0 for all of these repairs. Some people might say that I paid in sweat and tears over the time I was away from my data, and the time that I lost all of it. However, I don't think that I could have made a better investment in my education, it has truly been a great experience switching to Mac...sans a couple of minor details.
-Ryan
P.S. - I don't know why I wrote this post, I just know that a lot of students like myself are purchasing new computers for school. I hope I didn't scare anybody off, and I'm sure that most of these "problems" have been fixed in the later generations. I just wanted to tell my story and hopefully give some people trust that apple takes care of its customers, and that Mac really is the best computer in the world.
You can leave your own stories if you would like, I think that would be a cool running thread.
White Macbook 2.0 Ghz Mac OS X (10.4.7) Week 21Distro_1,
Windows PC. I can laugh about it now, but, my pc ended up infested with a virus that no virus software was able to locate until it was much much too late...in the process, it destroyed all of the info on my secondary hard drive as well....200gb of lost photos, music, movies etc. I have yet to bring that hard drive to a technician because I am scared to hear that it could all possibly be lost forever. Music and movies I can replace, photos, I cannot. Thankfully, I had backed many of them up or sent copies to friends and family. Also, I uploaded many pics to photo sites. There were however, dozens that were not I've been really busy over the past few months and was unable to do so. BTW, the PC is just over 2 months old. Anyway, the moral of the story is that I am hoping that these problems will not be nearly as big an issue with Mac. I want to be able to leave my computer for an hour or two unattended without worrying about losing everything. I hope that's not too much to ask. -
Macbook Pro C2D- best computer I have ever owned. -Sweetest deal ever-
Hi,
I've been looking to replace an aging 12 inch 867 that I've beaten on tour for 16 months. I decided on the Macbook Pro.
I first purchased a 1.83, 2 weeks ago knowing the Core 2 Duos were coming. I was tempted by a good deal ($1699.00 including Applecare at Compusa).
I maxed out the Ram as well (2gig for $300). I than sold it to a friend on the tour for $2000 (with the ram) when they announced the Core 2 Duo. I went to the Apple Store to get the C2D, but they had not shipped yet so I grabbed a 2.0 for $1699 to hold me over (same price as the 1.83 but minus applecare) I knew they would be in the stores in less than 14 days. A few days later I traded my 2.0 in for the 2.1 core 2 duo machine. The store gave it to me for the same price as the original machine $1699, with no restocking fee either.
(don't expect this, it was a huge favor) I put 2 gigs in it for 300$ and now I have a 2.1 Core 2 Duo with 2 gigs of gam for $2000....... timing is everything.
I'm REALLY digging Apple right now....
Oh...
And.....System Migration assistant......... I LOVE you more than ever now.
The new machine is amazing. Powerful, quiet, and way cooler. My only complaint is that the 2.0CD had the best Airport reception I've ever seen. At my hotel, my 867 Aluminum 12 inch saw 2 access points. The 2.0 saw 16, and the C2D 2.1 sees only 5 intermittently. I wonder why this is? Outside of this....... I am thrilled....
It is the best machine I have owned with the most "elegant" OS available.
SGGlad to hear you are soo happy, my question is why
would you buy a computer when you state that you knew
the C2D were coming out for 1600, not sure where you
got this "prime' deal for, then trade it up 14 days
later for a new model for the same price?
get me the number to the salesman you were dealing
with... or his dealer.
Read my post more carefully.....
my question is why would you buy a computer when you state that you knew the C2D were coming out for 1600<</div>
I said I knew the C2D's were coming out..... NOT the price.... (it was common knowledge) The price i mentioned was 1699$, that was the cost of the 1.83 CD NOT the C2D.
not sure where you got this "prime' deal for, then trade it up 14 days
later for a new model for the same price?<</div>
I did not trade in the 1.83.... i said sold it to a friend for the same price a few days later.
After the announcement of the C2D, I sold the CD 1.83, I went to pick up the C2D, but they were not in the store (and i was without an intel laptop) so I took advantage of the sale price for the 2.0 CD. I purchased the 2.0 for 1699$ at the Apple Store.
I traded the 2.0 CD in as soon as the C2D's shipped. (actually only 3 days later not 14 days later) And the salesman did me a favor by not charging me the difference.
Get it?
Awwwww...... don't be jealous.. -
It just goes in a circle. This computer not authorized to sync purchased songs to iTouch. Follow directions to authorize computer, seems successful. Sync again and it comes up with the same error message....this computer not authorized to sync iTune purchases to iTouch. I have deauthorized the computer and reauthorized and it didn't make a difference. I updated and restored to factory settings. Still same error message. I have had this problem the last 2 times I have synced. Worked previously. Any ideas??
additional info: I looked into similar complaints. 1 suggested that something is wrong with the files. Delete them off of computer and divice (but they are not on my divice anymore) and then download them again from iTunes purchase history. Went in to check iTunes purchases to make sure the songs would be there if I did follow these steps. Well, NONE of them are in my purchase history.....probably the real problem here. I had an original iPod Nano and then upgraded to my current iTouch.....same computer for both. Could there have been a problem at the point of switching over to the iTouch? That doesn't make sence to me because it is through iTunes and it was the same account for both. I thought I'd be smart and put all the songs in a playlist and burn to a CD and them load them back in that way.....but I was not authorized to burn to a CD....go figure. Any idease would be great!!
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Best computer to use to create an image
We use netboot as a diagnostic tool. Traditionally when a new model computer comes out, it wont netboot, so I would recreate the image using the computer. This has worked fine until the intels which dont seem as backwards compatible as the PPCs were. Currently the netboot image we use was made off an imac ( I use system image utility to make the image) and it works fine to boot everything but the 1.83GHz Core2Duo Macbooks. They freeze after a couple of minutes. MacPros with 2 video cards also fail to netboot.
So my question is- what is the best computer to use to create an image that is compatible with all prior computers?You need separate images for intel and PPC Macs.
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I have a new Mac computer that has imovie. I recently made a movie that i would like to burn to a DVD. I hear that idvd is no longer being sold. Is there software on the computer that i can use to burn a dvd or is there a recommended software to use?
There is no really satisfactory substitute for iDVD to burn video files from iMovie.
Whilst Macs with a Superdrive continue to be able to burn video DVDs, the software for so doing, iDVD, is no longer included in the iLife bundle that comes with OS 10.7 Lion (which also omitted iWeb) or will come with OS 10.8 Mountain Lion. And it is no longer included in the iLife 11 from the online Apple Store: http://www.apple.com/ilife/. Your only solution is to look on Amazon or eBay and try to get an older version that includes iDVD 7, i.e. iLife version 9 onwards. You should also do this if you plan to buy a new Mac anytime soon, as stocks of iLife that include iDVD will not be available for ever.
However, the vastly more expensive FCPX can burn a DVD without iDVD or DVD Studio Pro involvement, but lack the themes etc of iDVD. Also, of course, there is Roxio Toast, which is the best software for burning anything but again does not offer the flexibility of iDVD. -
How do I set the thumbnail image of my videos that export to my computer? I'm using Premiere Elements 11 on a windows 8.1 PC 64bit.
Or how does Premiere 11 determine where to set the image for the video it is exporting?
I already know how to use Freeze frame and save the image to my computer by Publish+Share/Computer/ Immage.
Thanks,
MikeMike
This is not Adobe. Rather user to user. We are all visitors here.
Just a bit of history....back in the days of Premiere Elements 4, you could set a "poster frame" in what was called the Project area. You did this by right clicking a blank area there and, from the drop down menu that appeared, selecting View/Preview Area, and using the poster frame feature there.
As I said, when a video imports into Premiere Elements, the thumbnail of the import has been presenting as the first frame of the video. With this Preview area "poster frame" option, you could set the video's thumbnail in the Project area so that the first frame was another frame in the video. But, this "perk" was restricted to thumbnails of the video in Project area.
If you exported to file with the first frame modified video, the export's thumbnail in Windows Explorer would present with other than the real first frame or the poster frame as the first frame.
Also, in more recent versions, I have observed that the export to file does not display the real first frame of the video in Windows Explorer. Seems random, but I have not kept track.
And, remember, at the onset I wrote
As far as I have ever seen, Premiere Elements Windows uses the first frame of the video for its thumbnail in the program.
I know of no way within Premiere Elements to control what the program opts to do in this matter. In some compatibility
issues, it opts to give no image but a generic one.
I did not say that you can expect to have the Premiere Elements' export file's thumbnail in Windows displaying with its real first frame. And, the more you get into this, depending on the versions, more details need to be added to my comment about "...first frame of video for its thumbnail in the program..."
I would have to look into all this further to get perspective on the contributing factors.
ATR
Add On...The Poster Frame feature appeared in versions 4, 7, 8, and 9 by my count. -
I am a new mac user and I switch to mac due to the graphics that it brings. I do website in pc and I heard iweb is the best.NOW i heard that iweb will be discontinue. so what is the best application there for website using MAC OSX lion?
It is now confirmed that iWeb, and iDVD, has been discontinued by Apple. This is evidenced by the fact that new Macs are shipping with iLife 11 installed but without iWeb and iDVD.
On June 30, 2012 MobileMe will be shutdown. However, iWeb will still continue to work but without the following:
Features No Longer Available Once MobileMe is Discontinued:
◼ Password protection
◼ Blog and photo comments
◼ Blog search
◼ Hit counter
◼ MobileMe Gallery
All of these features can be replaced with 3rd party options.
I found that if I published my site to a folder on my hard drive and then uploaded with a 3rd party FTP client subscriptions to slideshows and the RSS feed were broken. If I published directly from iWeb to the FPT server those two features continued to work correctly.
There's another problem and that's with iWeb's popup slideshows. Once the MMe servers are no longer online the popup slideshow buttons will not display their images.
Click to view full size
However, Roddy McKay and I have figured out a way to modify existing sites with those slideshows and iWeb itself so that those images will display as expected once MobileMe servers are gone. How to is described in this tutorial: #26 - How to Modify iWeb So Popup Slideshows Will Work After MobileMe is Discontinued.
It now appears that the iLife suite of applications offered on disc is now a discontinued product and the remaining supported iApps will only be available thru the App Store from now on. However, the iLife 11 boxed version that is still available at the online Apple Store (Store button at the top of the page) and those still on the shelves of retailers will include iWeb and iDVD. Those two apps were listed in small, gray text on the iLife 11 box that I bought.
Personally, if I didn't already have a copy I would purchase one to have it for reinstallation purposes if ever needed.
This might be of some interest to you at this time: Life After MobileMe.
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Yes, well I ignoratly created a second Apple ID when first setting up my MacBook, and when I go to the "My Purchases" in my Mac App Store, and it shows the apps I've uninstalled, and the apps that are available to update. When I tap on the update icon/text I get a drop down notice, telling me that I have other apps that can be updated using the Apple ID I used to purchase the *apps* in Mac App Store. As far as I am aware I have only used ONE Apple ID to purchase Mac Apps, iPhone Apps, and iTunes. I have tried MANY, MANY times to find my second Apple ID. I've gone through and used every email address I making sure non of them were my second Apple Id's . SO is there anyway that I can update my apps using my main apple ID?
Best Regards,
Anna Grace Y.What are the names of the apps?
So you are saying that you only ever used the old Apple ID to buy content on the iPhone and the Mac? You never used the new Apple ID to buy content for the Mac? -
How do I get my purchased Itunes, which I can see in my Itunes account library, transferred to a folder on my computer so I can use them?
Hello apple1helpme,
It sounds like you would like to download your iTunes purchases to your computer rather than streaming them from iTunes in the Cloud. I recommend downloading your purchases directly to your computer using the Purchases page in the iTunes Store:
Download previous iTunes Store purchases to an authorized computer
Click iTunes Store near the top of the iTunes window.
Click the Purchased link at the right of the iTunes Store homepage (below Quick Links).
In the page that appears, select a category.
iTunes shows you which of your purchases are available for download. You can view all of your past purchases, or just the ones not currently in your iTunes library. Items already in your library aren’t available for download. If you select Music, you can view your purchases by song, artist, or album. If you’re viewing by album, click an album to see which songs on it are available for downloading.
To download all available items, click Download All.
iTunes 11 for Windows: Download previous purchases from the iTunes Store
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH12491
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
Best,
Sheila M. -
My main computer broke, can i use one of the 5 authorize computers to purchase and download songs
My main computer broke, and I want to know if I can still purchase and download songs to my apple devices using one of my five authorize computers? It is my wife's computer and she also uses itunes. Can I log her off and use my log-in?
Thanks for your reply, Niel. Basically, I can log in into my wife's computer, log in and download new music I purchased or from a CD into my ipad/iphone/ipod with out a problem since is one of my 5 authorize computers? Sorry for being so inquisitive but I'm not the best when it comes to itunes.
Will all my music load into itunes if once I sign in? or will it just load the songs I've downloaded from the itunes store?
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Apple App Store Worst On-Line Store I Have Ever Used
For the first time ever I used the Apple App Store to upgrade my Macbook Pro to OS X Lion, I have only had a Mac for 8 months. I have to say I was surprised and extremely disappointed to find out that it is the worst on-line store I have ever used.
To start with I couldn't find out how to buy Lion, it is the first store I have ever been into that doesn't have a "Buy" or "Add to Cart" button. After twenty minutes of signing on / off, going out / back in, I discovered that if you click on the price it turns into a "Buy" button. Why not put a message on the screen to tell people to do this? I wonder how many customers they have lost who have just given up and gone elsewhere. Surely if the purpose of the site is to sell it should be obvious how you buy.
Having discovered this I thought it would be simple but no, you click on the "Buy" button and nothing happens, eventually over a minute later the "Buy" button changed to say "Installing". At no time did I get a message up saying something like "Please wait while we process your order". The site says follow the instructions, no instructions, no messages about download time, where the download would be located, etc, were given.
After this nothing else happened the only way I knew that the download was happening was that the lights on my router were flashing. I did eventually find that a Lion icon had been put in the dock with a progress bar. When I did find this I then found out that my download was going to take over 26 hours. Don't Apple realise that not everybody lives in towns and cities with superfast broadband. There are lots of people who only have access to normal broadband. The advertising states that there is no need to buy and load CD's. It would be preferable to losing the use of both my PC and Laptop for over 24 hours which is what has effectively happened as using them only extends the download time.
Another sign of poor service is the fact that a receipt was not sent to me until 14 hours after I made the purchase. Most other on-line stores send this out within an hour of the order being placed.
This experience means that I will definitely not be using Apple App Store again, if I can't get the software from an alternative source I will do without. It makes me wonder whether or not it was a good idea to convert from a PC.
ElBeardoHave you looked in your Applications Folder for the App Store.
If it is truly missing and/or deleted... Go here and Download and Install the 10 7 3 Combo Update
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1484
This is Safe to do... be sure to Restart your computer after the Install. -
Hello, I use MAC AIR OSX 10.6.8 and have Adobe CS2, that I was using 2 years ago on my older computer. I stopped using it because it would close down in the middle of work. Now I would like to reinstall it on the MacAir but I can not get it working. It tells Adobe doesnT support my System. But I can not update my old version or activate it. What can I do?
The mac you want to install photoshop cs2 on is running mac os x 10.6.8 Snow Leopard?
(photoshop cs2 won't run on intel macs with mac os x newer than snow leopard)
Did you ever have cs2 installed on this particular computer before?
If the problem is that you already installed cs2, but it won't activate, that's because adobe took the activation servers offline for some older adobe products such as cs2.
You'll need to use the non activation version of cs2 from here and the supplied serial number:
Activation server shut down for Creative Suite 2, Acrobat 7, and Macromedia products -
I downloaded updates to my phone last night. I guess I created a 4-digit pin. there are only 2 pins that i ever use and neither one of these work. now my phone is locked. what do i need to do
Hey carla1958,
Thanks for the question. The following article provides some solutions if you are having issues with passcode lock:
iOS: Forgotten passcode or device disabled after entering wrong passcode
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1212
If you have never synced your device with iTunes, or you do not have access to a computer
If you see one of following alerts, you need to erase the device:
"iTunes could not connect to the [device] because it is locked with a passcode. You must enter your passcode on the [device] before it can be used with iTunes."
"You haven't chosen to have [device] trust this computer"
If you have Find My iPhone enabled, you can use Remote Wipe to erase the contents of your device. If you have been using iCloud to back up, you may be able to restore the most recent backup to reset the passcode after the device has been erased.
Alternatively, place the device in recovery mode and restore it to erase the device:
1. Disconnect the USB cable from the device, but leave the other end of the cable connected to your computer's USB port.
2. Turn off the device: Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button for a few seconds until the red slider appears, then slide the slider. Wait for the device to shut down.
3. While pressing and holding the Home button, reconnect the USB cable to the device. The device should turn on.
4. Continue holding the Home button until you see the Connect to iTunes screen.
5. iTunes will alert you that it has detected a device in recovery mode. Click OK, and then restore the device.
Thanks,
Matt M. -
The single worst application I've ever used. Period. I'll never buy another song or use it as a back up again. I'll pay $9.99 per month for Spotify and a cloud-based back up service instead of using this PoS software to backup my family's iPhones. I consider myself a loyal Apple user having owned at least two Apple computers since the early 1990's.
If you like crappy quality and remakes of songs from nobodys then use Spotify. If you can't use iTunes then maybe you need computer lessons. It doesn't get much easier than iTunes. Yes,they changed it and made it a bit clunky if you ask me, but for an all around video and music manager, CD burner,streamer and radio,it doesn't get much better.
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