Off-Topic - Apple Exchange!

Sorry for posting this here - wasn't really sure where to put it!
But - do Apple off some kinds of exchange/trade-in for up-grading you mini?!?
For example - I want a new Nano - do they offer the chance to trade in my 4 month old mini plus X amount of cash for a new NANO - it just seems a waste to get a new NANO and the MINI go to waste?!?!
Sorry if this is stupid!

Apple is selling refurbished minis for $160. I think you'd probably be able to get around $145-150 for yours, if it is in very good condition, because it isn't refurbished by Apple. Just my guess...
-Michael

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Has anyone else noticed this? Every so often I get "invited" to participate in a survey about Apple Support. I suppose it is happening multiple times because I refresh this discussions page so often
Maybe there ARE big changes coming to the discussions???...
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WAY off topic - Apple Store Video class... summer sessions

Last summer right before I took my family on vacation I saw that the apple stores were having a 'children's' video camp. Didn't match up with the time were were in town. Ugh.
Would there have been anyone here who went... or sent their kids? I'd love to send my older kids there with my DVX... um... D8.
CaptM

nevermind... clearing unresolved answers

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First of all my humble apologies for posting an off topic message, but I really don't know where else to ask this, I've been googling and browsing like mad.
Does somebody know the music used on the profile that Apple did of Tronic NYC for their Pro page?
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Thank you all in advance! Hope someone knows this :/

Thanks for your answer!
Although could be, it's not that, I've heard this same song once in a trip to Italy on the TV on a commercial too. This is really driving me insane, they use some great music for some of this profiles like the one they did on 2x4.
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Hi Everyone;
My teenage cousin is going on a trip to Europe for a few weeks and she will be taking alot of digital pictures with her Canon point & shoot camera ( 5 MP SD30), but will not be able to unload her images from the SD card. She already has Three Cards totaling 1.5 GBs and does not want to buy more.
So in order to increase the number images the card will hold, do you recommend lowering the resolution OR lowering the image quality by increasing the JPEG compression in the camera settings, for the purposes of printing ? ( obviously not all her images, but she may want to have some for her school yearbook, friends etc ).
This is a question I have asked myself with my own digital cameras, over the years, if i have to shoot JPEG i usually have the settings to MAX resolution and Lowest compression, in case i want to print some.
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4 X 6
5 X 7
8 X 10 or US Letter
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You could purchase an iPod along with the iPod Photo Connector to download the images for storage.
http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/70203/wo/oG40TPj AzNzm2xaoa3A25wLSBVg/2.SLID?mco=55EFC253&nplm=M9861G%2FA
Epson also makes two such a devices.
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Sort of off topic, but same old question looking for a new answer

Ok I'm ready to start a new site. I'm going cheap as it's all coming out of my pocket including hosting. I want to put a video chat room on my site. Is there anyway to capture a webcam in this fashion in director. I've done tons of searching but I can't really find anything. I'm trying to avoid using the flash communication server for three reasons. 1) I already have the director multiuser server that will host up to 1000 users (the room will never be anything close to that big 50 peeps tops) and my web host will support it and install it for me. 2) I can't find anything at a really cheap price. I'm looking at 25 cam users at once... 3) Actionscript is nothing I've every really worked with before, but I could do the lingo programming.
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Is there an xtra that will do what I want?
I read something about encoding the video to realvideo, but I have no clue how as I've never done anything like that before. Will this work and do you know of a tutorial for this?
Do you know of a really really cheap flash comm host?
Really off topic but, I could write the text chat end of it in cold fusion. Is there a known way to easily add the video in this way?
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There are several 2.4 GHz MacBook pros shipped over several years.
If this is your Mac (2007 model) scroll down to the memory section and read:
http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/macbook_pro/stats/macbook-pro-core-2-duo-2 .4-15-santa-rosa-specs.html
Standard RAM:
2 GB
Maximum RAM:
6 GB*
Details:
2 GB installed as two 1 GB modules. No slots free.
*Apple officially supports a maximum of 4 GB of RAM but third-parties have been able to upgrade the system to 6 GB of RAM using one 2 GB and one 4 GB memory module.
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How about an "Off Topic" section in the forums?
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I just wonder what comes with Level 5... and what is after Level 5... Level X ? g
So far, there's NO difference between Level 4 and Level 5 for me! I keep waiting for something special...
And while there is a "Lounge" forum available to Level 4 and higher users, topics there are still held to the Terms of Use (for example, no topics about rumors or unannounced products). But, there are some posts that are not strictly technical questions in there.
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Off Topic - Cameras - 30D, 5D or D200?

Hi there, I'm a non-pro frequenter of the Apple discussion boards, I know this is off topic but I'd sure appreciate some quick advice, I need a camera ASAP for a work project and I don't have time to do the research that I should I'm hoping somebody here can give me a concise answer. My choices so far are narrowed down to the Canon 30D, the Nikon D200, and possibley the Canon 5D can any one recommend which would be the better camera for image quality when used by a non-pro (although I do have some technical experience and don't have a problem using a camera in manual mode). Main point is the image quality at the end of the day, and also the better investment as a camera. Mostly I don't want to get an over priced dudd... I've heard the 5D is good but over priced - anyway.... any help anyone? I'd really appreciate it.
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Miklos.

My choices so far are
narrowed down to the Canon 30D, the Nikon D200, and
possibley the Canon 5D can any one recommend which
would be the better camera for image quality
All those cameras and many less expensive others when used with top quality Nikon/Canon lenses are capable of providing excellent image quality when used with a (very essential) pro quality tripod and head plus remote shutter release (add $500-1000 for those if you intend to build a rig at the pro end of things). The 5D is slightly more capable of the best low light images in the group, but at a cost of more than twice as much. The lenses you choose will be much more relevant than the individual cameras - and should accordingly represent more than half of your expenditure.
The choice between Nikon and Canon should be made by handling the cameras in your short list. Hopefully ignoring the BS that salesman insists on telling you.
Main point is the image quality at the
end of the day, and also the better investment as a
camera. Mostly I don't want to get an over priced
dudd... I've heard the 5D is good but over priced -
anyway...
DSLRs are not investments per se as cameras any more than computers are. DSLR values will decrease over time, but they invest extremely well in your productivity as a photographer.
IMO since you are relatively inexperienced in this dynamic world of DSLR you should start at the $1500 range for camera body only and add high quality lenses. If you choose Nikon, for indoors architecture I recommend the excellent 10.5mm fisheye that using software can provide rectilinear images, the excellent 12-24mm, and a f/1.4 50mm. At the tele end I like the 70-200mm VR, but an 18-200mm would probably suit for photojournalism type shots.
If you choose Canon there are equally excellent lenses available. I recommend against third party lenses because they typically will not support all the features of modern Nikon/Canon DSLR systems in the future even if they do so today.
Note that although architectural is often shot with DSLR (including by me), highest quality architectural images are not created with DSLR cameras. They are shot with medium format film view cameras that allow extensive tilts and swings within the camera body. The use of such cameras makes a huge difference.
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Off-topic : VPN setup

Hi,
off-topic, but having failed to find the answer on the net (in a form that I can understand) I thought I'd try here.
I live in France and have a dsl connection. I also have a dsl connection in Edinburgh in the UK. Sometimes it would be useful for me to have a UK IP address when using the internet in France. It occurred to me that I could perhaps set up a vpn.
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Any help/info much appreciated.
Grant

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Off-Topic Speculation?

hello everyone, I'm really new to these boards so please don't be too harsh on a newbie lol. I just received an email stating my post had been deleted from the "does anybody know when the i5/i7 imacs will actually ship?" thread. All I did was ask whether anybody thought the delay in setting a specific date might be due to overheating issues and my post was removed as being "off-topic" and "speculative"....isn't the premise of that entire board speculative? I see all kind of comments on there speculating reasons for the lack of a set date but yet I merely ask if it might be due to heat issues and BAM...its gone. I wasn't claiming it was because of overheating I was only asking if maybe it was possible....because I ordered an i5. It said my post was removed by host....does that mean the person who started the thread deleted my post or an Apple employee? I certainly hope its not the latter because like I said, that whole thread is based on speculation so for my post to be removed so quickly by an Apple employee makes me wonder if maybe there is a problem if so I think those of us who have put 2000 or more toward these computers deserve to know...or at the very least, not be censored for asking. Like I said I don't know if thats even the case with post deletion...I'm fairly new here.

KJH1986 wrote:
Again thanks everyone and Apple...I love ya but I feel like even though these forums are for your customers you are forcing some of us to discuss the products we bought from you elsewhere on the web if we want to do so freely. I'm sure that is not the intention of these boards : )
Actually, I think it is Apple's overt intention to limit these forums to user-to-user discussion of technical issues with Apple products, just as the Terms of Use explain. The ToU expressly forbid discussion of unreleased products or of Apple policies here, so if you want to do that, you should do so elsewhere on the web.
The ToU exist not so much to protect Apple's reputation or its well-known penchant for secrecy about unreleased products as they do to insure that these forums are useful & productive for those who use them. Because we are just users, & because Apple employees are expressly forbidden from posting anything here that could be considered as officially from any Apple source other than Discussions moderators or hosts, any reply to comments about these things would of necessity be conjecture -- IOW, just wild guesses. But because these forums are hosted by Apple, some users will assume otherwise, as if we are somehow Apple insiders, or that comments to Apple (like your mention of "your customers") are actually somehow reaching those officially empowered to speak for Apple about such things.

How can i get my bank card off my apple id account

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http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1918
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how can I turn off my apple tv? i can't , i don't know how...

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