T500 first impressions and questions

I just received my computer this afternoon and I have been playing with it for the last couple
of hours. I thought I would share my first impressions:
Like I have been told, the build quality seems solid and quite impressive.
I am surprised by how much I like the simple, dated appearance of the notebook. The
off center screen isn't something that I find noticeable. And although I don't like how much
the 9 cell battery sticks out the back, it is one of those things where the performance
is worth the price. All in all, I feel that the appearance is very discreet.
I don't like that there are only 3 USB ports, but I knew what I was getting into. I didn't realize
how close together they are and I hope that I don't run into problems when I need to plug
multiple items in.
Thus far, the system runs extremely quiet and quite cool.
The startup/shutdown is much slower than I thought it would be (windows vista, SSD,GHz)
but I haven't really tried to optimize it because I am waiting for the arrival of my windows 7
disk. I just anticipated a faster and more responsive boot/load/etc time with the build
specs I chose.
I do not find that there is any noticeable flex in my keyboard. I obviously haven't used it much,
but so far so good. I was surprised by how small the touchpad area is, but I hope that is something
I get used to and something that is balanced out by the touchpoint technology.
I haven't tried to watch or listen to anything yet so I don't really know how I feel about that
aspect.
I still haven't figured out many of the intricacies and options presumably because I come
from using XP (which I regret not downgrading to) and am also not used to business class
laptops.
I was wondering what the best way to get the gunk left behind after the removal of the windows vista sticks offer?
Am I correct in assuming that I can use the fingerprint reader as my master password for firefox?
If so, is there an easy to follow guide that someone can link me to? I have tried to look it up, but
haven't encountered anything that has been too helpful. I am not extremely proficient when it comes
to setting up these types of things.

I know that I also responded to your other posting on this matter, but especially during video playback you can improve the colors quite a bit using the video drivers options.
AtticusJames wrote:
You may have noticed my other post about the display. I am overwhelmingly disappointed.
I brought it to a non-discerning friend for a second opinion and after watching a short
amount of video and looking at a couple of pictures side by side with other computers
she seconded the extreme lack of quality.
One of the video clips involved a lady with blond hair and my friend noted that on the t500
her hair appeared almost white because of the lack of colour
Thinkpad T500-2081 CTO | T9400 2.53GHz | 8 GB RAM | ATI HD3650 + Intel GM45 | 15.4" LED WXGA+ | Windows 8 | ATI Catalyst 13.1 (non-switchable)
Thinkpad 390x | PII 333 | 256mb ram | NeoMagic 256AV | SVGA LCD | OS/2 v4.52

Similar Messages

New MacBook Pro retina 13" arrived - first impressions and questions!

My new MacBook Pro retina 13" arrived today, two weeks earlier than the promised delivery date. My version is the 2.6 GHz i5, 512 GB SSD and I maxed the RAM out to 16 GB, since there is no upgrade later. I also customized the keyboard, since I live in Japan but prefer the US keyboard.
I posted unpacking photos and initial comments to my blog: http://lerner.net/new-macbook-pro-arrived/
I want to talk about some of those points, and ask some more detailed questions here. I hope others find the questions useful.
1. The keyboard is extremely nice. I like it better than the Bluetooth keyboard I have for my iMac right now. It has a nice feel to it.
2. No dead pixels! As some of you might now from old messages, I get really paranoid about new Apple notebook computers. If I find even one dead pixel it gnaws at me and I call Apple and complain until they exchange it for a perfect screen. Well I’m happy to report that I went through thorough pixel tests in white, black, red, blue and green and all the pixels seem 100% perfect. Yay!
4. The speaker seems quite nice. I played some music, and it sounded very beautiful to me, with good volume. I know some reviews of the MacBook Pro criticize the speaker quality, but it sounds as good or better than any of the speakers I currently have. I was quite pleased with that.
5. The retina display is very beautiful of course. I don’t need to have it turned up anywhere near the maximum brightness. There is a very good illumination range.
6. Because of the SSD drive, start up is very quick. Also it makes no noise at all. And it’s very light. I’m glad I went for the 13 inch pro model. It was just a little bit more expensive, and just 200 g heavier. I can see this replacing my iMac with the external monitor I bought.
Some questions:
Q1. Do I need protection pads for the hand rest to prevent discoloration over time? My old MBP 17" would get black-blotchey after a while. Eventually I got the top case replaced under AppleCare and protected it with pads. That was the late 2006 model. Is the construction material the same? Will my nice metal body lose its metallic finish and show dark blotches over time without protection?
Q2. What are the best practices for battery use and sleep? My iMac is on all the time and only the display sleeps. I hear it's not best for the lifetime of the MacBook Pro to leave it connected all the time. Yet I need to run my daily CCC (Carbon Copy Clone) complete bootable backup, which runs at 3:30 am every day. So it seems I need to keep it plugged in all the time. Any suggestions here, regarding both battery charging and also turning it off vs putting it to sleep vs power nap vs leaving it running all the time like I do with my iMac?
Q3. Is the "put hard disk to sleep when possible" meaningful at all for SSD?
Q4. Is there a sleep indicator when the lid is closed? I didn't notice any.
Q5. I notice I can view my iMac's music and TV library and everything plays instantly. That’s just wireless right? Because I have sharing turned on on my iMac I suppose. It seems as fast as if it were on my MacBook Pro though.
Q6. A strategy question: I wonder if I should migrate from Time Machine and carry along years of garbage and wasted disk space, or just install and move things as needed. I'm tempted to do the latter and start afresh. Especially since a lot of stuff is in the cloud already: Evernote, Dropbox, etc. Initial installation of some apps, like Parallels Desktop and Office might take some time, but I bet I would save a huge amount of disk space. Yet the Migration tool which uses Time Machine is supposed to be good.
I guess that's it for now.
Thanks,
Doug

hands4 wrote:
Q6 (Migrate using Time Machine?)
If you don't want to automatically bring over everything, I would use CCC to clone the old system drive and then use that clone to drag the wanted files onto the new machine. I would treat that CCC clone as a read-only archive until you were sure there are no additional files you want to migrate.
I use a combination of CCC and Time Machine to backup my Mac. CCC provides the reliability of simplicity and quick booting should the internal drive fail. Time Machine's incremental backups have saved my bacon several times when a file "disapeared" or I saved a modificaton that I needed to reverse. However the complexity of Time Machine during full restores can be a problem. I have had Time Machine full restores fail at which time I was very happy I had a second backup to fall back on. It is prudent to maintain more than one backup.
I agree completely about using the combination of CCC and Time Machine and it sounds like you and I use it the exact same way, and for the exact same reason. I hae also had Time Machine full restores fail (particularly with Apple Mail) and was very glad to also have the CCC backup.
The only thing I'm concerned about is making sure I grab everything I need for particular applications. For example, I'm not quite sure what all needs to be copied over from CCC to the new computer for Office 2008, which I am still running. It might be easier in that case to re-install certain software.
Thanks,
Doug

Lenovo ThinkPad T430s - first impressions and issues

I bought ThinkPad T430s last week and just wanted to write down my thoughts, first impressions and the issues I ran into.
I am very pleased with the laptop in terms of hardware - solid and nice build quality, understated style and (relatively) light weight. The screen is sharp, sound is good enough for me (I am no audiophile) and I am getting used to the chiclet keyboard - which feels just a little springy.
But I am not pleased with the software. There is just too much bloatware on the system and some of it is hard to get rid of.
SugarSync
Evernote
Lenovo MyCloud
VeriSign VIP Access
Intel AppUp
and the biggest offender - Lenovo SimpleTap -- You can't get rid of the SimpleTap without uninstalling the individual apps first.
It would be nice if the system showed a dialog box that said "Hey, here are some cool apps we highly recommend and you may want to look at", instead of pre-installing all these stupid apps.
On top of that I ran into the Windows updates failing issue.
So I ended up specnding 4+ hours just to get the system right.
Lenovo and Microsoft need to understand that they need to deliver an excellent and functional experience to users and not push any stupid system that they have come up with just to make an extra buck.
Look at Apple products. People love Apple products (I don't, but I do admire them) because of the simple and functional experience they provide.
In short install just what is necessary. You can let users know that there are other goof programs but leave it up to the users.

kamaleshp wrote:
Thanks for your response ThorsHammer.
In fact that is exactly what I am going to do this weekend.
I am in the middle of posting another message asking for recommendations and experience on the absolute minimum I can get away with.
Right now I am thinking Windows 7, System Update and Power Manager.
In my case, I installed the following:
Windows 7
Intel chipset drivers
Intel WIFI driver (wifi driver only)
Intel Ethernet driver
Lenovo Power Management driver
Lenovo Power Manager
Optimus video drivers for Intel HD 4000 and NVIDIA 5200M
RealTek audio driver - I think this also installed Dolby Home Theater v4
Ricoh Media driver
Lenovo Ultranav driver
Webcam driver
I don't install much more than that. I like to manually check the download areas for updates so I don't install Lenovo ThinkPad System Update.

S12 first impressions - and 3-cell battery question

Hello all,
I received my Lenovo S12 yesterday - it is replacing a 5 year old Dell 700m.
I didn't even boot Windows, but instead directly installed Ubuntu 9.04. So far everything is working great!
My only complaint so far is, of course, the lack of trackpoint. I know it is an IdeaPad, but I still don't understand why Lenovo doesn't put trackpoint on their Netbooks! It would be a major differentiator in a competitive market.
I really, really want to get a 3-cell battery. The 6-cell will be great for travelling, but around the house, I would prefer it to be lighter/slimmer.
I can't find 3 cell black batteries for the S series ANYWHERE. Is this just a temporary situation? Anyone want to sell me theirs?
xnappo
[EDIT] I found this battery:
3-Cell???
Will that work?
Message Edited by xnappo on 07-11-2009 07:52 AM

Yea, 3 cell is definitely better for daily use. Can you use S10's 3 cell on S12?
lol my old dell 600m is still there, alive, but I have replaced the hard drive twice and motherboard once. All covered in the warranty.
Thinkpad T60 widescreen + Idealcentre K300 + S10e.

S10-3t First impressions and hands on review

Hello everyone!
I got my s10-3t yesterday as expected from Tigerdirect.com. They had the best all around deal that should cost me about $460 after Bing Cashback. I got the 8 cell battery and the 250GB HD....nice setup.
I ordered a 2GB memory upgrade from upgradenation.com for $35 shipped. It should arrive tomorrow.
I also ordered a Targus netbook case from Amazon, but am sad to say that this thing with the battery installed is too wide to fit the case. It was the best selling choice for 10.1" netbooks, but it just doesn't fit this one. I've ordered a replacement case...I'll post my success when it arrives.
So, onto the review:
Out of the box, this took only about 5 minutes to power on and setup. Lenovo tries to get you to pull the trigger on several add-on apps upon booting the first time, but you can skip it. These are programs like ID vault and other useful but unnecessary programs. After skipping that, I setup a few things for Windows, and we're in! My wireless network detected without a hitch. I'm using a Zyxel 550N router...great signal and reception.
Touch screen:
I was anxious to try the touch screen, so I dove in and tried the lenovo installed stuff 1st. Lenovo Natural Touch is the app that appears to be much like the U1 interface shown at CES. Very "Iphone-like". It runs a little laggy at first, but when you get a feel for the touch speed, it is actually quite responsive. I tried playing with pictures and the multi-touch works great! IT DOES WORK without having to upgrade windows to a higher version than starter edition...but, using lenovo's custom software. I played the sample video which ran pretty smooth and looked just fine. I then tried the notes app and recorded a video of myself which worked as expected. I was able to write on sticky notes witout a problem using my fingertip. I also bought a Pogo which I think works fine for the touch points and just okay for actual writing.
So, I had a license for Win7 Pro and decided to install it since it added full support for tablets. I got a student deal for $29 a while back...couldn't resist. So, I did the anytime upgrade and it took about 20 minutes total. Whalla...Win7 Pro.
I quickly installed Office 2007 including OneNote. They all work fine and multi-touch works to zoom in Word and powerpoint. OneNote is super for this tablet!!! You can take documents and use a highliter on screen or scribble notes on top of text documents...VERY COOL and will be quite useful!
LCD quality
The screen is beautiful--very clear and while reflective/glossy, the quality is excellent, bright and easy to look at.
The screen of course can be viewed vertically or normally. In portrait mode, I found the picture to be a little less sharp and it puts a slight strain on the eye. I'm not sure if its the refresh rate or what, but there is a slight metallic sheen to images and a little bit of a contrast issue. Nothing major, but definitely noticeable. By default, the accelerometer is turned off
Web tests:
It of course has IE, but I downloaded Firefox for security and personal preference reasons. Both run fine. They both seem to respond to the multitouch and the spread gesture zooms in, while swiping scrolls. You can easily navigate like you would on an Iphone. Speed was good.
I played a few flash games and they played full speed. My 3 yr old daughter even played some games at nickjr.com and used the touch screen to control them with ease!
I then tried streaming movies on netflix....perfect playback although the screen size and format can waste a little screen real estate. I played a 4:3 movie and it wasted a lot of space until I went full screen...the small browser window made it so you had to scroll up or down a bit in order to see the whole picture. Going full-screen fixed it.
So, flash and silverlight work just fine. I plan to try some other games soon to push this a little....I'll report back as I get time.
Inking:
I have no experience with other units that have the RF pens, but I can say that the inking/writing is not overly intuitive. Windows Journal and other tablet apps work great though. One I train myself and calibrate this to my writing, I think it'll improve a lot. The pen/highlighter that I can use in other Office apps is going to be useful for research and school work. The handwriting recognition is not super and almost a waste for inputting a lot of text, even with the Pogo stylus I bought. Plan to use this for drawing and less detailed writing...
Misc. Stuff:
SD card reader works great and you can flip through pictures on the card via the Lenovo Natural touch app. The speakers and sound quality are not good at all. It is very "tin-ny" and not loud, though in a quiet room I guess it would be ok. Voices in a movie are audible, but the EQ is bad. I didn't try headphones, but I'm positive that they'd improve the listening experience. A program called "Bumptop" is included an pretty cool to show off touch features. It creates a 3-D environment for files and pictures that you can move around and stick on walls, stack up or sort. A brief tutorial shows you how...pretty cool. Like many other Lenovo products, this too has the facial recognition which works okay. It came with McAfee security suite on it, which I promptly removed since I'm not a fan. I am just using MS Security Suite and Malicious SW tools....works fine for me. I won't do any risky browsing anyway on this. I haven't tried an eBook, but I think this won't look any different than a regular notebook. The screen is certainly not e-ink though I think it'll serve the purpose for those of us who want the capability, but don't plan to buy a kindle or even the iPad.
The 8-cell battery works great as a grip when using this in portrait/tablet modes. The keyboard has a nice feel to it, though fast touch-typists like myself are going to struggle when trying to type a lot. The left-hand side of the KB is slightly smaller for shift/tab/caps keys, but still very useable. Full sized keys, but the layout is just slightly off. The SD slot is in the front and covered when not in use...
Final Thoughts:
I bought this because I wanted something to travel with and Apple didn't really announce what I needed in January. So, I wanted something new and cool...which this is. I thought the idea of a touch interface was in line with progress and I'm happy I got this. For the price, this is a sound solution for a netbook that gives you just enough "shiny and new" to keep interest. The touch is not a gimmick and I will make use of it for sure. The build quality is solid and the look/finish is beautiful, though a finger print magnet for sure. Overall, I must say that I am quite happy with this purchase. As a Mac user, I often have a less than stellar outlook on PC machines, though Win7 is a huge improvment. Not without the issues that plauge all Windows machines, this Lenovo is exactly what I wanted and will prove to be a great 2nd laptop and travel companion.

My review will be very brief, i just received it, so didn't experience a lot of features but on the whole am very happy with it and share the impressions posted below. I purchased the DAGi stylus for 25$ to write on quick notes and Windows journal and it completes my finger quite well. So the lack of a built-in stylus shouldn't demotivate anyone from purchasing this and Lenovo technical support has been very friendly and helpful in the one issue i had due to my lack of experience. It's a perfect device for travelling and to use as a second laptop.

V2 Impressions and questions

Finally went to V2 as I waited to see if there were any major issues...(I always wait for new software feedback)...
Happy to report faster response in some areas, some improved interface and streamlining I like and some I dont....but overall much improved.
Some comments and queries below:
Re rotate tool...
*Cant seem to do multiple selection rotates...just individual? Am I missing something?
*I would prefer that you can keyboard select in the following order...left,right,select. Having to go back and select the select tool is a time waster. Again I may be missing something.
Re Toolbar
*Is there some way to customise the position of the toolbars on the strip? I dont like having to go to opposite ends of the strip to work, as its a time waster. I would like to centre them for instance.
*Are they detachable/free floating? I cant seem to do this either.
Re Second screen or viewer.
* Can I set the background to any other color than black? ..again I cant find the prefs option. The HUD, black on black are a pain with the tiny text and buttons etc. I would like to have the second screen background same as the first.
Thats it for now
Cheers

Ian Wood wrote:
robbinewmanphoto wrote:
Re rotate tool...
*Cant seem to do multiple selection rotates...just individual? Am I missing something?
You've got Primary Only turned on. Go to Edit>Primary Only, or click on the small button with a '1' in it at the bottom of the Viewer or Browser pane. This is unchanged from v1.5 apart from dropping the 'S' shortcut to toggle it.
yep...got it DOH..thanks. I must have had it turned off in 1.5 forever. Funny how you miss things.
*I would prefer that you can keyboard select in the following order...left,right,select. Having to go back and select the select tool is a time waster. Again I may be missing something.
More info please, this isn't very clear.
OK...when you keyboard select rotate it cycles left,right each time you enter the keystroke. If I then want to just return to the select tool/arrow....I have to travel down and click on it in the toolbar.
I would prefer it to be included in the rotate keyboard cycle as a third item in the cycle...if you know what I mean. (even if there is a separate keyboard function key for the select tool). Just a shorter short cut.
Re Toolbar
*Is there some way to customise the position of the toolbars on the strip? I dont like having to go to opposite ends of the strip to work, as its a time waster. I would like to centre them for instance.
*Are they detachable/free floating? I cant seem to do this either.
No to both, but apart from spot & patch and primary only, they all have single-letter keyboard shortcuts such as 'C' for crop. Aperture is strongly geared towards keyboard shortcuts, so much so that it's possible to work for extended periods without picking up the mouse.
Maybe it could be a future request. I still like mouse or pen tools...just what Im used to
Re Second screen or viewer.
* Can I set the background to any other color than black? ..again I cant find the prefs option. The HUD, black on black are a pain with the tiny text and buttons etc.
No, there doesn't appear to be. The HUD isn't anywhere near black, though.
No ...not black, but black enough..against the secondary black viewer. I prefer a neutral grey background
Ian

Encore 5.1 Mac OX - First Impressions and Work Arounds

GOOD: The dynamic link between Encore and Photoshop is great. With minimum skill one can understand how Encore creates buttons and customize them in Photoshop ( Look at the Layers ). Editing back and forth between the two seems to work flawlessly. The "Distribute" objects command in Encore was very useful ... Why doesn't Photoshop have this command?
BAD: When building several menus, the guides are helpful, but there are no rulers / tick marks and the guides do not appear 'common' for aligning multiple menus for consistency. The "TV Safe" zone guide doesn't work with the "Snap" feature .. and disappears every time one changes menus.
GOOD: Copying buttons from one menu to the next places it in the same spot. Thank God.
BUG: Dragging multiple audio assets into the timeline only produces the first asset filling the full timeline. One must manually resize the timeline with the slider to see the other assets. This was a bug in Encore 5.0 and was never fixed.
BAD: The creation of Chapter Markers between assets is like trying to park a car in NYC. The Timeline "Guide" won't snap between assets and neither will the markers.
TIP: Set them the best you can ... Use Chapter Marker Index .. Double Click .. use Zoom Slider to widen Timeline nearly all the way .. drag Chapter Marker to get within a frame of separation of assets. ALSO: There is no Tab to Next / Previous Chapter shortcut .. and that really blows. The is a Go to Start / End ....
BAD: The Slideshow feature really chokes. I have a 12 Core Mac and it shouldn't take so long to move images ... Also, choosing options such as "Subtitles" are slow like Grandma.
TIP: If your going to change a option for several images in the Slideshow .. select all of the images first .. then click on the options. If you don't you will see hair grow and seasons come and go ... ALSO: To "Deselect" all the images .. click on the border between the images .. or you will never deselect them. Took me a while to find that one!!
HATE: The Build Progress shows NO info on how long the transcoding will take or how much Data is written.
CONCERNED: Doesn't look like my 12 Core Dual 2.9 GHZ is being utilized to it's potential. The Activity Monitor shows poor performance for Transcoding / Rebuilding Audio Tracks.
STILL TRYING:
Having a hard time replacing audio assets in a timeline.

Thanks for reporting that CS6 sorted this out.

My first Mac and questions on TV

So after 12 years of PC, I went ahead and bought my first Mac... a Macbook Pro... things are sooooo different... and simplified...
Seeing the high quality of video display on Mac, I was looking for the following solution -
I would like to (1)Wireless connect my television to my Mac, so I can (2)Watch and (3)Record TV or some portions of the show/news that I watch. This will be of immense help to upload clippings of news or news related information on my website.
Currently my tv has different inputs for the cable and the satellite dish... so please do advise if you have any suggestions whether you solution will have to be separately implemented for the each of them - cable and satellite dish.
My entertainment center is in the living room while my Mac is in the bedroom. I'll be using my Mac for traveling so I was looking to avoid plugging cables and wires to it.
Is this possible?

It sounds like the Slingbox is a perfect solution for you. With the Slingbox, you can watch and record live TV on your MBP from anywhere with a wireless broadband connection.
The Slingbox offers many different connections for your cable and satellite boxes, including HD. Note that if you want to transmit HD, you'll need the Slingbox Pro.
LINK: http://us.slingmedia.com/page/home
Hope that helps. Good luck!

TS2446 I forgot the security question about what was my first car and what is my favorite car! What is the solution to change that? please help me, thank you in advance Leo

I forgot the security question about what was my first car and what is my favorite car! What is the solution to change that? please help me, thank you in advance Leo

If you have a rescue email address set up on your account then you can try going to https://appleid.apple.com/ and click 'Manage your Apple ID' on the right-hand side of that page and log into your account. Then click on 'Password and Security' on the left-hand side of that page and on the right-hand side you might see an option to send security question reset info to your rescue email address.
If you don't have a rescue email address set up then go to Express Lane and select 'iTunes' from the list of 'products' in the middle of the screen.
Then select 'iTunes Store', and on the next screen select 'Account Management'
Next choose 'iTunes Store Account Questions' or 'iTunes Store account security' (it appears to vary by country) and fill in that you'd like your security questions/answers reset.
You should get an email reply within about 24 hours (and check your Spam folder as well as your Inbox)

HT5312 i could not follow anything, it needs to be clearer, and i all i wanted was to find the answers to my questions, you told me how to make an itunes account. and i'm pretty sure the questions used to be "first teacher" and "favorite teacher"not partn

HELP i just could not figure out how to find the answers to my security questions, and i do believe that the questions used to be "who was your first teacher" and "who was your favorite teacher" but now the second one is "where did you and your partner go on there first trip together, so now i'm wondering if i dont even have the answers anymore! why, have you changed the questions, and i really am having trouble following the help pages. i need help, it wont let me buy any songs or apps, so i've been saving the links and names to songs.

We are fellow users on these forums, you're not talking to Apple or iTunes Support.
If you have a rescue email address (which is not the same thing as an alternate email address) set up on your account then steps 1 to 5 on the page that you posted from should let you reset them : go to https://appleid.apple.com/ and click 'Manage your Apple ID' on the right-hand side of that page and log into your account, then click on 'Password and Security' on the left-hand side of that page and on the right-hand side you should see an option to send security question reset info to your rescue email address.
If you don't have a rescue email address (you won't be able to add one until you can answer 2 of your questions) then you won't get the reset option - you will need to contact iTunes Support / Apple to get the questions reset.
Contacting Apple about account security : http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5699
When they've been reset (and if you don't already have a rescue email address) you can then use the steps half-way down the page that you posted from to add a rescue email address for potential future use.

Hi I'm using iPad.i would like to purchase one of my game but I couldn't,because I don't know the answer to the question.like where was your first job and where was your favorite job.would you please help me.thank you

Hi I'm using iPad.i would like to purchase one of my game but I couldn't,because I don't know the answer to the question.like where was your first job and where was your favorite job.would you please help me.thank you

See Kappy's great User Tips.
See my User Tip for some help: Some Solutions for Resetting Forgotten Security Questions: Apple Support Communities https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-4551
Rescue email address and how to reset Apple ID security questions
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5312
Send Apple an email request for help at: Apple - Support - iTunes Store - Contact Us http://www.apple.com/emea/support/itunes/contact.html
Call Apple Support in your country: Customer Service: Contacting Apple for support and service http://support.apple.com/kb/HE57
 Cheers, Tom

HT1920 forgot the answer to question: asks first job and favorite car

forgot the answer to question: asks first job and favorite car

You need to ask Apple to reset your security questions; ways of contacting them include clicking here and picking a method for your country, phoning AppleCare and asking for the Account Security team, and filling out and submitting this form.
They wouldn't be security questions if they could be bypassed without Apple verifying your identity.
(102965)

My complaints and Questions MP4 M4V video files and other complaints

My complaints and Questions MP4 M4V video files and other complaints
I have been scratching my head as to how to fix my problem and I found some answers and some questions along the way. First of all, I have a video that should be correctly formatted for my iPod. Its specs are:
Kind: MPEG-4 video file
Size: 19.4 MB
Bit Rate: 125 kbps
Date Modified: 8/18/2009 2:15 PM
Play Count: 1
Last played: 8/21/2009 12:25 PM
Profile: Low Complexity
Channels: Stereo
Total Bit Rate: 360 kbps
Video Dimensions: 352x264
Video Codec: H.264
F:\File\AnotherFile\A3rdFile\TheMovieFileInQuestion.mp4
Wow that was a chore. Apple! Let us drag copy and paste our info tabs information so we don’t have to type all this stuff when we are having trouble. **another problem and suggestion** right there.
Ok, back to the problem of the forum.
From what I can see from http://www.apple.com/ipodclassic/specs.html this file falls in line of everything required in order to be able to play on my iPod. It plays in iTunes fine but will NOT sync with my iPod. I get an annoying message that states, “Some of the Songs and videos in your iTunes library, including “BlaBlaBlaiPondFixYourJunkBlaBlaBla”, were not copied to the iPod “My iPod” because they cannot be played on this iPod.” Why oh why can iTunes play this video file but my iPod cant. Especially when the specs on Apple’s website say it can.
So that was bugging me for a LONG time until I found my “Create iPod or iPhone version” option in the “Advanced” heading. Thank goodness this made my files playable on my iPod. Extremely LONG wait though. I know that other programs convert it in ½ the time. But times not to important as long as it gets done, (would be very convenient if it was faster though **Problem and suggestion**)
Ok, now that I have used the “Create iPod or iPhone version” option it has slowly but surly converted my video. Ok, here is my main problem, the new file which is the result of the conversions information is as follows:
Kind: MPEG-4 video file
Size: 35.4 MB
Bit Rate: 125 kbps
Date Modified: 8/18/2009 2:15 PM
Play Count: 1
Last played: 8/21/2009 1:28 PM
Profile: Low Complexity
Channels: Stereo
Total Bit Rate: 658 kbps
Video Dimensions: 352x264
Video Codec: H.264
C:\File\WhyIsThisNewFileInMyMusicFolder\TheMovieFileInQuestion.m4v
So basically it has made my file bigger *not a bonus in my book* greatly increased my Bit Rate *another interesting feature*, and I think the biggest change it has changed it from an .mp4 to an m4v.
Why does it need to be an .m4v I could have sworn some of my videos were or are in mp4 which shouldn’t matter anyway because I was under the impression that iPods could play mp4 files. So that’s my biggest complaint and question. Why can my 80GB classic iPod not play my MP4 files and why am I forced to convert them??
This conversion also creates 2 files in iTunes when I am done which is annoying because I have to go into my files info and look to see what file is the mp3 in order to remove it. Very annoying I can open my iPod options and see the files and some are faded (the ones it can not play) why can’t I remove them from that area.Suggestion Apple please make files that cannot be played on my iPod stand out some how for easier cleaning Suggestion. Thank you.
Speaking of cleaning iPods, when I moved my entire library to an external drive I was faced with a terrible problem. “This file could not be found, would you like to locate file”, I was faced with this annoying message at least 600 times. Now I am glad that iTunes has a little “!” mark to show dead links so that you do some minor cleaning, Good Job iTunes No compliant there. However iTunes has no way of selecting all the broken files for major cleaning (like in my case). Going through and deleting over 600 files 1 by 1 is extremely time consuming and annoying. **Suggestion Apple please add more cleaning features for organizing iTunes**.
Ok, speaking of organization now, another problem that appeared when converting my video files was that it put my new videos into the location where I have all my songs (my external hard drive) why can’t it put the new files in the locations of the original file? I have my computer highly organized and my original files were in that drive in that folder for a reason. If I could open my original file and skip the conversion, my iTunes would go to that specific folder to access the file which is fine. But now these new conversion files are elsewhere taking up space and disorganizing my computer. True I can go into the new location and move the files to where I want them (original location) but I don’t think I should have to hunt them down, copy, move, delete ect etc for all these files over and over. Very annoying, time consuming and should be unnecessary. **Suggestion Make file creation and location more customizable, and user friendly, your customers will love you for it**.
Well since I have gotten into Apples iTunes and iPod problems that I have had to face I might as well bring up one or two more problems and suggestions. About a month after purchasing my iPod a sibling bought one as well. His however is way more convenient then mine. I suppose he has a 5th gen. so here is my question: why does he have a search option and I don’t!!!! Why does he get more features every so often and I don’t?! Why can’t Apple write some software for us classic guys which got the iPods going! It’s very annoying when I have to spend more time looking for the song then I spend actually listening to it, when he can pull his up in like 3-6 seconds? I highly doubt the hardware between our iPods is that dissimilar and even if they are why cant software be written for us. **Suggestion treat all your customers good not just the newer ones, and make some more features for the classics like me and my iPod.” We will be grateful for it I promise.
Ok, I am almost done. Let me just recap my questions, I know my post is kind of lengthy.
#1. Why can’t my iPod play MP3 video files? And why do I have to convert to almost all the same settings except changing it from an mp4 to an m4v. according to Apples own site I should be able to play .m4v .mp4 and .mov files!! Note: remember iTunes plays them fine but my iPod will not.
#2. Would be much more convenient to be able to copy the information from the windows in iTunes so that problems and trouble shooting would be much easier. A little check on off options in iTunes advanced settings would be terrific.
#3. Why is the conversion so slow? Please speed it, you have the power. Convenience is the thing that sells products.
#4. Files that cannot be played on the current iPod need to be easier recognized for simpler cleaning.
#5. Also make an easier way to select all dead link files for faster cleaning, deleting, etc. This one is important.
#6. Make a user friendly way to change where my files are going to end up once I convert them for iPod more options and better customizable settings are need.
#7. One of the most important is ADD A SEARCH OPTION. I and we classics will LOVE Apple for it.
For you readers, I apologize for the long post, and any grammatical errors you might find throughout it. These are problems that I have faced with these programs and hardware and I wanted to make sure they got acknowledged and hopefully addressed. Any information about why I cannot play MP4 Video files on my iPod would be the best. If anything in my post gets answered that’s the one I want most. Will save me a lot of hassle.
Thank you all and I look forward to your suggestions and comments. All are welcome and appreciated.
Sincerely,
Bond, James

Was playing with iTunes and thought of another suggestion! Let us play files in iTunes from an iPod! A friend or sibling should be able to plug his iPod into my computer open iTunes and play any of the files there. Many times I have wanted to show a movie clip or video to a friend, and I have the dock so I can do it on my T.V. but play it on their computer in their iTunes forget it. That would be a very nice feature as well so we can watch our movies at maximum size or listen to music on a better sound system, just another suggestion that would be nice. Thanks

Samsung SCH-LC11 4G MIFI mobile hotspot - First Impressions #2

Yesterday, I received two Samsung 4G MIFIs to add to our corporate plan. These are also to serve as test units for evaluation for a possible upgrade of our 14 other 3G data lines (PCMCIA). Here are my first thoughts and impressions regarding this device. I apologize in advance for the length of the post and some of the more simple descriptions that might not need to be included. I've found that sometimes these minor steps become helpful to others with troubleshooting issues. I've found that they sometimes end up as "AH HA!" moments.
Out of the box: As soon as I opened the box, I was impressed by the size and styling of the adapter. Having not used or even seen one in person, it was a bit smaller than I was expecting. It's certainly small enough to fit into a shirt or pants pocket. For those that have not seen one, it's approximately half the height of a pack of cigarettes lying down.
Initial Setup: In general, this couldn't have been much simpler. After following the basic instructions (install battery, power on, connect and login), it was ready go. No activation phone number to call like I'm used to. *Reading other posts, it looks like these adapters don't always come pre-configured like mine was. It already had the SIM card installed and was ready to go. This must be a friendly service my local distributor does.
I love the fact that this unit does not need VZAccess Manager to run. Simply plugging the USB cable into a laptop will start charging the battery without putting it into a "single user" mode like other adaptors do. This simplifies things for IT administrators, as you don't have to explain multiple scenarios for how to use the device. Plus there are fewer options for the end user to mess things up.
Advanced Setup: This is where things start getting fun. My first task was to change the SSID and security key. I navigate over to the Network->WIFI tab. It took me a minute to figure out the whole profile thing, but when I went to make my changes on the "Manual Configuration" side, something still seemed out of place. I had drop down menus that didn't have any text in its fields.
Blank Field
This lead to a bit more confusion as to how the profiles worked. I decided to change things up and switch from IE 8.0.7601 to FireFox 4.0. Using FireFox, everything looked in place. I proceeded to configure the settings and then selected "apply". Apparently this wasn't the option I needed as all my settings reverted back. It looks like you need to select "Update Profile" first before applying the active profile. Great, now we are up and running!
Note: Both of my devices are running AP/Modem firmware: EC04
Speed Test: Curious to see how these new devices performed, I ran a number of speed tests while connected. My area has yet to be 4G enabled, so I wasn't expecting much in terms of an improvement with the 3G. On average I was getting 1mbps down and 500kbps up. This is actually slower than our current 3G cards that average 1.5mbps down and 768kbps up. Hopefully we get the 4G service sooner rather than later.
Deal Breaker: VPN. For my company, we use Windows VPN access. I spent a little time trying to connect to the VPN with this adaptor. For some reason I could not get past the authentication. I tried from multiple machines, using different OSes, still no luck. I contemplated making some changes on the server side, but decided against it as all other VPN connections (including 3G adaptors) were fine. That led me to these forums in search of an answer. More specifically, the current post on the exact same issue I was seeing.
http://community.vzw.com/t5/4G-Discussion/Samsung-SCH-LC11-Blocks-Microsoft-VPN/td-p/489618
I will do some additional testing, including some changes on the VPN server, but might have to send these back.
Summary: They look like great little devices, but in my opinion, are currently not quite suited towards some business environments. This could perhaps change with a firmware update or two.

Sorry to take so long to reply.... I now have a support community set up at http://www.netsubnet.com, or you can touch the support button on the SETUP tab inside of HotSpotSam.
Yes, that's the second request for signal strength, so it's on the planned feature list. I'm currently working on integrating the real artwork so that it's easier to see the current status - and the app looks a lot better too.
Next up is putting the status messages into a real log so if there's a problem or you just want to see what the app has been doing, you can scroll through it.
Also, I'll be putting the most common questions into an in-app help screen.
Then I'll work with the artist on the best way to show the signal bars on the main screen. The RSSI number on the INFO tab is the Received Signal Strength Indication (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Received_signal_strength_indication) ie "Signal Strength" so the info is out there just need to display it.
I'd also like to add an option to beep on low battery.
There have been thousands of downloads so I guess people find it useful! It would be nice if more people would rate and review, too.
Thanks for your suggestions.

Got my mac mini intel singel core yesterday!! first impressions !

hi to all,yesterday i got my mac mini singel core 1,50 GHz 512 ram 60 s-ata, here are my first impressions:
of course it looks like the same;ir-sensor for the frontrow remote control is at the right side,inside the drive slot (very nice solution).It boots up faster than my old mac mini G4 1,25 Ghz 1GB ram.first of all i did a xbench test,here are my results:old mac mini g4 1,25 1 Gb ram xbench points=36,37; new mac mini intel single core xbench points=63,37 !!!Very nice and smooth system import from the old ppc os x was no problem using firewire. virtual pc 7 does not work any more.
overall rating after 1 day, very good outstanding product
greetings tobias
mac mini / pb G3 wallstreet Mac OS X (10.4.5) mac mini single core 1,5 GHZ

I also got the Core Solo and so far am very much satisfied with it. One of my highest Xbench scores was 65.40, twice as fast the score of the lowerend G4 Mac Mini. The feel of the system's respondsiveness is certainly on par with other Intel based Macs I tried at the local Apple stores. Boot time is under 30 seconds most of the time. One weird thing I noticed is that when open " About This Mac", the system identifies the processor as a 1.5GHz Intel Core Duo. However, System Profiler says it's a Core Solo. Well, I will only open "About This Mac" from now on
To answer your question, Tobias, 720p plays awesome but 1080p not looking good. The new graphic eventhough integrated is still an improvement over the graphic of the old model. Why? It supports Core Image and you get all the nice effects in Dashboard, also HD contents play much better obviously.
512MB of RAM is not enough. I'm glad that I didn't buy the Core Duo because with that $200 in difference, I can up the fund to buy a pair of 1GB DDR2 memory and a 7200RPM hard drive for upgrades. The hard drive on the Mac Mini has always been a weak link. SATA is supposed to be faster than the old IDE ATA, but from what I've seen so far, it's pretty much the same.
Powerbook 12' 1.5 | Mac Mini 1.25 | iPod Nano Mac OS X (10.4.2)

T500 first impressions and questions

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for