petetherock Posted March 1, 2011 Author Posted March 1, 2011 Thanks I used to have Norton to de-frag my drive. Do you do it now? PCs have such a function built into their OS. I sadly I may need to keep my Lenovo as some sites still work better with a PC...
Doggie Howser Posted March 1, 2011 Posted March 1, 2011 Why wouldn't VMWare or Parallels support different OS X versions?
DJQ Posted March 1, 2011 Posted March 1, 2011 Reminds me of my cousin, very smart follow instructions to have dual boot up on his MBP. End up formatted his whole hdd just to install winXP. :x
Doggie Howser Posted March 1, 2011 Posted March 1, 2011 I have a PC because some sites just hate Mac. But if my old MBP were fast enough, I'd just stick to Macs and run Parallels only if I had to. With the new i5 and i7 stuff, it might just be good enough.
petetherock Posted March 1, 2011 Author Posted March 1, 2011 You will need to buy a copy of a Win OS, run the parallel or equivalent software, thats close to the cost of my Netbook. Makes more senses to keep my trusty Lenovo business laptop. What about running Windows on the Mac?
ootg Posted March 1, 2011 Posted March 1, 2011 I guess it's okay if space is not a premium. With the MBP/Parallels/Win OS, you carry one notebook anytime. With the Lenovo or netbook, you carry two?
ootg Posted March 1, 2011 Posted March 1, 2011 With Thunderbolt introduced, we have not heard much about what peripherals will be available other than RAID drives. I wonder if soon there will be Thunderbolt DACs? Also, with the new generation of optical Thunderbolt, will it suffer the same issues as optical Toslink?
Quest88 Posted March 1, 2011 Posted March 1, 2011 With Thunderbolt introduced, we have not heard much about what peripherals will be available other than RAID drives. I wonder if soon there will be Thunderbolt DACs? Also, with the new generation of optical Thunderbolt, will it suffer the same issues as optical Toslink? i am unsure if optical thunderbolt is going to be a reality. thought it was just a rumour. for computer audio.. u can check out the CA website for speculation. i have no opinion myself since i am not familiar with the implementation and if it will really give a positive benefit to audio. one issue i have though, is really on the max length of the cable.
ootg Posted March 1, 2011 Posted March 1, 2011 From Intel's information, they are courting A/V companies too. Amongst them are Apogee and Avid. Not sure when the optical option will become a reality though.
laialpha Posted March 1, 2011 Posted March 1, 2011 You will need to buy a copy of a Win OS, run the parallel or equivalent software, thats close to the cost of my Netbook. Makes more senses to keep my trusty Lenovo business laptop. You can use Crossover if the windows apps that you wanted to run is supported by them. Crossover allows you to run the windows apps on mac without the windows OS.
petetherock Posted March 1, 2011 Author Posted March 1, 2011 Thanks, not sure if Quicken 2011 (PC) or SPSS has this function? Will be a really nice feature :) You can use Crossover if the windows apps that you wanted to run is supported by them. Crossover allows you to run the windows apps on mac without the windows OS.
laialpha Posted March 1, 2011 Posted March 1, 2011 Thanks, not sure if Quicken 2011 (PC) or SPSS has this function? Will be a really nice feature :) Quicken 2011 is given the Bronze award whereas SPSS Base 16 is given the Gold award. Gold means the software should works as on Windows whereas Bronze means there are enough bugs that one would use with caution.
petetherock Posted March 1, 2011 Author Posted March 1, 2011 Thanks again, it seems that the last version was in 2008? Its not too expensive, will have a look and maybe buy it when I am in USA in May... I may use it with 2010 Quicken... how did you find the Bronze thing? How about the 2010 version?
laialpha Posted March 1, 2011 Posted March 1, 2011 Thanks again, it seems that the last version was in 2008? Its not too expensive, will have a look and maybe buy it when I am in USA in May... I may use it with 2010 Quicken... how did you find the Bronze thing? How about the 2010 version? You can find it here: http://www.codeweavers.com/compatibility/browse/name/?app_id=7799
petetherock Posted March 1, 2011 Author Posted March 1, 2011 Quicken support looks bad... I might get iBank 4 instead.... Anyway, earlier last week, I had placed an order for a MBP when the new model came out, so it was a nice thing that they allowed me to change this.... Now I am aiming for this: MacBook Pro 15” 2.0GHz Quad-core Intel Core i7 8GB 1333MHz DDR3 SDRAM - 2x4GB 750GB Serial ATA Drive @ 5400 rpm SuperDrive 8x (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW) 15-inch Hi-Res Antiglare Widescreen Display AppleCare Protection Plan for MacBook Pro - Auto-enroll Mini DisplayPort to DVI Adapter Mini DisplayPort to VGA Adapter
petetherock Posted March 1, 2011 Author Posted March 1, 2011 One more thing: Can I find the prefs file for itunes, and just copy it over to the MBP? Thanks
ootg Posted March 2, 2011 Posted March 2, 2011 petetherock: never tried copying the prefs. Those files are all in the iTunes directory, I think. Your new MBP looks great! :)
laialpha Posted March 2, 2011 Posted March 2, 2011 Just noticed MBA has dropped in price by more than $200 after I have bought mine :(
ootg Posted March 2, 2011 Posted March 2, 2011 Just the base model, or due to change in RAM and SSD price? I think Apple adjusted prices for RAM and SSD across the board on all computers recently.
yellowhandman Posted March 2, 2011 Posted March 2, 2011 Wow, didn't notice the price reduction until I read it here...but prices of upgrades to SSDs or the combo SSD/HDD options is still exorbitant - basically around $1,000 for a 256GB SSD. Really hope those prices start falling because, having owned the new MBA, I can't imagine buying a Mac without an SSD drive at least for the system itself. If I'm not wrong, the SSDs they offer for iMacs and Mac Pros are off-the-shelf jobs, so hopefully they can drop the price if they revise the internals to incorporate stick SSDs like those in the MBA.
Doggie Howser Posted March 2, 2011 Posted March 2, 2011 I expect MM to be at least 2 events away: First iPad 2 Then iMac with Sandy Maybe even iPhone 4 before MM
yellowhandman Posted March 2, 2011 Posted March 2, 2011 Mac mini wouldn't be a big event…could just be a press release anytime. But you're probably right that they'll put Sandy Bridge in the iMacs first.
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