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Posted: 25 Mar 2010, 23:20
by Pista
James Blast wrote:the shining path Zed, the shining path :D

once you Mac you never go back - FACT!
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Posted: 25 Mar 2010, 23:24
by mh
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:twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

Posted: 25 Mar 2010, 23:51
by Pista
:lol: :lol:

We still love you Michael.

;D

Posted: 26 Mar 2010, 10:21
by Quiff Boy
strangely, if i reboot my macbook into windows 7 (the joys of boot camp) i get a "windows experience index" of 4.8/5 - more than MH's windows computer 8) :lol:

Posted: 26 Mar 2010, 10:28
by Holly_DelRey
@mh Another Windows whore! :notworthy: :lol: :lol:

Posted: 26 Mar 2010, 11:00
by mh
Quiff Boy wrote:strangely, if i reboot my macbook into windows 7 (the joys of boot camp) i get a "windows experience index" of 4.8/5 - more than MH's windows computer 8) :lol:
You've got better graphics, it's based on the lowest of 6 or so scores. ;D

Posted: 26 Mar 2010, 11:01
by Quiff Boy
mh wrote:
Quiff Boy wrote:strangely, if i reboot my macbook into windows 7 (the joys of boot camp) i get a "windows experience index" of 4.8/5 - more than MH's windows computer 8) :lol:
You've got better graphics, it's based on the lowest of 6 or so scores. ;D
yeah, in the breakdown everything was 5s apart from the grafx...

Posted: 26 Mar 2010, 15:56
by James Blast
will you potty mouthed peecee users get the feck outta my lovely Mac thread :twisted:

Posted: 26 Mar 2010, 16:08
by Quiff Boy
how about i combine the two?

i also have windows 7 set up as a vmware virtual machine, running on my macbook (i have to use visio a lot so cant get away from windows completely, dammit :urff:)

this is the index for the vm:

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still not far off MH's :lol:

:kiss: :P

Posted: 26 Mar 2010, 16:27
by markfiend
Can we stop with the dick-waving competition now please? It's not how big it is, it's what you do with it that counts. :lol:

I can get crunchbang linux working in a VM using only 300MB RAM and a 4GB HD, idling at less than 64MB RAM. Great for resuscitating those tired old computers!

(Conky readout):
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Posted: 26 Mar 2010, 16:31
by Quiff Boy
fair play :lol: :notworthy:

Posted: 26 Mar 2010, 16:50
by James Blast
to get back to the dick waving, I'm sure you and the Boss can do more with yours in certain areas but I was here first, it's feckin' massif and what I do with mine is more graphic so ner-neh-ner :lol:


btw this kybd/moose combination is a winner too, the whole experience of this Mac is breathtaking and I say that as a long term user

Posted: 26 Mar 2010, 18:05
by emilystrange
mine is better than barry's! and only 0.4 slower than blast's processor speed.

Posted: 26 Mar 2010, 18:05
by Quiff Boy
emilystrange wrote:mine is better than barry's! and only 0.4 slower than blast's processor speed.
:lol: 8)

Posted: 26 Mar 2010, 18:06
by emilystrange
shush you, i'm proud!

Posted: 26 Mar 2010, 18:07
by James Blast
show us then, c'mon screenshot ;D

Posted: 26 Mar 2010, 18:13
by emilystrange
i can't be arsed...

Posted: 26 Mar 2010, 18:15
by James Blast
she's lyin' :lol:

Posted: 26 Mar 2010, 18:16
by emilystrange
lol, tis true!

Posted: 26 Mar 2010, 18:18
by James Blast
no danger of a crotchshot I suppose? :twisted:


Woah! what did I say? you've got tons of Justin's, I forgot :evil:

Posted: 26 Mar 2010, 18:24
by emilystrange
of course i have, durrr... and that one of weeb's belt buckle was mine too. although that one was posed!

Posted: 26 Mar 2010, 18:35
by Quiff Boy
btw, this might be useful.. i use it all the time ;)

if you have the dashboard enabled (either through a function key, or via a 'hot corner' of your desktop), this dashboard widget is great for uploading images so that you can post them on the web :)

http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboar ... pload.html

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By simply dropping a picture file onto the Image Upload widget, your image is uploaded privately and free of charge to ImageShack, its direct web link is converted into a short, web-friendly TinyURL and copied onto your pasteboard ready for action.
in the widget preferences i have turned off the 'shorten url' though, so that you get the path straight to the image... makes it much easier to paste into forums etc ;)

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Posted: 26 Mar 2010, 18:41
by James Blast
believe it or not, I never use widgets

should I start?

Posted: 26 Mar 2010, 18:54
by Obviousman
James Blast wrote:believe it or not, I never use widgets

should I start?
Your computer is fast enough so why not :D iStat is pretty essential too :)

This is mine BTW, nothing too amazing but I'm replacing my 120GB with a 0.5TB disk this weekend :D
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The widget didn't quite work for me, I could drag my image onto it but after that it didn't do anything :(

Posted: 26 Mar 2010, 18:55
by Quiff Boy
i have hot corners enabled, so when i move my mouse to the bottom-left corner it shows the dashboard

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from there i can easily access a couple of widgets i use:

- the image uploader mentioned above,

- a url compressor for is.gd

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- a util called istat pro

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and the clock/calender that comes with os x

i find i need the bits of functionality they offer so often it's really handy having them available via expose/dashboard 8)