Andy's Un-Official Unsolicited Mac Advice Thread

patch29 · October 12, 2005

So ten minutes to go until Apple makes some new product announcements, any good ideas of what it will bring. I think my G5 will not be top of the line anymore. :cry

Andy · October 12, 2005

patch29 wrote:

So ten minutes to go until Apple makes some new product announcements, any good ideas of what it will bring. I think my G5 will not be top of the line anymore. :cry

apple online store closed.
i can smell my new pbook

patch29 · October 12, 2005

andy wrote:

apple online store closed.
i can smell my new pbook

Pick me up one too.

patch29 · October 12, 2005

Little info at the moment, CNBC reporting

ipod with video
new imac

Andy · October 12, 2005

how un-cool, patch

patch29 wrote:

Little info at the moment, CNBC reporting

ipod with video
new imac

meh. try stuff magazine

love those cheeky brits!

Andy · October 12, 2005

New iMac, new Video iPod, new Apps.

- iMac: faster, larger disk, built in iSight. Includes FrontRow (app)
- iPod: 30GB/60GB with Video - realtime decoding of MPEG4 and H.264. 260,000 colors. Video out.
- FrontRow and PhotoBooth Apps.
- 30GB iPod: $299 - 31% thinner than current 20GB; - 60GB iPod: $399.
- New iPods avail next week. Comes with case
- iMac: $1299 for 17" model with 1.5GHz, $1799 for 20" model with 2.1GHz
- iTunes 6 to be released
- Front Row - comes with new iMacs. Lets you enjoy video/music/pictures from sofa. Everything still displayed on iMac screen. iPod-like remote. 6 button remote.
- Photobooth - appears to be slide show application.
- Music Videos. 2000 available to buy. $1.99 each.
- Can "gift" music to other people. Peer reviews and recommendation service.
- Videos have Digital Rights Management built in. Can play on up to 5 computers.
- You will be able to buy TV shows from iTunes Music Store.

patch29 · October 12, 2005

andy wrote:

- You will be able to buy TV shows from iTunes Music Store.

perfect just what I need more TV, not shows I watch, so I might be safe.

You will be able to buy TV shows from iTunes Music Store. $1.99 per episode. ABC on board (Desperate Housewives, Lost)

Andy · October 12, 2005

andy wrote:

apple online store closed.
i can smell my new pbook

annc'ts over - store open.

i must've been smelling ribs or something... so, i'll be sticking with my 15" pbook

patch29 · October 12, 2005

andy wrote:

annc'ts over - store open.

i must've been smelling ribs or something... so, i'll be sticking with my 15" pbook

Yeah, cool, but nothing super exciting or nothing that will be costing me a lot of money at the moment. Unless I can download "The Dukes of Hazzard".

and iTunes is loaded, but no video because it needs QT 7.03 which is not available for download yet. :bash

gus · October 12, 2005

These new ones really kick along...have a butchers at the front bus !!

Looks like a sig price drop here in 0z also.

pathfinder · October 12, 2005

Humungus wrote:

These new ones really kick along...have a butchers at the front bus !!

Looks like a sig price drop here in 0z also.

I think I begin to see another convert.

: That's how it starts - reading the Apple mags and the Apple web sites.

I joined the Apple fan club last year gus, and it has been great.

DavidTO · October 13, 2005

With the release of the new iMacs, there's some great deals on the older ones.

Amazon has a 2ghz 17" superdrive iMac for $999 after $100 rebate, here.

gus · October 13, 2005

DavidTO wrote:

With the release of the new iMacs, there's some great deals on the older ones.

Amazon has a 2ghz 17" superdrive iMac for $999 after $100 rebate, here.

After the announcement i went & looked at these yesterday....$3000 0z clams for that very machine (thats $2252 USD)

..but i bought 2 huge bowen mangos for a $1 each for my lunch.

DavidTO · October 13, 2005

Humungus wrote:

After the announcement i went & looked at these yesterday....$3000 0z clams for that very machine (thats $2252 USD)

..but i bought 2 huge bowen mangos for a $1 each for my lunch.

I bet if you shop around you could find them cheaper. Sometimes it takes a bit for the prices to drop on the older ones.

hmmmmmmmm....mangos

KevinKal · October 14, 2005

Making the switch...
Thanks to the advice from everyone in this post, I bought a PowerMac G5 with ACD 20" yesterday - so who do I send the bill to?

I can't wait to get the new machine and pop in a bit more RAM from one of the discount sites already mentioned...I've had my new 20D sitting on my desk for 3 weeks because my current computer can't handle the files.

Thanks everyone,
Kevin K.

DavidTO · October 14, 2005

KevinKal wrote:

Thanks to the advice from everyone in this post, I bought a PowerMac G5 with ACD 20" yesterday - so who do I send the bill to? I can't wait to get the new machine and pop in a bit more RAM from one of the discount sites already mentioned...I've had my new 20D sitting on my desk for 3 weeks because my current computer can't handle the files.

Thanks everyone,
Kevin K.

Congrats!

Feel free to PM me if you need help.

pathfinder · October 14, 2005

Congrats Kevin!!

You're gonna love the experience

KevinKal · October 17, 2005

One Word - Amazing!
I'm up and running on my new G5, looking at this beautiful 20" Apple Cinema Display, and yes, YES it was worth every penny! What an elegant computer system...all I can say is Widgets

. Next purchase will be PS CSII and then I can post some pictures (which is the reason for spending all this moola on the new system, after all).

Cheers then,
Kevin K.

lynnesite · October 17, 2005

Widgets! Indeed. I spent some time gathering new ones last night. Congrats on your sterling setup.

DavidTO · October 17, 2005

Congrats! And welcome to the club!

Here's a widget that helps you keep up to date with the latest versions of your widgets. Make sure you enable all the sources for it to check.

DavidTO · October 17, 2005

Oh, and you now qualify for my lifetime free technical support. (Not as good as lynnesite's, but then again I never did this professionally!)

Any problem, drop me a line.

And in the meantime, make sure that you become acquainted with basic Macintosh maintenance.

patch29 · October 19, 2005

New Hardware, updated PB's, G5's with dual core and price drop on 23 and 30 inch displays. Still waiting to see if they release a photo pro app.

More info.

colourbox · October 19, 2005

patch29 wrote:

Still waiting to see if they release a photo pro app

I suppose you have refreshed your event feed by now...

:

DavidTO · October 19, 2005

I'm very interested to see Aperture. Apple's Motion is very cool motion graphics software. I hope that Aperture is as innovative. Hard to imagine it replacing PS CS2, though....

patch29 · October 19, 2005

reading about Aperture now, could be cool, let's see a price, can I pick it up at the store today?

patch29 · October 19, 2005

Aperture $500, 6-8 weeks. I think I can hold off on that purchase. I would like to check it out.

DavidTO · October 19, 2005

The big question is whether it handles RAW like iPhoto does, where you really only work with the JPEG, cutting you off from the ability to control the RAW to JPEG conversion.

patch29 · October 19, 2005

Tough minimum specs too. No good for the ole TI PB.

Power Mac G5 with 1.8GHz or faster PowerPC G5; 17- or 20-inch iMac G5 with 1.8GHz or faster PowerPC G5; or 15- or 17-inch PowerBook G4 with 1.25GHz or faster PowerPC G4 processor

colourbox · October 19, 2005

Well, that was quick. I don't have $500 and they don't list the Rebel XT as supported RAW. I'll just read the reviews.

patch29 · October 19, 2005

New G5 PM ram, if you want the full 16gb, $9500 for non ecc ram and $11500 for ecc ram. What is the difference, not that I will be buying it anytime soon.

Andy's Un-Official Unsolicited Mac Advice Thread

Comments