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The new MacBook!

  • OMG! OMG! OMG! Everything I dreamed of!

    Votes: 17 36.2%

  • This is what we waited for?

    Votes: 23 48.9%

  • What's this about? I was too busy polishing my nails…

    Votes: 15 31.9%
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ray|raven

ray|raven

Think Zen.
It looks great,
In fact , i thought you had a higher res-one as it looked so neat.

Btw,What did u use to set the wall on xp? Coz there's no way xp's wall manager can set it to look so clearly.

Anyways,Thanks for taking the time to answer my queries and linking me up.

Regards,
ray
 
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aryayush

aryayush

Aspiring Novelist
rayraven said:
Umm,not really.
Does that mean i cant/shoud'nt post here? ;)
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You can and should post in here. I was just curious. :)

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OK, so this is the sort of thing that completely takes me by surprise even after having used my Mac extensively and exclusively for a year and a half. I had written a document titled 'MacUser' a few days ago, sent it as an attachment and then deleted it from my Mac. Today, I just needed a link from that document and I just decided to try my luck and ran a Spotlight search for "macuser". Lo, the top hit was a document titled 'MacUser'. I opened it and them command-clicked on its icon in the title bar (another nifty trick of Mac OS X) and this is where Spotlight had found it:
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I'd expected to see that email somewhere within the search results and I would have to open that and retrieve the attachment from there but Spotlight directly landed me on the file instead, saving me all that hassle. :D

Yeah, I know I am a total fanboy but I just cannot help myself. I'd gotten so used to being disappointed when I used Windows that this "just works" nature of Mac OS X keeps throwing pleasant surprises my way every now and then and I, of course, keep getting impressed. :p
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Now, that link was for this page where you can find a list of Terminal Commands for Hidden Settings in Leopard. Try the third one which "Adds a Mouse Over gradient to items in your stacks". Pretty neat. Others might be useful too. :)
 
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goobimama

goobimama

 Macboy
Not sure what the gradient for stacks does. Anyway, I like the first one where you can change the delay for moving a window to a different space. Changed mine to 0.15 :)

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Woah! I just saw the Safari 3 tips, especially the one about enabling the DOM inspector. Really really neat. Thanks for the link genius...

This inspector is really amazing! Even better than the one in Coda. Details for everything in a neat little window.

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drgrudge

drgrudge

Another Brick in the Wall
rayraven said:
It looks great,
In fact , i thought you had a higher res-one as it looked so neat.

Btw,What did u use to set the wall on xp? Coz there's no way xp's wall manager can set it to look so clearly.

Anyways,Thanks for taking the time to answer my queries and linking me up.

Regards,
ray
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I no longer use Windows XP, so I'm going to try and recollect what I can remember.

The image resolution is lower, but that should not be a problem. That is evident from the WS resolution. Just right click it and "apply as desktop image". It'll automatically stretch to fit the desktop.

Try and let me know how it looks. Even if there's problem, then I can't help. This was what I did and used that image.
 
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aryayush

aryayush

Aspiring Novelist
goobimama said:
Not sure what the gradient for stacks does.
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Makes it look better. Gives it a more fluid feel. Shows off Core Animation. Reason enough for me to use and recommend it. :D

goobimama said:
Woah! I just saw the Safari 3 tips, especially the one about enabling the DOM inspector. Really really neat. Thanks for the link genius...
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You're welcome but what is this thing! What is "DOM"? :?
 
goobimama

goobimama

 Macboy
I don't know what I'm supposed to see. Looks the same to me.

DOM is Document Object Model. A DOM inspector shows how the elements of a web page are enveloped and such things. Like for instance, a text frame is enveloped in so and so DIV which is further enveloped in the sidebar, and so on. Of course, there's a lot more info to put out, but that's my understanding of it (and use of it).
 
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aryayush

aryayush

Aspiring Novelist
I totally understood that. :D

That gradient thing is only applicable for the grid view. If you've used the Terminal trick, it will work.
 
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aryayush

aryayush

Aspiring Novelist
It is the only P2P file sharing application for Mac OS X that is free, not JAVA and actually works. Grab it here. :)

Ever tried hitting ⌘J in iTunes? This handy 'View Options' window pops up:
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aryayush

aryayush

Aspiring Novelist
goobimama said:
^^ that's similar to right clicking any of the items above... But it's still nice to know some options...
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Yeah, I know. It can come in handy when you make a new playlist and want to do a radical change. :)

Here's another tip. When you have a file open in Preview and you hit ⌘⌫, the file gets deleted. Brilliant. :D
 
goobimama

goobimama

 Macboy
Brilliant indeed. I knew that. :p

Now tell me one thing. When I'm connected to the internet, some extra iTunes store options pop up in my Front Row menu. For instance, in the music menu, there's "iTunes Top 10" and something else. Can one actually buy music via the Front Row interface? I didn't click any of the songs for fear of crediting myself, but still, it would be nice to know.
 
drgrudge

drgrudge

Another Brick in the Wall
Ares included in Poisoned! Thats the thing I was looking for. But very old! Last updated in Oct. 2006 and evidently reflect in the Ares version supported. Nevertheless I'll try it out sometime and see how cool it is.


Also I was wondering why Aayush keeps worrying about Java. What are you doing with the 2.4 GHz, 3 GB Ram, 256 MB GFX card system?
 
drgrudge

drgrudge

Another Brick in the Wall
^^
Ohh.. forgot he has the older generation MBP. Whatever be the case, his specks are good for Java. IF we're running 10 apps at the same time also there should not be a problem in running Java unless the other 10 is also a Java app.

He must have other reason which I'm very curious to know!
 
iMav

iMav

The Devil's Advocate
well java and arya arent compatible not his macbook he and java :D el jobso once said that java is crap or something and he has maintained the same stance (im not kidding but it is the case)
 
ray|raven

ray|raven

Think Zen.
drgrudge said:
The image resolution is lower, but that should not be a problem. That is evident from the WS resolution. Just right click it and "apply as desktop image". It'll automatically stretch to fit the desktop.
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It does,but the xp wallpaper manager isn't very good,it pixellates the image when stretched,
but image managers like picasa don't,thats what i asked you,
"what did you use to apply the wallpaper?".
Anyways,i dont use xp at home, and it isnt a problem.

aryayush said:
You can and should post in here. I was just curious. :)
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Thanks :D
Anyways,I am curious to know what caused your curiosity ;)

And about java applications slowing down the system,
Those specs are damn good.
I used to test java apps on a 128meg system with a 1ghz processor,
and they worked pretty well,
Heck i used to use limewire on that system,
just the loading takes time,but the app itself ran pretty well.

And I am pretty curious to know too ;)

Regards,
ray
 
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aryayush

aryayush

Aspiring Novelist
It is not native. The interface is clumsy and runs slowly (no matter how good the specs are), not to mention that it looks extremely ugly. There's a certain point after which you just cannot stand something and JAVA, in my case, has crossed that point.

Almost every single JAVA application I've ever used, whether on Windows, Mac OS X or my mobile phone, has sucked. I am so disillusioned with it now that I become wary whenever I see the words "cross-platform" in the description of any application, whether it is JAVA or not. I prefer to use native applications only.

goobimama said:
Heheh.. He is stuck with only 2Ghz, Core Duo (not 2), 2GB RAM, and some crappy ATi graphics.
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Look at you, happily correcting a mistake that didn't necessarily need correction. :p

I have a 2.16 GHz processor by the way. :)

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This, my dear friends, is security done right:
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Watch and learn, Microsoft. :)
 
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