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[preshit.net]

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Even though I had signed up for the beta long back, I just started using MailPlane now and I gotta say, I'm gonna buy its license. I'ts a great app if you're using multiple Gmail / Google Apps accounts.

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[aryayush]

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Aayush exposed! (Where's iMav. He would have loved this!)

Dude, that's a romantic novel. What's so "exposing" about that?

For one, why would you need an ebook Macbook for dummies?!?!

Because of my penchant for converting people to the Mac (seven so far) and everyone starting with a MacBook.

another one...
*ahem* copy of HP-TDH (pdf)

Well, I'm allowed to have it because I own a physical copy of the book too.

@arya , did that mp3 have lyrics in it?

And Spotlight check the search with the index right?

I don't know, actually. Lyrics do get automatically downloaded on my Mac if the ID3 tags are correct and because all my ID3 tags are correct, they most probably were there. In fact, I am pretty sure they were because there is no other possible way for Spotlight to show that result. It is not magical.

The point is not how it appeared in the results, the point is that it did. I know the Windows "users" won't agree but it is a fact that on Windows, it wouldn't have appeared.

Even though I had signed up for the beta long back, I just started using MailPlane now and I gotta say, I'm gonna buy its license. I'ts a great app if you're using multiple Gmail / Google Apps accounts.

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Yup, definitely. The Google Talk integration is specially cool!

Though Leopard support is a bit finicky right now (which is a surprise because the icon is 512x512 pixels).

 

[superczar]

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Dude, that's a romantic novel. What's so "exposing" about that?

OMFG, A guy reading M&B ......
OMG

I think it would be better to have accepted that file as a pron flick

 

[gxsaurav]

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he point is not how it appeared in the results, the point is that it did. I know the Windows "users" won't agree but it is a fact that on Windows, it wouldn't have appeared.

Lolz...so dark the ignorance of macboys

 

[aryayush]

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OMFG, A guy reading M&B ......
OMG

I think it would be better to have accepted that file as a pron flick

Definitely not. I absolutely do not watch pornography.

I know most guys don't read M&B and it is supposed to be girlie stuff but I like romantic comedies. Cannot help it.

Though the one you see in the screenshot is crap. I just don't like to delete anything I download.

 

[yash]

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I absolutely do not watch pornography.

o_0 !!! don't watch porn? are you a dude? ahem... are you even human?

 

[goobimama]

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^^ Don't go there dude. Trust me. This is aayush you are talking to here...

Hasn't this thread gone a bit offtopic? Hmm...

And to bring it back on track, what better way than post about Updated Macbooks!

The MacBooks can now be properly branded as utilizing the Santa Rosa platform (note: platform, not chipset - Santa Rosa is a branding term, like "Centrino").

- The processor choice is now either the Core 2 Duo 2.0 or 2.2 GHz, with an updated 800 Mhz front side bus.
- The new integrated graphics use the updated GMA X3100 (the successor to the GMA 950 that has been used for far, far too long) with 144 MB of shared memory.
- Stock RAM, hard drive and SuperDrive options remain the same - though the new MacBooks have the capacity to be upgraded to 4 GB of RAM.
- Prices remain unchanged from the previous revision, so $1499 gets you a 2.2 // 1 GB // 160 // 8x SuperDrive instead of a 2.16 // 1 GB // 160 // 8x SuperDrive.

(Almost quoted from Tuaw.com)

 

[aryayush]

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Tiny little upgrade though. Boring. They should have equipped the MacBooks with decent graphics cards and a SuperDrive on all models.


P.S. - @Yash, listen to Milind. Trust him. Don't go there.

 

[goobimama]

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Well the X3100 is definitely a big upgrade to the GMA950. I've used the X3000 and it seems to be a much more capable graphics system than the 950. Surely nothing compared to descrete graphics, but it should be good enough for light gaming on the macbook. But the Superdrive thing can't be forgiven. Buy a laptop and you don't even get a superdrive which is like almost taken for granted these days...

 

[yash]

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P.S. - @Yash, listen to Milind. Trust him. Don't go there.

I already went there. what are you gonna do? you want a piece of me? BRING IT ON!

 

[preshit.net]

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Hey guys,

I know this one is probably gonna sound lame, but is a keyboard available out there with Mac keys instead of Windows ? I don't want to spend 2400 bucks just because I want to see the Mac keys.

 

[jamesbond007]

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I was gifted a MacBook by my friend, and I fell in love with it at the first sight. Now Mac is something that I never used in my life and this is my chance to try Mac, but can't say goodbye to Window so early either so I decided to dual boot.
But unfortunately Apple removed boot camp. And when I installed Boot Camp form softpedia, after installation it says Trail Expired!! I thought it was a freeware!!
Anyways now I want to go for the hard way of installing Windows so I am looking for Windows drivers for MacBook. I thought some one may be able to help me get Win dirivers for Mac. Also whats the best way to install Win on Mac.
I want Win drivers very very desperately please help me out. Thanks in advance!!!

 

[superczar]

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I know this one is probably gonna sound lame, but is a keyboard available out there with Mac keys instead of Windows ? I don't want to spend 2400 bucks just because I want to see the Mac keys.

just use a regular PC KB na, the win key works as the Apple Key on Macs
As for the flipped option/Alt keys, you'll get used to it in no time

 

[preshit.net]

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Yea superczar, I'm currently using a BLACK Windows keyboard only. But I'll have to buy a second one anyway, since this one belongs to my PC.

Oh well..

 

[aryayush]

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I already went there. what are you gonna do? you want a piece of me? BRING IT ON!

LOL! Good one.

I was gifted a MacBook by my friend, and I fell in love with it at the first sight. Now Mac is something that I never used in my life and this is my chance to try Mac, but can't say goodbye to Window so early either so I decided to dual boot.
But unfortunately Apple removed boot camp. And when I installed Boot Camp form softpedia, after installation it says Trail Expired!! I thought it was a freeware!!
Anyways now I want to go for the hard way of installing Windows so I am looking for Windows drivers for MacBook. I thought some one may be able to help me get Win dirivers for Mac. Also whats the best way to install Win on Mac.
I want Win drivers very very desperately please help me out. Thanks in advance!!!

First of all, congratulations on being gifted a Mac! God, I wish I had such friends.

Second, why do you want to install Windows? Are you facing any problem with Mac OS X?

Third, upgrade to Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard.


Now, answer the second question, please.

 

[goobimama]

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Yep. Bootcamp was on trial BETA till Leopard was released. Only if you used the bootcamp assistant before October, you can retain your windows installation. It is now a part of OS X Leopard, an awesome upgrade to Tiger.

As for the keyboard, you can change your keyboard map using some utility (if I'm not mistaken, the built-in keyboard preference) so that you use the Alt key as "Command" and the Windows key as "Option/Alt". Then you can physically remove the windows key and put in in place of Alt if they are both the same size. Mac keyboards are available abroad, I don't think one will find many mac keyboards in India.

 

[aryayush]

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Change the "many" to "any".

 

[yash]

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lol tru. then again, true feel of the mac is only on apple hardware.

 

[aryayush]

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Oh, but the accessories are prohibitively expensive. Reminds me of an old Fake Steve joke where he was narrating how he has perfected the art of over-pricing products.

 

[goobimama]

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Well you never know what you might find at the Apple Store, Goa. I had bought this amazing mousepad, translucent, with a big black apple logo in the middle. That's the reason why I had asked you some time back whether you use a mouse or trackpad.... Had to give it up when I got the Bamboo.

Anyway, I think they do have some keyboards for Macs...