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dropframe
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I am working on week three with my new 12" pb. I have almost all my questions solved but a few. I really am glad I took the chance to switch. OS 7 thru 9 where (IMHO) big piles of junk but OSX is so slick and smooth. I guarantee that over the next 2 years I will have 5-10 of the computers where I work switched over...the whole experience is so nice!
Anyway my questions: Answer what you guys can and I'll look else where for what noone knows. I am was a bit shocked at how little the mac users I know, know about macs! I have to look online to get some answers
1) Firewall: Does it block all my apps from going out without my permission? I loved zonealarm on my pc b/c not even internet explorer could get out without my permission. If not where can I get an all inclusive firewall to keep Steve Jobs out of my computer?
2) DRM: I heard I tunes will periodically erase your entire music library if multiple Ipods touch your mac. Is that true? Can it get prevented? Also I use a program called cdex on my pc to rip..no DRM that way. Can this be done on a mac? If I rip with Itunes can I copy the mp3's over to my pc? I want to maintain control of my music...I dont want Itunes to think it can erase/alter anything without my consent.
3) Games: are there any great laptop games for my pb? When I am in a meeting and its boring I would like to play a few games now and again. I cant really seem to find anything.
4) On my pc I play around with 2 media engines: One is www.clickteam.com called multimedia fusion and the other is www.3drad.com called 3d rad. Is there anything like this for mac? I really love multimedia fusion. Is there a multimedia program like that for mac that works on mac and pc?
5) Networking: I can go into print utlities and browse any network and find a networked printer and connect to it. WHen I open up network in chooser it shows me all the subgroups (work, mshome, etc) but when I click on them it says "please insert mshome and click on it when it appears on the desktop". However when I hit cmd K and type something like smb://server it mounts the server right away. This is working fine for home and work b/c I know all the computer names, but how do I browse the network in mac?
Thanks guys, any help would be great! I really love this computer and if I didnt just blow 8k on my editing computer I would have made it a mac also. Oh well thats what next years budget is for!
Anyway my questions: Answer what you guys can and I'll look else where for what noone knows. I am was a bit shocked at how little the mac users I know, know about macs! I have to look online to get some answers
1) Firewall: Does it block all my apps from going out without my permission? I loved zonealarm on my pc b/c not even internet explorer could get out without my permission. If not where can I get an all inclusive firewall to keep Steve Jobs out of my computer?
2) DRM: I heard I tunes will periodically erase your entire music library if multiple Ipods touch your mac. Is that true? Can it get prevented? Also I use a program called cdex on my pc to rip..no DRM that way. Can this be done on a mac? If I rip with Itunes can I copy the mp3's over to my pc? I want to maintain control of my music...I dont want Itunes to think it can erase/alter anything without my consent.
3) Games: are there any great laptop games for my pb? When I am in a meeting and its boring I would like to play a few games now and again. I cant really seem to find anything.
4) On my pc I play around with 2 media engines: One is www.clickteam.com called multimedia fusion and the other is www.3drad.com called 3d rad. Is there anything like this for mac? I really love multimedia fusion. Is there a multimedia program like that for mac that works on mac and pc?
5) Networking: I can go into print utlities and browse any network and find a networked printer and connect to it. WHen I open up network in chooser it shows me all the subgroups (work, mshome, etc) but when I click on them it says "please insert mshome and click on it when it appears on the desktop". However when I hit cmd K and type something like smb://server it mounts the server right away. This is working fine for home and work b/c I know all the computer names, but how do I browse the network in mac?
Thanks guys, any help would be great! I really love this computer and if I didnt just blow 8k on my editing computer I would have made it a mac also. Oh well thats what next years budget is for!