Before I switch...

[baggss]

To be honest, whining about it doesn't help. Neither does advertising it in your sig...

 

[bishopazrael]

I'm the only guy with a red dot from the feedback system on the whole board! Makes me think of that John Travolta line in Face Off..

"Cool aint it!!"

 

[baggss]

Nah, there are a few more....

Wait until you have 2 red dots!

 

[bishopazrael]

To be honest, whining about it doesn't help....

Pshhhh... I dont care. I pay my bills, no one here does that for me. Long as people get the info they need...its all good. Anyways back on topic..

 

[bishopazrael]

Hey Climber... i checked newegg. Go for the Crucial pair...

Newegg.com memory for Macbooks

thats a GREAT price for that kind of memory. You wont regret it.

 

[climbguy]

alright, so Paralls it is, I need IE for a program called Avectra (evil, Avectra). I also use proshow gold (www.photodex.com) does mac have some slideshow software i should be looking at?

On the memory front, here is a link to neweggs 1gb cards for the macbook. Is there any reason to go with something cheaper than kingston at $89 a card?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...9221136+1309121113&Submit=ENE&SubCategory=381

 

[bishopazrael]

Climb.. for thememory ... yeah you dont want to go too cheap. That stuff is made in factories that have histories of having 2nds and blems, due to "not so stringent" air filtration when they make this stuff in the dyes and such. Cheaper memory wont last. Go with Kingston (lifetime warranty) or better.

In terms of slideshows... its already got iphoto! You're set. If you need to control it and do a presentation you can do it through Front Row which comes bundled with the Mac. If you need more than that... try iwork 06. It has Keynote, which is like Powerpoint.. but WAY BETTER

 

[climbguy]

while we are talking replacing memory, is there any reason I should do the same on the HD front?

 

[bishopazrael]

uh... I wouldnt do that. Cracking open Mac notebooks are fairly lenghty processes and aside from that, you can just build your own external drive... thats what I've got.

 

[climbguy]

ok time to order, I still can't believe that the black one is $155 more.

 

[baggss]

Geez, it's only $155 more. If you're going to be that upset by it just spend the money and get what you really obviously want. Considering how much you're spending, $155 is not that big of a deal here...

 

[climbguy]

For the monitor adapter, is there a cheaper place to get the mini-dvi to vga and mini-dvi to dvi than directly from mac. Also, if i buy the mini-dvi to dvi and a dvi to vga adapter will it work or is the dvi port digital only when using the mini-dvi to dvi?
thanks!

 

[climbguy]

I thought about it, after selling the printer and iPod and upgrading the memory ill spent about $1,175 so $155 is ~13% more which is a lot. My biggest objection is scumming to the $155 for black. Its more an issue of principle.

Geez, it's only $155 more. If you're going to be that upset by it just spend the money and get what you really obviously want. Considering how much you're spending, $155 is not that big of a deal here...