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<blockquote data-quote="Amen-Moses" data-source="post: 3706" data-attributes="member: 114"><p>I've just arrived at iMac after a long stay with virtually every other PC available.</p><p></p><p>I started out in 1979 with a home brew PC and went through Sinclair, Apple II, Commodore (various), IBM-PCs, Acorn (culminating in a RiscPC) and now a 17inch flat panel iMac.</p><p></p><p>I also have two XP2000 PC's and a Linux box (P3-500) all networked btw (gotta have that Unreal fix occasionally <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />).</p><p></p><p>The iMac rocks and I feel similar to how I felt 10 years ago when I first purchased a Risc-PC, awesome piece of kit.</p><p></p><p>The selling point for me was the underlying unix OS but I have found the OSX (or is Jaguar the favoured name?) front end to be superior to just about everything I've ever encountered in the wierd world of IT (and I've played with top end SG machines before now!).</p><p></p><p>This beast just takes everything in it's stride, Real-Myst is amazing, DVD burning a sheer joy, Mp3 so easy it's a laugh and networking with no tears! I just wish I'd converted years ago.</p><p></p><p>My only problem is prising my childrens sticky mitts off the bloody keyboard long enough to get some enjoyment out of it myself! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>Here's looking forward to many years of enjoyment from my "digital hub" now for a question:</p><p></p><p>What is the best way of connecting my beast to my Sky TV box? i.e is there a neat (but relatively inexpensive) box of tricks I can buy to do the job or do I need to fork out hods of dosh to do it?</p><p></p><p>What I'd like to do is import TV snippets (especially from the 24 hour news channels) and incorporate them into Mpeg streams for web use or possibly DVD authoring.</p><p></p><p>Cheers in advance for any advice.</p><p></p><p>btw, my iMac is one of the latest Jaguar ones with superdrive, 80 GHD and 512Mb Ram.</p><p></p><p>Amen-Moses</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Amen-Moses, post: 3706, member: 114"] I've just arrived at iMac after a long stay with virtually every other PC available. I started out in 1979 with a home brew PC and went through Sinclair, Apple II, Commodore (various), IBM-PCs, Acorn (culminating in a RiscPC) and now a 17inch flat panel iMac. I also have two XP2000 PC's and a Linux box (P3-500) all networked btw (gotta have that Unreal fix occasionally ;)). The iMac rocks and I feel similar to how I felt 10 years ago when I first purchased a Risc-PC, awesome piece of kit. The selling point for me was the underlying unix OS but I have found the OSX (or is Jaguar the favoured name?) front end to be superior to just about everything I've ever encountered in the wierd world of IT (and I've played with top end SG machines before now!). This beast just takes everything in it's stride, Real-Myst is amazing, DVD burning a sheer joy, Mp3 so easy it's a laugh and networking with no tears! I just wish I'd converted years ago. My only problem is prising my childrens sticky mitts off the bloody keyboard long enough to get some enjoyment out of it myself! ;) Here's looking forward to many years of enjoyment from my "digital hub" now for a question: What is the best way of connecting my beast to my Sky TV box? i.e is there a neat (but relatively inexpensive) box of tricks I can buy to do the job or do I need to fork out hods of dosh to do it? What I'd like to do is import TV snippets (especially from the 24 hour news channels) and incorporate them into Mpeg streams for web use or possibly DVD authoring. Cheers in advance for any advice. btw, my iMac is one of the latest Jaguar ones with superdrive, 80 GHD and 512Mb Ram. Amen-Moses [/QUOTE]
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