Mixel ([info]mixelmagic) wrote,
@ 2006-12-01 03:53:00
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Applestore Sale
One day europe/UK Applestore sale (1st December - Today).. Pretty much the same thing as the Black Friday sale in the US..

Just in case anyone was planning on buying Apple stuff before Xmas. there are some decent discounts.

... And some crappy ones, but every little helps I guess.

...

There are a couple of ppl on my list who'd want to know about this. It's not some odd xmas related hint. hehe.

Anyone getting a macbook/macbook pro I can seriously recommend Parallels desktop too - running windows full speed(ish) in a window is better than a dual boot solution for most stuff.


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[info]lecabinet
2006-12-01 10:50 pm UTC (link)
Ooooh, I was almost tempted by the ipod radio remote but actually it looks pretty pants from the reviews!

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[info]mixelmagic
2006-12-02 03:04 pm UTC (link)
It's vereh cute though! I inherited Kat's old 1st gen ipod brick when she got a nano.. its ... biiig.

:D

I like the look of the new shuffle though. Cuteness.

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Fanboy
[info]fatalismnot4me
2006-12-02 01:29 am UTC (link)
"I'm a Windows Fanboy. F--- macs!"

I prefer Windows, but I hear good tales of improvement on Macs. How is the Macbook and does Parallels just run Windows within the Mac OS? That sounds strange, but it would solve a problem or two I have with Macs.

Incidentally, it's good to know you're alive. You've been gone for a while and I was worrying the bell had tolled for thee :P (not me, Bell, but the proverbial bell).

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Re: Fanboy
[info]mixelmagic
2006-12-02 03:02 pm UTC (link)
The macbook and mbp are sexellent (i'm on a mb and kat's on a mbp sat next to me, lol).. Biggest improvement macwise i think is when they ditched os9 and went to osX - everything since has been steady improvement.

Intel cpus help with the windows compatibility - there are 3 ways to run Win apps on the mac now.. Crossover - which is a port of the windows Apis - lets you run a lot of windows apps without having windows installed at all.. Which is pretty nice. XD can run windows MSN, explorer and half-life and stuff in that.. Saves a lot of HD space too!

Parallels is a virtualisation thing so there's a tiny performance hit, but it's not discernable really. No 3D support yet.. But it's fun running vista in a window on a mac if only to shut up the "urrgh, mac" guys at uni. ;)

And you can just dual boot too, running windows just like you would on any other pc.. you hold down Alt when rebooting and can select between the Oses.. Even the lowly macbook is pretty decent for gaming too.



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That was way too in depth/geeky... Yeah I've been absent from chuggy.. Uni stuff has been eating my time.. I've been in IRC recently though. ^^ Chuggy isn't really near the top of the priority list but I should make more of an effort.. Erp. But no, Ima not dead. Long live me!!

Uni is going great btw. ^^

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