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The question of lap top resolution is interesting - I currently use two 17" Sony Vaios with 1920 * 1200 resolution which then matches perfectly the 23" monitor; the idea behind the 30" display is of course to have an even bigger desktop but the 30" monitors only work with dual DVI and I haven't figured out yet how I could get the laptop to use it.

 

One of the drivers to try a Mac is the user interface of C1 on a PC is poor and it looks much more intuitive on a Mac.

 

Thanks for all your comments...

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Is there any way to have the MacBook automatically reconnect to the shared drives when they are available?

 

Since I couldn't connect from a Mac machine to a Windows folder for whatever reason (now I'm thinking it could be that I hadn't updated Windows XP to SP2, but whatever), I can't give you any exact steps.

 

Looking at the Automator app though, it appears that you can script the whole connect process, so that even if you cannot keep the connection persistent, at least the whole process is a double-click away.

 

Unfortunately, I haven't used Automator before myself, I just noticed that there is an option to use the "Finder" application which has an action called "Connect to Servers". The URL given to the action can be either "smb://DNSname/sharename" or "smb://IPAddress/sharename". What I don't know now is how to specify that parameter to the action. I'm going to play around with this sometime tomorrow and I'll update this thread if I find something.

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I run both machines. I currently use a 20" iMac for all my photo stuff and find it works very well. Lots of people rant and rave over which one is better. I find the Mac better because it is the only one that runs Aperture..... Other than that regardless of the hysteria they are both pretty well equal. I also don't like C1 on either platform and use it because there isn't many options for now. My current "laptop" is a Dell xps m2010 with a 20" screen, 4 gigs of ram, dual processor and drive array. Because I develop database software for a living I wouldn't use a notebook with less power.

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Mark & Steve,

 

I'll throw in two points that did not get answered yet.

 

1) If you are going to be using shared drives that have both PC and Mac files on them, you will need to format them as FAT32. You will also need to follow the file naming rules of the PC. Remember the file naming convention when naming files from the Mac or it will not allow you to save them to the FAT32 drive. Mac allows much longer names, spaces, and characters that FAT32/PC do not.

 

2) You can use "automator" on the MAC to write a macro that will connect your drives for you automatically. This is similiar to writing an action in PS.

 

Best,

 

Ray

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Hi there I can answer at least one of your questions...I do not know about the KV switch, I got one on Ebay to use with my 2x23" of which one is switched by this HQ switch to run either on the Mac or my Windows system...no loss of quality..and has not let me down for 4 months now...

the best thing is the price of the switch: £25,99 including the shipping (you can work out the price in your own currency yourself)

I have been looking at other switches, but they were far more expensive.

Just to make sure, I have no ties whatever with the seller of this switch... ebay itemnumber was 130044654945

hope this is of some help

Reginald

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Mark,

 

I was totally on PCs until about three years ago, and then I migrated to Mac. I currently have three Macs -- a dual tower hooked to a printer in my office, an iMac for net stuff at home, and a Intel Mac notebook with the wider screen (17"?) for travel.

 

I'm not a technical person, so for me, Mac world is simpler - it's all pretty much plug 'n play; the machines are easy to use and look good and work seamlessly with stuff like iPods. But if I were to do it over, I'm not sure that I would.

 

1. You can't get really lightweight Mac notebooks. There's nothing like one of the lightweight Sony Viaos or small Toshibas. Even the small IBMs [Lenovos] are smaller and lighter. And I personally think that the Viao screens are better, although the Viaos have other shortcomings. I used to have a small Viao (now used by my daughter, who'd never give it up) that I used for image storage when I was traveling -- it wasn't much heavier than a Epson P2000, and of course, you had a full-sized computer and could actually do some light Photoshopping with it.

 

2. There's not as much software for Mac, and it's often not as good as stuff you can find for PCs. There are even imaging programs for PC that you can't get for Macs. I like to have a good travel/mapping program on my laptop, and there really isn't one for Mac. Route USA, the Mac progam, seems to lag, and to be updated infrequently. Of course, with the new Intel Macs, you should be able to install Boot Camp or somesuch, and run Windows, but if you're going to do that...why not run Windows in the first place?

 

3. In my job, Word is standard; everybody uses it. Mac Word flows without problem into Windows Word, but seems to me to be a couple of generations back -- and it has problems from time to time. The adaption of Word to Mac is less than perfect, but that''s the program I need. There are also quite a few websites that don't work so well with Safari as they do with Explorer.

 

For me, Macs are okay because I essentially use one program seriously -- Word. And Mac Word's not great, but it's good enough. I also fool around with Photoshop and Lightroom, go out on the net, and use a travel program when I'm traveling, and that's about it.

 

If I needed more than that on a laptop, I'd probably stay with PC.

 

JC

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automator is not nessesary to reconnect drives!

 

1. to automaticly connect them at startup use the system preferences / user / startobjects

 

2. to manually connect them place they icon just into the dock, by clicking at them they will be reconnected

 

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automator is not nessesary to reconnect drives!

 

1. to automaticly connect them at startup use the system preferences / user / startobjects

 

2. to manually connect them place they icon just into the dock, by clicking at them they will be reconnected

 

Bernd

 

 

Bernd,

 

Help with Item #1. My system preferences don't have a "Users". I have "Accounts". There is no "start objects". I have "Login Items" but that is only for applications and not drives.

 

Is there something that I am missing?

 

Ray

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- MacBook Pro - screen size: 13, 15, 17? Or, in practice, would the Mac Pro be better and stay with a PC laptop?

 

If you carry it a lot stay with 15".

 

- Can you dock the MacBook it to avoid replugging everything?

 

I would love that feature but it is missing.

 

- Wireless?

 

Works great with the builtin hardware

 

- How do you back up your Mac?

 

On many USB and Firewir hard disks

 

- Can it share files on a Windows wireless network

 

Yes, I do that all the time. The Mac will write these duplicate "." file names (just ignore them). Use FAT32 formatted drives.

 

- Tempted by the 30" display, anyone use a KVM switch for the dual DVI connections to allow hot keying between a PC and the Mac?

 

I used one in the beginning but now my dual processor Dell collects dust.

 

- Does a PC USB keyboard and mouse work on a Mac?

 

I use a Macally keyboard (now actually share it for two Macs) and it comes with drivers to work on both systems.

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Mark,

As you can see,us mac faithful are a passionate bunch!

 

For my mind, get the latest 2.33ghz 15' macbookpro, build to order from the apple Web site, with a 200gb hard drive.

A machine like that is more portable than the 17' yet is easily a desktop replacement.

 

If your budget can stretch, also get the 30' Cinema Display - it is truly awesome.

You can view your images at 100%!!!

 

You can simply plug the monitor into the mac book pro, plug a usb keyboard and mouse in,

close the lid of the macbook pro - and you have your desktop!!!

 

Hope this helps your decision.

 

Nicky Scali

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Mark,

 

I second Rob's post. I'm waiting to upgrade my PowerBook G4 until the next operating system is out and also assume it will probably include another bump up in the intel chips. Timing is supposed to be mid '07.

 

Best,

 

Ray

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Rather interestingly, I've just copied a file from my Mac desktop to a NTFS formatted drive on my XP desktop. I though Mac's weren't supposed to be able to write to NTFS volumes ;-). Has something changed recently - my Mac has the latest updates applied.

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Ray,

As you guessed, "Accounts" is the same as "Users" and "Login Items" is the same as "Startup Objects."

You should first mount the external drive so that you can see it in Finder, then, when you add a Login Item by clicking the "+" box, you can select the drive rather than an application. That will mount it automatically at logon.

Hope that answers your questions.

Cheers, Jacques

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I've had Macs for years, I have PCs too but I much prefer Macs. I too think the 15" MacBook is the one to go with for the road and best if you have a 23" or 30" cinema display to plug it into when you're at the studio/office.

 

One thing I haven't seen mentioned here is Bootcamp and Parallels. With either of those an intel Mac can be a Windows XP machine as well as a Mac so you can get the best of both worlds.

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The only issue with running Windows on a Macbook Pro using either boot camp or parallels is that the video drivers are a bit 'sus'. Good for everyday stuff but for serious imaging work - definitely not. Lots of pixelation etc..

After all, buying a macbook to run windows on is like buying a Porsche and putting a VW engine in it.. It will work. reliable? yes. Almost as fast? maybe -BUT the experience is very much diminished. Once you get used to OS 10, it's hard to return to Windows.

 

Nicky Scali

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