Mac Users Of Mtc (apple: Go Ahead, Take A Bite!)

[boomouse]

Hi Boom, any idea why windows xp on MBP using bootcamp can't detect the network and wi-fi card ?

 

Driver issue on XP side. You need to install the right driver. Both NIC and airport can't be seen right? It can also be a duplexing problem. I am not sure but try disabling the airport or ethernet maybe one will work if the other is not activated. Meanwhile, I'll keep on looking doe information. Plese post your experience whether successful or not.

[serpentor_ph]

Driver issue on XP side. You need to install the right driver. Both NIC and airport can't be seen right? It can also be a duplexing problem. I am not sure but try disabling the airport or ethernet maybe one will work if the other is not activated. Meanwhile, I'll keep on looking doe information. Plese post your experience whether successful or not.

 

Thanks Boom ! Yes both adapters can't be seen, only the firewire adapter is visible. windows really sucks, i have no choice but to help the guy for he is our CEO. It's only the firewire that is visible under network setting inside control panel.

[artvader]

Have you installed the bootcamp windows drivers from the CD? I'm using XP on my bootcamp partition and I have no problems with the network.

[boomouse]

Apple Tops Microsoft's Market Cap

May 27th, 2010 at 8:24 AM - Apple Stock Watch by Jeff Gamet

<http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/apple_tops_microsofts_market_cap/>

 

Apple's market capitalization inched above Microsoft's Wednesday afternoon for the first time to become, at least on paper, the biggest technology company around. While the Internet filled with reports that Apple is now bigger than Microsoft, the Redmond-based Windows maker still brings in more money each year and reports higher revenue, too.

Apple's market cap value climbed up to US$222.12 billion compared to Microsoft's $219.18 billion. Apple's stock closed on Wednesday at $244.11, compared to Microsoft's $25.01 closing price.

 

http://en.wikipedia....capitalization:

 

Market capitalization (often market cap) is a measurement of size of a business enterprise (corporation) equal to the share price times the number of shares outstanding of a public company. As owning stock represents ownership of the company, including all its equity, capitalization could represent the public opinion of a company's net worth and is a determining factor in stock valuation. Market capitalization is a market estimate of a company's value, based on perceived future prospects, economic and monetary conditions.

 

My take (Boomouse):

 

Market cap is just one measure of the size of a company but it is an important measure because it takes into account the confidence that the market and a company's investors have in it. This support is best indicated by increasing share prices. Of course, we have to adjust for the optimism and anticipation of a new iPhone anouncement and other things on June 7 when Apple opens its Worldwide Developer's Conference (WWDC).

 

But for those who think that an Apple vs Microsoft comparison is still a David vs Goliath comparison, here's something to consider:

 

[cool_as_ice]

hi MTC MUGgers.. i finally made a switch after that very long wait. I managed to get my very 1st MBP 15". I am still in the familiarization stage and am planning to install win7 over Parallels Desktop VM for the transition period.

any recommended programs for a mac-newbie like me, especially who's into digital photgraphy

[boomouse]

hi MTC MUGgers.. i finally made a switch after that very long wait. I managed to get my very 1st MBP 15". I am still in the familiarization stage and am planning to install win7 over Parallels Desktop VM for the transition period.

any recommended programs for a mac-newbie like me, especially who's into digital photgraphy

 

Portrait Professional

Aperture 3

 

Stuff the transition. Wade in and get your feet wet. Just remember to unlearn everything you learned in Windows.

[boomouse]

New VLC is out. 32-bit & 64 bit versions too

http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-20006223-263.html?tag=nl.e795

by Topher Kessler

 

The VideoLAN organization has released a new build of VLC Media Player for OS X. The version 1.1.0-rc of the player has been updated with numerous changes and fixes, including a major reworking of the VLCKit framework, CoreText-based text renderer for subtitles, and support for new codecs and enhanced features of current codecs.

More specifically, the new release includes the following new features:

 

•. GPU and DSP decoding, depending on the platform

•. Faster and more stable

•. New codecs and HD codecs enhancements

•. Webm and VP8 support

•. MKV, mp4 and avi improvements

•. Extensions

•. Important code cleanup and rewrite

•. Interface and playlist reworked

 

In brief testing, I played two H.264-encoded QuickTime movie files in both the previous version 1.0.5, and the current release candidate to see the CPU usage differences. For the smaller of the two files, version 1.0.5 of VLC used about 16.5% of the CPU to play the file, whereas the current version uses around 12.5%. For the larger movie, version 1.0.5 takes about 35-40% of the CPU, and version 1.1 takes around 26-30% at the same scenes.

 

This is a decent improvement in performance, so lets hope it scales to various codecs and more complex and enhanced encoding schemes as well.

 

The player is freely available for download from VLC's website (see the News section below the current 1.0.5 download link), and is highly recommended by us as one of several alternatives and enhancements to Apple's QuickTime (MPlayer OS X Extended and the QuickTime Plugin "Perian" being some others). Keep in mind that this is a release candidate, which means it has left the "Beta" status but is not yet an official release. As a result it may have one or two quirks, but the major issues with the development of this version have been tackled.

 

While the VideoLAN website will point you to the download for the 32-bit version of VLC by default, there is a 64-bit Intel and PowerPC version as well. These are available at the following download page: http://www.videolan.org/vlc/releases/1.1.0-RC.html.

 

Recently there was news that the Mac development of VLC was basically dead, and that version 1.1 would be the last supported release on OS X. The problem was primarily the lack of interface developers for the program (though this version sports a slightly tweaked UI), so hopefully VideoLAN has been able to recruit a few Mac developers to continue this project.

[irvin1130]

hey boom i just wanted to ask whats going wrong with my mac after a month of no use i opened it yesterday and updated it with apple software update then i repair disk permission and shut it down.But later in the afternoon i open again my mac and found myself infront of a gray screen with hardisk logo and an arrow. Now it happened 3 times already maybe you now a solution

[boomouse]

hey boom i just wanted to ask whats going wrong with my mac after a month of no use i opened it yesterday and updated it with apple software update then i repair disk permission and shut it down.But later in the afternoon i open again my mac and found myself infront of a gray screen with hardisk logo and an arrow. Now it happened 3 times already maybe you now a solution

 

Open System Preferences, Startup Disk. Select the Macintosh HD as the startup disk.

[rockyroadster]

hi MTC MUGgers.. i finally made a switch after that very long wait. I managed to get my very 1st MBP 15". I am still in the familiarization stage and am planning to install win7 over Parallels Desktop VM for the transition period.

any recommended programs for a mac-newbie like me, especially who's into digital photgraphy

 

Congrats on your first Mac dude!

[denimhead]

boomouse

 

you ever tried the hackintosh on desktop? im thinking of making a spare pc desktop into a hackintosh running on the snow leopard .. ive seen how to vids on making netbooks hackintoshed .. but im interested in yr input

[boomouse]

boomouse

 

you ever tried the hackintosh on desktop? im thinking of making a spare pc desktop into a hackintosh running on the snow leopard .. ive seen how to vids on making netbooks hackintoshed .. but im interested in yr input

 

I have had several through the last two odd years. I've had a ruggedized Augmentyx (because there was no ruggedized Mac) running on one of the early Tiger hacks, several desktops from Qube Shuttles, to Gilmore Street specials running on EFIs from several sources that I can't remember anymore. My experience is consistently the same—you can never get a 100% working hack. Sometimes I got close and thought that "this is it!" but after some use, things start acting up. The more prevalent failures are the NICs and the wifi. Networking seems to be a very dicey operation. Then there is the graphics. Even if you use the same model that you know runs on a Mac Pro, there can be a difference in performance depending on the graphics card manufacturer. I even have had one from Palit overheat spectacularly after working so well for a few hours.

 

The most seamless OS installs and runs I have had were with the netbooks. The MSI Wind and its HP counterpart. But they were slooooow!

 

Its a good exercise, trying to do a hackintosh. You do learn a lot and doing it enough times, gives you a good idea of how Mac OS and Windows work differently. But I would not bet the farm and do a major project on a hackintosh. Too many things could suddenly go wrong right after they were going right. The ooohs and ahhs from friends are nice when they see a Windows box with the OSX dock. But I refused to install OSX on any of my friends' computers because I know I will end up handling the tech support on those things when they decide that it was time to go nuts.

 

But I must admit, the look on a friends face seeing Snow Leopard running on a P20k MSI Wind is priceless after he just flashed his new P100k Macbook Air. Good thing he didn't ask to try iMovie on it.

[sirlet]

Hi. Any idea if may software na mag-send ng text to multiple recipients using iphone 3gs? Thanks.

[denimhead]

I have had several through the last two odd years. I've had a ruggedized Augmentyx (because there was no ruggedized Mac) running on one of the early Tiger hacks, several desktops from Qube Shuttles, to Gilmore Street specials running on EFIs from several sources that I can't remember anymore. My experience is consistently the same—you can never get a 100% working hack. Sometimes I got close and thought that "this is it!" but after some use, things start acting up. The more prevalent failures are the NICs and the wifi. Networking seems to be a very dicey operation. Then there is the graphics. Even if you use the same model that you know runs on a Mac Pro, there can be a difference in performance depending on the graphics card manufacturer. I even have had one from Palit overheat spectacularly after working so well for a few hours.

 

The most seamless OS installs and runs I have had were with the netbooks. The MSI Wind and its HP counterpart. But they were slooooow!

 

Its a good exercise, trying to do a hackintosh. You do learn a lot and doing it enough times, gives you a good idea of how Mac OS and Windows work differently. But I would not bet the farm and do a major project on a hackintosh. Too many things could suddenly go wrong right after they were going right. The ooohs and ahhs from friends are nice when they see a Windows box with the OSX dock. But I refused to install OSX on any of my friends' computers because I know I will end up handling the tech support on those things when they decide that it was time to go nuts.

 

But I must admit, the look on a friends face seeing Snow Leopard running on a P20k MSI Wind is priceless after he just flashed his new P100k Macbook Air. Good thing he didn't ask to try iMovie on it.

 

hmmm ok will keep that in mind thanks for the input

[ganid]

Is the I phone 4 available in Manila already? Where? How much? Thanks.