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Old Jun 28, 2006, 09:13 PM Local time: Jun 28, 2006, 08:13 PM #1 of 22
Mac Help For Me

Well, here we go.

So my home/work computer took a large, large dump today. Dump as in the mobo wont post. Therefore, my work bit the bullet and bought the MacBook Pro that we've been planning to buy as my work computer.

This is however, my first Mac experience, and it is going to be a trial by fire I feel. So, I'm opening this thread with some questions and I'm sure more questions will be coming (hence the reason for this thread).

I'm gonna install boot camp. Does anyone know exactly how this process works, or have you done this already? Any tips on how to, or things to make sure and do so as not to screw things up, would be greatly appreciated.

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Old Jun 29, 2006, 01:16 AM Local time: Jun 29, 2006, 12:16 AM #2 of 22
I'm currently planning on buying parellel's desktop and also having boot camp. I figure they should be able to run off the same windows install. I realize this might be more complex than running one or the other, but i like options .

Another quick question. Safari or Firefox? I've grown VERY fond of Firefox, and I'm not sure I want to stick with safari... Any thoughts?

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Old Jun 30, 2006, 10:52 AM Local time: Jun 30, 2006, 09:52 AM #3 of 22
I'm a bit swamped with stuff to do and few tools.

Is there a freeware PaintShop/PhotoShop type software for Mac? Secondly, is there any DVDShrink type software out there?

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.
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Old Jun 30, 2006, 06:29 PM Local time: Jun 30, 2006, 05:29 PM #4 of 22
Originally Posted by killmoms
I've always just used MacTheRipper and ffmpegX or Handbrake to do my DVD compression duties (since my target format has always been a video file for computers).

As for Photoshop... yeah, just use MervBurger's trick to steal it. The only real alternative on the Mac is GIMP and it requires X11, which is annoying.
That's the lead I needed. I'm not looking to make DVD's, just might need to rip them to HD for encoding to mp4/mov. MacTheRipper sounds like what I need. Thanks!

I'm gonna try GIMP to stay legit. Call me crazy, but this work computer I'd like to keep "proper".

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