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| This Mac thing is just a phase. Between the dominance of Windows and the energy of the open source desktops, it's hard to believe it will last. Nice hardware though - assuming it wears well. The following are some notes on trying Mac OS X on a Macbook Pro.
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| | Asian Canadian wiki is a website dedicated to promoting Asian Canadian community and is a database of all things Asian Canadian - from artists, scientists, leaders, to cultural centres, community organizations to festivals. The site is a wiki, so feel free to add yourself or anyone else you see missing from the site. We're still in our development stages but our hope is to create and document a wide collection of all things Asian Canadian to promote a sense of community and a means of finding out who's out there and all the great initiates going on in our community. |
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| === open source essentials === | | {{ #ask: [[Category:Person]] |
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| VLC - http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-macosx.html - Isn't it cheesy how Quicktime only shows video in a tiny window, and Microsoft doesn't provide a media player for the Mac anymore? This player plays almost anything, with full resizing.
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| NeoOffice - http://www.neooffice.org/ - Mac OS port of OpenOffice
| | * [[:Category:Montréal people]] |
| | | * [[:Category:People|People]] |
| AdiumX - http://www.adiumx.com/ - multi protocol instant messager
| | * [[:Category:Dance|Dance]] |
| | | * [[:Category:Visual Arts|Visual Arts]] |
| Virtue - http://virtuedesktops.info/ - virtual desktops - a few glitches but decent
| | * [[:Category:Festivals|Festivals]] |
| | | * [[:Category:Groups|Groups]] |
| Shell - Built in ;) - but iTerm - http://freshmeat.net/redir/iterm/49825/url_homepage/iterm.sourceforge.net - is better
| | * [[:Category:Media Arts|Media Arts]] |
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| parallels - http://www.parallels.com/ - if you need to run windows for testing or basic games, as well as having a Linux 'sidekick' OS for self contained server work.
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| - I installed Win2k since I had it lying around. Basic install, update, no usage. Noticed it was acting funny. Run the MS Malicious Software Removal Tool and it has over 1000 infected files. Go windows.
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| [http://earth.google.com| google earth] - the most interesting way to view the earth | |
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| == Best Shortcuts ==
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| Amusingly, the Mac has some of the most complicated and inconsistent keyboard shortcuts ever invented.
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| - in the finder, and saving files using the default open/save dialog
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| Cmd-Shift G
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| === Copy screenshot to clipboard ===
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| Cmd-control-shift-4 - press space if you want to switch to the "window" camera, then use the mouse to select your capture area.
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| == Peeves ==
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| - An article on UI that pointed out how valuable edges are - so much easier to "select" than any screen area (since when you overshoot you've still got it) - really turned me onto the sensibilites of a good UI design. So why, then, are the shortcuts for ejecting a CD and opening the insipid Front Row located in these key positions? (the latter is miskeyed when using the switch-between-windows key)
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| - Cursor keys - different combinations in every app. Why?
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| - The whole keyboard muddle makes switching between operating systems especially frustrating.
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| - Frustratingly, the guideline of there being "no maximized windows" is upheld in apps such as firefox, where you can't "press f11 for full screen mode."
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| - Speaking of function keys... what the #($((#*?
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| - There's a limit of ten connections to your host for file sharing, for more you have to buy an add-on.
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| In September the 64bit Merom mobile chips will be out, and I have to wonder how much support there will be for 32bit macs considering their window will only be a year. Wish I could have waited, in addition to the 64bit potential (more registers, more future ready) Merom is supposed to be 20% faster at the same clock speed and can throttle the CPU down way lower when not in use for a cooler and longer running notebook.
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| == Looking forward to ==
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| - https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=145890
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| - http://kberg.ch/q/
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| - [http://taspring.clan-sy.com/| TASpring on Mac]
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| - Decent power management/external screen support for Linoox
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