Comments on: Windows is on its way out http://eirikso.com/2006/12/17/windows-is-on-its-way-out/ The personal web site of Eirik Solheim Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:11:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Eirikso http://eirikso.com/2006/12/17/windows-is-on-its-way-out/comment-page-1/#comment-2397 Eirikso Mon, 08 Jan 2007 15:20:01 +0000 http://www.eirikso.com/2006/12/17/windows-is-on-its-way-out/#comment-2397 The first Mac is in the house. More discussion <a href="http://www.eirikso.com/2007/01/01/happy-new-year/" rel="nofollow">here</a>. I'll post more info as I get some experience. My main reason was <em>less hassle</em>. It just works. For my media center needs I will keep the windows box for a while. I need the TV functionality and that is not completely included in Apples solutions yet. No, you can not add a PVR-500 to a MacMini, but you can add an external tuner from <a href="http://elgato.com" rel="nofollow">Elgato</a>. The first Mac is in the house. More discussion here. I’ll post more info as I get some experience. My main reason was less hassle. It just works.

For my media center needs I will keep the windows box for a while. I need the TV functionality and that is not completely included in Apples solutions yet.

No, you can not add a PVR-500 to a MacMini, but you can add an external tuner from Elgato.

]]> By: Lasse Elden http://eirikso.com/2006/12/17/windows-is-on-its-way-out/comment-page-1/#comment-2396 Lasse Elden Mon, 08 Jan 2007 13:53:34 +0000 http://www.eirikso.com/2006/12/17/windows-is-on-its-way-out/#comment-2396 Seems like you don't got much feedback on that Mac your thinking of? I have never tried og used a Mac! So my question is just: Whats the best reasons to change from Pc to Mac? I have just read about the Mac Mini, but it seems like it not very well suited for Media Center? Is it possible to install Hauppauge 500 TV-card in a Mac? For example a Mac Mini? Seems like you don’t got much feedback on that Mac your thinking of?

I have never tried og used a Mac! So my question is just: Whats the best reasons to change from Pc to Mac?

I have just read about the Mac Mini, but it seems like it not very well suited for Media Center? Is it possible to install Hauppauge 500 TV-card in a Mac? For example a Mac Mini?

]]> By: Eirikso http://eirikso.com/2006/12/17/windows-is-on-its-way-out/comment-page-1/#comment-2395 Eirikso Fri, 05 Jan 2007 08:43:57 +0000 http://www.eirikso.com/2006/12/17/windows-is-on-its-way-out/#comment-2395 <blockquote>Hope you’ll have another post later on this topic if you find any of the (online) programs you found via my comment useful enough.</blockquote> I will! Empressr looks promising. If they include Flash, PPT and Apple Keynote export and import it would turn into a very powerful tool.

Hope you’ll have another post later on this topic if you find any of the (online) programs you found via my comment useful enough.

I will! Empressr looks promising. If they include Flash, PPT and Apple Keynote export and import it would turn into a very powerful tool.

]]> By: børge http://eirikso.com/2006/12/17/windows-is-on-its-way-out/comment-page-1/#comment-2394 børge Fri, 05 Jan 2007 00:35:43 +0000 http://www.eirikso.com/2006/12/17/windows-is-on-its-way-out/#comment-2394 Thanks. Of course everyone can make mistakes, I just thought you got noticed when the comment got filtered, and you didn't do anything about it then, nor when I told you about it in another comment. Nor did you reply to that comment. I just found that strange, hope you understand. :) Hope you'll have another post later on this topic if you find any of the (online) programs you found via my comment useful enough. Thanks. Of course everyone can make mistakes, I just thought you got noticed when the comment got filtered, and you didn’t do anything about it then, nor when I told you about it in another comment. Nor did you reply to that comment. I just found that strange, hope you understand. :)

Hope you’ll have another post later on this topic if you find any of the (online) programs you found via my comment useful enough.

]]> By: Hemmelig Adresse: Google Docs & Spreadsheets http://eirikso.com/2006/12/17/windows-is-on-its-way-out/comment-page-1/#comment-2393 Hemmelig Adresse: Google Docs & Spreadsheets Tue, 02 Jan 2007 07:24:00 +0000 http://www.eirikso.com/2006/12/17/windows-is-on-its-way-out/#comment-2393 [...] Stor takk til Joakim for å sende meg på sporet av denne fantastiske tjenesten! Joakim linka til en fyr som var glad for å ha switcha fra Windows til MacOS. Her fant jeg en TrackBack fra en kar som mente at operativsystemet ikke spilte så stor rolle lenger , fordi så mye foregikk i nettleseren. Denne karen nevnte Google Docs & Spreadsheets som et av flere eksempler på hvordan man kunne gjøre seg nytte av Web 2.0. [...] [...] Stor takk til Joakim for å sende meg på sporet av denne fantastiske tjenesten! Joakim linka til en fyr som var glad for å ha switcha fra Windows til MacOS. Her fant jeg en TrackBack fra en kar som mente at operativsystemet ikke spilte så stor rolle lenger , fordi så mye foregikk i nettleseren. Denne karen nevnte Google Docs & Spreadsheets som et av flere eksempler på hvordan man kunne gjøre seg nytte av Web 2.0. [...]

]]> By: Eirikso http://eirikso.com/2006/12/17/windows-is-on-its-way-out/comment-page-1/#comment-2392 Eirikso Sat, 23 Dec 2006 00:08:56 +0000 http://www.eirikso.com/2006/12/17/windows-is-on-its-way-out/#comment-2392 ...and by the way: thanks for the link to <a href="http://instacalc.com/" rel="nofollow">InstaCalc</a>. It is way better than the one I used before... …and by the way: thanks for the link to InstaCalc. It is way better than the one I used before…

]]> By: Eirikso http://eirikso.com/2006/12/17/windows-is-on-its-way-out/comment-page-1/#comment-2391 Eirikso Fri, 22 Dec 2006 23:55:57 +0000 http://www.eirikso.com/2006/12/17/windows-is-on-its-way-out/#comment-2391 I am sorry. I missed that one. Now it's recovered. I am running both Akismet and Spam Karma. Still there's spam getting through. And, in rare moments real comments get stopped. Sorry about that. Lots of useful information in there. F-spot looks good, and so does <a href="http://www.digikam.org/?q=image" rel="nofollow">digiKam</a>, that I found through the link to Cory's post about switching from Mac to Ubuntu. Over there he is linking to Mark Pilgrim's very nice list of <a href="http://diveintomark.org/archives/2006/06/26/essentials-2006" rel="nofollow">Ubuntu essentials</a>. Seems like he has found most of what he need. I am a bit sceptical when it comes to video editing: <blockquote><a href="http://www.kinodv.org/" rel="nofollow">Kino</a>. It’s just like iMovie except… no, it’s nothing like iMovie. Damn. I miss iMovie.</blockquote> This is actually one of the things that I find quite important. Editing of video and sound. But I'll probably go bananas and install several operating systems on the iMac... As for presentation tools, OpenOffice is just as good (or was it bad?) as Microsoft Office when it comes to presentations. On my current windows box that's what I use. I didn't bother to install MS Office. I am pretty disappointed that OpenOffice have copied Powerpoint. Because powerpoint sucks. The other web based solutions look very promising. I'll have to check them out! I am sorry. I missed that one. Now it’s recovered. I am running both Akismet and Spam Karma. Still there’s spam getting through.

And, in rare moments real comments get stopped. Sorry about that.

Lots of useful information in there. F-spot looks good, and so does digiKam, that I found through the link to Cory’s post about switching from Mac to Ubuntu. Over there he is linking to Mark Pilgrim’s very nice list of Ubuntu essentials.

Seems like he has found most of what he need. I am a bit sceptical when it comes to video editing:

Kino. It’s just like iMovie except… no, it’s nothing like iMovie. Damn. I miss iMovie.

This is actually one of the things that I find quite important. Editing of video and sound.

But I’ll probably go bananas and install several operating systems on the iMac…

As for presentation tools, OpenOffice is just as good (or was it bad?) as Microsoft Office when it comes to presentations. On my current windows box that’s what I use. I didn’t bother to install MS Office. I am pretty disappointed that OpenOffice have copied Powerpoint. Because powerpoint sucks. The other web based solutions look very promising. I’ll have to check them out!

]]> By: børge http://eirikso.com/2006/12/17/windows-is-on-its-way-out/comment-page-1/#comment-2390 børge Fri, 22 Dec 2006 21:31:30 +0000 http://www.eirikso.com/2006/12/17/windows-is-on-its-way-out/#comment-2390 So, what did I do? Why won't you approve my comment, or even say anything about it? So, what did I do? Why won’t you approve my comment, or even say anything about it?

]]> By: Eirikso http://eirikso.com/2006/12/17/windows-is-on-its-way-out/comment-page-1/#comment-2389 Eirikso Tue, 19 Dec 2006 15:27:37 +0000 http://www.eirikso.com/2006/12/17/windows-is-on-its-way-out/#comment-2389 <strong>Onno:</strong> okay, <a href="http://www.elgato.com/index.php?file=products_eyetvmain&countrytogo=36&signal=all" rel="nofollow">Elgato</a> does a couple of interesting things. And, I am going to play around with the different <a href="http://eirikso.com/2005/10/25/the-media-center-software-list/" rel="nofollow">media center solutions for the Mac platform</a> once my 17" iMac arrives (yes, I just ordered one...) But, I'll keep my MCE rig and probably start playing around with SageTV, FireDTV and the Mac extender software that they have released. <strong>Henrik:</strong> <blockquote>You can’t go wrong with the iMac.</blockquote> Good! As mentioned, I just ordered one. A 17" iMac with 2 GB ram, 500 GB disk and 2.16 GHz CPU. Hopefully it will arrive in about two weeks. Onno: okay, Elgato does a couple of interesting things. And, I am going to play around with the different media center solutions for the Mac platform once my 17″ iMac arrives (yes, I just ordered one…)

But, I’ll keep my MCE rig and probably start playing around with SageTV, FireDTV and the Mac extender software that they have released.

Henrik:

You can’t go wrong with the iMac.

Good! As mentioned, I just ordered one. A 17″ iMac with 2 GB ram, 500 GB disk and 2.16 GHz CPU. Hopefully it will arrive in about two weeks.

]]> By: Henrik Lied http://eirikso.com/2006/12/17/windows-is-on-its-way-out/comment-page-1/#comment-2388 Henrik Lied Tue, 19 Dec 2006 12:54:39 +0000 http://www.eirikso.com/2006/12/17/windows-is-on-its-way-out/#comment-2388 You can't go wrong with the iMac. I have a 20" Intel iMac myself, in addition to the 13" Macbook for school and various web programming. The iMac's display is simply wonderful. The resolution is also spectacular on all Mac's. I know I'll never go back to using Windows for anything else than error-testing, and that's no difficult task when using <a href="http://www.parallels.com/en/products/desktop/" rel="nofollow">Crossover</a>. :-) You can’t go wrong with the iMac. I have a 20″ Intel iMac myself, in addition to the 13″ Macbook for school and various web programming.

The iMac’s display is simply wonderful. The resolution is also spectacular on all Mac’s. I know I’ll never go back to using Windows for anything else than error-testing, and that’s no difficult task when using Crossover. :-)

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