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Comment by Don posted on Do you make photo books? at 18/03/2011 - 19:08
Pentaxophile wrote:
I heard our secretary today telling a colleague that Snow Leopard will be arriving on Tuesday, followed by the Ram. For a minute I thought I was in a Narnia-like parallel universe, until I realised he was just upgrading his Mac-book.
eventually they will run out of big cats... I wonder what will be next?Don wrote:
Ok after five pages, this thread is still going strong...
It needs to be said.....
hit the power button...
if at any point during the start up you happen to see anything resembling this: then your computer is obviously infected with some form of the dreaded windoze virus.
Throw it out and buy a mac.
Problem solved.
Not true... Windows XP is really good, don't confuse it with the travesty that is Vista. Macs are great but the interface and way the windows work needs to be much simpler and intuitive for my taste (as I have bleated on about previously).Ok after five pages, this thread is still going strong...
It needs to be said.....
hit the power button...
if at any point during the start up you happen to see anything resembling this: then your computer is obviously infected with some form of the dreaded windoze virus.
Throw it out and buy a mac.
Problem solved.
I heard our secretary today telling a colleague that Snow Leopard will be arriving on Tuesday, followed by the Ram. For a minute I thought I was in a Narnia-like parallel universe, until I realised he was just upgrading his Mac-book.
Comment by Don posted on Grindingly Slow Laptop! at 17/03/2011 - 22:17
Ok Apple can get bit with problems from suppliers. Apple computers are not perfect.
between 2 mac desktops and two mac laptops, an iphone and apple tv, an airport express, and an airport extreme, I can honestly say I've only had one problem (bad capacitors in an imac g5) that needed a repair, and apple replaced the logic board free of charge even though it was two years out of warranty, no viruses ever, and no lost income due to computer down time in ten years of running all macs.
prior to going Mac, I had a laptop with windoze me for six months which spent more time broken than running, and cost me several big clients due to failing to meet deadlines when the computer crashed,... NEVER AGAIN will I buy anything that relies on anything from Microsoft.
They only way I'd ever give money to microsoft is if I was offerd the chance to pay a reasonable fee for the opportunity to kick Bill Gates in the nutz.
between 2 mac desktops and two mac laptops, an iphone and apple tv, an airport express, and an airport extreme, I can honestly say I've only had one problem (bad capacitors in an imac g5) that needed a repair, and apple replaced the logic board free of charge even though it was two years out of warranty, no viruses ever, and no lost income due to computer down time in ten years of running all macs.
prior to going Mac, I had a laptop with windoze me for six months which spent more time broken than running, and cost me several big clients due to failing to meet deadlines when the computer crashed,... NEVER AGAIN will I buy anything that relies on anything from Microsoft.
They only way I'd ever give money to microsoft is if I was offerd the chance to pay a reasonable fee for the opportunity to kick Bill Gates in the nutz.
Comment by Don posted on Grindingly Slow Laptop! at 17/03/2011 - 18:14
Tyr wrote:
I say go Ubuntu!
buy cheap you buy twice... the people who cannot afford a stable solid workhorse of a computer, are probably the ones that can least afford to drop several hundred dollars on an unusable, unstable, prone to premature failure desk brick. Sometimes it pays to save a little longer and buy quality.Don wrote:
Ok after five pages, this thread is still going strong...
It needs to be said.....
hit the power button...
if at any point during the start up you happen to see anything resembling this:
then your computer is obviously infected with some form of the dreaded windoze virus.
Throw it out and buy a mac.
Problem solved.
Not everyone can go out and dump wads of cash at the shrines of Steve Jobs. If I could I'd probable get a MacBook Air.Ok after five pages, this thread is still going strong...
It needs to be said.....
hit the power button...
if at any point during the start up you happen to see anything resembling this:
then your computer is obviously infected with some form of the dreaded windoze virus.
Throw it out and buy a mac.
Problem solved.
I say go Ubuntu!
I've got 4 macs, the oldest of which is an emac g4 800 with one gig of ram running tiger that can still run photoshop and run circles around the computer the OP mentioned in the first post in this thread...
Comment by Don posted on Grindingly Slow Laptop! at 17/03/2011 - 16:53
Ok after five pages, this thread is still going strong...
It needs to be said.....
hit the power button...
if at any point during the start up you happen to see anything resembling this:
then your computer is obviously infected with some form of the dreaded windoze virus.
Throw it out and buy a mac.
Problem solved.
It needs to be said.....
hit the power button...
if at any point during the start up you happen to see anything resembling this:
then your computer is obviously infected with some form of the dreaded windoze virus.
Throw it out and buy a mac.
Problem solved.
Comment by Don posted on Grindingly Slow Laptop! at 17/03/2011 - 16:37
if you turned your nose up at the 35 2.4 there is nothing I can do for you...
Comment by Don posted on WTB Pentax fast autofocus prime - 35mm or 50mm at 17/03/2011 - 16:02
You guys may have missed the point I was making... putting the lenscap in the pocket is probably the source of the debris... I leave mine in the bag while shooting..
Comment by Don posted on Static charge - how to remove? at 17/03/2011 - 14:30
Mannesty wrote:
If the lens is indeed electrically charged with static, there is only one way to dissipate it. Cloths, lens pens, etc will not dissipate an electrical charge.
The one and only way to equalise the electrical charge on the lens is to make an electrically conducting circuit between it, and ground.
One way to achieve this would be to remove your shoes and socks, go out side with the lens and stand on bare earth. Then remove the lens cap and touch the front element for a few seconds. Now you have a fingerprint to clean off, but the static will have discharged through your body. Now, the ground, you, and the lens, will all be at the same electrical potential.
This effort will all be useless however if your home is filled with artificial fibres, the generators of the static in the first place.
Perhaps the household also needs a new vacuum cleaner?
or you could just touch your kitchen sink/faucet...If the lens is indeed electrically charged with static, there is only one way to dissipate it. Cloths, lens pens, etc will not dissipate an electrical charge.
The one and only way to equalise the electrical charge on the lens is to make an electrically conducting circuit between it, and ground.
One way to achieve this would be to remove your shoes and socks, go out side with the lens and stand on bare earth. Then remove the lens cap and touch the front element for a few seconds. Now you have a fingerprint to clean off, but the static will have discharged through your body. Now, the ground, you, and the lens, will all be at the same electrical potential.
This effort will all be useless however if your home is filled with artificial fibres, the generators of the static in the first place.
Perhaps the household also needs a new vacuum cleaner?
turn on your humidifier if you got dust and static problems at home, as for the lens...
lenspen brush and rocket blower are best.
Where is the main source for dust, lint and hairs showing up on your lens?
Where do you put your lens cap when you take it off? Your pocket?
Comment by Don posted on Static charge - how to remove? at 17/03/2011 - 14:16
Thanx it was fun! congrats to the winners!
Comment by Don posted on Entries for Competition # 63....Subject Noir (Black) at 17/03/2011 - 13:34
K10D wrote:
Best regards
I use big coolers as packing cases. Pelican eat your heart out, 99.99% of the time, my gear is not at risk of being submerged, so why pay hundreds for a case when coolers pop up at yard sales for $5-$10?Don wrote:
diaperbag, or throw your smaller camera bag into a bigger backpack or duffle bag.. then there are coolers... hard or soft coolers.
I used a soft cooler bag last week at the beach. Inconspicuous to most people. I was waist deep in the sea and not always in full view of my kit.diaperbag, or throw your smaller camera bag into a bigger backpack or duffle bag.. then there are coolers... hard or soft coolers.
Best regards
Comment by Don posted on Camera bag that does not look like a camera bag? at 16/03/2011 - 00:21
We have made a few photo books through Apple, quality was very good although for better results Fiona did find that brightening the images up slightly helped.
Having the book software built in to Aperture makes photo books a breeze to do and this is one of the reasons why we like it so much!