Ibook and Xcode

I ordered my first Mac a while ago, a gorgeous 12" Ibook. Ok, more than a while ago and at this rate i'll be 50 when it arives! It should be here on monday but time is dragging by already!

Anyway, yesterday i knowticed that the developers CD and or Xcode installer wont be supplied with this (which is stupid really since its a nice big part of MacOS X). And i probably wont have internet access for a while. I was reading a few threads, trying to find a solusion and ended up signing up for a free ADC account so i can download Xcode when i finally get online with my cute little notebook to be 😉.

The problem being that waiting for this to happen, if it happens at all within the next year isn't really practical. But i can get online using a PC at some seedy cyber-cafe, not pretty i agree, but it has to be done 😉. So, on to the big question: can i download the Xcode .bin file on Windows and burn this onto a CD to unpack and install on my Ibook?

Also, being a noob. How easy is it to install .bin files? I've read alot about .dgm - which seems to be the prefered file type for OSX and im confident i can handle that. The .bin file on the other hand i havn't read much about in my wonderings so any help here would be much appreciated.

Thanks in advance guys,

Mark.

Really wow. Well i guess i'll see when i get it but going by the list of included software it doesn't look like it, not that i am questioning you. I just think Apple should write it down lol.

I think the files are .bin since when i click download from within http://connect.apple.com/ i get directed to an FTP directory full of .bin file surposadly containing the 'Xcode CD'... is that not right 😕. But does anyone have a link i can look at on how do handle .bin files?

ibook said:

All models include Mac OS X, Classic environment, Mail, iChat AV, Safari, Sherlock, Address Book, QuickTime, iLife (includes iTunes, iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD(2), GarageBand), iSync, iCal, DVD Player, AppleWorks, Mac OS X Chess, Microsoft Internet Explorer, EarthLink (includes 30 days of free dial-up service with activation), Quicken 2004 for Mac, World Book 2004 Edition, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 4, Deimos Rising, Sound Studio, Zinio Reader, Apple Hardware Test

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powerbook said:

Mail, iChat, Safari, Sherlock, Address Book, QuickTime, iLife (includes iTunes, iPhoto, iMovie, Garageband and iDVD[4]), iSync, iCal, DVD Player, Classic environment, Acrobat Reader, Art Directors Toolkit, EarthLink TotalAccess (includes 30 days of free dial-up service with Earthlink activation), FileMaker Pro Trial, GraphicConverter, OmniGraffle, OmniOutliner, QuickBooks for Mac New User Edition, Zinio Reader, Developer Tools and Apple Hardware Test

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This was taken from the spec pages for Apples two notebooks. But in all fairness, if they include it in the one list they should include it in the other. Or stupid noobs like me start inventing more problems than there are 😉.

So hopefully they should be there. If not i'll just have to cross that bridge when i come to it 😀.

Thanks, much appreciated.

Mark.

Sweet, ok that doesn't sound to hard 🙂. Thanks for that Panda!!!