Those of you who read my 'I'm buying a digital camera' thread know that I was wondering whether the Pentax Optio 230 is supported by iPhoto (it's not listed as being supported on Apple's site).
So what I did was take in an iBook to the camera store, and ask if I could just plug it in and see if iPhoto recognised it.
I was promptly told that they couldn't let me because I'd have to copy the software onto my machine, which is illegal. I explained that I didn't want to copy anything, I just wanted to see if my iBook would recognise it without installing the software.
The person serving me gave me all sorts of 'you idiot' type looks and so did everyone else in the store, but eventually they let me try.
So I slipped out my iBook and popped the lid. OS X came up instantly when waking form sleep, and I opened iPhoto. They all commented how fast it was and asked the speed of the processor. "366 MHz" I said. I don't think they believed me!
So I plugged the camera into my iBook, and up popped "Pentax Optio 230." I clicked 'import' and a few seconds later all the photos were on my machine.
Everyone watching (almost everyone in the store) there was stunned! Mwhahahahaha!
I gave the whole 'Mac OS X is just made for this kind of stuff' speel, bought the camera and went on my merry way...
So what I did was take in an iBook to the camera store, and ask if I could just plug it in and see if iPhoto recognised it.
I was promptly told that they couldn't let me because I'd have to copy the software onto my machine, which is illegal. I explained that I didn't want to copy anything, I just wanted to see if my iBook would recognise it without installing the software.
The person serving me gave me all sorts of 'you idiot' type looks and so did everyone else in the store, but eventually they let me try.
So I slipped out my iBook and popped the lid. OS X came up instantly when waking form sleep, and I opened iPhoto. They all commented how fast it was and asked the speed of the processor. "366 MHz" I said. I don't think they believed me!
So I plugged the camera into my iBook, and up popped "Pentax Optio 230." I clicked 'import' and a few seconds later all the photos were on my machine.
Everyone watching (almost everyone in the store) there was stunned!
Mwhahahahaha!I gave the whole 'Mac OS X is just made for this kind of stuff' speel, bought the camera and went on my merry way...
