Spaces question?

[SpitUK]

Getting my first mac next week. I have been reading about spaces and it sounds great. One question I have, can it be set up so that you can hear sounds from the other desktops while using another? If i have a chat room set up in another desktop will i be able to hear the ping from someone posting when im editing photos on another desktop? Thanks.

 

[MrBrekke]

Getting my first mac next week. I have been reading about spaces and it sounds great. One question I have, can it be set up so that you can hear sounds from the other desktops while using another? If i have a chat room set up in another desktop will i be able to hear the ping from someone posting when im editing photos on another desktop? Thanks.

There is only a simple answer to that question.



Yes

 

[spinnerlys]

Yes.

There are all "physically" connected anyway.

Also have a look at the following links, as the information presented there might be helpful in your future endeavours into Mac OS X and could clear up initial confusion and may even prevent harm to your system or your files.

http://www.apple.com/support/switch101/ - text

http://www.apple.com/findouthow/mac/ - videos

http://www.apple.com/support/mac101/ - text

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1343-keyboard - shortcuts

 

[SpitUK]

Thanks oh my im even more excited now. Im ordering the Imac 27" i7 on Monday.

 

[Gregg2]

Spit, you better install a sneeze shield over it until you calm down a little!

 

[SpitUK]

I will have to Greg!!!!!

Its funny you know, I only just really took notice of Spaces and it would fit me perfectly. I am usually doing 4 things on my PC:

Share dealing with Think or Swim open and a chatroom.

Photo editing while watching a film or something.

Web browsing and email.

World of Warcraft.

Would be great to have a desktop for each of those things, reason I ask about the sound is if i get an alert on the chatroom or trade software or a ping from warvraft etc.

If I had that lot running at the same time on 4 desktops will it still be responsive? core i7 8Gb Ram?

 

[xpipe]

Yes, Spaces is very nice. I have 9, usually all loaded with stuff. Right now, I have four Firefox windows with multiple tabs in the center middle, two Safari windows with tabs in the lower center, email in the upper right, 22 Quicktime windows in the center right, VLC in the center left, iTunes in the lower left, and a game in the lower right, and an OpenOffice presentation in the upper left. There are no responsiveness issues. If you were encoding video or something similarly taxing, then you would see some slowdown with out without Spaces. By the way, did you know that you can set applications to always open in a particular space? Also, make sure you assign a hot corner to activate Spaces!

 

[xpipe]

Also, Spaces + Expose (especially Expose activated via mouse) is a powerful combination for desktop navigation. I can literally see parts or all of my desktop(s) with the slightest twitch of my mouse hand