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What can't you do with a mac?

psychofreak said:
If it doesn't have video with VLC, it doesn't have video.

Perian allows them to play in QuickTime.
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i tried both...nothing. i got this error from VLC

main: no suitable decoder module for fourcc `IV50'.
VLC probably does not support this sound or video format.

I also have Perian 1.1 installed and QT then tells me that i need to install a codec from the QT site, but there's nothing pertinent there.
 
Spritey said:
I have about 45%/45%/10% split of different DVD regions in my collection, so then I have to go on extended periods of time just watching movies from a particular region before I change back to another one. So doesn't exactly last in the long run...

I heard about the VLC thing, but it allegedly doesn't work anymore as far as I've understood. Plus the playback quality apparently sucks judging by several posts to other forums and blogs.

Either way, the point is that it was a lot easier on Windows: just downloaded this little application, and it was region free ever since.

Apparently the dvd drive that Apple uses is particularly tricky or something if I understand it correctly. Because to make it region free, you have to make the DVD drive itself region free, but also OS X. Ironically enough, if you install Windows on your Mac you can more easily make it region free. But I don't have a Windows copy so...

And getting an external DVD drive, true, but I don't want any more gizmos to carry around.

So I'll just continue downloading torrents of movies I already own, and continue to be happy with my Mac despite this little annoyancem:)


Edit: Found the below text explaining some of the difficulty:

the problem with the late power-/i- and new macbooks is that they contain recent brands of matsushita (read: panasonic) dvd drives. those have a really nasty “feature” in their firmware that does an additional comparison of the dvd and drive regions. in case they don’t match, you only get errors out instead of data.
unfortunately, to day, no one has gotten his hands on original firmware to hack and make the drives usable.
the only solution seems to be pulling out the firmware stored on a drive itself and working with that - but noone has undertaken that task yet.
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Its not just OSX, almost all slimline drives are now region locked in firmware. Windows doesn't solve the problem.

Some Matsushita drives have a firmware hack for them, including the one in my MacBook which is now region free. After you have patched the drive, you have to run RegionX to get around the software hurdle.

Look here for the patch. www.rpc1.org

EDIT: They appear to be offline at the moment.
 
Be respected by your hordes of Thinkpad-toting friends.

Play VIDJA GAEMZ

Use Paint whenever you want to, because for some reason Apple didn't feel like bundling a Paint-like application with OSX

Dual-boot into Linux

Fix your computer with standard parts

Live with a high sperm count if you have an Apple notebook, they get hot. Very hot.



That's pretty much it. Just tiny peeves I find, except for the "sperm count" and "respect by Thinkpad-toting friends" ones.
 
Olvenskol said:
Hmmm, that link works fine for me too.

My flash version is "MAC 9,0,115,0". If you Google "flash version test", you'll find a page that reports what version of Flash you have installed.
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Same version here, and it doesn't work.
 
Marvin1379 said:
Safari does crash. Nothings perfect and noone can make generalizations (although i think i just did :p). Safari's great, but it does crash (even once in a while. u have to admit that.
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in what condition will cause safari to crush? im not generalizing and im willing to listen. I use firefox btw, and it rarely..very rarely crushes.
 
Delete certain OS X keyboard shortcuts that clash with other Apps

Remove an external drive or flash drive without ejecting it

Clear space on said drive without emptying the trash

Get the same functionality out of Opera as you can on the Windows version

Listen to the three 120mm fans you had to install whirring like a Taz Devil on Crack :D

I miss simple little programs that I've not found a Mac equivalent for- GSpot being a prime example
 
most important one is obviously games. 95% of them don't run on OSX.

also important is "save money", since there is practically no way to get a new mac laptop for $400, which is, in many situations, just what I need.

There might be here and there stuff, big (large windows only business apps) or small (incompatible websites, inconvenience of resizing window, crappy restoration from trash can, video chat with MSN, etc), but don't affect me very much.
Chundles said:
Download a .wmv file from Limewire and open it only to find it's an application that has run and set you up with a never-ending cascade of porn pop up windows.
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yeah, smart, too defensive tho, is that so hard to admit disadvantages?
 
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