BTW, I've tested with success all the videos from post #49 with a 100% success rate. Complete fail in both MPlayerX and QuickTimeX. Must be the 'X' since that's the common factor.
That's just a bug (MplayerX).
Besides, I "can't" use VLC anymore. MplayerX UI, amazing and useful gestures, ability to always maintain aspect ratio when resizing the video, ability to remember when you last stopped (even when you close the app and open again), ability to go from ep1 to ep2 to ep3 (etc) automatically, makes MplayerX much superior, especially when you consider that it even plays more formats than VLC...
BTW, I've tested with success all the videos from post #49 with a 100% success rate. Complete fail in both MPlayerX and QuickTimeX. Must be the 'X' since that's the common factor.
I can never escape the feeling that there is something terribly terribly wrong with people who like and use Opera.
Everything about their products seems different from others, but never for a good reason.
One always gets the impression that they are chasing difference for different's sake alone.
Are you implying that those who likes Opera is mentally wrong? How about people who use Safari is terribly terribly wrong as well? Now, I don't use Opera, but it has pioneered many of the features that were "different" and later adopted by all of the popular browsers today. A lot of these ideas were then borrowed by IE, FF, Safari, and Chrome. What do feel that's "different" about the Opera browser? I, for one, thank that they were different so that I can enjoy some of the features that we have today on all browsers.
I had it up until ML. I was under the (mistaken) impression it won't work with ML because it's PPC. I just installed it. No luck. Looks like VLC is still the best last resort for media even if it is the ugliest most janky interface I've ever had the displeasure of seeing.
i'm curious if opera is axing presto for webkit not because of choice but because they have to. Because of Apple's restrictions on browser makers using their own rendering engine and having to skin over the webkit (without Apple's Nitro) engine. Browser makers have been trying to figure out how to push out products on iOS for years, Ice is just another product in that vein. Maybe one day we can just get real official apps with their genuine rendering engines.
At work a lot of us don't get much choice, although I have to say Windows 7 is generally a pretty decent OS - although that just might be in comparison to the demon spawn that was Vista...
At home I'm still trying to save for a Macbook Pro so I alternate between my iPad, mid 2011 Mac Mini (Mountain Lion) and a windows 7 laptop depending what I'm doing and which room I'm in at the time...
At work a lot of us don't get much choice, although I have to say Windows 7 is generally a pretty decent OS - although that just might be in comparison to the demon spawn that was Vista...
At home I'm still trying to save for a Macbook Pro so I alternate between my iPad, mid 2011 Mac Mini (Mountain Lion) and a windows 7 laptop depending what I'm doing and which room I'm in at the time...
Do not buy a Macbook pro at all, unless it is a retina model. I don't know what you need your mac to do, but I'm almost certain that a macbook pro is a very very stupid thing to buy right know. (that's my advice).
Why? The Air is much faster, unless you put an SSD model on the MBP. The air is much lighter, same battery life, has a screen with more resolution... But f*ck that... The huge difference is the SSD.
Then rumours are saying that Apple will kill the MBP, and that makes sense. I wouldn't buy a model that is going to be killed right after.
Both retina models are the best laptops available, but since they are version 1, you should wait a few months (since you are still in the progress of getting the necessary money). Most likely if Apple kills the regular pro-models (there's a big chance that this will happen) the retina models will be a little cheaper (version 2).
At work a lot of us don't get much choice, although I have to say Windows 7 is generally a pretty decent OS - although that just might be in comparison to the demon spawn that was Vista...
At home I'm still trying to save for a Macbook Pro so I alternate between my iPad, mid 2011 Mac Mini (Mountain Lion) and a windows 7 laptop depending what I'm doing and which room I'm in at the time...
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Originally Posted by pedromartins
Do not buy a Macbook pro at all, unless it is a retina model. I don't know what you need your mac to do, but I'm almost certain that a macbook pro is a very very stupid thing to buy right know. (that's my advice).
Why? The Air is much faster, unless you put an SSD model on the MBP. The air is much lighter, same battery life, has a screen with more resolution... But f*ck that... The huge difference is the SSD.
Then rumours are saying that Apple will kill the MBP, and that makes sense. I wouldn't buy a model that is going to be killed right after.
Both retina models are the best laptops available, but since they are version 1, you should wait a few months (since you are still in the progress of getting the necessary money). Most likely if Apple kills the regular pro-models (there's a big chance that this will happen) the retina models will be a little cheaper (version 2).
The current MacBook Pro is an excellent machine, and I don't know why you would tell someone not to buy one.
It is only a RUMOR that the current form factor is going to be replaced by the Retina models, but I honestly don't see that happening this year. The price of the Retina models is still too high.
Apple may axe the drives this year in the non-Retina models, but that would be a negative for most people anyway.
Anyway @DaveMcM76 save up for your MacBook Pro and you won't regret it. It'll last you a good long time too. My MacBook before it is still running today 7 years strong.
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Originally Posted by SolipsismX
I can think of one way VLC is better.
C'mon, I'm ready
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Originally Posted by SolipsismX
I can think of one way VLC is better.
BTW, I've tested with success all the videos from post #49 with a 100% success rate. Complete fail in both MPlayerX and QuickTimeX. Must be the 'X' since that's the common factor.
That's just a bug (MplayerX).
Besides, I "can't" use VLC anymore. MplayerX UI, amazing and useful gestures, ability to always maintain aspect ratio when resizing the video, ability to remember when you last stopped (even when you close the app and open again), ability to go from ep1 to ep2 to ep3 (etc) automatically, makes MplayerX much superior, especially when you consider that it even plays more formats than VLC...
When this bug is fixed, it's 100-0.
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Originally Posted by SolipsismX
I can think of one way VLC is better.
BTW, I've tested with success all the videos from post #49 with a 100% success rate. Complete fail in both MPlayerX and QuickTimeX. Must be the 'X' since that's the common factor.
Do you have "QuickTime Player 7"?
http://support.apple.com/downloads/#quicktime
Cheers
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Originally Posted by Gazoobee
I can never escape the feeling that there is something terribly terribly wrong with people who like and use Opera.
Everything about their products seems different from others, but never for a good reason.
One always gets the impression that they are chasing difference for different's sake alone.
Are you implying that those who likes Opera is mentally wrong? How about people who use Safari is terribly terribly wrong as well? Now, I don't use Opera, but it has pioneered many of the features that were "different" and later adopted by all of the popular browsers today. A lot of these ideas were then borrowed by IE, FF, Safari, and Chrome. What do feel that's "different" about the Opera browser? I, for one, thank that they were different so that I can enjoy some of the features that we have today on all browsers.
1. One of the first to implement "tab browsing".
2. The first to implement "speed dial".
3. The first to implement "delete private data".
4. The first to implement "pop-up blocker".
I had it up until ML. I was under the (mistaken) impression it won't work with ML because it's PPC. I just installed it. No luck. Looks like VLC is still the best last resort for media even if it is the ugliest most janky interface I've ever had the displeasure of seeing.
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Originally Posted by DaveMcM76
And the cynic in me has that statement nailed down as the number 1 reason why the windows versions will never be as good as the mac versions....
People still use Windows?
should be "Ice is based on Apple's WebKit, the same engine used by Google's Android"
Originally Posted by studentx
" Ice is based on WebKit, the same engine used by both Apple and Google"
should be "Ice is based on Apple's WebKit, the same engine used by Google's Android"
Yeah, but swap Android with Chrome.
It makes me sick that most tech channels have their heads so far up Google's ass they can see the back of Eric Schmidt's throat.
I'm pretty sure they're looking at his large intestine.
i'm curious if opera is axing presto for webkit not because of choice but because they have to. Because of Apple's restrictions on browser makers using their own rendering engine and having to skin over the webkit (without Apple's Nitro) engine. Browser makers have been trying to figure out how to push out products on iOS for years, Ice is just another product in that vein. Maybe one day we can just get real official apps with their genuine rendering engines.
Large indeed. He ties with George Lucas for largest collar size.
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Originally Posted by Suddenly Newton
It makes me sick that most tech channels have their heads so far up Google's ass they can see the back of Eric Schmidt's throat.
I'm pretty sure they're looking at his large intestine.
Eric is so full of it, do you think that free rectal screening would actually reveal anything but dark matter?
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Originally Posted by lightknight
People still use Windows?
At work a lot of us don't get much choice, although I have to say Windows 7 is generally a pretty decent OS - although that just might be in comparison to the demon spawn that was Vista...
At home I'm still trying to save for a Macbook Pro so I alternate between my iPad, mid 2011 Mac Mini (Mountain Lion) and a windows 7 laptop depending what I'm doing and which room I'm in at the time...
Quote:
Originally Posted by DaveMcM76
At work a lot of us don't get much choice, although I have to say Windows 7 is generally a pretty decent OS - although that just might be in comparison to the demon spawn that was Vista...
At home I'm still trying to save for a Macbook Pro so I alternate between my iPad, mid 2011 Mac Mini (Mountain Lion) and a windows 7 laptop depending what I'm doing and which room I'm in at the time...
Do not buy a Macbook pro at all, unless it is a retina model. I don't know what you need your mac to do, but I'm almost certain that a macbook pro is a very very stupid thing to buy right know. (that's my advice).
Why? The Air is much faster, unless you put an SSD model on the MBP. The air is much lighter, same battery life, has a screen with more resolution... But f*ck that... The huge difference is the SSD.
Then rumours are saying that Apple will kill the MBP, and that makes sense. I wouldn't buy a model that is going to be killed right after.
Both retina models are the best laptops available, but since they are version 1, you should wait a few months (since you are still in the progress of getting the necessary money). Most likely if Apple kills the regular pro-models (there's a big chance that this will happen) the retina models will be a little cheaper (version 2).
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Originally Posted by DaveMcM76
At work a lot of us don't get much choice, although I have to say Windows 7 is generally a pretty decent OS - although that just might be in comparison to the demon spawn that was Vista...
At home I'm still trying to save for a Macbook Pro so I alternate between my iPad, mid 2011 Mac Mini (Mountain Lion) and a windows 7 laptop depending what I'm doing and which room I'm in at the time...
Quote:
Originally Posted by pedromartins
Do not buy a Macbook pro at all, unless it is a retina model. I don't know what you need your mac to do, but I'm almost certain that a macbook pro is a very very stupid thing to buy right know. (that's my advice).
Why? The Air is much faster, unless you put an SSD model on the MBP. The air is much lighter, same battery life, has a screen with more resolution... But f*ck that... The huge difference is the SSD.
Then rumours are saying that Apple will kill the MBP, and that makes sense. I wouldn't buy a model that is going to be killed right after.
Both retina models are the best laptops available, but since they are version 1, you should wait a few months (since you are still in the progress of getting the necessary money). Most likely if Apple kills the regular pro-models (there's a big chance that this will happen) the retina models will be a little cheaper (version 2).
The current MacBook Pro is an excellent machine, and I don't know why you would tell someone not to buy one.
It is only a RUMOR that the current form factor is going to be replaced by the Retina models, but I honestly don't see that happening this year. The price of the Retina models is still too high.
Apple may axe the drives this year in the non-Retina models, but that would be a negative for most people anyway.
Anyway @DaveMcM76 save up for your MacBook Pro and you won't regret it. It'll last you a good long time too. My MacBook before it is still running today 7 years strong.
I'm sure there would be nuggets of information about his diet.