you got aim?

i think i want to use boot camp to run xp pro on my macbook.

 

i was using coloquy or whatever, but ircle is sooo much better right now, and i've only been on it for two seconds.

 

Thanks, thats a mass of information

 

K3ifers,

Yeah I got AIM, but I only sign on during the day at work. PM me for that if you need it. When you do this 50 hours a week to pay for an expensive boost habit, you tend not to bring your work home with you. But I'll always lurk here, and I'll still throw you a bone...

There's a utility in your /Applications/Utilities folder named Boot Camp Assistant that walks you through it step-by-step from partitioning the disk to hardware-specific driver installations. Just read it and follow along. The Windows drivers are all on the installer discs that came with your Mac when it was new, and you'll need those once you're done. It's really easy because even I can do it. Apple doesn't make anything hard because then they'd have to work to help you, and Mac users are known for being lazy bastards that always take the easy uncomplicated way out.

But still if you Boot Camp it, you should look in to VMWare fusion. You can virtualize the Windows environment within Mac OS; or it can run full-strength booted to that same Boot Camp partition. Trust me, rebooting just to get a bookmark out of a browser ONCE was enough to convince me. VMWare supports running Windows on multiple processor cores and will also let you revert back to a snapshot after you fux your PC installing toasters.exe.

No problemo. I think I've whored enough until the next Mac thread. I know there will be more.

 

I have an issue. I have a HDD Camcorder and it creates the movie files as .mod MPEG2 files. When i try to alter them in iMovie HD, it tells me i need this MPEG2 codec and i have to pay $20. Any info

 

That really is the skinny on MPEG-2. You gotta buy it. It's $20.

Sony holds a patent on Layer-2 MPEG technology, and in order for you to use Sony's stuff, you gotta pay to play. Sometimes there's an unlock code or a coupon for it in the paperwork that came with the camera... but not always. The $20 that apple charges for their software that supports it... is all royalties that are sent right back to Sony. They don't care to make any profit off of it. Only Sony products use MPEG-2, cornholing it as the BetaMax of digital media. Apple's not going to include it free with all macs when almost nothing uses it, and have to send Sony $20 for every OS it sells.

 

FYI there's a new XviD codec out

I'd use x264 though