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Package sent to Tsepz_GP via signed for delivery with new battery and battery cover for x10 for free. Enjoy your long lasting x10. And it's definately unused as when I last had x10 it was second hand but I sold it before the new battery and cover came
Nothing new there eh??
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Posted: 2011-11-11 14:54:00
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you had quite a love/hate thing with the X10 Bono, you bought it and sold it a few times.
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Posted: 2011-11-11 15:05:58
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I know
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Posted: 2011-11-11 17:53:44
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Hobbster,
I ended up settling for an Apple Mac. Sayonara, Windows.
Bought it today and have just done a huge update. Still trying to find where everything is and how everything works, but I'm getting there.
Of course I'll miss some features of Windows, but right now I'm enjoying this whole new operating system adventure.
[ This Message was edited by: amawanqa on 2011-11-11 20:41 ]
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Posted: 2011-11-11 21:41:01
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Congrats Wanqs!
Im also sick of Windows, when my laptop finaly KOs i may do the same.
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Posted: 2011-11-11 23:51:21
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Thanks, Tsepz. Yeah I'm still faffing with it at the moment.
I'm not the world's biggest iTunes fan (although you can't really compare the dumbed-down version of iTunes for PC), so I'm checking out various Mac media players. VLC for Mac plays just about anything, although it's very bland IMHO. Pity no WinAmp, although it's apparently in beta phase..)
I'm using the new 'Lion' version of OS X and it'll take a while to 'think in Mac' and somehow get out of Windows' methodology when using it, after 20-odd years of constant PC...
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Posted: 2011-11-12 00:42:11
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Hey Hobbster,
I hope you never had tickets for the cricket this weekend, boet.. game, set and match in 3 utterly surreal days of test cricket! What an incredible test match!
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Posted: 2011-11-12 00:46:20
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On 2011-11-10 23:18:12, Tsepz_GP wrote:
Ive just tried that app, very nice, 170 does seem to be the sweet spot especialy in the lockscreen, only issue is that the icons in the notificatin bar end up overlapping each other, hopefuly thats fixed in future updates of the app, otherwise realy nice.
i think i will, Androids realy are made for people with 12month contracts, this would've been so much easier if i was on one of those instead of 24months. Think it will be better to get a droid with ICS already in it to.
[ This Message was edited by: Tsepz_GP on 2011-11-10 22:22 ]
Just make sure you get that all important upgrade right when it comes. You never wanna be stuck with something bad for 24 months
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Posted: 2011-11-12 02:07:27
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wangs
thankfully not.that cricket was absolutely amazing.its always nice to see the aussies totally out played.amla and smith were devastating.
day 2 was insane.wickets tumbling all over the place.
congratulations on the apple mac.they are awesome and if they were'nt so pricey i'd most probably be sitting with one myself.
here is a link to the za store (everything apple).check out those prices for macs.
how do they compare over there.
what model did you get?
http://www.zastore.co.za/[ This Message was edited by: Hobbs on 2011-11-12 06:47 ]
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Posted: 2011-11-12 07:43:02
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Thanks H.
The one I got is nothing mind-blowing; it's the Mac Mini (I'm thus using my monitor and peripherals from my PC at the mo), similar to the one I bought the better half a year or so ago. Uses the Intel i5 processor, 500GB HD etc. Not terabyte territory like Windows 7 offerings for the same money, but enough for me and I have an external HD if necessary.
Macs are a lot less RAM hungry than Windows and it's amazing how such a small 'base unit' doesn't generate heat like small-form PC's and laptops. It's absolutely quiet as well.
Gotta say that I do miss the folder functions that Windows offers. It's only Day 2 of life with Mac for me, and therefore it seems that a lot isn't as intuitive as Windows, but that's maybe more me getting my thick head around the OS. I'll keep bugging the mrs when I get 'stuck'..
Another bummer with the 2011 Mac Mini models: no integrated CD/DVD drive, so I bought an external Samsung Blu-Ray Reader-DVD Reader/Writer to go with it. I was a bit miffed with this move by Apple; maybe it's a move to get people to rely more on iCloud. Saak that. The wife's Mac Mini (2010 model) has one integrated, so I doubt it's a space issue. But hey, what do I know, LOL. I'll run a HDMI cable from the Mac to the TV soon. Oh yeah, yet another thing, Apple don't readily support Blu-Ray, so I had to google and download a program to make things work for Mac.
Price-wise, the Mac Mini prices aren't too different to what you pay in SA, judging from that website. Apple do standardise prices strictly here, so there's no negotiating or fluctuating of prices here on Apple products as such. If there is, it's pretty marginal and it looks to be similar there. Need to check some of those laptop prices though; some of those Macbook prices look like more than marginal in difference...
I like Windows 7 as well and both operating systems offer so much, but right now I'm looking forward to emerging myself in Lion OS X.
[ This Message was edited by: amawanqa on 2011-11-12 11:16 ]
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Posted: 2011-11-12 11:04:35
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