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[the.kaushik]

ohhhh thats something i never thought it have.. wow.. After doing some search here is something interesting:
Using the MacBook or ThinkPad's Built-In Motion Sensor to Play Games Like a Nintendo Wiihttp://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=3486

[IronManForever]

For more motion sensor fun, check out LiquidMac: http://uri.cat/software/LiquidMac/

Woah! There must be more?

[the.kaushik]

Here are some more:

http://blog.medallia.com/2006/05/smacbook_pro.html
http://www.suitable.com/tools/seismac.html
http://uri.cat/software/Tunnel/
http://slappingturtle.com/home/index...d=14&Itemid=58
http://uri.cat/software/LiquidMac/

[cooldudie3]

Hey guys I need some help. I updated to itunes 9 this morning and it killed my macbook pro. I am planning to reinstall the system but I am deciding whether to do archiving and install or erase and install. Does archive and install keep your apps or does it delete your apps?

[FatBeing]

Hey guys I need some help. I updated to itunes 9 this morning and it killed my macbook pro. I am planning to reinstall the system but I am deciding whether to do archiving and install or erase and install. Does archive and install keep your apps or does it delete your apps?

The Archive and Install feature is more for people who are upgrading—it stores your previous system files in a folder called Previous System Files (or something like that). You're going to lose your apps in any case.

What exactly did iTunes 9 do to your system?

[IronManForever]

@cooldudie3 (What possibly were you thinking? Are there 2 other cool dudies?)
HUH? I just downloaded that on my puny internet.

Archive and Install breaks apps, like FatBeing said. But yeah, you are not going to loose data. In any case, have a backup. Wait, you dont have a TM backup?

Here are some more:

http://blog.medallia.com/2006/05/smacbook_pro.html
http://www.suitable.com/tools/seismac.html
http://uri.cat/software/Tunnel/
http://slappingturtle.com/home/index...d=14&Itemid=58
http://uri.cat/software/LiquidMac/

Thanks. Having a look.

[cooldudie3]

Wait I fixed the system with a reinstall. I think what was causing the problem was the Macbook Pro EFI firmware update. Now I have itunes 8.0.1 and I will try to update to iTunes 9 today.
@Fatbeing,
It took me 5 hours to get Safari open because of the spinning beachballs and no programs would open!!!!

[IronManForever]

^ Don't lie. You waited 5 hours for that?

[cooldudie3]

5 hours to open Gmail because every time I move the mouse the spinning beachball appears.

[dinesh72]

India Apple store is updating its catalogue. What do you reckon snow leopard, iPhone 3g s or new ipod nano, touch?

[the.kaushik]

Guys please let me know some light weight html editor for Mac. I dont want to open eclipse each time just for small changes. I need something like editplus or notepad++

[IronManForever]

^ Try TextEdit. ;P

There are things like Coda and Espresso, a basic HTML thing, if that's what you need.

[FatBeing]

Guys please let me know some light weight html editor for Mac. I dont want to open eclipse each time just for small changes. I need something like editplus or notepad++

If you're looking mainly for an HTML editor, try Smultron (http://smultron.sourceforge.net/)—it's not being developed any more, but it's great as it is.

There's also Komodo Edit (useful if you're working with multiple languages) and TextWrangler.

[the.kaushik]

Thanks FatBeing. Komodo Edit is exactly what i wanted. CSS JS and html it supports all. And it has a nice syntax check .
Thanks again

@IronManForever: Thanks. I will give a try

[cooldudie3]

The equivalent of Notepad in Mac is Textedit.

[SunnyChahal]

Anybody got Snow Leopard?

[IronManForever]

^ No. 10.5.8 rolling.

Snow Leopard will be a late one for me.

[the.kaushik]

^ No. 10.5.8 rolling.

Snow Leopard will be a late one for me.

guys today i went to reliance istore nearby and the guy over there told to download it from torrent and use. it will activate itself. I am still waiting for my dvd to arrive. the download file is around 6GB

[IronManForever]

^ Generous store guy. "Torrent and install, it will activate itself."

And we call them professionals. But who's to blame?

[the.kaushik]

^ Generous store guy. "Torrent and install, it will activate itself."

And we call them professionals. But who's to blame?

Thats true. but the point is he was just trying to help me. Let me tel you what actually happens if you buy a new mbp now and if you are eligible for a free snow leopard.
1) Go to apple.com and register for free snow leopard
2) Pay 500Rs for postage charge for the dvd.
3) Send a postal mail to them again to us address and the process should take around 1month

and end of the day you just get an update dvd.

So he told if you dont want to do that just take the softcopy from him or download from torrent. this week i will get the softcopy and give a try. Mean time i will order the online copy

[the.kaushik]

Guys i have a samsung Flat CRT Tv. It has those red,yellow input points where my Dish tv connects. Is it possible to connect to my MBP laptop?

[aryayush]

Finally, my Mac setup is complete. Whew, what a relief! Check this out, guys:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/aryayush/3923601146

Roll over the image to see the names of the various components. And let me know what you think.

[the.kaushik]

dude that's awesome!by the way did you kept your MBP on some stand or something?

You dint named your chair Its also looking good

[aryayush]

Thank you. The chair doesn’t have a name and I couldn’t be bothered to invent one.

Yes, I’m using the Rain Design’s mStand. I’ll put in a note for that as well. Thanks for reminding me.

[SunnyChahal]

The setup looks cute but don't you think that the keyboard and mouse are too close to the LCD?

[the.kaushik]

Guys i have a samsung Flat CRT Tv. It has those red,yellow input points where my Dish tv connects. Is it possible to connect to my MBP laptop?

Can some one help me in this?

[the.kaushik]

Anyone out there.. hellooooo

[IronManForever]

Guys i have a samsung Flat CRT Tv. It has those red,yellow input points where my Dish tv connects. Is it possible to connect to my MBP laptop?

Possible. But what purpose will it serve? You're better off not buying adapters for that, and suffering the low-res pain later.

@aryaayush
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[the.kaushik]

Possible. But what purpose will it serve? You're better off not buying adapters for that, and suffering the low-res pain later.

I want only to play movies and thats all.. I dont want to buy a LCD now!

[IronManForever]

^ If its an SDTV, I'd suggest you to not buy an adapter which would probably cost around 3k for the setup, and I dont really think you'd use it for that long. With the price of HD screens falling like anything, I think it wont be long before you invest in one.

You could try Mini-DP -> VGA -> Composite . Thats probably the only way. Though with 2 adapters like that, I think there'll be more chances that it wont work.
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Uh.. Monoprice sells cheap Mini-DP -> VGA adapters, ~10$ unlike 29$ for the Apple ones. You could get that and try sourcing a VGA -> Composite adapter from somewhere.