Got my new mac
 

I got my new mac today and this thing is friggin sweet! 2ghz, 512memory 80gig hard drive. Holy shnikies! I don't need to wait for stuff to load online anymore. This is the best day of my life!

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do you still have to drag the cd into the trash to eject it?

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Hahaha ... Thats just great. Macs are fine...but my 1.6ghz 1gb ram 40/80 Gb HDD DVDR PC thats oh...say 4 years old still works fine. And I don't need to trash to eject a CD...or floppy

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Nice, indeed but it is still a Mac ;)

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i havnt put any cd's in but its great to know how to get em out now haha thanks. I got it cus its hella fast and I've got extra room to install my soon to come dsmlink onto!

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lol, dsmlink is a real task to get onto a mac. it has been done before but not easily. I am a member of the dsmlink forums, it might just be in your best interest to buy an old laptop. I got a hand-me-down sony viao from 1997, it works amazingly well for dsmlink, its only got 96k of ram and a 2gb hd but the .dat files are so small you could probably hold a thousand of them.
Once you are on the dsmlink forums READ READ READ there is sooo much info you need to learn to get proficient enough to tune yourself, i still suck at it and ive been a member for like 3 months and i spend about 8 hours a week just reading on dsmlink.

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I have two old compaqs that I like to use DSMlink on. But the problem is no EPROM ECU. grrr that kinda holds me back.

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Macs freaken rock, and there is really no debate anymore now that you can contaminate them with windows.

Welcome to the (mac)club.

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haha thanks. I thought by getting a mac that can pull up windows I should be able to pull up dsmlink easy? I've spent some time reading what you can do with dsmlink but not necisarily how to do it yourself. I was planning on having lse tune my car just to be safe. Josh has tuned a million dsms and from what ive seen and heard hes pretty quick as well.

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Actually no, I can eject the cd with my remote :)

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yeah if you use bootcamp to run windows you wont have to do anything else special to run DSMlink

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sweet, cus I'd really like to use this laptop.

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one other thing to consider: what does DSM link use for a connection? if its RS232 (serial) you will have to buy a usb adapter.

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If I recall it does use that connection. Thats why I was trying to remember if Apple puts the RS232 on there computers.

But all in all. Both PC and Mac have there pros and cons layed out many of times. I like Macs for doing graphics and then I like PC's because of well Games. Thats just me. I don't hate Macs I just don't want to own one. Well besides an Ipod... :D

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Well said, I just needed something different. And a laptop is great for school.

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Just get a Keyspan usb-to-serial adapter at microcenter, and then get a copy of parallels. You'll be good to go. Is this a macbook? Mine should be in today, I will be getting a copy of dsmlink & testing it out :)

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just a little addition

if you do go the keyspan route. make sure to go into the software and tell it COM1

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There's still a debate about macs. I have OSX running on my Dell laptop that cost me 1/2 of a mac and is twice as powerful. Apple is just turning into Sun... overpriced hardware with a unix kernel OS that's all flashy. I do however wish I could install the slapbook for my dell...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOtkD...h=slap%20apple

pwnage.

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That slapbook is awesome, its the most innovative way to switch between desktops since........well....ever!!!

how it works: The software app uses the internal hard drive sensor which normally parks the read/write heads during freefall. The sensor is very good and can detect small slaps! yeay!

and good for you getting X to run on your dell, I hope you can get X.5 working on it when it comes out.

Apple is the BMW of computers, it caters nitch market, and it is, without a doubt the ultimate.

so you can fester all you want with your dell, but BMW/Apple FTW!!! can I get some support M/// Guy?

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Aw people can say what they want. You can get dells that are nicer than macs, but i just like where apple is going. It's new and different. All dell is doing is spinning the screan around haha. Naw seriously though i like em both. W/e gets me around fast.