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two items of note on "The Register" today
First is that Apple have released a tool to remove the "Flashback" trojan
Apple finally deploys Mac Flashback Trojan terminator ? The Register
second is that another OSX/java trojan has turned up in the wild
Yet another OSX/Java Trojan spotted in the wild ? The Register
First is that Apple have released a tool to remove the "Flashback" trojan
Apple finally deploys Mac Flashback Trojan terminator ? The Register
second is that another OSX/java trojan has turned up in the wild
Yet another OSX/Java Trojan spotted in the wild ? The Register
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Anyone with a simlocked iPhone s may be interested to know AT&T will now unlock them.
Call 1 800 222 0300 if outside the States. and go to the mobile phone option. You need the 15 cipher IMEI number, best to say the phone was a gift, and expect the call to take some 25 minutes.
If the phone is elligible to be unlocked you'll get a case number and expect to receive an e-mail with further unlocking details (requires iTunes on your computer) For some reason it takes several days to get this info (I was told to expect it on the 26th) but best of all it's free.
Call 1 800 222 0300 if outside the States. and go to the mobile phone option. You need the 15 cipher IMEI number, best to say the phone was a gift, and expect the call to take some 25 minutes.
If the phone is elligible to be unlocked you'll get a case number and expect to receive an e-mail with further unlocking details (requires iTunes on your computer) For some reason it takes several days to get this info (I was told to expect it on the 26th) but best of all it's free.
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iMac and Parallels
Can anyone advise the limitations of using Parallels and Win 7 on the latest iMacs. There now seems to be several versions of the small screen iMac, CPU and disk storage which is the best system to go for.
Sorry for what may seem very basic questions but considering moving to Apple but still need to run Win applications.
Thanks
Sorry for what may seem very basic questions but considering moving to Apple but still need to run Win applications.
Thanks
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Depends on what you want to do with it...
If you thinking of playing Windows based 3D games, then forget it, use W7 in Bootcamp. If you are just going to use it for less demanding tasks, e.g. office applications and the like, then Parallels will be fine.
I use Oracle VirtualBox to run a Windows XP virtual machine on a quite old MacBook Pro, and it is OK. I have Bootcamp installed with a copy of Windows 7 for more demanding applications, but rarely do I use it.
If you thinking of playing Windows based 3D games, then forget it, use W7 in Bootcamp. If you are just going to use it for less demanding tasks, e.g. office applications and the like, then Parallels will be fine.
I use Oracle VirtualBox to run a Windows XP virtual machine on a quite old MacBook Pro, and it is OK. I have Bootcamp installed with a copy of Windows 7 for more demanding applications, but rarely do I use it.
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Mainly for big spreadsheets and MS Access database applications, no games at all. So would run Office as a Windows App, also would want to CAD drawing. I suspect I would need to increase the RAM from the 4MB to 8MB.
I'm not sure running a CAD program in a virtual machine (VM) is a terribly good idea. You take a performance hit because you're running it virtually and the graphics "card" in the VM is almost certainly considerably less capable than your real one. Think 3D work. These are just general observations on using VMs and not specific to Parallels or Mac.
As you mention the more RAM the merrier because whatever amount of RAM is used by the VM is no longer available to the host system. How much RAM does your Windows PC have? Add a couple of GB for OS X to keep running comfortably and there's your answer.
If you want to buy a Mac by all means do but wanting to run all that Windows software says to me you really should be doing it on a Windows system. VMs are great for occasional light use but not so good for regular heavy lifting.
As you mention the more RAM the merrier because whatever amount of RAM is used by the VM is no longer available to the host system. How much RAM does your Windows PC have? Add a couple of GB for OS X to keep running comfortably and there's your answer.
If you want to buy a Mac by all means do but wanting to run all that Windows software says to me you really should be doing it on a Windows system. VMs are great for occasional light use but not so good for regular heavy lifting.
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Many thanks for all the good advice, I really wanted move away from HP desktops they are fast but reliability sucks they just exceed the 3 year extended warranty and die so real pain doing a new build. Currently have 4MB of RAM with 1MB of RAM on the graphics card. Seems like I may need to find another vendor for the CPU box, it would have been nice to break free from Windows...... Thanks for all the advice.
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"Currently have 4MB of RAM with 1MB of RAM on the graphics card."
Thats the kind of spec of a 486-based PC from around 15 years ago.
If you are really trying to run a CAD program on that, no wonder there are problems
Thats the kind of spec of a 486-based PC from around 15 years ago.
If you are really trying to run a CAD program on that, no wonder there are problems
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The problems are HDD crashes and power supply failures, point taken on config of current dead box which is a Quad core CPU, bearing in mind your comment the iMac would perform no worse..
If I went for more RAM 16MB seems to be the limit I sense I should be in a similar performance bracket. Having done some video editing looking at the Mac software will this be as good as the current (high end) offerings that are available and by this I do not mean MS Movie Maker and similar software..
If I went for more RAM 16MB seems to be the limit I sense I should be in a similar performance bracket. Having done some video editing looking at the Mac software will this be as good as the current (high end) offerings that are available and by this I do not mean MS Movie Maker and similar software..
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Originally Posted by Milo Minderbinder:7149711
"Currently have 4MB of RAM with 1MB of RAM on the graphics card."
Thats the kind of spec of a 486-based PC from around 15 years ago.
If you are really trying to run a CAD program on that, no wonder there are problems
Thats the kind of spec of a 486-based PC from around 15 years ago.
If you are really trying to run a CAD program on that, no wonder there are problems
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Seems like I may need to find another vendor for the CPU box, it would have been nice to break free from Windows......
Mainly for big spreadsheets and MS Access database applications, no games at all. So would run Office as a Windows App, also would want to CAD drawing.
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I have no issue with purchasing Mac versions of the software, I did a little research on the Mac version of Excel and the functionality is not as rich as the Win version. I could be wrong however but my understanding is that there is no Direct X available on the Mac which poses a problem if you are using drop down down and list boxes or any other Excel objects which are used in the Win versions in spreadsheets.
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"I am currently using Vegas Movie Studio "
Then don't even think of virtualisation
Performance hit will be too high
You need all of those four cores and memory of the current machine and more
Go and have a chat with this company Welcome to David Vincent Clarke Ltd
They are specialists in systems for video editing. In the UK they are probably the specialist
PS I have no connection with them, except to have seen / supoportred several of their machines in use, And when I say chat - I mean just that. Ringo and the other chaps there are very helpful
Then don't even think of virtualisation
Performance hit will be too high
You need all of those four cores and memory of the current machine and more
Go and have a chat with this company Welcome to David Vincent Clarke Ltd
They are specialists in systems for video editing. In the UK they are probably the specialist
PS I have no connection with them, except to have seen / supoportred several of their machines in use, And when I say chat - I mean just that. Ringo and the other chaps there are very helpful
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Safari stopped working
Just like that....I was using it as per usual, nothing out of the ordinary, put the mac to sleep and when I returned Safari just sits there, unable to connect to every website that is tried. I reset Safari, I emptied the cache, I restarted, and I even deleted the '.plist' so that it could rebuild again and all to no avail 
I'm running 10.6.8 and have all the updates added. Strangely the only Safari page that works is the 'Safari extensions', but any attempt to go anywhere else just brings the grey page with 'cannot connect to server blah blah'. All other browsers work fine, Skype, Google Earth etc etc.
Any ideas chaps ?
SHJ
I'm running 10.6.8 and have all the updates added. Strangely the only Safari page that works is the 'Safari extensions', but any attempt to go anywhere else just brings the grey page with 'cannot connect to server blah blah'. All other browsers work fine, Skype, Google Earth etc etc.Any ideas chaps ?
SHJ
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SHJ,
Can you get other browsers to work? Firefox? Opera? You would be able to establish whether it's related to the system or peculiar to Safari.
You could open Console and see what errors relating to Safari it's bringing up.
Of course, try Repairing Disk Permissions in Disk Utility, too.
Can you get other browsers to work? Firefox? Opera? You would be able to establish whether it's related to the system or peculiar to Safari.
You could open Console and see what errors relating to Safari it's bringing up.
Of course, try Repairing Disk Permissions in Disk Utility, too.
Thankyou mr macster
Yes, I'm currently on Firefox, working fine (though without any of my bookmarks!). I also did a verify disk and disk permissions and all seemed A-ok. It leaves me puzzled to be honest as I was using it as I ever do and there was no indication of any problems....Any other ideas, please let me know and I'll check in later on today
SHJ
Yes, I'm currently on Firefox, working fine (though without any of my bookmarks!). I also did a verify disk and disk permissions and all seemed A-ok. It leaves me puzzled to be honest as I was using it as I ever do and there was no indication of any problems....Any other ideas, please let me know and I'll check in later on today
SHJ