I am sad.

Friendship does not end...
But it will drifted away slowly if you take it for granted...

That is why i am sad.

MAc...your snoring lover...

One thing I cannot rectify about my MAC so far is the NOISE it makes.
Not that it is noisy when it is working...
As it is unusually quiet compare to my 5 years old NEC when it is working...
It is only noisy on one occasion.

When you insert a CD into the drive.

LISTEN TO SAMPLE SOUND HERE!

Just when I thought it might be faulty...
I google for advice and found these sample sounds when MAC is loading CD.

And conclude that my MAC BOOK PRO is completely normal.

Which means...there is nothing I can do about it.


YOU JUST HAVE TO LIVE WITH YOUR NOISY MBP when it loads CD.

As if you just have to live with your snoring lover when he sleeps...

iPOD Touch Scratch TEST...

Caution: Not for the weak hearts...

MAC CULT

Honestly, I was not a fan of MAC in the past.
And I did not buy MAC because it was pretty.
I am a WINDOW person for 5 years...
I only had brief experience with MAC 3 years ago
in the ART school that I am studying in...
And had all sorts of crash while I am editing videos then.
I knew MAC was not perfect.
The main reason for choosing a Mac was because
I DO NOT WANT TO USE WINDOW VISTA.
I want to work with professional design applications.

I fell in love with MAC only after I use it.
Despite the many shortcoming I came across on and off.
Somehow...this kind of affection is unexplainable.


Which is why I can understand why there is actually a CULT for MAC.

I can't help it.
I just LOVE IT.

GRAB!

As I was searching high and low for my iSIGHT inside my MAC...
I came across this interesting feature in my MAC.
Yet another interesting feature.

GRAB!

This is an application for you to grab a screen shoot from your MAC and save it.
Like the screen shot shown below....it can be a selection or the whole screen or window.
WHICH IS SO COOL!
By the way...a tiny hiccup to take note...save the image as jpg before uploading.
Blogger cannot read TIFF.
So go GRAB! now.

iSIGHT.

Everyday...I discover something new about my MAC.

Today...I was wondering how i can use the built in camera of my MAC.
So I did some test.

By the way...the built in camera is call iSIGHT.

And so...you may use iSIGHT in various occassion.

1. PHOTO BOOTH.
A program in your MAC to take pictures...

OR

2. iMOVIE to take video...

AND OF COURSE

3. iCHAT As webcam...in your internet chat session.
which is NOT POSSIBLE FOR MSN.

4. To take a snapshot for your user profile when your log in your MAC.
At system preference --->Account---->Edit your display pic with snapshot.

And so yet another discovery that take up one day of my life.

MAc is NOT perfect.

I knew it all along.
But somehow as a convert, you will find ways to justify it...
To justify your convert.

And so...I was slightly PISSED by yet something about my MAC.

iDVD only allows you to set your DVD region setting to be changed 5 times...
And after the 5th time..it will be LOCKED.

Which means...if you travel everywhere and owns DVD of various region...
You will have problem viewing all your DVDs.
WHICH IS DUMB.
MAC with international reputation of being the machine for creative production...
actually has this kind of limitation.
TO LIMIT the viewing of DVD within region...
MEANS to limit creative inspiration.
AND most importantly...
iDVD will be rendered USELESS in my MAC from now on.

According to backdated discussion regarding this issue,
It seems that there is no way round to this problem.
However, THERE IS.

THANKS TO OPEN SOURCE!
Honestly, Open source are saviours!

If you are a MAC user..
Download VLC NOW!

http://www.videolan.org/

In order to bypass the region setting,
Remember to go to your system preference...
And change your default DVD player to VLC.

And you are done.

And so...for the time being...
my MAc is perfect again....
Until I find something else to complain about...