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Original post by Dez

Original post by Dez
My MacBook arrived. :sexface:


My iMac arrived. :sexface:
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Original post by secretmessages
My iMac arrived. :sexface:

Original post by Dez
My MacBook arrived. :sexface:


You'd think Apple had replaced the porn industry from your posts. :biggrin:

I was toying with buying an IPS monitor, but can't justify the lack of desk space I have both at home and at Uni. :frown:

I've also noticed I need to rewire the cables on my desk. :dry:
Anyone got any idea of how to connect a Samba share to the Xbox?

Basically, I've got my external hard drive plugged into my router and shared to my laptop with Samba, but what I want to do is share it to the Xbox. I've got it setup on my Windows partition using TVersity, does anyone know of a similar Ubuntu programme to share videos across a network?
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Original post by Wednesday Bass
Anyone got any idea of how to connect a Samba share to the Xbox?

Basically, I've got my external hard drive plugged into my router and shared to my laptop with Samba, but what I want to do is share it to the Xbox. I've got it setup on my Windows partition using TVersity, does anyone know of a similar Ubuntu programme to share videos across a network?


XBox doesn't use SMB, it uses a UPnP media sharing protocol. You want something like uShare or Twonky Server.

Disclaimer: I've never actually managed to get either of those to work properly with my Xbox. So, good luck! :wavey:
Original post by Dez
XBox doesn't use SMB, it uses a UPnP media sharing protocol. You want something like uShare or Twonky Server.

Disclaimer: I've never actually managed to get either of those to work properly with my Xbox. So, good luck! :wavey:

Yeah, I've tried both of those but neither of them will add videos from a network drive. Which is really fecking annoying. Looks like I'll just have to work off Windows when I want to watch stuff on the Xbox...
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You'd think Apple had replaced the porn industry from your posts. :biggrin:

I was toying with buying an IPS monitor, but can't justify the lack of desk space I have both at home and at Uni. :frown:

I've also noticed I need to rewire the cables on my desk. :dry:

Get a Dell U2311. Currently £206 on Scan.

I may have 2 of them :awesome:

In other news, my SSD has entered 'panic mode' and is basically borked:frown:
Original post by Dez
My MacBook arrived. :sexface:



Original post by secretmessages
My iMac arrived. :sexface:


Negged, tbh. :colonhash:
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Original post by Mad Vlad
Negged, tbh. :colonhash:


Worth it. :h:
bahhh, i got my desktop working again after a PSU issue.... and now my OCZ has entered panic mode. Another RMA:mad:
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bahhh, i got my desktop working again after a PSU issue.... and now my OCZ has entered panic mode. Another RMA:mad:


M...m...m...monster fail. :frown:
Original post by Mad Vlad
M...m...m...monster fail. :frown:


damn SSD isn't even recognised in the BIOS because of it.

Only thing that lightens the mood a bit is my second Dell Ultrasharp is arriving tomorrow, shame i have nothing to use it with right now:p:
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So it turns out my monitor hates running a PC via HDMI. Looks absolutely terrible. Unfortunately, this means I have to use VGA. :frown:
Virtualising Windows on this Mac is even faster than Windows ran natively on my previous desktop :awesome:
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Virtualising Windows on this Mac is even faster than Windows ran natively on my previous desktop :awesome:


That's the time perception gas emitting from your Apple product... :P

For comparison, what's the spec of each machine?
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That's the time perception gas emitting from your Apple product... :P

For comparison, what's the spec of each machine?


Ha :p:

The iMac is quad core 3.4GHz i7, 8GB RAM. My old desktop.. now that's a good question.. I think it was dual core 2.16GHz with 4GB of RAM. Fairly bad processor to be honest, can't remember exactly what it was though :s-smilie:
Why are Fujitsu Siemens so fecking awkward?! They can't put a proper switch on for the wireless on my laptop, so it means it takes so much effort to get the wireless working on Ubuntu...
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Ha :p:

The iMac is quad core 3.4GHz i7, 8GB RAM. My old desktop.. now that's a good question.. I think it was dual core 2.16GHz with 4GB of RAM. Fairly bad processor to be honest, can't remember exactly what it was though :s-smilie:

Gee, I wonder why it's quicker on the Mac? :p:
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Ha :p:

The iMac is quad core 3.4GHz i7, 8GB RAM. My old desktop.. now that's a good question.. I think it was dual core 2.16GHz with 4GB of RAM. Fairly bad processor to be honest, can't remember exactly what it was though :s-smilie:


I'm not surprised it runs quicker, you've picked the most powerful iMac they sell ;D
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Gee, I wonder why it's quicker on the Mac? :p:



:hand: I'm still virtualising it though, I'd expected it to be slower tbh :dontknow:
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:hand: I'm still virtualising it though, I'd expected it to be slower tbh :dontknow:


Virtualisation has been hardware accelerated for some time now. On a machine with that much grunt, I'd be taking the damn thing back if it couldn't run Windows without it slowing down.

In fact, just take it back now. You spent all that money on Apple hardware just to use Windows. I am disappoint.
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Original post by Mad Vlad
Virtualisation has been hardware accelerated for some time now. On a machine with that much grunt, I'd be taking the damn thing back if it couldn't run Windows without it slowing down.

In fact, just take it back now. You spent all that money on Apple hardware just to use Windows. I am disappoint.


I needed to use Microsoft Office :hand: :p:

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