Hi,
I'm a first time OS X user and I've just been getting used to it over the last week or so. Anyway so far eveything has been going fine and I'm really liking the way OS X does things and the laptop itself. I have 2 small niggles though that are annoyng me:
Firstly, VLC player, 50% of the time when I open a DivX file it just hangs and uses 100% of the CPU until it's forced to quit. It's random whether it works or not. Any ideas/solutions?
Secondly, today I installed Office 2004 (which I got for the pricely sum of £17.31 through my Dad's works' license!) and then it updated it over the internet. However since then whenever it's booted up from cold it asks me to choose the boot drive (Macintosh HD is the only option). This is getting annoying because it used to go straight to the desktop very quickly and started loading my apps with no input. Anyway to restore it to how it was? Or have I caused this by doing something else without realising it?
That's it really. And those 2 are the *only* problems I've been having, I originally intended to dual boot with Windows XP but now I've been using it for a few days I'm going to save the HD space and not bother! The battery life is also incredible considering the specs of the laptop, and the size is perfect - nice size display and keyboard and still very portable and small. It also has acceptable speakers for a laptop.
Basically I'm a very happy customer! This has replaced my main rig because I don't play games and i don't regret that choice for a second.
I'm a first time OS X user and I've just been getting used to it over the last week or so. Anyway so far eveything has been going fine and I'm really liking the way OS X does things and the laptop itself. I have 2 small niggles though that are annoyng me:
Firstly, VLC player, 50% of the time when I open a DivX file it just hangs and uses 100% of the CPU until it's forced to quit. It's random whether it works or not. Any ideas/solutions?
Secondly, today I installed Office 2004 (which I got for the pricely sum of £17.31 through my Dad's works' license!) and then it updated it over the internet. However since then whenever it's booted up from cold it asks me to choose the boot drive (Macintosh HD is the only option). This is getting annoying because it used to go straight to the desktop very quickly and started loading my apps with no input. Anyway to restore it to how it was? Or have I caused this by doing something else without realising it?
That's it really. And those 2 are the *only* problems I've been having, I originally intended to dual boot with Windows XP but now I've been using it for a few days I'm going to save the HD space and not bother! The battery life is also incredible considering the specs of the laptop, and the size is perfect - nice size display and keyboard and still very portable and small. It also has acceptable speakers for a laptop.
Basically I'm a very happy customer! This has replaced my main rig because I don't play games and i don't regret that choice for a second.
