Mac Users Identify Yourselves!

So did anyone catch the keynote address from the Paris expo? Man, the new iMac looks sweet. But I'm excited for Tiger. Between Spotlight, Automater, and the new videoconference capability of iChat, it's going to be a worthy upgrade, IMO. Plus the new video codec built into Quicktime (H.264). Sweet stuff...
 

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So I spotted the title of this thread today and thought I should drop in and identify myself. At home I use a G4 iMac with 15" flat panel monitor. My wife has a G4 powerbook which I keep hoping she'll let me use :D . For work I am forced to use a Wintel PC which drives me nuts. I'll have to go back and look at all the postings in this thread to get some software ideas. I use my Mac very little for gaming; our group's other DM has an HP laptop which we run programs like DM's Familiar and WeatherMaster on, but I would love to use the Mac more for gaming (might give me an excuse to get my hands on her laptop...). I tried using Virtual PC, and do sometime to set things up in DMF when I need to, but otherwise it is just too slow.
 


I'd love to have an excuse to buy a G4 or G5, in fact I don't need an excuse, I just need the price to be less. I've been "collecting" old macs for a while but never can come up with the money to buy a decent one. I have an apple ][e, an SE/30, and a Quadra 650 (my newest, and yes I know that's pathetic but I still used it for Photoshop until only a couple years ago).

Even though I can't be considered a true (recent) mac user, I wish I could afford to be on a G5 using OS X...... ;)
 

Bah! I totally forgot my sub to thsi thread got nuked when everyone's subs got nuked. But I'm back, so you can all rest easy...

Anyway, has anyone had any experience using "linked" files from SVGames? I was looking at buying some PDFs from them (spurred on by the "Greatest Adventures of All Time" article in Dungeon). They have a couple of Classic shareware apps for linking split files, but I'm a pure-X Mac dood.

Do they work, and do they work using Classic in OS X? Comments appreciated.
 

Mac user here! :D

Buzz, it's been a while (about two years?) but I recalled being able to download SVGame split pdfs in Virtual Windows and using Winsplit to join them and just moving to the desktop. It was a bit of a hassle, but it worked just fine.

I tried using Chunkjoiner under OS 9 but couldn't get it to work back then; I haven't tried Filejoiner though. If you have Classic installed on your machine, the program should run.... I just don't know how well it works. :\
 

Gotcha. I guess I'll rely on my wife's PC as a backup solution if Classic doesn't work. I don't trust my G3's ability to run Virtual PC. :)

Which probably means that I should save my pennies for a new Mac instead of buying more RPG product... *sigh*
 

buzz said:
Anyway, has anyone had any experience using "linked" files from SVGames? I was looking at buying some PDFs from them (spurred on by the "Greatest Adventures of All Time" article in Dungeon). They have a couple of Classic shareware apps for linking split files, but I'm a pure-X Mac dood.
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You might try looking at rpgnow.com - I'm fairly certain they have the files in unsplit format.

J
 

Another Mac user here. Been using 'em since '89. I've worked as a graphic designer (mostly print) for the last 12 years so my Macs have been my babies. Haven't actually made the full jump to 0S X yet, mainly 'cause 9.2 still does everything I need and the combination of hardware and software upgrades has made the price pretty steep. I did just return to school recently, though, so the educational discounts bring the price down quite a bit. I'm hoping I'll be able to make the jump soon.

Umm, in addition to my regular work, my Mac has been used for all the work I've done for the Privateer Press guys (monsternomicon, character sheets, lock & load, & warmachine prime), so that's probably it's best rpg connection for me.
 

Mac User here too!

I just got one of those new 12" powerbooks a couple of months ago for home/grad school use. Still use a PC at work and have a PC desktop at home that still limps along with Win98, but the powerbook is now my preferred computer. I keep all my gaming .pdfs on it and use it sometimes at the gaming table.
 

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