Going from a Hackintosh to a Mac Pro, some tips needed.

[Chuckles]

Originally Posted by Feek

No they're not. Dual core at just over 3GHz with a maximum of 4Gb RAM and no space to nail any extra internal hard drives in is crap in my opinion. It's certainly no faster than I'm currently running and I'd be paying for a non height adjustable 24" monitor which won't fit on my desk when I already have a 24" monitor which does fit on my desk and is only a couple of months old.

Nice thought though

If your current kit is better spec than that, what are you running which is sluggish and would warrant the extra speed?

[Feek]

Nothing specific but a jag of extra performance is always useful. Plus I don't want the (albeit minor) agro of having to frig the updates when the OS is updated and I'm adding in a nice level of future proofing as Apple hardware is good for years rather than the much shorter timespan of PC hardware. This PC is 18 months old and worth less than a fifth of what I paid for it. That's not the case with Apple stuff, it holds the value.

[Feek]

iTunes
1) Deauthorise the hackintosh
2) Copy the entire iTunes directory to my new machine
3) Hold down the option key as I open iTunes and tell it to open the existing library
4) Reauthorise

As simple as that? This should keep all counts and ratings (not that there I have any ratings) and downloaded content?

[iCraig]

You're going to the darkside?

[Daz]

He's already past that. I'm going to the dark side just having to install iTunes as Dee's probably getting an iPhone

[Feek]

Originally Posted by iCraig

You're going to the darkside?

You're a bit out of date - Look at the link in my first post

[Desmo]

Originally Posted by Feek

This PC is 18 months old and worth less than a fifth of what I paid for it.

That's the worst justification I've seen for buying a new computer

[LeperousDust]

Originally Posted by Daz

He's already past that. I'm going to the dark side just having to install iTunes as Dee's probably getting an iPhone

Naaaaah, use Media Monkey iPhone compatible (so's winamp btw, but its not half as good as MM when set up properly). Obviously it depends what you want to do with your music software wise, but MM has so so so many more features and expandability with scripts/scripting. It also has a now playing playlist! Unlike iTunes (wtf were they thinking?)

[leowyatt]

Originally Posted by LeperousDust

It also has a now playing playlist! Unlike iTunes (wtf were they thinking?)

Surely that playlist will only contain 1 song at any given time

[Mark]

LeperousDust - 52 minutes? You're getting slow.