Okay, so my niece wanted a laptop. She is a student, so all she wanted was the cheapest I could find. Just as well I'm a Sahara dealer. They have a great entry level machine for R3699 plus VAT. Without Windows. "No," says my technophobic neice, "I only know how to work in Windows." So I plumped in the extra few hundred for Windows, and set up a dual-boot machine (hoping to convert her in the long run.) I plugged the machine into my DSL network and began the process of installation. Because my network uses assigned addresses, not DHCP, the MS installer couldn't get me online to register, so I had to dial in to MS, listen to a recorded voice, and then punch in the approximately 20-digit serial number via the phone's keypad. It took no less than 5 attempts - the MS software couldn't recognise the touch-tone digits! Finally, registration complete, came the download of updates. It took 5 hours! Then I had to scour the net for an mpeg decoder so that he
Comments and tips about working in the *exciting* world of non linear video editing. All about discreet, FCP, and HDTV. What else? Why do we inflict this pain on ourselves? This is a job for masochists..........aka: Confessions of a Carte Blanche Editor* (Carte Blanche is South Africa's version of '60 Minutes')....... yes, it does get edited, otherwise it would be reality tv. And I'm the only one who gets to 'see it all'. Be very thankful.