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About Sam
I'm a student from New Zealand. Total Apple fan been brought up with them. First computer was a Mac SE at age 4 then at about age 6 with great excitement got a powermac running OS 7 that was cool. Then at age 9 I saved up enough money to buy a grape iMac. I thought it was the most wonderful thing in the world. I got an iMac G5 at age 15 and now at age 18 I have a brand new Macbook Pro. Thats my life in Macs.
Real Name:Sam 
Homepage:http://web.mac.com/sammcewan 
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Last Login:29 Aug 2009 03:33
Posts:25
Reviews:4
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Apple Hard Drive Firmware Update
Aug 19 2009

SAGGIS  Nice one Apple. I'm so glad I didn't have to get this bad boy replaced at a service centre. Thanks for being responsive. Kudos!  
(Version 2.0)

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CrossOver Games
Aug 10 2008
*****

SAGGIS  I'd basically wanted the orange box since it came out. After humming and haaing about this for months I decided to give it a whirl thinking nah it won't work like it says, there will be a catch. We'll I played the HL2 demo on steam and was fully blown away, everything looked beautifully rendered, I then purchased the orange box off steam and everything worked perfectly and doesn't mean I have to reboot into vista. Sure there is the odd glitch on occasion but it really is amazing how well this works, it's not a gimmick, it's for real.

A great way to get fantastic games that us mac users miss out on.  
(Version 7.1)

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Toast Titanium
Aug 3 2008
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SAGGIS  I'm very very disappointed with this piece of software, It is good when it works but it freezes so frequently it is unbelievable. For example I was burning a spanned backup over 10 dvds, and it froze on the second to last rendering the rest completely unusable.

The number of disks this program has turned into coaster is completely unacceptable, I just wanted to scream when after 6 hours of burning it freezes and wastes MY TIME and MONEY.  
(Version 9.0.2)

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Uplink
May 7 2008
*****

SAGGIS  This game is simply fantastic, great fun, clever and original (and I feel a bit bad-ass at the same time!)

Awesome game for those who have the urge to cause virtual destruction. And aw man, the upgrades, it certainly has the upgrades!

Thanks Ambrosia for updating to universal binary, I'll be sure to have a crack at it once I'm finished my exams ("sure I have time for just one more high security hack.......").

Well worth a shot!  
(Version 1.6)

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VMware Fusion
May 7 2008
*****

SAGGIS  I gotta hand it to these guys, this is one tight bit of software. Vastly better than Parallels for the following reasons:

Stability is perfect - One of the first time I used Parallels it kernel paniced when I was showing my mates ... awesome.

It's easy to work - A lot of my customers want something that'll just work rather than something which requires a lot of knowledge to use, Fusion allows for this. How many "I can't do this on Fusion" phone calls have I had? None, as opposed to Parallels.

It's faster - Windows and Ubuntu are blazing fast on my Macbook Pro.

The interface is neat and tidy.

The support and features are great (the new features in version 2 look amazing (I wish I had two monitors to try it out on)!)

As a whole the software doesn't feel clunky or bloated like Parallels.

I work in an Apple premium reseller and whilst we sell a boxed version of Parallels and no VMware fusion I'm straight up with the customer and tell them VMware's the one to go for. Hell I'd be hacked off if someone sold be Parallels instead.

Free upgrade to 2.0 is just the icing on the cake, Parallels may I remind people is a PAID upgrade for every major update (eg 2-3).

Respect VMware, I will continue to send my customers your way!  
(Version 2.0b1)

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Adium
Feb 19 2008

SAGGIS  hahah dude seriously I don't think you can get more OSX than Adium without being Apple themselves. It's brilliant, I've never had it crash since I took the Classic to 10 leap in December 2004. My constant friend, whom I wouldn't survive without!

Sorry to heap you've had bad experiences, hope they get fixed :)  
(Version 1.2.2)

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Peggle Deluxe
Jan 8 2008
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SAGGIS  This is a darn fine game, the most addictive puzzle game I have every played and I have tried many.

Once you start playing you can't stop the ball reactions are gorgeous and the physics is fun and not completely realistic. The best kind.

Definitely worth the money I paid ($10).  
(Version 1.0.1)

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Peggle Deluxe
Jan 9 2008

BAMBU  Is there a general discount somewhere or was that something you had from something else?  
(Version 1.0.1)

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Schoolhouse
Sep 26 2007

SAGGIS  Absolutely wonderful!

Only thing I can suggest is different weighting for assignment individually.  
(Version 2.1)

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iToner
Sep 8 2007

SAGGIS  Ambrosia, I love you dearly, I don't have an iPhone ecause I live overseas but good job sticking it to Apple. I'm a massive Apple geek but his move to pay for ringtones is just stupid. If iPhone comes out here I'll be buying your program straight away.  
(Version 1.0.1)

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iToner
Sep 8 2007

MPRESS  It's silly for people to think Apple is making money off of .99 ringtones. This charge is from the music company because laws and contracts are in place for songs to be charged in different mediums. RIngtones fit this definition. If Apple doesn't want to be sued by the music industry and the artists, it must charge for the use of ringtones. Plain and simple.  
(Version 1.0.1)

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KisMAC
Sep 5 2007
*****

SAGGIS  Brilliant if one knows (kinda) what they are doing, just watch the hacking WEP with KisMac video on youTube if you have any questions.

Oh I kicks I get driving around and seeing all these networks!

KisMac how I adore thee. The only thing I ask is re-injection ability with my D-Link DWL-G122 apart from that it works like a god.

Haven't had any stability issues.  
(Version 0.21a)

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OmniOutliner
Jul 18 2007

SAGGIS  This program is utterly fantastic, perfect for use in lectures, best program to come with my Macbook Pro. This with OmniGraffle make killer programs.

My notes are now killer!

Cheers!  
(Version 3.6.2)

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Parallels Desktop
Jul 1 2007

SAGGIS  I don't know if this is coincidence but after installing the latest update on my 2.4ghz Macbook Pro whenever I try to boot a VM in Parallels the computer does the screen screen gets covered in grey and says please restart your mac. Upon restarting I cannot start it up until I have started it up from the disk and found the HD using Disk utility. Can someone steer me in the right direction as to what to do?  
(Version 3.0.4128)

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Parallels Desktop
Jul 12 2007

RWS1000  Version 2 worked like a charm.

But with version 3 I've encountered the same issue with my 2.16 GHz MacBook twice now. After running Parallels and successfully running Windows XP several times, and installing the Parallels Tools for Windows, Mac OS X won't restart. This isn't a Bootcamp install of Windows, and no other changes were made to my MacBook other than updating Parallels.

I've had to re-install my OS from a backup drive image twice now.   
(Version 3.0.4128)

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Parallels Desktop
Jul 17 2007

BRYAN LAW  Same here, on my 17" MBP 2.4 Ghz, Parallels has thrice fouled up my drive. I had to use Diskwarrior to recover it the second time...

Can anyone confirm that this new build fixes this?  
(Version 3.0.4560)

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iGTD
Jun 11 2007
*****

SAGGIS  This program has changed how I go about my life. I was hesitant at first but spent a few minutes getting to grips with it and it's done wonders, it does what a to-do list can't or a schedular is impractial at. And there is still heaps more features for me to learn about to make me even more productive. And a price you can't refuse. You're a legend mate, cheers.  
(Version 1.4.3)

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Oct 30 2006

SAGGIS  Nice Apple, in the spirit of Halloween update bootcamp. Sure its sounds good but running windows on a mac is scarier than anything that'll come knocking on my door :O  
(Version 1.1.2)

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Apple Mac OS X
Apr 4 2006

SAGGIS  Wow what ever that did I can feel the difference computer running much smoother on my 1st gen G5 :S! Rock on Apple!  
(Version 10.4.6)

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Doom 3
Feb 18 2006
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SAGGIS  Wooooohooooo. This game is a stunner, bloody frightening, but awesome. Aspyr does a perfect conversion and runs like a gem of my 1st gen iMac G5. No crashes, no problems (except the odd nightmare) wow   
(Version 1.0)

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Enigmo 2
Feb 18 2006
*****

SAGGIS  Rocks, totally. Its soooo good to have a new Pangea game!  
(Version 1.0)

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Adium
Feb 12 2006
*****

SAGGIS  Utterly fantastic how MSN should be, uninvasive, stylish and actually useful! I couldn't live without this program!

If there is one thing I think it should get it's audio and video support!

Awesome  
(Version 0.89)

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DeskBrowse
Jan 31 2006

SAGGIS  Fantastic idea, beautiful inteface, needs work, only cost if there's something true extraordinary about this. Ill use Safari till these dudes make that special something!  
(Version 1.0b4)

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MrDiary
Jan 31 2006

SAGGIS  This guy's the man! He makes some really cool apps! Good work Mr!  
(Version 1.9.2)

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iSquint
Dec 19 2005

SAGGIS  Wow this is wicked awesome, keeps getting better, but what happenbed to the wide screen check box? :(  
(Version 0.9k)

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iSquint
Dec 24 2005

CARL SOBOLEWSKI  It automatically detects the dimensions of your video clip now. If you want to stretch your clip manually, use the advanced toolbar. Otherwise just leave it and your widescreen videos will stay widescreen automatically.  
(Version 0.9n)

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iSquint
Dec 24 2005

CARL SOBOLEWSKI  It automatically detects the dimensions of your video clip now. If you want to stretch your clip manually, use the advanced toolbar. Otherwise just leave it and your widescreen videos will stay widescreen automatically.  
(Version 0.9n)

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Yahoo! Widget Engine
Dec 19 2005

SAGGIS  yay the Yahoo! Widget Engine....  
(Version 3.0.1)

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World of Warcraft
Dec 13 2005

SAGGIS  Damn this guy's lost! Blizzard rocks they NEVER abandon us Mac users even in the dark ages the late versions of OS *shudders*.  
(Version 1.6.1)

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Virus Out
Dec 1 2005

SAGGIS  This game is very clever, wicked!  
(Version 1.0)

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MoviesForMyPod/PSP/Phone
Nov 30 2005
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SAGGIS  Ok Developer I love this progrram its way better than anything else but I end up going back to isquint because it has widescreen support so please please try and impliment this in your next version then it'd be number one! Oh and H264 would be frieken hot!  
(Version 0.993)

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