Having posted the above message, I then connected my Apple to double check.

And yes you can not "received" audio master signals via the BeoPort+Apple ...

... except ... (drum roll please) ...

... by fortuitous accident I triggered a B&O Wireless IR-eye with my signals, and suddenly the BeoPort's BeoLabs were playing music from the BeoSound audio master 

To make this work, on the Beo4 I press N.Music which activates Itunes and the BeoPort and the BeoLabs - I then press STOP on the Beo4 which halts iTunes playing but leaves the BeoLabs active and I then press CD or Radio or A.MEM and I can access the BeoSound 4's sources

A bit of a kludge, and I now have a set-up that looks like this:

BeoLab 3s ==v

Apple === BeoPort ==||

                                    ||=  Master Link === BeoSound 4

         B&O Wireless ==||

So in explaining the issue I have found a workaround (at the cost of a B&O Wireless)

Thanks!   Now I understand. 

The answer to the original question is YES!

I switched to the Mac before 2-3 years and my experience so far:

You do the things you want with your computer and you don't spend all the time with configurating, error messages etc.

It simply works. It is so simple sometimes that you wouldn't even think of.

As all actual Macs can run Windows, too there's no excuse, there's only the question: When do you buy it?


The Operating System of the Macs is realy great to use. Connecting to a wireless network? Don't bother with WPA, WEP etc. Just switch on Airport (that's how Apple calls Wireless Lan), search for the network or enter the name of the network, enter the password and you're done.

And you got hundreds of "Widgets" - little helpers for your Desktop that you activate with a hit of one button etc.
You want to calculate currencies, you need to track a parcel, you're searching for a telephone number, you want to see how much your kids are phoning through your home telephone pbx? There's a widget for nearly everything :-)

Your comment that it simply works is why I am thinking of switching. Since acquiring an iTouch and Apple TV I have been amazed that they simply work, easy to configure and they do not lock up or freeze. I do wish however that I could keep the Beoplayer on the main pc. When using that computer I do enjoy the Beoplayer interface/controls.

Razlaw wrote:

Your comment that it simply works is why I am thinking of switching. Since acquiring an iTouch and Apple TV I have been amazed that they simply work, easy to configure and they do not lock up or freeze. I do wish however that I could keep the Beoplayer on the main pc. When using that computer I do enjoy the Beoplayer interface/controls.

1.)
You can use Apples Bootcamp (comes with OS X 10.5 Leopard = every actual Mac) which allows you to install Windows XP on your Mac and choose which OS you can boot. So you can use the Beoplayer on Windows in a nice looking package ;-)

More information here: http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/bootcamp.html

2.)
You can use software like "Parallels" that runs Windows XP on a virtual machine inside Mac OS X. In this case you can use Mac OS X AND Windows applications at the same time!


More information here: http://www.parallels.com/

TWG wrote:

You can use software like "Parallels" that runs Windows XP on a virtual machine inside Mac OS X. In this case you can use Mac OS X AND Windows applications at the same time!

You can also use

Thanks!  Another question.....all that we use our desktop for is searching the web, basic word processing, organizing and printing photos and of course, music. Is the entry level Mac Mini sufficient for this or would an upgrade be reccomended?

Thanks!

The entry level mac mini (or imac or macbook) is largely sufficient for this purpose, in fact the only drawback with all the entry level line is for gaming. The next OS (10.6 or "snow leopard" ) due this summer promises to improve speed for all the existant and futur mac with "grand central" (better use of multicore processor) and OpenCL (use of the GPU power for all application).

Thanks!

"Is a Mac mini sufficient enough?"


I used my first Mac mini (3 Years old, 1.8GHz Core solo, 512MB Ram) for producing, cutting, editing videos 🙂

So the actual Mac mini should have more than enough power for your tasks 😕