[WelMac] Hello Muggers (Mac User Group)

[John Crook]

Hello Jun Tan

Welcome to New Zealand!!

Although Welmac is very active with well-attended monthly meetings in  
Wellington and other activities as well, unfortunately this bulletin  
board is not very active and the Committee has been considering  
discontinuing it.

However, I see no reason why it should not revive.  It just needs a  
few people interested in interacting and then it should grow from there.

It sounds as if you have your digital life very well organised.  Too  
bad you have to put up with old dial-up.  Despite many people's  
grizzles about it, broadband on DSL, cable or wireless is so much better

My main computer-related interests are digital photography and  
genealogy.  I'm also interested in programming the Mac using  
REALBasic.  I've written a few programs e.g. one that solves Sudoku  
puzzles and gives a detailed audit trail of the solution method.  At  
the moment I'm creating a Macintosh version of a Windows-only  
genealogy database for the New Zealand Society of Genealogists.

Regarding your question about AppleCare:- in New Zealand you have to  
go to one of the Apple resellers e.g. MagnumMac.  I think they are  
probably in Auckland and most likely there are others there as well.  
I think that any licensed Apple reseller will honour your AppleCare  
warranty. (I live in Lower Hutt, which is about 20km from Wellington.)

All the best

John Crook


On 2/06/2007, at 6:18 PM, Jun Tan wrote:

> Hi Guys
>
> I'm Jun Tan, and i am staying here in Manukau City. just came in
> recently from the philippines.  I am also a member of a mac group in
> manila called www.philmug.ph
>
> Aside from my first Mac experience with a clone Apple IIe (remember
> the time we just use a take recorder to install games) I recently
> bought last oct my first mac in my adut life a macbook  2.0ghz CoreDuo
> white upgraded it to 2 gb ram
>
> Last summer our church had our vacation bible school and I used my mac
> to produced the multimedia presentation using garage band iMovie idvd
> Iphoto. for the past few months I refrained my self from using PCs so
> i can fully use my mac and its ins and outs.
> as a new kiwi i jsut have my macbook to communicate using my old usb
> modem and entertaiment center playing dvds and music when alone in the
> room.
>
> instead of ipod i use my nokia 3110c to transfer some mp3s and listen
> there.  I also use a 500gb iOmega external desktop harddrive
>
> What i wish for my next birthday is a 17 inch Imac for my family.
>
> BTW you should listen to how my 3 year old son call this "macbook".
> his favorites are photo booth where he literally takes picture by
> himself. then the Big bang boeard games. what he like there is when it
> says "cha-cha"
>
> I have an apple care for my macbook but my first question is where can
> i find apple service center here in NZ?
>
> Thank you for this opportunity to introduce myself.
>
> Cheers
> Jun
>
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