New Apple Laptops
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hiraethified
It sounds suitably patronising, but I really don't know what it means.If you really can't see why that comment was made, I'll leave you in your happy little world.
I'm interested in new technological developments and Apple's new trackpad was discussed here earlier on. I had my doubts about its effectiveness as a true replacement for old fashioned buttons, although multi touch has its merits.
I fail to see what Windows 7 software (which is being discussed elsewhere) has got to do with any of this, so perhaps you might explain?
Crispy
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The connection seems obvious to me. Windows 7 will be a new product and will most likely have the teething problems of any first release. Same goes for hardware. Never buy the first version of new hardware!
EDIT: Ah, and it looks likely to be a software problem, not hardware, so should be fixed shortly.
I got to try the new touchpad last night and it's nice. If you forget that there isn't a button, you can continue to use muscle memory to press it in the right place. Being able to to press down and drag with one finger is handy, and the multi-finger swipes for switching between apps is very quick and intunitive.
EDIT: Ah, and it looks likely to be a software problem, not hardware, so should be fixed shortly.
I got to try the new touchpad last night and it's nice. If you forget that there isn't a button, you can continue to use muscle memory to press it in the right place. Being able to to press down and drag with one finger is handy, and the multi-finger swipes for switching between apps is very quick and intunitive.
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hiraethified
Ah ok. So to turn that around: any time someone's taking about a Windows hardware/driver issue, you think that it'll be appropriate to pipe up with a comment about some unspecified bug in Apple software that's currently in early beta?
That certainly keep the Mac vs PC bunfights going!
Crispy
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No.
It isn't a mac vs. windows thing, it's a sensible Buyer Beware opinion about the first release of a new product. You could quite easily say the same about any new tech. - a phone, a camera etc.
I wouldn't want to do that.
Bloody hell. Just looked on e-bay and all the 15" Powerbooks are going for £150-200.
Something I spent £1500 3 years ago! Guess it's the Intel processor thing. Fuck it, I'm keeping mine when I get hold of a MackBook Pro!
john x
A bit cheeky maybe but can anyone point me in the direction of a good ebay deal on a powerbook. Son just broke his G4 Imac with a cup of tea so I'm looking for something to replace it.
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hiraethified
Well you could if you'd suffered a strange bout of selective amnesia and completely forgotten about how all the Mac vs PC arguments end up.
Trying to compare an unreleased, untested operating system barely past beta and a malfunctioning hardware trackpad on a commercially available product is a bit of a stretch at best.
And when it happens to be comparing Windows vs Mac it's clear the intention was to kick off another tedious Mac/PC bunfight - and if you can't see that, try reading the poster's subsequent comments.
john x
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http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/PowerBook-G4-titanium-15-1ghz-great-condition_W0QQitemZ170275512336QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item170275512336&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1300%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318
This one looks OK and is going for £11 at the moment with a 100% feedback seller (only 14 sales mind you). 2 days left.
As I PM'd Garth, the PC World old stock has now well and truly gone, so anyone who wants a 'non-shiny screen' MacBook Pro will have to go 17". or second hand.
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On amyl and crack.
Yep.
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