What the Hell took you guys so long?

[nullpointer]

[kurohinge1]

Apple finally realizes mice can have more than one button

... Apple has released its new US$50 Mighty Mouse ...

... a small optical scroll ball ... that provides 360 degrees of ... action.
... touch-sensitive areas ...

So it has touch sensitive areas and the main action happens when you manage to find and finger a very small ball - about the size of a pea ...

I think I know where they found their inspiration.

[Guile]

50 bucks? Man, off-white plastic and overpriced. Apple's specialty.

[emperor]

got my 12" ibook today....

its neater and lighter than my 15" vaio
although i find the screen sharpness and brightness is lower quality
and of course the resolution could easily be improved

the guy at the new york soho store convinced my dad who is pretty clueless about computers that hed be better off buying applecare and .mac membership too... which i didnt really want and dont think i need

i guess ill have some teething troubles and then everything will be dandy

oh.. and i was one day too early for that mouse - but i probably wouldnt have bought it anyway - ill wait till theres a cheaper or bluetooth one

[gkanai]

the guy at the new york soho store convinced my dad who is pretty clueless about computers that hed be better off buying applecare and .mac membership too... which i didnt really want and dont think i need

Trust me, you'll be glad you have Applecare. Most Apple laptops have needed Applecare at least once in 3 years in my experience.

[Taro Toporific]

My Chinese, 800-yen laser, 3-button, scrollwheel mouse has worked for years with my Apple systems. It's kind of hard justifying the additional expense since any old trackball, tablet or scrollwheel works with OSX. Still the Mighty Mouse(tm) is slicker than snot covered natto on ice.

[gomichild]

hmmm never bothered me - been using a Wacom tablet for years....

[American Oyaji]

Still the Mighty Mouse(tm) is slicker than snot covered natto on ice.

Well, THAT's an image.

[electrocat]

50 bucks? Man, off-white plastic and overpriced. Apple's specialty.

who cares about money? Step up to the high class.

[mr. sparkle]

Remarks like that come from guys that never owned a Mac.

[NeoNecroNomiCron]

[emperor]

i had read that the airport cards in ibux/powerbux were below average

but when i had tried using a pcmcia wifi card in my vaio it would only work in the same room in my house - now my ibook picks up the sigmal everywhere!

so happy!

[mr. sparkle]

i had read that the airport cards in ibux/powerbux were below average

but when i had tried using a pcmcia wifi card in my vaio it would only work in the same room in my house - now my ibook picks up the sigmal everywhere!

so happy!

Dude, you're are PSYCHED! Glad to have you aboard the Mac Train.

[mr. sparkle]

[emperor]

I hope they stick a 2nd button next the trackpad on future i/power-bux:
im finding the single button action + stretching fingers across the keyboard in different directions to shortcut keys tedious already.

I have a 3 button optical to stick in it anytime.
I know it sounds picky; but if i just want to check a couple of quick things on the internet, on a regular basis, its a pain to have to bring along the mouse and keep taking it out + connecting; disconnecting and putting away.

I noticed my ibook is getting very hot if used for longer than an hour - 65C?!
than the fan stays on till it drops to 50C - granted it not anywhere as loud as the fan in P4 laptops.

[amdg]

[quote="emperor"]I hope they stick a 2nd button next the trackpad on future i/power-bux:
im finding the single button action + stretching fingers across the keyboard in different directions to shortcut keys tedious already.

I have a 3 button optical to stick in it anytime.
I know it sounds picky]



The danger is that you become used to being excluded.

[yellowlightman]

The danger is that you become used to being excluded.

Not really, Mac OS has an equivalent application for just about anything short of random little obscure stuff. Being "excluded" hasn't really been an issue since the OS9 days.

[emperor]

The danger is that you become used to being excluded.

I smell what youre cookin - but I wouldnt abandon Windows altogether, mostly because of the games.

FPSs like Battlefield 2 are my thing and until the PS3s and Xbox360s are rolling out better input methods for those kind of games, ill stick to PCs for most of my gaming.
Where the consoles succeed for me are with the likes of SuperDuper Street Fighter Omega 17.

As for the google earth example - google maps does nearly as good a job.

[American Oyaji]

emperor, there is a keyboard/mouse adapter for Xbox.

[emperor]

emperor, there is a keyboard/mouse adapter for Xbox.

oh then... um, xbox games are harder to pirate

[NeoNecroNomiCron]

What you get is a better OS, first and foremost. One that is exceedingly stable and easy to use.

There is no good OS for anything. If you want to play games, windows, networking etc., some flavour or UNIX/LINUX/BSD. the only good thing for me is that mac has bsd built in. But still I can build a box and install BSD for free.

Customizable? Not in the sence I need, I just want to go out and but cheap harddrives for backup.

Of course! Look at that product design.[/qoute]
I am looking for innovation if factor not form.

Neo, I bet if you had a Mac, you'd really enjoy it.

I had a mac 12 years ago, yes it could do a bit of graphics, now I need something that can do a lot more. Especialy for programs that I need to keep myself sane limewire doesnt cut it.

[American Oyaji]

emperor, there is a keyboard/mouse adapter for Xbox.

oh then... um, xbox games are harder to pirate

So there's the crux of the biscuit. Can't help ya there mate.

[cstaylor]

some flavour or UNIX/LINUX/BSD.

No one in the know groups BSD with Linux. Theo De Raadt will be coming to visit you with a bat.

that mac has bsd built in.

No it doesn't. It's a BSD personality set atop a much-modified mach kernel. Now that Jordan Hubbard (FreeBSD) and Dominic Giampaolo (BeOS) work for Apple on OS X, things are running much smoother (I'm not sure who fixed up the VFS code in Tiger, but it's lightning fast in comparison to 10.3.X).

But still I can build a box and install BSD for free.

And it looks like shit, runs only a single processor, etc...

Forget the kool-aid. I've programmed Windows, Linux, BeOS, and Mac OS X, and I have to say as both a developer and as a user Mac OS X is hands-down the best desktop OS I've ever used.