Bugger the iPad

Post #324,373 by pwhysall 4/10/10 11:24:00 AM Reply	Bugger the iPad I've got a new iMac coming, and I got the email today saying it's shipped. >bounces impatiently< 27-inch, i5, 4GB RAM (although this might change over the next few months), 1TB disk, Radeon HD 4850 graphics (whatever the hell that is). I specced a regular wired keyboard rather than the cut-down wireless one, and I think the Magic Mouse will stay in the box, because I prefer my lefty Logitech to all other mice. It'll be getting Bootcamped (for games - I have quite a lot in my Steam account) and I'll probably just slurp the contents of this Mac onto it via the Migration Assistant.
Post #324,377 by Another Scott 4/10/10 12:14:00 PM Reply	Hope it works out well. I'm waiting to see what the next MBPs look like, and in the meantime putting a shopping list together for a pair of possible Hackintoshes (J has a dual G5 Mac Pro that's getting a little long-in-tooth, and I'm strongly considering taking the plunge). At the moment, I'm using this as a template - http://www.tonymacx8...f19cca636ce#p8722 Apparently 10.6.2 works very well with Gigabyte UD2 boards. There are still some teething issues with 10.6.3 on some Hackintosh machines, apparently - http://tonymacx86.bl...63-aftermath.html But I haven't decided anything yet, and if it's like most of my major purchases, it's going to be a while (unless I win the lottery). Cheers, Scott. (Who hopes his laptops hold together for a while as he doesn't expect the new MBPs to be groundbreaking. And who realizes that Hackintoshes are something you frown upon.)
Post #324,378 by pwhysall 4/10/10 12:38:27 PM 4/10/10 12:45:19 PM Reply	As someone somewhere pointed out... ...the top of the line iMac (27 inch) is a couple of hundred quid cheaper than a 30-inch Apple Cinema Display. It's a massive monitor with free computer inside! >sells to self as bargainous steal of the century< Edit: Actually, it's not cheaper than the 30-inch Cinema. Don't care. >Ignores reality< Edited by pwhysall April 10, 2010, 12:45:19 PM EDT Expand All History
Post #324,390 by Ashton 4/10/10 3:22:15 PM Reply	About that 'lefty' Logitech (?) While I don't need that, others do and I should tell them about it (yet.. I am sufficiently ambi re mouse motions ... that I could imagine using one, too.) I was unaware that Logitech had heeded that call from all the wrong-handed, over they years. Model? Is it really shaped like my bitchin (wired and wireless) Trackman cum scroll -- just mirrored? I find that only the thumb-on-ball design works for me; thumb can make far more precise moves (though over a lesser range) than finger-tips on any of those middle-ball things, Kensingtons et al. Accel. setting makes up for the thumb-range, quite well-enough for my picky taste. And Ohhh Yeahhhh - - - even after a year, every time I wriggle the Tball and various open/unfinished things are precisely as I've left them, hours or a day later: I'm still in awe that there can be a consumer-grade piece of techno as satisfying to use as This i-Mac. Sans the security blanket/ext. warranty: been running on the lottery of MTBF since last May. In hopes that this lovingly-overgrown laptop design can match the bulletproof 9+ year longevity of that cheap 600 MHz eMachine! (And I don't care about Steve's psyche / deep motivations / childhood insecurities-all: even if part of him Is a money-grubbing manipulator of Göbbelsian engrams of the sort which cause people to open wallets.) I forgive the Lisa with-no-floppy, etc. So Long as he continues to insist that these suckers remain as reliable mechanically and OS X remains such a joy to use at any level of Boolean obsession. [I'm betting that Steve couldn't possibly be a Republican crackhead, never mind the Repo-phermone of green bills in huge piles, as that affects others. I believe Steve has Cuth.] Carrion. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ I could almost see voting for Palin in 2012 on the grounds that this sorry ratfucking excuse for a republic, this savage, smirking, predatory empire deserves her. Bring on the Rapture, motherfuckers! -- via RC
Post #324,391 by pwhysall 4/10/10 3:31:07 PM Reply	Tell them! Tell them! It's straight from Ned's Leftorium! The thumb buttons are on the other side, the main buttons are swapped over, and the ergonomics are swapped too. It's a brilliant, robust, comfy bit of kit. It's quite big, though - think MS Intellimouse Explorer kind of sized. http://www.anythingl.../mx610_mouse.html
Post #324,395 by Ashton 4/10/10 3:57:34 PM Reply	Alas.. only meeses there:-/ No T-ball {sob} But will certainly pass on the Source for all those other left-leaning gadgets. I guess that Logi remains, like its egregiously inept 'management' s/ware which I eschew on Apple: impervious to suggestions from the field / actual experience. You just cannot use the Logi T-balls with l. hand, forcing such folk to use the finger-type models with ball-centered == ugh, in my universe. Oh Well. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ I could almost see voting for Palin in 2012 on the grounds that this sorry ratfucking excuse for a republic, this savage, smirking, predatory empire deserves her. Bring on the Rapture, motherfuckers! -- via RC
Post #324,399 by pwhysall 4/10/10 4:52:35 PM Reply	Software? Nein. I use Steermouse, which is the path to nirvana for mousological management on OS X.
Post #324,404 by Meerkat 4/10/10 8:03:24 PM Reply	Don't forget Steam coming to OSX, RSN. (Yay) Whether games publishers follow or not remains to be seen. Fingers crossed! They said I was gullible ... and I believed them
Post #324,416 by SpiceWare 4/11/10 12:04:37 AM Reply	I'm psyched about Portal 2

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