Mac Posted December 20, 2007 Report Share Posted December 20, 2007 And now I can't feckin find anything or make it work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hopsta Posted December 20, 2007 Report Share Posted December 20, 2007 are the text censors kicking in ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted December 20, 2007 Report Share Posted December 20, 2007 No, that would be Mac is a mac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac Posted December 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2007 And the keyboard is American I am in quite a lot of pain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted December 20, 2007 Report Share Posted December 20, 2007 When a Mac is fecked it's usually fecked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hopsta Posted December 20, 2007 Report Share Posted December 20, 2007 Format c: /s Sorted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gizze Posted December 20, 2007 Report Share Posted December 20, 2007 The joys of new Mac ownership!! It takes a month to realise that not all OSs are a stupidly complicated as Windows. No setup.exe, no uninstall application etc. etc. etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac Posted December 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2007 I've just spent the best part of 30 minutes trying to install Firefox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DHA Posted December 20, 2007 Report Share Posted December 20, 2007 @ mac not being able to use a computer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gizze Posted December 20, 2007 Report Share Posted December 20, 2007 [ QUOTE ] I've just spent the best part of 30 minutes trying to install Firefox [/ QUOTE ] Just time how long it takes you to uninstall it!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gizze Posted December 20, 2007 Report Share Posted December 20, 2007 Seriously, getting used to packages (where everything you need to run the app is inside the icon itself) is the strangest thing with a Mac, and then trying to get your head round there isn't crap left all over your computer when you install it, so you can simply drag the package to the trash, when you want to get rid of it, is even stranger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muppetboy Posted December 20, 2007 Report Share Posted December 20, 2007 Just getting used to mine after 6 months, but don't let that put you off... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac Posted December 21, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2007 I've got Vista on it now so at least I can do some work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark88 Posted December 21, 2007 Report Share Posted December 21, 2007 It's weird at first.....but you have to give it chance. You have to unlearn all those years of taking windows as the normal way of doing things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky Posted December 21, 2007 Report Share Posted December 21, 2007 [ QUOTE ] I've got Vista on it now so at least I can do some work [/ QUOTE ] I keep looking into one of these too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rachel Posted December 21, 2007 Report Share Posted December 21, 2007 [ QUOTE ] I've got Vista on it now so at least I can do some work [/ QUOTE ] Now that IS an oxymoron... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mort Posted December 21, 2007 Report Share Posted December 21, 2007 Macs rule Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mook Posted December 21, 2007 Report Share Posted December 21, 2007 [ QUOTE ] Mac IS an moron... [/ QUOTE ] Rachel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac Posted December 21, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2007 I'm mostly confused Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted December 21, 2007 Report Share Posted December 21, 2007 At the end of the day though they are bloody nice bits of kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danksy Posted December 22, 2007 Report Share Posted December 22, 2007 Mac has a Mac Has he got a pair of tits, and sits down to pee yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac Posted December 22, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2007 I am in shock This little unit running Leopard so far has: :- Quite happily dealt with some of my design docs and quickly - my work PC is a twin dual core XEON with 4Gb of ram and that struggles with them. :- Automatically detected and worked with every device I've plugged in without any pissing about with drivers or anything. :- Battery life while running OSX is astounding I've had about 3.5 hours out of it on battery. Running windows it lasts about 2 hours - interesting comparison. Downsides: - Keyboard takes a bit of getting use to with the @ and " transposed - I.e. US layout. :- Quick keys such as Alt-F4 to close windows in Windows don't work... There's different key combinations. If you're a keyboard shortcut user like I am (I rarely use the mouse) then it's a little frustrating. :- It's not clear when applications are closed or running or not - well not to me anyway! Alt-Tabbing results in a very long list of running apps. I suspect I have not worked out to CLOSE apps when I've finished with them. ...and the last downside is a bit odd. The front of the keyboard/case, I.e. the leading edge, is actually a bit annoying. It's very angled and rubs on your wrists after a while. Over all I think it's a stunning piece of kit I'll still need to run Vista/XP day to day for work - a lot of security products are not available on OSX - but I imagine I'll be using the Mac environment when doing documentation and the like. I am truly impressed. I will do a full review shortly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ritey Posted December 22, 2007 Report Share Posted December 22, 2007 Mac, when closing windows do you mean closing windows in OSX ? in which case Apple + W closes. The keyboard layout is the biggest issue I found with switching over, but now I use Mac most of the time I'm totally used to it and can switch happily. If its useful and required, editing the docs on a Mac is also great because you can Print to PDF without needing additional software, very handy if you need PDF docs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac Posted December 22, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2007 Discovered the PDF trick after spending about 30 minutes Google'ing equivalent software I've found the keyboard shortcuts it's just awkward with them being different. Still, fantastic bit of work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scooby_simon Posted December 22, 2007 Report Share Posted December 22, 2007 Mac, Can you not reconfig the keyboard ? and move the keys? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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