Reply to: Shiny new Macs released yesterday

[Sysman]

Also expose function is lost and I'm lost without it.... huge interruption in my day to day user experience.

Use Console.app from an admin account to look for signs of stuff crashing.

If you prefer the command line interface, look in /var/log/system.log

[Moscow Mule]

Bought one of those magic mouse's today.

Taking it back tomorrow. The profile is too low, I have this uncomfortable void under the palm of my hand.

Also expose function is lost and I'm lost without it.... huge interruption in my day to day user experience.

I like mine - the low profile was funny at first but I'm used to it now. Never use the mouse for expose, as I use hot corners. I do use the multitouch all the time though

[scooterscot]

Bought one of those magic mouse's today.

Taking it back tomorrow. The profile is too low, I have this uncomfortable void under the palm of my hand.

Also expose function is lost and I'm lost without it.... huge interruption in my day to day user experience.

[d000hg]

But it's not a Mac. It's a bunch of thrown-together circuit-boards and components in a tin box with sharp edges.

It might run OS X, after a fashion, but a Mac - it is not.

There's an online community who dedicate themselves to building PCs using off-the-shelf components which will properly run MacOS, it's entirely possible.

[Cliphead]

But it's not a Mac. It's a bunch of thrown-together circuit-boards and components in a tin box with sharp edges.

It might run OS X, after a fashion, but a Mac - it is not.

So it's useless unless it's a design statement

[bogeyman]

It is pretty cool indeed. Part of my job is testing music / audio software and it occured to me that I have all the Mac versions as well as Windows. Installed just about all of it and yes it does the same as Windows.

So now I have XP, Win7, Mac & Linux machines all doing some kind of job, all connected to the NAS and working flawlessly

But it's not a Mac. It's a bunch of thrown-together circuit-boards and components in a tin box with sharp edges.

It might run OS X, after a fashion, but a Mac - it is not.

[Cliphead]

Cool. You have your very own Hackintosh.

It is pretty cool indeed. Part of my job is testing music / audio software and it occured to me that I have all the Mac versions as well as Windows. Installed just about all of it and yes it does the same as Windows.

So now I have XP, Win7, Mac & Linux machines all doing some kind of job, all connected to the NAS and working flawlessly

[d000hg]

Wondering what all the fuss about Mac's is about I built one from a spare PC today. Other than the black case it's to all intents and purposes a Mac.

Cool. You have your very own Hackintosh.

[quote[It's even got a console and I can play with command line stuff as usual. So what else can I do with it?[/QUOTE]Pretty much the same as Windows. If you use iTunes it should seem much better.

[minestrone]

Wondering what all the fuss about Mac's is about I built one from a spare PC today. Other than the black case it's to all intents and purposes a Mac.

It's even got a console and I can play with command line stuff as usual. So what else can I do with it?

Well HAB says that they are useful if you are walking up Kelvin Way on a dark night.

[Cliphead]

Wondering what all the fuss about Mac's is about I built one from a spare PC today. Other than the black case it's to all intents and purposes a Mac.

It's even got a console and I can play with command line stuff as usual. So what else can I do with it?

[d000hg]

Reading the review on TheRegister, they weren't big fans. Claimed the profile wasn't too comfortable, and the multi-touch pad was only really usable as a scroll-wheel. i.e. a gimmick, was the unspoken conclusion.

[AtW]

Get a trackball instead (Microsoft Explorer is best - out of production sadly) unless you want to get RSI

[MikeC1408]

Had a play with the new mouse tonight.

Very clever indeed and easy to use, but as already said, it does have a low profile so don't think it will be that comfortable after a bit of long term use.

The new 27" iMac is a winnner.

[bogeyman]

The mouse looks beautiful, no idea if it would be useful and ergonomic though (the video won't play for me right now).

Wonder if there'll be a Windows driver... can't be long before standard PCs catch up on multi-touch.

This will be the first time Apple has got a mouse right.

I have my doubts. It seems too low profile to be comfortable to work with. Form over function yet again probably.

[Moscow Mule]

Wonder if there'll be a Windows driver... can't be long before standard PCs catch up on multi-touch.

I expect there will be.

Lots of windows laptops support multitouch - maybe not the full range of gestures for everything but they have the hardware