Buying a new laptop- Apple? - Page 12

King James · 12-28-2009, 01:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Footbag

My mouse/touchpad has buttons to do all of that stuff.

But seriously... Windows 7 is multi-touch compatible, but you have to touch the screen, not the touchpad. Of course it is only with certain select laptops.

I don't think the multitouch function will benefit PC users as much as Mac users though, due to the differences in the input between platforms. Mac users have difficulty learning to double-click, PC users have difficulty unlearning it.

what about all these demonstrated by His Steveness

http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/m...ated-on-video/

edit: I still maintain this is an argument that will never be won.... but I can't help but play along anyways

shilala · 12-28-2009, 01:59 PM

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Originally Posted by elderboy02

Christos doesn't know it, but when I was at the MI HERF earlier this month, I made a copy of his credit card like you see the cool guys do in the movies. I have been buying cigars on his card for a few weeks now

Hook me and Greg up, or we're blowing the whistle.

macpappy · 12-28-2009, 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Footbag

My mouse/touchpad has buttons to do all of that stuff.

Mac users have difficulty learning to double-click, PC users have difficulty unlearning it.

I don't think that is particulary true. I've been using double-click on my Mac for years. In fact you can program your mouse to do different things with double-click.
What took me some time (about 30 minutes) was learning to RIGHT-CLICK using a Microsoft mouse when I took up World of Warcraft. The smart mouse for a Mac doesn't have a left button/right button. So I now have two wireless mice for my laptop.

12-28-2009, 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by T.G

my kind of girl,

Christos, CES is 1/7-1/10. I'd wait at least until then to see what's on the horizon. While in general I agree that waiting for new tech is a losing proposition, in this case I don't see what waiting one week to see what's coming out is going to hurt.

Tablets are going to be very hot this year, and if you're looking at Apple the long rumoured Apple Tablet is supposed to be coming soon.

King James · 12-28-2009, 04:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Resipsa

the long rumoured Apple Tablet is supposed to be coming soon.

don't remind me.... i don't think I really have the need for one....but it just seems like it will be so damn cool... I'll have to just resist

GreekGodX · 12-28-2009, 05:07 PM

I just increased my credit limit for you guys! Enjoy

maybe a herf in Cuba? Or someplace with warm weather and a LCDH near.

just make sure I get an aisle seat guys.

All seriousness I was going to order today but now it is probably a good idea to wait. I need a laptop but I can wait a week just to take a sneak peak. Tablet looks like it will be very nice.
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shilala · 12-28-2009, 06:05 PM

Christos, it's supposed to be called an iSlate and it looks like a Giant iPhone.
It's supposed to be unveiled on the 26th. No optical drive. No Keyboard.
I imagine its going to be incredibly cool, and I'm going to have to sell my spleen to get one, but it's not a work machine like you need for school, by any means.
It's a mutitasking iPhone. A tablet multitasking iPod Touch, basically.
It'll be an awesome $2000 netbook. Not at all what you need for school.
Plus drop it once, see ya.
Add to that, it's all screen, so they won't offer a breakage warranty, and you'll have to pay $400 for a Square Trade warranty.
You'd definately look cool with it though, so there's that.

GreekGodX · 12-28-2009, 08:47 PM

Dropping expensive anything = my expertise

Blueface · 12-29-2009, 06:28 AM

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Originally Posted by shilala

Plus drop it once, see ya.

Here is a novel idea....................don't drop it.

If that new Apple tablet is anything remotely close to the iPhone, you would be shocked. I have dropped mine from as much as 4-5 feet, at least on as many occasions and not a crack or malfunction. Granted, I use a plastic shell for it but just as they have those shells for the MacBook, I am certain the tablets will have them available also.

So, as dropping concerns go, perhaps you were referring to PC's.

shilala · 12-29-2009, 06:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Blueface

Here is a novel idea....................don't drop it.

If that new Apple tablet is anything remotely close to the iPhone, you would be shocked. I have dropped mine from as much as 4-5 feet, at least on as many occasions and not a crack or malfunction. Granted, I use a plastic shell for it but just as they have those shells for the MacBook, I am certain the tablets will have them available also.

So, as dropping concerns go, perhaps you were referring to PC's.

I've launched my iPhone a couple dozen times too, Carlos. It's tough. I've always had a case though. A Frogz, then a Noel, and now an Otterbox.
The iPhone is little. The iSlate is supposed to have a 10" 720p resolution screen. Drop it on it's face on a little rock and it's history. It's just physics.
And Christos is gonna be running from class to class.
I'm old and stupid and go real slow and I still drop my phone at least once a day.

I do agree with you that they are incredibly durable. I love this thing. Lisa loves hers, too. They're incredible.
That's why I gotta have the 3G iSlate. They're supposed to have a no 3G and a 3G version. My guess is I can yank my sim card and have a ten inch iPhone. That's easily worth 2k.
From the reviews, it's not likely to multitask or do anything else the touch and iphone doesn't do. That wouldn't really make sense, but that's what they're saying.
At any rate, it's supposed to be unvieled on the 19th or 26th.
And I want one. Bad.

But it aint a college computer. Or a pc.
Come to think of it, I don't think I ever dropped my laptops. But the iSlate ain't a laptop, either.

Blueface · 12-29-2009, 07:43 AM

I must confess and I do beg of all, PLEASE don't tell my wife.
I just had sex with my MacBook.

eber · 12-29-2009, 08:57 AM

^^^^^^

Wolfgang · 12-29-2009, 09:05 AM

Model Name: MacBook Pro
Model Identifier: MacBookPro5,5
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.53 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 3 MB
Memory: 4 GB

Never going back.

357 · 12-30-2009, 02:47 PM

bump for the sake of stirring the manure...

Blueface · 12-30-2009, 03:44 PM

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Originally Posted by 357

bump for the sake of stirring the manure...

I just had sex with my MacBook again.
Told it that it is in trouble now. Took a blue pill. Bring it on baby!!!

VirtualSmitty · 12-30-2009, 03:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Blueface

I just had sex with my MacBook again.
Told it that it is in trouble now. Took a blue pill. Bring it on baby!!!

There's an app for that.

T.G · 12-30-2009, 03:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Blueface

I just had sex with my MacBook again.
Told it that it is in trouble now. Took a blue pill. Bring it on baby!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqN6749QqtA

Blueface · 12-30-2009, 04:00 PM

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Originally Posted by T.G

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqN6749QqtA

Can't let the wife see that.
She may finally move up to a Mac herself.

KenS · 01-12-2010, 11:27 AM

Had to bump this thread just to share this: PC Girl vs. Mac Girl

Ain't they cute?

ir13 · 01-12-2010, 11:39 AM

Waiting till the event on the 27th myself before i decide to buy a macbook.

12-28-2009, 05:07 PM	#226
GreekGodX Opa!! Join Date: Mar 2009 First Name: Christos Location: 7 Line Posts: 4,893 Trading: (82)	Re: Buying a new laptop- Apple? I just increased my credit limit for you guys! Enjoy maybe a herf in Cuba? Or someplace with warm weather and a LCDH near. just make sure I get an aisle seat guys. All seriousness I was going to order today but now it is probably a good idea to wait. I need a laptop but I can wait a week just to take a sneak peak. Tablet looks like it will be very nice. Posted via Mobile Device

12-28-2009, 06:05 PM	#227
shilala Dear Lord, Thank You. Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Scott Posts: 13,721 Trading: (252)	Re: Buying a new laptop- Apple? Christos, it's supposed to be called an iSlate and it looks like a Giant iPhone. It's supposed to be unveiled on the 26th. No optical drive. No Keyboard. I imagine its going to be incredibly cool, and I'm going to have to sell my spleen to get one, but it's not a work machine like you need for school, by any means. It's a mutitasking iPhone. A tablet multitasking iPod Touch, basically. It'll be an awesome $2000 netbook. Not at all what you need for school. Plus drop it once, see ya. Add to that, it's all screen, so they won't offer a breakage warranty, and you'll have to pay $400 for a Square Trade warranty. You'd definately look cool with it though, so there's that. __________________

12-28-2009, 08:47 PM	#228
GreekGodX Opa!! Join Date: Mar 2009 First Name: Christos Location: 7 Line Posts: 4,893 Trading: (82)	Re: Buying a new laptop- Apple? Dropping expensive anything = my expertise __________________ "If I give a businessman 10,000 francs, what is that to him, he is rich. But if I give him a Cohiba cigar, that is style."-Hotel Rwanda

12-29-2009, 07:43 AM	#231
Blueface Gramps 4x's Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Horatio Seymore Hiny Location: Boca Raton - North of La Habana Posts: 8,774 Trading: (8)	Re: Buying a new laptop- Apple? I must confess and I do beg of all, PLEASE don't tell my wife. I just had sex with my MacBook. __________________ Little known fact: I am a former member of the Village People - The Indian

12-29-2009, 08:57 AM	#232
eber Have My Own Room Join Date: Jan 2009 First Name: Erik Posts: 1,229 Trading: (7)	Re: Buying a new laptop- Apple? ^^^^^^

12-29-2009, 09:05 AM	#233
Wolfgang Back from the dead Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Tampa, Fl Posts: 2,541 Trading: (14)	Re: Buying a new laptop- Apple? Model Name: MacBook Pro Model Identifier: MacBookPro5,5 Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo Processor Speed: 2.53 GHz Number Of Processors: 1 Total Number Of Cores: 2 L2 Cache: 3 MB Memory: 4 GB Never going back. __________________ You probably wont remember that test you failed, but you'll never forget the girl you were with the night before, when you decided not to study.

12-30-2009, 02:47 PM	#234
357 Will herf for food Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Mike Location: Home is where I park it Posts: 4,075 Trading: (9)	Re: Buying a new laptop- Apple? bump for the sake of stirring the manure... __________________ “Eating and sleeping are the only activities that should be allowed to interrupt a man's enjoyment of his cigar;” Mark Twain

01-12-2010, 11:27 AM	#239
KenS When do I get my meds? Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Edmonds, WA Posts: 898 Trading: (26)	Re: Buying a new laptop- Apple? Had to bump this thread just to share this: PC Girl vs. Mac Girl Ain't they cute? __________________ For the record, Massholes (especially adopted Massholes) do not have to root for the damn Red Sox.

01-12-2010, 11:39 AM	#240
ir13 PSHC - T1nyH@ Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: South Carolina Posts: 1,439 Trading: (44)	Re: Buying a new laptop- Apple? Waiting till the event on the 27th myself before i decide to buy a macbook. __________________