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From: Conor on 10 Aug 2010 19:31 On 10/08/2010 09:24, Rowland McDonnell wrote: > J. J. Lodder<nospam(a)de-ster.demon.nl> wrote: > >> ray<datasmog(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Microsoft has posted a Mac vs PC section to it's Win7 website. >>> <http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/compare/pc-vs-mac.aspx> >>> There are some pretty lame reasons for choosing a PC but this jumped out >>> at me on the Simplicity page. >>> >>> "Things just don't work the same way on Macs if you're used to a PC. For >>> example, the mouse works differently." >> >> Sure, the Microsoft made mouse sucks, > > Actually, I've been rather impressed with the purely optical mice with > MS branding that I've met. > The oldest MS Optical mouse I have here is 7 or 8 years old. The pads are well and truly worn away. -- Conor www.notebooks-r-us.co.uk
From: Ian Piper on 11 Aug 2010 01:50 On 2010-08-10 09:32:14 +0100, Tim Streater <timstreater(a)waitrose.com> said: > In article <m13266dnl8fbshvkikjqm13e329o77e0p6(a)4ax.com>, > Geoff Berrow <blthecat(a)ckdog.co.uk> wrote: > >> On Tue, 10 Aug 2010 09:00:02 +0100, datasmog(a)hotmail.com (ray) wrote: >> >> >"Things just don't work the same way on Macs if you're used to a PC. For >> >example, the mouse works differently." >> >> >> No right click on a Mac mouse is there? > > What gives you that idea? You bit the bait, Tim :-) Ian. -- Ian Piper Author of "Learn Xcode Tools for Mac OS X and iPhone Development", Apress, December 2009 Learn more here: http://learnxcodebook.com/� --�
From: J. J. Lodder on 11 Aug 2010 04:13 Duncan Kennedy <nospam(a)nospamottersonbg.couk> wrote: > J. J. Lodder <nospam(a)de-ster.demon.nl> wrote: > > > Richard Kettlewell <rjk(a)greenend.org.uk> wrote: > > > > > nospam(a)de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) writes: > > > > > > > For me nothing beats the old model Kensington trackballs > > > > with the BIG ball and big steel rollers. > > > > Later Kensingtons are inferior to that, > > > > with tiny ball bearings that tend to clog up. > > > > > > > > Unfortunately they are no longer made, > > > > and tend to fail in the long run. > > > > > > I'm a fan of these: > > > > > > http://us.kensington.com/html/2200.html > > > > > > Still don't understand why they're called a 'mouse' though. > > > > Yes, that's the newer model. > > I prefer the older one with the six rapid fire buttons. > > (even though I rarely use them) > > > I'm using one of these right now on my Mac Mini - not bad at all and the > ring round the big ball has some advantages over a standard wheel. > > My older ones -4 and 2 buttons with ball bearings fell a bit "grinding" > now but the haven't been used in anger for years as they are both serial > connections. I talked about the blue-grey that came after those, big ball, steel rollers, USB connection, Jan
From: Pd on 11 Aug 2010 08:21 ray <datasmog(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > > And *I* don't understand why bloody Yanks have to say this kind of > > thing: > > > > "The best trackball ever made has just gotten better." > > > > Why oh why do they use the illiterate `gotten' instead of the shorter > > and better educated `got'... Better educated? My understanding is that 'gotten' was the form used by the educated a couple of hundred years ago, about when American English and British English forked. So your 'got' is ill-educated to them. > Yes they have an annoying habit of saying 'off of' to. But then so do a > lot of English types. > And don't get me started on the use of ton or tons when refering to any > large quantity. > Yank bloggers are particularly fond of that one. I'm a great fan of the metric fucktonne. -- Pd
From: Rowland McDonnell on 11 Aug 2010 08:42
Conor <conor(a)gmx.co.uk> wrote: > Rowland McDonnell wrote: > > J. J. Lodder<nospam(a)de-ster.demon.nl> wrote: > > > >> ray<datasmog(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >> > >>> Microsoft has posted a Mac vs PC section to it's Win7 website. > >>> <http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/compare/pc-vs-mac.aspx> > >>> There are some pretty lame reasons for choosing a PC but this jumped out > >>> at me on the Simplicity page. > >>> > >>> "Things just don't work the same way on Macs if you're used to a PC. For > >>> example, the mouse works differently." > >> > >> Sure, the Microsoft made mouse sucks, > > > > Actually, I've been rather impressed with the purely optical mice with > > MS branding that I've met. > > > The oldest MS Optical mouse I have here is 7 or 8 years old. The pads > are well and truly worn away. I've had slidy-pads drop off Apple mice inside a year. <shrug> They've carried on working just as well without - no trouble sliding. Rowland. -- Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonnell(a)dog.physics.org Sorry - the spam got to me http://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking |