I'm thinking of switching to Mac..
in [UK Mac]
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From: T i m on 21 May 2010 07:16 On Fri, 21 May 2010 11:06:29 +0100, chris <ithinkiam(a)gmail.com> wrote: >On 21/05/10 10:59, T i m wrote: >> On Fri, 21 May 2010 09:41:22 +0100, chris<ithinkiam(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >> <snip> >> >>> p.s. Magsafe is worth a hellovalot more that a tenner! >> >> I agree that's a pretty god idea. Out of interest has anyone copied it >> somehow? > >I've asked that before and the response is that it is probably >patented/trademarked to the hilt. I guessed as much but thought most of the Far East weren't bothered by such things? > >>> I've no idea how >>> many times someone's pulled the cable away while I've been sat on the >>> sofa. >> >> Also handy when you throw the Mac off yer lap when it sets fire to >> you! ;-) > >Saves on heating bills for me. ;-) T i m
From: Mark Bestley on 21 May 2010 07:23 David <david(a)bogus.domain.dom.invalid> wrote: > > So, I could buy a Micros~1 laptop (and install Linux on it, and hope > that everything works (worked reasonably well for my netbook, but now I > want a 'proper' laptop as my main computer)), but most of the cheaper > laptops seem to be lacking somewhat: crappy battery life, no Bluetooth, > likely to be Linux-unfriendly webcam, horrid squishy keyboards, and > worst of all, the horrid, horrid, bastardised mess of the PC UK > keyboard layout with its ' and " on different keys, ~ and # in the > wrong places, etc, and its ever-shrinkingly-useless left shift key > (mind you, Apple's UK keyboard layout isn't an awful lot better, > especially with the possibly even worse ever-shrinkingly-useless enter > key :-( ). > > But Apple UK, at least, will let you choose your laptop with the US > keyboard layout, won't they? (With an elegant workaround for � which > completely obviates the need for the bastardised PC UK layout at all) > > (Sorry, call me stupid, but that _is_ what the "Keyboard and > Documentation" option box in the Apple Store means, isn't it? It's just > that the phrase "keyboard language options" rather than "keyboard > layout" is a little puzzling. And does "Backlit Keyboard (British)" > versus "Keyboard (US)" mean that the US keyboard option isn't backlit, > or is that just inconsistent phraseology?) Or use a UK keyboard but choose the language setting to be Austrailian - which just swaps # and � to be shift 3 and alt 3 -- Mark
From: Elliott Roper on 21 May 2010 07:36 In article <1jiud06.e8kjh7hfb4qoN%news{@bestley.co.uk>, Mark Bestley <news{@bestley.co.uk> wrote: > David <david(a)bogus.domain.dom.invalid> wrote: > > > > > So, I could buy a Micros~1 laptop (and install Linux on it, and hope > > that everything works (worked reasonably well for my netbook, but now I > > want a 'proper' laptop as my main computer)), but most of the cheaper > > laptops seem to be lacking somewhat: crappy battery life, no Bluetooth, > > likely to be Linux-unfriendly webcam, horrid squishy keyboards, and > > worst of all, the horrid, horrid, bastardised mess of the PC UK > > keyboard layout with its ' and " on different keys, ~ and # in the > > wrong places, etc, and its ever-shrinkingly-useless left shift key > > (mind you, Apple's UK keyboard layout isn't an awful lot better, > > especially with the possibly even worse ever-shrinkingly-useless enter > > key :-( ). > > > > But Apple UK, at least, will let you choose your laptop with the US > > keyboard layout, won't they? (With an elegant workaround for � which > > completely obviates the need for the bastardised PC UK layout at all) > > > > (Sorry, call me stupid, but that _is_ what the "Keyboard and > > Documentation" option box in the Apple Store means, isn't it? It's just > > that the phrase "keyboard language options" rather than "keyboard > > layout" is a little puzzling. And does "Backlit Keyboard (British)" > > versus "Keyboard (US)" mean that the US keyboard option isn't backlit, > > or is that just inconsistent phraseology?) > > Or use a UK keyboard but choose the language setting to be Austrailian - > which just swaps # and � to be shift 3 and alt 3 Good trick that. Especially when commenting code in Emacs and you can't be arsed with a fancy input mode. Laconic comments with a slightly nasal twang are more readable later. -- To de-mung my e-mail address:- fsnospam$elliott$$ PGP Fingerprint: 1A96 3CF7 637F 896B C810 E199 7E5C A9E4 8E59 E248
From: Chris Ridd on 21 May 2010 09:17 On 2010-05-21 10:48:16 +0100, Tim Streater said: > In article <1jithi8.oo2huu1096208N%%steve%@malloc.co.uk>, > %steve%@malloc.co.uk (Steve Firth) wrote: > >> Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: >> >>> Steve Firth <%steve%@malloc.co.uk> wrote: >>> >>>> Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: >>>> >>>>>> vim (I'm sure I won't have to worry about that one ;-) >>>>> >>>>> built in. >>>> >>>> Although nano, also built in, is better IMO. At the risk of igniting the >>>> great editor wars all over again. >>> >>> Oh no argument, but I would never deny a man the right to abuse himself >>> on the privacy of his own computer! >> >> And in what a Linux geek would consider terminal heresy I actually tend >> to use TextWrangler to edit files because it's better than any of the >> Unixy offerings. Even on remote Linux machines I prefer to set up NFS so >> that I can access the files to be edited from OSX. All I use nano for is >> tweaking scripts and configuration files. > > Likewise. I've got 60 files open in TextWrangler as we speak, and what's > nicest is that if I quit TW, and re-open it, it reopens the 60 files for > me. The only marks I have against TW are that it can't open large files <http://faq.barebones.com/do_getanswer.php?record_id=36> and of course the perennial upgrade costs do start adding up. -- Chris
From: Chris Ridd on 21 May 2010 09:18
On 2010-05-21 12:36:08 +0100, Elliott Roper said: > In article <1jiud06.e8kjh7hfb4qoN%news{@bestley.co.uk>, Mark Bestley > <news{@bestley.co.uk> wrote: > >> Or use a UK keyboard but choose the language setting to be Austrailian - >> which just swaps # and � to be shift 3 and alt 3 > > Good trick that. Especially when commenting code in Emacs and you can't > be arsed with a fancy input mode. Laconic comments with a slightly > nasal twang are more readable later. That sounds like a good trick, but doesn't that also swap the "." and the "?" keys? -- Chris |