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From: Woody on 27 Jul 2010 18:25 Ian McCall <ian(a)eruvia.org> wrote: > On 2010-07-27 14:01:31 +0100, Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> said: > > > <http://store.apple.com/uk/product/MC380?mco=MTg1ODA3Njk> > > Hurrah! Hurrah, I thought - I've been after one of these for -ages-. > True, I'd have preferred one built into a keyboard but still....hurrah! > So off to my wallet I go and...err...wait a sec, what? No physical > button? > > Ah. I -hate- press-to-click. I think it does have (or is) a physical button. Although you still have to press it to click > Oh well, I can continue to dream whilst using my faithful Logitech > scrollmouse. > > > Fifty-nine quid, which strikes me as a tad steep, although I like that > > you can use both a mouse -and- this together. > > Welcome to the wonderful world of currency devaluation and rising fuel > prices. It's not that the price of the trackpad is massively > outrageous, it's that the pound is weak. Quantitive easing > my....err....hmm. > <http://www.xe.com/currencycharts/?from=GBP&to=USD&view=5Y> > (they won't let me do 3Y, which is what I actually want). Yeh, works out around being �52. I guess they like it ending in 9! -- Woody Alienrat Design Ltd
From: Flavio Matani on 27 Jul 2010 18:35 Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > > > Danny T <DannyTucsm(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > > > > > > > The big problem of course is that rechargeable batteries don't last > > > > anything like as long as disposables. You'd be plugging it in once a > > > > week or so. HOW WOULD PEOPLE COPE?! > > > > > > This rather gushing piece TUAW about the new Apple batteries and charger > > > holds out the possibility that it might not be quite as bad as that. > > > > > > http://www.tuaw.com/2010/07/27/apples-new-battery-charger-is-deceptively > > > -cool/ > > > > I read that earlier today. It's certainly intriguing. > > Although without wishing to be too negative, it is still just a battery > charger. You mean, you don't think it is a _magical_and_revolutionary_ battery charger? :D -- flavio matani guitar tuition http://www.flaviomatani.co.uk http://fflavio.com
From: Ian McCall on 27 Jul 2010 18:37 On 2010-07-27 23:25:15 +0100, usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk (Woody) said: > II think it does have (or is) a physical button. > > Although you still have to press it to click Have now done some reading - yes, seems the whole thing is a button. I'll need to see one I think, not that comfortable ordering on-spec. Cheers, Ian
From: Jochem Huhmann on 27 Jul 2010 18:43 usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk (Woody) writes: >> I read that earlier today. It's certainly intriguing. > > Although without wishing to be too negative, it is still just a battery > charger. Yeah, but my iPod touch gets charged about every second day, it is three years old now and still holds up very well. On the first battery. Compare that to an average charger with average batteries. If there's one thing I really think Apple has some state of the art technology it's batteries and charging smartness. OK, it still may be just an Apple branded average charger. But if it is a good charger with good batteries it can be a good product. Jochem -- "A designer knows he has arrived at perfection not when there is no longer anything to add, but when there is no longer anything to take away." - Antoine de Saint-Exupery
From: Woody on 27 Jul 2010 19:05
Jochem Huhmann <joh(a)gmx.net> wrote: > usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk (Woody) writes: > > >> I read that earlier today. It's certainly intriguing. > > > > Although without wishing to be too negative, it is still just a battery > > charger. > > Yeah, but my iPod touch gets charged about every second day, it is three > years old now and still holds up very well. On the first battery. > Compare that to an average charger with average batteries. If there's > one thing I really think Apple has some state of the art technology it's > batteries and charging smartness. OK, it still may be just an Apple > branded average charger. But if it is a good charger with good batteries > it can be a good product. But I have some ordinary AA rechargables that are 3 years old that I use all the time. Maybe they are good, but it would take a long time to recover the cost extra with this. And and even better way would be to make a wired trackpad! -- Woody www.alienrat.com |