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From: James Dore on 27 Jul 2010 09:01 On Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:41:54 +0100, David Empson <dempson(a)actrix.gen.nz> wrote: > James Dore <james.dore(a)new.ox.ac.uk> wrote: > >> Did I see, or was it rumour site speculation, that there might be a >> desktop touchpad in the offing? Any news? > > Well, the store is down, so probably not long before it is either > confirmed or denied as an option/feature with the rumoured new iMac. > > The rumours on the Magic Trackpad seem pretty solid, down to photos, > part numbers, FCC leaks, etc. Only question is when. THEY'RE IN!! THEY'RE IN!! Sweet hot Jesus on a rubber potato, there they are. Chaching! Cheers, James -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/
From: David Empson on 27 Jul 2010 09:08 David Empson <dempson(a)actrix.gen.nz> wrote: > James Dore <james.dore(a)new.ox.ac.uk> wrote: > > > Did I see, or was it rumour site speculation, that there might be a > > desktop touchpad in the offing? Any news? > > Well, the store is down, so probably not long before it is either > confirmed or denied as an option/feature with the rumoured new iMac. > > The rumours on the Magic Trackpad seem pretty solid, down to photos, > part numbers, FCC leaks, etc. Only question is when. > > Apple has not made a mouse I can bear to use since about 1997 (and even > then I had a Kensington multi-button mouse in preference to an Apple > single button mouse), so I'd be keen to try a trackpad instead (I'm on > my fourth Apple laptop and love the multi-touch trackpad on the current > MacBook Pro). > > My desktop Macs use Logitech mice. I own one Apple Pro mouse (2002ish, > black/clear) which only gets connected in an emergency, and disrepected > while I suffer through its misbehaviour issues. Store is up again. Magic Trackpad confirmed. Wireless, costs the same as the wireless keyboard, same functionality as the MacBook Pro trackpad. I want at least one. Apple is also selling their own battery charger now. (Not in stock yet, judging by 3-4 week order time.) Oh, and a new iMac, which has the Magic Trackpad as an option. -- David Empson dempson(a)actrix.gen.nz
From: SM on 27 Jul 2010 09:14 Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > On 2010-07-27, SM <info(a)that.sundog.co.uk> wrote: > > James Dore <james.dore(a)new.ox.ac.uk> wrote: > > > >> Did I see, or was it rumour site speculation, that there might be a > >> desktop touchpad in the offing? Any news? > > > > The magic trackpad is there but I can't see anything else new. > > Apart from the new iMacs and the new Mac Pros? I can't see an update of the Mac Pro - am I being dense? Stuart -- cut that out to reply
From: Woody on 27 Jul 2010 09:15 David Empson <dempson(a)actrix.gen.nz> wrote: > David Empson <dempson(a)actrix.gen.nz> wrote: > >> James Dore <james.dore(a)new.ox.ac.uk> wrote: >> >>> Did I see, or was it rumour site speculation, that there might be a >>> desktop touchpad in the offing? Any news? >> >> Well, the store is down, so probably not long before it is either >> confirmed or denied as an option/feature with the rumoured new iMac. >> >> The rumours on the Magic Trackpad seem pretty solid, down to photos, >> part numbers, FCC leaks, etc. Only question is when. >> >> Apple has not made a mouse I can bear to use since about 1997 (and > > even >> then I had a Kensington multi-button mouse in preference to an Apple >> single button mouse), so I'd be keen to try a trackpad instead (I'm > > on >> my fourth Apple laptop and love the multi-touch trackpad on the > > current >> MacBook Pro). >> >> My desktop Macs use Logitech mice. I own one Apple Pro mouse > > (2002ish, >> black/clear) which only gets connected in an emergency, and > > disrepected >> while I suffer through its misbehaviour issues. > > Store is up again. Magic Trackpad confirmed. Wireless, costs the same > as > the wireless keyboard, same functionality as the MacBook Pro trackpad. > > I want at least one. Oh why did they have to make it wireless! That would be so perfect with a wire! > Apple is also selling their own battery charger now. (Not in stock > yet, > judging by 3-4 week order time.) I have got an apple battery charger. It is about 15 years old now, still works fine -- Woody
From: James Dore on 27 Jul 2010 09:28
On Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:14:23 +0100, SM <info(a)that.sundog.co.uk> wrote: > Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > >> On 2010-07-27, SM <info(a)that.sundog.co.uk> wrote: >> > James Dore <james.dore(a)new.ox.ac.uk> wrote: >> > >> >> Did I see, or was it rumour site speculation, that there might be a >> >> desktop touchpad in the offing? Any news? >> > >> > The magic trackpad is there but I can't see anything else new. >> >> Apart from the new iMacs and the new Mac Pros? > > I can't see an update of the Mac Pro - am I being dense? > > Stuart I couldn't immediately see it looking at the store, but there are new processor options based around the 3600/5600 series Xeons, rather than the 5500 series previously. 4, 6, 8 or 12 cores for your processing pleasure. No, the store - at least the UK Education web store - hasn't been updated with the new Mac Pro hardware yet. You'll just have to go along to http://www.apple.com/uk/macpro/specs.html and drool. J -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ |