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From: George Kerby on 17 Jan 2010 12:10 On 1/16/10 8:43 PM, in article jollyroger-1F13C5.20433716012010(a)news.individual.net, "Jolly Roger" <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> wrote: > In article <vbp4l5pclv716hc14tnn5l5upnrj59ekhi(a)4ax.com>, > The Other Guy <him-on-the-corner(a)fifth-and-main.com> wrote: > >> Macs are nice, and I'd like to replace my elderly PC with one, but >> I can't afford it. Nor would I like an OS where even changing the >> colour of the cursor is a major league pain. >> I can't see the tiny thing that comes with the default system. I >> need to make it bigger, brighter and animated. > > Cursor magnification comes built into the OS: > > <http://www.apple.com/accessibility/macosx/vision.html> > > And if that's not sufficient for your taste, there are several other > solutions (and this isn't, by any means, a complete list): > > Mousepose: > <http://www.boinx.com/mousepose/overview/> > > MouseLocator: > <http://www.2point5fish.com/> > > OmniDazzle: > <http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/omnidazzle/> > > Anyone with a brain cell can easily find such things on the web. Who's to say that 'The Other Guy' possesses such quanity/quality?
From: George Kerby on 17 Jan 2010 12:11 On 1/16/10 10:20 PM, in article jollyroger-344810.22200716012010(a)news.individual.net, "Jolly Roger" <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> wrote: > In article <018ad95e$0$1759$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com>, > JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot(a)vaxination.ca> wrote: > >> Jolly Roger wrote: >> >>> And some Macs, like the Mac Pro, no screw driver is required to upgrade >>> hard drives, RAM, or video cards. : ) >> >> Since being pedantic is part of Usenet.... >> >> You need to screw drives to the caddy on the Mac Pro. Then the Caddy >> slides in without screws. The caddies do come with the screws though. >> >> Perhaps it is the inclusion of the screws that forces Apple to charge so >> much for Macs :-) :-) ;-) :-) :-) >> ;-) > > Oh ok, sheesh... You have to screw the caddy to the drive. Who needs a screwdriver? I use my fingers for that.
From: Mike Rosenberg on 17 Jan 2010 12:46 Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> wrote: > Oh ok, sheesh... You have to screw the caddy to the drive. Y'know, that's one thing Tiger Woods did NOT do. -- My latest dance performance <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_9pudbFisE> Mac and geek T-shirts & gifts <http://designsbymike.net/shop/mac.cgi> Prius shirts/bumper stickers <http://designsbymike.net/shop/prius.cgi>
From: J.J. O'Shea on 17 Jan 2010 13:28 On Sun, 17 Jan 2010 12:46:31 -0500, Mike Rosenberg wrote (in article <1jcgrgl.1uzp7unlh28evN%mikePOST(a)TOGROUPmacconsult.com>): > Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> wrote: > >> Oh ok, sheesh... You have to screw the caddy to the drive. > > Y'know, that's one thing Tiger Woods did NOT do. > > That depends on who he had as a caddy. <http://www.buzzfeed.com/taylor/hot-caddies-for-hire- 6s/golf_babes_myrtle_beach_caddy_girls> -- email to oshea dot j dot j at gmail dot com.
From: Jolly Roger on 17 Jan 2010 14:54
In article <C778A0FD.3C425%ghost_topper(a)hotmail.com>, George Kerby <ghost_topper(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > On 1/16/10 10:20 PM, in article > jollyroger-344810.22200716012010(a)news.individual.net, "Jolly Roger" > <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> wrote: > > > In article <018ad95e$0$1759$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com>, > > JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot(a)vaxination.ca> wrote: > > > >> Jolly Roger wrote: > >> > >>> And some Macs, like the Mac Pro, no screw driver is required to upgrade > >>> hard drives, RAM, or video cards. : ) > >> > >> Since being pedantic is part of Usenet.... > >> > >> You need to screw drives to the caddy on the Mac Pro. Then the Caddy > >> slides in without screws. The caddies do come with the screws though. > >> > >> Perhaps it is the inclusion of the screws that forces Apple to charge so > >> much for Macs :-) :-) ;-) :-) :-) > >> ;-) > > > > Oh ok, sheesh... You have to screw the caddy to the drive. > Who needs a screwdriver? I use my fingers for that. So do I, actually. -- Send responses to the relevant news group rather than email to me. E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my very hungry SPAM filter. Due to Google's refusal to prevent spammers from posting messages through their servers, I often ignore posts from Google Groups. Use a real news client if you want me to see your posts. JR |