so i have this mac

posted by Jennys-Abortion on Oct 4, 2008 10:47 AM PDT

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posted October 4, 2008 10:47 AM PDT

it is a powerbook g4. i have never really used a mac except at school. i am sucking at it.
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posted October 4, 2008 10:49 AM PDT

I think my next laptop will be a Mac. My Sony Vaio, barely two years old, now sports a spiffy 1" wide white stripe right down the middle of the display.

Not just for that, but I've always wanted to try one out.
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posted October 4, 2008 11:03 AM PDT

i can kind of use it, but not having a right click is killing me. i can't do so many things because of that.
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posted October 4, 2008 11:04 AM PDT

that would get me as well. But I'll still try it out eventually.
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posted October 4, 2008 12:18 PM PDT

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Originally posted by Jennys-Abortion on October 4, 2008 11:03 AM PDT

i can kind of use it, but not having a right click is killing me. i can't do so many things because of that.


ctrl+click.

once you're used to it, you may find it preferable to an actual button, since you can't accidentally trigger it. or maybe not.
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posted October 4, 2008 2:43 PM PDT

They sell mouses with two buttons, I believe. I fucking hate that default mouse. The whole goddamn thing is a button. If I don't want to click anything, I have to take my hand off it, because otherwise, the weight of my hand will click it if I'm not paying attention. Fucking goddamn Navy had to buy Final Cut for our video editing. I don't understand why, because the Navy broadcast standard is a codec from Adobe Premier, so every time we edit shit, we have to export it from Final Cut, import it into Adobe, and then export it again. I have video editing, and I really fucking hate Macs.
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posted October 4, 2008 4:15 PM PDT

rah: that's the oddest thing i have ever heard.
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posted October 4, 2008 4:16 PM PDT

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Originally posted by owen on October 4, 2008 4:15 PM PDT

rah: that's the oddest thing i have ever heard.


i bet you've heard odder things.
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posted October 4, 2008 4:17 PM PDT

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Originally posted by CecilMcDude on October 4, 2008 2:43 PM PDT

They sell mouses with two buttons, I believe. I fucking hate that default mouse. The whole goddamn thing is a button. If I don't want to click anything, I have to take my hand off it, because otherwise, the weight of my hand will click it if I'm not paying attention. Fucking goddamn Navy had to buy Final Cut for our video editing. I don't understand why, because the Navy broadcast standard is a codec from Adobe Premier, so every time we edit shit, we have to export it from Final Cut, import it into Adobe, and then export it again. I have video editing, and I really fucking hate Macs.


the mac mouse is the one thing i think they have consistently failed with in their design. i really don't get how they can continue to support it.

logitech makes really nice mac-mouses though. i never bother with the ones that come with mac computers. they're ridiculous.
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posted October 4, 2008 4:17 PM PDT

nope. that's the oddest.
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posted October 4, 2008 4:17 PM PDT

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Originally posted by owen on October 4, 2008 4:17 PM PDT

nope. that's the oddest.


it's not odder than some of vi's stories.
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posted October 4, 2008 4:18 PM PDT

i can't recall a vi story?
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posted October 4, 2008 4:19 PM PDT

sorry -- that really is more "boring" than "odd"
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posted October 4, 2008 4:19 PM PDT

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Originally posted by CecilMcDude on October 4, 2008 2:43 PM PDT

I have video editing, and I really fucking hate Macs.


That's supposed to read "I hate video editing".
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posted October 4, 2008 4:20 PM PDT

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Originally posted by rah on October 4, 2008 4:19 PM PDT

sorry -- that really is more "boring" than "odd"


ah, those. yes.
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