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Just set up active corners for expose, that's what I do.
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There we go then. I never enquired as to how it worked, even though we've got a Mini at work attached to a cinema display. Never occurred to me. It's got speakers on it anyway.
Caporegime
I use that, but it drives my wife mental any time she uses the Mac while I'm logged in... She always ends up waving the mouse over by the corners and getting all flustered.
Very tempted by the new white macbook, been looking for a cheap portable mac for a while now and it seems to fit the bill nicely. Part of me thinks I might aswell pay the extra £100 for the Aluminium Unibody though. New Imacs look outstanding, the top two models are also very tempting!
Caporegime
27" !!!! 16x9 LED backlit !!!!!!!!!
Me want one !!!!!!!!!
Me want one !!!!!!!!!
Just get the low end 27" inch and it will last you 5 years easily for the things you want to do.
I have had my current PC for nearly 4 years now, it is based on C2D 6300 (1.8ghz) and I never felt it the need to upgrade.
Save yourself £400!
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Soldato
I really don't like the way Apple are going with each hardware update.
The MBPs are all far too similar, and for each small performance leap you pay a massive premium.
As for the new iMacs, 21.5inch is too small and 27 inch too large.
The Macbook is too close to the low end MBP so thus obsolete.
No one in their right mind gets and Airbook.
The Mac Pro's and Mac Mini's seem the most sensible of the hardware because they suit the high end and low end needs respectively, still expensive for what they are though.
The MBPs are all far too similar, and for each small performance leap you pay a massive premium.
As for the new iMacs, 21.5inch is too small and 27 inch too large.
The Macbook is too close to the low end MBP so thus obsolete.
No one in their right mind gets and Airbook.
The Mac Pro's and Mac Mini's seem the most sensible of the hardware because they suit the high end and low end needs respectively, still expensive for what they are though.
Soldato
not sure when we'll get them.
Soldato
I reckon designers have been screaming out loud for a 27" iMac and as I use a 27" inch Dell screen (1920x1200) at work I can say that 27" is not too big. 21.5" is a little small but good for having an iMac for the bedroom for example and better than the old rubbish 20" screen.
The MacBook is close to the Pro to tempt you to get a Pro but is still one of Apples best selling laptops. Now with a better screen and battery life.
Not many people get a MacBook Air other than CEOs but it gained Apple publicity so it has a point.
I'm really very tempted in the new MacBook and I've been comparing it with the bottom of the range MacBookPro.
From what I can see you are really paying for the additional ports that come with the MBP and also the better aluminium unibody. Plus it comes with a smaller HD so at the moment I'm pretty sure I would get the MacBook.
What are other people's thoughts on this?
From what I can see you are really paying for the additional ports that come with the MBP and also the better aluminium unibody. Plus it comes with a smaller HD so at the moment I'm pretty sure I would get the MacBook.
What are other people's thoughts on this?
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I don't see why they didnt just leave the 24" model in there. Then you pretty much have 3inches each way.
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I'd go for the MBP simply because the current Alu design is a treat to behold. I'm sure the performance is near identical.
Though the 160GB HDD does seem like a blatant up-selling ploy.
Soldato
As a motion graphics designer, I want a decently priced decently specced Mac Pro so I don't have to wait hours waiting for renders!
As a matter of interest do the Mac Pro (one CPU and two CPU) use the same motherboard. For instance is it possible to buy a single quad core 2.66 Mac Pro then upgrade it to two quads?
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That's what she said.
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The motherboards are different as the single socket board only has 4 RAM slots compared to 8 for the dual socket board. If you want to use more than 8GB the single socket boards have to use 4GB sticks which currently carry a massive price premium, at least on the Apple store.
Not sure if it has the second socket though!
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Not sure, perhaps they were having the 24" panels made to measure (example), whereas they are simply dropping in some OEM LED-backlit panels from Samsung, Pioneer etc
Seems the most logical, but then you never know
I'd say 21.5 would be pretty big for most people.. until they see the 27"!
Soldato
No they don't so you cannot do the two CPU upgrade.
Rumour has it the Mac Pro should be getting the 6 core CPU soon (it's getting due for an upgrade acording to the mac rumours apple buyers guide)