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Perhaps computer skills a little lacking then?
Judging by your posts pal your the one lacking computer skills.
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Judging by your posts pal your the one lacking computer skills.
Judging by your posts pal your the one lacking computer skills.
lol would have packed more of a punch if the link worked
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lol would have packed more of a punch if the link worked
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Half the experience with OS X now is with gestures, which with you not using a laptop, will probably not realise is best done with a trackpad; something generally found on laptops and not on desktop computers
Windows laptops, on the whole, are awful at this. MacBooks aren't. As an example, Safari is such a joyful experience on Lion now that using anything else now just seems counterintuitive.
It is also the reason why I've kept my parents iMac on SL because all they have is a Mighty Mouse, and Lion is too gesture-centric to be as productive on without a trackpad (at least when utilising full-screen mode).
I also like to think Apple put greater thought into the design of their laptops to improve usability compared to others, but hey what does my actual experience of laptop computers know
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^^ I wouldn't say that he will come back and tell you your computer skills are lacking.
Half the experience with OS X now is with gestures, which with you not using a laptop, will probably not realise is best done with a trackpad; something generally found on laptops and not on desktop computers
Windows laptops, on the whole, are awful at this. MacBooks aren't. As an example, Safari is such a joyful experience on Lion now that using anything else now just seems counterintuitive.
It is also the reason why I've kept my parents iMac on SL because all they have is a Mighty Mouse, and Lion is too gesture-centric to be as productive on without a trackpad (at least when utilising full-screen mode).
I also like to think Apple put greater thought into the design of their laptops to improve usability compared to others, but hey what does my actual experience of laptop computers know
Well I'm not trying to be confrontational (honest) but I truly hate the trackpad, just stroking the darned thing reminds me of chalk scratching down a blackboard argh! Another thing with trackpad is it just isn't as accurate as a mouse. On the subject of MM - that's something else I've ditched due to (a) its voracious appetite for batteries and (b) poor ergonomic design, I've actually gone back to my Logitech mouse which has a lovely ergonomic feel to it.
Never use Safari as I hate the way it displays bookmarks. I want them in a sidebar like IE, Firefox, Chrome or Opera not in their own tab.
So taking away personal preference for gestures then - take two high end Laptops one with OS X and the other with W7 complete with mouse - both of them, and there would be nowt to choose between them.
P.S. I do have two Mac's my iMac and a Mini
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@Faustus it all goes down to personal opinion. Live with it.
Do you see what you did there?
Well I'm not trying to be confrontational (honest) but I truly hate the trackpad, just stroking the darned thing reminds me of chalk scratching down a blackboard argh! Another thing with trackpad is it just isn't as accurate as a mouse. On the subject of MM - that's something else I've ditched due to (a) its voracious appetite for batteries and (b) poor ergonomic design, I've actually gone back to my Logitech mouse which has a lovely ergonomic feel to it.
Never use Safari as I hate the way it displays bookmarks. I want them in a sidebar like IE, Firefox, Chrome or Opera not in their own tab.
So taking away personal preference for gestures then - take two high end Laptops one with OS X and the other with W7 complete with mouse - both of them, and there would be nowt to choose between them.
P.S. I do have two Mac's my iMac and a Mini
Do you see what you did there?
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Installed Lion last night as I was bored waiting for 500Gb to transfer with SATA errors (see other thread), so installed Lion on my old MacBook Air (1st Gen).
I'm quite impressed! Totally don't get Launchpad though. And the gestures were a little 'off' compared to what I was used to. I'm just pleased Visor has been updated (to TotalTerminal) as that was the only thing that wouldn't 'work' on Lion.
I'm quite impressed! Totally don't get Launchpad though. And the gestures were a little 'off' compared to what I was used to. I'm just pleased Visor has been updated (to TotalTerminal) as that was the only thing that wouldn't 'work' on Lion.
@Faustus it all goes down to personal opinion. Live with it.
Do you see what you did there?
Not really, to cryptic for me.
As I say I have two Mac's but thankfully I'm not blind to their foibles.
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What graphical glitch?
You never experienced the safari bookmark/address bar at the top of your screen when you switch spaces?
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Nope not that I am aware of?
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Safari on the mac is awesome!
FF doesn't do gestures, it sucks not being able to swipe left for back and right for forward, using ff sucks compared to safari since lion
oh and trackpads on macs are about a million times better than any trackpad i have ever used on other laptops
I'd put money on you being wrong - especially since Lion went live.
This is my point, may be if you want a mobile solution (which I never have wanted OS X or Windows). My only interest is in Desktops. I don't use MM which has some gesture options but due to poor battery life and even poorer ergonomic design I went back to my Logitech mouse.
However, the real downside to Safari, for me at least is the abysmal way the browser handles bookmarks. What is the advantage in having to move to a different full screen every time you want your bookmarks. FF, IE, Chrome, and Opera all have them in a logical place i.e. down the side of the tab on request and in the tab you are currently using. Sometimes being different for different sake simply doesn't work.
P.S. Even if I had gestures I wouldn't use them, tried them and prefer a mouse (which BTW I use even when using a Laptop).
Where you get low performance when switching from full screen apps to the normal desktop. Doesn't happen all the time though but is VERY annoying.