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macs do have page up and page down keys
Really? http://www.notebookreview.com/assets/15839.jpg
Yes really, look at the up and down arrow keys.
Ask YC: Why do you recommend a Macbook?
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Really? http://www.notebookreview.com/assets/15839.jpg
Yes really, look at the up and down arrow keys.
what i meant is a dedicated key that when pressed will trigger a page-up/page-down event. on the mac you have to press a modifier key to make it go. most of the time this is ok (and i don't really mind it whilst in emacs ctrl-v/meta-v are basically the same thing) except that you can press ctrl-pageup/down on firefox to toggle the tabs. on the mac you have to press ctrl-mod-pageup/down ... same goes for gnome-terminal. i don't feel like turning my fingers into a pretzel for no good reason.
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#1041) Productivity. I get a lot more done.
2) Great UNIX implementation.
3) Great file/user/permission organization.
4) Super-easy backups, with no command line switches to remember.
5) Since I have a Mac, my boss steers me toward fun projects like getting started with iPhone development.
6) Feeling of investing in myself, making a commitment to getting a lot done. Turns out the Mac helps a LOT with that.
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#105I tried to switch over to a mac a year ago. It didn't work, so I switched back after three months. I found that a lot of little things were annoying, and made me spend more time than I needed on doing trivial things sucha as resizing of windows. On mac it can only be done from one corner, on windows from all four. There are lots of these little things that mean you have to spend three clicks instead of two. I see why…
Steve jobs hates buttons, I don't know about the other models but the MacBook Pro has two buttons, as does the mighty mouse, you've just got to enable it.
The mighty mouse only has one "button," but uses software to create the second click based on a sensor.
I guess that's just another example of just how much Steve Jobs hates buttons.
Also, not including the keyboard, the MacBook Pro has 3 buttons-- the mouse button, the power button, and the battery indicator button.
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Mac supposedly allows you to drag&drop code without explicit copy&paste.
you don't mind not having page-up/page-down keys?
Yeah, not having home/end, pgup/dn, is a huge pain in the butt. I never realized how much I used them for navigating within textboxes. Especially in combination with shift and control.
In general expect to spend a good amount of time reacclimatizing on keybindings when going from PC to mac worlds. I find myself constantly guessing what modifier (shift, fn, cmd, ctrl, alt) to replace in this keybinding to get it to work.
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well there you go. although i don't know how much fun anyone can have recompiling kernels ;) cheers.
My friends and I used to drink cold beer while the kernel recompiled in the background. Happy times. Almost 10 years ago! (Kingfisher (Indian beer))
I can see it now:
"Dude! New kernel is out!", "I'll get the beer... Psssh, crack, glug glug glug"
Never before were nerds that excited about recompiling the kernel.
Re: Ask YC: Why do you recommend a Macbook?
#108I think many of you are missing the number 1, in my book, best part about mac laptops: Sleep! It works brilliantly. I close the lid and it sleeps, keeping the RAM alive for up to a week. When I wanna use my computer again I just open it up and within a couple of seconds I'm back at it. I know windows laptops can do something similar, but its not implemented anywhere nearly as well and is a deal breaker for me. I don't have experience with linux laptops, but I imagine its at best as good as windows laptops.
I cannot emphasize enough how useful sleep is. I go to the library, open it up, start working, close it. Move to another desk. Open it up, start working, close it. Go to the coffee shop with friend. Have a tea, then open it up to show him a plot from the hw, bring up the plot (without waiting for it to restore...), show buddy, and close the lid again. All this happens with minimal battery loss.
That is the biggest reason i love my powerbook. If I was going to get a "windows" laptop, I'd get a thinkpad and put ubuntu on it.
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#110I have a macbook which I run linux on. I get the best of both worlds having a great laptop with lots of 3rd party hardware(and now x86). And all the fun of recompiling my kernel.
I did the same. Using Debian at my Macbook.