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Re: The Last PC Laptop

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Post by fierarul »

mark_l_watson wrote: post #103

It is possible that a better future tablet would have good enough programming tools - it will be fun to wait and see. I got rid of all three of my desktop systems (1 Mac, 2 dual Linux/Windows boxes) a few years ago. I don't plan on buying any more Apple gear, but will use what I have until it needs to be replaced: MacBook Pro running Ubuntu, Air 13', a Toshiba laptop Linux/Windows, and a iPad 2. My wife and I live in…

How come are you giving up on Apple gear? I'm starting to think it's almost a trend and I'm curious about your reasoning.

Re: The Last PC Laptop

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Post by shanelja »

keithpeter wrote: post #128
lttlrck wrote: post #97

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Wow. People talk to each on the T? Never seen it.

UK: random conversation breaks out when there is an unusual delay or we get stuck at a signal set to danger. After an initial silence, someone will make a joke, and then it breaks out. Those are good delays.

I talk to the same people on the bus every day, it's been 4 months now and it's fabulous, I'm never bored!

Re: The Last PC Laptop

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Post by calinet6 »

edanm wrote: post #88
jader201 wrote: post #83

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I need to know your secret then. About three years ago, I purchased my first Mac. It was an early 2009 iMac. Before then, I had only owned a Windows machine, and like you, I was also incredibly invested in Windows. But when I got my Mac, I just found doing simple things a challenge, and the various interfaces not powerful enough. To this day, I still struggle using Finder, mostly because there's no (native) way of br…

Like I said, I haven't done as much work yet (I bought the Air right before a vacation, so most of my use has been casual). Still, I've got one thing going for me: I'm very quick at picking up new keyboard shortcuts and habits. I'm a vim user, and every few weeks I switch around some shortcut to make things easier for myself - and it usually only takes a day to adjust. I don't know if this is abnormal or not, but a l…

If you're looking for better maximize/window management, check out the open source app ShiftIt. Works sort of like aero snap in windows 7, with a quick keystroke to fully maximize a window. I use it all the time.

I refreshed it for 10.7+/retina and compiled a build - check it out here: http://trisweb.github.com/ShiftIt/

100% agree about giving the default Mac configuration a chance. Often it's better thought out (or actually thought-out at all) and will work better if you learn the "mac way" to do things. Except the window maximizing—that's really an inexcusable shortcoming of the OS IMHO.

Re: The Last PC Laptop

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Post by mark_l_watson »

fierarul wrote: post #151
mark_l_watson wrote: post #103

It is possible that a better future tablet would have good enough programming tools - it will be fun to wait and see. I got rid of all three of my desktop systems (1 Mac, 2 dual Linux/Windows boxes) a few years ago. I don't plan on buying any more Apple gear, but will use what I have until it needs to be replaced: MacBook Pro running Ubuntu, Air 13', a Toshiba laptop Linux/Windows, and a iPad 2. My wife and I live in…

How come are you giving up on Apple gear? I'm starting to think it's almost a trend and I'm curious about your reasoning.

I like Apple gear, but I don't feel like giving them anymore of my business.

Re: The Last PC Laptop

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Post by Derbasti »

snogglethorpe wrote: post #148
Derbasti wrote: post #93

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I knew a guy who bought a flat-rate take-every-train-for-free ticket (ca 4000$ in Germany) instead of renting an office. Not my idea of the perfect working place, but it worked for him.

So .... where does he go?

Oh, you know, lunch in Cologne, dinner in Munich, then back home. Or maybe a leasurely afternoon stroll in the Black Forest or on the shore of the North Sea.

Something like that.

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