all glossy screen :-( never liked them. for me, coding on non-glossy screens are better.
Apple's all-new MacBook Pro
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Re: Apple's all-new MacBook Pro
#72I'm a tad frustrated. I love Apple and the Mac OS, but sometimes it really gets to be that the Mac space is a one supplier game. Apple has decided for me that I like glossy screens. I was pretty sure I hated them, but I guess Apple must be right. I also hate real buttons I guess. I'm looking forward to when Apple replaces my keyboard with a pretty glass piece as well. I really need a new laptop (PowerBook is ready to…
I'm there with you on the lack of a matte display. I find it hard to believe that glare is not an issue to those with glossy screens. I think people simply deal with it because of our inherent draw towards that which is shiny...
My thoughts exactly. For me, a glossy display is really hard to use, functionality is ruined.
That's the way my brain is wired, I can't help it. I only hope that notebooks with matte displays don't disappear, and that I can install Linux on them.
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#73Earlier quoted context omitted.
I would guess that the glossy screen is necessary for the construction of the computer. Is glass-and-matte possible? (I'm not knowledgeable here; I might be wrong.)
I won't use a glossy screen. If all Mac offers is glossy, then I won't use Mac. This is why I didn't get a Dell Ubuntu laptop.
Then buy a 17 inch MacbookPro... There was no mention of discontinuing those.
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#74Earlier quoted context omitted.
Apple goes through transitional phases, if it could have lopped off that white macbook completely it surely would have. And as with any good Apple faithful knows, you don't buy version 1. If you really want a laptop it's best you wait until next Feb when the specs are updated again and the kinks worked out. This then brings into question what WILL get updated during MacWorld. I'm thinking SnowLeopard, Mac Pro/Mac min…
> And as with any good Apple faithful knows, you don't buy version 1. This is really true. A style change is a big upgrade in Apple terms. The next release of this will likely pack a lot more features.
Also, you can wait for a notebook with a mobile version of Core i7, when Intel finally catches up with everything AMD has to offer (eg integrated memory controller).
Q2 next year?
Re: Apple's all-new MacBook Pro
#75I'm a tad frustrated. I love Apple and the Mac OS, but sometimes it really gets to be that the Mac space is a one supplier game. Apple has decided for me that I like glossy screens. I was pretty sure I hated them, but I guess Apple must be right. I also hate real buttons I guess. I'm looking forward to when Apple replaces my keyboard with a pretty glass piece as well. I really need a new laptop (PowerBook is ready to…
People who like 17" screens were also not invited to the party.
Re: Apple's all-new MacBook Pro
#76I'm a tad frustrated. I love Apple and the Mac OS, but sometimes it really gets to be that the Mac space is a one supplier game. Apple has decided for me that I like glossy screens. I was pretty sure I hated them, but I guess Apple must be right. I also hate real buttons I guess. I'm looking forward to when Apple replaces my keyboard with a pretty glass piece as well. I really need a new laptop (PowerBook is ready to…
"I also hate real buttons I guess." First Steve came for my right mouse button, but I was silent; I did not need both mouse buttons...
Lol @ connecting new Apple releases and the Holocaust.
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#77Earlier quoted context omitted.
AFAICT, that's not a real button. That's a configurable pseudo-button. In particular, there doesn't appear to be tactile feedback -- the most important part of button-pressing for those of us old-school types who like to press buttons.
"No tactile feedback". The button goes down and clicks. What more tactile feedback is there for a button?
The most important tactile feedback of a button is not the spring of depression but rather the shape of the button itself. It allows you to constantly reset your bearings. When you're typing on a keypad, for example, you feel whether your finger is hitting the button square in the middle, or slightly to the left or right and adjust accordingly. You can look at the screen and type because of that.
Hell, you can probably type whole paragraphs with your eyes shut without erring. Without the feel of physical buttons, you'll inevitably drift one direction or the other. That's why BlackBerry typing is really so much better than the iPhone. When you have both in broad daylight and are staring at the buttons as you type, the difference isn't as noticeable. But on a Berry, you can text one-handed while driving (though I don't recommend it) while on an iPhone you'd slip up pretty fast. Or, more importantly, you can look at the screen exclusively as you type, as you would on a computer.
I'm not sure if this is relevant here though. Perhaps it will cause your fingers to drift upward when not looking? I really don't know.
Re: Apple's all-new MacBook Pro
#78it looks very pretty. the no-seams aluminum case looks cooler than i thought it would, and makes my four-month-old macbook pro look dated by comparison. i think the glossy screen is a deal-breaker for me, though. i'm hoping the next round will add a matte option.
To be fair, the MacBook pro has looked dated for a while. The design is nearly identical to the aluminum PowerBook G4 that came out in 2003: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerBook_G4#Aluminium_PowerBoo...
Whereas the new design looks like the TiBook that preceded it.
Re: Apple's all-new MacBook Pro
#79I'm a tad frustrated. I love Apple and the Mac OS, but sometimes it really gets to be that the Mac space is a one supplier game. Apple has decided for me that I like glossy screens. I was pretty sure I hated them, but I guess Apple must be right. I also hate real buttons I guess. I'm looking forward to when Apple replaces my keyboard with a pretty glass piece as well. I really need a new laptop (PowerBook is ready to…
If the hardware bothers you that much just get a Dell and install Mac OS. Steve Jobs isn't going to send the FBI to your doorstep.
Indeed. Hardware and operating system are not meant to be tied together.
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#80Earlier quoted context omitted.
480 Mbps is theoretical speed. Most things don't reach that. In real life usage, Firewire 400 tends to be quicker than USB 2.0, or at least that's the case from my experience.
I keep hearing "theoretical speed" applied to USB, as if there's some theory under which one would be able to get 480 Mb of data transferred in one second. No, 480M is the baud. (Download the USB 2.0 spec and check out the wire protocol.) The fastest you can transfer data is with a bulk transfer, which top out at 53248000 Bps = 406.25 Mbps. ( That's what I would call the "theoretical speed".) Other transfer types are…
Thanks for the correction, always nice to learn more :)