Jynxx 4 Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 I just don't like the direction OS X and Apple software has been heading on the computer front. Very valid point. I feel that way too. But that comes from people who has a considerable experience (time) using the machine and had to pay for it yourself. I am more interested in the applied physics of the computer, and I don´t see such a big difference in the OS we are using other than the click or the keystrokes. Back in ´98 I had no choice but to use Mac and Silicon graphics at the physics department, Windowas Nt and RedHat Linux at Maths dept, Unix at engineering ...and learn c+ and Java. Difference in OS is not the problem It´s the program that runs on it is, meaning, there is no point in talking computers when you don´t have ab idea in what and how use will be using it. The computer came with my education but I didn´t have to pay for it, just my time wasted on it. The disappointment will come when you have invested on a system and the direction of the OS or the software you have purchased is heading in the direction that you feel you have been ripped off - I don´t know how to describe it. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted April 17, 2012 Author Share Posted April 17, 2012 Hey another mac question. Anyone have or know about this mouse alternative (?) the trackpad? What's it like then? Link to post Share on other sites
Thundercat 60 Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 The track pad is awesome. I haven't used a mouse at home in 3 years and when I use my pc at work I find it annoying and cumbersome. There are a lot of navigation controls built into the track pad with simple finger swipes. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted April 17, 2012 Author Share Posted April 17, 2012 Thanks. Interesting. Looks good. I think I'll get one of them when I get my iMac. Talking of which: come on now, Apple, move along quickly please! Link to post Share on other sites
Wizz 11 Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Does the price of Macs on the official store (or elsewhere) go down over time? I think I read somewhere that the price pretty much stays the same, even in the days before a refresh of the line. So people are essentially paying the premium prices from a year ago on something that is a year old only to be replaced and updated. Is that true? Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted April 23, 2012 Author Share Posted April 23, 2012 Seems to be that way. Come on Apple, blow your load with the updates please. Some of the "rumour sites" seem to have people saying there might be some kind of news tomorrow, though I will believe that when I see it. Would like it though! Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Here here, I'm waiting too. Link to post Share on other sites
gifugill 0 Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 I like the track pad too. Took a short while to get used to it. Once there though, it.... rocks. Link to post Share on other sites
SKI 15 Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 I had never used one of them at all but had a go on a friends iMac. Great idea, I can see it taking some getting used to. Wonder are more Macs being sold these days with so many people now having other Apple products? Link to post Share on other sites
KlingKlang 1 Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 I recently took up Mac with a Macbook Pro. Love it, really do thinking of going totally Windows-less and getting an iMac too. Link to post Share on other sites
miller 1 Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 It seems that they have made a few hundred $$ the last quarter again. Perhaps new stuff coming soon. Link to post Share on other sites
BeerTengoku 35 Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 Sorry but I just cant deal with the track pad bur then I do spend a lot of my time designing stuff and find it fiddly for that. Regular internet browsing though its fine. Link to post Share on other sites
Saitaman 1 Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 I like the look of the Apple stuff I just keep on thinking is it really that different to Windows and worth the hassle of releasing a ton of stuff? I'm not the kind who goes nuts over technology. Link to post Share on other sites
kay 0 Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 Didn't find it much hassle when I moved across a few years back. I got used to the new environment pretty quickly, and I'm not particularly tech-minded. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted May 7, 2012 Author Share Posted May 7, 2012 come on apple, I am waiting. Link to post Share on other sites
frannyo 2 Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 I think it's just really wrong that the Apple site still calls the over-one-year-old-iMac, the "New iMac". Which is how they have it now and presumably will until the day they switch over and refresh the line. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted May 7, 2012 Author Share Posted May 7, 2012 I agree. No doubt "the new iPad" will be the new ipad until the newer one gets released next spring. I don't like that way of doing things, it doesn't quite sit right. Link to post Share on other sites
mina2 6 Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 Can't believe they do that. Are the prices as they were a year ago as well or cheaper? Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 +1, as they say. Link to post Share on other sites
klingon 10 Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 Are the prices as they were a year ago as well or cheaper? On the Apple site, same I believe. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted May 9, 2012 Author Share Posted May 9, 2012 On the iMac store page now there's a "get 10,000 yens worth of apps if you buy an iMac before 22nd May" offer. Wow!!! But perhaps that is a sign that the updates are coming on 22nd May? he says grasping for straws Link to post Share on other sites
hellyer 216 Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 I must admit, I sometimes feel like that! Link to post Share on other sites
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