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HitchHiker 6 Apr 2011 08:17:26 2,892 posts
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No iMac update this time.

Tonka 6 Apr 2011 09:17:06 31,980 posts
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Some tips for first time Mac owners (or mac owners ingeneral)
1 Don't buy Apple mice, they are all rubbish. (The Magic TouchPad, on the other hand, is bliss)
2 Go get the Alfred App. It is absolutely brilliant.
3 Perian is the best way to get the latest codecs up and running.

Banjax 6 Apr 2011 09:23:26 236 posts
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I'm really quite keen on the most recent mouse - very nice little device. I haven't tried a Magic Touchpad yet, but I am tempted.

Deleted user 6 April 2011 09:26:29

Shite for games though.

warlockuk 6 Apr 2011 09:33:07 19,519 posts
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Apart from Blizzard games and games on Steam?
I've been tempted with getting a Mac just so I can add Objective C + iDevice to my CV... but I can't quite bring myself to do it.

Deleted user 6 April 2011 09:39:08

What does blizzard and steam have to do with apple's shitty mice?

Deleted user 6 April 2011 09:42:48

defaults write .GlobalPreferences com.apple.mouse.scaling -1
defaults write .GlobalPreferences com.apple.trackpad.scaling -1

Deleted user 6 April 2011 09:46:42

Can't say I've noticed it in games.

Tonka 6 Apr 2011 09:52:00 31,980 posts
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Banjax wrote:
I'm really quite keen on the most recent mouse - very nice little device. I haven't tried a Magic Touchpad yet, but I am tempted.

I've only tried it at an Apple store for about 15minutes and I found it way to small for me. It was also very uncomfortable to do the gestures (other than clicking or scrolling) due to the way I hod my hand on a mouse vs. the Magic Track Pad.

TMP is really magic though. Makes me want to buy a Mac Mini and hook up to the TV so that I can do some browsing. The perfect answer to "how to navigate a Media PC on the TV"

nickthegun 6 Apr 2011 09:52:03 87,712 posts
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I use both about 50/50 and I can honestly say its never bothered me.

Its not necessarily worse, just different.

Deleted user 6 April 2011 09:54:43

FluffyTucker wrote:
If you work with PCs at work and use both at home, the strange mouse behaviour on the mac really gets on your tits. The MS drivers fix the acceleration curve to the way every other OS, including OS9, has it.

I do. I'm using Winblows 7 as we speak.

nickthegun 6 Apr 2011 09:57:48 87,712 posts
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Im sure they will take the massive freak audience into account when they release Lion.

Deleted user 6 April 2011 09:58:42

I wonder if it's the reason I seem to prefer mouse movement when doing artwork on a mac?

Tried this, Fluffer?

nickthegun 6 Apr 2011 10:01:51 87,712 posts
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Sorry ;_;

This new lovely you is hard to get used to.

Deleted user 6 April 2011 10:02:18

You'll go spastic with the reverse scrolling in Lion

nickthegun 6 Apr 2011 10:04:32 87,712 posts
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I actually use the magic trackpad in the same way tonka described.

Its not as useful as airmouse but its a lot better for moving around the screen.

Tonka 6 Apr 2011 10:22:41 31,980 posts
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Airmouse?
googles

Tonka 6 Apr 2011 10:24:53 31,980 posts
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This?
Looks gay.

nickthegun 6 Apr 2011 10:29:43 87,712 posts
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Sorry, they changed the name of it from airmouse to mobile mouse, presumably to avoid a lawsuit from that fruity gizmo.

http://mobilemouse.com/

Tonka 6 Apr 2011 10:32:30 31,980 posts
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Cool. Well, that seems much better.

warlockuk 6 Apr 2011 10:33:23 19,519 posts
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CrispyXUK64 wrote:
What does blizzard and steam have to do with apple's shitty mice?

I'd not had coffee yet - was in spack mode and didn't take it in context of their crap mice.

nickthegun 6 Apr 2011 10:36:46 87,712 posts
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Yeah, its cool. It knows what type of app you are in so gives you context sensitive commands.

So, for example, if you are in VLC it will give you pause, play, volume and so on.

Its a really good app. As I say, the magic trackpad is better to flick the pointer around but mobilemouse is really handy as it doubles as a proper remote.

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