Comments on: Rescued by Apple

By: Krystian Majewski

Krystian Majewski — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:07:56 +0000

Yeah, I’ve managed to figure it out – it’s shift + fn + F11. I agree it is a bit cumbersome. On the other hand, when you use a shortcut so often you stop even thinking about it.

By: Isak

Isak — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 22:59:47 +0000

On my MacBook I’ve remapped Print Screen to F12, due to the despicably cumbersome multikey “shortcut” they have as default. It’s easy to do inside of OSX, but it might require some more fiddling if you’ve cross-booted.

By: GhostLyrics

GhostLyrics — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 17:14:44 +0000

well… uhm yes and no. I bought it for a friend who uses it regurlarly but seem very satisfied. But I didn’t try it myself though. (his MSI gaming laptop also features just two slots)

By: Krystian Majewski

Krystian Majewski — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:02:01 +0000

Did you actually use that USB Hub? It looks good, I’m only concerned that the ports may be too close together for certain types of USB Sticks.

I’m sure Linux is cool. In a different universe, I would probably try it myself. Unfortunatly, due to compatibility issues of a lot of the tools I use, it is out of the question for me.

By: GhostLyrics

GhostLyrics — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 01:14:40 +0000

I admit that I don’t have your required workspace things but I switched to Linux completely last year and I am glad with that, since it runs quite nice on both my laptop and netbook.

Concerning the USB you might want to look at this one. it seems quite tiny and fitting if you don’t want to clutter up your desk.

http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B000U1MQH4/ref=ox_ya_oh_product

By: Digital Tools

Digital Tools — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 23:38:22 +0000

Uh, one thing I forgot:

If you want to let windows-software run on Mac OS X, also have a look at Virtual Box ( http://www.virtualbox.org/ ) and WineBottler ( http://winebottler.kronenberg.org/ ).

The epic win at OS X is, that you now have real console-goodness just right at your fingers.

By: Digital Tools

Digital Tools — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 23:34:56 +0000

Well… Welcome. =)

I also made the change lately. I am pretty sure, that you will abandon the Win7 thing at some day ^=^

Some issues for changers are quite natural. Let some weeks pass by…

I think the keyboard is really great in aspects of typing-comfort. Unfortunately there are some issues with special-chars, especially if you develop. But this is a problem for non-US coders in general.

By: Yu-Chung Chen

Yu-Chung Chen — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:21:43 +0000

So, half of the good aspects are non-Mac, huh. I was afraid to read more things that would make me a convert, but so far, it’s not that “bad”

The keyboard is a big known issue for me, I don’t want to use Fn-keys to enable Home, End, Delete etc. Also I’m not willing to accept the other bads to gain the cool metal chassis, which is what I like most about the MacBook Pro.

Re: resolution: When I got my recent desktop monitor, I also didn’t have a resolution boost, but the bigger physical size definitely helps (and is more fun!). Highly recommended. Too bad 4:3 has died. I understand that 16:9 is the way to go for TVs, but I’ll never get why the reduced vertical resolution can be established for computing.