New Apple Lust Objects for 2010 and onward

Test-driving an iPad this Christmas holiday. What should I be using this for? I'm ten minutes in - browsing ilx at the airport and I have to say its a bit awkward!

It gets easier.

Web browse like crazy, install Instapaper, Flipboard, Twitter, Netflix, Carcassonne, Reeder, Cloudreaders, iA Writer, and maybe a few other games.

why is it awkward v? (I don't have one)

it's awkward because you can't type with your hands (too small) and you can type with your thumbs (too big) so I just end up awkwardly stabbing at it with one finger. i guess it's not the best for creating content?

I want one for tertiary ed next year (best available software/interface for what I'm doing) but am not quite sure if I want to spend that much, and I really dislike the low-res screen.

Will wait until the next iPad is released regardless, 'sif I'm buying something with 256 Mb memory (my PHONE has twice that ffs).

no, it's primarily a content consumption device xp

I was surprised how easy it was to go from touch-typing on a reg. keyboard to modified 2-finger/4-finger typing on the ipad. But yeah, it's not good if you have to do a lot of keyboarding.

If you want to make an Apple fanboy REALLY angry, assert that it's not a content creation device. They get soooo wound up.

'But look at THIS artist making finger paintings and look at THIS musician using the on-screen piano etc etc'

those apple fanboys!!

if it bothers you aa then suggest unsubscribe from daring fireball.

ikr

I have a sneaking suspicion it's geared toward making me buy stuff from the iTunes store more than anything else

^ solitary posts that sum up the spirit of apple inc.

naw itunes exists to sell devices

this is pretty ill http://techcraver.com/2010/12/19/add-a-screen-to-your-computer-with-air-display-for-ipad

Does Apple only sell the 27" display right now? I'm assuming their policy is that if you want something smaller, you can just buy an iMac and use that, but I kind of want a slightly smaller monitor.

I recently set up my desk again and have my older 20" monitor (Dell, but one of the nicer displays they've made) sitting side by side with my 15" laptop, and... they're the same resolution. It's creepy, because when I first attached it, it mirrored the displays and you end up with one that has huge text and one with tiny text.

is there any good reason to buy an apple display though? aren't there plenty of comparable displays for much much much less?

the cinema displays are much prettier

They have that awesome single cable that splits out into a charger/mini displayport/usb plug, too.

yeah but you can get a dell or something for half the price

^ban

the price keeps fluctuating, but i bought a Dell 2209wa monitor for around 300$ when my old Lacie CRT blew. It's one one of the only e-IPS monitors, quality almost as good as an Apple Cinema Display at a price closer to your run of the mill shitty monitor.

^ban as well

Dell makes really good monitors for the price. I've worked in many mac-based graphics departments that used Dell monitors.

apple displays are unsurpassable but priced at a premium so

There are better monitors:

http://www.eizo.com

this one calibrates itself!

http://www.eizo.com/global/products/coloredge/cg245w/index.html

^ban

seriously gtfo

take it to dell lust objects

there's only that one object.

New Dell Lust Object for 2010 and onward

I want that new Microsoft mouse, it is awesome and would look amazing attached to a Mac, I swear.

I would be into monitor recommendations, we can take it to another thread if necessary. Kind of weirded out that no one else seems to be using DisplayPort, but I'm using a DVI adapter now and am cool with that.

I like my 2 Samsung Sync Master 2443s. They rotate and I normally have one portrait and one landscape.

macbook pro -> displayport/vga -> samsung syncmaster here

SYNCMASTER <----ph34r

I hope you mean displayport/dvi

nope, the dvi port on the monitor has my pc plugged into it

i have a 15" hi def anti glare monitor attached to my macbook pro and you can fold it all down into like one lil package for transpo, its p neat

I've got one of those as well. It's not as good as my Dell monitor though.

i have a 15" hi def anti glare monitor attached to my macbook pro and you can fold it all down into like one lil package for transpo, its p neat

― ice cr?m, Monday, December 20, 2010 2:20 PM (24 minutes ago) Bookmark

link plz

;)

hee hee o i c

LOL

http://pulse.infoneer.net/post/2391188915/apples-cleverest-and-most-annoying-marketing

We’ll bet most people haven’t noticed it.

lololololololololololol

AAAARGH I HAVE NOTICED IT IT DRIVES ME UP THE FACKING WALL

shh man iphone will hear u

BGAAARRRHARHARHAHHHGHGHGGGSDSDGDF

hay dudes i hav posted this on the tumblr thread but i feel like theres prob more nerdz here

theres a tech bro who has a tumblr thats design is super minimal - theres no title just a little house at the top of the page you can click to get home - what tumblr is that

plz help ty