anglo-saxon keyboard
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 18:17 (twelve years ago) link
what northern european stuff?
the main problems are the 3#£ issue and skinny return key
― caek, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 18:19 (twelve years ago) link
Oh, never mind, I was looking at what purported to be the full-size UK layout and I think it was not.
http://store.apple.com/uk/product/MC184B/B?fnode=MTY1NDA1Mg
Is this the badness? That lolinverted enter key is hateful.
― mh, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 18:49 (twelve years ago) link
ja that's it. i do like the tilde key on them but otherwise they are pretty bad.
― caek, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 18:57 (twelve years ago) link
did everyone switch back from reverse-scrolling? i'm 'trying it out'
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 20:48 (twelve years ago) link
i just checked, and my "scroll direction" is set to "natural"
using a magic trackpad
― markers, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 20:52 (twelve years ago) link
what is natural
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 20:56 (twelve years ago) link
the heady rush of young love
― thuggish ruggish Brahms (DJP), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 20:56 (twelve years ago) link
what is unnatural
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 20:57 (twelve years ago) link
Hate natural scrolling. Maybe it would feel natural if I hadn't been using computers for 20+ years, but I have so it's frustrating as hell
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 20:57 (twelve years ago) link
xp: Ugg boots
― thuggish ruggish Brahms (DJP), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 20:58 (twelve years ago) link
natural is win
― Autumn Almanac, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 20:59 (twelve years ago) link
don't have a strong preference, but i got used to natural very quickly
― caek, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 21:00 (twelve years ago) link
what is supernatural
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 21:01 (twelve years ago) link
the heady rush of seance love
― thuggish ruggish Brahms (DJP), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 21:05 (twelve years ago) link
are ghosts real
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 21:14 (twelve years ago) link
they live in the hearts of the innocent
― thuggish ruggish Brahms (DJP), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 21:19 (twelve years ago) link
what is innocence
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 21:26 (twelve years ago) link
innocence is an iMac
― thuggish ruggish Brahms (DJP), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 21:29 (twelve years ago) link
omg i'm on one right now
― markers, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 21:31 (twelve years ago) link
fuck imessage
― Touché Gödel (ledge), Saturday, 14 April 2012 09:41 (twelve years ago) link
?
― Autumn Almanac, Saturday, 14 April 2012 10:55 (twelve years ago) link
flatmate sent "come to the pub" message yesterday, her phone claims it was sent, i haven't seen it yet. this happens all the time.
― Touché Gödel (ledge), Saturday, 14 April 2012 13:11 (twelve years ago) link
I texted you a couple of times too, come to think of it.
― stet, Saturday, 14 April 2012 13:34 (twelve years ago) link
dude where are you dinner is on the table
― catbus otm (gbx), Saturday, 14 April 2012 21:38 (twelve years ago) link
This happens to me too. I have had a night long fight started by it, in fact.
― ENERGY FOOD (en i see kay), Saturday, 14 April 2012 23:17 (twelve years ago) link
exit relationship stat
― fine with 49 (sunny successor), Thursday, 26 April 2012 16:13 (twelve years ago) link
where is a serious macbook pro which really aims ssd and 15" retina
― the late great, Thursday, 26 April 2012 16:38 (twelve years ago) link
^^ this man has good ideas
― mh, Thursday, 26 April 2012 16:46 (twelve years ago) link
agreed, tho gimme 13" and i'm cool
guessing most osx apps can't render on a retina display, though?
― catbus otm (gbx), Thursday, 26 April 2012 16:50 (twelve years ago) link
i heard something to the effect that they've built a hi-res mode into lion that just renders w/ 4x as much pixel area, so that things end up at the same relative size
but my understanding of how computer graphics and monitors work is really really weak so maybe i've got that wrong
― the late great, Thursday, 26 April 2012 16:54 (twelve years ago) link
i mean mountain lion
― the late great, Thursday, 26 April 2012 16:55 (twelve years ago) link
like can't they just build something in to render each pixel as four pixels?
― the late great, Thursday, 26 April 2012 17:00 (twelve years ago) link
probably? i dunno, i'm p ignorant of this stuff, too
― catbus otm (gbx), Thursday, 26 April 2012 17:02 (twelve years ago) link
are there aliasing problems when you do that or is that only going the other way? (from hi-res to low-res)
― the late great, Thursday, 26 April 2012 17:08 (twelve years ago) link
Aliasing wouldn't happen at 4x pixels, since all the old pixel boundaries on lo-res graphics are also the new pixel boundaries. I tried to explain that better and failed.
This was all easier on iOS cuz the iPhone and the iPad each had a single screen size. Laptops and desktops have all these crazy random numbers of pixels. But you don't hold them six inches from your face so they can cheat a little.
― hot slag (lukas), Thursday, 26 April 2012 17:43 (twelve years ago) link
They do have that, it's called Hi-DPI mode or something. I haven't played with it yet, but the Air Display app for iPad -- which basically lets you treat the iPad like a wireless second/third monitor -- has the option to enable that mode. Supposed to be not perfect speed-wise since it's over wireless, though.
― mh, Thursday, 26 April 2012 18:18 (twelve years ago) link
haha lukas i understand what you're saying but i can't explain it either!
― the late great, Thursday, 26 April 2012 18:53 (twelve years ago) link
when is mountain lion due? dude at apple store told me my mbp w/ lion wont work with apple tv. wtf?
― fine with 49 (sunny successor), Friday, 4 May 2012 22:06 (twelve years ago) link
i can answer yr first question vaguely: this summer
― markers, Friday, 4 May 2012 22:07 (twelve years ago) link
id also like to point out the obvious and say the design of those stores is so fucking wack
― fine with 49 (sunny successor), Friday, 4 May 2012 22:08 (twelve years ago) link
hahaha
― markers, Friday, 4 May 2012 22:09 (twelve years ago) link
The battery on my 3 year old macbook is bulging. To the point where it is affecting the trackpad. I've read that Apple will replace them free even without Applecare. Anyone had this problem?
― sofatruck, Monday, 4 June 2012 16:49 (eleven years ago) link
Yes, I have, and yes, they will.
― Your Favorite Album in the Cutout Bin, Monday, 4 June 2012 17:01 (eleven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/VqgjP.png
― diamonddave85, Monday, 4 June 2012 17:03 (eleven years ago) link
oh no!
― DG, Monday, 4 June 2012 19:52 (eleven years ago) link
Battery's gone on my white Macbook. I've had it since 2008 so that seems a respectable run. However replacement battery costs €141. I'm wondering if there's a cheaper off-brand alternative and if so, whether I should look for one of those? Suppose I should consider replacing the computer entirely at this stage but money's a bit too tight to mention at the moment (just got back from the Euros).
― Volvo Twilight (p-dog), Thursday, 21 June 2012 21:16 (eleven years ago) link
if you opened up the really old ones, they were apparently just a pack of AA rechargeables taped together + some electronics. not sure if that applies to the macbooks...
― Philip Nunez, Thursday, 21 June 2012 21:20 (eleven years ago) link
Lol really?
― Volvo Twilight (p-dog), Thursday, 21 June 2012 22:35 (eleven years ago) link
http://lowendmac.com/musings/06/art0906/ibook_battery.jpg
to be honest i wish laptops ran on AAs
― Philip Nunez, Thursday, 21 June 2012 22:41 (eleven years ago) link