I HATE APPLE

are there aliasing problems when you do that or is that only going the other way? (from hi-res to low-res)

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.

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.

haha lukas i understand what you're saying but i can't explain it either!

when is mountain lion due? dude at apple store told me my mbp w/ lion wont work with apple tv. wtf?

i can answer yr first question vaguely: this summer

id also like to point out the obvious and say the design of those stores is so fucking wack

hahaha

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?

Yes, I have, and yes, they will.

http://i.imgur.com/VqgjP.png

oh no!

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).

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...

Lol really?

http://lowendmac.com/musings/06/art0906/ibook_battery.jpg

to be honest i wish laptops ran on AAs

Wau. I mean I guess it makes sense. But wau.

after years and years of resistance i have had to succumb to the lure of the i-wotsit.

teenkid had offer on iphone 3 of a mate of his, and i could not really say no as he had saved money etc.

he has now installed itunes and even impressed me with its range of unneccesary shyte

so why do i feel so compromised/dirty.

is the beginning of the slip and slide into i-wotsit lust ?

it's possible to own apple kit and also remain a human being with the freedom to make decisions

not with a teenkid it aint.

really hating this nonsense. the upgrade to ios 5 destroying any semblance of alphabetical organisation of tracks, artists and albums.

euler: it was you complaining about no "save as", right? that's back in 10.8. option click the file menu and it's there.

i have bought a shiny new macbook

it is terrifying and confusing me

"migration assistant" is a crock of shit

AAARGHHHH

I SPENT TWO HOURS REIMPORTING ALL MY MUSIC INTO ITUNES

AND THE FUCKING THING COPIED ALL THE FILES TO MY COMPUTER HD FROM MY EXTERNAL HD

WHY

WHY

WHYYYYYYYYYY WOULD YOU DO THAT

i just want to get everything how it was on my old mac

why is this going to take me 5 million hours

why don't i fucking understand anything about this machine

make an appointment in the apple store. they will show you how to migrate things the way you want to (which is apparently not the default way)

AAARGHHHH

http://i.imgur.com/7vjJd.png

i just moved everything to the external hd and then moved it on to the new macbook. doing things manually is always, always, always easier.

fucking itunes fucking me around though! it's automatically created about a million separate playlists for each album without me telling it to and i can't delete them without going through them individually. WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY

and why is google chrome underlining all my "spelling errors" and why can't i get it to stop doing this FUCK OFF

xp why is that the default setting though? how many fucking things do i have to think of before doing something which should be incredibly simple?

that's the kind of shit that makes me terrified of doing ANYTHING on any computers

doing things manually is always, always, always easier.

lol nope

they decided that most people want to put their music on their computer, not an external drive. so that's how it's set up by default. you unticked that box on your old mac. you didn't take the option to automatically migrate because i don't know why, so you needed to untick it on the new mac.

apple wants people to feel like itunes is completely self-contained or something

i did take the option to automatically migrate but it didn't DO ANYTHING, and on my old mac it didn't give me the option to migrate stuff TO another mac, only from

so i did it manually because it was easier LIKE IT ALWAYS IS

ugh

oh my god why is it automatically playing everything as i try to import them again?????????

why is it automatically creating playlists again???????? I TOLD IT NOT TO DO THIS I UNTICKED THE FUCKING BOX YOU CUNT

I CAN'T COPE WITH THIS MACHINE

http://i.imgur.com/k2tSL.png

lmao this is my favorite part of these threads

haha

I wish they would just make a good copycat of itunes for Ubuntu

lex is your computer in the kitchen

i don't find it funny >>>>>>>>>>:''''(

i actually did start to set it up in the kitchen but moved to my bedroom because i thought having the two macbooks near each other would help w/r/t migrating files

it didn't

i put them down facing each other on the bed and everything

(is that how bluetooth or firewire or whatever it's called works?)

you make it sound like they were making out

maybe they didnt like each other?