So, new macbooks. - Page 6

LeperousDust · 18-10-2008, 23:47

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Originally Posted by divine

However, 95% of them are totally inaccessible to anyone who isn't fairly confident with computers, which immediately renders them useless in a home usage environment.

Yeah, essentially though on Apples part they took a bloody great base of an OS and brought it to the masses. By doing this though they inherantly limited themselves to very specific hardware, which i'm still not totally convinced it has to be as restricted as it is tbh... Although it makes it easier to keep prices artificially high, saying that windows has never been "cheap"

divine · 18-10-2008, 23:48

Windows is the cheapest OS in the world

Garp · 19-10-2008, 11:10

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Originally Posted by divine

However, 95% of them are totally inaccessible to anyone who isn't fairly confident with computers, which immediately renders them useless in a home usage environment.

Definitely, fully agree. I was just pointing out OSX's huge advantage over windows

Mark · 20-10-2008, 18:44

The fragmentation issue is a fair one - Fact is that Linux, Mac OS X do fragment, but they take an awful lot longer than Windows to get to the point where it hurts. The reason is simple - MS made a boo boo in the design of the original NTFS which made it almost guaranteed that it would fragment badly.

Anyway, I had a look in the Apple Reseller in the Meadows (Chelmsford) today to see if they had anything new, but wasn't clued up enough to tell. I'd guess not.

I wonder how badly that new touchpad suffers from errant palms. The fact it's bigger means it's more likely to get rested on.

mok` · 20-10-2008, 23:40

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Originally Posted by divine

However, 95% of them are totally inaccessible to anyone who isn't fairly confident with computers, which immediately renders them useless in a home usage environment.

Which is a good thing surely as it discourages morons from using them- if only MS hadn't brought computer usage to the unwashed masses

j/k in case anyone feels the urge to feed my troll.

Back OT I think they look great BUT no firewire? Seems like a mistake as Firewire booting/ Target Disk Mode were one of the main selling points for Macs. I sincerely hope Steve Jobs plans to reintroduce that functionality to USB devices through an upcoming EFI update....but I doubt it.

SidewinderINC · 20-10-2008, 23:43

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Originally Posted by Mark

I wonder how badly that new touchpad suffers from errant palms. The fact it's bigger means it's more likely to get rested on.

It's only slightly bigger than the current touchpad + mouse button.

you're not likely to rest your palm on it in a hurry.

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divine Moonshine Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Southampton Posts: 3,201	Windows is the cheapest OS in the world __________________

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Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	The fragmentation issue is a fair one - Fact is that Linux, Mac OS X do fragment, but they take an awful lot longer than Windows to get to the point where it hurts. The reason is simple - MS made a boo boo in the design of the original NTFS which made it almost guaranteed that it would fragment badly. Anyway, I had a look in the Apple Reseller in the Meadows (Chelmsford) today to see if they had anything new, but wasn't clued up enough to tell. I'd guess not. I wonder how badly that new touchpad suffers from errant palms. The fact it's bigger means it's more likely to get rested on.