Re: [MLUG] macbook observations

["Mark Rages" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On 1/5/07, Jonathan King <EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:
> Yeah, I was wondering about that. The first generation white iBooks
> had a pretty indestructible and finger-print-resistant (or at least
> inivisible) surface. I don't know why they got rid of that.


> > The PCjr keyboard is just OK.  It doesn't feel mushy, which is good,
>
> I sort of know what you mean, but I actually thought the keyboard was
> pretty decent, although I haven't typed on one for an extended period.
>
> >  but my typo rate has doubled.
>
> I'm willing to bet that will pass. When I first landed at the NIH, the
> keyboard they gave me sucked (in my opinion), but now I can't honestly
> say it's any worse than anything else.

I can get used to different keyboards, but I have borderline RSI in my
right wrist.  When it starts to hurt I move the mouse to the left side
and change keyboards.  Then it's OK for a month or two.


> >  It defaults to an
> > interactive mode, where it will compile for fifteen minutes, then ask
> > me to choose between several nearly-identical choices, then continue
> > on compiling.  Worse, the defaults are not sensibly chosen, so I can't
> > just run in non-interactive mode.  I miss Yum.
>
> Fink Commander.

I'll give that a try.  My software includes geda, which is in fink
"unstable".  There appears to be a whole world of complexity between
fink-the-repository, fink-the-program, apt, and whatever else.  (I get
really annoyed when computer programmer types multiply complexity for
no good reason.)

> Highlights of OS X include Preview (my favorite PDF display utility,
> bar none), Expose, Spotlight, dead-easy wireless networking, seemless
> PDF generation, iPhoto, overall prettiness, and a file selector box
> that usually knows where I want to read from or save to.

Agree on most of those.

Recent Linux desktops come with evince, which a pretty obvious Preview
clone.  I like it better than Preview, especially the "fullscreen" and
"fit width" options.  What do you like about Preview?

> Plus, of
> course, the Unix goodness you can also get with a Linux or BSD box.
> I've sort of made my peace with XP at work, but I still get really
> annoyed at some of its dorkiness compared to Mac OSX. I haven't used
> FC6 enough to say anything much about it.

No alt-tab between X11 apps is a big productivity loss for me right now.

When I say FC6, I think I really mean "modern GNOME".

Regards,
Mark
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