Re: Funny article on why Windows supporters hate the Mac.


"Dave Fritzinger" <dfritzin@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Aug 31, 10:46 am, " zara" <spook,z...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
"George Graves" <gmgrav...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message

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On Fri, 31 Aug 2007 13:09:17 -0700, Chip G. wrote
(in article <310820071609174505%n.1.m....@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>):

In article <0001HW.C2FDB01502E37860F0182...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, George
Graves <gmgrav...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

One-button Trackpad - One-button, two buttons, 5-buttons. Don't care.
I
HATE
track pads!

Trackpads make the most sense for portables/laptops. What else would
you propose? An eraser-like thing stuck in the keyboard? YUCK! A
minitrackball? Yuck! I like my trackpads. Guess it's just a personal
preference. But short of hanging a mouse off it I don't see any other
reasonable solution. And where I normally use my laptop, a
conventional
mouse just doesn't work well at all.

I use a mouse. See, trackpads don't work for me. I put my finger to one
and
the cursor jumps all over the place. If I want to drag something, I'll
capture it with the button, and then drag my finger across the pad. The
object I'm trying to drag will stick, then jump to someplace I don't
want
it
to jump. Often just dragging a file from one folder to another takes 4
or
5
tries to get it where I want it. I've been told that trackpads work
best
for
people with moist of oily skin and they drier one's skin the less well
they
function. I must have very dry hands and fingers, because I find
trackpads
to
be useless.

There used to be an Australian outfit called Outback that made notebook
portables out of recycled Mac Plus ROMs (this is before Apple
introduced
their first portable). They had a pointing device that worked like
rolling
a
pencil on a desk. The ends of the roller (a ceramic-like rod) were
captured
and there was a trough around the roller. To move up and down you
rolled
the
"pencil" with your forefinger and to move right and left you just
applied
side pressure as you rolled. It was without a doubt the best pointing
device
for a notebook computer I've ever seen. Of course, Apple bought Outback
and
both the brand and the pointing device disappeared forever.... I've
never
seen anything like it on any other laptop/notebook.

Most mice, do not work on a mac.

Odd then that my Radio Shack mouse works just fine on my MacBook Pro.
Just goes to show you that you are a liar.

"Most" does not mean "all". For one who thinks they are so smart, you're
not.



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