Jayomatic
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yeah, but the feeling still bothers me and I find the ball really tiny to get used to.
yeah, but the feeling still bothers me and I find the ball really tiny to get used to.
A classic example of PC vs Mac ignorance.
Mac's can use any mouse you can throw at it... 2 buttons... 20 buttons.
Secondary clicks (which Windows calls "Right Click") can be accessed by tapping the right side of a Mac (Mighty) Mouse or touching two fingers to a MacBook trackpad instead of one and clicking.
The latter is the most intuitive user interface action since Apple first introduced the Mouse to computer users over 20 years ago.
Scrolling by dragging two fingers on the trackpad and now pinching to zoom in and out are a good example of how Apple's at the forefront of innovation in computing.
yeah, but the feeling still bothers me and I find the ball really tiny to get used to.
The latter is the most intuitive user interface action since Apple first introduced the Mouse to computer users over 20 years ago.
Yes of course, like the mouse... and the GUI.
Apple's always been at the forefront. Steve Jobs has a knack for realizing the potential of key technologies and implements them in straight forward beautiful industrial design.
Hence, Apple introduced the mouse to the computing public.... hence Apple introduced the graphical user interface to a BASIC and DOS typing world... and 1984 was not like 1984.
Apple pioneered the floppy disk in personal computers and was the first to discard it in the 90's. They're pioneering the first consumer multi touch devices (iPhone) which will be the biggest revolution in personal computers since the invention of the mouse.
Apple is an innovator and a risk taker. Microsoft often comes behind and tries to implement these successes without getting too far away from the safety of the status quo. This is why I prefer one over the other. This is why Vista is failing.
As is being proved by the Asus EEE PC, the future of consumer level operating systems is in multiple compatible OS's versus one big monopoly. We're beginning to see that computers should be accessible as any other home appliance. Microsoft's bloated OS does not provide that. Over the next few years, we're going to see multiple flavors of Linux emerge as pre-installed proprietary OS's of Sony, HP and Dell PC's. We might even see the much whispered about Google OS. Apple OS X is going to be a part of that ecosystem of OS's.
Bold statement: Windows XP was the last Microsoft monopoly in the OS business. They had the chance to extend it with Vista but we're seeing where that's going. Windows 7 (even if it's all that is promised) will be too late to the game.
Apple or Xerox...so easy to confuse the two![]()
Xerox introduced the mouse to computer users? Xerox was the inventor. Apple brought the mouse to mass market, as they did the GUI, as they did the floppy and as they're doing with multi touch.
Let me clear up what I'm saying here. Apple did not invent the mouse. They did not invent the GUI. They didn't invent mp3 players. They saw the potential of a technology and knew how to bring it to market.
A classic example of PC vs Mac ignorance.
Mac's can use any mouse you can throw at it... 2 buttons... 20 buttons.
Secondary clicks (which Windows calls "Right Click") can be accessed by tapping the right side of a Mac (Mighty) Mouse or touching two fingers to a MacBook trackpad instead of one and clicking.
The latter is the most intuitive user interface action since Apple first introduced the Mouse to computer users over 20 years ago.
Scrolling by dragging two fingers on the trackpad and now pinching to zoom in and out are a good example of how Apple's at the forefront of innovation in computing.