I Have Crossed Over

[SneakySnake]

Originally Posted by sswilson

1/ No touch sensor on the track pad. You have to use the actual mouse button to select (drove me absolutely nuts within 5 minutes).

That's just a setting you turn on or off depending on preference. The new ones only use multi touch - ie. there's no physical button

Windows laptops drive me crazy since I can't scroll using a two finger swipe

[lowfat]

Originally Posted by SneakySnake

That's just a setting you turn on or off depending on preference. The new ones only use multi touch - ie. there's no physical button

Windows laptops drive me crazy since I can't scroll using a two finger swipe

werd. I can't stand non-multitouch trackpads. If I could get a full-sized multi-touch trackpad to use with my desktop I would in a heartbeat.

[MacJunky]

You might want to look into using a graphics tablet then, lowfat. :P
Not quite the same, I know, but if you have enough buttons available then it would be decent I suppose. Not good for gaming but the same goes for a trackpad.

An interesting note here. Apple's Twentieth Anniversary Mac(TAM) came with a trackpad instead of a mouse. It was detachable from the keyboard and the keyboard even had a leather palm rest. That was 1997 though, so no multi-touch. hehe

[lcdguy]

bit of an update my macbook is on the truck for delivery

[lcdguy]

i got my mac book. And i absolutly love it. the next step is install some free apps. Any suggestions ?

[lowfat]

Adium for MSN. Handbrake for ripping DVDs & Converting videos. Perian codec pack. Flip4Mac for WMV playback. Those are pretty much the only applications I install.

[SneakySnake]

Originally Posted by lowfat

Adium for MSN. Handbrake for ripping DVDs & Converting videos. Perian codec pack. Flip4Mac for WMV playback. Those are pretty much the only applications I install.

+1 on Adium and Handbrake

Handbrake rips DVD's now? I thought it only converted/encoded them. Also grab VLC for video playback.

[lcdguy]

i have installed a bunch of software now.

Handbrake
amsn
vlc
virtuabox
openoffice
the unarchiver
mactheripper

I have one question. How to change what program is associated with what file.

[MacJunky]

Select the file then hit command+i (or select Get Info from either the menu bar or contextual menu) and look for the triangle beside "Open with". Hit that triangle and select your preferred app.
Also, there should be a "apply to all" or something button there too so that all files like it are opened with the same app.

btw, I <3 MenuMeters
Gonna boot up my old G4 and have a look around it's HDD for names of good software in a bit here.

[lowfat]

right click the file, get info. then 'open with'

EDIT: 10 seconds to slow.