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Offline sandyman

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« on: July 27, 2007, 04:51:31 AM »
Well I never thought I'd see this from the archetypal Mac basher jawdrop.gif

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« Reply #1 on: July 27, 2007, 06:22:19 AM »
Wonders never cease !!! toothgrin.gif
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« Reply #2 on: July 27, 2007, 06:23:20 AM »
Sandy, I just finished reading that article sent to me by someone else and then hopped over here to post it, but you beat me to it. smile.gif

So...has anyone checked to see if Hell has frozen over, or Niagara has stopped falling??
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« Reply #3 on: July 27, 2007, 07:50:16 AM »
QUOTE(Paddy @ Jul 27 2007, 06:23 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
So...has anyone checked to see if Hell has frozen over, or Niagara has stopped falling??


No, but I'm a Chicago Cubs fan, and they have been on a tear recently. Maybe, just maybe.... :dream:
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Ya gotta applaud those bunnies for sacrificing their hearing just so some guy in Cupertino can have better TV reception.

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« Reply #4 on: July 30, 2007, 06:35:06 PM »
Very faint praise. But equally poor reasoning. He doesn't seem to know why he likes anything! Or maybe he just can't bring himself to admit it! laugh.gif

Frankly, I suspect the real reason is that he didn't get an iPhone before they were released! What's the PC-correct term for "brown-nosing?" tongue.gif
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« Reply #5 on: July 31, 2007, 10:00:25 AM »
If "he" can't see "elegant" in what I look at each day, then there's little hope for him. It was elegant in 1985 when all the other boxes had kludgy green or orange or white fonts on various shades of dark backgrounds.

"Backgound cycles" and such mean nothing to me and I'll bet the majority of folks who just want their computers to  w-o-r-k. That is, "the rest of us!"

You're right, ABD, he just can't bring himself around to admitting his tunnel visionh, blindspots, biases, shortsightednesses . . . his whatevers.
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« Reply #6 on: August 04, 2007, 06:41:30 AM »
Heh, ABD, I was thinking the very same thing......"Man, can this guy say anything good about ANYTHING?"

Part of living in a skeptical world methinks......wink.gif

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« Reply #7 on: August 04, 2007, 06:49:09 AM »
QUOTE(cdub1988 @ Aug 4 2007, 12:41 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Heh, ABD, I was thinking the very same thing......"Man, can this guy say anything good about ANYTHING?"

Part of living in a skeptical world methinks......wink.gif

Chris


We in the UK, and I believe you in the US, have a word for what Dvorak generally says.  Personally I think he's full of it.

As it's a family forum you can draw your own conclusions wink.gif


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« Reply #8 on: August 06, 2007, 06:54:27 PM »
First he writes as if he likes the Mac then in the second half of the story he changes his mind.  What was he trying to accomplish with that article?

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« Reply #9 on: August 07, 2007, 08:36:10 PM »
It may be a left brain, right brain battle! smile.gif OTOH, it may be a no brain problem! laugh.gif
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« Reply #10 on: August 15, 2007, 04:39:03 PM »
http://apnews.myway.com//article/20070815/D8R1LUS00.html

I'm not sure who this guy is, but he sure likes the iMac. It's not perfect, according to the author, but it just might be good enough to tempt... even... maybe.... ME! wink.gif
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« Reply #11 on: August 15, 2007, 06:29:37 PM »
Interesting read, Gregg, thanks for posting.

I pulled a couple of his dislikes about the new iMac.

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I had problems accessing files on my home PC via the wireless network. The iMac would only sometimes show the PC's shared folders. There's probably a fix for this, but this is something that should work out of the box.


The problem with his above statement is owning a PC to begin with.  toothgrin.gif  


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Like many other computers, the iMac has three different modes of inactivity: display off, sleep mode and shut down. The trouble is, there's no clue which state your iMac is in, and different inputs can be used to wake the computer up. If the display is off, moving the mouse will turn it on. But if it's in sleep mode, you need to click the mouse. If it's off, neither of those will work, and you have to press the power button.
Turning on a computer shouldn't be a guessing game. Sure, minimalism is great, but it wouldn't have killed the design to put in an LED that indicates the computer's state of relaxation.


I am assuming, after reading this complaint, that the new iMacs no longer have the small glowing white light on the lower front right.

Even so, it is a petty complaint.  If the computer doesn't come on after moving or clicking the mouse then it needs turned on.  Also, I would guess that if most people leave their iMac in sleep mode as a norm than they can assume it is sleeping.  Just my opinion though.

It is good to see PC columnists writing SOME good words about the Mac.  At least Apple is making PC users think more strongly about switching.

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