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Mike, you can use a scroll mouse on a Mac with no problems. I hated the Mac mouse and keyboard so I sold them on ebay. I currently have a Logitech keyboard and a Microsoft optical scroll mouse on my Mac. They work great and don't require software installation of any kind. The Mac is fully capable of right-click options, but you won't see them with the single-button mouse.
I remember that I did have problems opening the DVD drive because you have to use a keyboard button to open it, and the Logitech didn't seem to work. I just made a shortcut up at the top right of the screen which opens and closes the drive. Works great. I found the shortcut (probably a script) in a folder somewhere on the Mac. It just needed to be installed.
This open-the-DVD-with-the-keyboard "feature" is one of several things you have to put up with when you use a Mac. I remember when they once decided to have no power switch on the tower - just on the keyboard. So, if the keyboard wouldn't respond, and you had to reboot, you were under the desk unplugging it from the wall!
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Since when did the Macs become the dark side? That was our line. Kinda like the Democrats switching the blue and red states.
Mike. I have a Logitech cordless two button/scroll wheel mouse that works great. Sure don't miss that usb cable and the wheel has me hooked for sure.
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Sweet! I just plugged in my IBM ergonomic mouse and it works great.. feels much better than the mouse that comes with the iMac.. and it has a cool illuminated scrollwheel to boot.
Russ, there's no DVD drive to open on this machine, you just push a disc into the slot and it loads. To eject it you can use the eject button on the keyboard or drag the drive icon into the trash can... or right-click on the icon and choose "Eject".. pretty effortless any way you look at it.
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Mike Pipes stickerpimp.com Lake Havasu, AZ mike@stickerpimp.com Posts: 8746 | From: Lake Havasu, AZ USA | Registered: Jun 2000
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""Good judgment comes from experience; and a lot of that comes from bad judgment" - Will Rogers Posts: 3516 | From: Beautiful Newaygo, Michigan | Registered: Mar 2003
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Enjoy the lack of crashes, viruses, and rock solid stability of OSX. We're installing tiger next week. Although its hard to imagine improving Panther...
Get yourself an Ipod Mini and you'll really be loving life!
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I'd agree with Dan here about the iPod......hooked up to some nice powered speakers you've got the ultimate tune machine.
I've been running OS 10.4 for a week or so, the Spotlight feature is awesome!
Nobody seems to remember back when Billy Big Buck's from Redmond basically robbed another guy of his OS and named it DOS...how inspiring. Then later basically stole the whole MAC GUI and named it WINDOZE 3.1. Check out the movie Pirates of Silicone Valley!
As it goes most times these days, the guy with the biggest wallet won that court battle.
I for one would rather spend time learing more about Design software than firewalls and anti-virus, or simply sitting there wondering "why does this new POS keep crashing."
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I just found the VoiceOver feature.. Oh man what a riot! I dont have to read the Bullboard anymore, I can just have the computer read it to me!
I did turn on the microphone and actually recorded the computer reading the posts in this thread but the short clip is 8MB in size, kind of a long download for anyone on dial-up..
Hmmm... I gotta find one of Gavin's rants... this could be fun.
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Mike Pipes stickerpimp.com Lake Havasu, AZ mike@stickerpimp.com Posts: 8746 | From: Lake Havasu, AZ USA | Registered: Jun 2000
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""Good judgment comes from experience; and a lot of that comes from bad judgment" - Will Rogers Posts: 3516 | From: Beautiful Newaygo, Michigan | Registered: Mar 2003
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People's attitudes are just a reflection of the attitudes that are inflicted upon them so if someone's arrogant, 99% of the time the reason is as simple as looking in a mirror.
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Mike Pipes stickerpimp.com Lake Havasu, AZ mike@stickerpimp.com Posts: 8746 | From: Lake Havasu, AZ USA | Registered: Jun 2000
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I need to replace my other computer about now, and I know a guy that's in charge of interfacing 1500 or more computers at a school, maybe a college. He always has free copies of software given to him, and said that if I got a Mac, he would "cover me up" with free software, including Corel 11. I know that was the last version of Corel available for Mac, but here's my question:
He was saying that the Mac is so much more fluid for creating things, and I thought, cool. But upon thinking further, I realized my creation is done with pen and ink, then scanned in. The computer cleans it up, stores it, etc etc. I can see where the Mac would help with animation or something, but would it be that much improvement in my situation?
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