I HATE APPLE

the heady rush of young love

what is unnatural

Hate natural scrolling. Maybe it would feel natural if I hadn't been using computers for 20+ years, but I have so it's frustrating as hell

xp: Ugg boots

natural is win

don't have a strong preference, but i got used to natural very quickly

what is supernatural

the heady rush of seance love

are ghosts real

they live in the hearts of the innocent

what is innocence

innocence is an iMac

omg i'm on one right now

fuck imessage

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flatmate sent "come to the pub" message yesterday, her phone claims it was sent, i haven't seen it yet. this happens all the time.

I texted you a couple of times too, come to think of it.

dude where are you dinner is on the table

This happens to me too. I have had a night long fight started by it, in fact.

exit relationship stat

where is a serious macbook pro which really aims ssd and 15" retina

^^ this man has good ideas

agreed, tho gimme 13" and i'm cool

guessing most osx apps can't render on a retina display, though?

i heard something to the effect that they've built a hi-res mode into lion that just renders w/ 4x as much pixel area, so that things end up at the same relative size

but my understanding of how computer graphics and monitors work is really really weak so maybe i've got that wrong

i mean mountain lion

like can't they just build something in to render each pixel as four pixels?

probably? i dunno, i'm p ignorant of this stuff, too

are there aliasing problems when you do that or is that only going the other way? (from hi-res to low-res)

Aliasing wouldn't happen at 4x pixels, since all the old pixel boundaries on lo-res graphics are also the new pixel boundaries. I tried to explain that better and failed.

This was all easier on iOS cuz the iPhone and the iPad each had a single screen size. Laptops and desktops have all these crazy random numbers of pixels. But you don't hold them six inches from your face so they can cheat a little.

They do have that, it's called Hi-DPI mode or something. I haven't played with it yet, but the Air Display app for iPad -- which basically lets you treat the iPad like a wireless second/third monitor -- has the option to enable that mode. Supposed to be not perfect speed-wise since it's over wireless, though.

haha lukas i understand what you're saying but i can't explain it either!

when is mountain lion due? dude at apple store told me my mbp w/ lion wont work with apple tv. wtf?

i can answer yr first question vaguely: this summer

id also like to point out the obvious and say the design of those stores is so fucking wack

hahaha

The battery on my 3 year old macbook is bulging. To the point where it is affecting the trackpad. I've read that Apple will replace them free even without Applecare. Anyone had this problem?

Yes, I have, and yes, they will.

http://i.imgur.com/VqgjP.png

oh no!

Battery's gone on my white Macbook. I've had it since 2008 so that seems a respectable run. However replacement battery costs €141. I'm wondering if there's a cheaper off-brand alternative and if so, whether I should look for one of those? Suppose I should consider replacing the computer entirely at this stage but money's a bit too tight to mention at the moment (just got back from the Euros).

if you opened up the really old ones, they were apparently just a pack of AA rechargeables taped together + some electronics. not sure if that applies to the macbooks...

Lol really?

http://lowendmac.com/musings/06/art0906/ibook_battery.jpg

to be honest i wish laptops ran on AAs

Wau. I mean I guess it makes sense. But wau.

after years and years of resistance i have had to succumb to the lure of the i-wotsit.

teenkid had offer on iphone 3 of a mate of his, and i could not really say no as he had saved money etc.

he has now installed itunes and even impressed me with its range of unneccesary shyte

so why do i feel so compromised/dirty.

is the beginning of the slip and slide into i-wotsit lust ?

it's possible to own apple kit and also remain a human being with the freedom to make decisions

not with a teenkid it aint.

really hating this nonsense. the upgrade to ios 5 destroying any semblance of alphabetical organisation of tracks, artists and albums.

euler: it was you complaining about no "save as", right? that's back in 10.8. option click the file menu and it's there.

i have bought a shiny new macbook

it is terrifying and confusing me

"migration assistant" is a crock of shit