Re: [OT] Windows on Macbook

2014-10-14 Thread Stephen Price
Man, if Apple one day released a Mac laptop with a Windows keyboard they'd make a killing. But that'd be like admitting their OS is crap and they would never give up control over the software side of things. But seriously. Imagine a Win Book Pro. I'd so buy one and put windows on it. Not having a

Re: [OT] Windows on Macbook

2014-10-14 Thread mike smith
Why do you miss it? They've got a backspace key ... FWIW, I don't like the mac KB either, but that's more a space / layout issue, and I use a BT wireless natural KB with it. On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 9:29 PM, Stephen Price step...@perthprojects.com wrote: Man, if Apple one day released a Mac

Re: [OT] Windows on Macbook

2014-10-14 Thread Sam Lai
Because sometimes that's just where your cursor is and you know there's a key that does what you want but isn't available... unless you press FN-BKSP. And FN-UP and FN-DOWN for page up, page down. On 14 October 2014 23:19, mike smith meski...@gmail.com wrote: Why do you miss it? They've got a

Re: [OT] Windows on Macbook

2014-10-14 Thread Tom Rutter
MS should have done that instead of making the Surface :p On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 9:29 PM, Stephen Price step...@perthprojects.com wrote: Man, if Apple one day released a Mac laptop with a Windows keyboard they'd make a killing. But that'd be like admitting their OS is crap and they would

RE: [OT] Windows on Macbook

2014-10-14 Thread Ken Schaefer
Aren’t there a half dozen laptops out there that have specs like a MBP that you can run Windows? What’s so special about the MBP (assuming you don’t want to run MacOSX)? From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Tom Rutter Sent: Wednesday, 15

Re: [OT] Windows on Macbook

2014-10-14 Thread Stephen Price
True, good point. The touchpad on mbp is nice though. Only one that I've found usable. On 15 Oct 2014, at 7:50 am, Ken Schaefer k...@adopenstatic.com wrote: Aren’t there a half dozen laptops out there that have specs like a MBP that you can run Windows? What’s so special about the MBP

RE: [OT] Windows on Macbook

2014-10-14 Thread Ken Schaefer
How extensively do you use the touchpad? Wouldn’t an external mouse is more ergonomic and gives you more fine grained control - especially at the high DPI resolutions you’d be experiencing if you were running Windows? I’ve always found trying to do anything in Visio, Powerpoint etc. is an

Re: [OT] Windows on Macbook

2014-10-14 Thread mike smith
The MBP one is multitouch (aka like using a tablet) - certainly not all of the others are. On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 2:01 PM, Ken Schaefer k...@adopenstatic.com wrote: How extensively do you use the touchpad? Wouldn’t an external mouse is more ergonomic and gives you more fine grained control

Re: [OT] Windows on Macbook

2014-10-14 Thread Stephen Price
I rarely use touchpad because of the reasons you put forward mostly the difference in control. Was just making a comparison. Mbp is better than he rest but I still prefer mouse, hands down. (Pun intended) Let's not talk about high dpi for windows, we're not there yet. Improving but still way to

Re: [OT] Windows on Macbook

2014-10-14 Thread Stephen Price
Yep. It's common. I tried the Vm via parallels but found performance issues when using Rdp. So changed to using bootcamp which works way better. (If I want Rdp with 4 screen support including 4K monitor I boot into windows not OS X) Sent from my iPhone On 13 Oct 2014, at 5:19 pm, Tom Rutter

Re: [OT] Windows on Macbook

2014-10-14 Thread Stephen Price
That said unless you need mac for Mac work (ie iOS dev) I'd get surface pro 3. I have both and use surface all the time, Mac only when I need it. Depends what you are working on On 13 Oct 2014, at 7:09 pm, anthonyatsmall...@mail.com anthonyatsmall...@mail.com wrote: Same here..thinking of

Re: [OT] Windows on Macbook

2014-10-14 Thread Stephen Price
Mac is expensive too. Dell XPS 15 is better bang for buck. I'd get one but I already have 4 laptops lol On 14 Oct 2014, at 6:17 am, Bec Carter bec.usern...@gmail.com wrote: Yep considering doing the same. Windows run ok on the MBP? Surface is way overpriced imo On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 10:09 PM,

Re: [OT] Windows on Macbook

2014-10-14 Thread Bec Carter
I for one loved my macbook when i had it, loved the touchpad, loved the load time and basically loved how the thing felt while i used it. Have not seen any other laptop that feels the same if that makes any sense :-) On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 10:50 AM, Ken Schaefer k...@adopenstatic.com wrote:

Re: [OT] Windows on Macbook

2014-10-14 Thread Scott Barnes
OS CRAP? It's a swings and roundabouts argument .. I prefer at times tinkering around in terminal than in cmd / powershell .. I also like that when I uninstall a program on a Mac it usually goes with the package and not this festering registry / documents cancer etc I see upsides to both