this is so odd since on my mbp purchased when they came out in february, there is an option key and and a command key on the right which of the two I thought the option key was an enter key for a while.
----- Original Message ----- From: "erik burggraaf" <[email protected]> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by theblind" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2008 1:25 PM Subject: Re: new macbook question Hi, well there's a useless extra enter key. Other than that there's nothing. I wish they'd ditch the enter key, shorten up the space bar a fraction, and throw in a set of command and option keys on the right hand side. Then it would look similar to the new desktop aluminum keybord. I was actually thinking of buying one of those keybords. It's incredibly sleek and it would give me back a number pad, as well as provide me an extra set of vo keys. Best, erik burggraaf Certified Technician Assistive Computing LTD Support and training Sales department: 888-828-2445 Support and Training: 888-255-5194 Email: [email protected] Website coming soon On 13-Dec-08, at 10:04 AM, David Poehlman wrote: > so what is in plac of the command and option keys? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "erik burggraaf" <[email protected]> > To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS > X by > theblind" <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2008 12:56 PM > Subject: Re: new macbook question > > > Hi, I recently upgraded from a macbook pro 2.4 ghz to a new macbook > pro 2.4 ghz. Don't worry, you are reading that right. > I upgraded from 2 mb l2 cache to 6, 2 gb of ram to 4, 160 gb hd to > 250, and some other nice improvements. The sound, which I thought > couldn't get any better, actually did get better some how. The > monitor is thinner. The keybord is just a bit nicer, although I wish > they would put in right hand command and option keys and restore the > built in number pad. > > They directly immaged my 160 gb drive onto the new 250 gb drive, > leaving all my settings and such in tact. I lothe and abhour itunes, > but I can tell you that performance of VMware Fusion has improved > significantly, no, astronomicly,, on the new system. I never have > gotten around to tweaking it for performance and I could really bog > down my old macbook pro if I left the windows VM running when I wasn't > using it. Now it just goes off into it's corner. Of course now I'm > in the habit of shutting it down and that's not such a bad thing, but > if I do forget I can count on having no sluggishness getting my email > the morning after. > > My primary gripes with it asside from the loss of the number pad are, > they moved the dvd drive from the front to the side, and they moved > all the connectivity to the other side panel. The reason they did > this is so that people could put in a second hard drive, but I think > that is re-damn-diculous. If you can't get by with 250 or 320 gb > storage on your notebook then get yourself a NAS, smiles. > > Overall though I'm really really happy with it. And then when you > considder that they go up to 2.53 and 2.8 ghz on the processer, it > just makes it even sweeter. The 2.53 ghz macbook pro costs what I > paid for my old 2.4 back in February, so I am pretty jellus now, > smiles. > > Best, > > erik burggraaf > > Certified Technician > Assistive Computing LTD Support and training > Sales department: 888-828-2445 > Support and Training: 888-255-5194 > Email: [email protected] > > Website coming soon > > > > On 13-Dec-08, at 7:57 AM, jeffrey greene wrote: > >> Hi guys, well my wife who couldn't stand mac osx a year ago has >> highjacked my macbook pro. She says she now loves it. I'm thinking >> about buying one of the new aluminum macbooks but was wondering how >> fast they are? With my one-year old macbook pro 2.2ghz itunes seems >> to really hesitate so I was wondering if the new macbooks do this >> also? Any feedback from new (aluminum) macbook owners would be >> appreciated. >> Thanks, Jeff >> >> -- >> Email services provided by the System Access Mobile Network. Visit >> www.serotek.com >> to learn more about accessibility anywhere. >> > > > > >
