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Re: So far

Posted By: J242 (24.17.17.91)
Date: Sunday, 4 May 2008, at 11:06 a.m.

In Response To: Re: So far (Zach)

: You don't understand. I'm not some noob with their first Mac. The brightness
: setting is turned all the way down. Can't go any lower. At this setting,
: in a well lit room, it's almost just right (certainly tolerable), but in a
: dark room (like if you want to watch a movie) it's still too bright. There
: is such a thing as too bright you know. There's nothing in the energy
: saver prefs that deals with screen brightness at all. Sometimes you are so
: quick to jump to Apple's defense that you don't realize there are
: legitimate complaints.
No, I totally understand you're no first time user or whatnot, I just think it's funny as most complaints with any type of screen is that it's too dim after time or whatnot. I just hadn't thought of it as being a problem top be too bright but if it bugs ya, then it bugs ya.
: Every other Mac I've owned has an LED that comes on when the machine is on
: and pulses when it's asleep. This iMac has no such LED. SO when it's
: asleep, it looks like it's off (and vice versa). I liked the little sleep
: light indicator. Fortunately, I have a 23" cinema display attached
: and that has a power/sleep light on it.
Oooooh, I gotcha. Yeah I know what you're talking about now. The little "Snore" light as someone called it once.
: I'm not going to elaborate a whole lot on this. I bitched plenty when these
: aluminum keyboards were first released. I opted for the BT keyboard pretty
: much just to try it out. I figured I'd have to stick to my older one, and
: that's what I'm doing. It'd be nice if there were either a full-size BT
: keyboard available or if they at least put the virtual number pad on this
: little one. I enter a lot of numbers in spreadsheets and doing that with
: the numbers across the top is super inefficient. Gotta have a number pad
: (or virtual). OK, so I elaborated a little. :)
Yeah, that would be cool if they released a slightly larger keyboard with number pad. Maybe if it just took and extra battery or something? I dunno but I can't see myself ever really using one that tiny.
: Are you talking about NTSF? Isn't NTSC the National Television System
: Committee?
Doh! Yeah, I was having a moment there where the train of thought was having some problems leaving the boarding station. :P NTSF...
: As for HDs, I think it depends on the machine. The MacPros and MacBooks are
: easy to upgrade HDs on. MBPs, iMacs and minis require a lot of dissection.
: With a mini, I'd probably still do it myself b/c they're relatively cheap
: and I wouldn't care so much about voiding the warranty. With the MBP or
: iMac, I'd want it done by an authorized dealer. Problem there is they
: charge about $90/hr and usually quote you an hour labor for something like
: that. So, I paid Apple $100 to go from 500 to 750 GB, rather than buy a
: 750 GB drive for $120-150 and pay $45-90 in labor to have it installed.
: Seemed like an OK deal to me.
Totally, that's cool that the upgrades are getting cheaper. They were still through the roof back when I made my last purchase but it's good to hear that they're finally coming down to more realistic and fair levels.

Messages In This Thread

Finally, new iMacs
Zach (72.214.247.148) -- Monday, 28 April 2008, at 9:11 a.m.
- The BTO options look pretty sweet.
  Spiff (24.143.160.2) -- Friday, 2 May 2008, at 1:40 p.m.
  - Re: The BTO options look pretty sweet.
    Zach (72.214.247.148) -- Friday, 2 May 2008, at 2:12 p.m.
  - Re: The BTO options look pretty sweet.
    J242 (24.17.17.91) -- Friday, 2 May 2008, at 11:44 p.m.
    - So far
      Zach (70.177.5.89) -- Saturday, 3 May 2008, at 5:00 a.m.
      - Re: So far
        J242 (24.17.17.91) -- Saturday, 3 May 2008, at 10:26 p.m.
        
        Re: So far
        Zach (70.177.5.89) -- Sunday, 4 May 2008, at 6:18 a.m.
        
        Re: So far
        J242 (24.17.17.91) -- Sunday, 4 May 2008, at 11:06 a.m.
        
        Re: So far
        Zach (70.177.5.89) -- Sunday, 4 May 2008, at 12:06 p.m.
        
        Re: So far
        Lord Crosis (209.112.185.71) -- Sunday, 4 May 2008, at 1:15 p.m.
        
        Re: So far
        Zach (70.177.5.89) -- Sunday, 4 May 2008, at 2:17 p.m.

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Message: : No, I totally understand you're no first time user or whatnot, I just think : it's funny as most complaints with any type of screen is that it's too dim : after time or whatnot. I just hadn't thought of it as being a problem top : be too bright but if it bugs ya, then it bugs ya. : Oooooh, I gotcha. Yeah I know what you're talking about now. The little : "Snore" light as someone called it once. : Yeah, that would be cool if they released a slightly larger keyboard with : number pad. Maybe if it just took and extra battery or something? I dunno : but I can't see myself ever really using one that tiny. : Doh! Yeah, I was having a moment there where the train of thought was having : some problems leaving the boarding station. :P NTSF... : Totally, that's cool that the upgrades are getting cheaper. They were still : through the roof back when I made my last purchase but it's good to hear : that they're finally coming down to more realistic and fair levels.
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