Comments on: Love and hate: back on the Mac

By: MLC

MLC — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 07:57:10 +0000

The fact that you hate the magnetic power cord means that you have not lost three previous laptops to the normal wear-and-tear of traditional laptop PC power jacks like I have. Three people in my house have had computers rendered useless because of normal stress on the power jack from cords, which means a logic board replacement or a jack repair costing ~$250 that may not last long. I refuse to EVER buy a laptop again that doesn’t have a magnetic connection.

By: jsm

jsm — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 00:56:19 +0000

Were you from K-zoo?

By: kirk

kirk — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 09:39:42 +0000

The magnetic power cord is a very nice touch… planned breakage is always a good thing for something that is easily broken.

I just switched and the right click issue… was an issue but the two finger trick is an acceptable alternative.

By: Mark H

Mark H — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 17:35:48 +0000

Quote “That absolutely idiotic magnetic power supply. Who thought that was a good idea?”

what don’t you like about it. my old powerbook dies after someone tripped over the cable and no it did not land on the floor but did rip the power connector off the mother board. I like it. cute small and connects easier

As far as heat on the mac book pro hmm yeah kinf of hate that.

and from new apple have had to replace my mother board after a weried video problem.

By: Kevin Railsback

Kevin Railsback — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 17:59:16 +0000

Argh! That should have said “if you touch the touchpad with two fingers (like you do when scrolling) and then click, it is a right-click.”

By: Kevin Railsback

Kevin Railsback — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 17:56:36 +0000

Several suggestions already in the comments about setting it to use a tap as a right-click but that can be a pain.

With the MacBook Pro, unlike the PowerBook, if you touch the touchpad with two fingers (like you do when scrolling) that is a right-click. In the Trackpad system prefs, make sure there is a check by “Place two fingers on trackpad and click button for secondary click.”. I think they enabled that in 10.4.7 – no more silly Control-Click.

Kevin

By: Kim Gammelgård

Kim Gammelgård — Sun, 08 Oct 2006 11:30:53 +0000

Don’t worry about the magnetic power cord for the moment. The first time you stumble over the cord and it doesn’t pull the machine off the table, you will love it and know that it just saved you a new screen or whatever

I’ll second on Launchbar/Quicksilver. I used to run Launchbar on my Powerbook, but am now using Quicksilver on the MBP, as it is fast enough to do the nifty graphics.

If you don’t like the tapping for clicking, just hold down two fingers on the trackpad and click. That should give you a right-click too.

By: Kelly Drahzal

Kelly Drahzal — Sat, 07 Oct 2006 01:50:12 +0000

I use a PC at work and a MacBook at home. I much prefer my Mac (except for the pesky heat issue). I almost wish I’d gone for the MacbookPro for the backlit keyboard (my Macbook doesn’t have that nifty feature.), but I’m all about small.

Don’t forget about the nifty two-finger scroll on the trackpad … that almost makes up for the lack of a right-mouse-button.

By: John Starta

John Starta — Sat, 07 Oct 2006 00:18:00 +0000

Holding down the ctrl key while clicking provides the right-click functionality you desire.

By: Jason Rambo

Jason Rambo — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 22:12:56 +0000

Not the ideal soultion to “right-click” but workable…:

“On MacBook and MacBook Pro computers, Mac OS X provides a feature that enables the trackpad to accept a “tap” as a mouse–click.”
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304052