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I'm really tempted to get one of these new iMacs - just got to wait until my current PC breaks.

One question though, how's the keyboard going for you? They look sweet but seem to have been subject to a lot of flack...
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Well mine is "out for delivery" but I have a doctor's appointment is less than an hour.

I BET YOU that's when they try to deliver it.
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amanset wrote:Well mine is "out for delivery" but I have a doctor's appointment is less than an hour.

I BET YOU that's when they try to deliver it.
Well guess when they tried to deliver it.

And the bastards won't try again even though I am home now. Monday it is.
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amanset wrote:
amanset wrote:Well mine is "out for delivery" but I have a doctor's appointment is less than an hour.

I BET YOU that's when they try to deliver it.
Well guess when they tried to deliver it.

And the bastards won't try again even though I am home now. Monday it is.
This is why home delivery is, as usual, pointless.
Can you grab it from the depot?
(just show, no stabby stabby)
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kalmar wrote: This is why home delivery is, as usual, pointless.
Can you grab it from the depot?
Other side of Stockholm and I have no car. I tried to contact the girlfriend's parents to ask if I could borrow theirs and they have redirected their phone to a mobile which is turned off.

THE WORLD IS AGAINST ME TODAY.
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Gooey wrote:I'm really tempted to get one of these new iMacs - just got to wait until my current PC breaks.

One question though, how's the keyboard going for you? They look sweet but seem to have been subject to a lot of flack...
I love the feel of the new keyboard - very very nice. I tried using one of the old white keyboards a while back, it was definitely one of the worst keyboards I have ever used. The new one is good though.

Just one niggle with the keyboard - the layout! Get my quote, at, backslash characters back in the right place please. Think I might try remapping.

I have learning issues with the way MacOS handles my keyboard input. I use a PC all day at work and am struggling to use the right key combinations for shortcuts when I get home (ctrl vs command). Maybe I will get it later. Especially irritating is having to remember that I cannot navigate words by doing ctrl-left/right (have to use alt instead).

At first when I started using the Mac I was a bit overwhelmed by all the windows; everything seemed a bit cluttered compared to windows, and I am still getting used to not having window-maximize functionality.

I thought the dock would be rubbish, but it turns out it is fine. I am still freaked out by applications that are loaded, but have no windows.

Oh yes! The finder! Erm, it's a bit crap no? Can I view files as thumbnails?

Also, is there a decent text editor I can get? (Emacs/Vi need not apply).

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slo-mo wrote:Oh yes! The finder! Erm, it's a bit crap no? Can I view files as thumbnails?
Finder's getting a pretty major overhaul in OS X Leopard. About bloody time too. It's one of the parts of OS X that has felt a bit half-baked for a while now.
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slo-mo wrote:Oh yes! The finder! Erm, it's a bit crap no? Can I view files as thumbnails?
In the Finder select Show View Options from the View menu. With a window selected, first make sure 'This window only' is active (unless you really want to change the setting globally) then tick 'Show icon preview' - you should now get thumbnail previews of images. You can also bump up the icon size here to make that a bit more useful (again either for one window or for all windows - be careful with the latter!).
slo-mo wrote: Also, is there a decent text editor I can get? (Emacs/Vi need not apply).
I like TextMate
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Anyone seen a live feed for todays media event in London ?
Now with a new Mac Mini Pro so dont judge me !
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What's going on today?
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You been under a rock again ?

http://digg.com/apple/Apple_event_tomor ... rms_really

iPhone uk launch and maybe some other stuff...
Now with a new Mac Mini Pro so dont judge me !
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Probably just gonna be announcing iPhone on O2, no 3G but O2 has been hastily upgrading it's network to support EDGE over the last week or so, apparently...
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BBC says: O2, 9th of November, £270

Engadget just spotted the guy who does the iPhone online tutorials walking into the venue :)
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You're about 25 minutes behind, WiteWulf. Refresh faster. ;)
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Deckard wrote:You been under a rock again ?
Zero interest in the IPhone here. Less than zero now we know for sure it doesn't support 3G.
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