On Jan 3, 2005, at 4:33 PM, Timothy Luoma wrote:
On Jan 4, 2005, at 1:13 AM, Amber wrote:
I have a 15 Al PB and take it with me on the plane frequently with
almost
no problems at all. The only time it is an issue is when the person
in
front of me reclines their seat. Some planes have
Amber: Maybe you just did not notice how many people on the plane watched
the same movie as you did :-).
Personally I prefer my new 12'' over the 15'' that I had about a year ago.
It is easier to transport and I can use it even when the person in front of
me reclines their seat. Display quality
On Mon, 3 Jan 2005, Andrew F. wrote:
Iphoto, at least in the current version, makes all kinds of folders within
folders that appear to have nothing to do with organizing pictures. There
are folders for thumbs, and cryptic names to these folders and the folders
inside them. I used it for a
it does play DVD's etc well.
But viewing of the screen by more than one person is definitely not as
enjoyable as with the 15.2 and 17.
I agree...I have the 15. I was responding to Andrew regarding his
12 PB.
However, I don't normally have somebody else looking at my screen
while I am
working on
On Jan 4, 2005, at 11:00 AM, larry Zasitko wrote:
I to use CodeTek VirtualDesktop and it is a great program and should
be on everyones 'get' list
There's also a free alternative Desktop Manager which I use on my
screen-challeneged desktop http://wsmanager.sourceforge.net/index.php
Despite it
No way would I ever subject my laptop to a group of teens, nor would I ever
drive a Suburban for that matter.
Andrew
On 1/4/05 12:47 PM, Claire Hart [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
it does play DVD's etc well.
But viewing of the screen by more than one person is definitely not as
enjoyable as
On 1/4/05 12:47 PM, Claire Hart [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the
Cybertrough:
I agree...I have the 15. I was responding to Andrew regarding his
12 PB.
However, I don't normally have somebody else looking at my screen
while I am
working on it (other than DVD's).
Yeah, but when the
Yeah, but when the basketball team in your Suburban wants to watch a
movie on the way home from an out-of-town game, that 17 screen is
nice! : )
Claire
Hm..that sounds more than a bit risky - having a group of hyped kids
messing around with a $4,000 + computer and jostling it around
On Jan 4, 2005, at 8:04 AM, G-Books wrote:
Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2005 20:26:32 -0800
Subject: Re: screen sizes vs. reality
From: Andrew F. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
One surprising thing on the 12 is the quality of the sound from the
built-in speakers. When I'm in a hotel room the sound is good enough
when
and one midrange that Apple
misnames a subwoofer).
Andrew
On 4 Jan 2005 at 22:08, Jeff Hubatka wrote:
On Jan 4, 2005, at 8:04 AM, G-Books wrote:
Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2005 20:26:32 -0800
Subject: Re: screen sizes vs. reality
From: Andrew F. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
One surprising thing on the 12
On 1/1/05 9:35 AM, Andrew F. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Honestly I consider my 12 Aluminum to be a bit too large for frequent
travel and would prefer something the size and weight of my old Toshiba
Portege (11 screen, same 1024X768 resolution, no optical drive and 3lbs),
but Apple doesn't make
Most of what I do is writing (email or actual
documents) with very rare spreadsheet and presentation
work. I do very little photoshop (other than taking
the red out of eyes), but do watch a lot of movies and
play the occasional game.
For those tasks, the 12 is terrific, as was the 11 I
used
I do very little photoshop (other than taking
the red out of eyes),
Just out of curiosity... do you know that iPhoto has that feature just
a single click away, or maybe you use the term photoshop in a general
photo manipulation meaning?
Marcin Wichary
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On Jan 4, 2005, at 1:13 AM, Amber wrote:
I have a 15 Al PB and take it with me on the plane frequently with
almost
no problems at all. The only time it is an issue is when the person in
front of me reclines their seat. Some planes have the trays that drop
and
then extend out - those are great.
I know, just don't like the way that iPhoto hides my
jpegs in cryptic locations. I like to organize my
photos in actual folders named for date, event or
whatever, rather than in iPhoto's arcane hiearchy of
cryptically named folders.
Andrew
--- Marcin Wichary [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I do
I know, just don't like the way that iPhoto hides my
jpegs in cryptic locations. I like to organize my
photos in actual folders named for date, event or
whatever, rather than in iPhoto's arcane hiearchy of
cryptically named folders.
Ah, okay. That's exactly the reason I myself hate iPhoto as
Why bother, I just open it in photoshop, which I
already had (traded something or other for it way back
when, don't remember what).
Andrew
--- Marcin Wichary [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I know, just don't like the way that iPhoto hides
my
jpegs in cryptic locations. I like to organize my
Andrew,
On 1/3/05 11:02 AM, Andrew [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Most of what I do is writing (email or actual
documents) with very rare spreadsheet and presentation
work. I do very little photoshop (other than taking
the red out of eyes), but do watch a lot of movies and
play the occasional
Uh, correct me if I am wrong but iPhoto does, be default) store all
photos by date, at least mine does :-)
However you could use a program called iPhoto Buddy that allows you to
have separate directories for whatever you want. I use it and have
currently around 20 root directories with names
Iphoto, at least in the current version, makes all kinds of folders within
folders that appear to have nothing to do with organizing pictures. There
are folders for thumbs, and cryptic names to these folders and the folders
inside them. I used it for a while last year (I have only been in OSX
on 03/01/05 21:00, Andrew F. at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Iphoto, at least in the current version, makes all kinds of folders within
folders that appear to have nothing to do with organizing pictures. There
are folders for thumbs, and cryptic names to these folders and the folders
inside
And don't forget that the arcane file structure of iPhoto makes it more
difficult to store those pictures off the hard drive. I have all of my 2002
and older photos on a single DVD (with a duplicate of that DVD just in
case). I upgraded to a 5MP camera in 2003, so I use a few more DVDs, but
once
Amber said:
it does play DVD's etc well.
But viewing of the screen by more than one person is definitely not as
enjoyable as with the 15.2 and 17.
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No it isn't, but then I'm very selfish when it comes to my laptop, and I
can't stand people looking over my shoulder at what I'm doing, a definite
annoyance when using my Pismo.
Andrew
On 1/3/05 7:20 PM, Mikael Byström [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Amber said:
it does play DVD's etc well.
One surprising thing on the 12 is the quality of the sound from the
built-in speakers. When I'm in a hotel room the sound is good enough when
watching DVD movies that I rarely bother with headphones. I've not tried
the sound in the 15 or 17, but in comparison the sound on the Pismo is
downright
On 1/3/05 7:20 PM, Mikael Byström [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Amber said:
it does play DVD's etc well.
But viewing of the screen by more than one person is definitely not as
enjoyable as with the 15.2 and 17.
I agree...I have the 15. I was responding to Andrew regarding his 12 PB.
OK, I had a person give me a hard time about a 12 inch LCD screen size and I
want to know, do people genuinely have serious complaints about 12 inch
screens? I have two units with 12 inch screens, on with a 15 inch, one with a
9.5
inch (my PowerPC PB540c) and even an old black and white PB 170
Back to my original question, do people have genuine issues with 12
inch
screen size?
Of course they do, but people will have issues with basically
everything, because computers are used for so many things.
If you're an average graphic designer, 12 inches is just too small. The
1024x768
I have and still use a 366 graphite iBook and I bought a new PowerBook
around 8 months ago 12 with a superdrive and 768meg of ram. I like the
size of the PowerBook and really don't have any issues with the smaller
screen over the 15. I have used a 17 PowerBook from time to time
(brother in
12 was the big-size in 1997, and remains a comfortable size for a laptop
screen. 14 or larger is great for extended viewing or poor eyesight.
What really matters is resolution, with 1024X768 being the minimum useful
resolution today as many websites are simply wider than 800 pixels and
At 10:11 AM -0500 1/1/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
OK, I had a person give me a hard time about a 12 inch LCD screen size and I
want to know, do people genuinely have serious complaints about 12 inch
screens? I have two units with 12 inch screens, on with a 15 inch,
one with a 9.5
inch (my
I'm using a 12 inch iBook (G4) and I love it. I have no difficulty with
reading ANYTHING. I use Word and Photoshop on it and it's just fine. Now,
some people will complain.but this iBook is fast and very portable. I
use it more than my desktop.
My wife just replace her old 12 inch
It seems that many of the answers flowing here on this New Year's Day
are missing the point of the question. The original poster's father's
wife is apparently a middle-aged to older person. But we do not know
whether her corrected eyesight is 20/20 or 20/100.
Yes, a 12 inch screen may be a
I have a 13.3 Wall Street.
Perhaps I'm spoiled by the external 17
monitor I've used the past few years to
made surfing and working easier, but
when I travel I find the smaller screen
size confining and some smaller print
on websites harder to read.
Best reason for using an external monitor
at
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