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| Posted: Mon Jul 2nd, 2012 09:39 |
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Dave Groen
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Robert wrote: I find page swiping so natural and convenient, I am bewildered why it isn't implemented on the iPad.. This kind of page swiping is implemented in iOS 5. Quoting from Apple... iOS 5 includes a few new moves and shortcuts to help you get around even quicker on your iPad: Using four or five fingers, swipe up to reveal the multitasking bar, pinch to return to the Home screen, and swipe left or right to switch between apps. Is this what you want to do?
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| Posted: Mon Jul 2nd, 2012 10:27 |
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Robert
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Thanks Dave, no they have missed the most important one, swiping between pages two fingers, sideways swipe. I can't imagine swiping between applications??? Why have an instant and casual way to switch applications, if I were working in one application, I want a positive, distinct and unmistakable way to change to another. If Apple persist with this silliness somebody like TinkerTool will step in and provide a solution, unless I am missing something... My understanding is Apple are supposed to be making the interface as similar as possible across all devices. To me that includes natural gestures like swiping from page to page and month to month.
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| Posted: Mon Jul 2nd, 2012 11:51 |
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Dave Groen
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Back on topic... I am also ready to buy a new Mac in the near future. Robert pointed me towards the Mac mini, but if I want to use my current 30" monitor I need a $99 Dual-link DVI adapter. Minis are 2.5GHz dual-core i5 ($800), or 2.0GHz quad-core i7 for the server ($1000), + keyboard, +mouse, +trackpad) I could instead get a 27" iMac with 3.1GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i5 for $2000 with monitor, keyboard, trackpad, leave the 30" connected to my Mac Pro Quad G5 and use this old computer for my PowerPC-only software. I just want to run Photoshop and Lightroom on the new one (%*@^# giant D800 files!) I think the new minis and iMac are roughly the same in performance, much faster than my G5 box. Any enlightening counterpoints from the peanut gallery?
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| Posted: Mon Jul 2nd, 2012 11:58 |
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jk
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I would go for a top end iMac and leave your old setup alive and working. Of course if you buy the Mac Mini server then a nice Thunderbolt display makes it a very up-market piece of kit as it can then do 2540x1600.
____________________ Still learning after all these years! https://nikondslr.uk/gallery_view.php?user=2&folderid=none |
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| Posted: Mon Jul 2nd, 2012 12:21 |
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Robert
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I agree Dave, it's an individual choice depending on your needs and circumstances. Depends if you already have a monitor, I have two 24" screens hooked up to my Mac mini's which from my point of view give me more screen real estate than the 27" iMac or the Thunderbolt screen, for peanuts. I think I paid about £130 each for the 24" screens, OK they are not top quality and not even LED but they do what I need well enough. That was why I went with the Mac mini, plus the portability. A 27" iMac os not portable. The iMacs are very heavy. I just installed one about a month ago for a friend and by the time I had carried it about half a mile out of the shopping centre and across two car parks my arms were aching. The iMac was very nice to use though!
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| Posted: Mon Jul 2nd, 2012 14:47 |
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Squarerigger
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Robert wrote:I agree Dave, it's an individual choice depending on your needs and circumstances. Robert, you should have let "cloud" transport it to the car.  I have an old iMac and love it. I will probably replace it when the iMac's are introduced this year. I have no need for portability. It has been a long time since they put out a new iMac - well beyond Apples usual time frame.
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| Posted: Mon Jul 2nd, 2012 17:19 |
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Robert
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Squarerigger wrote:
I haven't been following the new iMac releases closely but afaik the last upgrade was the introduction of Thunderbolt, I don't think you will see many new innovative changes with the next model except perhaps USB3 and no CD/DVD drive with the option of a SSD (Solid State Drive) instead as well as the normal HD. The SSD would be good and provides an almost instant start up, with fast application launch and a generally crisper performance. In contrast to Apples apparent 'rip off' prices for their RAM, their pricing structure for SSD's seems to be very competitive compared with third party suppliers. It will of course include Mountain Lion*, which is worth the upgrade alone! * Scheduled for July release.
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| Posted: Tue Jul 3rd, 2012 00:09 |
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TomOC
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Ed- It was the iphone that made it a no brainer for many. You will not believe how cool it is to have the iphone and your mac sync without any effort or glitch or anything.... iCloud just does it immediately for contacts, calendar, and email... It is better than corporate networks by a mile.. And it is just you  Tom PS - I agree with Doug on the keypad/trackpad/magic mouse layout... Actually I use the trackpad very little - the magic mouse does a lot of the gestures that are the bit uptick for me
____________________ Tom O'Connell -Lots of people talk to animals.... Not very many listen, though.... That's the problem. Benjamin Hoff, The Tao of Pooh |
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| Posted: Tue Jul 3rd, 2012 01:00 |
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Robert
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I dislike the Magic Mouse intensely! I have one but Michael uses and loves it? My dislike stems from the unexpected leaping about of the screen image in such applications as Google Earth, or when viewing images in Lightroom caused by simply handling and using the MM. inadvertently touching the MM in the sensitive area can cause unexpected, unintended and very annoying results, for me. As I say, Michael loves it, and keeps it well away from my desk!  He even puts it away in it's little 'glass' case every night.I keep a conventional wired mouse attached to Michaels computer in case I need to use it or need to show him something.
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| Posted: Tue Jul 3rd, 2012 15:22 |
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Robert
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When I wrote that I didn't expect any significant technical updates to the iMac range although, in the back of my mind I wondered if... then dismissed the idea as silly! But... Interesting News item... Mmmmm May have sorted the URL but not the [d] code    :wtf:
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