Yeah, that particular model of keyboard is very hard to touch in terms of tactile feedback. I used to have 5 or 6 of them. I'm sure I still have a couple. The new Apple keyboard suck, pure and simple. I have switched to the keyboards that use the same keyswitch mechanisms as laptop keyboards. I've gotten so used to the short throw of laptop keys that this seems more natural to me now.
Please...Wesley...why can't I stay?
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NoiseDesign - Feb 12, 2006 5:54:53 pm PST #7052 of 10003
Our wings are not tired
tommyrot - Feb 13, 2006 5:25:01 am PST #7053 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Analog laser disc player thingie: [link]
The ELP laser turntable reads LPs with lasers -- the manufacturer claims that the lasers can read "virgin" parts of the grooves that haven't been touched by needles and produce a better sound, and that the five laser read-head lets you skip forward and back across or within tracks as you would with a CD.
Cool! I need a new turntable.
Some major manufacturer was gonna come out with something like this in the early '80s, but they cancelled their plans when CDs became popular. IIRC it was supposed to cost about $1,500 back in the early '80s. This one starts at $14,999... bastards!
Sean K - Feb 13, 2006 7:17:09 am PST #7054 of 10003
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I wonder if this means the ressurrection of vinyl....
This one starts at $14,999... bastards!
Probably not.
Atropa - Feb 14, 2006 10:12:26 am PST #7055 of 10003
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
This is a complete long shot, but I figured I'd ask: does anyone have any good links for reviews of cd-player boomboxes?
§ ita § - Feb 14, 2006 1:07:27 pm PST #7056 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Gris - Feb 14, 2006 3:40:55 pm PST #7057 of 10003
Hey. New board.
Apple upgraded my Macbook Pro order from 1.67 GHz to 1.83 GHz for free, but also extended the ship date by 2 weeks.
Sigh. I need my new computer. This computer lab business is getting OLD.
shrift - Feb 15, 2006 10:28:23 am PST #7058 of 10003
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
So I'm looking at the PowerBook G4. Love it, hate it, worth the money?
tommyrot - Feb 15, 2006 10:32:24 am PST #7059 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
So I'm looking at the PowerBook G4. Love it, hate it, worth the money?
I totally want a Powerbook. Except now I want a Macbook Pro instead.
Have they started discounting the PowerBooks yet?
Jessica - Feb 15, 2006 11:06:53 am PST #7060 of 10003
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Okay, this is weird. All of a sudden, holding down any key on this keyboard works verrrrry sloooowly. (Deleting text, entering multiple letters in a word like sloooowly, etc.) Any idea what I could have changed? It's muy annoying.
P.M. Marc - Feb 15, 2006 11:18:07 am PST #7061 of 10003
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
So I'm looking at the PowerBook G4. Love it, hate it, worth the money?
I adore my now-three-year-old one. I want another, though until I can afford it, I'm just upping the RAM in Fredlet.
It survived a tumble that bent the frame, for crying out loud. (The frame's since been fixed.)