That's what everyone used to call them, but I think technically, no. The 5.25" were true floppies. I still have some of those but no drives left. IIRC, they were only 720kb or something like that.
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So if I use a USB mouse all the time, it means never charging while in use?
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That's what everyone used to call them, but I think technically, no. The 5.25" were true floppies. I still have some of those but no drives left. IIRC, they were only 720kb or something like that.
I also have some of the 5.25" (true) floppy disks left too but I also don't have a drive to use them in anymore. I don't know why I keep them around but I just rarely throw things away.
Pretty sure both were technically floppy. The 3.5 just had a hard shell. When HDD became more common, some people confused things by calling the 3.5 a "hard disk."
Didn't an article just come out that said they did and at 60hz?
I still think being able to hook the macbook up to a 4k monitor at home would be great especially if the monitor served as a dock.
Thanks, gents! I obviously blindly believed Apple's own posted tech specs. Silly me!
But why then is the new Macbook not listed at all on the 4k Apple, support page, but the tech specs Apple has for it say it supports 4k?
Also, Apple's support page only mentions support for MST enabled montiors at 60Hz. All SST operation is claimed to only support 30Hz or 24Hz? Or am I missing something? It seems odd then, that the 2015 MBA defaults to behavior that doesn't appear to be officially supported?
Am I missing something?
Edit: Now I see that the monitor Ars was using was an MST enabled monitor, so 60Hz makes sense.
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- Possibly because the rMB hasn't been released yet and that support page is only supposed to include currently available products.
Don't you mean the 8"? The 5.25" bent but I wouldn't say they were actually floppy. I just called them that.
The Magic Mouse is in no way whatsoever a great choice. In my opinion it's by far the worst and most poorly conceived mouse in the history of the world. It's also by far the most ergonomically challenged. A terrible product.
Maybe your hands/wrists are the wrong shape? I find the magic mouse very comfortable and user friendly, which I was surprised about because i hated the wired apple mouse with a passion.
Apple are pretty poor when it comes to computer peripherals. I'm hopeful a revised Magic Touchpad and Magic Mouse are on the way. Particularly a Magic Touchpad that now includes Force feedback as seen on the new MacBook & 13" rMBP...
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It's far too small and flat to be ergonomic. A mouse has to fit/mould to the hand to be ergonomic. Microsoft & Logitech have been getting it right for over 20 years so I'm miffed why Apple have never been able to create a decent mouse throughout their entire history.
An upgraded touchpad would be very nice indeed. I've never bonded with the touchpad as a separate accessory, though. The Magic Mouse works well enough for me for the gestures I use, and means less desk space is used by peripherals. Pure personal preference on that.
I actually really like the Logitech Ultrathin BT mouse, even though it's tiny and I have large hands. Sounds like an ergonomic disaster for you.
My solution is, obviously, to use a freaking bluetooth mouse directly communicating with the macbook's BUILT IN bluetooth. This is 2015, you don't need a dongle to use a mouse.
I have to agree with this. Incredibly whiny comment that you have to use your specific wired mouse after plunking down $1300 for a computer. I have a very inexpensive BT mouse from microsoft that cost me $15 and it works fantastically.
Truly. I went with Bluetooth when my laptops got down to TWO USB ports PLUS a charging port. Telescope those three into a single port and I'm going to waste wired connectivity on a mouse???