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Major Annoyances - The fact that I still have to run a Windows VM to run some of the software that I use for work. - Lack of good support for 3 monitors (Lapt
by jrsmith1279 15y ago
Major Annoyances
- The fact that I still have to run a Windows VM to run some of the software that I use for work.
- Lack of good support for 3 monitors (Laptop screen + 2 additional). I'm currently using a Diamond BVU195 USB video adapter for the 3rd monitor, but it's really quite useless and I use it almost 100% for my instant messaging client.
- Exchange Public folder access is pretty useless in both the Mail app and Outlook 2011. Microsoft Exchange is actually to blame for this, but it's still an annoyance.
Minor Annoyances
- Having to use Command-c, Command-v, ..etc instead of Control-C, Control-V, .etc
- Mouse tracking speed is odd if coming from a Windows environment. I use a Magic Mouse and MagicPrefs to make the mouse work more like it does in Windows.
- Click & Drag on the trackpad is a little more difficult than I'd like it to be. It gets easier with practice though.
- It's pretty and expensive and I'm afraid of breaking it. Dropping my MBP is probably one of the top 10 things I'm afraid of in life.
EDIT: 1 more minor annoyance is that at full resolution I find it hard to read the text on the screen. I'm constantly either using the zoom-in/zoom-out feature in Chrome or holding down Control and scrolling to zoom in on the screen. Everything looks terrible (fuzzy fonts, skewed icons..etc) if you run at lower resolutions, so I stay at the highest resolution. Note: I admit I probably should have my eyes checked.
I'm sure there are other things that I just can't think of right now, but overall I'm very happy with my MBP and have less problems with it than I did with my Windows PC.
- alexanderedge 15y agoI also find the resolution on the 15" MBP to be too high at 1680x1050 and a strain on the eyes. I also have a 13.3" and this is much better at 1280x800.
- jrsmith1279 15y agoI forgot to mention mine is a 17". I run in 1920x1200 when not connected to my monitors and 1680x1050 when connected. I find it hard to read text in both resolutions on the laptop screen, but my monitors are Dell 20" widescreen and I can see the text fine on them, although it is not as sharp.
- pavel_lishin 15y agoMost of these seem to be generic OS X complaints - specifically about not being able to run windows apps, and having to use OS X specific shortcuts. Not trying to be a mac apologist here, but complaints about OS X is not being able to run apps designed for OS Y, or using keyboard shortcuts from OX Z are kind of silly. My MacBook doesn't make toast, either.
- jrsmith1279 15y agoOh, I totally agree that most of these are either not Apple's fault, or are just part of running a different OS. The shortcuts for copy & paste are pretty much the same for every OS except for OSX though, so I will blame that on Apple. Mine does make toast though - http://store.theonion.com/product/usb-powered-toastergift-box,29/ http://store.theonion.com/product/usb-powered-toastergift-bo...
- pavel_lishin 15y agoCtrl-C in Windows, Command-C in OSX, and Ctrl-Shift-C in Linux if you're spending a lot of time in the terminal.
- phamilton 15y agoI actually like command C for copy instead of ctrl C. copy and paste from a terminal goes a lot smoother when you aren't sending SIGINT to your running program by accident ( even though selected text is automatically copied, I still hit ctrl c out of habit in linux sometimes ).
- eqdw 15y ago> - Having to use Command-c, Command-v, ..etc instead of Control-C, Control-V, .etc You can just remap the keys to be the opposite. Map control to command and vice versa