Re: [OT] My mini experience

[Don McAllister <donmc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 4 May 2005, at 10:23, lists@xxxxxxx wrote:

> Is there a "show desktop" thing?  I seem to need to click on
things
> on the
> desktop more with the mac than I do with windows (ie, basically
> never in
> windows).
>
F11 - but someone beat me to it!
>
>> Just noticed that if you hover over the yellow and green dots you
get
>> a - and + appearing - not sure if this is new with tiger!
>>
>
> dunno, not in front of mac atm, but based on what you said,
"+" is
> misleading.  Sometimes the green thing makes windows smaller, which
> is a
> tad confusing....

Yes I thought that as I typed it - in this case lets make + stand for
better :-)

>
> So, is tiger faster on the mini then?

Most definitely - especially when right clicking - sorry!

Overall just seems quicker and more responsive - I did have some
issues in installing the printer driver for my shared windows printer
i.e. I couldn't find it, but once over that all went swimmingly.
Spotlight is ace and will probably change the way I use the PC over
time. Dashboard is OK and really quite neat. I think there's a lot in
Tiger that will start to become apparent over the next few weeks as
people start to use it in earnest and tips and tricks become more
widely circulated.

>
> BTW, as u may remember, I stuck with my 256MB memory for a few weeks
> (longer than expected as it turns out - you wouldn't believe how
> difficult
> it is to find a thin pallett knife :( ) before upgrading to 1GB.
> Boy does it make a difference!  I was surprised that even with
> basically
> bugger all running, it seemed snappier having the extra memory in
> there.
> Highly recommended upgrade.
>

I went for the 1GB straightaway so wasn't able to compare so that's a
good heads up.


Let us know your revised thoughts once you get the mouse sorted,
it'll be interesting to see just what a difference it will make - I'm
expecting it to make a substantial difference and it will probably
feel like someone has tied one hand behind your back for the last few
months. I very rarely need to access my PC these days.

Don