Now you can walk like an Elitist Mac Snob Vampire, instead of just a walking like a Vampire!
I'm referring to the type of person Brent from PVP is, not making a huge generalisation about Mac owners (Just covering my ass)
I am, and have been thinking about getting one of these for a while, but I can't really afford it. then again, I only just got a new PC, so it's not that important.
I've already solved the most vexxing problem I've faced thus far... mouse sensitivity.
I'd always just thought that Mac mice were poorly made. I always had trouble using them. Single-button aside, they just seemed inaccurace, slow, and "whooshy." I've now learned that it has nothing to do with the hardware: my awesome Logitech mouse was suddenly and horribly transformed into a Mac mouse when I plugged it in.
The default Mac mouse "driver" is crippling. It's as though it were designed for people with little motor control and poor ergonomics. It would be great if I moved mice slowly, with my whole arm, at low sensitivity...
Normally, I use extremely high sensitivity. In Windows, I edit the registry manually to make it higher than Windows normally allows. In Linux, I used software to alter the reporting rate of my mouse and maximized the sensitivity.
I typically move my mouse within the confines of about an inch in any lateral direction EVER. Within a half-inch, I expect to be able to move the pointer entirely across the screen. I am very precise and exacting in my mousing.
By default, the Mac seems to try and make the mouse "nice" for me. Its response rate slows down when I slow down, speeds up gradually as I speed up, and generally messes with my head. I use this sort of accelleration outside of the Mac world, but there I can control it in a very precise way.
Happily, I've discovered that Logitech made their own OSX drivers. ^_^
Oh yeah, thanks for reminding me. I forgot to increase the mouse report rate after switching to Ubuntu. Hey Logitech, how about some Linux drivers up in here?
Everyone who cares about this, you definitely want to tune into tomorrow's episode. What we are going to say will not be what you expect. I don't want to give anything away, but reasons 5 and 6 apparently are not 100% true.
Ok.. How the hell do you people deal with using Garage Band for anything? It's fine for recording live, but...
It can't make wav or mp3 files. I have to use all sorts of hacks and go through lots of hoops to get any non-Mac file formats out of it.
The editing interface is terrible. Everything's super contextual and non-intuitive: you can't easily make numerous quick edits. Why do I have to split everything off in order to edit it? Even after hours of exploring, it's faster to use Audacity or Rezound.
Garage Band is a massive memory hog: it practically pegs the machine.
Despite being several times faster than my 6 year old Linux box, it downmixes and encodes to mp3 slower.
The audio filters, while good, are extremely dumbed down.
The auto-ducking feature is garbage. (Apple admits openly to this fact).
So, to all of you Garage Band users out there, what's good about it? Am I missing something? Is there any reason for me to keep using this? Have any of you who like Garage Band ever used Rezound, Audacity, or Cool Edit?
I can quite honestly put together an entire show much more quickly and easily with a 6 year old PC running Linux. I love my little Mac, but I'm not sure if I can justify the cost without Garage Band being awesome enough to warrant it.
At my job, I don't seem to be have any problems with my logitech MX 310 usb mouse. It worked automatically. My wrist is stationary and I move the mouse with my fingers. Though this was automatically set up by the tech guy at my job. I'm surprised you had a problem with this.
Rym, have you tried any of the programs I recommended up above yet? I don't have a Mac, so I can't test them, but I'm curious as to whether or not they work.
I know this is really late but I just listened to the show (I've been listening to the old shows to fill my commute) I found a fix for the mouse speed problem.
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I'm referring to the type of person Brent from PVP is, not making a huge generalisation about Mac owners (Just covering my ass)
I am, and have been thinking about getting one of these for a while, but I can't really afford it. then again, I only just got a new PC, so it's not that important.
Hm... Mac Mini or PS3? I can't decide
I'd always just thought that Mac mice were poorly made. I always had trouble using them. Single-button aside, they just seemed inaccurace, slow, and "whooshy." I've now learned that it has nothing to do with the hardware: my awesome Logitech mouse was suddenly and horribly transformed into a Mac mouse when I plugged it in.
The default Mac mouse "driver" is crippling. It's as though it were designed for people with little motor control and poor ergonomics. It would be great if I moved mice slowly, with my whole arm, at low sensitivity...
Normally, I use extremely high sensitivity. In Windows, I edit the registry manually to make it higher than Windows normally allows. In Linux, I used software to alter the reporting rate of my mouse and maximized the sensitivity.
I typically move my mouse within the confines of about an inch in any lateral direction EVER. Within a half-inch, I expect to be able to move the pointer entirely across the screen. I am very precise and exacting in my mousing.
By default, the Mac seems to try and make the mouse "nice" for me. Its response rate slows down when I slow down, speeds up gradually as I speed up, and generally messes with my head. I use this sort of accelleration outside of the Mac world, but there I can control it in a very precise way.
Happily, I've discovered that Logitech made their own OSX drivers. ^_^
- It can't make wav or mp3 files. I have to use all sorts of hacks and go through lots of hoops to get any non-Mac file formats out of it.
- The editing interface is terrible. Everything's super contextual and non-intuitive: you can't easily make numerous quick edits. Why do I have to split everything off in order to edit it? Even after hours of exploring, it's faster to use Audacity or Rezound.
- Garage Band is a massive memory hog: it practically pegs the machine.
- Despite being several times faster than my 6 year old Linux box, it downmixes and encodes to mp3 slower.
- The audio filters, while good, are extremely dumbed down.
- The auto-ducking feature is garbage. (Apple admits openly to this fact).
So, to all of you Garage Band users out there, what's good about it? Am I missing something? Is there any reason for me to keep using this? Have any of you who like Garage Band ever used Rezound, Audacity, or Cool Edit?I can quite honestly put together an entire show much more quickly and easily with a 6 year old PC running Linux. I love my little Mac, but I'm not sure if I can justify the cost without Garage Band being awesome enough to warrant it.
The main problem is the accelleration. I want the mouse to be very precise. I'll admit that I'm very picky in this regard.
http://homepage.mac.com/bhines/mousezoom.html
Hope this helps or isn't too late.