MBP: Screen Tilt Angle Unacceptable To Some — #33
Good grief. It looks no different to the current model powerbooks and people have been using them for years without any problems.
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MBP: Screen Tilt Angle Unacceptable To Some — #34
I just took this. In my lap, I have to move the screen UP.
MBP: Screen Tilt Angle Unacceptable To Some — #35
This would be a non-issue for me, since I use my laptop nearly 90% of the time on a desk and with the screen tilted at approx. 115-120degrees. Maybe this was an effort by Apple to…
MBP: Screen Tilt Angle Unacceptable To Some — #36
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Originally Posted by slffl
And here's a view of the MBP while on my lap. I talked to 4 co-workers, they all said the angle sucked. So I guess it must suck.
Man, it …
MBP: Screen Tilt Angle Unacceptable To Some — #37
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Originally Posted by cambro
For those of you that like to prop up your keyboard, sit with the machine on your lap, use it to give presentations while standing, or use i…
MBP: Screen Tilt Angle Unacceptable To Some — #38
I just took a trip to the Apple Store to look at 'em...looking at my own PB G4 1.67 before and afterward.
YES, the screen angle is more narrow on the MBPs. 20 degrees or so might…
MBP: Screen Tilt Angle Unacceptable To Some — #39
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Originally Posted by slffl
I beg to differ
http://forums.macnn.com/showthread.php?t=286467
you beg to differ? your evidence is of a different issue...not the angle…
MBP: Screen Tilt Angle Unacceptable To Some — #40
Let's not forget, the macbook seems (in my brief experience with one) to be a good deal hotter than the previous albooks.
It is noticeable. Unlike with the albooks I went "whoa, …
MBP: Screen Tilt Angle Unacceptable To Some — #41
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Originally Posted by slffl
Side view for who requested. From the picture it looks like the angle is a physical issue, but in person it's being limited by something in the…
MBP: Screen Tilt Angle Unacceptable To Some — #42
remember everyone, heat sources placed on the pelvic region is bad for the swimmers . . . .
at least for those of us with swimmers . . .
MBP: Screen Tilt Angle Unacceptable To Some — #43
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Originally Posted by Enigmaaron
I don't know what you are looking at but if I look closely on mine it is most certainly the base of the screen hitting the back of the bas…
MBP: Screen Tilt Angle Unacceptable To Some — #44
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Originally Posted by AShul007
you beg to differ? your evidence is of a different issue...not the angle.....
Um, whatever, I seem to be talking about the angle to me.…
MBP: Screen Tilt Angle Unacceptable To Some — #45
thank god i saw them in person. i cancelled my cto immediately. i travel quite a bit and i have to have my 12 inch powerbook tilted as far back as it will go and pushed as far ba…
MBP: Screen Tilt Angle Unacceptable To Some — #46
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Originally Posted by iobuffa
I disagree with this assessment. I give presentations all the time and I never need my screen to be no greater than the MBP's limitations. …
MBP: Screen Tilt Angle Unacceptable To Some — #47
Having spoken to an Apple worker, he claims that the difference is very small - more like 130 degrees on the MBP versus 135 on the PowerBook G4. It may be more a matter of the scr…
MBP: Screen Tilt Angle Unacceptable To Some — #48
Is anyone able to post a pic of a 14" iBook to compare to the picture below.. Preferrably the same camera angle? That is what I sold to get one of these. I used to use it in bed ma…
MBP: Screen Tilt Angle Unacceptable To Some — #49
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Originally Posted by Commodus
Having spoken to an Apple worker, he claims that the difference is very small - more like 130 degrees on the MBP versus 135 on the PowerBook…
MBP: Screen Tilt Angle Unacceptable To Some — #50
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Originally Posted by yticolev
It sounds like you just said the limitations of 120 degrees might not work for you. ? Is or is not this a constraint?
I don't know what…
Skip The Diamond: They're Worthless (Excellent Diamond History Article) — #1
Apparently diamonds are relatively worthless according to this article in The Atlantic magazine.
Personally, after reading this article, I'll never be bothered to buy another one …
Skip The Diamond: They're Worthless (Excellent Diamond History Article) — #2
Anyone tried proposing to their girlfriend with Moissanite and lived to tell the tale?
For better or worse, De Beers has very effectively made the size of an overpriced diamond a …
Skip The Diamond: They're Worthless (Excellent Diamond History Article) — #3
It is an excellent article. And it has been for the past 24 years, ever since it was written in 1982!
Timeline, anyone?
Not to take anything away from it, though: It is worth r…
Skip The Diamond: They're Worthless (Excellent Diamond History Article) — #4
Honestly, that is EXACTLY what the article talks about - did you READ it?
Because if you did, you'd find that the entire Western public has been brainwashed by DeBeers through cle…
Skip The Diamond: They're Worthless (Excellent Diamond History Article) — #5
It was just republished by The Atlantic, dork.
It's still worthwhile no matter the timeline.
And it gives credence to the notion that all of a sudden DeBeers is pushing the "…
Skip The Diamond: They're Worthless (Excellent Diamond History Article) — #6
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Originally Posted by Cody Dawg
It was just republished by The Atlantic, dork.
Ah, retracted then. Sometimes, my screen name does come in handy!
Skip The Diamond: They're Worthless (Excellent Diamond History Article) — #7
No, it's okay.
If you visit their homepage here you'll see where they gave it to us to read again.
It's a great article.