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WillPS · Wed 24 Oct, 2012 00.17

Philip wrote:Good to see they are still selling a separate SuperDrive.

This is the typical kind of comment I see from Kool Aid equipped Mac fans. You realise you're giving them a thumbs up for offering something they themselves have offered since the MacBook Air was released, and has been available from others for a decade or more, right?

Philip · Wed 24 Oct, 2012 00.31

WillPS wrote:
Philip wrote:Good to see they are still selling a separate SuperDrive.
This is the typical kind of comment I see from Kool Aid equipped Mac fans. You realise you're giving them a thumbs up for offering something they themselves have offered since the MacBook Air was released, and has been available from others for a decade or more, right?

That's why I said good to see they are still selling a separate SuperDrive.

WillPS · Wed 24 Oct, 2012 00.45

Philip wrote:
WillPS wrote:
Philip wrote:Good to see they are still selling a separate SuperDrive.
This is the typical kind of comment I see from Kool Aid equipped Mac fans. You realise you're giving them a thumbs up for offering something they themselves have offered since the MacBook Air was released, and has been available from others for a decade or more, right?
That's why I said good to see they are still selling a separate SuperDrive.

Yeah, brilliant. Next time I consider purchasing a keyboard I'll be sure to give each a tick for having a complete selection of letters.

cdd · Wed 24 Oct, 2012 14.39

Speaking of which, how come the UK-layout mac bluetooth keyboard has the @ sign on the 2?

I always thought that was American. Is there some other standard I don't know of?

dosxuk · Wed 24 Oct, 2012 15.35

cdd wrote:I always thought that was American. Is there some other standard I don't know of?

Yes, it's an open standard created by Apple, and only used by Apple. They don't want to use the proprietary IBM/MS/Linux/Unix/RasPi/Everyone else UK layout.

You say the keyboard layout is wrong, they tell you you're operating it wrong.

Jovis · Wed 24 Oct, 2012 16.26

In my mind it makes more sense that way round anyway; of the two positions, it makes more sense to have the double quotation marks above the apostrophe.

bilky asko · Wed 24 Oct, 2012 16.48

I presume the picture on the website is wrong, as the # is where the £ should be.

EDIT: I found a picture of the UK keyboard, and the @ is indeed over the number 2. Strange.

martindtanderson · Wed 24 Oct, 2012 18.26

Apple ignores the standard convention of the UK Keyboard layout. This has always been the case has it not?

Jovis · Wed 24 Oct, 2012 23.02

I think so, yes.

all new Phil · Thu 25 Oct, 2012 00.11

There's no # on the keyboard either.

bilky asko · Thu 25 Oct, 2012 18.27

Philip wrote:I think the "wow" moment of this keynote has to go to the new iMac. The thickness (or lack of it) is quite astonishing.
I'm not sure I agree. Sure, the edges of the display are thin which makes some impressive photos, but the unit has a bulging belly at the back where all the technology is stuffed in. I'd be impressed if it was uniformly thin and flat, but it isn't.

I don't find it impressive, either. We all know how thin displays can be, and all they have to do is shove the internals of a laptop in the back, and add a little more for increased power and slightly bigger components. It's hardly wondrous stuff.