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by face
01 Nov 2016, 08:41
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Alternatives to dissapointed Mac users
Replies: 48
Views: 13389

Sorry, wasn't meant to be sarcastic, I was honestly interested. I remember when I bought my first computer system. I actually went to a retail store. I wanted to upgrade the basic system to a total of 640 kB of RAM with an AST "six pack". That's 640 KILOBYTES, NOT megabytes or Gigabytes. The sales g...
by face
30 Oct 2016, 22:47
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Alternatives to dissapointed Mac users
Replies: 48
Views: 13389

wobbled wrote: Definitely stick with thinkpads, they're the best alternatives for sure.

I'm currently saving up for a Thinkpad P50 with a 4k screen, 64GB RAM, and Hyperthreaded quad core i7. Pretty beastly machine but they're by no means cheap.
Why do you need 64GB RAM?
by face
30 Oct 2016, 22:09
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Alternatives to dissapointed Mac users
Replies: 48
Views: 13389

Have you looked at the MS Surface Book? The Dell XPS 13 does look good. It will be interesting to see if they have solved the coil whine problem in the latest versions of this product. Yeah, I took the Book into account... but honestly, I don't like it because it's ugly. And thick. Maybe next versi...
by face
30 Oct 2016, 21:39
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Alternatives to dissapointed Mac users
Replies: 48
Views: 13389

Ah, nice to hear someone liked to learn german :) I am really trying to like the Surface Pro 4. 3:2 aspect ratio is great... yet I am afraid I couldn't handle the tablet style well enough while travelling. Although a tablet is hugely practical when learning on a small table (since you can detach the...
by face
30 Oct 2016, 19:13
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Alternatives to dissapointed Mac users
Replies: 48
Views: 13389

:evil: HPs website is that *****, I won't buy from them. Unbelievable...
by face
30 Oct 2016, 18:51
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Alternatives to dissapointed Mac users
Replies: 48
Views: 13389

The IT at the place I work at has replaced all Lenovo stuff with HP desktops and laptops. Something to consider...
by face
30 Oct 2016, 17:35
Forum: Diskussionen auf Deutsch
Topic: Fett/Öl um Stabilizers zu schmieren
Replies: 7
Views: 5712

Krytox fett... gibts bei ebay, hab aber das thick mix von techkeys bestellt. Ging jedenfalls für mich. Wobei ich das für alles bei Topre benutzt hab - für die Drähte bei den Stabilizern tut es jede dicke Fett.
by face
30 Oct 2016, 17:31
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Alternatives to dissapointed Mac users
Replies: 48
Views: 13389

What the fuck?! Great, I am back to not knowing what to buy again...
by face
30 Oct 2016, 17:00
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Alternatives to dissapointed Mac users
Replies: 48
Views: 13389

What backdoor problems do they have? But yeah, other have those too... Can't protect myself from the government anyway, but protection from scammers would be more than nice of course.

Unfortunately, quad core and portable wasn't mentioned in the same sentence concerning laptops yet, I think.
by face
30 Oct 2016, 16:12
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Alternatives to dissapointed Mac users
Replies: 48
Views: 13389

Thanks for the X1 Carbon recommendation. I was put off from Lenovo due to very bad experiences in my circly of friends (my girlfriends 17" is just fallin apart...), but I will take a closer look, since I just realised that they might have get rid of the bad quality, PWM-flickering, way to dark displ...
by face
30 Oct 2016, 10:02
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Alternatives to dissapointed Mac users
Replies: 48
Views: 13389

Alternatives to dissapointed Mac users

Hey, I really wanted to upgrade, but am quite dissapointed by the new Macbook selection. So, incidentially there are a few reasons for me to go with a Windows-machine: 1) Need SVN, which sucks on Mac somehow 2) Need Simulink and Matlab, which sucks on the mac too in terms of usability 3) Unfortunate...
by face
29 Oct 2016, 16:52
Forum: Reviews
Topic: Massdrop Customer Support
Replies: 79
Views: 22084

I had good experiences with them. The last one: I moved and forgot to tell them that I changed my address. The package (those Topre PBT bars that took weeks) arrived, I wasn't there, got send back. Massdrop contacted me - I offered to pay the new shipping. But they just send it to my new address for...
by face
29 Oct 2016, 10:25
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: New Macbook Pro with Touch Bar
Replies: 255
Views: 61007

You can still access this stuff from everywhere I think. They just hop to the right side of the bar.
by face
28 Oct 2016, 23:37
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: New Macbook Pro with Touch Bar
Replies: 255
Views: 61007

I wouldn't want a higher resolution, speaking for the 13 inch. That just draws energy from the battery and isn't helping - the retina display is more than fine. 4k just drains your battery even faster.
by face
28 Oct 2016, 22:18
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: New Macbook Pro with Touch Bar
Replies: 255
Views: 61007

My iPhone 6 just recently bent through normal use. ... define "normal use" ... If it's really "normal use" chances are good that you're still within the 24 months of Gewährleistung and you can return it to the merchant. It was in the front pocket of my trousers and it bit by bit bend. Unfortunately...
by face
28 Oct 2016, 17:50
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: New Macbook Pro with Touch Bar
Replies: 255
Views: 61007

Will we ever reach a tipping point in which the consumers are not willing to pay the price premium for Apple devices? Personally, I have. But I am not the typical consumer, so I don't expect a revolution. Maybe the developer crowd will start moving away, who knows. They have reached the point for m...
by face
22 Oct 2016, 08:39
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: Replacement for Karabiner?
Replies: 19
Views: 7236

Works. Somehow the sys-pref > keyboard settings for changing caps to control doesn't work for me - so I am using karabiner elements and bettertouchtool at the same time right now.
by face
18 Oct 2016, 07:56
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: Replacement for Karabiner?
Replies: 19
Views: 7236

Can I remap control+backspace to alt+backspace there? I will try it out after work.
by face
16 Oct 2016, 21:26
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: Replacement for Karabiner?
Replies: 19
Views: 7236

Hey,

just installed macOS (as it is basically a security update...). Noticed that karabiner-elements does not feature key combos - and I would like to change alt+backspace to ctrl+backspace. Ist there a option to do this?

Best regards
Max
by face
09 Oct 2016, 19:16
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: Replacement for Karabiner?
Replies: 19
Views: 7236

Did someone already upgrade on macOS? Any experiences?
by face
25 Sep 2016, 19:20
Forum: Workshop
Topic: Hi-Profile PBT Dye-sub (the time has come)
Replies: 1283
Views: 289943

I don't see why anyone should buy row 3 only. That's basically DSA with a smaller surface to touch for the fingers, right? Beside from the looks...
by face
19 Sep 2016, 23:34
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: Protective case for 60% keyboards/HHKB
Replies: 0
Views: 747

Protective case for 60% keyboards/HHKB

Hey, this question has probably been asked a hundred times, but I would like to refresh the interest. Are there any good cases for travelling with a 60% keyboard? I am not looking for a soft pouch or something, rather something with a hard shell body. Like these soft cases you get for all kind of el...
by face
19 Sep 2016, 00:13
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: Ranting about keyboards
Replies: 36
Views: 7725

citrojohn wrote: The problem's finding one. And paying the shipping...
Shipping is ok, customs though... (if you're buying through a vendor)
by face
18 Sep 2016, 12:35
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: Ranting about keyboards
Replies: 36
Views: 7725

Mines did also on 55g. Moved to 45g which are quite soft (you may untentionally be pressing a key if you rest your fingers on the keyboard which hardly will happen on a 55g). Are there different 45g Topre switches? One thing I like about the HHKB switches is, that I CAN rest my fingers on them - wh...
by face
18 Sep 2016, 12:01
Forum: Gallery
Topic: Total Force
Replies: 11
Views: 5195

XMIT wrote: Sure, the two are the same in value, but one is still a scalar and one is still a vector. It just so happens that when the force and distance are in the same direction, the magnitude of the torque vector is exactly the work scalar.

(Your English is fine!)
Thanks, happy to hear that :)
by face
17 Sep 2016, 16:59
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: Ranting about keyboards
Replies: 36
Views: 7725

Thanks guys! Did a keyboard ever disappoint you? Yeah, a Pok3r with clear switches. Not the fault of the Pok3r - it was because of the switches. They were that great from the overall conception, the bump was great and everything, BUT the scratchiness and friction was just horrible! Wasn't useable f...
by face
17 Sep 2016, 14:10
Forum: Gallery
Topic: Total Force
Replies: 11
Views: 5195

This is force dot distance, not just force times distance. Two vectors yielding a scalar. Yes, but since in this case the force only acts (or whatever to say in english, which wasn't my best subject in school) in the direction of the travel (you could say because it is a one-dimensional view only t...
by face
17 Sep 2016, 11:47
Forum: Gallery
Topic: Total Force
Replies: 11
Views: 5195

Not sure if you've used Topre, but they do not require bottoming out. For contact switches I have a second measurement "Actuation Force". Which while interesting, isn't super accurate because no one stops perfectly at actuation. Once I start measuring Cherry switches, you'll see this in those graph...
by face
17 Sep 2016, 09:33
Forum: Gallery
Topic: Total Force
Replies: 11
Views: 5195

Nice idea, and very cool that you actually tested stuff with a force gauge! If I may add one thing: although they have the same dimension/unit, what you are calculating though multiplying force times distance is work, not torque. Torque and work have this relationship: W = T*phi, where phi is an ang...
by face
16 Sep 2016, 21:15
Forum: News
Topic: HHKB Professional BT (Bluetooth)
Replies: 152
Views: 48089

I own it for 2 months, leaving it on the whole day and only shutting it down on sleep-times. Haven't changed the battery yet, nor is it indicating I have to. I you are interested I will post again when the battery is empty.

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