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    Just bought a mac, a couple of questions

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by xfiregrunt, Aug 13, 2010.

  1. xfiregrunt

    xfiregrunt Notebook Evangelist

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    I just picked up a Macbook Pro 15, and I had two questions. My first question is about iOS programming. One of the reasons I picked a MAC is because of IOS programming. I was wondering what tutorials there were to engage in this, and any good websites.

    My second question was about gaming mice. I was thinking of grabbing the Logitech G500 gaming mouse, but that was back when I was thinking of picking up an ENVY. I like the G500, but I've heard all of the Macro keys are useless on a Mac. Any mice will work on mac, obviously, but you can't really call it a gaming mouse without the "macros".

    Anyways what is a good gaming mouse for mac. I'm not interested in magic mouse etc, I want a great mouse for Starcraft 2. My budget would be like $70 and I'm fine with wired obviously. If there isn't any, I guess I'll go with the Envy.

    My 3rd question is, is there any replica of the windows key in Mac? IE a button that takes you out of something full screen without actually quitting it? Its kind of annoying to have to switch SC2 to windowed mode to move to a different vent chatroom.
     
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  2. Svarto

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    I have a Razer mouse and the extra buttons work in games, but havent sorted them out or dont know if they can be made to work in Mac OSX.

    I have found however that it is hard to be precise with the mice and that Mac OSX has a very different mouse acceleration than what im used to (trying to avoid saying it is worse, but I really think it is). I may however have to change some settings which I hope is the case, so please tell me if I do.
     
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  3. xfiregrunt

    xfiregrunt Notebook Evangelist

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    Bleh, I like my mac for everything but gaming so far, its ridiculous how fast it boots up compared to my Vista machine.

    I guess I might just have to install Windows to play Starcraft 2 then, I don't like crappy mouse accuracy.

    But hopefully there is a solution ~ one would think professional content creators who like macs would like precision mice.
     
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    all the pro content creators I know dont use mice at all, they use Wacom and Summa tablets
     
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  5. xfiregrunt

    xfiregrunt Notebook Evangelist

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    Yeah i was just kind of joking, precise mice are more for gamers. With steam on the mac a precise mice would be nice.

    But I mean its not like people who use final cut pro etc wouldn't mind a nice mouse.
     
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