Comments on: Experiences with a wifi laptop at home

By: paul beard

paul beard — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

OS X is a beautiful and stable operating system, but I really do miss right-clicking on things.

A third party mouse will fix that (OS X knows about the extra buttons, as do many apps) or option-click if you're flying w/o real mouse.

Welcome to the wireless world. I've had this going for three years now, and I can't imagine using a computer w/o it.

By: Jon Stahl

Jon Stahl — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Good point, but using an external mouse with laptop is a drag if you take the idea of a "lap"top literally like I do.

What I really want is for Apple to realize that times have changed since 1984, and to start building laptops with two buttons, especially 'cause the OS now supports it. I know, I know, it's not the Apple Way (tm). But I don't care.

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

It doesn't sound like you'll be moving away from your PC anytime soon but if it's any consolation, sharing a printer with another Mac desktop over a wireless network is a breeze, as , I would guess, is sharing from a PC to a PC.

I don't know if your Mac has bluetooth built in, but we use a bluetooth mouse with our laptop and it does not take away from the wireless "experience."

By: Jon Stahl

Jon Stahl — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Bluetooth or no, it’s hard to use a mouse when your laptop is in your lap.

By: Trey

Trey — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

snip SideTrack is a replacement driver for the trackpad (touchpad) found on Apple PowerBooks and iBooks. It brings many of the advanced trackpad features found on Windows laptops to MacOS X. /snip

http://www.ragingmenace.com/software/sidetrack/index.html

Or you could duct-tape your trackball to the side of your leg.