Knuckledragger

It used to be the case that Apple's panels were the best binned that Samsung had to offer. I do not know if that is still true.

I should point out that there's a reason some people pay a premium for Apple displays, and it's not so the little logos match. For video and still frame editors, proper gamma and color accuracy are essential. Even with the user of a monitor sucker fish, it can be difficult or impossible to get many LCD panels to behave properly. Of course what srs bsns pros (and amateurs with srsly deep pockets) use isn't AAPL, it's Eizo.

I have two different sized monitors, and they're vertically stacked: (Old pic is old. I really need to take a new one.) That said, they're much smaller than what Dusty is using. Sometime Real Soon Now I'm buying a Mac desktop, and will then be tasked with buying a new monitor. I do like the two-smaller-monitors paradigm vs. one big one. I find the Apple 30" difficult to use. It's so damn big I have to sit farther away than normal, which means jacking up the font sizes. I also lose track of the pointer sometimes.

^^ Congratulations. If you don't, I suggest you avail yourself of a battery pack for your camera*, the 85L's AF (and in fact, MF) motor sucks juice like there's no tomorrow as it moves around 2 1/2 lbs of glass. *That is, unless you have a 1 series body, which I suspect is not the case.

What is going on with Apple's line of displays? Currently the entire selection is the lone 27" LED-lit panel. That's a very nice monitor (technically superior to the now-discontinued 30" in many ways) but it's $1000 and bigger than many people want. I can't imagine they sell too many 27"s with Minis. Apple often has a late-January launch for new products (or at least they did when Macworld was still around.) I hope they have some new monitors pretty damn soon. Says the guy who's in the market for a new %$ display.)

The App Store App is very nice, but the one-click purchasing is a bit disconcerting. I'd hate to accidentally click on purchase button (which is right next to the "share link" button) while and look at Aperture and be out $80 just like that. I spent most of the holidays binging on the Steam sale, so the pay-for-download model is now well familiar to me. I do wish Apple used a cart/final purchase paradigm. Not everything needs to be a one click operation. It's a bloody good thing AAPL isn't a military contractor. Click here to launch warheads!

H/B/D, L/F/F!

Angry Birds on the Mac App Store Supposedly this game is nearly as addictive as Plants vs. Zombies.

JMJ's Very Bad Day.

I ran Software Update, got the App Store ...app working, and now I'm giving it a go. I had to add a bunch of Little Snitch rules, set up payment info and []Agreed to the mile-long EULA, but now I'm in business. So far I've only tried free apps (SoundCloud, Telephone) but I might spring for Angry Birds if things work well.