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Re: "Unhackable" Apple Confirms Malware-Infected Apps Found And Removed From Its Chinese App Store

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On 9/27/15 5:10 PM, in article d6r7qsF7bm2U2@mid.individual.net, "Jolly
Roger" <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:

> On 2015-09-27, FPP <fredp151@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 2015-09-27 20:51:07 +0000, Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> said:
>> 
>>> On 2015-09-27, Francois <xanrov@numericable.fr> wrote:
>>>> On 22/09/15 15:52, Snit wrote:
>>>>> say use what you like... but I am pro-choice.
>>>>> 
>>>>> As far as Apple and their mice, I like Macs but hate Apple mice. Utter
>>>>> junk
>>>>> in my view. So be it... I use a Logitech MX518. My choice. You can use
>>>>> what
>>>>> you like.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Choice is good.
>>>> 
>>>> I agree. Apple mice are crap.
>>> 
>>> Most Apple mice are just mediocre, but the Magic Mouse with multi-touch
>>> surface is quite nice - never gave me trouble:
>>> 
>>> <https://www.apple.com/magicmouse/>
>>> 
>>> And Apple's multi-touch Magic Trackpad is among the very best:
>>> 
>>> <https://www.apple.com/magictrackpad/>
>> 
>> It's decent for some applications.  When I'm working on a Photoshop
>> file, it frequently flies across the length of the document.
>> 
>> It's absolutely lousy for tedious graphic use.
> 
> That's not my experience at all. I don't find scrolling to be
> problematic, and I do detail work with it all the time. Maybe track pads
> just aren't a good fit for the way you work.

In our entertainment room we have set up a MacMini to input to a flatscreen
TV hanging on the wall. When sitting in a chair and/or sofa, there is NO
other way to interface with the computer as handy as the Magic Trackpad.
Mice just have no surface to work with. I guess I could try and interface my
Wacom, but that would be overkill, I believe.

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Re: "Unhackable" Apple Confirms Malware-Infected Apps Found And   Removed From Its Chinese App Store Francois <xanrov@numericable.fr> - 2015-09-27 22:32 +0200
  Re: "Unhackable" Apple Confirms Malware-Infected Apps Found And  Removed From Its Chinese App Store Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-09-27 13:47 -0700
  Re: "Unhackable" Apple Confirms Malware-Infected Apps Found And   Removed From Its Chinese App Store Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-09-27 20:51 +0000
    Re: "Unhackable" Apple Confirms Malware-Infected Apps Found And Removed From Its Chinese App Store Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-09-27 14:37 -0700
    Re: "Unhackable" Apple Confirms Malware-Infected Apps Found And   Removed From Its Chinese App Store FPP <fredp151@gmail.com> - 2015-09-27 17:59 -0400
      Re: "Unhackable" Apple Confirms Malware-Infected Apps Found And   Removed From Its Chinese App Store Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-09-27 22:10 +0000
        Re: "Unhackable" Apple Confirms Malware-Infected Apps Found And Removed From Its Chinese App Store Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-09-27 15:28 -0700
        Re: "Unhackable" Apple Confirms Malware-Infected Apps Found And   Removed From Its Chinese App Store FPP <fredp151@gmail.com> - 2015-09-27 18:37 -0400
          Re: "Unhackable" Apple Confirms Malware-Infected Apps Found And   Removed From Its Chinese App Store Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-09-28 03:47 +0000
        Re: "Unhackable" Apple Confirms Malware-Infected Apps Found And Removed From Its Chinese App Store George Kerby <ghost_topper@hotmail.com> - 2015-09-27 18:11 -0500
          Re: "Unhackable" Apple Confirms Malware-Infected Apps Found And Removed From Its Chinese App Store Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-09-27 16:52 -0700
      Re: "Unhackable" Apple Confirms Malware-Infected Apps Found And   Removed From Its Chinese App Store nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-09-27 18:12 -0400

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