Rhisiart
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I hosted a one day seminar at a British university last month. I had my iBook set up, connected to an LCD projector and asked the various speakers to copy their PowerPoint presentations onto the iBook ready for their lectures.
If the truth be told, I was showing off a little by using an iBook in preference to a PC laptop (showing my bias).
Firstly, all the speakers complained at the lack of a right click facility on the mouse and found using Control+Click for going back to previous slides too awkward.
To make matters worse, their PPT presentations became unusable, as the iBook didn't maintain bullet configurations and other settings (OK, not Apple's fault).
Under pressure, I was persuaded to switch to my PC laptop, which I had brought along in reserve.
I was disappointed to say the least, but it did make me think that perhaps Apple ought to reconsider their mouse design (I know that they have produced a multi-click mouse, but this is not universally used by Mac-users).
P.S. I lectured in India last year, and many people commented on how good Keynote was. I remain buoyant. I would also add that my iBook coped very well with 45°C for nine hours continual use at a time!
If the truth be told, I was showing off a little by using an iBook in preference to a PC laptop (showing my bias).
Firstly, all the speakers complained at the lack of a right click facility on the mouse and found using Control+Click for going back to previous slides too awkward.
To make matters worse, their PPT presentations became unusable, as the iBook didn't maintain bullet configurations and other settings (OK, not Apple's fault).
Under pressure, I was persuaded to switch to my PC laptop, which I had brought along in reserve.
I was disappointed to say the least, but it did make me think that perhaps Apple ought to reconsider their mouse design (I know that they have produced a multi-click mouse, but this is not universally used by Mac-users).
P.S. I lectured in India last year, and many people commented on how good Keynote was. I remain buoyant. I would also add that my iBook coped very well with 45°C for nine hours continual use at a time!