Mac OSX simulation on PC?

[Qion]

Hey, Nixgeek, I just now noticed that you're left handed! That would be nice for me and my erratic cord progressions... haha.

Edit: And I also just noticed that I'm speaking redundantly in the last post... lovely...

[PCTech]

Originally Posted by nixgeek

I hadn't noticed the ottoman-like item in front of the chair....nice!

It's a beanbag cube... comfortable to put my feet up on and light enough to kick out of the way when necessary.

I've also got the patio table, 2 folding chairs and a garden parasol over by the door... I don't like leaving them out in my postage stamp of a garden and my shed is too small to keep them in. LOL

I've been looking at graphics programs for macs... not many for intel based yet but i would think by christmas they'll have sorted that one... and how to run windows programs. It seems Wine will can also be used on mac.

It would be nice to combine the graphics with my poetry.

[nixgeek]

Actually, I'm a righty (sorry to let everyone down ). But I've taught myself to use the mouse left handed. Reason being is that when I lived with my parents and we bought our first Mac (Performa 6220CD), I had an L-desk that fit in a corner like that in the picture (imagine the desk in the picture with a perpendicular piece sticking from the corner against the wall). Unfortunately, I had to put the Kawai (the smaller synth) on the end of the old desk that would be against the wall with the window since the other end had a hutch. This forced me to use the mouse in this manner. Fortunately, it wasn't so bad since the Mac had the one button mouse. After so many years of using it like that, I got quite adept at using the mouse left-handed and I just stuck with it.

The only problem with this setup was when I kept the desk after moving out in 1998 but only had a PC to use. This meant using a two mouse button that wasn't universal. And as you can imagine, not many mouses back then were universal, except for Logitech (although they always had the button with the indent on the right side). I guess this is why I still prefer Logitech mouses to any other. I loved the Microsoft mouses, but they weren't universal either until maybe a year after I moved out. I could be wrong of course.

I also got used to playing FPS games this way, since I was more adept at using the arrow keys on the keyboard with my right hand and maneuvering the mouse with my left hand. I have a hard time watching people doing it the other way around.

So I guess you can call me an ambidextrous mouser.

[Qion]

That doesn't surprise me at all coming from a pianist; I can do most tasks with both hands, but maybe that's coming from martial arts and not left-handed mousing .

[ora]

PCtech: love the smeg head sticker on the wall .