100% agreed with JudgeFurious -- AutoDesk for OS X would be a major switch incentive for a ton of engineers. I wonder why there is no version in the works. It's just not enough to have any other CAD/drawing/modeling software that's got "comparable features" to AD... we need a port of this industry standard app or else engineers/architects will stay locked in the Windoze world.
Exactly... that's what I was trying to say... backlighting the "field of keys" (like the aftermarket neon product linked in the article) just makes it worse, because in contrast the surface of the keys becomes black. Which is why the new Apple 17" PB lighting is so l337... the characters on the keys are illuminated by the backlighting as well (sorta like the backlighting on an automobile dashboard).
But the PB keyboard backlighting illuminates each letter on the surface of the key, not just the space between/around the keys.... in a low-light situation, _that's_ the real benefit... seeing which key you're about ot press, not just seeing a field of silhouetted key blanks.
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100% agreed with JudgeFurious -- AutoDesk for OS X would be a major switch incentive for a ton of engineers. I wonder why there is no version in the works. It's just not enough to have any other CAD/drawing/modeling software that's got "comparable features" to AD... we need a port of this industry standard app or else engineers/architects will stay locked in the Windoze world.
Course listing at the local Home Depot:
7:30 Kitchen and Bathroom Tile installation
8:30 Decorator Paint techniques
9:00 Perl syntax for home automation
Name your house's components:
my($Wall) = "Larry";
Exactly... that's what I was trying to say... backlighting the "field of keys" (like the aftermarket neon product linked in the article) just makes it worse, because in contrast the surface of the keys becomes black. Which is why the new Apple 17" PB lighting is so l337... the characters on the keys are illuminated by the backlighting as well (sorta like the backlighting on an automobile dashboard).
But the PB keyboard backlighting illuminates each letter on the surface of the key, not just the space between/around the keys.... in a low-light situation, _that's_ the real benefit... seeing which key you're about ot press, not just seeing a field of silhouetted key blanks.