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My review of the Macbook

I realize I’ve not put down my thoughts on my new Macbook so here they are. It’s ok.I’m coming from a Macbook Pro. I figured I didn’t need a Pro since I’m not writing code daily, and I don’t game, so I didn’t need a beefier video card. Also since I have the Macbook Air [...]

The Story of the Macbook pro with bad wireless

My Macbook Pro is first generation. Core Duo, no 2. It’s a great machine, still a work horse, but the wireless card doesn’t work. Never has. When I got the machine, we didn’t have wireless in the house, so I never used it, there were network drops in every room, and hub in the living [...]

More browsers than I can count

So sure, Google gave Mac users the finger with Crown, fine! Google, you be that way! I’ve been playing with a few browsers, and wanted to offer my thoughts. Minefield is a Mac optimized Firefox. Not to be confused with Mozilla’s own alpha app Minefield (supposed to be faster than chrome). It’s basically Firefox, but [...]

Great Steve thinks we all want to look at ourselves while we code

Apples new gear is pretty neat, mostly. I dig the track pad thing, even though gestures are pretty much limited to Apples’ own products. The 4 finger thing might be cool for espose, etc.. The instant on LED backlight will definitely be a nice touch! The glossy screen, SUCKS. Damnit Apple! why can’t you leave [...]

Macbook Touch, I’d buy it!

Yeah I know, I know. I’d buy most things mac. True. Except the new headphones, or the new Nano. I never bought the old nano, this one doesn’t do much for me either. However, a Macbook Touch? I’ve always shied away from the touch PCs mainly because, well they’re PCs. And a pen input machine [...]

Time Machine almost wiped out my past

I like Time Machine, it has it’s faults; like not being able to define my own intervals, being kinda slow over the network, creating sparse images on network back up, but actual folder structures over USB, but in general it’s nice, and it’s built in, which I like. I had carbonite for my PCS and [...]

Time Machine over the network no love

I have a Seagate 250GB drive that I was using for Time Machine. Locally it was great Then Apple updated the AIR port base station. SWEET. I’ve got two macs, a MBP and a MBA. The MBA uses a smaller 40gb drive hung off the Airport station, and backs up like a champ. I’ve got [...]

MacBook AIR limitation 1, solved

it’s well known that Steve J didn’t think any more than 1 USB port was needed on a laptop, never mind that Dell’s ship with like 8, whatever. For those with USB port EVDO cards, all that’s needed is a USB extension, since to date, I think only 1 EVDO modem actually fits. For those [...]

So I have a MacBook AIR now.

I still wouldn’t buy one with my own money. It’s just too specialized. Tom and I ordered them for using at the conferences. We typically use our personal machines, which is great, but mine is a MBP, and his is some kind of 12 ton windoze thing, neither are light by any means. So this [...]

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