Oct.01.2008

iTunes 8 + iPhone 2.1 = Getting There

I have had an iPhone since version 1.0, and although the iPhone is great, it has been a rough road. The first generation iPhone was absolutely amazing, considering what its competitors were at launch. I was in line for 6 hours on launch day to get mine, and it was completely worth it. After a [...]

Jul.16.2008

Apple’s Mobile Me

Day 1: The Mobile Me switch over didn’t happen quite as smoothly as every would have hoped. Although this kind of thing is sort of expected with a massive service change over of this magnitude. It was scheduled to take about 8 hours, but took more like 48 to be up and running enough to [...]

Jul.08.2008

MacBook Air: a few months later

Well It has been a couple months of constant use, and the hype is all gone over the MacBook Air, so what do I think of it now???
IT IS GREAT!!!

Specs for the machine I have:
CPU: 1.83GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
RAM: 2GB
HDD: 80GB
ok, ok, let me go through the Pros and Cons.
Pros:
- Extremely portable
- Great battery [...]

Jun.27.2008

Quick Software Review: StarPlayr2

If you don’t have Sirius Satellite Radio you can probably stop reading right about…..now. Sirius has an online portion of their service where you can listen to all the stations streamed over the internet. I actually find this service to be more useful than the radio itself, but thats a whole other deal. Anyway, being [...]

Feb.12.2008

Mac OS X 10.5.2 Update

It finally arrived, Mac OS X 10.5.2 update. It weighed in at a whopping 180MB!! It has a huge number of fixes, most of which you may or may not notice. I did however notice that a lot of the bugs that were pestering me, have all gone away. The networking problems I was having [...]

Nov.16.2007

Mac OS X 10.5.1 Update

That sure came a lot sooner than I thought. OS X 10.5.1 has been released. At this rate we are going to be going past 10.5.9 in no time. As far as 10.5.1 goes, its your usual bug fixes and security fixes. Looks like they fixed the “move” problem, which I never understood why people [...]

Nov.16.2007

Mac OS X 10.4.11 Update

Well I was quite surprised to see OS X 10.4.10…….then Apple dropped 10.4.11 on me! Both client and server. The update included security fixes as well as some bug fixes. I thought for sure at this point they would just push everyone to leopard, but it looks like i was wrong. Although I am running [...]

Oct.31.2007

Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard

Purchase Status: Purchased
Install Status: Installed on 1 machine (macbook)
Update Type: Fresh install
Usage: Still testing
Initial Thought: Getting used to it…so far so good!
More to come.
UPDATE - 11/4/07
Still using it, and its only getting better as I figure out all the changes. Getting close to wanting to install it on the rest of my mac’s.

Nov.06.2006

New Mac

Well after having my tricked out PowerBook G4 stolen, I was forced to get a new mac. Well I have a new mac now, and here are the specs after my customizations.
White MacBook
- 1.83GHz Intel Core Duo
- 2GB Memory
- 100GB 7200rpm HDD
The MacBook is a fantastic machine, a big improvement over the iBook. I must [...]