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Closing thoughts on my MacBook Pro Experience

Well, the MacBook Pro has been packaged back up into the cardboard and styrafoam cocoon that it came in from Apple and gone back to their PR department (I was lucky enough to have the MacBook for more than the 28 days that Apple has initially offered it to me...

Tags: Apple, Mac, My MacBook Pro Experience

Blog posts 2007-02-27

My MacBook Pro Experience - Day 29

Over the past month Ive had the opportunity to use many of the applications that came bundled with my MacBook Pro. In this post Ill try and give the non Mac OS X users who are reading this article a little of the flavor of these applications. FinderI have...

Tags: Apple, Ive, Mac, My MacBook Pro Experience

Blog posts 2007-02-09

My MacBook Pro Experience - Day 28

WOW! I’ve been a Mac user for 28 days! Did you know that its possible to run a number of Windows applications on a Mac? All you need is an emulator, such as Crossover Mac. But how good a solution is this for those wanting to run Windows-based...

Tags: Apple, Mac, My MacBook Pro Experience, CrossOver Mac

Blog posts 2007-02-07

My MacBook Pro Experience - A few days left!

The MacBook Pro is in my possession for a few more days until the end of the week I think - what would you like to see covered? Im going to have a play with CrossOver tonight and Ive a post planned on my thoughts on some of the...

Tags: Apple, Mac, My MacBook Pro Experience, Ive

Blog posts 2007-02-06

My MacBook Pro Experience - Day 27

How important is style to Mac owners?One of the first things that struck me about the MacBook Pro and my iPods for that matter was the attention that Apple pays to even small stylistic details. With all the Apple products Ive handled, the product that youve bought isnt inside...

Tags: Apple, Mac, My MacBook Pro Experience, Apple Computer Inc., Apple MacBook

Blog posts 2007-02-06

My MacBook Pro Experience - Day 26

My MacBook Pro experience will, over the next few days, be drawing to a close. But what will be the things that I miss and those that wont I miss?After nearly a month I have to admit that the sexiness of the notebook has faded. That never lasts...

Tags: Apple, Apple MacBook, Apple Macintosh, Ive, Mac, My MacBook Pro Experience

Blog posts 2007-02-05

My MacBook Pro Experience - Day 21 - Applying Mac updates: Is it easier than Windows?

The other day Apple released some patches for the Mac OS - a good time to answer a question that Ive been asked on numerous occasions since embarking on the MacBook Pro experience:Is it easier to apply patches and updates to the Mac OS than it is in Windows?Well, the...

Tags: Apple, Apple Mac OS, Apple Macintosh, Mac, My MacBook Pro Experience, patch management

Blog posts 2007-01-31

My MacBook Pro Experience - Day 16

Is working on a Mac all that different to a PC?A couple of people have asked me whether working on a Mac is significantly different to working on any other Windows PC. Im guessing that what they are really asking is whether the workflow associated with carrying out a...

Tags: Apple, Mac, My MacBook Pro Experience, Apple Macintosh

Blog posts 2007-01-26

My MacBook Pro Experience - Day 12

This post answers a question that I've been asked a several times since starting out on my MacBook experience - Do Macs crash, lockup, or otherwise generally misbehave?Well, do they? Of course they do. I know this might come as a surprise to some and might even anger...

Tags: Apple, Mac, My MacBook Pro Experience, Ive

Blog posts 2007-01-22

My MacBook Pro Experience - Day 9 - WiFi Update

Minutes before giving Apple Executive Relations a ring reagarding my MacBook WiFi issues Ive fixed the problem. My router was set to be 802.11g only and not mixed b/g. I made the change and the MacBook just connected. Odd though given that the MacBook Pro is g-capable.Anyway,...

Tags: Apple, Mac, My MacBook Pro Experience, Apple MacBook

Blog posts 2007-01-19

My MacBook Pro Experience - Day 9

I hadnt planned on a "My MacBook Pro Experience" post today but a question by ShadeTree in the TalkBack section of yesterdays post I think deserves a longer answer than I can give it as a reply in the TalkBack section.ShadeTree asked: "Are you worried that if you converted to...

Tags: Apple, Mac, My MacBook Pro Experience, Apple Macintosh, IM

Blog posts 2007-01-19

My MacBook Pro Experience - Day 8

FAQ time!Over the past few weeks Ive received a number of questions thorough the TalkBack sections and via email. As with any time that youre bombarded with questions, its best to answer then once, rather than separately. The questions and answers appear in no particular order.What prompted you...

Tags: Apple, Mac, My MacBook Pro Experience, Apple MacBook, Apple MacBook Pro

Blog posts 2007-01-18

My MacBook Pro Experience - Day 7

In this installment of my MacBook Pro Experience Im going to be covering some of the basic skills and knowledge I’ve discovered that someone making the switch from Windows to Mac really needs to carry out basic functions within the Mac OS X environment.If you are already a Mac user,...

Tags: Apple, Mac, My MacBook Pro Experience, Apple Macintosh, keyboard

Blog posts 2007-01-17

My MacBook Pro Experience - Day 6

Its day six of my MacBook Pro experience (or should that be experiment?) and today Im going to talk more about the actual Mac hardware.Its nearly a week into the MacBook experience and since Ive now had the opportunity to handle the MacBook Pro quite a bit and use the...

Tags: Apple, Mac, My MacBook Pro Experience, Apple MacBook, IM

Blog posts 2007-01-16

My MacBook Pro Experience - Day 5

Its day 5 of my MacBook experience - time to see if I can get Windows XP and Windows Vista running on that sucker!For this experiment I downloaded Apple BootCamp and Parallels for Mac. I was going to use BootCamp to get XP on the MacBook and Parallels for...

Tags: My MacBook Pro Experience

Blog posts 2007-01-15

Additional Resources

Words from the Woz

Steve Wozniak is many things: electronics enthusiast, author of iWoz, former fifth-grade teacher, plane-crash survivor, ex-reality-TV-boyfriend of D-list comedian Kathy Griffin, and, oh yeah, co-founder of a company called Apple. You might have heard of it. Today, he put on the hat of former engineer as he...

Tags: Microsoft Word, Electronics, Apple Inc., Computer, Intel Developer Forum, Productivity, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-08-21

IKEA's mixed bag of IT investments

Last evening I read an interesting Gartner case study (registration wall warning.) It tells how IKEA Components, a company that is part of the iconic retailer of flat pack furniture used Lawson Software products to make significant across the board process savings and improvements. The business intelligence/process project makes great...

Tags: IKEA, Information Technology, IT Investment, David Meerman Scott, Strategy, Management, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-08-21

SAP All-in-One implementations in less than 3 months?

At the risk of sounding like an infomercial for SAP or turning Irregular Enterprise into 'SAPWatch,' I recently learned about a consulting shop that guarantees implementing SAP All-in-One in three months at a fixed price. I was skeptical given that the on-demand Business ByDesign implementations I'm hearing about are taking...

Tags: SAP AG, Training, Workforce Management, Change Management, Training And Certification, Human Resources, Tools & Techniques, Management, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-08-21

A Random Walk Through Intel Developer Forum . . .

A peek into my Intel Developer Forum experience... A short description for a short video: Here is part of my day at Intel Developer Forum. You get to see some of the Intel Insiders in action; plus you meet the founder of...

Tags: Intel Corp., Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2008-08-21

News to know: Apple sued; IDF; Adobe hijack; Microsoft-Novell

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Sam Diaz: Apple faces suit over iPhone. Is it still worth the switch? Techmeme IDF wrap: Christopher Dawson: New touch screen Classmates unveiled today...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Novell Inc., Palm Inc., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Intel Corp., Software As A Service (SaaS), Business Structures, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Emerging Technologies, Finance, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-21