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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...

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Blog posts 2007-01-15

Additional Resources

Yes, based on Mac history, Windows 7.5 will suck less

Ummmm..."Windows 1: Shipped in 1985 and nobody cared.Windows 2: Shipped in 1987 and few cared.Windows 3: Came out in 1990 and PC users cared, especially with Windows 3.1 in 1992 (And I include here the introduction of Windows NT, which I believe was given a 3.x number.)Windows 4: Windows 95....

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Desktops, Microsoft Windows, Windows 7.5, Mac history, Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2009-11-01

Students find Win 7 upgrade a tough assignment

Well DUH!Students, retired folks, IT pros, dabblers, 'nix heads, etc. would ALL find trying to UPGRADE from a 32 bit to a 64 bit OS hard. Three words - "can't be done."There, was that hard? Why is this even news?This is newsbecause some people like to keep spreading...

Tags: Operating systems, clean install, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, operating system, Migration Wizard

Discussion threads 2009-10-26

iFixit: Disassembling the new MacBook unibody

Taking a lookI've one of last year's black MacBooks and have been extremely happy with it. The realignment of the laptop line, bringing back the 13" MacBook Pro and consigning the consumer MacBook to the under $1K polycarbonate model has seemed to be a good arrangement. If you're buying a...

Tags: Notebooks, Desktops, laptop computer, Apple MacBook, Firewire port, new MacBook, MACBOOKS, FireWire, Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2009-10-22

Dell: A few examples of what's wrong with your tech support

The on-site tech support tech was obviously in the U.S., but ....it sounds like the "other end" of the line is somewhere half way around the planet (maybe also taking orders for "Shammy Wows") while reading off a scripted Q&A screen.Kinda like "cloud tech support"?What really hurts is that this...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Dell Computer Corp., tech support, cheap machine

Discussion threads 2009-10-21

Patch Tuesday: MS plugs critical IE, Windows Media Player holes

Is MS going to pay for my Gb/month overage?With ISPs grasping for profits I see the day when the "download cost" of these mega-patches become an issue!RE: Patch Tuesday: MS plugs critical IE, Windows Media Player holesWow, my Microsoft software is sure to be secure now.GOOD JOB!If only other manufacturers...

Tags: Patches, Microsoft Internet Explorer, media player, patch management, Adobe Systems Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-10-13