My MacBook is continuing wending its way to me from Shanghai; it should arrive sometime before Wednesday (there is even a chance that it will be delivered this morning). More interesting than the fact that I decided to buy a MacBook (as opposed to a Thinkpad or Sony Vaio or any other model of laptop) [...]
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
My purchase of a new laptop suggests that major changes will be occurring in my computing workflows, and maybe my life.
Inspired by Apple's Time Machine, I ruminate on backup.
On July 1, I decided that Windows was just not working for me. Yes, having a plethora of possible applications to install appealed to me, but I feel that no operating system has a monopoly of having things "just work." Here are just of a few of the annoyances I experienced while using Windows:
Robert Cringely complains about Google and has pipe dreams about Apple, suggesting that they will give old versions of the Mac operating system, OS X, for free. This does not seem likely, due to the importance of the "Apple Experience."
I liked this quote from a Register article about how computer manufacturer Dell would have no problems shipping the x86 version of OS X:
It does seem to be the case that Mac OS X is winning grudging respect from the PC world, primarily because of its relative freedom from malware. That's not going to change [...]
After last Friday's confirmation of earlier rumors that Apple would switch its entire Mac lineup to Intel-based processors, many of the Internet's Apple pundits seemed unable to believe the news. Some of them (including Russell Beattie and John Gruber) suggested that Apple might move to Intel-based PowerPC processors. If this was the case, the CNet [...]
The Internet is all abuzz because of a CNet article that claims that Apple computers will stop using IBM's PowerPC processors in favor of standard Intel processors (the standard x86 architecture). The announcement is expected on Monday, at Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference. Why is this important? By switching to x86-compatible processors, Apple opens up the [...]