Laptop - now without crusted cheese screen
My 15" MacBook Pro arrived the other day. It is beautiful. Also, it doesn't have bits of bread in the keyboard.I haven't noticed the difference in size between it and my 17" PowerBook. In fact, the backlit keyboard and screen are much brighter on my MacBook, and of course the machine is much faster. It will begin slowing down eventually, but I am hoping to get three years out of it. Its smaller size will mean less damage as I carry it around in my Brenthaven bag, which is the most durable thing I own (except for my immortal soul).
I had trouble with the Migration Assistant. Newer Macs greet first-time users with a prompt to transfer files from a variety of sources, including other Macs. There are no warnings about how transfers from PowerPC-based Macs to the new Intel ones will result not only in the failure of most of the PowerPC-compiled applications on the old machine but also native applications of the new computer, too. I had to reinstall the operating system. Luckily, in the last year I've been especially diligent with backups.
Luckily, it was fast, and I could see the keyboard in the dark. It's working fine now, and luckily I have two other fully functional (but much slower) computers to pick up the slack during the transition.
Leopard is a great operating system for machines that can handle it. The cynical part of me (which, according to the latest satellite data, is 78 percent of my body) believes that operating systems are built to choke older computers, forcing users to upgrade their machines.
My recent experiences with Apple products and support have made me less partisan to their cause, and more willing to accept software and hardware solutions from disinterested third parties, like the Unitarians.
Already certain people have begun to turn away. "You're not one of us," one person said when I told him that I thought iPhones were for the weak-minded.
Labels: apple, faulty technology
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by Marty Barrett at Thursday, December 06, 2007
2 Comments:
I hope I get one for Christmas too!!!!! Although I probably miss my compu!!! Its been with me since I started University!!! But its time to let her go and make my cousin happy like she did with me!!!
I need a new home computer. My ancient tower has thrown in the towel. I've been eyeing some Macs but the price tag makes the newly single mom inner accountant in me shudder. But I hate Vista so much, I'm ready to just start raising carrier pigeons.
Thank goodness for my work laptop that gets upgraded every 3 yrs. And Snoopy won't bow to Vista. Well, not yet anyway.
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