A is for Apple
By Dave Adamson in Reader
Posted in MacBook, Apple on July 19, 2007 at 3:22 pm
A couple of weeks ago, I decided to take a look at MacBooks on eBay, as this was where I previously bought, and sold, my G3 iBook.
Just to let you know, I’m not totally against Apple hardware. I just prefer to not think of them as the be all and end all of computing.
So, I find a decent Core Duo 2Ghz, 120GB, 1GB RAM MacBook and win it for a decent enough price.
It arrives, exactly as described, which is a testimony to the seller.
Anyway, away from eBay, I bought 2GB of RAM in 2×1GB sticks from Ebuyer and set about fitting them. That was a challenge. Imagine putting After Eight Mints into a credit card machine and you’ll have an idea of what’s involved. You have to push the RAM with increased force into these little slots and hope that you don’t end up slicing the top off your thumb with the pressure.
All upgraded, Bootcamped and Windows Vista’d, I decided to enter the world of Apple for the third time - iMac, iBook, now Macbook. It’s an enjoyable experience that, for me, is no more or less easy than using a PC. in fact, there are some downright infuriating things! Why, oh why, are the @ and ” symbols on different keys to the PC! However, there are some remarkable things that might just make my presenting of materials easier - I’m thinking of Comic Life, what a wonderful and easy to use program.
I am, however, drawn to a slight bit of bizarreness. In the latest Mac Advert, starring those two from Peep Show, the Mac bloke (Webb, I think he is) pokes fun at the other one who says that there are programs that are trial versions and don’t seem to do much unless you register them. Not with a Mac, Webb says, you get only what you need, in iLife. Neglecting to mention, then, the trial version of iWorks that comes with the machine. I know that he doesn’t say that there isn’t any limited/trial software on the machine, but it is a slight oversight.
in the meantime, Quicksilver is probably my favourite app - AppRocket is the closest thing that I had on the PC - along with Handbrake. I’m sure there’s more freeware out there that’s more or less essential and I’m sure there are plenty of people who can point me in the right direction.
So, there we go. Me and my Macbook.
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The HDTV Nightmare
By Dave Adamson in Reader
Posted in Uncategorized on July 3, 2007 at 6:51 pm
I now have a HDTV… a fantastic one (in my opinion), it’s Panasonic… it’s 32″… it’s a TX-32LXD70… yes, it rolls of the tongue… okay, it’s part of the Viera range, but the actual model is TX-32LXD70!
It’s like that with lots of TVs, I’ve noticed… the ridiculous model names. You’ve got decent sounding range names; Bravia, Viera and what have you, but then it looks like someone just ran their fingers over the keyboard and pressed enter when it came to “Enter Model Number Here:”
How do people say which model they’ve got? How do you recommend something when asked “Oh, what model have you got?”
On top of that, the technology of HDTV made it a minefield for me! I was stood there, in the shop, pretty intent on this particular Panasonic, and I found myself stunned by the number of options we have… In one range, there’s some type of image enhancement technology that is in 3 separate versions. You’d expect that the newest version would be in the most expensive TVs, but that’s not the case!
Contrast ratios, screen frequencies, enhanced this, that and the other, all the p’s and i’s, lots of numbers. I remember being in a conversation with two other people about HD and they ended up contradicting each other!
Anyway, my mini-rant is over. I will now go back to playing Rainbow Six Las Vegas on my 360 in glorious HD!
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