Archive for the ‘Mac’ Category

More Mac observations (2009-7-24)

Today I abandoned the Mac Mail application that comes with OS X in favor of Thunderbird. In a way, I hated to do it.  Mac Mail is very nicely put together, with an elegant, simple interface and everything right where it ought to be.  But in my experience the IMAP support was flakey — particularly [...]

Houston, Tranquility Base here. The MacBook Pro has landed. (2009-7-15)

The proof of the pudding, they say, is in the eating.  And so far, I’m liking what I’m eating. My shiny new (refurbished) MacBook Pro arrived this morning via FedEx ground.  The timing stunk — I was up to my ears in alligators due to some network issues at the data center (turned out to [...]

Switching Sides (2009-7-13)

Late last week, I did the unthinkable.  I ordered a new laptop…from Apple. I’ve been watching the MacBook Pro line closely lately, especially since Apple introduced the new unibody design, and I’ve been really impressed with what I’ve seen.  In addition, OS X seems to be maturing to the point that nearly anything you can [...]