New Laptop
Yes, I'm just like the cat who's got the cream!
Today (day off) Alison and I drove to Milton Keynes to the Shopping Centre - which is not surprisingly now called the centre :mk
Went to John Lewis, where I found one last ibook G4 800Mhz going for £499 and snapped it up. (So there, maggi dawn! New Vaio indeed!) It would have cost an extra £300 to get the 200Mhz more of speed, so I thought I'd try and manage with less, and enjoy the feel-good factor of a Microsoft-free laptop. OK, it's not as whizzy as Tom's new PowerBook. But then, I work for the church of england, while he works for Barclays Capital. Get the picture?
This is my first post using the new toy, rather than my desktop. The Safari browser doesn't do all that Firefox does; let's see how we get on with this.
Today (day off) Alison and I drove to Milton Keynes to the Shopping Centre - which is not surprisingly now called the centre :mk
Went to John Lewis, where I found one last ibook G4 800Mhz going for £499 and snapped it up. (So there, maggi dawn! New Vaio indeed!) It would have cost an extra £300 to get the 200Mhz more of speed, so I thought I'd try and manage with less, and enjoy the feel-good factor of a Microsoft-free laptop. OK, it's not as whizzy as Tom's new PowerBook. But then, I work for the church of england, while he works for Barclays Capital. Get the picture?
This is my first post using the new toy, rather than my desktop. The Safari browser doesn't do all that Firefox does; let's see how we get on with this.
4 Comments:
Tony, I'm so happy for you! Given your comment on Safari, I'm assuming this is your first Apple, or your first in a while? I made "the switch" about 18 months ago and haven't been happier since I left my Apple IIc behind in 1987.
If you find yourself dissatisfied with Safari, Firefox for OS X is only a download away. I use it occasionally to access my Google gmail account, since I'm a generation behind you in OS X. Personally I find that Safari more than meets my needs...but then again, I never used anything but IE while on the Windows platform.
That's an incredibly good deal. Well worth the money. Try this link for a list of 'indispensible' apps. Then when you're ready for some hard core Unix tinkering go here.
Daniel,
Although I'm a fan of Firefox, Gmail now supports Safari as well.
Thanks for the support and encouragement, guys. Yes, Daniel, this is the first Mac I've owned or even used, really. Alison used to have one, but because she's 'just a girl' (as far as tech is concerned only, I hasten to add, else my life won't be worth a mayfly's plans for tomorrow) she never really played with it enough to get to know it, and eventually went over to the Dark Side.
The thing about Safari is that it doesn't seem to run all the Blogger refinements. But I'm still getting to know it. Also thinking about putting Firefox on, which I love and use on my Linux box.
I didn't know what I was missing RE: Safari not running all the new Blogger goodies until I stayed with a friend last weekend and blogged from his Windows box.
I've just checked it out, and all the WYSIWYG goodies work on Firefox 0.9.1 for Mac OS X. Hmm...with Gmail only workable on the Fox (I'm using OS X 10.2.8, so I'm stuck with Safari 1.0.2) and easier blogging as well, I may eschew Safari for good...or at least until I can upgrade to Tiger and get RSS via Safari as well.
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