Still the first week (honeymoon period?) with my new MacBook Pro. It has to be the fastest Mac I’ve owned. Usually, the laptops Apple made have been dissappointing in the performance department.
Thanks to Darwin Ports, the MacBook Pro is now loaded with all the equivilent development tools; easily installed and managed.
Time to stop bagging Apple over the iTunes Music Store for Australa, and start buying! Yes, iTunes Music store is now open for business in Australia. As I have a spare 3.5Gb on my 40Gb series 3 (so unhip) iPod, time to start the fillin’
MacOS X (10.4 support from Adobe applications).
I grew up on this farm, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia.
“Apple Ditches IBM, switches to Intel Chips“: 20 years ago, this headline would have caused the Mac faithful to faint. Just as Apple has made significant architecture transitions in the last 20 years: MacOS 1-6 to 7, 680×0 to PowerPC and MacOS 7-9 to MacOS X, this one is going to be an interesting ride.
If you are a Macintosh afficionado and have a yearning to know where it all started, Andy Hertzfeld’s Folklore site is a must-see.
A long, long time ago – in a different time, I possessed a Macintosh 128K. The people and history here are like gods to me.
The new Apple iPod Photo has some interesting integration features with Adobe Photoshop Elements 3.0. Sadly, no iTunes Store in Australia.
What is Mac OS X? has to be the best technical article describing the lower level aspects of MacOS X I have read in recent times. Next to developer documentation, its a good read for MacOS X experts. The content and style reminds me of a 2.5 days course I created and ran 10 years ago: “Mac Support Expert”
Mars nerds: you can use the same software the scientists are using to visualize the data from the Spirit rover: Maestro. Installed and worked like a treat.
A good article on Apples HyperCard. Memories! Even though it wasnt a pioneer, it was before its time. There are many things on the Internet that should be modeled on HyperCard. Standard, English-language scripting; simple object-based metaphor and security.