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Maybe now we can actually sync a Blackberry with a Mac?

By Steven McGurn • @mtl_steve

February 12 2009: MacBook Pro 15” ordered.

February 20, 2009: Proud owners of our first MacBook !

Now the integration starts. I went on in length about the issues we had in translating everything from PC to Mac (http://www.2fatdads.com/2009/03/pc-to-mac-switching-pains-part-1/). The only issue we still are having is the lousy integration between Blackberry and Mac, which was actually not covered in the aforementioned post.

Our first attempt was to use the free and Blackberry licensed PocketMac software. This application was miserable in its attempt to synchronize data between the Mac and the Blackberry.

A little background: We were using the latest version of OS X Leopard with two Blackberry Pearl 8100 phones (NOTE: we have since replaced one of the Pearls with an iPhone 3GS 32 GB). Neither of our Pearls had data plans, so essentially they were voice phones with the soul of a PDA.

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PC to Mac Switching Pains (Part 1)

By Steven McGurn • @mtl_steve

So we made the leap. Our HP Pavilion A1211N, which admittedly was bought off the shelf because it was at the right price-point, finally died a sudden and graceless death after three years of faithful (ok two good years, one not so good) service.

Note: both the author and all members of the household have been cleared of all suspicions of foul play.

The Hardware

As our PC was the only computer in the house, other than our work laptops, we were quick to respond. I had been lobbying for well over a year for an Apple. So although we were leaning towards the Macbook Pro, we considered all Apple models. We finally settled on a 15” Macbook Pro, whose specs are as follows:

2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
4 GB of 1066 MHz DDR3 SDRAM
320GB Serial ATA 5400 RPM hard drive
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M + 9600M GT with 256MB Graphics

We opted to add the iWork suite, both for the feature set and the simplified requirements for our home computer. So far we have not found any feature lacking, and the MS Office compatibility has proven adequate to date.

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