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The new OS is in the wild – SL 64-bit on the prowl!

Since the release announcement in August I’ve been itching to get my hands on the new 64-bit version of my favourite operating system. Until now I’ve running a clunking old 32-bit OS that was getting kind of tired; the allure of 64-bit was really quite tempting.

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Firefox Renders Like Crap

The proof is in the pudding… The middle image was rendered by Firefox 3 on Windows XP and it looks all washed out. To the left is the original RAW processed to JPG in CS3 Bridge and the right most picture is in Safari for Windows. Which actually looks the most like the [...]

PC to Mac Switching Pains (Part 1)

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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