12.02.02

Zoom Zoom Book

Posted in Apple, Tech at 2 pm

I normally wouldn’t post in the middle ofthe day like this, but i’ve just got to note for the record that adding 512MB to my 128MB makes my iBook very snappy, and me very happy.

Now I’m able to switch back and forth between programs at a normal rate rather than the glacial speed I was at. Switching to Mail or IE when they did not have an exisiting window on the screen was excruciating. Now it’s slightly noticable. Swithcing to the Finder when there are no windows open actually has the default window open so quick I didn’t know it wasn’t already open until I experimented with it.

Finally I feel like I can breathe deeply and work in my digital space. Till now I felt like I was shoe-horned into this. Now it feels much better.

The only “easy” upgrade I could possibly make to this machine internally now would be a faster hard drive, moving from 4200rpm to 5400rpm. But at $250 for the 40GB IBM drive, I think I can wait.

My next upgrade will be Mac OS X.2, aka Jaguar, which I can get with my teacher discount at PSU for just $85.

12.01.02

French Screen Shots

Posted in General at 1 pm

I never really expected to see a terminal session in French that intrigued me: escale.jpg However this one does.

Notice the main Terminal window and the line that says, “Choix de la connexion”.

This is the line that lets you know that the you are to choose which method of connection you would like to your Netwon.

OS X to the Newton via IrDA, TCP/IP, Serial, AppleTalk, or BSD Sockets. This is great.

If only it: A) was GUI based, 2) had an Engilsh option, III) Finished, Omega) Released.