Apple Computers
My Affinity for Apple
I find Mac OS X to be the most productivity enhancing operating environment that I have used. Some of the hardware that Apple makes to go with Mac OS X (perhaps it should be the other way round) is a joy to use, although if you happen to say this in a birthday party, the odds of finding two people who will promptly offer a rebuttal involving one or more of Gigahertz, price, and "I can assemble my own computer" are over 50%.
I had been vaguely interested in Apple for a while, but I acquired my first Apple computer not too long ago, in April 2003 - a PowerBook G4 17". Thereafter I became, shall we say, a little more than vaguely interested in Apple computers. Well, all right: I switched (can't say "from" what, but surely "to" Apple). Note that this only applies to my "primary" computer (the one that one runs one's Universe on): I am very much involved with other systems, both professionaly and otherwise. In any case I am not too fond of the expression "switched".
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Advanced Programming in the Mac OS X Environment is a semi-organized account of some of the random things I have done with and on Mac OS X. Much of the technical material that was previously indexed on this page that you are reading is now listed on the "Advanced Programming" page. Mac Futureware is a list of some tentative Mac projects. |
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My review of the PowerBook G4 17 1.33 GHz. I acquired one of these shortly after Apple made their first update of the 17". The article is an updated version of my review of the "revision A" notebook. Here is a comparison of some erstwhile disk drive options for the PowerBooks. |
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Here are details of the drama that ensued while (and after) I acquired my first PowerBook G4 17. You can also read my review of the PowerBook and look at the picture gallery. |
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Notes on using Apple's iSight camera, including solutions for mounting the iSight. |
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Pictures of the Brenthaven Professional Backpack for the PowerBook 17. Several people asked me for these. |
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lf you are interested in buying an Apple computer, you might want to read my article titled "How to Buy an Apple Computer". The information contained herein is provided with the understanding that the author is not engaged in rendering legal, accounting, tax, or other professional advice and services. |
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The iPod page. |
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Various Apple Related Links. |