Over the past couple months I’ve made some hardware upgrades of note. A bit of technological sprucing up if you will.
I’ve personally upgraded from a Powerbook G4 1.25GHz to a Macbook Pro 2.16GHz Core 2 Duo courtesy of my fine employer. It’s the perfect machine when it comes to web development. With the ability to run Mac OSX, and 2 instances of Windows XP (one for IE6 and the other for IE7) simultaneously on the same machine, productivity has definitely increased. I’ve recently installed an instance of Ubuntu, for no other reason than that I can and too see what the kids have been talking about.
The wife has just upgraded her iBook G3 800MHz to a Macbook 2GHz Core 2 Duo (white). She’s very happy with the new computer and is enamored with the two finger scrolling. It’s the little things ya know. And now that we both have iSights, we’ll be able to do some video chatting while I’m at the office or away on business. Well, that is once Apple fixes this bug that’s preventing it from working over anything except a local network. This purchase was funded with sale of my PowerMac G4 Dual 1.25GHz and the pending sale of my Powerbook G4 1.25GHz.
Speaking of selling things off, once I receive my new Airport Extreme, I’ll be selling off my old Airport Extreme. Sure the new one is faster and has more range, but it was the ability to setup network shares via external USB hard drives that was the clincher. Perfect for sharing files with the wife and setting up some automated backup solutions (come on time machine!).
And while I’m at it, I might as well mention my new Nintendo DS lite (onyx). I got this little badboy from my colleagues at the hive as a 30th Birthday present some months ago. It’s been glued to my side since.
And then there’s the upgrade to this site. I’ve gone with a simpler design and layout, and the usual promise to update it regularly.
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