2 posts tagged “apple”
Well, I did it, I went and bought a Mac. A refurbished black MacBook, to be precise. Here it is coming out of its box:
You can't tell that it isn't 'new', the Mac was perfect when I took it out of the box. Either it was DOA when it was purchased the first time, or it isn't really refurbished.
I've used it for a few hours now, and I generally like the Mac. I've never used a Mac before, so setting things up is a struggle at times. Setting the windows network settings was non-intuitive, but I guess they aren't obvious for new Windows users, either.
The things I will need to get used to are related to Apple's 5% market share. There aren't drivers for my Dell laser printer, I'm going to have to install a kludge to get the printer to work. Also, the only poker site I use with Mac software is Full Tilt.
I also hate the trackpad. That is more due to my seven years of using IBM Thinkpads with their little joystick thingy than any real problem with Apple's trackpad. This may be the one thing that will make me return the Mac, I am giving myself 2 weeks to get used to it.
I'm going to try to record a video tomorrow using the built-in webcam, I'll post what I come up with.
Apple has announced iPod integration with airline seats.
Being able to watch videos off your iPod on your seatback video screen is pretty cool. If I flew internationally, I would definitely use the airlines with the iPod jacks.
On a related note, why haven't any other MP3 player companies started using the iPod dock connector? It is pretty much an industry standard and there are thousands of accessories for it. Apple can't win a lawsuit against you since it isn't difficult to reverse-engineer how the connector works.
