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If Apple designed everything
Published on 2007-07-04 02:03:00
Link HereIt appears to be in Italian, but you get the idea.
Great Software: QuickSilver
Published on 2007-06-21 16:41:00
I have heard the guys from the Macbreak Weekly podcast talking about Quicksilver. OMFG how cool is it. Very thats how.In a nutshell Quicksilver allows you do launch apps, launch songs, photos. Fark it. I'll stop there. It does just about anything you can think of with the touch of a few keys.Either watch the Macbreak Video podcasts about quicksilver or Just get it I have only just touched the surface on what it can do. I have the feeling that it's the sort of app you could use for years and STIL
Great Software : Adium
Published on 2007-06-18 07:06:00
From time to time, when I come across or when someone tells me about some great software, I will post about it here. As a recent switcher, I don't have a clue about great software for the Mac, so rely on Mac blogs and the general community. I was alerted to Adium by fellow .NET developer and switcher, NicFor those of you who don't know, Adium is a multi network instant messaging client for Mac OSX. Best of all, it is free and open source. I like iChat, but you need to do a major hack and workar
Parallels 3D performance
Published on 2007-06-16 00:21:00
OK, so I was buzzed when I heard that Parallels did 3D in version 3, so I got it the day it was released.Using Quake 4 as the benchmark and just using in game FPS, I did some performance testing.I guess because Parallels is so good running Windows XP - my MBP DuoCore 2 2.16Ghz with 2Gb ram it runs as fast as native (except disk access performance is slightly lower) I expected it to run almost as fast as native. Unfortunately that is not the case.Test SpecBoth tests were run with the same video s
About Me
Published on 2007-06-13 00:59:00
G'day.My name is James and I am a switcher. I was stuck in the mire that is Windows for the last 15 years, but saw the light in January.I love my Macbook Pro, and it of course the best machine I have every used and owned. I am a programmer by day, using .NET so unfortunately haven't been able to completely rid myself of Windows, but it does mean I am in contact with Windowsphiles every day and can convert them from the inside!Basically, this blog will have any news, thoughts or rants I have, and