Comments on: Christmas in October at the Rowse House

By: Jeremy Steele

Jeremy Steele — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 03:49:35 +0000

Well, this didn’t last long.

My iBook G4 hard drive just died… :(

At least I keep good backups and my external drive is bootable… and at least most of my important stuff (website junk) is all online. Time to call up Apple support it seems…

By: Darren Rowse

Darren Rowse — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 23:30:25 +0000

hehe – yeah I was waiting for someone to point this out – in short – it sucks :-)

Of course it’s not a massive upgrade (phew). I already went for 2gig of RAM so that isn’t a massive concern (and the upgrade to 3 gig is expensive) but it would have been nice to have some of the other stuff…..

wonder if I can find something wrong with it to take it back :-)

By: Andy Merrett

Andy Merrett — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 14:29:09 +0000

Darren,

Dare I ask how it feels that they’ve just updated the MBP range with Intel Core 2 Duo chips? You still have a fantastic machine, of course.

I did a similar thing last year and bought my Powerbook about a month before they all went over to Intel!

Technology never slows down does it?

By: Darren Rowse

Darren Rowse — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 22:45:07 +0000

Deborah – pretty much the only mac specific tool I use for actual blogging is ecto for mac as a desktop blog editor.

By: Deborah

Deborah — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 21:07:38 +0000

Darren, I am really enjoying your site. Just discovered it a short time ago. On the Apple, I love the Apple, I use a G5 Powermac and have used the G4 Powerbook. Just curious, what programs do you use on the Apple? For blogging that is. And do you use very many of Google’s available tools?
Thanks

By: David Poindexter

David Poindexter — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 17:58:02 +0000

Congratulations!! I, too, am envious. I must say, those are very slick, compared to my 12″ white G4 iBook.

Alas, I wont be joining you though. My needs have shifted, and I must get a desktop far before I upgrade my laptop. My iBook has been serving both roles (with the help of an external monitor, and some external hard drives), but nonetheless, I am excited to see what the new Apple lineup will be for Christmas and, more importantly, early 2007.

Good luck with your machine, and if you can, try to sell the older ones…they can still fetch a pretty penny (for some reason, macs hold a great resale value).

By: Glenn Wolsey

Glenn Wolsey — Sun, 22 Oct 2006 05:50:13 +0000

Darren also got his PowerBook working again, it was a battery problem so now he has 4 Mac’s in his household :-)

By: Jeremy Steele

Jeremy Steele — Sun, 22 Oct 2006 02:16:02 +0000

Good luck with your new MBP.

One of these days I may upgrade to a newer computer, I’m currently on an iBook G4 which is fairly fast, but is getting hard because I regularly compile thousands of lines of source code. Probably won’t get a new laptop until the warranty is finished on this… it has just under a year to go. Guess its time to start saving.

By: Shawn Blanc

Shawn Blanc — Sat, 21 Oct 2006 23:29:14 +0000

Everything is better with a mac. It’s a necessary tool for living a focused life!

I’ve had my 12″ PowerBook for about 2 years. I’m holding out for it to die before I get the upgrade. It’s still going strong. I love these things!

By: jhay

jhay — Sat, 21 Oct 2006 23:08:04 +0000

I’m with Stuart. You may have a huge hardrive to fit almost all of your files and more, but it’s like putting all your eggs in one basket. If it fails, all you eggs…err files goes down the drain as well. Then comes the frustrations, the agony and the loss of productivity.

By: Valentine Day

Valentine Day — Sat, 21 Oct 2006 22:25:32 +0000

Wow! Awesome stuff! I has Apple send me the new 80GB iPod to review it, it’s very nice.

By: Paul

Paul — Sat, 21 Oct 2006 21:44:28 +0000

I am positively green with envy although my preferred machine will be a Core 2 Duo black (to go with my iPod) MacBook that has the most memory, biggest drive and fastest processor I can afford. Anything bigger than a 13″ MacBook is too big for my needs. My current machine is a 12″ PowerBook which I have loved using.

By: ~rick

~rick — Sat, 21 Oct 2006 19:26:08 +0000

Congrats on the new Mac! Like many others, I had toyed with the idea of going Apple. Not to make this a tech talk, but what are the major downsides of going Apple(if any?)

By: otto

otto — Sat, 21 Oct 2006 19:19:13 +0000

Congrats and happy advanced Christmas for you and V.! I haven’t Mac and its my dream (even G4) so I’m very happy for you!

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 21 Oct 2006 11:00:46 +0000

Wow, I’m jealous. You’ve got some real nice stuffs there for Christmas. Congrats and happy advanced Christmas for you then! Cheers.

By: Ray Dotson

Ray Dotson — Sat, 21 Oct 2006 10:20:33 +0000

I’m jealous. My little iBook G4 is getting old and feeling a little slow. Now I’m lusting after the MacBook Pro, especially since I can also run the Windows virus for those few essential apps…

By: Swade

Swade — Sat, 21 Oct 2006 10:15:49 +0000

Very nice.

I got my laptop late last year and tossed up between Mac and PC,went with PC as it’s what I knew. I wish I’d taken the dive into Macworld as I’m now saving my Googlies for a Macbook.

By: Glenn Wolsey

Glenn Wolsey — Sat, 21 Oct 2006 09:42:43 +0000

Awesome! Looking forward to it.

By: Darren

Darren — Sat, 21 Oct 2006 09:27:58 +0000

Will post some pictures in the days ahead :-)

By: Marriage Counseling

Marriage Counseling — Sat, 21 Oct 2006 09:15:54 +0000

Can we get a few pics? I’m seriously considering buying a Mac Book. Maybe you could post a review after using it for a month.