If you have multiple PCs or Macs next to each other, Synergy is a must have utility for you. This cool utility let’s you use one keyboard and mouse on all your computers on a single desktop. It works much like having multiple monitors on a single PC. You can move
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I have a little more information as a followup from the last post about VMWare vs. Parallels vs. Apple Boot Camp. This time, I looked briefly at CPU and memory footprints at idle. VMWare is easy on the CPU at idle, using only 0-10% CPU. But it is very [...]
Over the holiday, I played around with three Windows on Mac solutions mostly to find the best environment to run a multi-player game. But it lead me to benchmarking Parallels, VMWare and Apple’s Boot Camp. I decided a Windows on Mac performance showdown was in order. The results were surprising.
Parallels has been [...]
Any bets on when Apple will start shipping OS X for PCs to compete directly with Windows Vista for PCs? Microsoft sold 88 Million copies of Vista in three quarters this year. That is almost 30 Million per quarter. If Apple sold a third of that or 10 Million copies per quarter at $139 per [...]
This is a follow up to a few posts I made in Dec about switching to a Mac. I believe I have enough experience now to give a different perspective than I could then. My primary machine has been this Macbook Pro for five months. I can’t say I haven’t looked back [...]
Working in the Tech industry, it is hard to ignore the Windows Vista launch. I read about it whenever I come across reviews. After reading roughly 30 articles, I can say I have no desire to upgrade to Vista. Some reviewers say it is a worthy upgrade. Walt Mossberg said, “Worthy, [...]
I sorely miss Google Desktop search on Windows and haven’t found a good equivalent on the Mac. Spotlight is pretty good but doesn’t search Thunderbird mail or address book. How do you search thunderbird email? Please leave me a comment.
I am completely switched over now. Using Windows seems a little odd because to automatically go to the wrong side of the window to close and minimize. Overall, I am happier with the MacBook Pro than my clunky Dell laptop. The rest of this post is boring. Click here for some good entertainment.
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I’ve been using Adium for a few days to get a feel for the client. I can recommend it to anyone using a Mac for general purpose IM. It is a very good general purpose IM client but is missing some key features that keep it from being a great AIM client.
I have used many [...]
So far, switching has been both fun and frustrating. I am starting to get the feel for this new machine but I’m not there yet. I have found a number of pleasant surprises along the way. One of the biggest is the Apple mouse. It is a terrific device. [...]
