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 [...]
I am not a wine snob but I can barely drink the average $10 bottle any more. Most of the reasonably priced Merlots and Cabernets are just too harsh. But last week, I discovered I like even cheaper wine more. The Black Box Merlot costs $25 and is equavalent to four 750ml [...]
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 [...]
I have always bought HP printers. I will not buy another one. Why? The HP software sucks so bad that it ruins the printer. To begin with, you have to be very careful when you insert that HP CD after you buy a printer. It will install all kinds of crapware on your PC. You [...]
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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LeeAnne and I saw The Departed last night. It is a remake of a Hong Kong crime thiller called Infernal Affairs. We saw original on DVD a while back and liked it a lot. The Departed is better. In fact, it is the best movie I’ve seen in 2006. It was directed by Martin Scorsese [...]
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 [...]
With Christmas coming on, I had the idea that I could ask for a nice GPS to use in my car. My wife LeeAnne suggested I pick one out myself because I can be a bit picky when it comes to gadgets. So in my typical way, I set off to learn everything there [...]
