Indulge me in a geeky post, would you?
I anxiously kept hitting "refresh" on the FedEx tracking site until I was sure my new MacBook was safely at my house. And then it sat there. Mocking me until I was able to get home, enjoy our usual evening routine, and finally get the little one to bed.
I tricked it out pretty well hoping it will last me through my doctoral program. I upgraded to 2GB of RAM and a 160 GB hard drive. And I did pony up the extra $150 for a black one.
It looks like I’m not the only one with a new Macbook! And Wesley created a wiki page where he is encouraging folks to post their software choices. As Google, in their ongoing quest for complete Internet domination, is taking over JotSpot, they are not accepting new registrations at this time and so I couldn’t add my picks to Wesley’s already extensive list. I decided it might be useful for me to keep track of what I have installed on my machine, so I finally put my heretofore empty personal wiki to good use.
I did comment in Wesley’s thread that two little apps I didn’t find on the list were XTorrent and Quicksilver. I noticed his list did include Parallels and I can tell you that I could not be more thrilled with this powerful app . I love having a teeny XP install for those increasingly few things that just work better in Windows. And it will also give me an opportunity to play a bit with Ubuntu and Edubuntu without worrying about dedicating a machine or stressing over dual- or triple-boots.
Whew. I think I’ve exceeded my geek quotient for the week. I’m glad Miguel and Wesley posted on this as I don’t always get to put on my propeller hat as much as I used to when I was a tech integrationist.
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