I’m really thinking about getting the new 24″ LED Cinema Display from Apple. Comparable devices from Dell, for example, are a bit cheaper but I really like the idea of connecting my MacBook with the display and getting a MagSafe and USB connection, too. The only question I have is: Is there a Mini DVI to Mini DisplayPort adapter available from Apple? If not, do I need to get a new MacBook to use the new display? Sounds bizarre.
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I guess every Mac users know the problem: You’re talking with your friends, showing them some drawing, snippet of code or website, talk even more with them and your Mac activates its screensaver and locks down the Keychain. For me that results in entering my password three times (one for login, one for iScrobbler and one for Safari’s Keychain access). Annoying.
But I discovered (or merely googled) a small tool which prevents your Mac from activating the screensaver, dimming down the screen or even going to sleep: Caffeine. Trust me, you need this tool.
When I got my MacBook back in November I initially wanted to buy a license key for iWork. Unfortunately that was not possible back then for Apple IDs registered in Austria (don’t know about other countries in Europe). I called the Apple hotline and the woman told me that she has several requests every week for an online registration but it’s not possible at the moment to do that.
Today I prepared a presentation for some parallel programming lecture I will be giving tomorrow and when I fired up Keynote I discovered that it wasn’t registered. I could remember that it was not possible in November but gave it another try. And, voila, it worked! Cost me some bucks but so far it really paid off.
My iPod mini’s battery is running quite low on power, just holds for a day or two. In addition, its disk is clicking and it takes me two or three tries to get it to play the song I wanna listen to.
So yesterday I purchased a replacement, a silver iPod nano, 4gb. It has the perfect size for me and enough space to hold the most recent music. Perfect. And even better are the new headphones, which are smaller than the ones I had until now (Sennheiser and original Apple headphones) which makes them much more comfortable.
Removing .NET Framework 2.0-3.5 because some software can’t deal with it-experience
Uninstalling the unwanted versions via Add/Remove Programs does not work. Searching the web for some uninstall tool, found some MSDN blog. Downloading the tool, selecting the unwanted frameworks, rebooting. Explaining the guy behind me that it’s okay that there’s an error message popping up every second. Re-installing the not-removed .NET Framework, working.
Updating OS X to version 10.5.2-experience
Starting Software-Update, waiting for the download to be finished, rebooting, done.
It’s finally here, my shiny new MacBook has arrived on Friday. Overally I can say that Leopard is awesome, as is the hardware. Programs are really snappy, Spaces, Spotlight, Safari (I love the search feature and the resizable textfields) are all awesome.
The only problem I have at the moment is the keyboard. I’ve chosen the german version, which does not have labels for all characters on a key. So finding some strange shortcuts can be quite tricky sometimes.
Pictures and further insights will follow.
Don’t get me wrong, I really love iTunes and the iTunes Store but thinking about prices… I’ve just paid 12 Euros for an album, if I would buy it via Amazon it would cost me 11 Euros and some waiting for the parcel to arrive. But I would get a real CD and a booklet, so more value for my money.
According to this article on CNET Apple has the same price scheme for every country, 0.99 Euros/US-Dollars/Canadian Dollars. I pay $ 1.31 for a song, a Canadian pays 83 Cents - that isn’t really fair, is it? I would really like to know how Apple justifies these differences. Maybe they need to save some money for their lawyers’ costs.