As you know, with BootCamp you can partition your HD for dual booting. The thing that was annoying me was that in OS X (where I spend most of my time) the HD icon for the Windows partition could not be changed. It’s formated as NTFS and there for only has read access in OS X. I’ve outlined a workaround that will allow you to have a custom icon for the Windows partition. Continue reading Icon
Category: Technology
Stats
I was playing with the Half-Life 2 demo the other day and came across this page in Steam. Apparently there’s a log kept of everyone’s comptuer config. It’s rather interesting to see where averages lie.
Why OS X is fast
Quick Post, Kari’s waking up. Aparently there’s some magic gnomes working under the hood of OS X that makes it Snapy™. A good read from a really smart guy.
Upgrades
12″ PowerBook vs 15″ MacBook Pro
The recent addition of a 1.83GHz* MacBook Pro has ousted my 12″ Powerbook from my insanely geeky heart. This is a rather substancial upgrade for me for a myriad of reasons. I know I’m behind the curve here, as a lot of other people have let the world hear thier impressions about their Macs, but I would like to add my own unique perspective. Or some other self absorbed blogger-like reason.
Continue reading Upgrades
Boot Camp
I have installed and configured Windows XP on my Mac. I was so giddy with excitement it was like it was the first time I ever installed XP…only better! The install was quite simple and ran quickly. I was suprised at how well the drivers Apple included worked. I can see them improving over time to include proper key-mapping, but at this interation I was plesantly supprised. Additionally, I ran the Half-Life 2 Demo and was plesantly supprised with the performance. It ran well with 2x Antiailising at native resoultion (1440×900).
Reasons I might keep the dual-boot around:
Games – Now that I have a computer than can play modern games, why the hell not?
Neato factor – The jaw dropping effect of a friend of mine was hilarious. I was running HL2 when he came into the room and starting talking about how much he loves the game. I then exited back into XP and waited for all the cogs to fall into place. Once it clicked that this was XP on a Mac he just stood there stunned. 🙂
Reasons I might delete the Windows partition:
OSX works better for/with what I accomplish day to day. It just fits better with my workflow, no virus’, spyware, excessive tweeking, etc. I can’t see myself using it much.
Quicksilver – This is worthy of its own post!
Toys – iSight, Power Management, Volume, Backlight, Remote etc work better in OSX (For now!)
Way too easy to reinstall – I catn delete the partition easily, and recreating it wasn’t that hard. I could keep a ghost image around (if that would work) if I ever needed it again.
As mentioned on TUAW, this news is huge for large organizations. I work for the IT dept at SLU and the first thing said was, who needs to buy anything other than a mac? This article at TUAW has it right on the head.