Ramblings, opinions, and general meanderings from the Deep South

Wednesday, May 17, 2006

Pomes, Tunes, and Organization

Well, well. You can now dual boot Windows XP and Apple OSX on the new Apple laptops. PCWorld has a good write up about the change to Intel chipsets and the Apple units now available. At $1500.00 for the entry level unit don't expect these machines to storm the market. Heck it only has 512 megs of RAM and a 13" display. Sorta' wimpy. The picture in this article shows a butt ugly laptop too. If Apple wants to make money and change the PC market they need to make their OSX family of operating systems available for PCs. That will get Mr. Gates attention.

Windows Media Player 11 is available for download. After trying to research the site to find if only XP users should download it, I came away dazed and confused which is often the case when visiting a Microsoft site. My guess is that it will not be made available to other operating systems like the robust Windows 2000. It looks nice and is the version that will ship with Windows Vista. Media playing at the beach house is done with Linux so this is not a big deal. After the initial traffic subsides it'll be downloaded.


Screenshots of Google Notebook are now available. No, this is not a laptop with a Google operating system. It is another online service of Google that is projected to make your life easier through organization. Looks like it might be a good tool. You need a GMail account to access it. Not Gmailing? Need an invite? I have 'em and this is freebee. Click on the email me thangy up at the top of this page. GMail rocks! It is beyond my feeble power of comprehension why anyone would use any other email service. Try it, you'll like it.

Received an email from Robin wanting to know about the progress on the pages being developed here for online tutorials concerning protection software. You know, how to install, update, use, etc. Here's the deal. Screenshots are almost mandatory. Getting permissions from various companies, especially those located overseas is a lotta' work. The page is in place and content needs to be added. I hope this will be made available soon. Will keep you posted.

Okay, the laundry is about dry. Time to hit the trail. Hang in there. Memorial Day is less than two weeks away!

"A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject."
-Winston Churchill

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