Bullet Points - The Mac Edition
OK, indulge me for a minute. Back when I started the web design business a few months ago, I decided that one of the first purchases I would make would be a laptop to replace my stolen one. I had been quite interested in the falling prices of MacBooks (and Macs in general) for about a year, but the falling prices and the ideal purchase time never coincided.
But this time, they did. So I dropped the VERY fair price of $1500 for a new laptop for me to work on while I traveled.
Turns out, it was one of the best investments I’ve ever made.
This thing goes with me everywhere. Unlike it’s cousin, the MacBook Pro, this thing is slim, light, and very portable.
But recently, I’ve found myself loving the Mac even more than usual. So much so, that I’ve started using it exclusively for everything but Photoshop (I only have PS on the PC). I mean, it’s NICE to have the option to use the PC, but honestly I rarely touch the thing anymore. And since I figured out that I actually CAN add an external monitor to my Mac, I’ve been like a giddy school girl. 22 inches of pure Mac real estate … what more could I ask for!!??
I noticed that Ben is being pulled in to Mac freedom as well. Just let it happen, man. You’ll thank yourself later 
- Yep, I love the Mac. Now I want another one … a Mac Mini.
- If you haven’t seen it yet, I was lucky enough to be a part of yet another great project at NewSpring. ParentsAreClueless.com. If you haven’t been there, go check out some of the confessions. Some are pretty disturbing, and it just goes to show you how needed the upcoming series really is.
- My post on Tuesday brought out some people I hadn’t seen in a while. It was great to see you guys pop up. My girlfriend tells me that there is a demand on this blog for me to go back to writing church posts. She may be right.
- I accidentally ripped out my earphones from my new Nano. I had to get some pliers to pull the plug out. But, I’m glad I did. I ended up getting a new pair or ear buds that are really nice.
- Thank Goodness! Someone finally solved the problem of declining church attendance! Evidently, we’re not having enough church services!!! That’s right, churches that are canceling (or never starting) Sunday School, Sunday evening, and Wednesday services are responsible for declining numbers. It’s funny though, because all the churches that I’ve seen that have canceled those services have been growing, and the ones that are declining are the ones that insist on keeping them. Must just be my area or something. Here’s the story. (HT: MMI)
- Ramzi Yousef has evidently converted to Christianity. Interesting.
OK, gotta run. See you next week!
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Eh, I’ve never been much of a Mac fan. My friend is about equally a devotee of Mac and Linux (his Desktop has XP, OSX- in a virtual machine- and Gentoo, his Macbook Pro has Vista and OSX). I, on the other hand, fall somewhere in the middle of the abstraction of OSX and the pure logicality of Linux- which, unfortunately, means Windows, in all its proprietary, bug-ridden glory.
Bah, earbuds. I’m all about the big closed-ear monitors, probably because recording and engineering audio is one of my major hobbies. Though, Sennheiser does make some pretty gorgeous earbuds.
Btw, did you see Jon Stewart’s interview with Lynne Cheney? Comedian or no, Stewart is one of the most brilliant newsmen and interviewers of our time, always tactful, yet unafraid to be confrontational when necessary. It’s something I strive to emulate when debating, here and elsewhere.
Don’t forget, underneath its pretty exterior, there’s a unix distro in MacOSX
You can always access the shell!
The earbuds I got were pretty nice. Great noise reduction, loud audio, comfortable (way more than the apple ones). I also prefer the over-ear headphones, but you look a bit silly walking around town or the office with those one.
I didn’t see the interview. If you can find a video link, let me know. I’d like to see it.
http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/10/11/the-daily-show-lynne-cheneys-interests/
There ya go! Too bad NBC’s policing Youtube pretty heavily these days, otherwise I wouldn’t link you to Crooks & Liars.
The unix distro underneath OSX is a BSD variant, actually. You can even install X over it- my friend often does Linux development on his mac.
The major reason I gave up on Linux, though, is the complete lack of decent audio/midi sequencers; you’ve got Audacity and Ardour, Audacity is much too limited for my needs, and Ardour is very clunky. I use Adobe Audition for all mastering, and sometimes for mixing if I’m doing only audio. It is far more powerful for working with audio than Sonar, but Sonar has a more productivity-enhancing and customizable interface, full-blown sequencing capabilities, and much more advanced automation (than Audition 1.5 anyway, 2.0 is supposed to have improved automation, but it doesn’t run on Windows 2000).
I’m actually recording a demo right now, with a number of friends singing, and myself on guitar, bass, keyboards, and programming drums(machine), I’ll let you know when it’s online.
$1,500 is great. Yeah, we had a G4 donated and I’ve been working on it some. I’m not converted yet, but I can certainly see the draw. I don’t know if I’ll ever be fully converted. I spent 8 years as an IT tech support geek working on PC’s. It’s a hard habit to quit…
I haven’t done much with Linux, just because I haven’t had the time to get it up and running on a spare computer. It intrigues me, though and I’m just enough of a nerd to get into it.
I like the churchy posts too, though I also enjoy the debates over ID as well. I’ve off the grid commenting wise for a couple weeks because I’ve been so busy.
If you have an extra hard drive, Ben, you can simply install Linux on that, and easily set it up to dual-boot so you can choose between Windows and Linux. You can even get a Linux live cd, try Knoppix for that, and Ubuntu if you want a hard drive install.