Comments for theappleofmyi.com http://theappleofmyi.com/blog Marketing, web technology and Apple stuff Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:10:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 Comment on Fame at last - Jon Moss on the 37 signals blog! by proofHQ | theappleofmyi.com http://theappleofmyi.com/blog/fame-at-last-jon-moss-on-the-37-signals-blog/#comment-7789 proofHQ | theappleofmyi.com Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:33:00 +0000 http://theappleofmyi.com/blog/?p=1350#comment-7789 [...] application which quite a few people know about (I’ve spoken about them a number of times before). Ok, nothing new here then you might [...] [...] application which quite a few people know about (I’ve spoken about them a number of times before). Ok, nothing new here then you might [...]

]]> Comment on Is this the new MacBookPro?! by admin http://theappleofmyi.com/blog/is-this-the-new-macbookpro/#comment-7788 admin Wed, 27 Aug 2008 07:14:57 +0000 http://theappleofmyi.com/blog/?p=2276#comment-7788 Finger zapping built in? Perfect feature and one I would pay a premium for :-D I quite liked my 12" PB, but found it very slow (possibly due to the very small amount of RAM in it). The G3 PBs I have seen do look pretty nice, and certainly better built than my MBP now. 7 years is seriously impressive for a laptop). I don't need a CD/DVD drive. I do need portability, battery life and power. And finger zapping. PS And a kick ass design and build quality. We don't want much eh?! Finger zapping built in? Perfect feature and one I would pay a premium for :-D

I quite liked my 12″ PB, but found it very slow (possibly due to the very small amount of RAM in it).

The G3 PBs I have seen do look pretty nice, and certainly better built than my MBP now. 7 years is seriously impressive for a laptop).

I don’t need a CD/DVD drive. I do need portability, battery life and power. And finger zapping.

PS And a kick ass design and build quality. We don’t want much eh?!

]]> Comment on Is this the new MacBookPro?! by Ian http://theappleofmyi.com/blog/is-this-the-new-macbookpro/#comment-7787 Ian Tue, 26 Aug 2008 23:47:43 +0000 http://theappleofmyi.com/blog/?p=2276#comment-7787 I'm not sure what will come next for the pro line of Apple portables... the design has evolved quite nicely since the days of the Aluminium PowerBook G4, through to the MacBook Pro that I'm tapping away on now. Would like it to be tougher, but I can bear the weight, and as much as I bang on about my old 12" PowerBook I really like the 15" screen (the 12" moved to SWMBO because I missed the 15" screen of my TiBook). For many the air is overpriced and underpowered, with features missing from a professional computer. For me a professional notebook needs to be full featured, portable (sub 5lbs) and have a good enough keyboard and screen to work 10 hours a day and still want to play in the evening. If its battery is weak, if it gets too hot, if the case looks rough after use or is badly engineered, if the ports are in dumb places... all bad things. The focus on subnotes and the design exercise of the air is refreshing and they're certainly more fun to carry, but when a customer (or worse... your MD) hands you a DVD and you look blankly at your one USB port in confusion and horror... oh oh! Apple should spend some quality time in its own museum, take some sandwiches and make a day of it. Especially they could remind themselves of the durability, flexibility and adaptive nature of the G3 series of PowerBooks. The Pismo remains for me the definitive Macintosh portable, expansion bays, raw horsepower, tough plastic and rubber... mine only fell out of use when the logic board gave up the ghost, but fair play as it had given me almost seven years of hard daily use and spanned OS 9 through to OS 10.4! SEVEN YEARS!!!! Final wishlist item for the next MBP? A screen with lasers that zap approaching greasy fingers :-D I’m not sure what will come next for the pro line of Apple portables… the design has evolved quite nicely since the days of the Aluminium PowerBook G4, through to the MacBook Pro that I’m tapping away on now. Would like it to be tougher, but I can bear the weight, and as much as I bang on about my old 12″ PowerBook I really like the 15″ screen (the 12″ moved to SWMBO because I missed the 15″ screen of my TiBook).

For many the air is overpriced and underpowered, with features missing from a professional computer. For me a professional notebook needs to be full featured, portable (sub 5lbs) and have a good enough keyboard and screen to work 10 hours a day and still want to play in the evening. If its battery is weak, if it gets too hot, if the case looks rough after use or is badly engineered, if the ports are in dumb places… all bad things.

The focus on subnotes and the design exercise of the air is refreshing and they’re certainly more fun to carry, but when a customer (or worse… your MD) hands you a DVD and you look blankly at your one USB port in confusion and horror… oh oh!

Apple should spend some quality time in its own museum, take some sandwiches and make a day of it. Especially they could remind themselves of the durability, flexibility and adaptive nature of the G3 series of PowerBooks. The Pismo remains for me the definitive Macintosh portable, expansion bays, raw horsepower, tough plastic and rubber… mine only fell out of use when the logic board gave up the ghost, but fair play as it had given me almost seven years of hard daily use and spanned OS 9 through to OS 10.4! SEVEN YEARS!!!!

Final wishlist item for the next MBP? A screen with lasers that zap approaching greasy fingers :-D

]]> Comment on Is this the new MacBookPro?! by admin http://theappleofmyi.com/blog/is-this-the-new-macbookpro/#comment-7776 admin Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:19:50 +0000 http://theappleofmyi.com/blog/?p=2276#comment-7776 Aha! Successful posting, well done sir! :D Aha! Successful posting, well done sir! :D

]]> Comment on Is this the new MacBookPro?! by Andy http://theappleofmyi.com/blog/is-this-the-new-macbookpro/#comment-7775 Andy Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:01:51 +0000 http://theappleofmyi.com/blog/?p=2276#comment-7775 Yum!! Yum!!

]]> Comment on Tim Ferriss Confirmed for the Do Lectures by admin http://theappleofmyi.com/blog/tim-ferris-confirmed-for-the-do-lectures/#comment-7753 admin Sat, 23 Aug 2008 06:53:14 +0000 http://theappleofmyi.com/blog/?p=2263#comment-7753 Doh!!! How embarrassing! Fixed now - thanks Tim! Doh!!! How embarrassing! Fixed now - thanks Tim!

]]> Comment on Tim Ferriss Confirmed for the Do Lectures by TimFerris http://theappleofmyi.com/blog/tim-ferris-confirmed-for-the-do-lectures/#comment-7750 TimFerris Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:48:28 +0000 http://theappleofmyi.com/blog/?p=2263#comment-7750 Add an "s" to the end of the young man's name, please, and you won't wind up in my Google Alerts as readily. You owe it to him. Add an “s” to the end of the young man’s name, please, and you won’t wind up in my Google Alerts as readily. You owe it to him.

]]> Comment on Don’t Put It Off by Andy http://theappleofmyi.com/blog/dont-put-it-off/#comment-7745 Andy Thu, 21 Aug 2008 08:21:17 +0000 http://theappleofmyi.com/blog/?p=2233#comment-7745 Silly sausage... So now we're able to see why he can do a 4 hour week (which, to my knowledge, he never actually did himself). He basically lists all the jobs which need doing, scratches off 90% and then does the remaining 10%. The normal 40 hour week is thus reduced to 4... And I didn't even need to buy the book!!! ;) Silly sausage…

So now we’re able to see why he can do a 4 hour week (which, to my knowledge, he never actually did himself).

He basically lists all the jobs which need doing, scratches off 90% and then does the remaining 10%. The normal 40 hour week is thus reduced to 4…

And I didn’t even need to buy the book!!! ;)

]]> Comment on Wordpress add media issues by admin http://theappleofmyi.com/blog/wordpress-add-media-issues/#comment-7739 admin Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:26:43 +0000 http://theappleofmyi.com/blog/?p=2037#comment-7739 Cheers Craig, will have a look at the link now! Best, Jon Cheers Craig, will have a look at the link now!

Best,

Jon

]]> Comment on Wordpress add media issues by Craiger http://theappleofmyi.com/blog/wordpress-add-media-issues/#comment-7737 Craiger Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:45:11 +0000 http://theappleofmyi.com/blog/?p=2037#comment-7737 Hope this helps: http://wordpress.org/support/topic/197027?replies=11#post-832811 Jon good choice for a WP theme, btw. Hope this helps: http://wordpress.org/support/topic/197027?replies=11#post-832811

Jon good choice for a WP theme, btw.

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