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The new MacBook line has a deliciously visual refresh. Am loving the design decisions that went into the whole refresh. More impressed with the precision engineering it took to make the whole damn thing work.
This is why I feel Apple is far ahead of the competition. They constantly innovate, willing to try new things and experiment and shift the paradigm.
Still on this note, it kinda clears up the direction for now as to my next few computing purchases. First up would be an UMPC to facilitate easier carrying around. Am missing the mobility that my 12″ PowerBook had. The MSI Wind cuts pretty close as a choice considering its the most likely candidate for Mac OS X.
Next up would be a proper hackintosh since I’m just too poor to afford a Mac Pro. Its getting easier to mod these days and with the advent of boot managers like the boot-132 or even the USB Efi-X, it just lowers the bar for easy updating and usage.
Would love the new LED 24″ too eventually. Would help with the docking of the MacBook Pro to an external display. The expanded screen real estate would help plenty much too.
Posted in mac, mobile · October 15th, 2008 · Comments (0)
There are a few ways you can do this, either the USB interface or through a Bluetooth connection.
Bluetooth is pretty straight forward so I’d just list the steps for USB. This is for Mac OS X Leopard.
1. Connect E71 to the Mac through USB using “PC Suite” connection.
2. Open the Network Preferences Pane in the Systems Preferences.
3. Network Preferences should auto detect the E71 as a new interface should it not have been previously.
4. If not, select one of the Nokia E71 interfaces within Network Preferences.
5. Enter your account name and password as “star” and “hub” respectively. Leave the other options blank.
6. Click the Advanced button.
7. Select “Nokia” as your Vendor and “Model” as “GPRS (GSM/3G)”.
8. Enter “shwapint” for your APN.
9. Leave CID as “1″.
10. Under PPP and under “Session”. Ensure “Disconnect if Idle” is not checked.
11. You’re done! Hit connect and you’ll logon to StarHub’s 3G network.
Posted in 3G, e71, mac, mobile · October 8th, 2008 · Comments (0)
I’ve all the intention to purchase a netbook and hack OS X into working shape on it. This is in a bid to have an ultra portable that I can bring to lessons or practically anywhere. Plonk in an ExpressCard HSDPA modem or actually mod it into the unit would make the perfect device for mobile computing.
As of now, it seems that the MSI Wind is the best candidate for such a system due to its widespread support, a customised installation of OS X floating around the torrent networks as well as actual work currently being done to rectify the problems with official WiFi and Sound inputs.
That is, until the Dell Inspiron Mini 9 hits. Really love the 9″ form factor and the business look. And woopiee do, some guy has Leopard running on it already!
Posted in Others, mac · October 5th, 2008 · Comments (1)
Mac users facing problems with RDC2 such as having all details correct when connecting to only see the spinning progress indicator die out after about a few seconds of appearing should check the nVidia forums regarding this issue.
This is apparently a problem with the WHQL nVidia drivers borking on your installation. Evidence in your Events Viewer under “System”. Hunt for Application popup entries that mention “…RDPDD.dll failed to load“. You’ll either have to patiently wait for a fix or grab the beta 175.80 drivers at Guru3d.com. Note however that this is a beta and is not guaranteed stability.
Had a few days lost to toggling the bluetooth keyboard from the PC to the Macbook Pro to the PC and so on. This should hopefully solve this now and up productivity.
Tags: drivers, mac, nvidia, rdc, rdp, remote desktop, remote desktop connection, windows, work
Posted in Method, mac · July 12th, 2008 · Comments (0)