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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)