Like usual Apple gimmick, some rumor, some excitement and wait for the queue.
Recently, there are rumor about the latest iPhone 4G, or some say it is iPhone HD.
The overall design look like a Macbook, I like, but I don’t like touch screen from now on, that’s it!
It has been 5 years I’m writing blog for my operating system blog, I almost amazed by myself when I was research about life insurance quotes online and doing spring cleaning on this blog.
Let’s see what I’ve been working on this blog:
Back in October 2006, I finally decided to get a Macbook instead of a PC, because I was in print industry of studies. As most designers recommended Macbook due to the speed and stability it can provide to work on large scale of work.
However, soon I graduated from college, I started to order Ubuntu to test the system (That’s why it jumped from Macbook to Operating system).
On the end of end of 2008 I decided to go back to a PC since Macbook is too much to maintain and too expensive to upgrade with I got myself an Acer Aspire 4930, which is one of the economical laptop on the market. It was also because I started off as a web designer and not a print designer. So I am a-ok with PC since my work is small scaled.
And now, here I am as a self-employed/freelance web designer with my wife ranting and complaining to each other about web technology, WordPress upgrade and clients 
Life has been good and will be good.
As the title stated, these are all I did today. Didn’t really online and tweet. Just some casual yet simple task today. However, something I find out about both systems though.
My Macbook need some heat. It doesn’t work well on first hour or more, but after the period of cooling, it will runs as I tell. I did a few print design today with it, files was approximately 15 to 25MB, without a dim problem with it, beside, of course the heat problem.
I can’t tell why yet, as I plugged the third USB device, it slowed down and start to lag, doesn’t matter which application I open, it took ages. The running processes also slow. What I plugged were 1, USB hub with a keyboard and a wireless mouse. 2, 3G USB modem, 3, External HDD. As soon as I plugged in the external HDD, it slow down and lag. Probably too heavy to run a huge (80GB) storage device?
Well, it is still good, I think I’m going to keep it for a moment and see what would I jump into before fixing myself into any operating system yet. I am seriously getting bored of designing this few month. I wanted to work on online traffic building and marketing at the moment. Just before I start off with a small agency, I need to at least know the most important aspect of one website-related office.
Anyway, speaking of cleaning Ubuntu, I think GtkOrphan is enough I tried to login to all system folders to see if there’s any leftover, but none I found, great work Ubuntu! And please make a better and stable version on next release? I’ll be upgrading to Ubuntu 9.04 once I step back home next month, the CDs just arrived home
I changed to Macbook for 2 days, test drive again after 6 months. Well, still the same, I think all these shits happen on my Macbook only and not others…
Opening windows and application is way slow comparing with Vista and Ubuntu. Though the system is faster, but I still believe a vendor who created the operating system and hardware should have a better performance.
I need to stress this again. Without laser mouse or 1000dpi mouse, Mac OSX Tiger just don’t run that smooth. I am using a 800dpi mouse, in Vista and Ubuntu it runs well. Not in Mac OSX Tiger. That’s a down turn. I just cannot afford a mighty mouse. I am giving chance to Apple by buying their product, but they did not give me a chance to use/buy their product in long term.
Macbook white 1.83GHz, bought 3 years ago. As fragile as it gets. Let’s see, I get battery defeated, DVD-ROM down, screen flickering… Almost everything that can be taken down has been broken. I don’t know how long it can stand anymore.
Anyway, just a few side note here:
Obviously I wouldn’t be able to update too much on all my blog. But of course I will try my best for update my experience with the OS I have with me
Just for the sake of posting something here since the connection today seems to be pretty good Just to share some simple thing though. Speaking about turning off computer, I mean laptop actually are made to be easy. Let’s just take my Macbook as an esample, pressing the on/off button will come out this warning window…
Well, another press on “Enter” will do the work. However, some people joke about turning off windows need to go to “Start”, which for a laptop, is not truth. Simply press the on/off button will do too.
And this little thing that looks like emergency lights will switch off the laptop in no time. So just becareful when typing on speed with the keyboard.