Archive for June 2009

Ain’t Advertising (Ten) Grand?

I thought I was beyond being surprised by the depths to which Microsoft will stoop to gain a user. Sadly this week has proved that I am not and I viewed the latest attempts from Redmond to woo users to the newly minted Internet Explorer 8. The strategy this time is to offer the chance [...]

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Safari 4 – Almost a Disaster

So after a fantastic night chatting with MacBiters in the MacBites chat room during WWDC I eagerly downloaded the release version of Safari and installed it. While I’m installing I ponder the slightly surprising decision to revert the top mounted tabs to their original location but I’m sure I’ll get used it again. Trouble is [...]

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Like a Headless Chicken

In the midst of the iMac fiasco I made the decision to buy a Mac Mini. I’d toyed with purchasing one before deciding to wait for the inevitable upgrades – trouble was Apple took far longer than I anticipated to upgrade the Mini. Well the upgrades finally arrived and I bought a base model priced [...]

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