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8/13/2005

The impression that I get

8/13/2005 11:13:00 pm
My new computer finally arrived on Thursday. After having spent some time without Internet access, and much longer without a machine of any appreciable speed, it is about time. Opening the nondescript brown box it arrived in, I find myself face to face with the computer's true packaging. The box my computer came in has a handle. I think I'll be keeping that box.

For those of you who have ever read reviews of Apple hardware products, you'll be aware of the awesome feeling the individual experiences when opening the box - everything is packed away neatly and perfectly. Cables, discs, and the main product itself are all exactly where they should be. The items are all positioned in a way that makes you think "woah, feng shui". No space is wasted. I experienced this with my iPod, and my new Mini was no exception.

All of my various hardware attachments were detected and work flawlessly, excepting my having to download a third party program to take full advantage of the buttons on my mouse. The OSX GUI is going to take a lot of getting used to for me, but overall it's good. The whole zoom/maximize difference with XP is something I dislike, however. I imagine I'll start using multiple virtual desktops to help me deal with that. As time goes by I will have a better grasp of what I like and dislike about it - expect a more in-depth article in the future!
 Comments (4)
# 8/14/2005 12:01:00 pm
Blogger Michael
So thats why you haven't been online in ages.

Me and stu where beginning to wonder what had happened to ya.
 
# 8/14/2005 07:50:00 pm
Blogger Foobear
At least it's a BSD box... and it runs on a decent piece of hardware...

Pity that it's often associated with homosexuality.
 
# 8/14/2005 11:04:00 pm
Blogger Unknown
Nathan thinks he has some power problems at his place, recently he place has lost a set top box, had a few HDDs fail on him, a PSU die, and his laptop no longer boots. Anyone have ideas? I'm tempted to suggest a power filter or an online UPS, but they're a few hundred.
 
# 8/16/2005 05:33:00 pm
Blogger Foobear
Hmm... possible. However, HDDs die, and they should have clean power by the time it gets to the HDD. On top of that, I'd think a HDD is pretty well resilient to power fluxes. In addition, if it dies a slow death (like I imagine happened) then that would suggest a gradual death, which isn't explained by power.

PSUs die. I've had one of mine die. It happens, sometimes. One of mine died from a power surge, while the computer was off (because ATX still supplies a small amount of power), another one "just because".

He's got the same set top box as me: a DGTec. Mine also died recently. They're about the crappiest quality set top boxes in existence. Everyone pretty much knows this. It's not surprising that it's dead.

So I think there's no power issues.

However, if these events are somehow related - I'd think it's the weather or some Campbelltown-wide thing if it was - then it is possible for the power to be affecting the both of us.
 

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