My Mac Life: Day 30 – My Conclusion

Image Credit: Apple Enlightenment by SeenyaRita on Flickr

Image Credit: "Apple Enlightenment" by SeenyaRita on Flickr

30 days later and I’ve come to the end of this journal a different computer user than I entered. At this point, I find it difficult to think about using anything that isn’t a Mac. Its not the applications, the look, the feel, that has swayed my mind, it is the simplicity. The MacBook Pro is a top of the line laptop, regardless of any operating system you use. My computing life is easier, I save more time performing tasks, and I’m able to do more with less. Continue Reading »

My Mac Life: Day 29 – What’s Missing On Mac

Image Credit: IMG_3092.JPG by {Guerrilla Futures | Jason Tester} on Flickr

Image Credit: "IMG_3092.JPG" by {Guerrilla Futures | Jason Tester} on Flickr

The past 29 Days of my life with a new Mac has been an awesome and rewarding experience. I’m surprise how much my life has changed merely by switching to a Mac. It may sound corny that a computer has changed significant parts of your life, but in a world where we rely on computers more often it makes sense. The approach of Apple is very different from Microsoft of the general open-source community and it makes computing approachable, useable, and adaptable. Nothing is perfect and while I believe Apple has made major strides since my last experience with them, there’s are some things missing on Mac. Continue Reading »

My Mac Life: Day 28 – Front Row

Image Credit: A Mac Playing the Piano by jochenWolters on Flickr

Image Credit: "A Mac Playing the Piano" by jochenWolters on Flickr

I’m on my last three days of My Mac experiment. I wanted to use a program that comes with Mac that I haven’t. Something fun and interesting. My choices left me to either trying Front Row or Chess. I never understood the purpose of Front Row until I tried it. I had no clue what Front Row was, did, or provided to the Mac experience. I was delighted when I experimented with the program. Continue Reading »

My Mac Life: Day 27 – Tweaking the Mac

Image Credit: Ready to attack by trekkyandy on Flickr

Image Credit: "Ready to attack" by trekkyandy on Flickr

27 Days Later and I’ve become a Mac Zombie (get the reference win a cookie). Apple has infected me with the evil “I Love Mac” Virus through Avalon (my 17” Mac Book Pro) and I want to spread my evil Mac germs everywhere! So far my life with Mac has been amazing, I don’t have any major complaints and with Snow Leopard around the corner, I’m excited to see what Apple improves.

On Day 26, I talked about customizing your Mac, mainly though the physical appearance and icons, but I want to highlight some tweaks I found helpful. Continue Reading »

My Mac Life: Day 26 – Customize My Mac!

Image Credit: Pimp my mac by Krudo. on Flickr

Image Credit: "Pimp my mac" by Krudo. on Flickr

I have been afraid to customize Avalon. With Windows, I always feel I may break something when customizing the system. In my new Mac Life, customization is simple and easy. While background and color options can be managed within the system preferences, there are some additional ways to customize the Mac to your preferences. Continue Reading »