Hey, Mac!
So I see that now Apple has released Safari (the web browser) for a public beta to Mac AND WINDOWS users. Now how interesting is THAT?
Apple Safari Beta for Mac and Windows
Fascinating, because I'd just gotten fed up with my current browsers. Firefox was running slow (I love the Open Source community, but web developers don't always share that same love. K12 takes for-freaking-ever to log in.), so in desperation I turned to the Dark Side...Internet Exploder. I should have known better. Sure, it loaded up fast and got me logged in (after the obligatory dance with the absolutely paranoid anti-virus blocker, that is), but as soon as I wanted to do something so mundane as OPEN a .pdf of David's homework assignment, it totally freaked out and...well, exploded.
Combine this with the work I've been doing recently...huge, HUGE graphics files, which are throwing the poor little laptop into spasming fits and making the downstairs workhorse hack a hairball, too. Snarl. The laptop has a gig of memory...according to Doug, even more than the downstairs computer has. The new Apple notebooks have THREE gig of memory. Drool. So I'm going back to Apple.com to confirm how pricey those laptops are and lo...here's Safari.
In fact, Apple is up to some interesting little tricks. Not only did they extend iTunes to the Windows platform (c'mon, they'd have to be stupid not to do that), but now Finder for the Mac looks just like the interface for iTunes. Hmmm. So if you're familiar with iTunes and can find your way around that, you'll feel right at home on a Mac.
Apple Safari Beta for Mac and Windows
Fascinating, because I'd just gotten fed up with my current browsers. Firefox was running slow (I love the Open Source community, but web developers don't always share that same love. K12 takes for-freaking-ever to log in.), so in desperation I turned to the Dark Side...Internet Exploder. I should have known better. Sure, it loaded up fast and got me logged in (after the obligatory dance with the absolutely paranoid anti-virus blocker, that is), but as soon as I wanted to do something so mundane as OPEN a .pdf of David's homework assignment, it totally freaked out and...well, exploded.
Combine this with the work I've been doing recently...huge, HUGE graphics files, which are throwing the poor little laptop into spasming fits and making the downstairs workhorse hack a hairball, too. Snarl. The laptop has a gig of memory...according to Doug, even more than the downstairs computer has. The new Apple notebooks have THREE gig of memory. Drool. So I'm going back to Apple.com to confirm how pricey those laptops are and lo...here's Safari.
In fact, Apple is up to some interesting little tricks. Not only did they extend iTunes to the Windows platform (c'mon, they'd have to be stupid not to do that), but now Finder for the Mac looks just like the interface for iTunes. Hmmm. So if you're familiar with iTunes and can find your way around that, you'll feel right at home on a Mac.
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