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May 24, 2006

macbook

so i got my new macbook today, and yes, this is sda-related, because i intend to process content as well as upload it using the new machine.

first of all, the pictures:

my first impressions:

May 24 09:45:20 jbg ok, here we go
May 24 09:45:23 jbg macbook coming out of box
May 24 09:45:28 SABERinPSYCHE go go go
May 24 09:45:36 jbg the box is extremely small
May 24 09:45:46 jbg like you think of a backpack's inside
May 24 09:48:16 jbg pics definitely going in blog
May 24 09:48:27 jbg this puppy is going to be producing runs, not just distributing them so
May 24 09:48:29 jbg it's appropriate :P
May 24 09:49:05 jbg and there it is
May 24 09:49:29 jbg feels smaller than my old one
May 24 09:49:39 jbg maybe 60-70% of the weight
May 24 09:50:45 jbg the battery has a full charge
May 24 09:50:47 SABERinPSYCHE thought you said "60-70% of my weight"
May 24 09:50:55 SABERinPSYCHE that's class
May 24 09:50:57 jbg the polycarbonate of the case is like a mirror
May 24 09:51:02 jbg like you think of the back of an ipod
May 24 09:51:16 SABERinPSYCHE hah
May 24 09:51:23 jbg it feels indestructible
May 24 09:51:23 SABERinPSYCHE mine was used
May 24 09:51:33 jbg but i guess we'll see about that won't we
May 24 09:51:44 SABERinPSYCHE looks like the Tails side of Two Face's coin
May 24 09:51:51 jbg ;-[
May 24 09:52:33 jbg keyboard feels almost identical to the old one (good)
May 24 09:53:02 jbg magnetic latch is excellent
May 24 09:53:24 jbg camera ran out of batteries ... oh well
May 24 09:53:42 jbg the feet are indeed part of the case
May 24 09:53:46 jbg time to boot up
May 24 09:53:50 SABERinPSYCHE yeah now how does that work
May 24 09:53:52 SABERinPSYCHE the latch
May 24 09:53:55 SABERinPSYCHE is it strong?
May 24 09:54:07 jbg the apple logo has appeared before the startup chime completed
May 24 09:54:23 jbg the machine is silent from a normal working distance
May 24 09:54:29 jbg i can't hear that the hard drive is there
May 24 09:54:38 jbg yeah it's quite strong
May 24 09:54:42 jbg won't come open accidentally
May 24 09:54:48 jbg have to jam your fingers in there and pull
May 24 09:55:06 jbg the machine feels small to me
May 24 09:55:15 jbg the screen aspect ratio is obvious
May 24 09:55:38 jbg language selection screen
May 24 09:55:49 jbg the computer just said "english" out loud
May 24 09:56:38 jbg english, japanese, french, german, spanish, italian, portuguese, dutch, swedish, danish, norwegian, finnish, simplified and traditional chinese, korean
May 24 09:57:16 jbg i just realized i didn't realize the screen is glossy ... good
May 24 09:59:16 Jimmy what's your blog?
May 24 09:59:43 Jimmy oh, incidentally, check out the 5th and final design for my website: http://www.exmembersof.com/
May 24 09:59:57 jbg i like how the trackpad is wide like the screen
May 24 10:00:03 jbg http://nate.metroid2002.com/blog
May 24 10:00:27 jbg looks sweet man
May 24 10:00:29 jbg good choice of color
May 24 10:01:44 jbg ah the command key on the right side of the spacebar is back
May 24 10:01:51 SABERinPSYCHE ugh
May 24 10:02:04 Jimmy do you use wordpress for your blog?
May 24 10:02:09 SABERinPSYCHE I mean I guess for versatility it's a good design call, but I'd never use that
May 24 10:02:17 SABERinPSYCHE meh on wordpress
May 24 10:02:28 SABERinPSYCHE it's good but cutenews just owns it
May 24 10:02:43 Jimmy well, I programmed my own database/php system
May 24 10:02:49 Jimmy I was just asking :P
May 24 10:02:56 Jimmy and what's wrong with my design?
May 24 10:02:56 jbg mt
May 24 10:03:34 SABERinPSYCHE no no
May 24 10:03:47 SABERinPSYCHE the cmd key being on the right side of the spacebar on nate's macbook
May 24 10:03:51 Jimmy oh
May 24 10:03:53 Jimmy :)
May 24 10:04:01 SABERinPSYCHE yeah yours looks fine
May 24 10:04:16 Jimmy I don't think I've _ever_ used the right command key
May 24 10:05:15 jbg it's for mac stuff like command period
May 24 10:05:30 jbg command comma etc
May 24 10:06:28 jbg i haven't noticed any dead pixels
May 24 10:06:48 jbg hahaha the snapshot it took of me is hilarious
May 24 10:06:50 jbg fakest of fake smiles
May 24 10:07:26 jbg go .mac ad
May 24 10:08:10 jbg haha
May 24 10:08:36 jbg ah and there's software update ;-[
May 24 10:08:53 jbg the smell is overwhelming
May 24 10:09:41 jbg easy to remember mac id
May 24 10:09:43 jbg on the wireless
May 24 10:10:53 jbg spotlight is much, much faster than on here
May 24 10:11:13 jbg hah you know i never thought of a name for it
May 24 10:11:58 jbg trackpad scrolling works great
May 24 10:12:02 jbg something i might actually use looks like
May 24 10:14:25 jbg 16.77 gig used, 54.44 gig available
May 24 10:14:33 jbg er oops that's the capacity sorry
May 24 10:14:39 jbg 38.68 gig available
May 24 10:14:45 jbg i got the smallest drive because it's so easy to upgrade ;-[
May 24 10:15:48 jbg the speakers are invisible
May 24 10:16:38 * inate (camera@reality.org) has joined
May 24 10:16:38 * Alizee sets modes [+oa inate inate]
May 24 10:16:56 inate the screen is very bright and clear ... i can read this even with my glasses on sitting from a normal distance
May 24 10:17:08 Jimmy all that video stuff is gibberish to me :\
May 24 10:17:18 inate heh yeah i get really technical
May 24 10:17:22 inate i'll post pics tonight
May 24 10:17:28 inate and then there can be something for you :P
May 24 10:17:40 Jimmy heh
May 24 10:17:50 inate i don't know why i'm running software update if i have to repartition to put doze on here
May 24 10:18:00 * inate goes to download bootcamp
May 24 10:18:23 inate applications open instantly
May 24 10:18:27 inate this is really bizarre
May 24 10:18:33 inate laptops are supposed to suck
May 24 10:18:43 Jimmy heh
May 24 10:19:07 inate safari reminds me of firefox on v5
May 24 10:19:16 inate which is good
May 24 10:20:29 inate Thank you for your interest in features of the next version of Mac OS X, Leopard. Donb
May 24 10:20:36 inate urg ircii
May 24 10:25:05 inate gmail works much better
May 24 10:28:33 inate insane
May 24 10:28:40 inate it says the existing mac os x partition remains intact
May 24 10:30:46 inate brb
May 24 10:34:55 * Jimmy awtches some muppet show before bed
May 24 10:34:59 Jimmy night guys
May 24 10:38:16 * Jimmy has quit (Connection reset by peer)
May 24 11:02:48 * inate has quit (Quit: Leaving)
May 24 11:14:46 jbg the magsafe power connector is genius
May 24 11:14:51 jbg i didn't realize that it's actually held in by the magnets
May 24 11:15:02 jbg so you can just kind of tug it and it comes "off"
May 24 11:15:03 jbg not "out"
May 24 11:15:26 jbg i guess what i mean is it's held on by the magnets
May 24 11:15:33 jbg like if you stick two magnets together
May 24 11:15:38 jbg that's what the power connector is like
May 24 11:16:16 jbg so this is how they solved the power adapter problems
May 24 11:23:17 * SABERinPSYCHE does the Protoman whistle
May 24 11:23:49 jbg :P

and finally, specs: 13" display, intel 2.0 ghz core duo cpu, 2x256 megs of ram (machine's achilles heel right now), dvd±rw (4x ±r write) optical drive, 60 gb 5400 rpm sata hard drive, white color.

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