Finally Pro-MacBooked

by Destry Wion  ::  published 6 April 07    

The demise of my Toshiba A70 facilitated getting what I have been wanting for a long while now, an Apple laptop, and great input from other Mac enthusiasts in the Textpattern community pretty much clinched it.

I went with a refurbished deal from Apple France; a 33% discount is not too shabby. All the language and keyboard concerns I originally had are put to rest (as the Textpattern folks said they would be), as I’m happily using English with a French keyboard, with another user account for French writing needs. (I did like the ability to quickly and easily switch keyboard languages in Windows, but I have not found that function yet in Mac…does it exist?)

I’ve decided not to split the drive for Windows use, as there is really no need (work resources helping out here); besides, I’m anxious to move away from proprietary applications to keep my cost overhead down. In that respect, I will do a system split with Linux at some point, but I’m not in a hurry.

I do need local site drafting abilities though, so I’m going with MAMP (since I am already well versed in WAMP) until I have more time for installing those components from scratch (not something I’ve done before)...maybe on the Linux side.

Anyway, I’ll be gradually getting used to the leather of this chair, and enjoying every minute of it. I guess I’ll need some Mac hangouts now to really gain power-user understanding of what I have.

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