Monday, November 26, 2007

Azureus 3.0.3.4 on a mac

I'd only tried this for Windoze before, and been disappointed by the Vuze interface, which I still don't like. This time I got it for my mac, because BitRocket has BitRotted after the Jaguar upgrade. Yeah, Java hasn't improved any since I last checked... So depressing. I'm running Firefox, iTunes, a hundred other things, and the one little program that's supposed to sit in the background and download things for me, yeah, that's the one taking up the most memory and CPU time.

Lucky number Slevin

So depressing I fell asleep midway, despite the hotness of Lucy.

Sunday, November 25, 2007

Mac Mini 80GB HD/Combo drive edition

I bought a Mac Mini, the cheaper version, from Fry's about a month ago. Holy cow, am I impressed! It's silent (though runs hot, obviously, due to the lack of fan), fast, practically shaped, and so far flawless (though the OS X upgrade to Jaguar has compromised its reliability). It has plenty of USB ports in the back, and the firewire 400 is a welcome addition for people who need fast access to an external drive or a fancy webcam. The Bluetooth remote is also super cool! The video card is adequate for everything I've tried so far, though I still haven't installed any of my Myst games on it ;-P

Mac OS X 10.5 Jaguar upgrade

I got the Mac OS X Jaguar upgrade for $9.95 because I recently bought a Mac Mini just before the new OS X came out. I was depressed by how long it took to install the upgrade, the extra 3.5 GB of disk space it needed, the fact that the kernel crashed overnight on the first night (some Atheros-related bogosity), and the fact that BitRocket now crashes every 5 minutes.

Western Digital 500 GB MyBook Essential Edition

I just bought one of these from Circuit City this morning. Aside from the obvious lust that half a terabyte on my desk causes me to feel, I'm impressed at the relative quietness of the thing. We'll see if it's quiet enough to leave it on at night.

If pressed ...

If pressed
would you report
that by this thingy here
you are impressed
or depressed?

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