Becoming a Mac user

by | Dec 27, 2009 | Uncategorized

I’m still a PC, but today I bought myself a MacBook Pro 13 inch.  It is a stunningly beautiful piece of kit, and it is a pleasure to use.  Mac OS X is a great operating system, and so much I have wanted to do today, to align my communications, to copy...

Status anxiety and the iPhone pt 2

by | Feb 17, 2009 | Uncategorized

I touched earlier on the feeling men get from possessing the best thing in any class of item. A man with a Bugatti Veyron, the first one to emerge from a James Bond film, someone with an iPhone: all feel varying levels of that top of the world feeling, at once...

I’m running Mac OS X

by | Apr 21, 2008 | technology

I’m a Microsoft fan, as eny fule kno, but I couldn’t help myself taking up the challenge to setup and install Mac OSX Leopard on my PC.  it may not be entirely legal or ethical, but it’ll become moreso tomorrow, when I order my proper licenced copy...

Making my PC a Mac for a little while

by | Apr 19, 2008 | technology

I’m going to try to pop a hacked version of Apple’s Mac OSX Leopard on my machine.  If it works, it’ll be like some sort of miracle, or worse.  If it works really well, it’ll be kept on there and I’ll buy me a legit copy of Mac OSX to...