Archive For August 2005

I was beginning to wonder if I was just unlucky or fussy or both, as almost everything I buy these days seems to be faulty when I get it home or goes wrong quickly; I’m pleased to see that I am not alone. I mentioned this to a friend after his second Apple PowerBook power… Continue Reading ›

I’ve just upgraded the memory on my iMac from 512Mb to 1Gb, and it was amazingly easy. Just undo three screws that hold the back of the iMac on, remove the back, pop out the old memory stick, pop in the new sticks, replace the back, do up the three screws, cross your fingers, and… Continue Reading ›

NTT is releasing a 3D web browser that looks a little like how I imagined jacking into cyberspace through your Ono Sendai would look when reading Neuromancer by William Gibson, although my cyberspace was much darker and a little more Tron-like. Neuromancer is one of my top books of all time. It blew me away… Continue Reading ›

I collected my second iMac from John Lewis this morning. I rushed home, plugged it in, and with my breath held switched it on… There’s fan noise, but the awful whine the first one had is not there. Hurrah. I’ve spent the day loading it up with my software, and I’m very happy indeed. I’ve… Continue Reading ›

I’m pleased to say that the Apple Store happily accepted my iMac back and gave me a complete refund. I’ll be picking up my new iMac from my local John Lewis store tomorrow AM. I really hope that this one will be quieter.

I finished work early on Friday and headed across London to the very lovely Apple Store on Regent Street. I was standing around waiting for the usual email checking foreign student to clear off so I could have a last confirmatory play with a 20” iMac when a member of staff approached me. Upon finding… Continue Reading ›