In 1983, Apple released the Lisa computer system. It ran on it’s own operating system called the Lisa OS. Fast forward to 2011 and Apple is preparing OS X 10.7 Lion for release. So what else is new in OS X Lion? Marketing materials tout a new feature called Resume that allows applications to resume [...]
Read full post...After getting a new 2010 unibody Mac Mini Server, it was time to look for an LCD monitor. Having a matching Apple LED or Cinema Display would have been nice. The 24inch LED display has been discontinued as of 26th July 2010 and is available while stocks last. So has the monstor 30inch Cinema Display. Apple currently [...]
Read full post...At present, all the Macs are scattered everyone. A few of them are displayed on a shelf while the rest are tucked in the store room and around the house. The metal framing of the shelf was bought from ikea and the timber shelves salvaged from a shop that closed down. As we are moving to a [...]
Read full post...The iBook has been giving some trouble after a year in service as a wireless base station. First the airport card started failing as the coverage of the wifi network started getting smaller. It is detected in the system profile and can be accessed from the system preferences pane except for not having any wifi [...]
Read full post...My wireless router was faulty and it was the middle of the month. Pay day was still two weeks away. Instead of buying a new airport base station, I decided to use an iBook G3 clamshell to share the internet connection. Almost all new macs come with an airport card. Even older hardware like G3 iBooks and iMacs are [...]
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