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My first PowerBook in Oct 2003
Life has been a bit crazy lately. I’m not going to blog anything about work, family or friends here – at least not for now. So let’s keep everything gadget-related.
After getting a 1-TB desktop hard drive a few weeks ago, I finally found the time to move my old stuffs from a portable 160GB hard… »
My favourites at WWDC’09 Keynote
The WWDC’09 keynote live stream is finally available (via iTunes) today. I was too tired to stay up last night to follow it on Macrumors, and not very keen to watch the stream without Steve Jobs as the presenter. Among all the product announcements, these are my favourites (in order):
Mac OS X Snow Leopard –… »
Review on iPhone 3G
Two weeks after iPhone Party Hong Kong (which drained most of my energy) and using my first iPhone (16GB White, HK$498 unlimited data plan), I’ve finally got the time to write my little review here.
As a Mac fanatic, I bet you wouldn’t expect me to say a lot of bad things about it. To me,… »
iPhone Party Hong Kong
What has been keeping me busy in the past two weeks? Other than the usual stuffs at work, I’ve been spending a lot of time in organizing (possibly) the biggest Mac event in town – iPhone Party Hong Kong. As the host of HKU Mac User Group since 2002, I’ve not been very active in… »
MacBook Pro Hard Drive Upgrade
Last week Bill helped me upgrade the 120GB hard drive of my trusty 15“ MacBook Pro. Now I’m happily running a 250GB with plenty of space left even after installing VMWare and Windows XP! We found the most lengthy how-to online, and closely followed one step after another. It appeared to be an easy surgery,… »
新電話 Sony Ericsson P1i
用了部 W850i 八個月有多，今日忍不住換了新機：Sony Ericsson P1i
多謝老友阿Bill咁夜都肯陪我行先達睇電話，不負眾望，先達當然有現貨。仲有好多選擇：零售行貨機、上台機、中文水貨機、英文水貨機。我驚無原廠保養，所以最後買左最貴的“零售行貨版”。之前做左好多功課，知道晒部機的優點缺點，部機比我想像中輕，不過剛剛開始用，未好慣用 stylus 篤篤下，同埋Symbian個介面有Ｄ複雜，要 study 下。
返到屋企第一件事就係用 bluetooth 同我部 MacBook Pro pair up 再 iSync, 幾分鐘就將我所有 calendar 日程和 address book sync 晒去部新電話度。點解一直都係咁捧 Sony Ericsson 場就係因為佢同 Mac 最夾，不過最新的 Apple iSync 2.4 未 support 呢部機，要去 download 官方出的 iSync… »
New MacBook Pro
Yes! 終於忍唔住要買新機。Apple 四日前剛出了新的MacBook Pro, 雖然規格上無乜大驚喜，我覺得都係時候了。我用緊的13″ MacBook都仲好新，但係以前兩部都係PowerBook, 用落真係覺得都係 “Pro” 機正好多，即係「一分錢一分貨」。除左部機快，個mon大，keyboard易打，部機tough好多，MacBook 感覺還是很「膠」（不是粗口，plastic 那個膠！）。上我Flickr睇下神聖的「開盒儀式」。部MacBook點算？梗係唔賣啦（因為都唔方好價），諗住擺公司俾其他同事用算了。
另外，今日office正式開始裝修，要搞成個幾星期。呢幾日執開野先發現搬來短短兩年巳經積埋咁多雜物，為達到live a simple life的目標，一定要狠下決心。我諗我差不多扔了四大蘿，包括所有以前讀大學時的法律書和筆記（呢次真係無得返轉頭）、舊的電腦書、軟件和電玩的盒、舊project資料的hard copies …… »
世界最薄的手提電腦
BusinessWeek裡的這部號稱「世界最薄的手提電腦」好型下喎! 其實電腦硬件真係好難再有驚天動地的改變，不外乎係：更快、更薄、更慳電 … 每樣都要克服好多物理上的限制。我成日都恨Apple出部超薄的手提電腦，但就算薄到盡，都要三幾磅，除非唔要Optical Drive,個display又超細。我以前都用過一部只有 10.5 吋 display 的 Sony VAIO，睇到我眼盲，而家年紀大咪攪啦！以 business user… »
Trying out new apps
Getting tired of searching for the perfect accounting app, I finally settled for MYOB for Windows, which cost me HK$3,900. Why Windows version? Because it is much more stable and feature-rich than their Mac counterpart! How ridiculous is this. I know. So I forced my brother learn how to use it and do all the… »
Clip it! – Bill’s first Mac app goes live!
Wow!!! My buddy Bill just released his first Mac app!
Introducing Clip it!, a free Mac OS X app that allows any one to capture any web page into a single image, regardless of the size of your screen or browser window. It’s very handy for web designers like me who from time to time… »