I know I’m not the first to do this, but it does make me chuckle to have upgraded a brand new machine less than a week after buying it. That’s right, my brand new MacBook Pro now has 4 GB of RAM and a massive 320 GB of disk space. If you’re thinking of upgrading your [...]
How to Keep an IOGear KVM from Dimming Your Mac’s Screen
June 19, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Just a quick tip tonight about something that’s been nagging me. I love my IOGear MiniView Micro GCS632U KVM, but I’ve had a weird problem since hooking it up to my new MacBook Pro. See, the IOGear uses a double press on the Scroll Lock key to switch views. But every time I type this while [...]
Command and Control: The Clash of Keyboards
June 17, 2008 By 5 Comments
The lowly computer keyboard is so ubiquitous that it can seem unchanging, but nothing could be further from the truth. It is one of the most important components of any system, and has survived all assaults by new technologies from the mouse to the pen to the microphone, yet its evolution is marked by legacy [...]
Storage Virtualization: What Is It Good For?
June 17, 2008 By 4 Comments
Big Little Disks Are On The Way
June 16, 2008 By Leave a Comment
The relentless march of hard drive capacity is about to reach its next cantonment as 500 GB 2.5″ drives begin to arrive this month. These little half-terabyte wonders will continue the downward pressure on price and challenge flash-based drives just as they stake their claim in the main stream of the market.
Switch Day 1: This Mac is Hot!
June 14, 2008 By 3 Comments
So the Mac has joined my replacement work Dell – two new computers in two days! Here are my first thoughts on the hardware: This post is part of my series focused on switching from PC to Mac. How To Buy Discount Apple Computers Got Some AppleCare For Cheap Switch! or How the Mac (Finally) [...]
Switch! or How the Mac (Finally) Won Me Over
June 12, 2008 By 13 Comments
It’s official, I am a switcher. A splitter. An ex-Windows user (at home, at least). Today I bought my first Mac since the SE that still haunts our basement storage room in its cute gray carrying bag. Come Friday, I will be an official Mac user! How did it come to this? It’s not really [...]
Download Storage Decisions Presentations
June 9, 2008 By 1 Comment
Whether you were at the show or missed it, most of the presentations from Storage Decisions in Chicago are now available for download. These can be a great resource for internal communication and strategy – share the insights from the show to help make a case for change! Most of the sessions were worthwhile, but [...]
Justifying Email Archiving
June 9, 2008 By 1 Comment
Now that my TechTarget Virtual Seminar on email archiving is finished, I wanted to share the questions and answers from the session here. You will eventually be able to catch a recorded version of the presentation on TechTarget’s searchexchange.com site, and I’ll post when it’s out. Interestingly, most questions revolved around justifying the purchase of [...]
Amazon MP3 Friday 5
June 6, 2008 By Leave a Comment
I know this will sound like an ad, but please don’t take it that way. I love Amazon’s selection of MP3 downloads – they’re DRM-free and uniformly cheaper than iTunes. And the company has a download app that integrates nicely with iTunes (unlike the eternally-borken Emusic manager). I was surprised this morning with an email [...]
