Feb 242013
 

Well, at long last my transition to Apple is complete….

Having made the first steps to the Apple fraternity with the original iPhone and progressed through every iteration of it since, together with owning the original iPad and progressing to the 3rd and 4th iterations of that too. In December last year the home desktop transition was made to the 27″ iMac, which just totally blew my mind.

Now, I am pleased to say that my employer has also made the move to Apple and my old Dell laptop has also been replaced with a top specification 15″ MacBook Pro with Retina display.

I hear people asking, all the time “How can anyone justify the expense of Apple?”

I will tell you how!

It really is quite simple!

20130224-101342.jpgNow, when I turn on my trusty iMac or MacBook Pro, it takes approximately 15 seconds before I am able to begin work, and by that I mean working on the document, development tool or whatever it is that “I” want to work on.

When I connect or add something to my Mac, it just works, I am not spending hours googling for drivers and settings before my device does what it is supposed to. When I receive a support request from a client I can be accessing their systems and dealing with their requests within seconds, that alone in my eyes is worth the added expense.

I now have control of my computing experience “it” no longer has control of me…

Jan 242013
 

Tweet Hi all, sorry but nothing new to report regarding the progress of the iMac programming due to an unexpected bout of unwelcome Bronchitis. You would think that with being laid up at home there would be plenty of time to get involved in a bit of in depth reading and programming practice wouldn’t you? [...]

Jan 162013
 

Tweet Having recently taken the plunge and invested a considerable amount of money purchasing a 27″ iMac with Quad Core 3.4GHz processor, 24Gb Memory, 256Gb SSD and 1Tb SATA Hard drives, I have decided to take the plunge and attempt to now invest some, (hopefully not too much!!!) of my time in re-entering the programming [...]

Jun 122012
 

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