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Okay, so after the weekend, I was already wiped out. So the X5 I am due to review being delivered a day earlier, when my G5's Firewire ports have fried and the house is in chaos, let alone the remains of my office (I've been working in the studio, having sold the eMac with the intention of upgrading, etc... and not actually needed to as yet), caused a mass panic tidy and reorganisation.
I am now sitting in my downstairs former home cinema/library room, in the newly reassembled office, staring at a shiny new 24" iMac whilst I try and unwind a little. I've still got a LOT of tidying to do, and I need to decide if I want to move email accounts to the iMac that I originally had on the eMac and are now on the G5. I'm also wondering if I should rationalise iPhoto some more and use the iMac for a couple of libraries.
The iMac came with a full version of Parallels, so as well as the usual BootCamp install, Windows is currently running in a window behind Safari. ActiveSync is installed, and I shall see if that behaves as planned in Parallels, if not, I can always boot Windows when I need Windows. Also, Lightroom finally showed up. It's a cross-platform installer; I am very tempted to see if it is faster under Windows or OS X.
This means that my G5 can have the 250GB HD from my PC, Colin can have his Athlon64 system back and I can reclaim a little space there.
Main issue with the new office is that it is also still a library. Which means I have no room for my filing cabinet. I also wanted to set up the projector and PS3, but cannot be arsed with the wiring and hassle related to that.
Tomorrow, I shall have a Real Live Visitor come to show me the X5 and how to use it, and I will have a decent, modern computer for them to install it on, and a clean, organised office for it to be installed in.
I wish Apple would make iSync for Windows. It would make a lot of sense. As it is, I know that the PC did okay with synchronisation NOT wiping out my contacts, so I shall attempt that side of things when I'm less busy.
What interested me most about today's mad hardware dash into Edinburgh was not that I was collecting exciting new hardware, albeit for work, or indeed that I was finally going to be using an Intel Mac with all the new software that is much faster, but that I was getting a sensible working environment organised again. This should be a nice office, it won't get too much light in the wrong places, it has storage spaces for my cameras and so forth...
Which reminds me.
Film camera types. I am going to sell my Fujica 645 medium format rangefinder cameras. They'll be eBay-bound, but they're offered here first.
I'm also rather sad no-one could take up that Tom McRae ticket :(
The iMac choice (which isn't off my budget, thankfully) was somewhat assisted by Apple's announcement of a new MacBook Pro model TODAY. I was going to get a MacBook Pro when they'd refreshed the line up, expecting LED backlights, and intended to wait - the need for a new Mac being somewhat rapidly forced upon me, I really didn't want to get a machine that was just about to be refreshed.
The iMac range may get a refresh soon, it's long overdue, but it's also perfectly good for my needs. And my needs for an Intel Mac are largely desktop related; my PowerBook can continue to soldier on, especially if I can get a new battery and get around to fitting the new keyboard I bought last year!
Oh, the other thing I have for sale: The iMacs came with 1GB RAM and were upgraded to 2GB - I was given the removed 512MB SO-DIMMs. They're apparently too fast for my PowerBook, so if you have a computer with 200-pin SO-DIMM memory slots (PC2 5300 DDR2 I think - at least, the replacement chips are that!) where 512MB units would be an improvement, make an offer before I eBay them. Not expecting much for them as Crucial charge £15 for 512MB or £28 for 2 x 512MB - the Apple store said they got £20 per module on eBay, but I don't see how the Samsung-branded memory that was in the iMac is any better than the memory from Crucial!
I'd sell all four for £45 including postage if you want a sort of base price, but I'm not aware of much which is likely to have 4 SO-DIMM slots!
Also, 1900 x 1200. OMG.
I am now sitting in my downstairs former home cinema/library room, in the newly reassembled office, staring at a shiny new 24" iMac whilst I try and unwind a little. I've still got a LOT of tidying to do, and I need to decide if I want to move email accounts to the iMac that I originally had on the eMac and are now on the G5. I'm also wondering if I should rationalise iPhoto some more and use the iMac for a couple of libraries.
The iMac came with a full version of Parallels, so as well as the usual BootCamp install, Windows is currently running in a window behind Safari. ActiveSync is installed, and I shall see if that behaves as planned in Parallels, if not, I can always boot Windows when I need Windows. Also, Lightroom finally showed up. It's a cross-platform installer; I am very tempted to see if it is faster under Windows or OS X.
This means that my G5 can have the 250GB HD from my PC, Colin can have his Athlon64 system back and I can reclaim a little space there.
Main issue with the new office is that it is also still a library. Which means I have no room for my filing cabinet. I also wanted to set up the projector and PS3, but cannot be arsed with the wiring and hassle related to that.
Tomorrow, I shall have a Real Live Visitor come to show me the X5 and how to use it, and I will have a decent, modern computer for them to install it on, and a clean, organised office for it to be installed in.
I wish Apple would make iSync for Windows. It would make a lot of sense. As it is, I know that the PC did okay with synchronisation NOT wiping out my contacts, so I shall attempt that side of things when I'm less busy.
What interested me most about today's mad hardware dash into Edinburgh was not that I was collecting exciting new hardware, albeit for work, or indeed that I was finally going to be using an Intel Mac with all the new software that is much faster, but that I was getting a sensible working environment organised again. This should be a nice office, it won't get too much light in the wrong places, it has storage spaces for my cameras and so forth...
Which reminds me.
Film camera types. I am going to sell my Fujica 645 medium format rangefinder cameras. They'll be eBay-bound, but they're offered here first.
I'm also rather sad no-one could take up that Tom McRae ticket :(
The iMac choice (which isn't off my budget, thankfully) was somewhat assisted by Apple's announcement of a new MacBook Pro model TODAY. I was going to get a MacBook Pro when they'd refreshed the line up, expecting LED backlights, and intended to wait - the need for a new Mac being somewhat rapidly forced upon me, I really didn't want to get a machine that was just about to be refreshed.
The iMac range may get a refresh soon, it's long overdue, but it's also perfectly good for my needs. And my needs for an Intel Mac are largely desktop related; my PowerBook can continue to soldier on, especially if I can get a new battery and get around to fitting the new keyboard I bought last year!
Oh, the other thing I have for sale: The iMacs came with 1GB RAM and were upgraded to 2GB - I was given the removed 512MB SO-DIMMs. They're apparently too fast for my PowerBook, so if you have a computer with 200-pin SO-DIMM memory slots (PC2 5300 DDR2 I think - at least, the replacement chips are that!) where 512MB units would be an improvement, make an offer before I eBay them. Not expecting much for them as Crucial charge £15 for 512MB or £28 for 2 x 512MB - the Apple store said they got £20 per module on eBay, but I don't see how the Samsung-branded memory that was in the iMac is any better than the memory from Crucial!
I'd sell all four for £45 including postage if you want a sort of base price, but I'm not aware of much which is likely to have 4 SO-DIMM slots!
Also, 1900 x 1200. OMG.
