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Update:
New improved version here. Should play nicely on iPhone.

While I was migrating over varies elements of a productive computer my wife was touched by how well MBP and I hit it off. She shot this “video” of our “friendship”.

While I was migrating over varies elements of a productive computer my wife was touched by how well MBP and I hit it off. She shot this “video” of our “friendship”.
Update:
New improved version here. Should play nicely on iPhone.

Got the new laptop today. Initial response is that I am pretty impressed. The part that grabbed me first was the opening welcome movie, which was pretty striking (My God, it’s full of stars!). I opted for the higher resolution screen, which makes this puppy as nice little HD machine.

To better test this I loaded up the HD 1080 version of WALL.E HD trailer on the iMac G5 and the new MBP. Firstly, the iMac couldn’t even play the HD video without some choppiness. Secondly, it doesn’t fit on the screen (on account of it being sub-1080.

Update: Added jumbo life version of with both images on it:

More review type stuff along with photos of me unboxing and promptly groping the machine will be forth-coming.

Just a thought, but couldn’t Apple (Manzano) get 800-MI-APPLE in Mexico? Just thinking.
The apple store is down for updating or adding stuff or whatever…the import things is that I can not obsessively check the status of my order for a new computer.

By the by, it is currently Prepared For Shipment.

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Messing around with some of the OSX developer tools, I made a quick widget for dashboard.
If you are using OSX 10.4 or later and want to have instant access to my one and only video from your dashboard, this is for you!

Download here

Let’s call this is a beta, with the usual cautionary remarks that this thing is raw and possibly pointless.

Consider yourselves warned

Just taking another peak, laptop hasn’t shipped yet.

Another friend has made the jump to Macery. Excellent. Now he did this without my influence and mostly because his school, Full Sail, sets up their curriculum to support OSX distribution. Which is really really cool.

Getting to where coffee shops have more Apple’s than other machines on The Hill. Big change from a few years ago.

Also, I did mention my new lappy will be here in a few weeks?

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Working on revamping the old LWH homepage. This will most likely take me forever, as I have virtual now skills in the web design/authoring department.

I am using some simple jQuery in the mix. Which makes things move around and look a little more slick.

If you miss the old verison, you can still see it here