Troidus

It’s been a couple of weeks since I’ve had my MacBook, and I’ve almost already forgotten my working style in Windows. Almost.

Anyways, a few observations I’ve made below:

• Adobe Photoshop runs mighty fast, even with the stock 512 MB Ram, provided you’re not in the mood for some music.
• TextMate rocks the socks off any Windows app ever made!!!
• How cool is Quicksilver?
• The fonts here are about 100% better than Windows.
• I love me some glossy screen!
• The iSight is the coolest thing!
• I’ve found new respect for magnets
• I’ve already received two death threats from my friends who want the MacBook for themselves!
• I miss Black and White 2!

Well, I’m back to some more Mac fun! I’ll think about something consructive to write later!

While I am Loving my new MacBook, I have a little gripe about the stereo speakers in them. I find them suitable only when you shove your ears into them….
After searching the net for a while (apparently, Google isn’t very happy about people “googling”), I found that I wasn’t alone with the problem. Shawn and Anatoli both said that their speakers were very weak. However, some people are supplied with decent ones, like Rob.

Anyways, after reading a few discussions, it seemed that the sound-card drivers provided by Apple are at fault for the lower than low sound. Some people said that the sound on Windows XP when using Boot Camp is much better, and some recommended Rogue Amoeba’s Audio Hijack Pro to get a better kick out of the generic speakers.

So, I gave it a go, and really, what a difference it made! With the right amount of tweaking, I had close to a 100% gain in volume, without losing any quality.

So, if you find yourself pining for a little breathing space around the ears, go try Audio Hijack Pro!

A picture is worth a 1000 words. So, to save you some boredom, and me some typing (which, frankly, with this new baby, I don’t mind), I finally have one!

Guys, meet Emma. Emma, guys. I’m so happy!

In other news, I updated the blog again. Joy!

Happiness all around :)