Much more than crafting Ice Cream.
For awhile now, I have been thinking about getting a Mac mini as a home server since my WD Mycloud isn’t cutting it anymore. Before I moved, I used an old 2007 Dell desktop as a home server, which ran Windows Server 2012 Essentials. While it did the job as it serves as an active domain controller, file server, Bittorrent and other things, I wanted a low power server. With that, I decided on the Mac mini.
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Not much to say, but…
Otherwise, I am looking forward for Lion in July. Anyway, need to get excited with Nintendo’s E3 conference next, which is tomorrow!
Flash is becoming a never ending nightmare with high CPU usage and the laptop getting hot. Even with a i5, the laptop still manage to get very hot when I play a 360p Youtube Video. On top of that, 10.1 video acceleration was on and it didn’t do ANYTHING! The video still played really choppy.
There is no wonder why Apple doesn’t want to install Flash by default, it’s a piece of shit. Adobe insists that Flash does not cause a computer overheat and drain the battery quickly, they are dead wrong. Stop shafting the Mac and Linux users out there, because nobody is happy.
And yes, I use ClicktoFlash so I don’t have Flash Ads eat up my CPU and make my laptop a steaming hotplate.
It blows away the Late 2008 Macbook Pro overclock 3dmark06 score, 6361 by 349 points… without overclocking (besides the turbo boost). I will try it with the GPU overclock after class.
Yesterday, my Late 2008 Macbook Pro, Fujibayashi Kyou was on its last legs after I went to lunch. Unfortunately, the nVidia Geforce 9600m GT I was using started to malfunction with the system freezing and part of the screen flashing while most of it remained black. When I placed the HD that came with the system, it froze at startup. I brought it to the Apple Store at Willowbrook and they offered me a replacement since I have three major repairs (excluding the wireless card). Now I got a current model Macbook Pro that has a:
Overall, the system is more responsive than the old system considering that my old one has a Core 2 Duo Processor and 2GB of DDR3 RAM.
When I boot to the Mac OS X partition, it worked without messing with anything. With Windows 7, I didn’t have to reinstall, but I had to reinstall the BootCamp and nVidia Drivers. This is what I got for the Windows Experience Index.
Considering that I just got this computer yesterday, I haven’t tested the graphics or battery performance. I expect to post this later…
Hopefully this computer will give me less problems than the last one… and I did not name this one a tsundere since I know how that turned out. Instead, I named it Nanoha Takamachi from Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha… Loli magical girls are cuter. :p
Lastly, this computer came with a drop-in disc for iLife 11… Sweet!
As you know, I was having a lot of problems with my laptop I normally use, a Late 2008 Macbook Pro. Unfortunately, I had small problems like display and wireless problems that annoyed me. I had my computer fixed 4 times in the two years I had it (I have extended warranty). After I got it back, it was still blinking… I brought it back to Short Hill Apple Store again to try and get a replacement. This is where I got angry. The person who was taking care of me said “it’s like that” and “deal with it”. I don’t think the screen blinking randomly is normal. I never had that problem until I got my screen replaced for wireless and dust issues. I argued with him and he refused to replace my computer. I yelled at him, packed my computer and walked out of the store.
This is no way to treat a customer. If it was the dual graphics, the external display would have blink too, but it doesn’t. Don’t give me lies because “OMG APPLE IS PERFECT” because no product is 100% perfect. Sure some products break more often than others, but don’t deny its a trivial problem. Its still a problem. I plan to take it to a different Apple Store and hopefully it won’t end up in the same mess. If the person deny its a problem, I am going to ask for the manager. I have enough with this fun and games. I have been without my computer for a week and I had to use my old one that doesn’t have my information on it. So yeah, I’ll keep you updated.
And no, I’m not switching back to Windows… I had enough troubles with it when I used it for the last 13+ years.
Update: I went to the appointment and they say it would be addressed in a EFI firmware update… I let them take down some notes on it. Hopefully it fixes it… And nothing else breaks on it.
Update 2: Yesterday my dedicated GPU, nVidia Geforce 9600m GT stopped working normally and causes my computer to lock up at boot or cause graphical glitches. Since I had three major repairs with the screen and logic board, they offered me a replacement with the current model that have a Core i5 which I am using right now. I will write about the new laptop later with unboxing photos. I need to call up Applecare to get the remaining warranty I have left.
I hardly had any issues with my Apple products since my Late 2006 Macbook Pro (Tohno Minagi) is still holding up along with my iPhone and my iPad. However, my Late 2008 Macbook Pro named Fujibayashi Kyou is being a bit tsun tsun lately. I had these issues after I brought the laptop two years ago:
Did not cost me anything since I have extended warranty.
After I got my screen and wireless card replaced, now the whole screen blinks for a second with the integrated graphics mode. This would happen sporadically and it could become very annoying. Also, it was something that never happened to me before. Yet again, I brought the computer back for more repairs for those issues including the weak hinge. Now Apple is going to replace the logic board, screen and wireless card to see if that fix the problem. If I get it back and it still have the same issues or the problems get even worse, I am going to demand a replacement… and next time, I will not name it after a tsundere since you know what happens… Hell breaks loose.
After looking at the liveblogging of the WWDC 2010 Keynote, the new phone looks nice, but I don’t need it. It has the same exact 3G support, but with a better screen, faster processor, a bit better battery, front facing camera and a gyroscope… nothing I really need since I only use my 32GB iPhone 3GS for listening to music, browsing the web, update Twitter/Melative, watch Youtube Video and illegally tether my iPhone via Wifi to my Macbook Pro and iPad ($20 tether charge is a ripoff and its not unlimited). Until my phone breaks, I will keep using my current phone… and if it breaks, I probably get an unlocked Android device so I won’t lose my Unlimited data plan… If I switch services, which I doubt, I will probably get an Android device too unless they have the iPhone…
Can’t wait for iOS 4… and the jailbreak for it. :p
After one hour on Kubuntu trying to get the thing running, I got this:
Yep, that is Android on a iPhone 3G 8GB I hardly ever use since I have a iPhone 3GS 32GB, but… it’s rendered useless. Why? See below:
That is fucking bullshit. I can’t even go online when I am connected to my wireless router. Even the IPs are right, so yeah… Android on the iPhone fails until they get the internet to work.
Now I have nothing to do… beside watch Anime and wait for my Wifi iPad 16GB model which I will use for next semester. I went to the Apple Store to reserve one since they are all sold out! I played around with the iPad and the screen looks gorgeous. Text was sharp and colors were vibrant. I want to test out how light novels will read, which I will import via epub, the web browsing experience and blogging with it with the Wordpress Web Interface and the iPad Application. It looks better than any shitty netbook I seen…
Can’t wait… supposed to come this week… hopefully. Once I played with it, I will share my experiences with it.