VMWare Fusion

Machine Virtualization has come a long way over the years and it is about to the point that an OS running in the virtual machine runs just as fast as it would natively. The latest generation of processors support virtualization to make it even better.
VMWare for years has been on the cutting edge of [...]

Keymapping

As a windows/Mac user it is pain to deal with how mainly Alt is used on the Mac instead of Ctrl for many common commands such as copy, paste, etc. I would have remapped the Mac, but by keyboard sharer program Synergy didn’t work with the remapped keys.
One thing I found though is that [...]

Memory

I have been curious to test out how well using virtual machines to allow me to use some Windows apps under OSX would work out. So I figured this would be a good excuse to upgrade from the default 1 GB of ram to the max allowed of 4 GB. I had heard that [...]

Photoshop

In the Mac world it seems everybody has Photoshop.  This program is the predominant graphic program on the Windows and Mac platform, but I have noticed that it is especially mentioned among Mac users, almost like it is part of the OS.
I just wonder exactly how many of them have legal copies since its $600 [...]

Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy – finally got Leopard in the mail

The above is Fr. Roderick comparing a clean install of Leopard to going to confession. Appropriate since I also went for a clean install. Even though my iMac was only three weeks old and one of the other install methods would probably have been just fine – I always [...]

Still waiting for Leopard

I am still waiting for my copy of Leopard that I had pre-ordered to arrive. It shipped on the day Leopard came out and was slated to be here by Oct 30. When it comes to Trick or Treat today – I got no treat.
What is really annoying is that they gave me [...]