Chris Saul's Blog

Tuesday June 10, 2008

Mac progress

I'm quite looking forward to using my Mac tomorrow at a proper desk with a decent internet connection. That'll allow me to get mail synched properly, make sure all my helper apps are installed and really see whether it works for me when sitting at a properly positioned desk with a decent chair.

Current irritations are hot keys being needed to right click, sharp edges cutting into wrists when using it in cramped conditions, lack of status lights on the ethernet port and OpenOffice continually crashing. Page down hotkey doesn't work in Firefox and OpenOffice either, which is infuriating.

The lack of page down functionality is a killer, even if it sounds petty. It's something I use all the time when scanning large docs or online documentation.

After a few days in a normal office I'll have a better idea of whether it's right for me or not. Tomorrow I'll put Windows XP on it as well. If OS X is still not for me, I'll give it a go with XP for a bit. If things are still annoying the hell out of me, I'll see if I can swap it with someone in the office who has a Toshiba Portege...

Rest your stomach on me

Back off to Dubai from Islamabad this evening.

I will be sure to position my bag directly behind me in the queue today. Some people here tend to queue up rather close behind you. On the way here the genrleman behind me actually had his stomach resting on the small of my back. Lovely.