Jim Prince on June 26th, 2005

I’ve recently had the chance to play about with Mac OS X on a PowerBook G4 and I’ve got to say I’m really impressed. The things that have impressed me most include; The hardware – I love the backlit keys, the super sharp screen and the high quality speakers. The Safari web browser – Fast, [...]

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Jim Prince on June 24th, 2005

If anyone else wants to sell their husbands Lotus for 50p please get in touch. http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=24181

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Jim Prince on June 16th, 2005

Bob Cringely has an interesting take on why Apple have decided to use Intel processors in their computers instead of PowerPC chips. You can read it here here. You can read the original Apple press release here. Steve Jobs is anything but predictable so who knows what he’s planning?

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Jim Prince on June 7th, 2005

We found a hornet in my girlfriend’s greenhouse at the weekend. Unfortunately it got trapped in there and died (probably from the heat). They must be pretty rare as this is only the second one I’ve ever seen. Apparently they are Britain’s largest wasp and are common only in parts of Southern England. They are [...]

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Jim Prince on June 2nd, 2005

Microsoft have decided to drop the ‘My’ prefix from ‘My Documents’, ‘My Computer’, ‘My Network Places’ etc. According to Tech News World “The "My" prefix was apparently an attempt to create a personal connection between people and their computers at a time when the idea of using a computer might have been forbidding.” Frankly I [...]

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