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OS X Upgrade

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I upgraded my MacBook Pro to the new OS X version, Yosemite, yesterday. Some observations:

  • The new system font looks great. I’m really glad they finally realised how crappy the old one was.
  • As expected, the upgraded zapped my rEFInd bootloader. I can no longer dual boot, so no more Ubuntu until I’ve rerun the rEFInd script. Unfortunately the word on the web is that the bootloader becomes awfully slow, so I think I’ll wait.
  • The new dock is sort of ugly and sort of old-fashioned. Didn’t it use to look like this, a couple of versions ago?
  • And speaking of looks, it all feels to me as something that might have happened if Apple had merged with ToysRus. Which isn’t the case, as far as I know, so it probably means that the iOS camp at Apple is winning.
  • I’m feeling a bit cheated because the Handoff features require a newer computer than my mid-2010 model. I would have loved to test them out.

I’m pretty sure I’ll have more to say in a few days. For now, though, I’ll just hit Publish.

I Lost

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Or won, depending on who you ask. I sales person called me the other day and said that it was time to renew my mobile subscription and data plan. Well, he wasn’t quite as obvious about it but as a gadget geek I’m rather susceptible and my immediate question was “what kind of phones can you offer me as a part of the deal?”

“What kind of phone do you want?” was his reply.

I thought about it and realised that I want to try an iPhone. Yes, I know, you can’t get anything more locked down than an Apple product, but I tried my daughter’s and liked it. The interface leaves the HTC Desire‘s far behind and I think the alternative I’ve been thinking about, the Samsung Galaxy, feels like a fragile piece of plastic. And I’ve already tried a couple of other Android devices (including my work phone, the Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini Pro, that is the worst phone I’ve ever had the misfortune to use) but no iOS one.

So an iPhone 4S it is, for me. It’s supposed to arrive today or tomorrow.