And so we begin
I work in a heavily Macintosh lab. We use a lot of specialized software, and, indeed, keep some older Macs around so researchers can continue to use OS9 programs that are crucial to their research programs. When the new Intel iMacs were announced, this sign of progress was greeted with a certain amount of trepidation. What software was going to break? Somebody had to be the guinea pig.
So, I volunteered, with the understanding that I would keep my old (well, relatively) desk-lamp iMac as my primary working computer.
Today, my new intel iMac arrived, and is sitting on my desk, alongside the "old reliable".
It has a 1.83 GHz Intel Core Duo processor (or is that processors?), and 1 GB of RAM, and a built-in iSight. Its 17 inch screen looks awfully small next to the 20 inch screen on the desk-lamp iMac, but I imagine I'll get used to it. The trade off is that it seems brighter. But that might also be how it's arranged on the desk.
Because this is a test machine, I didn't migrate my user information from the old iMac. Rather I set up a new user account. The first surprise was here. It offered to take my picture if I didn't want to use one of the same old stock pictures. Of course, I gave it a whirl.
It was my intention to include a copy of that picture in this entry, but, first glitch: I can't figure out where it's stored on the hard drive. It's not with the stock pictures and it's not in ~/Pictures. I didn't have to name it, so I doubt Spotlight will find it for me. (Pause) Nope. No joy there. Subsequent searches for where PhotoBooth, the application that processes still photos from the iSight, stores its pictures didn't shed any light on the matter. So on to other things.
So, I volunteered, with the understanding that I would keep my old (well, relatively) desk-lamp iMac as my primary working computer.
Today, my new intel iMac arrived, and is sitting on my desk, alongside the "old reliable".
It has a 1.83 GHz Intel Core Duo processor (or is that processors?), and 1 GB of RAM, and a built-in iSight. Its 17 inch screen looks awfully small next to the 20 inch screen on the desk-lamp iMac, but I imagine I'll get used to it. The trade off is that it seems brighter. But that might also be how it's arranged on the desk.
Because this is a test machine, I didn't migrate my user information from the old iMac. Rather I set up a new user account. The first surprise was here. It offered to take my picture if I didn't want to use one of the same old stock pictures. Of course, I gave it a whirl.
It was my intention to include a copy of that picture in this entry, but, first glitch: I can't figure out where it's stored on the hard drive. It's not with the stock pictures and it's not in ~/Pictures. I didn't have to name it, so I doubt Spotlight will find it for me. (Pause) Nope. No joy there. Subsequent searches for where PhotoBooth, the application that processes still photos from the iSight, stores its pictures didn't shed any light on the matter. So on to other things.
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