Archives for October 2008

MacBook RAM

Haven't seen anybody talking about it yet, but apparently the new MacBook/MacBook Pro have followed the lead of the MacBook Air, and there is no user-upgradeable RAM. That's a shame. In the world of bloated code, I guess I will have to be satisfied with 4 GB of RAM. HP and Dell will both sell me a notebook with 8 GB. That's sad. (And I know … [Read more...]

iPhone Typos

The key to typing quickly on the iPhone is to trust the autocorrect. I'm faster on this slab of glass than I was on my beloved Treo keyboard. But sometimes the autocorrect guesses wrong. Unless I get involved in the Christmas tree business, I'm unlikely to ever type the word 'fir.'. But I type 'for' all the time. And I can't imagine ever … [Read more...]