Parallels - Unparalleled Customer Appreciation

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008

Back in January 2008, I wrote about a great customer service experience with Parallels. Out of the blue, they sent me a $10 Visa gift card as a thank you for buying Parallels 3.0. This afternoon I opened my mailbox to find an envelope from Parallels. When I opened ...

Booting OS X on a 32GB USB Flash Drive

Monday, April 28th, 2008

After testing the OCZ 32GB USB 2.0 flash drive for backing up some servers (and being disappointed), I thought I'd try to use it as a bootable drive for OS X trouble shooting. Here's a quick overview of how things went. Formatting the 32GB OCZ Flash Drive for booting ...

Replacing a Hard Drive in a MacBook Pro - The Good, the Bad, The Ugly

Friday, February 29th, 2008

After becoming accustomed to upgrading to new MacBook Pro models every year, I finally convinced myself that I'd try hanging onto the same laptop for a little longer. I already had 4GB RAM installed, so I figured it'd be best to just upgrade the hard drive. Granted, the ...

Suffering from Irritable Buffer Syndrome?

Wednesday, February 28th, 2007

After writing a glowing review of Apple's AirPort Extreme (glowing review well deserved), I received a few emails from folks inquiring about using the AirPort Extreme to stream their iTunes music libraries. I posted some images and information about this - the most significant bit of data being the ...