Monday, April 07, 2008
Of Big Cats and Air
Finally had the chance to test out the new Macbook Air, at the expense of my post-call sleep, of course. It is GOOD. Really ultra-thin, and very light - there are lighter computers out there for sure, but they're usually shrunken-down midgets with 7" screens and tiny keyboards. We're talking about a full-sized laptop here. Just a couple of downsides - there is only 1 USB port, and it isn't as fast as Macs go. Granted, with the improved touchpad that lets you do stuff like resizing and rotating and zooming in, a mouse is pretty obsolete, but it would have been sweet if it had 2 USBs. The speed is actually alright if you're using it strictly as what it was designed for - portability - but it'll be a tad difficult to run Photoshop + iPhoto with thousands of photo files at the same time, I'm guessing.
If I had to have just the one portable machine, that'd be it. Unfortunately I'm using my laptop as a desktop most of the time. Still enthralled by the iMac, and thinking of saving up for one. And the new OS is so sweet! I like the Spaces thing and Coverflow best of all. Argh ... this is s bad for the soul.
Anyway, I had one hell of a bad call. Anyone came across abruptio placentae in labour during their posting before? It was so sick. Foetal bradycardia and distress, and thankfully the os was full. Baby was blue when it came out though, and by some strange smattering of luck the neonatology consultant happened to be in hospital at 3am.
Wenky
6:38 AM
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