Are my MacBook issues finally resolved with the two recent firmware updates? First SMC and now EFI... sounds like Windows to me argh! I'm ready to get back to the trouble free sleep and run world of Mac use. I'd guess these sleep and kernal panic issues haven't been such a bother to swtichers who faced more dire and regular disturbances.
I've never taken my machine into the Apple Store because I couldn't part with it for even a day! And reading about Matt's experience never gave me much hope that they could fix it either.
So, what's wrong with this picture? It looks a bit more like the population distribution of Australia than a map of the USA.
Come on Apple give me an excuse to get to Austin!
I never muched liked running more than 100 yards and was always dumbfounded by distance runners. They must be super-heroes or from a different planet I thought! I'm certainly no distance runner - yet, but as you may have guessed from recent posts, I'm taken with the Nike+ add-on for iPod Nano. At $30 (USD), it a real deal; especially if it keeps my body fat in check, endorphins pumping, helps lower my resting heart rate and keeps most of my health care dollars away from Big Pharma! (having an HSA, health savings account, has turned me into a conscious consumer).
The one thing the iPod+Nike setup does NOT help with - at least directly - is lacing up my running sneaks and getting out the door for what I know is going to be a tough run. That's where NikePlus.com comes in with friendly competition between buddies or total strangers (see nikeplus forums for scads of open competitions).
As you can see, no one besides Alisha (competition organizer) is exactly setting the world on fire but just knowing that I'm logging runs and miles against this challenge is doing loads for my motivation. I've not another "pre-Turkey 15 mile" goal going with my wife. She said that was pretty sneaky of me suggesting I was making her run.
I plan for my next distance addition to be 3 miles which will get me in order for some remaining fall 5K runs in north Texas. If you post a challenge let me know.
So, after one day of usage, I'm giving it 4 stars. My e61 is now worth the money paid. The only thing missing for me is a camera for moblogging. I quit looking for an IMAP host supporting IDLE for near-Blackberry push email.
A few things I having trouble with
- From search box, my text keys are inserting numbers, e.g., the F key yields a 4 and the H key a 6 - the ctrl. key is not on?!
- Alerts for new mail. Since Gmail app stays connected to EDGE (on T-Mobile), why can't it signal via hardware speaker?
Thanks Google!!
