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Mac OS X Leopard Launch Tomorrow

In what will be my crowning geeky moment, I am going to be flickering, blogging and twittering the Leopard launch tomorrow. If anyone is in the area and wants to say hi, drop down and I might let you touch my Macbook… gently…

What: Mac OS X Leopard Launch
When: Friday, 26th October, 2007 (tomorrow)
Where: NextByte Store, Corner Clarence/Erskine St, Sydney NSW 2000
Cost: Free, but $158 if you’re buying a copy of the latest OS like me!

Of Macs and Sydney

So much has been happening lately that I have barely had any time to do any writing, but hopefully I will do a little more over the coming months and keep the site up to date with photos and writing of what’s happening.

The MacBook arrived and even after so many weeks of taking it everywhere I go (except the shower) I am still totally in love with it. When I originally bought it I had images of me using a lot of Windows on it once I set up Boot Camp, however I haven’t even bothered installing it and I am suffering Hardcore OS X Lust™!

That’s the unimportant stuff, now for what has really been happening! I quit my job! That’s right folks Mitch is officially unemployed and moving to Sydney! I’ve done this for so many reasons, not the least of which is to be closer to Claire.

Living in the country has really killed me these last few years and I think the move to the city will do me a lot of good. I’ve always loved Sydney and always said it would be my home, so moving there just feels right.

I am moving into the Inner West area into a suburb called Ashfield, but the best part is who I am moving in with. I am really excited because I am moving in with Mark again, one of my best mates, a guy I’d marry if it weren’t against gods’ will! I am also moving in with his girlfriend Rachel who is like a sister to me, and Mark’s sister who is actually a sister to Mark.

I will be looking for work in either sales or IT, but mostly hoping for IT jobs since I really can’t take on another job where I’ll be required to work weekends. I really want my life back when I move to Sydney, I really want to be able to have my weekends for relaxing and being sociable.

More to come on the packing, moving, crying, laughing and Mac’ing in the near future, but for now it is bed time!

Into the belly of the beast!

I’ve been talking about it for a while, even contemplating it a lot, but I’ve finally taken the plunge. I haven’t come out of the closet or built an arc, but instead I have ordered a shiny new MacBook! That’s right, Mitch is going from a Windows/*nix computer to an OSX/Windows/*nix computer and man am I excited!

So let’s look at the specifications, fellow geeks!

  • 13.3-inch widescreen display
  • 1280 x 800 resolution
  • 2.0GHz Intel Core Duo1
  • 512MB memory (2×256MB SODIMMs) - UPGRADED TO 1GB
  • 60GB 5400-rpm Serial ATA hard drive2 - UPGRADED TO 120GB
  • SuperDrive (DVD±RW, CD-RW)

My brother Josh bought my old laptop off me for a reasonable price, making this purchase possible. Shipping dates expect it should arrive around 4th October, but I am really hopinh they’ll have it to me sooner than then! Right now I am typing this on my old Dell Inspiron 5000 (750MHz, 25MB, 40GB) so the laptop will be welcomed with open arms when it finally arrives