At this point, I really can't afford Apple merchandises but tinkering with them seemed a great idea to me. And now, touching and feeling them in real life is also impossible for definite reasons, all that's left is those Getting Started videos from Apple website. I did not really looked into them much seriously until yesterday, when I was searching for what more to download using my BSNL Broadband connection. Incidentally I was on Apple.com for some reason and my eyes got set on those videos. Downloaded them today morning and just now after returning home I experienced them. In a single word, they are magnificent. I did not see some getting started videos they way they did it ever.
I will seriously consider Mac OS X in future and also seriously ask for macs when someone wants to gift me something. A MBP will be just great for me, off course when I get it for free.
Google Chrome for Mac is almost there? Yes and No
Google's Mike Pinkerton, one of those devs working hard to get Google Chrome in Mac OS X as early as possible, posted some developer build screenshots of Google Chrome in his blog. But before even we are jumping to rejuvenate the event, here's what the author is saying himself,
Now mind you, clicking doesn't work, and the renderers crash like nobody's business, but the other great thing is that the user interface stays running even if they do. Just open a new tab and keep going! It's important to point out that's part of what's taken us so long to get to this point. The WebKit that ships as part of Mac OS X can't run this way -- it took a lot of work to marshall it to do so. In addition, the UI clearly needs much love, but it's an indicator of the clean and simple direction we're heading.
So it seems that we still have to wait for devs to make their ends meet and Google Chrome for Mac is definitely not coming before Q2.
Wakoopa & Last.fm - Share what you are using and listening
Social networking was not my forte just two months ago, I was not much into it. Just a bit of Twittering here & there and small visits to Facebook, that was all. 2009 changed the scene a lot, I went on being a regular on Twitter and Facebook. Among other things in Social Networking, Wakoopa and Last.fm helped me a lot to share alike.
Back to the days of hackintosh, when I was using Leopard in my PC, I liked an app called AppFresh. It used to fetch all the info about applications I worked with in Leopard and then synchronized them with osx.iusethis.com. The best thing with it was its capability to check if I was using latest version of softwares. Back on Vista and now Windows 7 beta, I thought if there were something with same functionality available in Windows, it would really help to track my applications. After getting through some complicated apps and wasting time on them, I found Wakoopa.com. The concept of Wakoopa is moreover same with that of iusethis.com but Wakoopa interface really rocks, quite Web2.0-esque and fluid. They also have a tracker software to download from their site which automatically starts up while user boots into Windows and track user's application usage and website visit histories while running in the background. One can also add some friends and grow networking in Wakoopa which also enables to check what they are using.
None needs a introduction to Last.fm, I just discovered (lame I know, I came so late) its amazing capabilities and connectivity options. A real lot of people is using the service already, so it's likely that you will find your friends are there already; well, I already found the same. Last.fm really shows how music listening experience sharing can be splendid. Add their online radio support in that, we get a winner here.
A Twitter client or from the web?
Twitter is delicious, and essential. But how about a Twitter client? People have thrown a lot of options in the web, especially with Adobe AIR (bandwidth consuming behemoth). I found Chirp (an WPF based app) to be most attractive of them all for Windows but it's downsides are annoying me so much. It would hang without notice and don't know any manners as how to serve a master. So I'm sticking to the web format for now, till I install Mac in my new laptop or buy that iPod Touch 16GB.
