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The Thing I Don’t Like About Safari 4

Jun 142009

I’ve been using Safari off and on since it first came out in parallel or in place of Firefox. I used it exclusively for quite some time because Firefox did not support the OS X keychain, but now I have 1Password, so that is not an issue.

Well, the 4.0 version of Safari has finally been released and it features a lot of improvements. In fact, with the addition of Glims and Adblock and ClicktoFlash it is a worthy replacement for Firefox in nearly every regard. However, there is one thing that I really hate in Safari, and that is how it handles typing in the address field. Continue reading »

New Macbook Pro

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Jun 082009

Apple announced some new pricing on it’s MacBook Pro 15″ models, along with the addition of FireWireÂ 800 and and SD slot.

$1699 – 2.53 GHz 4GB DDR3 250GB 9400M Graphics,
$1999 – 2.66 GHz 4GB DDR3 320GB 9400M + 9600M GT
$2299 – 2.8 GHz 4GB DDR3 500GB 9400M + 9600M GT

But the biggest announcement is that the 13″ MacBook has been upgraded to MacBookPro with the addition of FireWire 800 and the aformentioned SD slot and up to 8GB of RAM. And this MacBook Pro?Â yeah, it starts at $1199. Outstanding!

Oh, and the update to Snow Leopard (10.6) is coming in September for $29. Yes, TWENTY-NINE, not $129.