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[pearwaldorf]

Guess who had to haul up 70 iMacs yesterday? Me and the two wispy lab assistants, that's who. And I had to do inventory this week. Okay, so my idea of good-faith effort and the equipment office's might differ a bit, but I promise I'll do better next year.

We got 24" iMacs, which are insanely huge. Everybody who sees them is just a wee bit mesmerized--we got one early for the Linux admin (who is also a gigantic Mac geek) to do some testing on and I swear I heard the 2001: A Space Odyssey theme playing. The lab assistants were so excited it was like fucking Christmas. Even the boss man, who is a Windows guy through and through, exclaimed "The lab is going to look so sexy!" Which is profoundly hilarious if you know the boss man.

I think I'm in love. OS X really is easy to use. I figured out how to download and install software and tweak all my systems preferences in about ten minutes. Boot Camp is also awesome--I was up and running in about two hours, including installation time for Vista, which works beautifully (ah, the irony). Now to figure out how to set a virtual machine in Vista so I can access OS X without having to reboot. I can't wait to get one of my own.

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[dieplz.livejournal.com]

I have a 23" cinema display at work, and it's just staggeringly huge even after months of working on it.

The software you really want is Parallels (http://www.parallels.com/) desktop.

[sonatine.livejournal.com]

I will get Parallels at home when I finally buy my own iMac, but unfortunately the solution at work has to be free, since the IT manager won't shell out for Parallels.