Benz Blog

Well here it is, my first post on the Mac.

The initial setup went very smoothly with no problems whatsoever, but unfortunately I am not happy with the VGA output of the Mac through the KVM switch. I’ve since switched to a direct DVI connection, and on THIS computer, I can really notice a difference, so it looks like the KVM switch is going back.

My browser of choice these days is FireFox, so I downloaded the lastest version from mozilla.org. I also installed the excellent Bookmarks Synchronizer plug-in, and the only glitch with this was that I had to re-create my folder of live bookmarks because they were created as regular bookmarks.

I suppose I should read up a bit on Panther because I can’t remember how to install applications downloaded from the Internet. For FireFox, I have a file called Firefox 1.0.1.dmg on my desktop, as well as an icon that looks like an external drive called Firefox. After downloading Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection, I have 3 objects: the bin file I downloaded, a dmg file, and the external-drive looking icon. I’ve got the apps installed and working, but I have no idea if I can delete these files or what I’m supposed to do with them. We’ll see.

Let me stop right here and say THIS KEYBOARD ABSOLUTELY SUCKS. While typing this message, I must have accidentally typed a double character 10 times, and this NEVER happens to be on any other keyboard. I’m going to stick with it for a while and see if it goes away. If not, it’s going back, and if that doesn’t help, I’ll get a new one. I expected better from Apple.