Happy Tuesday,

Jon is on vacation this week, and I’ve been spending more time than usual in the tech room. It’s nice to spend time diagnosing and turning screws, and also speaking to so many of you on the phone.

I had a chance to work on one of the latest Mac Minis this afternoon, and it’s nice to the Mini with so much new life breathed into it. With its dedicated graphics processor, faster RAM, larger hard drives, more USB ports, and better serviceability, it’s a tremendous bargain at $599. I’m happy it wasn’t dropped from the product range.

I also switched my workstation from a 15” MacBook Pro to a 17” MacBook Pro with the high-resolution screen. So far I am really enjoying the extra screen real estate; while at work it’s connected to a 23” Cinema Display and it’s almost an entirely new experience with so much room to work with. I am finding that the 17” laptop is a bit too large for my lap, and for my laptop bags, but that’s a compromise I’m willing to make. I’ll write a more in-depth review next week.

Thanks for reading, and keep in touch

Matt
matt@smalldog.com