Comments on David Alison's Blog: Already time for a new Mac

Way too late, I realize, but I would call it Death...

2008-05-29T12:36:34.390-04:00

Way too late, I realize, but I would call it Death Star ;)

My own theme is the Himalayas, and I have Himalaya for my network, Everest for my PowerMac, K2 for my MacBook Air, Sir Edmund for my iPod touch, and Tenzing for my iPod Classic :)

I name machines on my network after the Simpsons -...

2008-04-20T08:34:43.362-04:00

I name machines on my network after the Simpsons - my cheeky new macbook is definitely Bart while my bloated XP dev machine is Homer. Marge is the server and Maggie is the clueless 3G phone.

Luckily the Simpsons has plenty of half-witted characters so I never run short of names for a primarily windows based network.

Update: A very large box was just delivered from t...

2008-04-19T12:54:23.776-04:00

Update: A very large box was just delivered from the FedEx guy. It has an Apple logo on it and says Certified Reconditioned Product in large block letters.

My suspicion is that the Mac Pro is inside. More on this shortly.

Delivery Update: According to my FedEx delivery pa...

2008-04-19T07:26:10.775-04:00

Delivery Update: According to my FedEx delivery page the 65 pound (?!?) box was on the FedEx truck and out for delivery at 6:59am.

I appreciate everyone's name suggestions!

@Karl C: Sounds wonderful! I have nearly always bu...

2008-04-19T07:17:27.916-04:00

@Karl C: Sounds wonderful! I have nearly always built my Windows machines myself; mobo, CPU, case, etc. from Newegg. SATA drives have helped considerably on the PC front but I love the idea of what you are describing.

@Anon: Thanks for the Pylons tip - I will check it out. Because of the Google App Engine I am interested in giving Python a try. I've done a little reading on it and I like the philosophy behind it, though I've never been a fan of loosely typed languages. Application performance and scaleability are my main concerns there. Still, I do want to try it out.

Hi David;You should give a try to Pylons:http://py...

2008-04-19T04:41:23.600-04:00

Hi David;

You should give a try to Pylons:
http://pylonshq.com/

This is a great web-framework for Python if you're interessed.

Have a nice day.

David-You're going to love your new Mac Pro. First...

2008-04-19T01:29:14.208-04:00

David-
You're going to love your new Mac Pro.
First off you'll be surprised at the size of the huge honking box! Open it up and the surprises continue...
With the flip of the latch on the back the side is unlocked and opens from the top outward to reveal the most pristine and uncluttered interior you've ever EVER seen in a desktop computer.
Your memory modules snap into two easily removable daughter cards. Your 2 extra drives will attach to the included sleds with their included screws then just slide into their respective slots and snap into the backplane. No cable clutter- in fact, no cables to weed thru at all. I've setup about a dozen of these for my office and they're just amazing. Tricked out with a Boot Camp partition or using a separate drive for it so that it can be utilized by Parallels or Fusion- makes using whatever flavor of Windows you prefer (or multiples for that matter) a piece of toast- er- cake. no, pie! Its just sweet. Not to mention solid as a rock.
I'd recommend calling it just that- Rock
Enjoy!
Karl C.

@Anon: Dude, sorry to hear that. Nothing like spen...

2008-04-19T00:15:34.136-04:00

@Anon: Dude, sorry to hear that. Nothing like spending a perfectly splendid spring day waiting around for the big white (or big brown) truck to come up the street. Oh well.

A pox on UPS and FedEx. My Kindle is delayed unti...

2008-04-18T22:49:31.755-04:00

A pox on UPS and FedEx. My Kindle is delayed until Monday, after being lied to all day. On the web and on the phone UPS lied when they told me today. A pox and a plague. Locusts, too!

More name suggestions:
- Tarkin
- Dagobah
- Coruscant

And you should rename your Windows machine to...

JarJar :-)

@Vito: Ha! Dr. Phil?!? Ouch. The curse of being ba...

2008-04-18T20:30:26.415-04:00

@Vito: Ha! Dr. Phil?!? Ouch. The curse of being bald is that people think you look like everyone else that is bald.

Good to talk to you again, David. It's been a whi...

2008-04-18T20:07:45.769-04:00

Good to talk to you again, David. It's been a while since i've commented but I've been reading up on your blog daily.

Not following the Star Wars theme, but since this thing seems to be taking over, how about "Big Mac" or "Mac Daddy"?

P.S.- You look a wee bit like Dr. Phil in the new picture you put up for your Blogger account.

@Tom: always better to pay cash - a wise move. I w...

2008-04-18T18:13:29.711-04:00

@Tom: always better to pay cash - a wise move. I was hoping to share with everyone the quality of a refurbished machine today but alas, it is not to be. I believe I've refreshed that damn FedEx status page 200 times, hoping that the package that arrived in the state right next to mine would miraculously make it on an outbound truck - but no.

Gah, you've switched to a mac and bought an Mac Pr...

2008-04-18T17:53:37.678-04:00

Gah, you've switched to a mac and bought an Mac Pro in the time I've been waiting to buy a Mac Pro.

*waits on his tax refund check*

Trying to be good for once and buy with cash in hand instead of putting the Mac Pro on a credit card. This will be my first Mac desktop in a long time. Last one I had was the G4 Cube, and I discontinued that from daily use back in 2003.

@Chris S: Yep, I'll take photos of it once FedEx d...

2008-04-18T17:28:07.504-04:00

@Chris S: Yep, I'll take photos of it once FedEx decides to grace me with the box. Looks like I'll have a busy Saturday. Octal is a cool name - got a nice programming feel to it as well.

@Anon: I really like Switch! And yes, I am committed. Or at least I probably should be committed.

Still stuck on the Star Wars theme though. Jabba and Yoda are the front runners, though TheForce is interesting.

"drifter", uncertain, looking back and forward."sw...

2008-04-18T17:14:25.383-04:00

"drifter", uncertain, looking back and forward.

"switch": admit it, like me you are commited.

"Switch"

2008-04-18T17:12:11.919-04:00

"Switch"

Oh, BTW, would love to see pictures after you get ...

2008-04-18T17:01:12.569-04:00

Oh, BTW, would love to see pictures after you get it. The RAM and HD's and all that. I also switched to Mac about 2 weeks ago, but only with what I could afford, a Mac Mini for $529. I love the thing though.

How about Octal? Oct meaining 8 and al meaning alu...

2008-04-18T16:59:12.501-04:00

How about Octal? Oct meaining 8 and al meaning aluminum? Just a thought.

Very nice! I also switched about the same time yo...

2008-04-18T15:23:46.438-04:00

Very nice! I also switched about the same time you did. I found your initial post thru Digg and have been a loyal follower. Thanks!

Let's see... a name... C-3PO or maybe Millennium Falcon or you can find just the right name from this List of Star Wars characters

@Anon: Hoth. Shouldn't it be called Colth? (You ca...

2008-04-18T13:49:30.541-04:00

@Anon: Hoth. Shouldn't it be called Colth? (You can thank Family Guy for my pithy Star Wars references)

Here are some more suggestions for names:- Anakin-...

2008-04-18T13:28:30.289-04:00

Here are some more suggestions for names:

- Anakin
- Ben (Kenobi)
- Mace (Windu)
- Dantooine (far too remote to make an effective demonstration, but still a good name!)
- Kamino (where the clone army came from, hence a good name for a development computer)
- George (Lucas)
- Hoth

Looking forward to reading about your choice. I'm having a very slow Friday, too, waiting for my Kindle to arrive today. :-)

@All: I'm a fan of most Sci Fi and Star Wars is no...

2008-04-18T11:24:28.733-04:00

@All: I'm a fan of most Sci Fi and Star Wars is no exception. The best part about naming a machine in that genre is that you can tweak the sounds to work with it. My favorite sound effect - one that I used for many years as a sound that activated when one of my compiles failed - was this one: Darth's Warning.

Doh! Gotta wait until Saturday!Despite my setup o...

2008-04-18T10:59:01.518-04:00

Doh! Gotta wait until Saturday!

Despite my setup of a 24" iMac and 15" MBP, I am still quite jealous of your Mac Pro purchase!

That said, given your status as a recent "switcher" I do think an appropriate name for the new Mac Pro would be "darkside" :)

Call the Mac Pro: "The Force"

2008-04-18T10:55:07.356-04:00

Call the Mac Pro: "The Force"

Argh! The FedEx site, which all week indicated the...

2008-04-18T10:36:56.266-04:00

Argh! The FedEx site, which all week indicated the machine would be here on 4/18 has now been updated to 4/19. A pox on you FedEx!