Help from the Mac/LJ/IRC Braintrust, Please?
Today is Boxing Day in Canada and the UK. Not being from those two countries (but having ancestors who were), I decided to partake in the festivities by getting a box of my own.
Being sick of the MS OS mess, I'm reverting to the Macintosh, which I used some 20+ years ago (yes, it has been that long!).
So, I went up to Grand Rapids and bought myself a laptop Macintosh for $$$$'s at the Apple Store in Woodland Mall. It now sits in the greatroom, I am pleased to say, connected to the internet by my wireless router.
The difference between the machines of today and of 15 years ago is mind-boggling. For example, there is not a single port on a Mac Powerbook 145 (vintage early 1990s) that is compatible with a MacBook. I'd have to buy an external diskette drive (using a USB port on the MacBook) to sneaker data from one of those old machines mouldering down in my basement. I'm not sure I want to bother ...
Now, for the questions I wish to direct to the most excellent and experienced Brain Trust.
If you own a modern Mac:
1. what version of the LiveJournal client application (that has a version for Mac OS X "Tiger" or 10.4) do you own or recommend?
2. what version of an IRC client application (again with a version for Mac OS X) do you own or recommend? Or you can mention a list of clients I might try.
3. do any of you use Open Document software on Mac OS X? Can you relate to me your experiences with it?
Now, I'm going to test The 5000 Finger of Dr. T on the laptop. I want to be sure I can share excerpts of this early 1950s movie with quadrivium. Particularly Dr. Terwilliker's triumphal monologue, as performed by Hans Conried.
Thanks in advance!
Being sick of the MS OS mess, I'm reverting to the Macintosh, which I used some 20+ years ago (yes, it has been that long!).
So, I went up to Grand Rapids and bought myself a laptop Macintosh for $$$$'s at the Apple Store in Woodland Mall. It now sits in the greatroom, I am pleased to say, connected to the internet by my wireless router.
The difference between the machines of today and of 15 years ago is mind-boggling. For example, there is not a single port on a Mac Powerbook 145 (vintage early 1990s) that is compatible with a MacBook. I'd have to buy an external diskette drive (using a USB port on the MacBook) to sneaker data from one of those old machines mouldering down in my basement. I'm not sure I want to bother ...
Now, for the questions I wish to direct to the most excellent and experienced Brain Trust.
If you own a modern Mac:
1. what version of the LiveJournal client application (that has a version for Mac OS X "Tiger" or 10.4) do you own or recommend?
2. what version of an IRC client application (again with a version for Mac OS X) do you own or recommend? Or you can mention a list of clients I might try.
3. do any of you use Open Document software on Mac OS X? Can you relate to me your experiences with it?
Now, I'm going to test The 5000 Finger of Dr. T on the laptop. I want to be sure I can share excerpts of this early 1950s movie with quadrivium. Particularly Dr. Terwilliker's triumphal monologue, as performed by Hans Conried.
Thanks in advance!