Ive installed MacOS X on my notebook!

Im a very lazy person... I like to procrastinate...more like I like to do nothing, and then hate the fact that im doing nothing LOL. Blogging is just an example of this.

Anyway...I just want to say that ive successfully installed leopard (MacOSX 10.5.5 for those of you who dont know) on my notebook. In fact im writing this post fromOSX. I was lucky...it was a straightforward process, and someone had written up a tutorial for hardware not so different from mine.

So whats my take on the all famous macintosh? I dont think much of it to be honest. years of windows has made me comfortable with a particular way of using the computer. A way thats somewhat alian to mac.

I find it to be a very 'mousy' OS lacking even the simplest of keyboard conviniences such as home, end and DELETE!! Yes the snobs at apple pride themselves in not including a delete key for mac's...a fact which irks me as its a favorite key of mine (im thinking back to my early days of the 386 when my aunt used to scare me...NEVER TOUCH THE DELETE KEY!! she used to thunder lol...)

Anyway, it does have its perks...I quite like the convinience of spaces and of courset heres the clean and simple (un)installation of applications by simply dragging or removing the file (yes usualy one file! - or a contained folder to be more accurate) to the applications folder. Yup its really as simple that! Though the lack of customisability of application location installation (or perhaps my lack of knowhow) is something that concerns  me. I suppose most macs just have a single partition, so its not really an issue i guess...

Anyway, OSX is just my current 'experiment' or 'toy' and I still use windows for a lot of things. 6 months down the line when I get bored of mac, id probably remove it and install solaris or something... a statement that would absolutely mortify mac-heads and even linux fanatics. That I would choose to stick with windows, and simply play around with other operating systems as I fancy...

Happy New Year from London!

Well time certainly flies dosent it?

Today is the 1st of January 2009, and Id like to wish everyone a VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR from merry old London!



yes ive gotten my new notebook, but Ill blog about that some other time.

Ill blog about my london trip later as well. so far Ive had a very good time. Been staying at Ian (Han)'s place with Derek, and I got to meet some of Hwee yin's friends. Tomorow my brother is coming down, and ill have to "jaga" him till the 4th, after which its back to Notts to prepare for my exams, so in the mean time ill leave you with this pic of the fireworks, which isnt mine, but i stole from the BBC, because ive yet to transfer any pics from my camera.

Stupid Dell, Stupid Nvidia

Heys I have some stupidly bad news.

Got back from Scotland on the 20th of December. The next day, as I was playing Sid Meier's Pirates! my GPU overheated and died...Now my pc is stuck with no graphics what-so-ever... Turns out this is a design flaw with the GeForceM 8400GS, and the inspiron 1420 (my model) has the tendancy to burn out the gpu-> meaning i need to change my mobo.

This is possibly the worst time for this to happen...Christmas just round the corner, my stupid bussniess nonsense report, BBC and U-21 applications due in january, my EXAMS!! no i dont really study on the comp but still...

Anyway, Dell support is USELESS. After hours on the phone, they finaly agree to send someone over with a new mobo the next day. I was like finaly thank god... BUT a few hours later they call me up and tell me tht becuz its a Asia-Pacific model which they dunt sell in the UK they cant fix my pc...WTF!!

Im thinking of DHLing my lappie home for a "measely" 75 quid and having my dad get dell in malaysia to fix it. Yes my warranty is still valid because i thought it would be a good idea to get 3 years extended warranty. All in all it would probably take 3 to 4 weeks before i get my compy back if i do that.

The other option is to just buy a used mobo of the 1420 from ebay (about 150 quid) and do it my self, voiding the warranty, but at least i will get my comp back up in maybe 5 days (except that im going to london on the 30th and wont be back till the 4th so what happens if i dunt get my mobo before the 30th?) But also id have to spend more time on my pc at a time when i need to be revising for my exams.

The final but completely out of the question option is to wait for 3-4 weeks while Dell transfers my details from malaysia to UK since i bought the pc in msia and did not transfer it before this problem happened). THEN they will take my notebook and send it for repair (US or asia i presume since this is not a UK model)..all in all thats what 5,6,7 weeks?

Im seriously thinking of just getting a new notebook (still from dell since i can customise it the most). I figured out a way to back up all my data (quite literally in the dark) but it will involve a little trial n error. hopefully i have enuf space on my external HDD

sigh...n i was hoping to reinstall vista and maybe install dual boot with OSX this xmas break.....

Irrelavant Friends

I wonder just how many people realise that they are quite irrelavant. Not just to the world, or country because you just a nobody - like another ant going about its businiess in this big wide busy buzzing world. Thats fine because hey, as long as you truly matter to your friends and family and co-workers...who cares right? Not everyone can or aspires to big things or to be a somebody.

But being an irrelavant friend??! What on earth is that supposed to be? Heck people are probably wondering whats up with me right now. Im bound to get questions from whoever cares and can be bothered to read my blog occasionnaly(if there are even such people anymore - a consequence of not updating my blog)

Before I continue. No i dont want such questions. Youd just piss me off. If there was something wrong with me, I douldnt tell you because you asked me. Id tell you in my own time if I felt like talking to you. Chances are im not interested in talking about anything that bothers me to you - ie: you are an irrelavant friend.

Im not sure which is worse, having untrue friends, or having irrelavant friends. With untrue friends, well their not really your friends anyway....Theyd be the first people out the door the momement you cease to be an asset and are in a spot of REAL trouble.

Ok what am I saying! Having untrue friends is B-A-D! Its probably the worst thing to trust someone very much, only to have them betray you and scoot in the moment of your greatest need.

But most of us dont have untrue friends (I hope! - choi! pantang! touchwood and whatever other mumbo-jumbo the supersticious lot yell out the moment something bad or unlucky is uttered) Having irrelavant friends is well.... i suppose its up to the individual to decide what it is.

The thing is about irrelaveent friends is that...they dont actually matter or make much of a difference when your in need. Not because they dont want to help you or they run away. Im sure they mean well and will sympathise with you if your down. But really? they are irrelavan.

Hmm i bet im not making much sense am I? No im probably not. Think of it this way then. They are friends who you hang out with and have fun. You may or may not get close to them, but chances are your not going to get very close.

You cant really depend on them help you out when your down, because you woud'nt really want to talk to them about it, and you'd rather not go through the hassle of their comments or sympathies. At times when you need someone, its not that they wont be there for you, but rather that it dosent matter if they are there or not. Maybe youd rather they wernt there.

You cant trust to open up too much with them, and thus you cant really depend on them. They are the decorative dummy pillars that hold no weight. Pretty but strcturally irrelavant.

So whats the point of this rant??
*shrugs* Dont Know!

~Baron Out~

I wana go out SOMEWHERE for Haloween...

Hi long time no see! This is just a short post...

yup...basicly I wana go out somewhere Haloween night. ISIS is having a student nite for haloween...only 4 quid. Im sure Ocean Oceana n all the other clubs are doing the same. Sad thing?? CANT FIND PEOPLE TO GO WITH ME!!!!!!

Odd right? People are either not around (for some strange reason??) or broke or..wana go out with their boyfriend :S

sad.....