Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Apple vrs. PC
I finally gave up on my Apple Mighty Mouse mouse. I've tried, but I miss right-clicking too much. Yep, I know there's keyboard shortcuts to do that stuff, but I really prefer the ease of right-clicking. Old habits die hard, I guess.
Radio Shack had optical Logitech mouses for half-price, so my new mouse only cost me $10. I unplugged the old and plugged in the new, and the iMac kept on trucking with nary a hiccup, except that I can now right-click with my dropdown of options just like the evil Microsoft OS.
Oh, and the other day, I tried out the Apple Express wireless modem. I wanted to listen to Internet radio down in my workshop which is in the basement. I have an old stereo down there, but being underground with the only station I care for on the ragged edge of receptability (?), I couldn't get it too well. There's Internet radio gadgets out there, but they're surprisingly hard to find in brick and mortar stores (at least here in the rust belt) and they're pretty expensive. I ran across the Express by accident in some article and it seemed it would do just what I wanted. I'm running the Apple Extreme wireless in WPA mode in the house right now.
I decided to take the chance and order one and in a few days it was there. I think it took about 20 minutes and a couple trips up and down the stairs before everything was working OK. The instructions (at least to me) weren't the clearest, but I got the job done. It's cool - I can tune in a station, log out to let others use the computer and listen to the music downstairs. Not even the power tools and fluorescent lights have seemed to bother it too much. Good product.
