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  Latest Mac mini packs more power

  Database, Graham K. Rogers, Published on 04/08/2010

  » As soon as the Mac mini was released back in 2007, I wanted to get my hands on one. In the end I had three. They were billed as the basic Mac and users were able to use the same mouse and USB keyboard they had for a PC.

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  A Mini adventure on the Mac

  Database, Graham K. Rogers, Published on 11/08/2010

  » I have been running the latest Mac Mini in my home and at my office for the past few days and in this time have reminded myself of what a useful computer this is. I resisted the adjective, "little" in that last sentence as that demeans the device. Compact is more to the point. As with the previous versions, its dimensions give a user flexibility with regard to location.

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  A perfect relationship _ for a while

  Database, Graham K. Rogers, Published on 18/08/2010

  » Some may think that with all the Macs I have written about over the past few years, everything works perfectly. My own Macs have all behaved well. My first modern Mac, which I bought in early 2002, still performs sterling duty in the hands of a friend. After three years of great service from my 2.16Ghz MacBook Pro, it was an easy decision to move to the current 2.66Ghz version with the i7 processor.

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  Apple's Magic Trackpad: installation and use

  Database, Graham K. Rogers, Published on 25/08/2010

  » In mid-July, while I had the Mac Mini in my hands, Apple released its Magic Trackpad. It struck me as the perfect device to go with the Mini. I am less happy with a mouse now as I am so used to notebook computers and their trackpads.

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  MacBook Pro failure: Mac mini to the rescue

  Database, Graham K. Rogers, Published on 01/09/2010

  » A couple of weeks ago I wrote about the problems I had with my 2.66GHz MacBook Pro and how I had located the source of the problems and the freezes had ended. QuickTime, we thought, and a lot of Windows users nodded sagely. Not so fast.

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  Choices concerning a dead MacBook Pro

  Database, Graham K. Rogers, Published on 08/09/2010

  » Problems with my 15" MacBook Pro began in late July. After four months of perfect behaviour, it began to freeze intermittently. Despite several attempts at repair, and a couple of glimmers of false hope, it finally died on me in the middle of August. I covered it in bubblewrap, took it to my office and waited for it to be collected. Two weeks have passed and it is still there. I am considering my options, both for the long term and the short term.

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  A spare MacBook Pro on the way

  Database, Graham K. Rogers, Published on 15/09/2010

  » There were a couple of interesting reactions to the recent article on my failed MacBook Pro (Sept 1). The first came late that Wednesday morning when I was contacted by the agent who told me that the computer was to be collected that day: more than two weeks after I requested this. Another reaction came from a local user with the same MacBook Pro (and the same 2.16GHz MacBook Pro before) who had an "Aha!" moment when he read the article: the same had been happening to him.

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  Up and running again, thanks to backups and a new machine

  Database, Graham K. Rogers, Published on 22/09/2010

  » Last Monday, for the second time this year, I un-boxed a new MacBook Pro: this time the basic 13". This will be a stand-in for my 15" MacBook Pro that is currently in dry dock.

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  Back on track with my beautiful machine

  Database, Graham K. Rogers, Published on 29/09/2010

  » My 15" MacBook Pro was returned to me a week after its 13" junior arrived. I was told that the hard disk had been replaced. I turned it on and left it running for the rest of the week. With no freezes during that time, I took it home at the end of the week along with the 13" MacBook Pro and the LaCie hard disk that the Time Machine backups are on and set to work, first erasing the hard disk, then installing OS X from new.

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  iPhone 4: A Surprise Purchase

  Database, Graham K. Rogers, Published on 06/10/2010

  » I did not think I would be writing this column as, despite registering early with Dtac and already having my name on a True iPhone, I was not invited to any events; nor was I surprised by a smiling delivery-man with a shiny new iPhone 4. Speculation on Twitter and Facebook (how we rely on these nowadays) suggested that 18,000 of the devices went to Dtac, 43,000 to True and 20,000 to another carrier. These figures are unsubstantiated; but whatever the real figure, I confirm I did not get one in the release euphoria.

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