Day 2...

I think it should be more like "Evening 2", as I actually was toting the MacBook around with me.  Had to do some work in the office, and the MacBook had all my field stuff on it.  I would've loved to have given the "new" MacBook Pro a workout, but...  I'm still testing it.  Better safe than sorry.

However, things are looking up.  The new MBP (MBP2 for lack of a better reference) has been doing quite well this evening.  I've been on/off of it for the last good while, doing some heavy net stuff, and I still have over 2 hours on the battery.

I finally managed to get the thing to recognize a LibreOffice disk image, and now have LO installed.  That makes this system a bit more "work enabled" for me.  And I've installed some of my "usual suspect" utilities.  Right now, I've got ClamXAV going through its new upgrades.  I'm still not sure about AppleJack, though, so I'm holding off installing it.  I rather feel naked without it, but better safe... Oh, you know...

Strongly thinking about cleaning up "MBP1", my Core Duo system, and giving it to Mom to use for her writing work.  She's tied to a desk with her iMac, and might appreciate being able to get out for a while.  (Though that would mean I'd have to find my MS-Office disk and do an install.  Yuck.)

As a funny side note, I've been doing all of my current office work in (are you ready for it?) AppleWorks 6!  I've said it before, but that's one of the things I do love about Snow Leopard: I can use Rosetta, letting me still use the blindingly cool AppleWorks.  Granted, LibreOffice has all the functionality, and in a more powerful package, but it soooo lacks AW's cool factor.

(Am I really starting to sound like a fanboy here?  Oh well.  At least it's better than Office.  But, then again, a chimp with a pointy stick is better than Office.)  (Uhmmm...  Maybe we better change the subject...)

Just thinking that I need to get the Linux fleet out and do upgrades.  I've been rather lax, since being on the road.  I see a new version of Simplicity Linux has come out, but I'm not fond of the interface redo.  I like the older design better.

And there's new episodes of "The Tek" on YouTube that need to be watched.  Need to canvas my usual YT channels to see if anything else is up and about.  Can't get out of touch!

I do think that MBP2 will work out OK.  Granted, I'm holding judgement for a few more days, just to be sure.

We shall most certainly see.............