http://blog.icypole.net/index.phpicypole.net blogenglen@icypole.netCopyright 2008 Glen2009-11-03T20:13:43+00:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:17:25 +0000glen@icypole.netPersonalTravelPhotography2009-11-03T20:13:43+00:00http://blog.icypole.net/index_files/november_update.php#unique-entry-id-39http://blog.icypole.net/index_files/november_update.php#unique-entry-id-39Venice, Paris, The Hague, Blackpool, and Orlando photos are now, FINALLY, online at icypole.net and automaticfocus.net.

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Why does the UK love this man? He doesn't even let his bizarrely good guests speak, or makes it all about him. Do not understand.

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I flew back to Australia recently in Virgin Atlantic's Premium Economy. As a 6ft4 male, the difference between this and absolute cattle class was night and day. I actually managed to sleep a few hours, the movies were good, the food was a bit better, the pre flight and post dinner drinks were a very nice touch, and the promised fruit bowl even made the rounds.

On top of this, on the way back we got upgraded to Upper Class for the Sydney to Hong Kong leg. Fantastic! A small taster for the trip next year when we are doing it all upper class thanks to points upgrades.

Virgin Atlantic Premium Economy comes highly recommended!! (unlike their standard economy which I found to be terrible between Orlando and London earlier this year).

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Goodbye you miserable place, you paid well, drank my soul, and I escaped!


]]>glen@icypole.netApplePersonal2009-07-04T13:24:14+01:00http://blog.icypole.net/index_files/Samsung_SSD_Review.php#unique-entry-id-33http://blog.icypole.net/index_files/Samsung_SSD_Review.php#unique-entry-id-33his review), and bought a 256 GB Samsung SSD for my unibody MacBook Pro. My main concern, which wasn’t price, was the fact that I was dropping back to a 256 GB drive, away from the 500 GB I currently had in the laptop. After some investigations and lesson learning when it came to iPhoto and Aperture photo archiving, I gave way and ordered it.

In short, here is a list of my before and after times for a few standard operations:
Operation -> HD Time -> SSD Time (seconds)
Boot -> 64 -> 35
Aperture Load -> 15 -> 4
Vmware XP Boot -> 49 -> 29
Vmware Outlook 07 Start -> 31 -> 9
Excel -> 18 -> 8
iTunes -> 10 -> 2
Safari -> 9 -> 1

So in short, its fantastic. I chose the Samsung as its a model Apple use in their stock, and for its decent performance and reliability (have never seen any of those nasty locks/hangs reported with this drive).

There is some negatively about SSD still out there, but for a laptop and personal use I think they are fantastic. The most significant upgrade I have done since shifting from Vista on a VAIO to a Macbook.

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