Hi.

I got the chance to test out one of the latest apple creation; the magic mouse few weeks back. I was at one utama with Zaki for some stuffs and apple store (Mac Studio) was around the corner. Since I'm very keen to try the new mouse (was actually considering to buy one for myself) we hailed over to the store and luckily enough, there's one test unit available.

sorry guys, i forgot to snap a pix or two; so this is the best pix of magic mouse that u can get here today

The verdict:

1. I really like the mouse design and built quality. The design is very clean and the built quality feels robust. It's no suprise since the base of it was made of unpolished aluminum.

2. Might be rather confusing as there is nothing at all on top of the mouse. Just a clear surface without any hints on how to use it. But once you get used to it, its actually really fun to use. Click and scroll was responsive.

3. However, I was rather disappointed to know that the mouse only support up to 2 fingers gesture. Yep, you cant use 4 fingers sweeping or even "zoom-and-pinch" on this mouse. This is rather disappointing because for me it should be as good as the multi-touch trackpad. Hmmph…

4. My final word is that it is a good mouse, but its not the best until it supports 4 fingers gesture and other good functions as you get with your multi-touch trackpad. I am not going to buy the mouse until it supports it. Anyway I believe its a matter of time before Apple will put those functions on the magic mouse and users who bought it now will also get those features through software updates.

Zam "painkiller" Hizami

If you have a mac and pc and u are a fan of RDP, you knew that mac does not support RDP. As a result, it’s not possible to remote desktop your mac using your favorite RDP client.

so, how to solve the issue? very simple. run VNC server from your mac and access it using VNC Client/Viewer from your Tingkap (windows) machine.

Here’s the view on how it looks like on both mac and pc:

I’m running Vine Server from my mac. You can download it here. Don’t forget to put access password for client connection or better still, enable SSH for the login.

On tingkap XP, i use tightVNC as the VNC client. Download your tightVNC client here.

Well, thats it folks. Actually its very simple and straight forward and the procedure is almost “fool-proof”. Just thought of sharing with you guys since googling “remote desktop to a mac from windows” doesn’t throw me a good search result.

Have fun!

Zam “painkiller” Hizami

Ladies and gentlemen, as promised… introducing… painkiller’s Mac Mini! Hehehe :-p

I bought this little fella many months ago, before ramadhan months started if im not mistaken.

well frankly i bought this little bugger because of some personal projects coming and i require a good desktop pc. was thinking of building a new desktop (since my P4 dead because of motherboard failure) but after been “poisoned” by Iftitah, I finally made my mind to try my first ever mac.

I thought if mac os x sucks I still can install Windows XP and use it on daily basis. The hardware specs is quite good, costs me around 2k (CPU only; without keyboard, mouse, monitor and everything else –  end up paying extra 400 bux to complete the whole thing) Initially was going to use that black mouse but damn… there is no such thing as PS2 to USB converter ya?

so I bought that keyboard and mouse combo instead. Its a Logitech Cordless Desktop S530 Laser for Mac. Initially was thinking of buying mac keyboard and normal USB mouse but…. it turns out that the difference of price for mac accessories sold at shop and online is around 30~50 bux! I was damn annoyed for it (the damn keyboard costs around 190 bux, 30 bux extra from the Apple Store) and end up pay extra few couple bux for the keyboard and mouse combo. Puas hati aku!

well.. what can I say about this little fella? frankly speaking although I was a mac-hater before (hell yeah.. linux rulezz!!) once I tried the mac os x (the Apple operating system) I felt in love with it. It was stunning! Graphic was nice (well frankly compiz effect was better but thats one hell different story considering the efforts to compile all the packages and stuffs), the OS itself is very stable and robust and thing I love most is the software/hardware integration. It was simply magic! Because Apple controls the hardware of its computers, they are able to control and integrate every aspect of the OS with the hardware that comes with it.. to simply put, everything works beautifully! What they offer on their product brochures simple works.. and without much hassle. Beautiful! Even my brother in law who is not a computer savvy guy felt in love with this little bugger the moment he used it and as a result, he’s going to buy his own iMac next year. Wohoo~

I love my mac. Well frankly im in a deep love with it and early next year InsyaAllah, im going to buy a Dell Mini 10v so that I can install a hackintosh with it. A netbook with mac os x.. sounds yummy rite?

I am going to stop here. I can mumble all night talking about the greatness of a mac but.. we’ll save it for the next time yeah? viva la apple!

Zam “painkiller” Hizami