Building a Homebrew Mac Pro with EFI-X..Part 1
October 24th, 2008
I have decided to upgrade my iMac to a Mac Pro. However, have you seen the price of those things? Can you say Apple Tax? Too bad you can’t build your own unless you want to go the hackintosh route and deal with hacking the kernel and updates that you cannot apply. Until now!
EFI-X is a German company that developed a chip thatplugs into your motherboard and duplicates the EFI hardware instruction set. So once it’s installed all you need to do is install using a retail copy of OS-X. I do mean retail. Not advocating piracy here. Just a little EULA breakage.
On their website they list a bunch of supported hardware. As long as you choose the parts they support, your golden. So follow my next few postings as I choose my hardware and build a homebrew Mac Pro.
Anyone else tired of the Apple adds?
October 23rd, 2008
Have you seen the latest Apple add? Actually you saw it the first time. It’s the same add over and over again.
I, personnaly, have gotten a little tired of that theme. All they are, are pot shots at Microsoft. Why not tell me what you can do, instead of spreading lies (and i mean outright lies) about your competition? Funny that one of their selling points is that you can run Windows!
The adds no longer are aimed at getting new users, but to make fan-boys chuckle.
By the way Apple, a PC also runs Linux. Latest numbers show that there are more world-wide Linux users than Mac users.
So tell me what you can do for me and how much it will cost to switch to you (hardware and software), instead of just spreading FUD. It’s getting a little old.
American Private Medical System, not as good as advertised!
June 21st, 2008
American Republicans, criticize Canadian Socialized medical system, calling it inefficient and slow. As a Canadian living in the U.S.A., I can confirm that this is not true!
As an employed computer professional in Silicon Valley, I am fully insured with one of the best rated HMOs in the state of California. So I figured, its about time I go visit the doctor. I chose from the list of approved doctors of my HMO. When I called earlier this week, I was told the next available appointment was in November, 5 months away!
In Canada, I can visit ANY doctor I want, and can get an appointment for a physical within a couple of weeks. This begs the question; Why do Americans keep on knocking Canadian Socialized medicine?
The answer is simple. HMOs have the politicians in their pockets, and health care is a multi-billion dollar industry, which won’t go away easy.
I miss Canada. Until winter rolls around, then not so much.
Impressions of my first visit back to Canada
May 28th, 2008
Memorial day weekend brings many things to Americans. For most it is the beginning of summer. For others its a big cock-out, or block party. For me, its an opportunity to fly home and visit my old stomping grounds.
So how does Montreal look to me after 4 months of being away? Well I left in January, so its a lot greener. Shopping, confirmed to me that Canadians are getting hosed! (exchange rate is $0.99 as of this writing) The news is filled with a renewed effort of separating Quebec, and treating non-francophones as second class citizens. Basically, its more of the same!
However, its home and I miss it
