Rotating Knives

  Kudos to my good friend and colleague Joe Rubino!  Like me, he’s an ex-Microsoftie and, also like me, he’s got a little more time to dig into Apple technology.  With me, it’s my iPhone.  Now don’t get me wrong.  I am still a big Microsoft champion.  They still create some of the best software on the planet and their work is changing the world for the better.  But after 6 and a half years of the best Windows Mobile phones money could buy, my mind was blown by the elegance, simplicity and power of the iPhone.  But that’s food for another post.

For Joe, it’s his iMac.  His new machine is a thing of beauty.  He’s running Snow Leopard and Windows 7 through Parallels software and he tells me it’s been a great experience.  But here’s the thing about Joe.  He’s what you’d call “handy”.  For example, a while back, he needed more space for his music than his Zune provided.  Most people would go out and buy a bigger Zune, but not Joe.  Instead, he cracked it open and swapped out the standard hard drive for a bigger one.  That’s the kind of guy Joe is.  His motto seems to be “I void warranties.”  He still gets email to this day about his blog post on the Zune hard drive swap.

Now Joe is sharing his new adventure with his iMac with the world.  If you have a Mac and are interested in getting to your Windows Live Mail, or in using Entourage with your Exchange account, or in any of a number of nifty tricks, you owe it to yourself to visit Joe’s blog Adapting to a Mac.