This is Windows 2003 and Meridio 4.4 running on my iMac using Parallels in Coherence mode. Coherence mode makes the windows desktop transparent allowing Windows programs to intermingle on the Mac Desktop as if there is nothing wrong. And it was fast, very fast indeed. Much faster than any real PC I have used recently.

Tags: Windows

Um, so I got a new computer and Rapid Weaver lost its sense of where the photo albums were, so I just left it, but now it's fixed, although RW has put a pixel of white at the top of each picture now. Pfft - a bug I guess!

So my new iMac lets me do this:

That was Vista RC1, and it was/is dog slow, but I only have 1GB of RAM, so that was not unexpected. There was nothing compelling or new in Vista that I saw though. As per the screen shot I also got Ubuntu. It runs nicely, but nothing compelling there either. I wanted to install that NeXT interface, but I couldn't figure it out. Heres a direct comparison of Vista and OSX:

Hmm, Vista text is lighter but Mac OS X text looks more...real. What else is new? I've got one of these on order:

Over £1000 of TSR, but with custom components and a custom fit. I'm super-excited, as they say. I have three words to say about the people I'm buying it off (Villiers-Velo): SERVICE SERVICE SERVICE - it is excellent!

Speaking of Moultons, you can barely see it, but I went on a Critical Mass last Friday and saw a Mark 1 Moulton with a beatbox on the back rack - very trendy.

And today, I was on strike for the first time ever. As I said to my boss, it's not about the money, I don't think the efficiency drive in the service at the moment should lead to compulsory redundancies. Simple as that. Hopefully that'll be the last time we're called out.

Tags: Windows, Pashley, Critical Mass