Category — Technology

Well, as many of you know, I am ridiculous.

I stood in line for about 3 hours with Robbie in July(?) to the the iPhone, and I haven’t regretted it. But alas, I am on the prowl again. Unlike many other gadgets and things I’ve bought, the iPhone didn’t escort me to the hell that is buyer’s remorse. I’m happy to say that I still enjoy using the phone, and find that it actually does make aspects of my life much easier.

But, the time has come. The reason that I want to get the phone is so I can run Windows Mobile applications — which the iPhone is incapable of doing. The software I want to run is a Forex charting software that enables me to place real-time trades.

With the Treo, I’m hoping to better sync my Outlook (work) calendar with my Google Calendar and iCal from home. This should prevent me from missing meetings, keep current reminders about tasks, etc. I know that I can do all this with the iPhone, but I’ll be honest, I just like the Windows setup better. I’ve been saying it for months…I just want a new ThinkPad. My MacBook Pro is great and all, but I still prefer Windows to OSX, AND I’m a designer. I even prefer designing with Adobe CS on a PC. Just a preference.

If you know anyone who wants a great MacBook Pro at a fraction of the price, let me know. Here are some specs:

Model Name: MacBook Pro 15″
Model Identifier: MacBookPro1,1
Processor Name: Intel Core Duo
Processor Speed: 2 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache (per processor): 2 MB
Memory: 2 GB
Bus Speed: 667 MHz
Serial Number: XXXXXXXXXXX
Sudden Motion Sensor:
State: Enabled

Just email me if you are in the market. I can be reasonable.

Anyway, back to the Treo saga. Virginia has been wanting an iPhone, so I think we are just going to switch the iPhone to her number (which involves her getting a new SIM card AND re-activating through iTunes – gag) and add a new data package to support the unlimited data that I *need* after being spoiled with the iPhone.

Until next time.

As you all know, I’ve been big into learning about Forex lately. I downloaded a great program called Metatrader, which is charting software so that I can watch the price action of all the currency pairs, but was aggravated to see that it was only available on PC. As I normally don’t like to be glued to one spot all night (the desktop PC), it would be convenient to run this on my Apple laptop. After talking with Robbie, he enlightened me to Parallels, which allows you to run and install a virtualization of any OS on your Mac. Mine just so happens to be Vista, and it runs flawlessly. So, now when I attend Rob Booker’s free Forex training seminar in Houston, I won’t be the guy without the software.