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2011 MacBook Pro vs 2011 MacBook Air: Why I bought both and returned one
I had been waiting for Thursday February 24, 2011 for a very long time.
I was in desperate need to replace my aging MacBook and all signs were pointing to a new MacBook Pro refresh on that date, so I figured just wait and get the latest and greatest laptop Apple has to offer.
I eagerly arrived at the Apple store knowing exactly what I wanted. 17 Inch. 2.3GHz i7. Anitglare Display.
And that is exactly what I walked out of the store with.
A MONSTER of a laptop. This thing could launch the space shuttle. And the Thunderbolt technology was just icing on the cake. Technically I had just purchased a desktop replacement for my month old 27 inch iMac.
Which therein lies the issue.
On my drive home from the Apple store, with the new MacBook Pro and the "free" printer in the trunk, I realized I had fallen once again for the Apple hype machine. Apparently I do this quite often as the collection of iDevices I have indicates.
This thing was TOO powerful for my needs. In reality I wasn't going to launch a space shuttle. Or edit HD video. Or do any serious photo editing and I certainly didn't need to replace my month old iMac.
What I needed was a fast, mobile computer to replace my once fast, mobile computer.
I don't think I even shut the car engine down when I got home as I went inside, grabbed two of my three sons, and headed back to the Apple store. I had convinced myself, sight unseen, that I would return the Macbook Pro and "just grab a 13 inch MacBook Air".
I had never touched an Air before. Knew very little of its abilities. Sure I knew it was light and that it had no Superdrive. Maybe that was what kept me away. "How can you have a laptop with no DVD drive?". Crazy I know.
I successfully returned the Pro and bought the Air. Along with the Superdrive, Ethernet Adapter and a 1TB portable harddrive to use for data. My thought here was that since the Air "only" had 128GB flash memory, I would just use a small portable HDD as the main data drive. Sounded logical and so far, this setup is serving me well.
When I got home and opened the Air up, finally seeing it and actually using it for the first time, I was BLOWN AWAY. Almost instant boot (Im talking at least as fast as my iPad). It weights practically nothing. Thin (I am afraid I might snap it in half by accident). And guess what, it runs all the applications I need in my day to day life, extremely fast (faster than my old MacBook - which I am going to miss). Keynote, MS Office 2011, Pages, Mail, Safari, Photoshop,... they all run just as they would on the Pro. Maybe I can't run all at the same time like I could on the Pro but I never do and don't see why I would need to.
Now technically I didn't open the Pro but I am positive I would have been "blown away" as well but there was something about this Air that just made me feel like I made the right decision. I cannot put my finger on it but there is just something "right" about this machine and how it fits my needs perfectly.
I used to have to have the newest, fastest, biggest, bestest of my tech (within reason of course). But something changed in me on that ride home from the Apple store with the Pro in the trunk.
I gave up.
I realized I didn't need the "newest, fastest, biggest, bestest". That was a race I would never win.
What I needed was a product that fits my needs.
The MacBook Air is that product.
Tired of Cydia giving you repo errors on loads? Heres how to fix....
I was so tired of Cydia and its repo loading errors.
Heres how I fixed.
Its a 4 part process, but well worth it. Taken from various places around the web. As always, YMMV.
You can do these procedures either via SSH on a machine or right on the iPhone (iFile for one). However, Step 4 requires SSH on a machine.
Step 1:
Navigate to /private/etc/apt/sources.list.d and delete all files that contain the offending repo in the filename.
Open cydia.list for editing.
You will see lines that look like deb http://somerepo.url/ ./ Remove the line that has the offending repo url.
Save the file.
Step 2:
Navigate to /private/var/lib/apt/list and delete all files that contain the offending repo in the filename.
Step 3:
Navigate to /private/var/lib/apt/list/partial and delete all files that contain the offending repo in the filename.
Step 4:
Navigate to /private/var/lib/cydia and open the metadata.plist for editing. SAVE TO DESKTOP USE TEXTWRANGLER to edit. Save and upload back
Ctrl+F (or similar) for your offending repo url and delete all instances of it (it may appear more than once in the file).
Save the file.
Sit back and enjoy life with no more Cydia repo loading errors...
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Link Building Guide
Link building is an important effort for gaining search engine rank. Although shifts from quantity to quality have certainly altered approaches, the fact that links generate value and trust is as important today as it has been for years.
The biggest change is how Google views links and the value derived from each one. But a well-crafted and thought-out link building campaign focused on targeted high-quality sites is still very powerful for gaining success in search engines.
Here are five great articles to help you get started with link building.
5 Tasks Toward Planning A Manual Link Building Campaign
Rebecca Appleton provides an excellent step-by-step breakdown on how to plan a manual link building campaign. By following these steps, you’ll reduce your frustrations and focus your efforts on a high return link building process.
Linking Analysis – Making Sense of the Mess
A successful link building campaign starts with finding and using the right link analysis tools. Link building guru Eric Ward breaks down the various types and provides insight into the tools best suited for a successful linking campaign.
Targeting High-Quality Sites For Links
Chris Stiner takes one step from Rebecca’s plan for a link building campaign and focuses on how to target high-quality sites. Building relationships the old-fashioned way plays an enormous role in landing high-quality site links. Chris states that you need to develop a plan tailored to a particular site to understand what it will take to get a link from them.
Are You Using Directories In Your Link Building?
While attending conferences, I have heard mixed reviews about the value of directories for gaining links. In this article, Rebecca agrees – to an extent — and offers four outstanding pointers that will help you make the most out of your directory submission activities.
Link baiting (using compelling content to draw attention (and links) to your website) is still a great way to acquire links. However, in this article, Andrey Milyan identifies a number of important challenges to consider before choosing your link bait content. Don’t get fancy or you may gain more than a few potentially worthless links.
