This week I introduced Mac OS X (10.3.6) to a new co-worker who had been working previously mostly on Windows and a bit on unix, but never on Mac. His machine was due for a couple days after, so I created a new user on mine and gave him a two hours tour of the whole thing. I often could say that he was quite impressed by the look & feel and the user friendliness of it!

When we were done, I asked him how he felt about switching to Mac. His answer was "Now I understand why Mac users make it a cult. I just can't wait to get my hands on it!".

Makes him another happy switcher, I guess. :)

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Virginia Tech posted a a series of photos showing the installation of their cluster of G5 Xserves (thanks to MacBidouille for the link). Beautiful!

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I don't know how noisy G5 Xserves are compared to G4 Xserves, but even if they're twice as quiet, when they're all running the noise level in that room must still be breath taking! :)

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Amazon release their new search engine, A9.com.

They say: We provide a unique set of powerful features to find information, organize it, and remember it—all in one place. A9.com is a powerful search engine, using web search and image search results enhanced by Google, Search Inside the Book™ results from Amazon.com, reference results from GuruNet, movies results from IMDb, and more.

I tried it a bit and it's very nice! Some will probably complain that you must have a (free) Amazon account to benefit of all its features, but you already have one anyway if you ever bought something at Amazon. I did, so A9.com is now one of my default tabs

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