We are delighted to announce that the four aging Macs in the Great Hall have been replaced by four fancy schmancy new iMacs running Mac OS X 10.5.
With a bigger monitor, much faster processors, and more RAM, the new computers should be a huge improvement.
We’re also using Mac OS X’s new Guest User account feature. Every time you log out, the machines will restore to a nice fresh state. All old documents are removed, and preferences get restored to their sane [snip...]
In case you missed it, yesterday was the inaugural session of our latest attempt to scale the heights of accessible customer service: IT Atrium Help Desk!
Every Tuesday and Thursday from 3pm to 4pm one or more members of Your Friendly Computing Services Team will set up a satellite branch of our support office in the Glycofi Atrium. We hope this will provide easy, visible, and immediate access to computing assistance without having to visit our offices or [snip...]
Here it is, back with a tan and a set of mug shots, the prodigal Friday Feed!
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Good news everybody!
The truly terrific desktop desktop RSS reader for the Mac - NetNewsWire - along with it’s Windows-version cousin FeedGator have now become significantly less expensive to purchase. You can now download them for the low price of $0.00 - free.
NetNewsWire has long been my favorite reader on the Mac. Easy to use, configure, and customize, it easily outshines the free browser and web-based readers, and I never found another desktop client that I preferred more. The only thing stopping me from recommending [snip...]
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