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1. A Week Without Apple – Day Five, The End

   21 Comments Anthony Agius - 6th June 2009 - Series

   The last item to look at is the Linksys WRT610N. It’s pretty much an AirPort Extreme, but by Linksys instead of Apple. The WRT610N packs a dual band radio, so you can have a 2.4GHz 802.11g network, for things like the iPhone, Wii and older laptops, plus a 5GHz network, for the faster 802.11n spec, [...]

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2. A Week Without Apple – Day 4, Best PVR Ever. But.

   34 Comments Anthony Agius - 5th June 2009 - Series

   I’ll just put it out there straight up – the TiVo is a groin grabbingly great PVR. I don’t really want to give it back! Of all the things I’ve used this week, the TiVo is my favourite. It’s a classy PVR, is a piece of piss to use and my partner has become attached [...]

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3. A Week Without Apple – Day Three, The Distance Between Us

   18 Comments Anthony Agius - 4th June 2009 - Series

   RIM (dudes who make the Blackberry) have been king of the hill when it comes to smartphones, particuarly in North America. The Blackberry has affectionately been given the nickname “Crackberry”, the word crackberry was even added to the dictionary. It’s a device with cultural status, much more than any other smartphone, at least until the [...]

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4. A Week Without Apple – Day Two, A Lesson in Understanding

   49 Comments Anthony Agius - 3rd June 2009 - Series

   Today’s post will concentrate on Windows 7 and the HP Pavilion dv6-1143tx, because that’s what I felt like writing about the most today. It’s been a revealing experience – Windows 7 is actually much better than I assumed it would be and the HP laptop, well, it backed up my reasons for spending that few [...]

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5. A Week Without Apple

   62 Comments Anthony Agius - 2nd June 2009 - Series

   I’m not going to use Apple products for a whole week. Yep. I swear to god, cross my heart and hope to die, that I won’t touch an Apple product. This is the post you can bookmark to keep track of my experience. I will add a link to each new post here, for your convenience. You can subscribe to our RSS feed, or follow MacTalk on Twitter too.

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6. A Week Without Apple – Day One, A New Hope.

   15 Comments Anthony Agius - 2nd June 2009 - Series

   Day 1 – It is lonely here on this island. I feel as if the world has forgotten me and I am stuck here forever. There aren’t even any cool adventures or monsters like on that island in Lost. Oops, wrong journal.
   What the hell am I doing? Read this post for the background.
   The beginning of [...]

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7. A Week Without Apple – Introduction

   62 Comments Anthony Agius - 31st May 2009 - Series

   For a full working week, beginning as of 12:01am Monday the 1st of June, I will abandon my Apple products, casting them to the fortress that is my mother’s house. Join me all this week, where I will blog daily about my experiences in adjusting my workflows, picking up on the differences between the Apple and non-Apple products and answering any questions you might have.

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