August 2007 Archives
August 11, 2007
The missing tilde
Bug report
Problem ID: 5400784
Summary: TILDE and GRAVE ACCENT missing from Romanian keyboard of MacBook Pro 15-inch 2.4 GHz.
Expected Results: On TILDE key three signs should be present. On the left side should be engraved "`" GRAVE ACCENT and below "~" TILDE. On the right side Romanian letter "Î" LATIN LETTER I WITH CIRCUMFLEX should be engraved.
Actual Results: On TILDE key is present ONLY the Romanian letter "Î" LATIN LETTER I WITH CIRCUMFLEX engraved in the center. No "~" TILDE nor "`" GRAVE ACCENT, were engraved.
Notes: The other keys containing Romanian letters are engraved correctly:
![Ă key contains "[" and "{" correctly, Â key contains "]" and "}" correctly, Ț key contains "\" and "|" correctly — Cristian Kit Paul, 2007.](http://www.kitblog.brandient.com/images/correct_romanian_aat_keys.JPG "Ă key contains "[" and "{" correctly, Â key contains "]" and "}" correctly, Ț key contains "\" and "|" correctly — Cristian Kit Paul, 2007.")
Ă key contains "[" LEFT SQUARE BRACKET and "{" LEFT CURLY BRACKET correctly, Â key contains "]" RIGHT SQUARE BRACKET and "}" RIGHT CURLY BRACKET correctly, Ț key contains "\" REVERSE SOLIDUS and "|" VERTICAL LINE correctly.
![Ș key contains "§" and "±" correctly — Cristian Kit Paul, 2007.](http://www.kitblog.brandient.com/images/correct_romanian_s_key.JPG "Ș key contains "§" and "±" correctly — Cristian Kit Paul, 2007.")
Ș key contains "§" SECTION SIGN and "±" PLUS-MINUS SIGN correctly.
The error is limited to the TILDE key.
August 8, 2007
MacBook Pro vs. PowerBook Titanium
The good, the bad and the different
My story with Apple portables [see PowerBooks post on my old Kit.blog] begins in 1999, when I bought my first PowerBook Lombard. God, that was a sexy beast! In 2002 I switched to a PowerBook Titanium and last week I bought a new MacBook Pro, to which I'm still adjusting.
This is hardly a showdown — the title could be a little misleading — the PowerBook is to old to engage in such a competition. Apple portables improved much in 5 years and the new laptop is hands-down better than its five years old ancestor — in fact, it's for sure the best Apple portable, but unfortunately I tend to be harsh with the ones I love, so I'll go on and depict here a subjective yet merciless comparison.
