Ron’s Mind

If you listen to the internet you would be led to believe Apple can’t take Pre-orders on the iPad because they haven’t received FCC approval. I believe this is incorrect. The FCC regulation prohibits putting unapproved electronic devices in the hands of consumers prior to FCC approval. There is absolutely no reason Apple can’t take pre-orders. It makes absolutely no sense to have announced the product and then to not even take pre-orders. Some will point to the 1st iPhone, but remember there were no pre-orders, you had to buy directly from AT&T or an Apple store. So just what is Apple up to?

I just had my first dealings with Jetbrains and found them to be a very stand-up company. If the opportunity were to arise in the future I would not hesitate to do business with them again. Hat tip to George Dvorak.

I bought a new Drobo this week and am very pleased with my purchase. I have moved my entire iTunes library and all of my documents onto the Drobo. I have it connected to my Airport Extreme Base Station and it works very well this way. The only problem I had was itunes not being able to find the library after a reboot. Turns out it was becasuse the iMac had not connected to the Drobo yet. This was easily fixed by added the Drobo to Login items in System Preferences.