Edit. Oh. And did you notice? My OS is now Leopard. Yay. :)

Remember how I once gushed about wanting to have a pink macbook? Well, here goes another dream come true for me. :)

And I didn’t have to spend $500 to have it in pink. I just shopped for pink macbook accessories, like this hot pink crystal case (P2,500)

and this pink keypad shield (P600)

And voila! My macbook — pretty in pink! :) And it’s really prettier in real life than how I imagined it from pictures I found online.

I’m really loving it and all, except that I get to have some Legally Blonde moments here and there. Like when I have to open my laptop here in the office in front of a bunch of managers clad in black and white macs who can’t help but to smile (smirk?!) at me — get the picture??! Oh well. There goes the price of.. being yourself. Boo. :P

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Posting this one just in case you’re having the same problem too.

I have not been able to use my webcam with YM ever since I got my MacBook. I’ve asked my supplier about it once or twice but never really found a solution to my webcam problem. Which sucks, especially since having a long-distance relationship REQUIRES a webcam. LOL. I mean, you can just imagine the tantrums my boyfriend throws my way everytime my webcam shuts down on him every after 15 seconds. Boo.

I thought it was my Mac’s iSight that has problems, and I was all set to take my laptop to an Apple center to have it checked. Turns out, it’s not the iSight that has problems, it’s the Yahoo Messenger.

So yup, if that’s your problem too — YM webcam shutting off every after 15 seconds and you have to re-invite the person you’re chatting with to view your webcam every 15-friggin-seconds — don’t fret, you’re not the only one.

Interestingly, I found out a way around this little problem of mine through a thread at PhilMug (a local Mac users group here in the Philippines). The thread presented several alternatives, and all of them includes ditching your YM altogether, that is, if there’s a need to use your webcam regularly.

• Use AIM in iChat
• Use Skype
• Use aMSN

I tried all three and settled with aMsn.

Works great for me. :)

And teh boyfriend? He’s smiling from ear to ear. Boo.

..or so they say.

After the release of Leopard, I immediately contacted the agent I got my Macbook from to ask if I could get a free OS update. He happily said yes, but he also suggested that I wait a few months more because the new Mac OS X still has a lot of bugs.

It didn’t take a while before I started seeing ugly comments about upgrade problems, and scary stories on the “blue screen of death.” Remember when Vista was just launched? Well, the feedbacks I saw are almost as ugly-scary as that. I guess all I’m saying is.. contrary to my recent regrets, I think I got my Macbook at the right time.

Raaaaawrrr!!

Yep, you got it right. I think Imma stick wit mah Tiger OS for now. :)