Back in the iLife

When I started my new job a few weeks ago, I had to wait a while before my new laptop arrived from Dell. So I turned up on the first day with my Powerbook and plugged in. I was very pleased to find that Apple Mail knows all about Exchange servers out of the box, so I was up and running with no problems and went on happily for a couple of weeks. When the Dell arrived, I spent a couple of days with both machines on the desk while getting it all set up. It was only after switching the Mac back to home use mode and starting to use the Dell for work that I was struck by an obvious solution to a problem I'd been facing for a long time. One of the reasons I switched jobs was in pursuit of a better work/life balance. To me this means drawing a sharper line between the two something I've struggled with in recent years. And here I was looking at the solution: use one computer for work and another for life. Sounds simple, but I missed it until now. So now the Dell stays off over the weekend (it stays on long enough to check the week's work in to CVS at home), and doesn't get looked at until Monday morning. The Mac, with photos, videos, electronic books, music software and fun geek stuff like Ruby and Objective C stays on all weekend and is nothing but fun. Nice.