A while back, I bought the MacGeek MADE84 keyboard, lured by its Hall Effect switches and Mac compatibility claims. Unfortunately, the keyboard didn’t live up to expectations on the Mac—quirky behavior, inconsistent key mapping, and general unreliability made it a non-starter. I … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2025
Shrinking the Power Grid, One Mac at a Time
When I created my digital imaging setup, power provisioning was part of the workflow. My machines, custom-built Wintel workstations, ran hot, loud, and often. They thrived on amperage. Parallel MATLAB jobs, multi-threaded Lightroom tasks, Helicon Focus stacks, and panoramic … [Read more...]