I opened a dispatch with Apple on March 24th because of the high pitch whining noise and the distortion in the right speaker. The repair took quite a long time -- obviously they have to order the logic board from China -- but finally it's done today. As was expected, the main logic board is replaced. Gone is the distortion in the speaker. However, the whining remains, but has definitely improved -- I don't hear it that often, and even when it does whine, it's quite tolerable.

Apple released Boot Camp, a beta app helping users install M$ Windows XP on Intel-based Macs, the day before yesterday. Some people, especially those stuck with a PowerPC-based Macs, say Apple has changed. Well, yes, they have -- but in a good way for me. I can now do even more things on my Mac -- yes, i've successfully set up Windows XP on my Mac, and it flies.

I'm moving away from Safari, apple's built-in web browser, and switching to FireFox. When I first started using Mac OS, the major reason for dumping FireFox is that it is too slow. But now, a recompiled version for Intel-based Mac is released by an individual, and it runs so smoothly. The webpages load almost instantly. Compared with Safari, its interface is a bit unglier, but the functionality is more flexible (if not better).