Oracle 11gR2 on Solaris

Oracle just ran some benchmarks on their new integrated enterprise platform. Since Oracle bought Sun, they now own some of the best hardware around.

According to this article the new Oracle Solaris (RIP Sun Solaris) together with Oracle 11g R2 is lightning fast. Oracle Benchmark

MacBook Air

We (my wife and I) went to have look at the MacBook Air and were very impressed. It only has a 64gb SSD, but since my wife will use it most of the time for her work, it shouldn't be a problem.

I don't have a working knowledge of OSX so it will be a new experience to figure out how the Apple OS works. I will probable get a copy of Microsoft Office for Mac to do all my usual work on. DropBox will keep my documents in sync.

So the plan is to get the MacBook Air end of April.

First blog entry from the iPad

I bought an iPad a few days ago. It is the iPad 1, not the iPad 2. Since I bought it, I don't use my PC at home anymore, except for development work. The normal stuff like reading email, browsing the web, reading comics etc. I now use my iPad for.

I also bought BlogPress to blog from the iPad now, so this is the first post on the iPad.

My Android is still my primary mobile device, but the iPad's size makes it easier to use around the house. One thing I don't like about the Apple AppStore is many apps I need to buy before I can try them, on Android Market there is always a free version and a paid version, so I can try before I buy. On the positive side I can buy apps from the Apple AppStore and not from the Android Market. This relates to South Africa being a behind the times 3rd world country and not Google.

Seems the BlogPress app is also very nice, so it seems the $2.99 was not wasted on something I didn't want.