It’s Just Another Tuesday
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Today is the second Tuesday of the month and for the first time in a long time I don’t care. Why? Because I purchased a Macbook a couple of weeks ago.
What does one have to do with the other? The second Tuesday of the month is Patch Tuesday, the day when Microsoft releases its monthly load of security updates. I don’t have to remember to run the security update (the automatic update never seems to work correctly) when I get home. I don’t have to remember to login as administrator in order to run the updates. I can just go home, open the Macbook and go.
I’ll have a post about switching later on with my feelings (and my wife’s).
I do have a question for any Mac users that read (and I know there are some that access via Safari). Do you use a money management program? I use MS Money, but obviously there is no Mac version. What I really need is a cash flow forecast to make sure I’m not bouncing payments using Internet billpay. Rather than build something in OpenOffice, is there a good program that will read my .qif files from Money? I’ve used Moneydance and wasn’t very happy and would rather not spend $75 on Quicken if I don’t have to.
April 8th, 2008 at 4:43 pm
I’d like to help, but my wife uses Excel to do the books on our iMac.
And I’d recommend running ClamA/V, too. While there are no OS X viruses in the wild right now, that doesn’t mean there won’t be. It’s free and very light on your OS, so it’s worth it.