I've Been Workin on the Railroad...

Well, I hesitate to call it 'work', because even doing real work on AppleKory feels a bit too much like 'fun' for that.

Early Saturday afternoon finds me sitting on a train to Bourges with the Missus and the Boy...and AppleKory. Having yanked the computer from its cozy case I was surprised and delighted to see that despite a 90-minute nap AppleKory is up and rarin' to go at 99% power. Now I don't have a lot of experience with Windows PCs put into Sleep (or, rather, "Hibernate") mode, so I cannot make a true comparison energy-wise.  The reason I don't have that basis for comparison, though, is noteworthy...the worthy note being that in all of my time with Windows laptop PCs I never once was able to wake one from its nap without having to either (a) suffer interminable wait-time waiting for it to wake up, or (2) do a hard reset/shutdown and reboot.  AppleKory, though?  A "light tap on the shoulder" -- opening the screen -- and she is in-the-world-and-of-the-world...and at virtually the same power level as when I put her down for her nap.

The Missus has closed her eyes and settled in for her own nap, the Boy is watching "Inspector Gadget" (the 1999 movie, with Ferris Beuller...er, Matthew Broderick...not the cartoon) via iPod Nano (rented from the iTunes Store for $2.99), and I am left to futz around with AppleKory.  No Internet access -- will post this once that is re-established -- but plenty of time to fine-tune configuration, get dirty with new software (been looking for time to work out more of Quicksilver), and generally cyber-goof before we arrive in 90 minutes.

Train, train...sixteen coaches long...