Laughing Means A Lot To Me

Dell U2410 is a great monitor in 24 inches, with vivid color, convenient UI. When using it with my Macbook Pro, I found it too bright and the default color setting is not so good. I adjusted the color in comparison of MacBook Pro's own LCD. And here is the Dell U2410 ColorSync Profile for MacBook Pro. Follow the steps below you may feel better with your U2410's color.

1. Download and unzip the file to /Library/ColorSync/Profiles/Displays (change the unzipped filename if you want).
2. Press the menu button on U2410 and change the settings to:
   Brightness - 70
   Contrast - 100
   Color Settings - Input Color Format - RGB; Gamma - MAC; Mode Selection - Graphics; Preset Modes - Adobe RGB
   Display Settings - Sharpness - 50
   (BTW, I'm using miniDisplay->DVI adapter to connect to U2410)
3. Go to System Preferences -> Displays. In Dell U2410 window, choose "Color" tab, you may find "Dell U2410 (tkjune)" in the left list. Click it.

The color of your monitor should now change. Is that okay? If not, you still have to "Calibrate..." by yourself. Don't worry it's quite easy with the guide of Apple Display Calibrator Assistant. Only that you may have to do it several times to find out your favorite mode. Tips for you: Open same application window, same photo in both monitors and calibrate step by step. To make the U2410's color exact same with MacBook Pro's LCD, you win.

Chinese saying, "Better work needs better tools". That's a good excuse for me to upgrade my equipment. Including the MacBook, the brand new DELL U2410f, and the DXRACER LCD/laptop stand. All above are installed on my desk in office.Colleagues thought I'm crazy: A geek who use his own equipments to work for company, and the equipments cost nearly 20,000RMB. I'm thinking in another way, the powerful computer and large LCD make me work more efficiently. And they make me feel happy when working. Compare with that, money is nothing. Like my blog title said, laughing means more to me.

The LCD stand arrived today. I had to go to the logistic center in downtown to pick it up by myself. It needed 10 minutes riding to get there. The toughest part was carrying it back. Without a shelf on my bike, the 8KG box left a strip of bloodstain on my shoulder.

After trying over and over again, I finally succeeded to set up BlackBerry bluetooth modem in Mac OS X. In fact, there are already several articles talked about this. I just made it work in China Mobile network.
This article is for those who:

• Have a BlackBerry 8100/8300
• Have a Mac OS X
• Use the China Mobile network (CMCC) in China
• Have turn the data service on.

I tested it in MacBook aluminum, OS X 10.5.6, BlackBerry 8100 (ROM version 4.3)
The basic configuration is described clearly here: How do I use my Blackberry Pearl as a bluetooth modem with a Mac?. It should work well when you use T-Mobile or Cingular.
If you are in China and using China Mobile, here are some settings you should change:

1. Open the file BlackBerry 8100 or BlackBerry 8300 in the /Library/Modem Scripts/ folder with text editor. Find out "ATDT*99***1#" and replace it with "ATDT*99#" then save the file. Or you can simply download the file I made, unzip it and put it into the folder I just mentioned.
2. In "System Preference => Network" panel, use "cmnet" as the Telephone Number, Account Name, Password.

The step 2 wasted a lot of my time. Because in windows, there's no need to set a user name and password when dialing. Before filling the two blanks in OS X, I thought failure of connecting was caused by some other reasons.

This file with strange file name has lived in my Trash for over a month. I finally get rid of it today.

It's caused by the FAT32 partition for Windows. I booted Windows and deleted the files in the hidden directory "C:\.Trash" and similar folders. Then the problem is solved.

Update Aug 20th, 2011.

In Lion, you can still find it in Universal Access -> Mouse & Trackpad. Just one more click on Trackpad Options... as below.

Update Oct 7th, 2009.

The option appears in Universal Access -> Mouse & Trackpad. I remember that I have checked here before 10.6, this must be new in Snow Leopard. Anyway, it's much easier now.

Thanks to Mary pointed this out in comment.

I moved the OS X Leopard from the old MacBook to new MacBook and I found that the setting in the Trackpad was missing. I set to "Ignore trackpad when mouse is present" before. After moving the hard disk to new MacBook and reinstall the system without erasing old data, I could not change the setting anymore.

I searched the official MacBook forum and got the solution for that:

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The nice feeling begins~

Yes, it's comfortable, easy to use. When touching the keyboard, it feels so good! Comes with OS X Leopard and fully support of Windows, MacBook is definitely the very notebook for me. No wonder why P is strongly recommending it. VMware Fusion makes it so easy to access Windows in OS X, Boot Camp can help to install a stand alone Windows in a separated partition. In fact, after using OS X, I think Windows can be just a tool, a tool for working, OS X is the one that fits in the life. But in the same time, I like my powerful ThinkPad too. I can not give up any of them. It's really a hard decision to make.