Enjoying Spring and the warm weather in Minnesota… Yeah… there’s more than snow here! =)

Because there has been a lot of buzz about Windows Vista and hardware performance, I recently installed Vista on my Mac Pro with the most current version (at the time of writing this article) of Apple’s BootCamp Beta.

It is now known that Vista requires quite some beefed-up specs to have the so-called Aero Interface active.

I first installed it using Parallels and ran it as a virtual app… which literally felt like a downgraded version of Windows XP. Then that’s when I decided to installed on it’s own partition to take full advantage of the hardware in my Mac Pro.

I was pleasantly surprised on how the Mac Pro performed through the installation process… and even before installing the BootCamp drivers once the Windows installation was complete, the Aero interface was already up and running.

One interesting thing that I found on the System Properties is a ‘Score’ that Windows gives to your hardware configuration. It takes into account the CPU, the RAM, the graphics card, the graphics memory, and the hard disk.

As noted on the image above, the Mac Pro scored a quite comfortable 4.4 on the Windows Experience Index. It is comfortable because…

“A computer with a base score of 4 or 5 is able to run all new features of Windows Vista with full functionality, and it is able to support high-end, graphics-intensive experiences, such as multiplayer and 3‑D gaming and recording and playback of HDTV content. Computers with a base score of 5 were the highest performing computers available when Windows Vista was released.” -Windows Vista Help

One thing that I haven’t been able to find is the full scale… where does it end? is it a 6? a 10? Do you know?.

So, it is safe to say that if you purchase a Mac Pro, You will be able to easily run both Windows Vista and Mac OS X, especially if you are someone like me… I started switching to Mac a bit over 2 years ago, now I have 2 Macs at home (a Mac Pro and a MacBook Pro), and I ocassionally run Windows XP on Parallels, which gives you the advantage of having both Operating Systems running at the same time without the need of restarting the computer… Not the case for Bootcamp, which requires me to restart every time I need to use either OS.

To the point: If you love Macs, but you are still tied to Windows… Get a Mac, and enjoy both worlds.

Learning all about the sleeping thingy…

Yes, there he is sleeping on his mommy’s lap…

He definitely doesn’t like sleeping by himself… but I guess at some point we’ll have to break that habit. =)

But… how do you put this cutie in a crib? He’s just so peaceful!

Yes, parenthood is quite the chore… Now we know first-hand that no matter how much you read, how much you ask for advice, nothing will prepare you for what you have to deal with.

There’s many times when there’s nothing I can do to soothe, calm, or make my baby happy… There’s a few times when Trace struggles to figure out what is going on with Ben… however, must be motherhood power, because in the end she can always comfort him. After all, they’ve been in contact for over 10 months, even when Ben’s only seven weeks old.

I’ve learned my tricks here and there on how to calm him down when mom is completely drained and taking a good nap. But that kid for sure can let everyone know he’s hungry, sad, uncomfortable, or with a poopy diaper… We just hope that when he’s “letting us know” no one walks by our house because we are sure that he sounds like if we were pulling out his fingernails or something worse… =)

Beyond the pain in your ears, is the anguish of wondering why he’s so sad, and what can we do to stop it. It just breaks your heart.

I cannot really describe how frustrating those moments are… and I cannot describe them because those moments are blurred in my memory… I forget the details… I forget for how long it happened… I forget how often have they happened…

**sigh**

I am sure that if you had a single moment like the one depicted below, you’d also forget…

Kiddo… you are the coolest, and I am so happy (and lucky) to have you around us.

This coming Sunday, The Sopranos start on HBO.

This is the seventh and last season (I have said before that is the last season). While the sixth season was kinda lame, it probably wouldn’t be a good idea not to watch this one.

CNN has a nice miniguide to the show, check it out!

So… If you have HBO, you know what you’ll be doing on Sunday night. =)