I am also curious to see how “addicted” I am to my MacBook and the OS X Platform.  I know that I could probably make a straight forward switch to Ubuntu or a similar Linux distro.  My major concern is functionality, will it work with my computer.  That is why I didn’t stay on Ubuntu 3 years ago when I ran it for 6 months.  Odd little things kept happening and so, I went back to Windows when both of my PC’s died in a week’s time.  No, I don’t think it was the OS.  I am sure that one overheated and the other got static shocked from the outside.  I am still puzzled by that, but I had to turn around and spend a bit of cash to rebuild one machine & by that point, I was beyond figuring out what happened.

I digress.

Windows 7 looks pretty nice and it works much more like Linux and OS X than ever before.  The UI is very clean and well designed.  I like the tile effect on the bottom for open windows and I like the loose sidebar tools, it is much better than having the Sidebar and having to work around it.  I really like having the widgets on the desktop where I can find them quickly.  Dashboard in OS X, is also nice, but sometimes it is frustrating because they seem to take their time loading unless I pop it open and then close it and come back to it later [with the F5 Key].  Sigh, nothing is perfect.

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This is a simple app that integrates with your address book and is easy to use.  I don’t send a lot of snail mail; but this will make my envelopes much more legible.

I am sure mail men (& women) everywhere will rejoice.

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You can find it here.

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