"i.e." vs "e.g."

another one in the note-to-self series:

what abbreviation to choose when in doubt: "i.e." vs. "e.g."?

• "i.e." -> id est -> à la "in essence"
• "e.g." -> exempli gratia -> à la "example given"

I'm a classical dichotomy, i.e. dive instructor, IT architect and wanna-be chef, all in one person.

You say: drink? I say: yes, potatoes, e.g. tequila.

macbook pro: HDD -> SDD

just replaced the internal 320GB HDD of my mid-2010 macbook pro (13'') ...

 ...with a 256GB SDD from Samsung:

maceinsteiger.de's article (sorry, German only) provided a good guide on how to do this.

Two caveats though:

1. you'll need a size 16 tork screwdriver. Otherwise you won't get the attachment screws of the HDD frame.
2. after booting from DVD, the system didn't recognize the SDD as a volume to install OS X on.
   Don't freak out: it's because the drive simply isn't formatted and partitioned yet.
   There's access to the Hard-Drive-Utility (funny...) from the install screen top menu. So just start, format, and -voilà- you'll see SDD as a possible install target.

hth again. someone. somehow.

FYI: RAM in mid-2010 macbook pro

just a quick FYI because I searched for it without any relevant result on the internetz:

the original RAM in my mid-2010 macbook pro (13'', MacBookPro7,1) was manufactured by hynix.
part no is HMT125S6TFR8C.
it is labeled with
2GB 2Rx8 PC3 - 8500S - 7 - 10 - F2
(part no) - G7 N0 AA - C

I replaced it with 2 x 4GB from Kingston, and now OS X shows "0x0198" as the manufacturer in "about this mac".

hth. somehow. someone.