Readers of my previous blog entry will know that I recently upgraded from a MacBook running Tiger to a MacBook Pro running Leopard.

The upgrade has not been as smooth as when I upgraded from my 12″ PowerBook to the MacBook or from an iBook to the PowerBook. I admit that some of the problems may have been due to the fact that I am now running with 4GB of RAM instead of 2GB (on the MacBook), 1.25GB (on the PowerBook) and 1.5GB(on the iBook).

I have encountered several problems, all of which have necessitated a re-installation of applications.

Parallels

Parallels ran fine on Leopard with 2GB RAM but did not run with 4GB. Solution: re-install Parallels.

Yahoo! Messenger

YIM crashed big time with 4GB of RAM. Solution: re-install with the latest version.

HP Print Tools for 2710 All-in-One

While the printer worked fine, I could no longer connect to the scanner. Solution: re-install with the latest version from HP’s website.

VZAccess Manager

One of the tools I have is a USB Broadband modem on the Verizon Wireless network. The modem settings were not transfered over from the MacBook. Solution: re-install with the latest version from Verizon Wireless’ website. To get the installation package, I had to do a Google search to find the download page. Verizon’s website was completely useless.

Parallels

I don’t want to second-guess Verizon’s business decision making. However, one of their policies appear to be preventing people from using a broadband modem to share a connection to the Internet with other PCs. So when the USB broadband modem is up and running, all other network connections (LAN, Airport) are disconnected. The policy appears to extend to the virtual networks that Parallels set up for guest virtual machines. So re-installing VZAccess Manager WIPED OUT all the Parallels network adaptors. Solution: re-install Parallels and curse Verizon.

Final Cut Express 4

FCE is transfered to the MacBook Pro, but I had to re-enter the serial number. That’s fine.