Archive for the ‘Computers’ Category

Partitioned Wind

Our MSI Wind netbook arrived on Thursday. It worked as advertised. One notable thing I’d like to mention is that the MSI Wind came with pre-partitioned hard disk, C:\ for OS and D:\ for data. Nice.

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Sweet and sour netbook

I have been looking for a netbook for my wife, who has been “borrowing” my laptop since we sold her MacBook a few months ago. So when I found a $50 rebate valid for MSI Wind purchases only in October at 11pm, October 31, I was enpowered with the executive responsibility to make a swift but monumental [...]

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New DVD drive for mediacenter

Two weeks ago the DVD drive in my HTPC/mediacenter bit the dusk and called it quits after almost 2 years of faithful service. It was made by NEC, and it was a noisy bugger.
So I was in the market for a DVD drive. I had two choices, buy another DVD drive or perhaps [...]

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Bye bye MacBook

A few weeks ago the battery of my wife’s MacBook died. I could buy a new battery and continue my Mac journey, but I decided to put it up for sale on Craigslist. That was this morning at 1am.
The MacBook is now gone, and I don’t foresee another Mac in my home for [...]

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MacDongle

Yet another Apple-hostile blog post: Why Doesn’t Anyone Give a Crap About Freedom Zero?. Can’t say I disagree.
I like this one’s comparison of Macs to hardware dongles. I like the article even more (and Apple less) when I think of the tight controls Apple is going to place over iPhone applications.

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Second HDTV tuner

Got myself a second HDTV tuner for my mediacenter. $79.99 – $30 + tax + free shipping, I’d say a pretty good deal. There is also a $10 rebate that I need to mail out soon.
The package arrived today. I installed and configured the PCI card without incident. I can now [...]

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Mac vs PC ads

I have a MacBook as well as an iPhone, but that doesn’t mean I can stand the BS advertising campaign from Apple championing how superior the Mac is.
I have three Vista machines at home, and while they are not perfect, I am actually happier with them than with the MacBook running OS X. The Mac [...]

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Desktop PC 2007

A few weeks ago a friend of mine got a good deal on a Gateway PC. He bought it to edit his photos, which coincidentally will also come from a Nikon D80. While my laptop offers ubiquitous surfing opportunities, it comes up short in the area of photo editing. My interests in the current state [...]

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MacBook is overrated

Nowadays when people comment that they rather get a MacBook than a Windows-based laptop, my response generally is “MacBook is overrated”. Here is why:

MacBook’s glossy screen makes an unpleasant reading experience.
Its lack of dedicated PgUp and PgDn keys means lots of two-handed combos – the Fn key is on the left while the arrows [...]

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Thinkpad x60t temptation

Image from ThinkComputers.org.

My wife told me about a 15% off coupon on Lenovo laptops. Now I don’t need a laptop, but Lenovo’s Thinkpad x41t/x60t has always attracted me. Now the temptation is almost too irresistible, especially that model with the multi-touch screen!
Click here for a video tour from Lenovo. Here are some [...]

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