Just got Leopard? Planning on doing an upgrade vs. a fresh install? Just finished your upgrade and want to know what you can do to make Leopard stop running like a dog? Look no further because I have three things your are going to need to do in order to get Leopard running smooth once you have completed your upgrade.
Now that Leopard has hit the ground running lots of Mac owners are taking the plunge and installing this beast over the weekend with great anticipation. Apple touted over 300 new features that would make all Mac owner’s lives easier and entice even more folks to make the switch from Windows to the Mac. So far this weekend I have installed Leopard on three systems, all of them went smoothly for the most part but I did find several things about Leopard that I think everyone should know about before making the upgrade that I will detail in another post. Right now here are my first impressions with this latest OS from Apple.
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With today’s release of Ubuntu 7.10 there are lots of folks writing about how this is going act as a catalyst to propel Linux onto the desktop as a real alternative to Microsoft Windows and how this is going to change the (computing) world. So these statements got me thinking about past OS releases and how they sometimes exceed or fail to meet our expectations with regards to how they enable us to be more productive. Carrying this thought further I began to wonder just how much impact on the world has each of theses releases made? What OS had the biggest impact? OSX? Linux? Windows? So read on for a trip down memory lane and a brief prediction of the future.
As many long-time readers of this blog will already know I usually take cheap shots at Microsoft whenever I get the chance but this time around I have Apple in my sights with five things I can’t stand about my Macbook Pro. Don’t get me wrong, I would rather go back to DOS on an old Tandy luggable than buy something else (with Vista installed<gulp>) but there are several things about my Macbook Pro that really wind me up. So read on for just wee bit of Apple bashing to spice up your day.
It is no secret that the Macbook Pro is usually the gold standard for most laptop junkies but what many sometimes overlook are a whole bunch of annoyances that for some users can make the Macbook Pro a less-than worthy notebook. The gripes below are only those that really get under MY skin so feel free to add your own in the comments!
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Yea, I know what you are thinking….old news right? The Nook Color was released ages (or is that eons) ago in tech years so why would I even bother to review it now? Well, rest assured I have my reasons….and they not as nefarious as you might think! You see, recently Barnes and Noble made [...]
Let me just get right to the point and say that ditching the $75+ per month Cable TV service over one year ago and going solely with online video offerings was one of the best decisions I have ever made. Seriously. I don’t miss the crappy reality shows, nor do I miss the jamming of [...]
After my recent World of Warcraft security snafu I decided to take a few minutes to address some of the issues most folks have these days trying to keep information out of the hands of online thieves. I was very tempted to write something that basically told everyone to just give up on Windows and [...]
Running WoW on Windows? Protect yourself now with Anti-Spyware software! Over the last few months many users of the insanely popular MMORPG World of Warcraft have been reporting more and more incidences of game accounts being compromised at an alarming rate. Even closed accounts have not been spared, making these reports even more disturbing. The [...]
After almost two years running my original iRobot Roomba Discovery the poor little guy was starting to look a little worse for wear. iRobot advises that you should clean the brushes and such after no more than three full cleaning cycles, something my Roomba was not always subject to and the results were starting to [...]
Unless you have been under a rock recently you have likely heard of and maybe even implemented some type of virtualization solution. If you have already been down this road already then this post might not help but for those manager types out there who might be considering a virtualization solution in the near future [...]
Right on the heels of my BMW 328xi review comes this rare chance to sample something truly special. Yes, there is nirvana and no it’s not a rock band. For BMW enthusiasts it can be found in the drivers seat of the 2007 BMW 335i thanks to the technological tour-de-force that is BMW’s latest enterprising [...]
So what’s a BMW fan like myself doing reviewing a Mercedes? Well, like the old saying goes “know thy enemy” and as far as rivalries go, BMW and Mercedes are one of the most well known. Although Mercedes-Benz answer to the latest BMW 3-series is still several months away the current C-class is no slouch. [...]
Once in a while a car comes along that changes your perceptions on just what an automobile should be. For myself that car was a 2000 BMW 328i that I had the opportunity to own and enjoy for several years. The car impressed me so much I have been a BMW owner ever since. So [...]
I can’t believe eBay is still in business considering the huge number of scams that seem to pervade the site like flies on you-know-what. Just this past week I attempted to use eBay to auction off two notebook computers and quickly discovered that this was an impossible task thanks to all the scammers who now [...]