Archive October 2007
iPhone vs Windows Mobile Pocket PC for Business
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed I was a Windows Mobile device user for about seven years. I was against the iPhone at first, thinking my Windows device suited my needs just fine. Then Ponzi bought me the iPhone. MajorDef wrote in to ask which is better [...]
The Choice is Windows XP over Windows Vista
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed I was surfing my RSS feeds the other night using Vienna. I came across a blog post about Vista from back in July, and decided it should be shared with you all, and commented on. Over on JoeClarke.net, I came across [...]
Free Bitmap to Vector Graphics Software
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed When you resize a small image to make it larger, it tends to run the color together, and makes the edges jaggy or blurry. By turning a photo into Vector art, you get rid of those little imperfections. If you want [...]
How to Make a Cool Windows Vista Screensaver
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed DreamScene on Vista allows you to run a video as a wallpaper. Unfortunately, I can’t use it. Vista claims my monitors are too big. That’s ok, I’m not giving them up. I did, however, discover a very cool trick awhile back [...]
Mac Help is Great in OS X Leopard
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed There is a new feature in Leopard that is available for every application and program on your Mac. This Help feature is so amazing, it will save you an incredible amount of time and trouble. How often have you been working [...]
Free Disk Partition Tool
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Many of you have asked me for a recommendation for a partition tool. In the past, I’ve recommended Partition Magic, which of course is not free. Wirelesspacket gave me a link to a free partitioning program that appears to be quite [...]
Is Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard Faster on a G4?
Guglielmo Plain has a question I don’t have an answer for: My question is mainly about older computers not related to the new Intel based computer. I personally own a 1.5ghz G4 PB 17″ and I remember back in the day when I updated my OS from 10.3 to 10.4 that I got a considerable [...]
Chris Plays Santa and Gives away an LED Keyboard
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed After I reviewed the Saitek LED keyboard, I was unable to actually use it. So, I decided to bring Christmas a little early, and give it away to one of our community members at large. On October 17th, I reviewed the [...]
Apple Trusts Users more than Microsoft?
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed I bought the Family Pack for Leopard. Apple gives me licensing to install my copy of Leopard on up to five Macs. The thing is… the disc is the exact same as the one for ONE install. Apple TRUSTS me to [...]
Is Apple’s .Mac for OS X Worth it?
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Back in 2002, I felt that a .Mac subscription was just a waste of money. Man oh man, has my mind ever changed. The upgrade to it with Leopard is so amazing, I can’t imagine NOT having it. As I am [...]
Why a Mac Does not Need a Second Mouse Button
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed I get so tired of people saying that you cannot right click or scroll with a Mac. That is absolutely false, and I’m going to show you how to enable these functions. On your Mac, open your System Preferences. This is [...]
iChat is More than Instant Messaging
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed When Apple released the features of Leopard, some Mac users got their hoodies in a twist over iChat. They compared it to Windows Messenger… but couldn’t be further from being correct. iChat isn’t just for instant messaging. Just some of the [...]
Windows Vista – Promises Delivered?
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Several of us got together on Ventrilo just to chit chat. We ended up talking about Vista and XP, the differences, the expectations… and the opinions on the reality that is Vista. A community member who goes by the name of [...]
Mac Myths
I’m going to keep this person’s name anonymous for the time being, because I’m sure he’d get flamed out of existence for admitting to believing in these stereotypical myths about Macs. Allow me to provide a list of reasons why I don’t like macs. If you really want to prove their equality to a Windows [...]
Buy Leopard and Parallels
Are you ready to upgrade to the latest version of OS X, Leopard? Great. Here are the versions available to you today. Select carefully, as only one of them is right for you: Mac OS X Leopard Home Basic Mac OS X Leopard Home Premium Mac OS X Leopard Business Mac OS X Leopard Enterprise [...]
