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How Not to Reuse a Windows ME Laptop
This is Christi’s submission for the HP Magic Giveaway. Feel free to leave comments for this article as you see fit – your feedback is certainly welcomed! If you’d like to submit your own how-to, what-is, or top-five list, you can send it to me. Views and opinions of this writer are not necessarily my [...]
Do You Put Stickers and Skins on Your Hardware?
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Yes, this is me you’re watching in this video. But that’s also me in the sticker on the back of my notebook. How awesome looking is that sticker? Customizing your notebook or hardware with skins or stickers not only makes them [...]
How to Take Care of Your Notebook Computer
This is Bowler4Ever’s submission for the HP Magic Giveaway. Feel free to leave comments for this article as you see fit – your feedback is certainly welcomed! If you’d like to submit your own how-to, what-is, or top-five list, you can send it to me. Views and opinions of this writer are not necessarily my [...]
How Much RAM Does Your Computer Have?
I remember the days of having only 256MB of RAM, do you? Now that I have several GB of RAM, it’s hard to think back and understand how I managed to function in those days. How did I make anything work? How did I get anything accomplished? How much RAM do you have these days? [...]
10 Tips to Keep Your Notebook Safe when Traveling
These days, we Geeks don’t travel anywhere without our laptops. It’s a given that we need to have them on us! How would we survive?! Thankfully, Seth sent in the following tips to help us keep them safe while we are on the road. Pad The Laptop: Make sure the laptop bag or carrying case [...]
How do you Keep your Laptop Cool?
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed If things look different in this video compared to others I’ve done, it’s because I have a new laptop stand. I’m not sure if I’ll use it as my primary stand, though. They’re usually designed to help make your notebook more [...]
What’s the Future of Portable Computing?
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed I’m quite surprised with the number of reactions we received after the unboxing of the Asus Eee PC. I received an email from Gordon that was thought-provoking, and thought we should discuss what he has to say. I just watched your [...]
How Do You Travel with Electronics?
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Jthermane24 from our live chat room writes: “Most of us like to travel. But when travel time comes… so does the electronics packing. I have made a set of top five tips for traveling with electronics.” If you have a laptop, [...]
Unboxing an Asus Eee PC Ultraportable Computer
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed The super lightweight solid-state drive Asus Eee PC showed up at my house the other day. It was sent to me courtesy of Asus, specifically thanks to an engineer of theirs who is a regular community member of ours. Without further [...]
How to Build your own Laptop
LaMott is a PC Tech, and wrote in to ask this: “My question is why isn’t there an industry standard of MBD’s & cases that techs can use to build their own laptops? Also, what percent of people in the U.S. would you say build their own PC’s vs. those that buy?” PC fanatics are [...]
How to Buy a Laptop
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Are you in the market for a new laptop? What should you be looking for and considering? Here are some tips sent in by a community member to help you with your decision. Build Quality. The build quality of the laptop [...]
Notebook Cooler
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Notebooks come with many accessories. Something important that you really need is something to keep it cool. You can find many different options online. Let’s take a look at this Targus Notebook cooler. The Targus Notebook Cooling Chill Mat really works! [...]
Quick OLPC Video Review
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Awhile back, I recorded a video about the “One Laptop Per Child” program. I purchased one myself. I did it to help another child, and to have a laptop around my house for when kids come over. When you donate the [...]
How to Buy a Laptop (Notebook, Portable Computer)
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed No matter which name you prefer to call it, let’s look at some ways to help you decide which one is right for you. Get a laptop stand. Having the laptop on an angle and allowing air to move underneath will [...]
Are Computers for Kids?
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Eric emailed to ask me what age I feel is good for a child to have their first computer, or access to one. He feels that it depends on the child in particular, and their level of responsibility. Personally, I feel [...]
