Category: computer
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Optical Media Be Damned: Installing Second Hard Drive in MacBook Pro Optical Drive Bay
I used to press the power button on my computer and ate breakfast while I wanted for it to boot. Since installing a solid state drive (SSD) as a boot volume, I no longer need to. I was skeptical at first how much a SSD could improve performance but after installing one into my MacBook…
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Flock
Since my switch to a Mac, I’ve been looking for a good web browser. I am an avid Firefox user for Windows but Firefox seems to be really buggy and laggy on the Mac for some mysterious reason. I tried using Camino but it felt like a beta and there were a lot of features…
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Drinkin’ the Kool-Aid
Stop the presses. Hell has frozen over. I’ve bought a Mac. The day that no one ever saw coming has arrived. Most people who know me know that I have a personal vendetta against Apple because of things like locking down their OS and the smugness of their customers. I’m pretty shocked myself that I…
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Vista a Real "Turkey"
After hearing all of the horror stories about Windows Vista from the press and various friends, I wanted to see what was what myself and decided to “upgrade” to Vista from XP. At first I was pleased with Vista’s interface and how pretty it was but that novelty wore off very quickly once I found…