Question: I am looking for a laptop computer and cannot afford anything over $800.00. I want to be able to surf the net (wireless) and watch DVDs. What should I look for? For a basic computer such as the one your looking for I usually recommend looking at either the HP line of laptops or […]
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Monthly Archives: September 2007
How well does Parallels work?
Question: How good is Parallels 3.0 for the Macbook Pro? I really like it. It runs applications very well and when doing most things you can’t even tell your running it inside of OSX. Any of the Macbook Pros will run it just fine. The newest version of Parallels has a great new feature for […]
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iMac “Securedownload” attachment problem
My iMac is having an email problem. I use Yahoo and Safari and when I download an attachment it changes its name to “securedownload” I try and open this and I get a colorSync ultility error. What do I do? This problem has been spreading to a few Mac users. There is news that Yahoo […]
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The Router isn’t working on any computer
I can’t get my d-link router to work on all 4 computers in the house. The first I’ll ask: So it’s working on some of them? One of them? If it doesn’t work with any of them then I’d ask myself the following questions: Is the router properly connected to the modem? Is everything plugged […]
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What notebook do I need to run AutoCAD?
You’ll want to look at something with a dedicated graphics card rather then an integrated chip and you want to go for 2GB of RAM with a Dual-Core processor. I now refer you to a similar question posed by another enlightened reader of this site. You can find it here. Ignore the stuff about the […]
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SVGA on the IBM PS/1
What’s the video output format for an IBM PS/1, and how can I convert that format to svga? Wow! One from the history books! For those of you reading who don’t know what the PS/1 is (or was): it was a personal computer launched by IBM in 1990. You my friend are old school! Good […]
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HP DC5000 DVD writer doesn’t work with vista
I have the HP DC5000 DVD writer. I recently went over to Vista and it now doesn’t work. Thanks! I went over to the HP site and found this page. Basically it says that there are no Vista drivers for the drive. Now you can try the drivers found on that page, it’s unlikely that […]
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Increasing Wireless Range
I have my Linksys WiFi router on the top floor of my house. My room is in the basement and I have a laptop there. When I’m near the the router or on the same floor I get a nice speed but when I’m in the basement the speed drops by half. What should I […]
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Going full screen in Safari.
How do I get full screen in the Safari web browser? You can do this a variety of ways: At the bottom of the window there will be three diagonal lines. Click and drag these lines to extend the window. Download AppleScript and use the script to extend your window automatically. You can download it […]
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Can I run Virtual PC on my G4?
I am thinking about buying a powerbook G4 the one I’m looking at has a 1ghz processor and the operating system is OS 10.4, the hard drive is 60gb and there is 1 GB of ram. Could you please tell me if this machine is capable of running Virtual PC? I need to run Microsoft […]
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