I decided for once to attend a Microsoft Expert Zone Chat. These chats are buried in the old Windows XP area of Microsoft’s site (for some strange reason). They offer a rare chance for Microsoft leadership (engineers, product managers, etc) to chat right with customers. I wanted to get the straight answer on CableCARD’s DRM […]
Users that want a 12-inch MacBook Pro really bad (myself included) now have their own discussion forum. As I’ve noted in the past, I think that there’s still plenty of room in the Mac Portable lineup for a 12-inch MacBook Pro. This is a system that would replace the 12-inch PowerBook G4. Unlike the MacBook […]
A list of 10 must-haves for Mac OS X 10.6. Why am I writing this right now? Tis the way of all things Apple. Now that Apple is wrapping up iPhone 2.0 firmware, Apple will start looking to a unified operating system to upgrade both platforms from. Mac OS X Leopard was a half-Mac, half-iPhone […]
Comcast this weekend did something nice to me (not). They blocked my Port 25, without any notice at all. Now, I don’t use port 25 on most email accounts, I use SSL email over port 587. But, plenty of people do use it. Worse, Comcast Tier 2 support hasn’t been informed that they are blocking […]
Despite initial promises of fixing the typos in their specifications, Amazon.com, Best Buy, and Eee PC maker ASUS now refuse to respond to any form of inquiry in regards to the Eee PC’s specification malfunction. ASUS original spoke on behalf of Best Buy, claiming that they were working with the company to have the specifications […]
Microsoft posted a couple of days ago on the WHS Team Blog about a hotfix for fixing a PC Backup issue. Essentially, backups may fail if the drive uses NTFS Compression. This is not to be confused with compressed files (like ZIPs or RARs), but compression at the file system level. Most people don’t use […]
“At ASUS, we realize great products must be balanced with great principles.” Yeah, right. Realizing that the vast majority of Eee PC buyers aren’t aware that their CPUs have been cut to two-thirds speed, I decided this was something I couldn’t just let go. Recap: For those that haven’t followed the situation, retailers are advertising […]
I’ve decided to return my Eee PC. Despite there being a few placed that mentioned it, I wasn’t aware that the Eee PC’s CPU was underclocked. The Eee PC 701, has a Celeron M 900 MHz CPU, but ASUS decided to downclock it to 630 MHz. Sorry, but that’s too slow for me. And, I […]
We’re one hour into Comcast’s debacle of getting a CableCARD into my TiVo HD. The process started a little before 2 PM. Mind you, I avoided all the early adopter problems… or so I thought. The TiVo HD crashed once on the CableCARD pulling in data, and I’m convinced the first card is toast (based […]
While it didn’t initially, Apple Software Update for Windows now finally picks up the Boot Camp 2.1 update. This is actually a huge paradigm shift for PC markers. For the first time, Apple is updating all the drivers for all their systems in one payload. And, the software that is on every Mac will update […]