Posted by Richard Cravy on March 18th, 2009 in Hardware, Reviews
The extra-small notebooks often referred to as “netbooks” are all the rage right now. After waiting patiently for anyone I knew to buy one with no luck, I finally surrendered to temptation and bought one myself. I chose the MSI Wind U100-432us because I found one at a good price and I liked its features.
Once [...]
Posted by Richard Cravy on March 13th, 2009 in Hardware, SOFTWARE
Just this week, I found it necessary to try and plug a flash drive into two older laptops running Windows 98 in order to transfer some information. One laptop had a USB port, the other did not. Now, here are the challenges:
(1) Get a USB port in the laptop without one
(2) Windows 98 does not [...]
Posted by Aaron Cravy on March 10th, 2009 in SOFTWARE, Utilities
Just like with your car, your computer needs regular maintenance. While you can’t change the oil on a Windows PC, you can utilize software to tidy things up a bit and, in general, help Windows perform better. We recommend that you run updated anti-virus and anti-malware software in order to keep your PC free of [...]