Category: Computers
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PiP, PbP… a dual desktop solution?
I’m still pondering desktop setups, but I have had what I think is a genius idea (like all my ideas, obviously 😉 ). If I get a monitor with dual selectable inputs, and better yet one with picture-in-picture and picture-by-picture, I can connect up both the Desktop and the Laptop to one monitor and switch…
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Two hundred and fifty quid for what?
So I’m still pondering the best desktop set up for me, work-wise. At the moment I run an old G4 (1.2Ghz, 2GB) as a desktop and VNC my MacBook (orig 1.83 CoreDuo) so I don’t have to mix up my two Mail.App installs and because I want (need ;)) dual displays. I’m not unhappy but…
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Leopard
So being the Mac fanboy I am, my Mac OS 10.5 (Leopard) family pack arrived yesterday morning. Amusingly the courier delivered to my sisters work about an hour later and said to her “I know what you’ve got for Christmas, its one of them new iPods I’ve been delivering all day.”. My sister put him…
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Morgins downtime
For the benefit of those is may affect, Morgins will be down at some point tomorrow whilst it is replaced with a new machine. The wonders of rsync mean you should only notice: a) the box going off line for a bit. b) the box being much faster after. That is all 🙂 Update: All…
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Dev box upgrading
Well, since it looks like I’m working from home starting in 2 weeks time I am going to need to replace Whistler and Avoriaz because a) they are noisy, b) they are old and slow, c) they take up to much room and d) they are noisy. I don’t need much umph, I just need…
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Ext disks
I have a need for external storage. Mainly to make ‘backups’ portable *cough*. I also feel the need for more disk on my MacBook so I can install Windows (work means I need to, sadly). So, I was thinking I’d buy an external 160GB 2.5″ drive and swap that disk into my MacBook and put…
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wireless cabling?
I have a router downstairs and a computer that needs access to it upstairs. Could I cable in hub into an AirPort Express upstairs and have it connect to another AirPort express downstairs that connects to the router? I should just stick a wireless card in the upstairs box shouldn’t I, why did I only…
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Moved!
I have moved. Eclipse (my ISP) screwed up the ADSL migration, but thankfully BT managed to switch me early so I am sat on the sofa using my ADSL line Eclipse say won’t be up ’til Monday. So yes, no longer do I have a flat in Bath above a pub, but a house built…
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Parallels and Nokia?
If I bought Parallels for my Mac, would all the Nokia software work and would I be able to upgrade my phone with their software update stuff? Or shall I just abuse a Windows box at work? Work it is. In other news I have a lurgy and feel like poo.
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RAM it to the max.
I finally dropped more RAM into my MacBook last night. The original 512MB simply is not enough to run MacOSX in my view. Example, if I was using Safari and had 5 or 6 tabs open, closing a random tab that was not the foregrounded one would cause the spinning “beach ball of doom” to…