Articles in the PC Category
Finally, it’s been done. There has been a contest that people donated to (total of $13,000), for someone to find a way to install Windows XP on the new Intel Macs (iMac or MacBook Pro or Mac Mini) and the contest is over. If you have a new Intel Mac and are patient enough to try, here are the instructions.
This is the ideal system: The hardware of Apple and being able to dual boot to Mac OS X and Windows XP.
I SO want to do this … now …
What if Microsoft designed the iPod package?
Man, why don’t they get it?
Ok, so now you’ve got Firefox 1.5. What next? Well, one of the great benefits of having Firefox over Internet Explorer or Safari is for the extensions. There are three great extensions that EVERY Firefox user (Mac or PC) should install.
1) SessionSaver – One of the greatest features of Firefox are the tabs. If you’re not using tabs on Firefox, you haven’t even discovered the beauty of it. So, you use tabs. But has this ever happened to you? You have …
Ok, it’s finally here. Firefox 1.5 has been released, although they haven’t announced it on their website yet. I downloaded it from Mozilla’s FTP server. Their servers are gonna be slammed today and the next few days so you can get it from my servers here:
Firefox 1.5 for Mac
Firefox 1.5 for PC
I’ve been using the new 1.5 version from release candidate 1-3 and I feel it’s much faster. They fixed many security leaks and made many different changes under the hood. So, you won’t see …
Ok, this has been out for a little while, but wanted to try it out myself before recommending it. I tried it out on all the PCs that I have access to and I like it! Microsoft bought out another company that had an antispyware software and just put their name on it (like the Honda Passport was just an Isuzu Rodeo), but they did pick one of the best ones to buy out. Gotta give them credit for that! This one finds stuff that Ad-aware …
Ok, Adium all the way on the MAC, but what about the PC? Definitely Trillian. I have been using Trillian on the PC side for many years (before even version 1) and they have done a GREAT job on Version 3.0. It’s definitely the best multi-platform chat program on the PC side and with this new version, they have added many new features. Some features include Activity Monitor, Instant Lookup (real cool), Metacontacts (just like Adium), Tabbed chat windows (like Adium), Video/Audio chat and then my …
Man, software releases galore! The Firefox 1.0 is now official and has been released TODAY. I have been downloading the betas and nightlies for a while now and now it’s all available to the public. Good luck downloading it though … the mozilla site is being hammered!
I’ve uploaded to my server so that you have NO problems downloading it:
Mac Version
Windows Version
Enjoy and spread the word!
Ok, the MAC and PC gap is definitely becoming smaller. Konfabulator, one of my favorite applications for the MAC has gone cross-platform today. What a day for software releases!
So, what is Konfabulator? Their slogan is “whatever you want it to be.” And that’s true. It’s not so much an application as it is a platform for new applications called widgets. There are HUNDREDS of widgets and they are very nice looking graphics that sit on your desktop and give you information … …
Want your PC to look like a MAC? Here’s a screenshot of my PC. I call it Mac XP! Pretty nice, eh? There’s a couple of programs that you need to run. You need Mobydock for the dock on the bottom of the screen. You also need WindowBlinds with the Mac Panther theme.
For the calendar on the desktop, you need a great little program called Rainlender. I changed my default skin on it to Shadow3 (English).
Ok, one more program (I know, I …
Speed up load time
• Firefox is slow to load initially on Windows XP. You can speed this up a bit by using XP’s built in prefetcher. Simply right-click on the Firefox icon you use to start the browser. Add the text /Prefetch:1 to the end of the line in the target field.
The whole line should look something like the following:
“C:Program FilesMozilla Firefoxfirefox.exe” /Prefetch:1
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