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In apple Computers Mac OS X Windows

Tool of Trade - Macbook Air or Sony Vaio

It was told in the Harry Potter movie that every wizard is destined to a specific type of wand and if found, great things can be expected from the partnership. Analogously, each one of us is a wizard and our laptop is our wand with which we create our own worlds, our own magic and hence, it is important that we choose the perfect machine tailored for our needs.

Most of us, regardless of profession, computer is our main tool of trade. I have tried a number of laptops but my macbook was the most efficient. It does not do extra fancy stuff but it just works. Of course i cannot just turn my back on my desktop as it performs my other computing activities like downloading gigabytes of files overnight, playing games (apple has just a handful of premium games), and for typing pages of document as we obviously type much faster when using a full-size keyboard.. Just a few days ago, my 6-year-old macbook failed to switch on. I ripped it apart to check its internal organs only to find out that the logic board is dying. Instead of bringing it back to life, i decided to lay it to rest for good.

A computer-less computer engineer - that's what i am now.. but not for long i hope. I am torn between getting a sony vaio or an apple macbook air. If we are in the same situation or just wanting to buy a new laptop but can't decide which to get, visit the reviews. Check the features if it is capable of delivering what you expect of a laptop. If you're a gamer or a graphics/video editor, and you require speed and power, get a monster laptop but expect to shell out some extra moolah. 

If you want it sleek, sexy and portable machine that just amazingly works, get a macbook air but you have to compromise on a few extra features. The choice is yours. Pick your perfect tool of trade, you magic wand.

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In Computers Personal

How Could I be Computer-less?

How could i be computerless? This is a cute and hilarious music video that i've seen at youtube few days ago. With this clip, i was teasing my brother because he lent his macbook to my sister who flew to Ireland for another echelon of scholastic endeavor. The music video illustrates how the singer's life became extremely miserable being computerless.

Funny thing is, morning of 26 October 2009, i was turning my laptop on to check my emails but it did not. I ticked the power button once again... the lights merely blinked then went off again. Thinking that it was just a RAM problem, I opened the memory modules then replaced them, checked the physique of the harddisk, power supply etc. but to no avail. Being someone educated in computer hardware, i knew right away that the motherboard is the culprit. It figured in a hardware breakdown.

While feeling weakened and depressed, i ransacked my room to find and check the warranty papers provided by HP. To my surprise the warranty has expired just a month ago. I forgot to extend it to three years. Having learned a lesson from this harrowing experience, I advise you guys not to forget getting your toys extended warranty for the obvious reason that hardware failures commence to happen when gadget reaches one year or older.

When my brother arrived home from work, I welcomed him at the door by saying, "now i can join you in singing, how could i be computerless" haha. Motherboard for laptops costs an arm and a leg and it will take a minimum of two weeks to order a replacement from HP Canada where this laptop was originally purchased. Treat your laptop well especially when it is your primary tool of trade.

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In Computers Internet

Smart Bro Prepaid Internet

Smart Bro Prepaid Internet
Smart BRO PREPAID is the newest Smart broadband internet service that allows you to surf the net anywhere there’s a PC! No Monthly Service Fee since it’s prepaid!
The Smart BRO USB modem is a small, palm-sized device that you can carry with you wherever you go. And anytime you need to surf, just plug it into the USB port of your PC, and you’ll get connected in a flash. Total initial payment is P2500 with FREE P100 broadband load. Broadband Internet use is P10 for every 30 minutes.

* Purchase of P300 load card is required
* Available in selected areas (HSDPA areas)
FOR MAC USERS: To register your Smart BRO Prepaid account, install the modem in a WINDOWS-based PC. Once registered, you may now use your MAC PC to access the internet and manage your Smart BRO Prepaid account.

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Jailbreak your iPhone

iPhone/iPod touch only: If you've been waiting to upgrade your iPhone or touch to the recently released iPhone 2.2 software until you could jailbreak the update and run your must-have jailbreak apps (like, I don't know, the one that let's you use your iPhone's internet connection on your laptop), you're in luck: The iPhone Dev team has already released QuickPwn for both Windows and Mac and the PwnageTool for Mac. Not only will jailbreaking your phone with one of these simple-to-use apps add both Cydia and Installer to your home screen, but it'll also give you access to a few other very cool iPhone 2.2-only hacks. They say that when your iphone is jailbroken, the options are almost endless.. but be warned that jailbreaking your iphone will void your warranty. Choice is yours.

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Must Have Windows Applications

What would you do when your computer considerably slowed down? Windows crashes more often, Computer hangs in between tasks, it freezes when you open multiple applications or simply put, running differently as before? Perhaps you have satiated your harddrive with millions of mp3s haha, helluva lot of videos, not-so-helpful and seldom-used applications. For the information of those not so abreast about computers, windows utilizes that extra free space of your harddrive as virtual memory to make your computer machine run faster. The more free space you have, the faster your machine executes programs. So what do you need to do when your PC starts to misbehave? 

You may burn the mp3s, videos and other large files in Dvds. Uninstall unneeded applications and redundant programs. After these two steps, defrag your harddrive. Now, defragging your harddrive using the bundled windows software will take half a day to complete, so instead, use the auslogics defrag (google it) and the defragging will only take less than 20mins depending on your harddrive’s size. When done, run your updated anti-virus or anti-spyware programs. However, if, for unknown reason, your pc encounters the so-called blue screen of death, or some other windows errors, you may want to reinstall windows . i always recommend a clean install of the windows OS to reset everything to their factory defaults. But first, be sure to back up all your important files, bookmarks, saved passwords, message archives, game settings/configuration files. 

Whenever the my pc is in dire need of harddisk reformatting, these applications are the ones i basically install first. If you have great applications in mind which are absent in the list, scribble them in the comments :D

  • Microsoft Vista Ultimate
  • Microsoft Office – select customize and install only the needed software
  • adobe photoshop or photo elements - for thorough picture editing
  • adobe reader - for reading ebooks and pdf documents
  • AMP Winoff - turns off your pc automatically by assigned schedule
  • Auslogics – best tune up software for your pc
  • AVG – for your virus protection
  • bitcomet – for downloading torrents
  • Chikka – in case you ran out of phone credits
  • Divx player and codecs – for playing divx movies
  • DU meter – for real-time internet speed monitoring
  • frostwire – substitute for limewire (lesser spyware)
  • google earth
  • google talk
  • itunes – for syncing of your ipod/iphone
  • joystick 2 mouse – to control your mouse pointer with a keypad
  • k-lite – to enable your windows media player to play any kind of video format
  • Microsoft encarta dictionary – for quick offline reference
  • Laptop Alarm – your laptop will sound a very loud alarm when someone moves your mouse, unplug a USB device, unplugs the charger, or closes the lid of your laptop (useful when you’re in coffee shops and public places)
  • lifeglobe aquarium – true aquarium in your desktop to soothe your tired eyes
  • Mozilla firefox 3 – for safer and faster browsing
  • Mozilla thunderbird – best mail third-party client (i can check all my 5 emails at a time)
  • multilingual speaking clock – for time announcement/reminder
  • muvee reveal – for my video editing
  • nature illusion studio – for photo visual effects
  • nero – for burning DVDs
  • otsAV DJ – Best music player for disk jockeys
  • picasa – for automated picture uploads
  • picture collage maker – the name speaks for itself
  • pidgin – chat client- great substitute for gtalk, msn, ym
  • rainlendar – floating calendar for reminders, appointments
  • rocketdock – to unclutter your desktop icons in a mac-like dock
  • safari – in case firefox lags
  • skype – recommended video chat in case ym sucks
  • spybot – second level anti-virus software, in case AVG doesn’t clean everything
  • super antispyware – third level anti-virus
  • wall master – to make your desktop change wallpaper at random
  • winamp – for quick mp3 playing
  • winrar – to uncompress zipped files
  • yahoo messenger – chat client


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