I bought another laptop at Best Buy after giving my garnet red Gateway to the (idiot) Geek Squad. Want to return a computer to Best Buy? Just say the screen flickers. They’re not going to spend an hour waiting for the momentious occacioun that your laptop actually has an issue. They’re too busy collecting huge […]
July 13th, 2008
Gateway M6843 HackBook Pro
UPDATE! It appears there is a fix for the pesky keyboard error which ended up being the reason why I sold this machine. Now I really wish I hadn’t since it lays waste to my current Dell Inspiron 1525. Read the comments below for more information. I’ve included Danny’s screenshot — looks sweet, thanks!
July 8th, 2008
What Ever Happened To RealPlayer?
One of my favorite media players when I hooked up my first computer to the Internet was RealPlayer. From streaming radio stations to movies, Real was where it was at. The first version of RealPlayer was introduced in April of 1995 as RealAudio Player which was one of the first media players capable of streaming […]
June 29th, 2008
Do You Care About iTunes DRM?
Back in the days of Windows 95 and “MMX” technology, you could purchase music from your favorite store that came on a disc (or tape). These mediums allowed you to play them in just about any device. From Sony to RCA, you could enjoy your music anywhere. It was, after all, your music. Play it […]
June 26th, 2008
Hate Vista? So Does Intel
With recent shipments of failure from the Microsoft camp, including a rather useless Service Pack 3 for aged XP and a “Reliability” Service Pack update for Vista SP1, their users have been speaking out for years since the release of Windows Vista in late 2006. And surprisingly (not), major companies are speaking out about just […]
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July 18th, 2008
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