Archive | July, 2008

Turn Old Hard Drives Into Time Machines

July 26th, 2008

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I’ve all but gutted my first Hackintosh — the Celeron D-powered war horse and by doing so, I saved myself some cash. While everyone’s running to buy the wireless Time Capsule device, I only have one machine i really need to back up and that’s my HackBook Pro I use at the office. Why waste […]

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iPhone Just Not Good Enough

July 26th, 2008

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The first 3G iPhone has arrived, but for a mobile power user like myself, is the iPhone really going to cut it? I don’t think so. While I love the look and feel of the “Steve Phone,” there’s something seriously missing from these devices. I live and use my smartphone in the United States, where […]

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Alternative To “Sleep Trick” On Intel GMAX3100

July 24th, 2008

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This “trick” is now outdated and has been replaced by the much more reliable DSDT.aml file which automatically wakes the screen for you 100% of the time. The guide for it can be found here. A lot of us on laptops using Intel’s onboard GMAX3100 are having to do something called the “sleep trick” to […]

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Dell Inspiron 1525 Hackintosh/HackBook Pro Tutorial!

July 21st, 2008

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**This post is outdated. Use this guide to install Snow Leopard** (At the time of writing, 10.5.4 is the latest version of Mac OS X) I’ve done it, and I absolutely love it for more reasons than one. Now I’m going to show you how it’s done so you too can have your own Inspiron […]

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Mac Moves To The Top 3

July 18th, 2008

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Gartner and IDC both confirmed what we all thought would happen with more and more Microsoft users running away from Vista and scooping up brand new hassle-free Macs at their local Best Buy. Apple is now officailly the third largest computer manufactor in the United States! And that doesn’t take into consideration the fact that […]

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