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***Just note that this only applies to users who purchased their computer and warranty directly from Dell. If you bought it from BestBuy or some other store, stay away because their policies may be different. It also helps if your warranty includes in-home service so that you can be up and running again in 30 […]

It’s one of the most important user interface elements in Max OS X, and Apple has patented it. There are programs for Windows (and Linux) that try to emulate it. Some hate it, others love it. That’s right, it’s the Dock. So I was wondering how you prefer your dock to behave. Do you have […]

Today, when I left my newly installed and configured HackBook (running XxX 10.5.6) downstairs for awhile, the display went to sleep. I thought nothing of it of course. I closed the lid and took it upstairs. When I opened the lid, it gave me the boot prompt. “Strange,” I thought, and when I pressed enter […]

After playing around tonight getting the battery meter and speed step working on XxX 10.5.6, I decided to unplug for the first time and see how long my battery life is. I’m not exactly sure how powerful the battery is in my Dell Inspiron 1525 HackBook. Honestly, when I bought the computer I was shopping […]

I recently accepted a number of gold card applications, just to stop them from mailing me applications. Now I have a couple of gold cards. I figure I’ll cycle them, accepting new ones as long the postage is pre-paid, and cutting up the old ones with bad interest rates. I think the ‘credit card culture’ […]