Work just hooked me up with a new Dell laptop and TWO -- count em, TWO - 22 inch widescreen monitors.  It's like I'm staring out a cockpit or something -- huge expanse of desk. Still have to figure out how I want them to sit on my desk ... have to factor in usability and reduce neck strain.

It's ... a lot ... of space. Oi. ;)

I also figured out how ( Read more... )

Part of the computer upgrades I did over the weekend included a new 80 gig hard drive. I slaved in my old 30 gig just as it was, so I could move files over at my leisure ( Read more... )

Getting closer to figuring out the PC issues ( Read more... )

The video card IS overheating. The FAN on the heatsynch isn't spinning. That's not supposed to happen ( Read more... )

The computer continues to decline. Last night, even with the AGP aperture closed to 4x, it's crashing. I'm guessing it's because I turned the AC off and let the house temp jump to 75 degrees, which is causing the chips inside to heat up more than usual. Seems to be an overheating problem. Maybe it has something to do with through-putting 4X agp to ( Read more... )

http://www.artlebedev.com/portfolio/optimus/
http://primotechnology.com/index.php?art=articles/0705/optimus/index.htm

This is very neat!

I wants one ;)

On-board wireless cards for Gateway laptops have two ways to enable/disable them:

1) Right click on the Wireless Connection in your system tray, click 'Enable'.

2) Hit 'Function - F2' (this key combo varies by Model) to enable the radio signal.

heh.
EternalEponine Foretold that it was something simple, and it was. She's Good! I've learned something new about ( Read more... )

Still trying to get Jay's new computer to behave.

( Tech Heavy Garble behind this, as well as a Nod to Nuadha's Correct RAM statement.... )

http://www.apple.com/macmini/

Weird.

Tempting, too, but the graphic's card isn't even mediocre. It's low-end. So probably not something I'd consider.

Still, it's CUTE.