More than a year ago, I had obtained enough components to do a full build of a new desktop, one that was, if nothing else, comparable to my desktop. Not long after, I got my hands on an AMD Radeon HD 5970 which went into my main rig. Armed with the insane video card and a trio of displays, the usefulness of the second machine all but vanished. This ( Read more... )

Or something like that. A long weekend implies a long post, so I've decided to cut two parts to make it more Friends Page friendly.

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Last year, Comcast announced that they were establishing data bandwidth caps on their internet subscribers. It sparked initial outrage, but eventually the panic subsided as only an extremely limited number of users would ever reach the 250GB/month mark and some ISPs provided even less (AT&T and Verizon FiOS don't have expressed limits, but ( Read more... )

How did I miss it? I can only assume that I didn't, merely forgetting that I caught it on the news. When browsing through headlines I came across one from a source I had never heard of on a topic that I've always associated with crazies and dismissed it. I eventually saw it come up again and gave the article a quick read, assuming it as someone's ( Read more... )

While browsing through iTunes yesterday, I stumbled upon a free download of the pilot episode of NBC's new cop drama Southland. If features a respectable cast, but the character-driven plot struggled to to find coherency in its debut. Further, the main character, rookie Ben Sherman (played by Benjamin McKenzie) is dull and never really took the ( Read more... )

This is the final part of a multi-section article on the reality of the Apple Tax by comparing the 24" iMac (early 2009) to several other options. Parts I, II and III are already posted and should be read prior to this segment.

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Apple computers are not casual-performance/gaming machines. Let the Apple fanatics chime in with “What ( Read more... )

This is the second part of a multi-section article on the reality of the Apple Tax by comparing the 24" iMac (early 2009) to several other options. Part I and Part II are already posted and should be read prior to this segment.

This portion of the article contains a table that may be too wide for your view. For best results, please maximize your ( Read more... )

This is the second part of a multi-section article on the reality of the Apple Tax by comparing the 24" iMac (early 2009) to several other options. For Part I, click herePrebuilt systems are easy. They already have software loaded and are ready to start right out of the box. Many computer companies even allow a consumer to customize a desktop to ( Read more... )

There's a site out there called MacHeist that sometimes hands out free Mac software and has online scavenger hunts for more. They also sell software bundles every now and then. The current bundle includes a few productivity apps (photo utilities, recipe book among others) as well as the puzzle game World of Goo. It isn't free, but the $40 price tag ( Read more... )

Steve Ballmer in March of 2009, brashly stated that buying an Apple computer was tantamount to spending $500 on a logo. It has been long assumed that the machines released by Cupertino-based Apple Computer Co. carried a premium over comparable machine. This cost differential is known as the “Apple Tax”, the amount one would have to pay for a Mac ( Read more... )