Full disclosure: I am something of a fan of Apple products. I wrote this article on my iMac, I also own a couple of MacBook Pros and have a pair of jailbroken iPod Touches in my mobile arsenal. I don’t dislike Apple stuff, in fact I like the equipment – I just haven’t drunk proverbial Kool-Aid. If I found another laptop that was better suited to my requirements than a MacBook Pro and its manufacturer [...]
Reputation management is a term used to describe the practice of maintaining a company’s good standing. In the old days this was a simple matter of sending out the public relations team with a carefully written press release every time a tanker dropped a catastrophically large load of oil on an Alaskan shoreline. These days, however, it extends to the practice of monitoring and attempting to influence words published on blogs, forums and increasingly, social [...]
It seems that some of the most recent generation of 17″ MacBook Pros are experiencing screen glitches. The finger of blame had initially be pointed squarely at Nvidia, however, it seems that the real problem has to do with heat rather than hardware; apparently the screens are glitching because of the extremely high temperatures within the case, including CPU temperatures around 202F and GPU temperatures around 150F; that is 94.4C and 65.5C, respectively. There actually [...]
We write about a lot of stuff here at Uberreview, but there are some things that tickle my fancy a little more than others, so if you have a few minutes to indulge me, please check out our top ten posts of February. They are in no particular order, other than being ordered reverse chronologically, albeit slightly imperfectly. Read on for our top ten posts of February.
If you haven’t done an awesome DIY project since you can remember then today is your lucky day, we have twelve ideas lined up here that given enough time and energy, pretty much anyone can put together. Don’t get me wrong, there are some tough projects here, but stepping out of your comfort zone is the best way to acquire new skills, and once you’ve got them (as long as you maintain them), they are [...]
My Mac Book Pro is a very nice laptop, there is no denying that, but as someone who has grown up on DOS and Windows machines, I can comfortably say that this machine has foibles of its own that are no less annoying than the blue screen of death. Do I love my Mac Book Pro? Absolutely, but I don’t look at it through the rose-colored glasses of the average McFan, there are things about [...]
If you are itching to build or buy a new system for the upcoming Windows 7, or if you already have one and want to give it a performance boost, then you should definitely be considering 64-bit. It surprises me a little that people still install 32-bit operating systems, but even an admitted 64-bit fanboy like myself will confess that there are hardware compatibility issues with the platform. However, things have changed quite a bit [...]
First of all, a disclaimer. If you are setting up a remote access system, you should have a monitor that you can put to use in an emergency. If you lose connectivity for whatever reason, a monitor is nice to have. That being said, the purpose of this exercise was to create a system that could run quietly in the background, out of sight and out of mind. Getting rid of the wires is a [...]
If you are setting up a secondary system, then it is great to have it functioning as a part of the network. A properly configured network will allow you to get so much more from your system and will allow all connected systems to better function together. Unfortunately, networking can be a tricky process, but there are a couple of things that can make your life a little easier. After the jump, find out how [...]
In Windows XP and Vista, log-in passwords perform two important functions and they keep unwanted users off and they allow you to make use of the remote connection functionality that is standard on Windows XP Professional. Setting up a log-in password is extremely simple, but there are some people who will not have done it before and as it is a core part of the XP Ninja experience, it would be remiss of me to [...]
One of the most annoying things with any flavor of Windows is those annoying restarts when your computer downloads updates, regardless of the way Automatic Updates have been set up. Fortunately, it is possible to take complete control over the manner in which XP handles Automatic Updates and it is pretty easy to do. Pretty much everyone knows that to change the Automatic Updates settings, you go to the Security Center in the Control Panel. [...]
About a month ago I decided to give a low-power (but new) Solaris system that I had lying around a new lease of life. The two alternatives for it were Ubuntu or XP, Vista would have been a push but might have worked, but I saw no reason to torture myself. I opted for XP because of my software requirements.
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