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Branhower replied to hassan dakhakhni's discussion 'What is the truth about XP SP3??'

Definitely did not cause any issues with my XP install, way back when...

on Tuesday

Branhower replied to Vancar6's discussion 'Macbook vs powermac G5 wich one should it be!'

DON'T invest in any form of PowerPC-based Macs. They're turning into relics for PC museums or second-hand office machines, or casual-use machines. Save up for an older Mac Pro or save up for a new iMac; as they have about the same processing power...

on Tuesday

Branhower replied to Ken's discussion 'Anyone try out the Magic Mouse yet?'

They need to make Boot Camp drivers for this, since it ships with some new iMacs. Having two mice on a desk would look really strange.

November 7

Branhower commented on iJ0nathan's blog post 'Apple Finally fighting back against hackintoshers?'

I read about a Chameleon modification that makes Mac OS X think it's running on a supported processor. So even if the Atom gets dropped, the bootloader can still spoof the OS into thinking it's running on a Core Solo or something, and that process...

November 7

Branhower replied to Diego Loza's discussion 'I need help with my system build.'

Use MEMTEST to test the RAM. Looks like a RAM issue.

November 7

Branhower replied to Nathanael's discussion 'How can Apple improve the next iPhone?'

The three things I would like are: 1. More storage (64 Gbs would be the sweet spot) 2. A better camera (5 megapixels) with LED flash 3. Dump AT&T Exclusivity in the US, please! There should be a regulation against cellphone manufacturers and wir...

November 1

Branhower replied to Nathanael's discussion 'How can Apple improve the next iPhone?'

Bootcamp would make it easier for the Apple fanboys to laugh at Windows Mobile!

November 1

Branhower replied to Warlock's discussion 'Ubuntu Your thoughts ?'

I like the Netbook Remix more than the original. I'll like Ubuntu (or Linux in general) a lot better though when something more serious than OpenOffice comes out for it.

October 27

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What kind of geek are you?: Audio, Computer, Antique Electronics

Why do you consider yourself a geek?: I have an unhealthy interest in anything with silicon.

How did you find out about our Geek community?: chris.pirillo.com

What are your "geeky equipment" specs?: Desktop:

2.5GHz AMD Phenom X4 Quad-Core processor
ASUS M3A78-EMH-HDMI (using built-in AC97 HD Audio)
ATi Radeon HD 3870
One Two-Port PCI to USB adapter
One Four-Port PCI to USB adapter
500Gb Hard Drive
60Gb Hard Drive
DVD+-RW 8X Pioneer Burner
25" HP Widescreen monitor (only one, that's all that will fit on my desk)
Haupauge USB TV Tuner (1134)
A 465 Gb Windows 7 pre-Beta partition.

Laptop: An old DV8000G

MP3 Players (in order of ownership):

20Gb iPod Photo (Recently resurrected and sold for $20)
30Gb Zune (Sold five times around my high school, wasted money on Wal-Mart's extended warranty)
80Gb Microsoft Zune (sold)
8Gb Jailbroken iPod Touch (sold)
32Gb 2nd Gen iPod Touch

Cellphone:

A Tracfone, 'nuff said.

Gaming Systems:

Xbox 360 (Gamertag: Skullbusta2k7)
Sony PSP-1000 (one of the first million made ;) ).

What do you want to be when you grow up?: Audio Engineer

What makes you laugh?: Stupid and funny-in-a-geeky-way stuff.

What is the thing in life you treasure most?: Life, no question. Without it, how can we treasure things?

What's the geekiest thing you've ever done?: Triple booting a computer.

What do you do to entertain yourself?: Surfing the 'net and playing Spore.

What's your Web site / blog address?: http://the1337ertarian.blogspot.com

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The Journey to Retail Windows 7

I've been on the Windows 7 Release Candidate for what seems like years now (it was actually for several months). So, the day finally came, and I went to download my student-discount version of the new operating system.

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Posted on October 22, 2009 at 3:04pm —

It's Almost 10 Years into the 21st Century and...

...there's no successful way (at least in my experiences) to properly stream all forms of media from one piece of software in Windows 7 64-Bit to the Xbox 360.

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Posted on October 13, 2009 at 4:00pm —

Ubuntu Netbook Remix User Review

I'm no Linux guru by any means, but I still know some of the basic commands in the terminal ;). So, I fell into the end-user crowd when I installed Ubuntu Netbook Remix (I'll refer to it as UNR from here on) on my EEE PC 1000he.

The Initial Install

The installation of UNR was smooth as silk, almost like a Windows install (only they assume that the person installing it knows what "swap partitions" are). I like how I can choose my free space and have the installer figure out the best part

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Posted on September 14, 2009 at 6:08pm —

iTunes 9, Improved?

I'll throw it out to the audience. Do you find iTunes 9 really that improved?

My personal experience is; kind of. They did add a few new features that I like (such as Home Sharing a

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Posted on September 14, 2009 at 5:00pm — 2 Comments

Well, I Tried XP Mode

Thanks to WinSuperSite.com for the image I'll get straight to the point, I needed it, but it didn't do what I needed it to do.

Now to explain. What I wanted was a VM that ran in a 32-bit environment so I could play my super-old 16-bit games (so the system would go 16-bit to 32-bit to 64-bit). So I wanted to download and install the 32-bit version, but when I went to instal

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At 3:56pm on August 25, 2009, DogReader said…: Happy Birthday!

At 1:17pm on August 25, 2009, MacBaby16 said…: Happy Birthday! :)

At 8:09pm on July 17, 2009, Cookenstein said…: Cooks in the Basement has been alive and kicking for 100 days, thanks to your participation and support..:)

At 12:43pm on July 8, 2009, CJFMix !!! said…: Warning : Tonight's show on "Coasttocoastam" : Writer and physicist Russell Targ will discuss his relationships with the late Bobby Fischer and Ayn Rand.
Have Fun !!!

At 10:36am on July 3, 2009, Cookenstein said…: Hi Friend !So what's your 4th of July weekend Dinner gonna be?? Any Cooking out in the plans??

At 9:49am on June 29, 2009, CJFMix !!! said…: For Acid Jazz Fans ... I have uploaded a selection of "prime cuts" at : http://geeks.pirillo.com/profile/JF85 !!!
It starts slow , but the rythm picks up as U progress thru the playlist !!!

At 8:17pm on June 20, 2009, Cookenstein said…: Hi Friend! what is your current most used Geek toy?

At 7:56pm on June 4, 2009, Anubis said…: Lol. nice...

I have some older hard drives I need to go through as well.

-Anubis

At 6:21pm on June 4, 2009, Anubis said…: Hey, Hows it going?

i rly like ye page.

-I also like ye Avatar it is pretty funney, where did ye get it?

-Anubis