All Blog Posts Tagged 'os' (193)

You Get What You Pay For?

PC’s that run Microsoft windows are the majority of what the world uses. For the most part most home users and most businesses use PC’s running Microsoft Windows. Though some places and some people use Mac’s. Why is this? Is it style choice? Are Mac’s easier to use? See the Rest at http://mikesworldoftech.squarespace.com/ Continue

Added by Michael on December 7, 2009 at 3:25pm — No Comments

My adventure with the Linux distro's: Introduction.

Like many geeks, I seek change quiet often when it comes to technology, it keeps myself interested and entertained. So when I saw that the latest issue of linux magazine at my local newsagent I jumped for joy and grabbed it. I have read it front to back and back to front. I didn't learn much, it was mostly programming and I have not done enough to understand what they were going on about. But anyway, I took a look at the distro disk and I decided to give Linux a shot, again. But this time it is… Continue

Added by James Hill on December 6, 2009 at 5:00pm — No Comments

IS Chrome OS The Windows Killer

Google came out and showed what they have of Chrome OS so far. It boots in 7 sec’s, its secure, and from the moment you hit the power button you are online. I have herd people that think that Chrome OS could be a Windows killer. The video that Google made to explain it is below. To see the rest go to http://mikesworldoftech.squarespace.com/ Continue

Added by Michael on November 28, 2009 at 5:16pm — No Comments

Chrome OS... Is Stateless the way to go?

So, I just saw this little intro video Google has about it's new Chrome OS. What caught my attention was what was said towards the end of the video. Chrome OS is basically designed to be a "stateless" OS. This basically means that the OS will not exist "on your computer" , but rather, be loaded on boot from a remote location. Now, this isn't a new idea. As a matter of fact, it has been around for years. Citrix has been doing it, even Mac OS X has this ability. Basically you set up a server and… Continue

Added by Michael Brodt on November 21, 2009 at 10:05pm — 5 Comments

My thoughts on Google Chrome OS

So, I watched the Chrome OS conference video that Google put up yesterday and I've been reading a lot of peoples responses. But, before I jump into that, I'd like to write about my own thoughts about the OS. When Google Chrome, the browser, was released I wasn't too impressed. I enjoyed using Firefox and having tried Chrome I decided to stick with Firefox. Nowadays I use Google Chrome mainly because of the look and feel of it, but also because of the speed. I think that the thing about Google C… Continue

Added by Alfred Esbjörnson on November 20, 2009 at 10:11am — 1 Comment

ScreenGrab

I have used a few programs in the past that automatically upload screenshots to your website, but I think ScreenGrab, so far, is the best. ScreenGrab is a free piece of software developed my someone named Mikey that I know on the Wyldryde IRC Network. The application, for Mac OS X (Windows and Linux versions are made by a different developer), uploads screenshots automatically to your website. All you have to do is install the software, put in some FTP and set some options as you like it. You ca… Continue

Added by Adam on November 18, 2009 at 2:37pm — No Comments

Ubuntu 9.10... yeah.

I've been a long time Ubuntu and Linux user. Don't get me wrong, I try to use as many different operating systems as often as I can, but primarily on my machines, I've been using Ubuntu or some variant of Ubuntu for around 4 years now. People ask me, why use Linux? I tell them, it's fun. To me, using Linux is somewhat of an ongoing never ending project to make your computer work best. And whats different of that rather than in Windows or Mac is that on Linux the job is on your shoulders to do s… Continue

Added by Andrew DePersio on November 15, 2009 at 2:00pm — 3 Comments

Apple Finally fighting back against hackintoshers? (UPDATE)

If you haven't noticed, a LOT of people use hackintoshes, or are interested in it. If you talk in #chris on GeekShed, you are well aware of the hackintosh scene, "what is eula" may possibly be on the of the most used commands other than "!rules" and "what is spam", In fact, I have a hackintosh laptop myself. I have a Dell XPS M140 that is currently running Mac OS Leopard 10.5.8, And I love it! In a recent dev build of Snow Leopard, people found out that apple removed support for the Intel Atom P… Continue

Added by iJ0nathan on November 6, 2009 at 6:00pm — 7 Comments

View Fonts Installed on Your Mac

If you are like me then sometimes it is hard to fins a font that you like. Well, did you know that there is a built in application on your Mac that can help you with this? Font Book is the name. and viewing fonts is the game. Font Book will easily allow you to see all the fonts that you have installed on your computer. It will also allow you to print out a catalog of all the fonts on your computer if you would like. So, without further ado watch the video below to find out who to use this nifty… Continue

Added by Computerwhiz1 on October 25, 2009 at 6:24pm — No Comments

Use Screen Saver as Background in OS X

If you have not heard a windows vista machine is able to run a screen saver as the desktop background. Well up until now that has been one small thing that the PC enthusiasts were able to get me on. But now I have screen saver. Screen Saver is a nifty little dashboard widget that will allow you to run an OS X screen saver as your desktop background. Watch the video embedded below to find out who to get and use this neat little pice of freeware. [NOTE: In order to get this in Full 1080p HD so you… Continue

Added by Computerwhiz1 on October 19, 2009 at 4:49pm — 1 Comment

Ceaning Out Your Mac With Onyx

As you might know your mac will slow down over time. It does not matter what you do with your mac as long as it is on it will slow down over time. Now don't get scared because it is nothing drastic like windows when you would have to reinstall the OS and you won't have to reinstall OS X either. The thing that happens is overtime files left over from unused programs and caches that never got cleaned pile up on your hard drive. This not only takes up valuable space, but it slows down your overall… Continue

Added by Computerwhiz1 on October 11, 2009 at 7:09pm — No Comments

Mac OS X Snow Leopard

Mac OS X Snow Leopard (version 10.6) is the seventh major release of Mac OS X, Apple's desktop and server operating system. Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced Snow Leopard at WWDC on June 8, 2008, and it was privately demonstrated to developers by Senior Vice President of Software E… Continue

Added by Faramir on October 6, 2009 at 3:55pm — No Comments

Quicktip #18- Announce Time OS X

In this quick tip I show you how to make your mac talk to you. Most people don't know this because it is a bit hidden, but you can make your mac announce the time to you. You can set it to announce it on the hour, every 30 minutes, or every 15 minutes. You can also select the specific voice that you want it to use. As you probably could expect the voices don't sound realistic, but it is still a good way to keep track of your time. [NOTE: In order to get this in Full 1080p HD so you can see the s… Continue

Added by Computerwhiz1 on October 4, 2009 at 2:07pm — No Comments

Windows 7 Release

What is happening on Oct. 22, 2009? Well if the title doesn’t answer it then I don’t know what to tell you, it’s the release of Windows 7. The successor to Windows Vista, what 7 promises to bring to the table is faster loading time, new codec support, new taskbar, and reliability. It’s everything Windows Vista wasn’t and in many was is what Vista should have been. Now Vista was not an Epic Fail, like Windows ME, but more of a smudge between Windows XP and Windows 7. I teste… Continue

Added by Mike Copeland on September 30, 2009 at 1:31pm — 3 Comments

Quick Tip #17-Web Clips

This is quick tip #17. In this video I walk you through how to capture a section of a web page and display it in dashboard. This is really useful for capturing the latest posts section of a website so you can see what is going on there at a moments glance. [NOTE: In order to get this in Full 1080p HD so you can see the screen you are going to have to click this link then click to watch in HD. Click Here or click watch in HD in the player h… Continue

Added by Computerwhiz1 on September 27, 2009 at 7:01pm — No Comments

whats on your desktop

Regardless of operating system we ALL have a desktop so my question to you is what do you have in yours right now?Also do you tend to have a lot of files in it that should be organized and stored in other places?Because my desktop is always a mess!and I find it VERY boring to clean it up!:P P.S.:Sorry for any incorrect tipping. Continue

Added by guiunit201 on September 23, 2009 at 2:58pm — 6 Comments

[Updated] (With 3 pictures) Windows 7 is better than Windows Vista or Windows Xp or Mac OS 10. But then if you prefer to use different OS there is no problem

Windows 7 is better than Windows Vista or Windows Xp But then if you prefer to use different OS there is no problem If u are buying a new pc.. You better get windows 7 for the new pc... Custom built with graphic card and also all the other hardwares Ok for me Windows 7 is good coz there are many new features :) Windows 7 includes a number of new features, such as advances in touch and handwriting recognition, And also the new windows media player 12.. hope they will be more new features suppor… Continue

Added by Tan Aik Sam on September 23, 2009 at 6:48am — 2 Comments

Windows 7 is better than Windows Vista or Windows Xp or Mac OS 10. But then if you prefer to use different OS there is no problem

Added by Tan Aik Sam on September 21, 2009 at 6:20am — 1 Comment

How to fix Finder in Snow Leopard after using Cloak

Ok everyone. So I follow Chris on Twitter along with a lot of other people. He recommended an app to OS X users called Cloak. Cloak is supposed to make your application's titlebars, your menubar, etc. turn different colors - similar to Vista's Aero colors options. Unfortunately, I, like some others, didn't read that it is 10.5.6 only. So I went along and installed it on my Snow Leopard installation and tried changing it. Nothing happened. So I changed it back to default and trashed the app. Thro… Continue

Added by Gavin Roskamp on September 19, 2009 at 2:00pm — 5 Comments