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Camping with your Mac

Camping with your Macwhat about speakers...what about portable speakers, or a media player, but than you have iphones although its speaker is not the besti mean you can also go with a hackintosh, better battery and compact (unless you have one of the new pros with the 7 hr battery)if...

Tags: Engineering, Apple Macintosh, battery, inverter, car

Discussion threads 2009-06-16

Dear Apple: Where is the MagSafe auto adapter?

Dear Apple: Where is the MagSafe auto adapter?Mister Jason D. O'Grady I hear your plight , but you must understandthat Apple has been really busy lately with the iPhone and Leopard . I understand also that Apple should have licensed the MagSafe auto adapter , but they are in the...

Tags: energy loss, MagSafe, inverter, adapter, Apple Inc., petition

Discussion threads 2007-06-20

Where are the MagSafe adapters for cars?

Where are the MagSafe adapters for cars?Buy an inverterAnd use your regular wall wart.MagSafe adaptor for external batteryI stumbled upon this nifty accessory while doing another search. I might just buy one.[b]MacBook Cable/Adapter and Tip for External Battery Packs[/b][i]This new cable and tip allows the Battery Geek Battery Packs to...

Tags: Notebooks, message board, inverter, Apple MacBook, MagSafe Adapter

Discussion threads 2007-02-09

Where are the MagSafe adapters for cars and airplanes?

Where are the MagSafe adapters for cars and airplanes?MagSafe adaptor cableWhat Apple needs to do is product a short adaptor cable with a MagSafe connector on one end, and a female "PowerBook" power connector on the other. This would allow users to use *existing* mobil power adaptors with the...

Tags: Notebooks, MagSafe Adapter, inverter

Discussion threads 2006-06-28

Anatomy of a MacBook Pro repair

Last week I wrote about Apple addressing problems with some early MacBook Pro models suffering from inverter whine, CPU whine and high temps with updated logic boards. Serial numbers starting with W8611 and later are reportedly "Revision D" boards, while earlier numbers are Revision C. (There's more on decoding your...

Tags: inverter, Apple MacBook, Apple MacBook Pro

Blog posts 2006-04-13

Additional Resources

Netbook/notebook reliability study shows that technology breaks ...

Cheaply made partsWell, look at the parts they all are stampedwith 'Made in CHINA'...Quantity over Quality.People are now geared towards a Wal_Mart mentality they do not want to pay for quality and they do NOT care where it is made.Therefore, you will see a lower standard of living because the...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Notebooks, Policies and procedures, notebook, netbook, accident, laptop computer

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

Scary tech!

Time to drop your Time Warner Cable internet access :P I'm kidding, but that is how they are around here, constantly going down.You need helpPeople are known to become dependent on things they don't need for ages. You should seek some help. Or just get out and enjoy some...

Tags: Network technology, United Parcel Service of America Inc., SCARY

Discussion threads 2009-10-28

How much can UPS efficiency save you? Eaton has some answers.

I am growing increasingly fascinated by power distribution and regulating equipment. I know, sick admission. Eaton, one of the big uninterruptible power supply UPS and power distribution equipment vendors, is starting to talk up its new Energy Saver System as a tool that data center operators can...

Tags: United Parcel Service Of America Inc., Power Supply, Uninterruptible Power Supply, Eaton, NetRiver, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-10-08

Windmills stir up opposition

Let's do some mathHarry:How much energy is recoverable, year in, year out, for vertical turbine blades?What percentage of the US' domestic energy usage does that amount to?This is very basic arithmetic.Likewise, when you factor in the energy costs needed to make the lithium ion batteries of the Prius, and assume...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, wind energy

Discussion threads 2009-09-13

How desktop virtualization will end IT client hardware maintenance (and kill off Best Buy's Geek Squad)

Blah, ha ha ha haOh yeah, I can just see my son playing Garry's Mod on a virtual desktop. Blah, ha, ha, ha.... Yeah, right.Oh, oh, and I can just see virtualizing several thousand clients, all churning their spreadsheets, personal databases, e-mail, web browsers, compilers, graphics programs.There's a reason...

Tags: Rootkits, PRODUCTIVITY, Virtualization, Desktops, Best Buy Co. Inc., Geek Squad, rootkit, desktop virtualization, computer, desktop, information technology

Discussion threads 2009-08-28

Camping with your Mac 2.0 (HyperMac mini review)

Mini ChargersThe Belkin Mini Surge Protector with USB Charger gives you 3 AC outlets along with the 2 USB outlets, all in one plug-in device, and the plug actually swivels so it will mount horrzontally and vertically... invaluable little device for any wired traveler.Don't need another external batteryI mentioned this...

Tags: Engineering, Camping, HyperMac, Mac 2.0, battery, Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2009-08-18

While I'm away..."How I'd use Classmate PCs in the States (and why I really want a UMPC now)"

While I'm away..."How I'd use Classmate PCs in the States and why I really want a UMPC now"Just get a NokiaI have a satchel that I throw in the boot of my Subaru whilst up in the Adirondacks with a Nokia N800 and Nokia N95 schmartphone (predecessor to N96->N97), and...

Tags: Ultramobile PCs (UMPCs), Keyboards, PC, Nokia Corp., Nokia N95, Intel Classmate PC, ultramobile PC

Discussion threads 2009-07-14

Who here has ever needed to replace the battery in their notebook?

Who here has ever needed to replace the battery in their notebook?Not personallyI have never replaced a battery in a notebook that I owned, but my girlfriend tends to keep computers for a long time, and I just replaced the battery in her +/- 5 year old G4 Powerbook recently....

Tags: Engineering, Notebooks, laptop computer, battery, notebook

Discussion threads 2009-06-29

Report Inverter for Excel 1.1.1 (Windows)

Report Inverter for Excel is a productivity-oriented add-in with an intuitive user interface which encompasses a powerful collection of tools aimed at reformatting and converting report layouts for the generation of a flat file format, being, in this sense, an application that inverts the action of a reporting program, turning...

Tags: Structure, Microsoft Windows, Databilio, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Productivity, Office Suites, Software

Software downloads 2009-05-01

Turtles vs. Hares

In Aesop's version of the story a bragging rabbit challenges a turtle to a race, and then loses because he shoots so far ahead he becomes overconfident enough to take a nap, only to find on waking that the turtle has made it over the finish line. ...

Tags: Job, Stored Procedure, Data Center, Information Technology, Data Centers, Storage, Recruitment & Selection, Strategy, Hardware, Data Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Management, Paul Murphy

Blog posts 2009-03-11

TI execs ramp up green tech contributions, at work and at home

The trouble with the Green IT blog beat is there are literally hundreds of things that you could write about every day, often from the same company, but since this isn't the ONLY thing I do to put food on my table, I have to be really selective about which...

Tags: Green Technology, Texas Instruments Inc., Ogboenyiya, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-11-24

New MacBook Pro performance degrades with the battery removed

New MacBook Pro performance degrades with the battery removedActually......the batteries degrade faster if they are not used. I have an HP Laptop about 2 years old, when I stored it last December it had a battery life of about 2-2.5 hours. When I took it out in August the...

Tags: Engineering, New MacBook Pro performance, battery, laptop computer

Discussion threads 2008-11-23

Sony to use more accurate battery life figures

Sony to use more accurate battery life figuresStill wildly inaccurate, I would thinkOh, so it's basically doing nothing but playing a movie? As if that's how your average user is going to be using it? No wonder. That's not going to drain your battery that much. There's this huge misconception...

Tags: Engineering, Games, battery, CPU, battery life figure, movie, Sony Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-09-08

Samsung SyncMaster 305T LCD Monitor

There are only a handful of vendors--Apple, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, Gateway, and Samsung--that offer 30-inch LCD monitors at the moment, so your choices are limited if you're in the market for an extra large LCD. The Samsung SyncMaster 305T is a good place to start. It lists for $1,329 but...

Tags: bezel, LCD monitor, monitor, display, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., DVI, Samsung Syncmaster, Samsung SyncMaster 305T, video

Product reviews 2008-05-21

So many MagSafe adapters - who knew?

So many MagSafe adapters - who knew?MagSafeAside from form factor compatibility, what about electrical compatibility with MBA?RE: So many MagSafe adapters - who knew?A larger capacity power adapter will work on a MBA, as long it fits in to the port, into a lower powered devices. For example, a new...

Tags: MagSafe Adapter, adapter

Discussion threads 2008-02-11