It has been a while since I have written about my recent hardware upgrade. I have it pretty well setup like I like now. The purchase has been a great success. I could not have touched what I bought for less than $2,000 and I got it for less than half that including upgrading to [...]
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Posted in Hardware, Linux, Software, Technology on Jun 18th, 2009
I have been busy working on the new PC. After a shaky start, it is running like a champ.
I am actually happy that I resolved the Microsoft Vista problems and re-installed it. I have applied all maintenance through SP2 and it is running very well. I must say that I like it better than I [...]
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Posted in Hardware, Technology on Jun 15th, 2009
Once again, Micro Technology has come to my rescue and corrected a problem with a PC of mine in a short amount of time and with much professionalism. You remember I took my last post on this PC problem was not all that positive. I worried that I might have a significant problem, but hoped [...]
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Posted in Hardware, Technology on Jun 13th, 2009
A friend brought me a new PC I had ordered from the US. It was a reconditioned Gateway. I have purchased a lot of refurbished equipment and never had a problem. My first problem with this PC was getting it up with Vista. Since it wasn’t new, it didn’t come with the restore disks, documentation [...]
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Posted in Hardware, Linux, Software, Technology on May 10th, 2009
I recently purchased an external DVD reader because I wanted to have more flexibility to do things with my ASUS eee.
I was able to give the ASUS a good workout on the recent Royal Caribbean cruise I went on. One of the things I didn’t care for all that much was the Xandros OS system [...]
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Posted in Hardware, Technology on Feb 2nd, 2009
Just to be fair in my coverage of Internet providers, my Cable Onda Connection was down when I got up at 6:30 AM. I was able to get a Yahoo messenger connection and that verified that the problem was not with my equipment. Since I complained so much about C&W, I thought I should give [...]
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Posted in Hardware, Linux, Software, Technology on Jan 6th, 2009
I am currently trying to retrieve photos for an individual off of a dieing laptop. It was a Windows XP system and will not boot even in the “Safe Mode”.
My assumption is that the OS has become corrupted. Reinstalling Microsoft would require loosing all data on the hard drive.
I tried removing the hard drive and [...]
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Posted in Businesses, Hardware, Technology on Aug 30th, 2008
I was looking to find a USB Bluetooth adapter to try on my Linux system. I found the best price yesterday at Acer Computer which is in the road that runs by the side of the Mitsubishi dealer.
It is always good to have several options and it is wise to know what reasonable prices are. [...]
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Posted in Hardware, Linux, Software, Technology on Aug 20th, 2008
I had friend ask what it would take, for him to move to Linux. He was having some problems with his Windows XP system and was tired of the aggravation. I decided to go take a look at his setup and see if he was a good candidate.
The first thing I did was ask why [...]
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Posted in Hardware, Technology on Aug 4th, 2008
I recently received an email for some advice about getting support for a problem with an iMac. This was a relatively new iMac and it had gone on the funk. The individual lives in Chiriquí and was wanting help in David.
I advised them to talk to Arte Graficos and see who serviced their equipment. I [...]
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