Written by I recently turned my time once again to turning a normal desktop PC into a fully fledged OS X desktop, out of all the machines around me, I choose to turn a Fujitsu Siemens Scaleo P (AMD 3700+ 64Bit) into a working Mac Desktop.
Monthly archives for July, 2009
StarDock Fences – Organize your Icons
Fences is a one-of-a-kind program, allowing you to draw labelled shaded areas on your desktop, which become movable & resizable containers for your desktop icons. These groups can help bring organization and consistency to your computer’s desktop, solving the “constant mess” problem that has plagued the desktop since its inception.
Fences also helps you finally appreciate the wallpaper you have hiding behind all that clutter.
In addition to its organizing features, Fences offers a novel quick-hide feature (in-patenting-process). Double click your desktop, and all your icons will fade out. Double click again, and they’ll return.
WeGame – Freeware Alternative to Fraps.
Fraps is the software used to make a video recording of your game while playing but it costs money, there is a freeware program (as in costs nothing, nada) call “WeGame” which not only allows you to record your video but also upload it.
Tevion Mini USB DVB-T Tuner
With this Tevion USB DVB-T Tuner you can watch digital TV directly on your PC/Laptop in a window or full screen. Digital TV gives you a better picture and CD quality sound. Freeview digital TV does not require PayTV subscriptions! The Tevion mini DVB-T Tuner is bundled with a rich software package; Arcsoft Total Media, Arcsoft Media Converter and Arcsoft Total Media Theatre.
Logitech 9000 Pro Webcam
In the world of Webcam, if you want the best picture with the best light pickup, then you can do no better at this moment then the mighty Logitech 9000 Pro Webcam. If all you do is occasional video chat via Skype or whatever, then the cheap webcam’s will suit your needs (and save you a lot of money) but for anything else, maybe this webcam is the choice for now. Read on to find out my testing.
Windows 7 Short-Cut Keys
I came across on THIS Page a list of Shortcut keys – in this post I shall re-post them mainly for my reference and others.
Linux – ongoing thoughts
On my trial to run Ubuntu 9.04 64bit for main use on my Laptop and reporting back on really how close it can come to a complete experience as a desktop machine and that I worked with Steve from The Tech Buzz to get Ubuntu netbook remix working a treat – read on to find out how it all went…
Microsoft VX-6000 Webcam
Microsoft VX-6000 Webcam – a 1.3MegaPixel, Wide Angle desktop webcam which seems to be very cheap from its RRP and looks like a bargain. The numbers and stats on the side of the box look amazing, its made by a named brand (Microsoft) and claims to work well in low-light – what can possible go wrong?
Linux as the Main OS
Can Linux (in this case Ubuntu) be installed on a machine, use all of the Ram, have better graphics and be able to do everything you require without any major hangups or having to jump to the console to perform black magic? I shall go through how it has worked out so far on a Laptop running 64Bit version and used on everything that I do to see how to copes.
