The default standard in PC Diagnostic Software seems to be SiSoftware Sandra, but it’s bulky installation and very user unfriendly interface (IMHO) doesn’t always have my preference. So what alternatives are there out there and preferably free? Lavalys Everest Ultimate (successor of AIDA) AIDA32 (discontinued) … portable executable file PC Wizard […]
An EFI-X module is an USB-dongle BPU (Boot Processing Unit) manufactured by German ‘Art Studio Entertainment Media’ which enables you to install MacOSX on a ‘normal’ computer with the OSX 10.5 Retail DVD. No need for any software hacks (Boot-132/Grub-DFE for example) or special Hackintosh / MacOSX86 ISO’s … thus saving you lots of time, […]
In case you have lived in a cave and/or are new to my blog: Netbook is a category of small-sized, low-cost, light weight, lean function subnotebooks optimized for Internet access and core computing functions. Every once in a while I publish something about netbook information that’s interests me personally. Want to stay on top of […]
This week a new touchscreen kit designed for Samsung NC10 netbooks hitted eBay for about $99. The kit comes from the same folks (FidoHub.com) who brought us touchscreen kits for 8.9 inch netbooks including the Asus Eee PC 900/901, Acer Aspire One and 10.2 inch laptops including the Eee PC 1000 series and the MSI […]
Symptom: DVI for BIOS, initial Windows Startup Screen, and default VGA resolution works. Any other resolution gets a “No Signal” after it boots. Problem: My Acer AL2216W DVI’s EDID got corrupted in some way. So when my video card (ATI X1950) read the EDID and saw a bad checksum it ignored the device; thus a ‘blank’ screen, where my […]
I was reserving funds for a MSI Wind Love Edition netbook, but just read the Samsung NC10 is widely available in the Netherlands. Advantages over the MSI Wind: better position of Fn/Ctrl keys, multi touchpad, 2.5x more battery life(!!), better casing construction, full size < > keys, near silent fan operation, no ticking harddrive, standard […]
“All-in-one” PC become more and more popular this days, with Apple Macs leading on this market. Surely, why keep clumsy and noisy black box under your desk with ton of wires hanging, when you can use stylish and wire-free all-in-one PC that sits on your desk and attracts attention? While this market is captured by […]
