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The iPod was on its third generation of monochromatic display glory, and the PowerMac G5 was new. It was early 2004 and that was the last time I purchased a “Mactop” before I recently jumped into an Intel based Mac laptop this December. My trusty six year old PowerBook G4 still kicks, and while it no longer kicks butt processor-wise,...
Every so often, someone will ask me about transferring data from one drive to another. Whether they’ve just upgraded the hard drive in their computer or they’d like to make a backup of their drive, there’s often a question of...
Between the relative silence regarding new releases and yesterday’s announcement about our victory in the “Meet Me at CES 2011” video contest, you might think we’ve begun to steer away from our Instructional Series of videos. Quite the contrary. Now...
It’s long been established that adding more memory to your Mac can improve its performance dramatically; dollar for dollar it’s still the most cost-effective upgrade you can make. But with the advent of the Solid State Drive (SSD) many arguments...
It’s sure been a while since we talked about our OWC Instructional Series of videos. That doesn’t mean we’re not still cranking them out, though. In fact, we just put a couple more up today. Now, with the help of...
Long-time power users may recall the problems ATI Radeon X1900 XT video cards would exhibit, usually due to overheating. For the most part, those with AppleCare were able to get the card replaced. Unfortunately for many, the replacement exhibited the...
