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Got Excess Money? Upgrade Your 2009 Mac Mini RAM To 8 GB!

October 22, 2009 By Stephen 6 Comments

Are you the kind of person who always wants the best? Does an upgrade that costs as much as the original item sound like a good investment? Are you the owner of a 2009 Mac Mini? Then you're in luck! Apple's latest firmware update allows nVidia-based Mac Minis to be upgraded to 8 GB of RAM! With 4 GB SO-DIMMs now available for about $250, this means you can be the envy of the … [Read more...] about Got Excess Money? Upgrade Your 2009 Mac Mini RAM To 8 GB!

A Concrete Reason Macs Beat PCs: Intel VT

August 7, 2009 By Stephen 13 Comments

There is a lot of FUD flowing between Apple Macintosh true believers and the rest of the PC world. This is especially true now that Macs use Intel CPUs, NVIDIA chipsets and graphics, and so much more commodity PC parts. Lots have argued that a Mac is just an expensive PC with a flashy case and slick operating system. Mac fans have to admit that there is a lot of commonality … [Read more...] about A Concrete Reason Macs Beat PCs: Intel VT

Windows 7 Is Here! In My Hands! But Why 8 DVDs?

May 27, 2009 By Stephen 6 Comments

Microsoft just let loose a Release Candidate for Windows 7, the operating system that will bring peace, love, and joy to PC users everywhere and finally stop folks from switching to Macs instead of using Vista. Maybe. … [Read more...] about Windows 7 Is Here! In My Hands! But Why 8 DVDs?

Sun Launches Their Own Cloud, But For Which Market?

March 19, 2009 By Stephen Leave a Comment

While the bulk of Sun-related news this week relates to reported talks of a buyout by IBM, the company took a break from negotiations to introduce their own cloud computing and storage infrastructure, challenging Amazon, Google, Rackspace, and perhaps VMware, Microsoft, and Nirvanix. Sun is leveraging the assets they acquired from Q-layer earlier this year on top of … [Read more...] about Sun Launches Their Own Cloud, But For Which Market?

Sun’s Excellent VirtualBox Goes 2.0

September 4, 2008 By Stephen Leave a Comment

Today, Sun released VirtualBox 2.0, a major revision to the (partially open source) desktop virtualization software. I have long used VirtualBox on my Windows machines as my virtualization product of choice due to its compactness, functionality, and low impact on the host system. Although I'm happy with VMware Fusion on the Mac, I intend to try out VirtualBox there, too, to see … [Read more...] about Sun’s Excellent VirtualBox Goes 2.0

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