Hardware
HP Offering Linux in Their Desktops
But Not in America?
Watch out Dell, Hewlett Packard (HP) is joining in the fun by offering Linux on some of their desktop computers. According to an Australian article, HP has just launched Red Hat powered desktops for the business and enterprise market. The AMD based HP dx2250 now comes loaded with Red Hat Enterprise […]
Linux Set to Dominate the Smartphone Market
I read an interesting story today on LinuxDevices.com which speculated that Linux will control as much as 31% of the share of smartphone operating systems by the year 2012. If it continues to grow in the marketplace at a compound rate of around 75%, that is.
The study attributed several requirements for the success of […]
The Best Way to Run Windows on a Mac
Finding the best way to run Windows has been of particular interest to me since the day I bought my Mac. It can be quite confusion, with Boot Camp, Parallels, the new VMWare Fusion, and even a few free offerings like VirtualBox and Q. But, CNET, a site that I rarely trust for […]
Is Your Hardware Linux Compatible?
Perhaps the most major issue that had prevented me from doing a full switch to Linux a year or two ago was that quite a few pieces of hardware simply weren’t compatible with the alternative operating system. However, thanks to big gains in popularity, more and more drivers have come out of the gates - […]
Plain Mac Mini Gets a Fresh New Style
Although Apple recently updated a few of its computers, the Mac Mini and the iMac, only the iMac was able to make it to Apple Store shelves with a completely new design. Fans of the Mac Mini found that their tiny computers were stuck with that same, boring, gray and white box. But if there’s […]
New iMacs, iLife, and iWork - Oh My!
Well, if you’re an Apple fan, today’s a good day to be alive. Well, maybe not as good of a day as when the iPhone came out. Or as good of a day as when Leopard will hit store shelves. But a good day nonetheless because we […]
Mac’s are Cheaper After All
Well, it turns out that someone has published an article on something I’ve had a hunch about since I first purchased my MacBook. Mac’s are cheaper than Windows computers. While the author lists a few consumer reasons why Apple’s computers are less expensive in the long term, she unfortunately focuses on the […]
