It was that time of the year again. It’s been 3 years since my last PC build, and now it’s time to upgrade. This time around, I’m not following my golden rule of using parts half the price for double the capacity1. When I waited this long, the technology improved so much, no matter what […]
Last night, I finally got my copy of Windows 7 Home Premium. I’ve been beta-testing it for a few months earlier, and was impressed with its stability and good looks. The installation process was, for the most part, painless. The only tricky part was upgrading the 32-bit Windows XP with 64-bit version of Win7. I […]
A few months ago, I took the step and started building an HTPC (Home Theater PC) to watch/record TV and access the internet. For years, I used to do this on my desktop PC that was plugged into a 19″ LCD monitor. Now, I have the need to watch TV (and connect on to the […]
Well, I just had an epic outage yesterday morning. Around 8am, my 650VA battery backed Uninterrupted Power Supply (UPS) was … interrupted! The battery, or something, died on this thing. It was a no name brand, I guess I got what I paid for. I’m not sure if I can (or should) fix it. Needless […]
I completed my PC hardware setup. Last weekend, I concentrated a good chunk of time to get the software up and running. My Operating System of choice now is Windows Vista Ultimate. I’m planning to upgrade my PC to 8Gb of RAM, so I’ll need the 64-bit support to take advantage of it. Initially, I […]
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