Tech With Xecab

With all the buzz about the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing I got to thinking, how powerful were the computers that “took us to the Moon?” It turns out, they were nothing short of amazing. If you’ve never had a nerdy bone in your body, feel free to skip this post. But, [...]

I had never really thought of it before, but I am addicted to updating software. I often find myself going through the software and drivers on my computer looking for new versions to download and install. I know that I’m not alone, for there must be others like me. This is not something that has [...]

I decided it was time for me to get a small 14” laptop. After looking around for a little bit, I decided to get a Dell. At the time, Dell had a great deal on the Inspiron m640. I got 1GB Ram, Core 2 Duo processor, 120 Gigabyte hard drive, DVD recorder. The graphics are [...]

Backing up is crucial to keeping your data safe, but actually doing the backups can be a pain. As a result, many people do not do regular backups. This is where the Western DIigital Essentials Hard Drive can come in handy. The drive is small and doesn’t require an external power source, so the hookup [...]

Photographers raved over Adobe Lightroom when it came out. Now Adobe has released version 2 of the product. Anyone who takes photography serious or is striving to make their pictures have a little more of a professional look, needs this program. The feature set is large, but nothing on the scale of what Photoshop offers. [...]

Kristofer Brozio over at Test Freaks has a new series of tests. This time the tests are with 16GB Flash Drives. He has also tested other flash drives and I have to say, these are the most thorough flash drive tests you are going to fine. I hope he keeps up the great work. http://www.testfreaks.com/blog/information/16gb-usb-drive-comparison-17-drives-compared/ [...]

I think Microsoft has finally been able to produce a good commercial for Windows and PCs. I really enjoyed the commercial and found myself really caring about what is happening to the lady. Good work! Tags: Ad, Computer, Laptop, Microsoft, Notebook, Windows

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Last fall it was decided that my wife and I would get a couple of new laptops. After a very short amount of consideration we decided to purchase two Dell XPS m1530 laptops, fully loaded. It seemed like a nice laptop and had a very reasonable price tag for what you get. I ordered both systems [...]

  Computer #1 (Workstation/File Server)   Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4GHz 4MB Cache Intel D975XBX2 ATX Motherboard 2GB (2x1GB) Crucial Ballistix DDR2-800 Ram BFG GeFore 7600 GT PCI Express 256MB DDR3 Ram 2X Seagate Barracuda 500GB SATA 7200RPM 16MB Cache Hard Drives NEC 16X DVD/CD-RW Burner Lite-On 16x DVD-Rom Drive Leadtek WinFast TV2000 XP [...]