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Is this a good computer tower for christmas?

Desktop PC
Intel® Atom 230 (1.6GHz) CPU
Kingston 1GB DDR2 800 RAM
SATA II 160GB Hard Drive
Integrated GMA 950 Sound/Video/LAN
SATA DVD+RW Dual Layer Drive
Microsoft® Windows XP Home
PS/2 Multifunction Keyboard/USB Optical Mouse

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With those specs, maybe five or six years ago it would have been...

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Seven Ways To Upgrade Your Netbook/laptop/pc

Many people admire netbooks for their portability, but no two models are exactly alike, and each reflects different trade-offs. A system with a great laptop battery may have a horrible keyboard arrangement; a model with a solid-state drive might be out of your price range; or a unit with killer specs might be missing 802.11n connectivity. All of these are common problems, but they don’t have common solutions.

Due to their diversity, netbooks don’t share a standard upgrade path as typical desktop PCs do. Each model is unique in what you can do to it, and the procedures are as varied as the netbooks themselves. If you plan to upgrade your machine, you’ll need to hunt down the instruction manual or – in the case of trickier upgrades – a community of users to walk you through the process. That said, possible netbook hacks range from five-minute routines to soldering-gun-based surgeries. Following are seven hacks for a dell e1505– one of the more tweakable netbooks we’ve come across. The first three hacks are easy, and the other four are intermediate. While your mileage (and procedures) will depend on your own netbook model, this guide should give you a good idea of the kinds of upgrades that are available (and suitable) for your machine and your skill level.

1. Insert a better battery

In PC World testing the Dell Inspiron E1505 Battery survived for about 3 hours, 34 minutes. That’s not too shabby for a four-cell battery, but you can do better. Though you may find a few guides online that describe how to create a laptop battery by using a number of aftermarket batteries wired together, that method is a recipe for disaster

Instead, we found an Nine-cell, 6600mAh battery on udtek.com that’s entirely compatible with the existing connections (and size) of your Dell e1505. At $191 it’s by no means cheap, and if you’re prepared to order offshore you can do a lot better with a US $69.99 battery from udtek.com, who ship worldwide. With an nine-cell battery you’ll double the longevity of your netbook – provided that you aren’t bothered by the inelegant mass sticking out from underneath it. To replace the battery, just flip your netbook upside-down, move the two switches from the locked icon to the unlocked icon, and then push up on the battery tray.

2. Upgrade the OS

If you want to install a new operating system onto your netbook, you certainly can: you simply pop the CD into any external USB optical drive and install away.

Want to dual-boot your netbook? Grab the GParted utility, by downloading the .iso file for its LiveCD at udtek.com and then burning the file onto a disc. Insert that disc into the external optical drive, restart the netbook, and enter the BIOS to change the boot settings for your machine. Boot off of the optical CD  first, and GParted will load. Right-click on the primary partition and select Resize/Move. Microsoft recommends that you have at least 16GB of space for Windows 7; if you were hoping to use that OS but your netbook has too little room, your experiment ends here. For any OS, if your netbook does have space for it, enter a new partition size of your choosing. Click Resize, and you’ll see the newly unallocated space sitting to the right of your primary partition in GParted’s graphic. Right-click on this area and select New. Enter zeros for ‘Free Space Proceeding’ and ‘Following’, select Primary Partition under ‘Create as’, and click the add button.

If you prefer not to use an external optical drive, you can follow the same steps for using GParted and installing the new OS with a simple USB thumb drive.

3. Rearrange the keyboard

Does your laptop keyboard’s default layout conflict with the muscle memory you’ve built for desktop keyboard layouts? You can pop an offending key off of your netbook by wedging a tiny screwdriver under the key and gently applying upward pressure. As long as the keys you are swapping are the same size, you can interchange them as you please.

Dell Inspiron E1505 Keyboard

Once you’ve made the physical transformations, use the Sharp Keys utility (udtek.com) to reassign your OS’s interpretations of the keystrokes to the appropriate keys. Alternatively, if you don’t mind a bit of visual confusion, you can leave the physical keys exactly where they are and use this helpful application to redefine their purpose.

4. Replace the hard drive

What’s worse: the underwhelming capacity of a typical solid-state drive inside a brand-new netbook, or the price difference you’d have to pay to get a larger drive in your preconfigured netbook build? Here’s a way around both of those nightmares. First, when you’re building your netbook on the maker’s website, select the lowest-capacity drive available (or if you have no configuration options, buy the netbook as is). Next, consult user forums (see “More resources” on page 85) to get a clearer sense of which aftermarket solid-state or magnetic hard drives are compatible with your unit. Finally, grab a screwdriver.

For the Dell e1505, flip the netbook over and remove the two screws that secure the large back panel into place (since it’s in the centre, it’s hard to miss). Pry off the panel with your finger or with the tip of a screwdriver. With the dell e1505 battery facing north, you’ll notice a set of four electronic pieces inside the machine; those are the hard drive, the memory, the network card, and a space for a 3G card (if you bought your e1505 from Vodafone it will have the 3G card installed). You should see a pair of screws securing the tiny flash-memory circuit board into place in the upper-left quadrant. Unscrew them, and the SSD should lift up. Pull it out, insert its replacement, and tighten the screws.

5. Upgrade the RAM

Memory is one of the main areas of a netbook where system manufacturers can increase their profit margin. Don’t let a netbook maker empty your wallet by selling you RAM that you can find elsewhere for a lot less. In the case of the e1505, we bought the bare minimum of RAM that we needed to complete the configuration: 512MB. To upgrade RAM, first open the netbook’s back and look for the existing memory. On the e1505, it’s in the upper-right (with the battery facing north).

On the RAM module you should see its specifications. You can either purchase the same type of RAM in a larger size (in our case, a 2GB stick of DDR2 SODIMM running at 533MHz) or check the manufacturer specs for your netbook to discover its maximum supported speed. The difference between DDR2-4200 and DDR2-5300 memory is almost unnoticeable, but there’s no sense in maxing out with DDR2-6400 memory if your netbook can’t support its full speed.

To replace the memory, push outward on the two clips holding the RAM in place near the notched groove on each side. The RAM will pop up toward you for removal. Insert the new memory and push it into place. When you start up the machine, quickly press the appropriate key to access the system BIOS (for the Dell Mini 9, it’s the 2 key). Head to the main tab and confirm that the system recognises the new memory.

6. Upgrade the Wi-Fi

Upgrading the internal Wi-Fi capabilities of a netbook from 802.11g to 802.11n sounds as though it should be easy. In theory, you’d simply buy a miniature wireless card, pop off the back of the netbook, shuffle its components, and start enjoying the increased functionality and speed of the new card.

Alas, in reality it isn’t that simple. Just because a Wi-Fi card looks as if it will fit in your netbook, that doesn’t mean the card is compatible with the netbook’s OS/motherboard combination. But even before that, you have to deal with the issue of size. When purchasing a new Wi-Fi card, you need to know whether your netbook can support a full-height or half-height card. Remove the back of the netbook and look for the existing Wi-Fi card. A full-height card is long and rectangular, similar in shape to an SD Card for a camera. A half-height card is stubbier and resembles the shape of a CompactFlash card.

As for the particular brand of card, there is no hard-and-fast rule for determining what will be compatible with your netbook model. A card that looks perfect on paper may not work with your unit’s configuration. Instead of using trial and error, search the internet for stories of other people’s successful Wi-Fi upgrades of the same netbook model. It’s the best way of improving the odds that the card you pick will actually work.

Once you’ve cleared that hurdle, installing the card is easy. On the Dell e1505, for example, remove the netbook’s rear cover. The Wi-Fi card is in the centre-right of the system; it’s the card with white and black wires (the antenna) running into it. Gently disconnect those wires, undo the screws, and remove the card from the slot. Insert the new card, reinsert the screws to tighten the card into position, and reconnect the two antenna wires – note, however, that the specific card you buy will dictate whether you should reverse the wires as compared with their positions on the original card. Depending on the size of the card and the configuration of the motherboard, you might have to remove a motherboard standoff to permit a solid fit.

If the operating system can’t find the new card on the next boot, install the drivers for the particular Wi-Fi card you bought. You should be able to find the drivers on the company’s website; if not, you might have to install drivers from a third-party netbook manufacturer whose product uses the same network card.

7. Overclock the CPU

Overclocking represents the pinnacle of system upgrades that an average user can perform without physically deconstructing the netbook. It’s also among the more dangerous upgrades for netbooks, given that these miniature systems don’t come with the best cooling systems. In the case of the Dell e1505, the passive cooler protecting the processor from thermal overload is no match for frequency tweaking, and it’s probably for the best that we couldn’t find a way to overclock this tiny PC.

Other netbooks are a bit more flexible in this regard. Owners of Dell e1505 netbooks can rev up their CPU through the SetFSB utility. Users of earlier Asus Eee PC models can pick up the Eeectl utility, which permits them to alter the frontside bus within Windows and, consequently, up the speed of the processor. If you have an MSI Wind and you want to update its BIOS, you’ll discover that MSI officially supports your overclocking habit. Still, these waters demand careful navigation (or strict avoidance) lest you wreck your netbook and condemn it to an inglorious end.

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Gaming Mouse

Whats the pint of a gaming keyboard and mouse?

I have a logitech G9 lasser mouse and a logitech Wave Keyboard and i was wondering if there a good for gamming? whats the point of gaming mouse keyboard
like somthing bout extra senstivity and more prisise for mouse but what more can the keyboard offer, whats a gamming keyboard like? and also would gamming keyboard/mouse be good for just regular desktop use? thnaks;)

Gaming mice such as your G9 are good for gaming because of their high accuracy and the ability to adjust sensitivity on the fly. This can really help in certain games. Other features of gaming mice include having lots of buttons, which can be customized to have certain functions in game, and customizable weight.

Gaming keyboards are popular because they usually have many function keys which can be customized for in game function just like the gaming mouse, and can sometimes be used to program macros. Gaming keyboards sometimes light up also for late night gaming sessions.

Both of these items can still be good for regular desktop use because the extra functionality can be used for just about anything you can imagine, they just appeal to gamers more than anything, and so they are marketed as such.

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No Gaming Mouse for Kewin

Kewin got the new gaming pc, a wide flat screen display, wireless keyboard,  loads of cola's , but still having same OLD MOUSE . Poor kewin! Online gaming is becoming more competitive these days; kewin would surely like to take an advantage of every available opportunity to gain a edge over his foes... Feel like kewin , then switch to new genre of gaming that is "Gaming Mouse". It is specially designed for those spent 18 hrs with pc games in vacations.  There are various options available, but there are only handfuls of brands which we can recommend. Let us go with the best ergonomics and sensor technology available in gaming mouse.

LOGITECH G5 (2nd version): It adds a second thumb button on left side. A smooth plastic is replaced by grippy black and blue crack lines. There are adjustment buttons to switch on-the-fly between 400, 800 & 2000 DPI. It also has the removable weight cartridge that slides into bottom.  With Logitech setpoint, one can reset the specific button for specific function of windows.  People who have broad and lengthy palms find it uncomfortable. Gaming Mouse will range from rs 2500- rs 4000.

MICROSOFT SIDE WINDER: It starts with the standard function with right and left clicks with scroll wheel, the wheel doesn't tilt but it gets depressed as a button click.  There are three buttons to change the DPI settings.  Each button lights up via LED. It also has a small LCD screen which shows the current DPI settings. Bottom is plain with smooth surface in red color. It has 3 changeable mice feet.  Gaming mouse is as light as 5g - 10 g. There is unusual thumb button which is out of reach for some. It will cost rs 3250-rs 4750.

So by now kewin has adopted a GAMING MOUSE. What about you?

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Wireless Presenter

Will a wireless presenter work for controlling CDs and DVDs you are playing?

as well as controlling the powerpoint and adobe files you are presenting?

Yes, wireless presenters that I have used were designed to navigate both presentations (i.e. powerpoint) and multimedia programs (i.e. the CD or DVD you are playing in your media player).

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Team Free Wireless, The Premier Zoom Mobile Team!

We are proud to introduce Team Free Wireless, the premier Zoom Mobile team!  We think you will find this a much different home based business opportunity than you have typically been exposed to.

Zoom Mobile provides individuals an opportunity to own their own cell phone business in an industry that has more than 228 million cell phone users in the United States.   No other invention has so quickly been embraced than the cell phone.  In a 2005 University of Michigan study, 83 percent said cell phones have made life easier, choosing it over the Internet (76 percent).

Thanks to Zoom Mobile, are lives just got easier yet once again. Now 228 Million Americans have the opportunity to eliminate their cell phone bill and make money in the process.   The concept is simple, bring on and maintain just three out of millions of cell phone users and your service is free!

There are fundamental differences between Zoom Mobile and our competitors.  The single most significant difference is that the CEO of Zoom Mobile is not a career network marketer.  When you review the resume of most network marketing CEOs it is not uncommon to find a lifer with a checkered past.  George Burton, CEO of Zoom Mobile, owned a successful independent record label that was sold to Universal Records.  For my money, I want a proven businessman at the helm, even if their experience is outside of the particular industry.

Now add Team Free Wireless into the mix.  With Team Free Wireless you get true small business support.  You have a Professional Business Coach that provides:

• fast track training so you are up and running at full speed in days, not weeks
• weekly and monthly Q&A sessions
• blog focusing on how to run your business
• sales presentation videos
• marketing material

Team Free Wireless provides this level of support and training to you and your entire down-line.  While you may not need this level of support directly, think of how beneficial it will be for your down-line.  Together, we can help make this opportunity a long term, sustainable business.

 

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Computer Keyboards Wired

help with my computer keyboard?

I have been having issues with my computer keyboard for a long time. Letter are skipped, missing- keys don't register when I hit them- so I'm typing jibberish and have to constantly backup and retype.

I thought the problem MUST be my wireless keyboard! The signal isn't getting there- the batteries are dying..... ?

I'm a fairly good typist- I'm confident that's not the problem. I did everythng Icould- an still- same performance. I havet go back- and ype very slowly- and then it may or may not work properly.

I went out and bought a wired keyboard. Yay! Problem solved.
Nope- same performance.....
how can this be??? what do i do???
yes, but if you read my entire quesion, you'd ee thatI ]bught awired keboard and i'm haing he sae poblm

Leigh,

Try new batteries first. i had an old Microsoft wireless keyboard that did this every time the batteries were low! also, check and make sure you are getting good signal strength, the other issue i had was when i got too far away from the transceiver the same thing would happen.

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Advancements in Networking Hardware and Computer Peripherals

In this era of computers, there is hardly any household without a personal computer at home. Computers are now believed to be the solution to all daily works that one needs to search for. Life has been much better than before with all your needs being fulfilled at yours arms distance. The electronic market is booming with hundreds of latest technology computer peripherals being launched and sold in short spans of time.

With quick advancements in technology, the size and the price of the devices has gradually come down, while the efficiency and capacity has considerably increased. The scenario is same in all cases, whether it is about internal components like processor, RAM, motherboard, graphics card, and hard disk or for peripheral accessories like mouse, speakers, Bluetooth dongles, keyboards (wired/wireless), monitors etc.

Since many years, the main advancement has been seen in trends of the data storage. Latest technology hard drives and RAM’s have now given us the freedom to store and transfer unlimited amounts of on our systems. Also with newer versions of flash memory cards, USB extension cables, portable drives and other mobile computer accessories, carrying data along with you has become much easier. USB is a serial interface technology that has replaced existing serial and parallel ports drastically making connections clean and manageable.

Communication with your loved ones has been facilitated through the internet at much cheaper costs. With significant increase in varieties of handheld computer accessories like webcams, Ethernet cables, earphones and wireless broadband LAN computer networking hardware, keeping you connected to the whole world is no longer an expensive procedure. Also with the coming of wifi mesh networking hardware support and cat5e, cat6, Cat6a cables there has been a tremendous enhancement in the wireless technologies. The cat5e, cat6, Cat6a cable standard provides performance of up to 250 MHz and is suitable for 10BASE-T / 100BASE-TX and 1000BASE-T (Gigabit Ethernet).

Our mode of entertainment has also seen gradual technological changes in multimedia stuff. The quality of voice and visual devices has effectively been refined over years. With the coming of powerful digital media players and audio visual cables it is possible to listen to music with refined bass and vocals and visualize smooth functioning of graphics.

Despite the incredible improvement in performance and functionalities of computer hardware and networking peripherals, the price of these components has actually fallen steadily. There are vast arrays of computer peripherals that allow us to do amazing things. But in my opinion we should go for the type of peripherals that suit our daily life in every way.

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Laser Mouse Notebooks

Is there anyway to keep my wireless mouse from freezing my computer on startup?

When I start up my computer, if I have my mouse plugged into a USB port the computer will crash before the OS boots. If I plug the mouse in after the OS has booted it works fine, and from what I can tell my computer crashes before it goes into the boot order, so changing the BIOS doesn't help.

The mouse is a Microsoft Wireless Notebook Laser Mouse 6000 and I have the most recent drivers I could locate.

And my computer is:
AMD Athlon 64x2 Dual Core Processor 4600+
Vista Home Premium
2.00 GB Ram
Radeon x1900 GT

Thanks.

I have personally seen enough quirky behavior from microsoft mouses (sic) that I refuse to buy them anymore.

Logitech is the way to go. I have never had any of the trouble with them.

Also, could be a quirk of the BIOS. I have 3 Thinkpads that will not boot up if a USB device is plugged in. 3 different models. 4 other models boot fine no matter what is plugged into the usb ports.

Does this mouse work on another computer?

Update: Think about it. How much do you think ms spends on mouse R&D.

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Apple Magic Mouse Reviews

It's clearly an improved means of interaction with your notebook computer and we may use the word milestone to describe the Apple Magic Mouse in a word. And, it simply won't get more improved any more; the planet's first ever multi-touch mouse now reacts to gestures.

It seems like Apple has used a fantastic option regarding release of the Magic Mouse to be a standard equipment with all the iMac. It has given alternative Bluetooth-allowed Mac gadgets a facelift (or mutated them to tremendous-devices) allowing people go full hog on multi-touch makeovers. The initial in this type, it's much lustrous tool showing off a smooth top-shell, and an attractive piece of engineering.

beginners of Mac clients might uncover the Apple Magic Mouse a bit troublesome for use considering that whole mouse simulates a single button for that multi-touch feature covering the whole top. It takes time finding utilised fot it; however, when you get utilized to it, the remaining is nothing extra when compared with a cakewalk. Scrolling the mouse pointer (in any way) calls for only a finger being moved over the top of the mouse and laptop people shall get pleasure in it. For swiping throughout files, a couple of fingers will be needed. The predictive chip inside has turned the function a whole bunch easier.

The standard optical tracking has been replaced by laser monitoring that's further compared to some situations sensitive and reacts in the same way over any provided surface. Sure that brands this one-piece manufacturing a lot extra fine when compared with alternative common mice, but it's enough to take care of the workstation wars.

What Features Make the Magic Mouse Better Compared to The rest?

But, the million dollar query that's appearing in the minds of the critics is - whether it is perfect to score extended term when compared rival optical mice?

Well, the result made out to be a big yes! And, this is primarily due to its slightly modified ergonomics. Not like others,it is low and aerodynamic, that keeps clear from the contour of your palm. It never make one feel the mouse to be a part of the hand. further, it goes to the inbuilt Bluetooth that frees you from the pain of using slow and untidy dongles (and certainly saves you from the extra expense).

Additional improvement included in Apple Magic mouse is the presence of the a couple of plastic bars beneath; these minimize contact with the surface the mouse is touching but affects monitoring; it's a thing the mouse is not a control at. And a clear delineation between the right button and the left button would have been a step nearer user-friendliness. However, these will be some thing a user shall get applied to in no time.

Apple introduced touch sensitive scrolling with all the Magic mouse and if anything else, it's fluid and natural feeling. Any amount of fingers wherever on the mouse surface is sufficient to trigger the feature. The two mode operation is useful, but changing the modes requires reaching the internal settings. Perhaps Apple should believe about devising a touch-response in this aspect as well and function somewhat increased on retaining the aesthetic appeals for longer. It's painful to see a brand new product giving up the beautiful finish so fast. Otherwise, it is a excellent development from their last product, the Mighty Mouse.

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