Posted on October 31, 2009 by Gregory West
Here is a website that shows you HOW TO in many areas.
GREAT HOW TO DO THINGS WEBSITE
I find this site http://www.ehow.com/guide_5-computers.html very useful in the latest computer tips in PLAIN ENGLISH.
If you like video tutorials this site has them too:
http://www.ehow.com/videos.html – scroll down where it says: More Featured Videos and use the slide bar on [...]
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Posted on September 20, 2009 by Gregory West
Not much to say about this website other than check it out for yourself. They offer over 3000 sites giving away free software such as:
Busines and Office – Address books, Calendars & Schedulers, …
Desktop enhancements – Notes, Screen savers, Tray tools,…
Development tools – Editors, Tutotrials and Reference,…
Education and Science – Languages, Unit conversion, …
Games and [...]
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Posted on September 18, 2009 by Gregory West
Google Labs is an exciting place to see what is happening in the future…
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Posted on October 12, 2008 by Gregory West
Note: This was originally published in First Monday magazine.
HELP for Computer HELP
by Gregory West
Does your computer have a mind of its own? Do you find that it is becoming increasing difficult going it alone, or are you relatively new to computers and completely lost?
We know that all-too-many computer software HELP buttons do not really help, [...]
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Posted on January 21, 2008 by Gregory West
There just might be some hope for wanna bee users of Boot Camp. “Dechamp”, an Apple forum user offered this solution to jump start and workaround issues in Boot Camp:
http://www.geocities.com/nja469/
I have decided not to use Apple’s Boot Camp and have now purchased a 3rd. party app called Parallels.
My Macbook will now be also a virtual [...]
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Posted on January 20, 2008 by Gregory West
Does APPLE CARE have rotten Apple TECHS?
This was posted in Apple’s forum yesterday and some how the post disappeared and it has been forwarded to Leo Laporte’s Blog:
I use Parallels, a 3rd. product software and find it works very good.
However, I cannot say that for Boot Camp. Here is a post I put in yesterday [...]
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Posted on January 14, 2008 by Gregory West
Now that Macs can host Windows Operating Systems and run both OS’s on the same desktop (sorry on a Mac only), I have loaded Windows XP Home onto my Macbook laptop. This was accomplished by the virtualization program: Parallels.
My next feat is to load Windows VISTA onto my Macbook via Boot Camp and then virtualize [...]
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