Articles for tag: Firewire

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Choosing a Sound Card for Recording

When you are ready to record music or other material at home there are a lot of choices out there for hardware. The first step to choosing the right sound card is to make a list of things you know that you need from the hardware and the performance of the sound card software. The ...

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Compaq Presario 2500 Laptop

Advantages: Very powerful, easy to use, Fast processor, quick and efficient, designed for windows XP, shock proof (?), high technology, good gaming laptop Disadvantages: battery runs down fast and heavy (3.5 kg) I bought this laptop about 4 years ago so you would think it would be outdated now, but it really isn’t that bad. ...

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Computer Ports: Past, Present and Future

As computers grow and evolve, so do the tools for inputting information into computers. Ports are holes in computers where one can connect various external devices such as mice, keyboards, and USB devices to add extra functions to computers. As time has passed, ports have become more advanced, and more functional across a wider array ...

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Top 5 Hard Drives

External hard drives give your system almost unlimited capacity for storage, while making it easy to move your data from place to place, and system to system. As the storage capacity increases and the prices decrease, they are a great solution for backup and for storing and working on individual projects. Whether you are editing ...

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Review of Dell Latitude D505 Laptop Personal Portable Computer

The Dell Latitude D505 wireless laptop computer is the first and only laptop I’ve ever owned. I received it as part of a college scholarship, and have had it for just shy of two years now. As of now I’ve had the motherboard replaced (surge problem, not Dell-associated), the hard drive exchanged, and the LCD ...

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How to Use a Micro SD Card

Micro SD cards are smaller versions of standard SD cards. SD cards are used to store a variety of digital media on while being removable and upgradeable. Micro SD cards are simply small versions of the cards designed for use in electronic devices that are growing smaller and smaller. Devices such as phones, digital cameras, ...

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Apple MacBook Pro 2010 Reveiw

The New Mackbook Pro The long wait is over. Apple has finally released their new Macbook Pro’s. As of April 2010 Apple has replaced it’s entire line of Macbook Pro’s with brand new parts, this makes them faster and better than ever. The Macbook Pro still comes in three different sizes 13″, 15″, and 17″. ...

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How to Connect Two Macs Using Firewire

When I visit relatives, I often find myself – typically near the end of the visit – needing to move files from their laptop to their desktop computer. This is usually because while I was visiting, I did some writing and now need to email the files to myself, to be downloaded to my home ...

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How to Connect Two Macs Using Ethernet

In a previous article, I talked about my occasional need to connect two Macs together, in order to transfer files between the two. When I visit relatives, I often find myself – typically near the end of the visit – needing to move files from their laptop to their desktop computer. This is usually because ...