All Posts Tagged With: "Memory"
XBMC Coming On OS X And Linux. Plus, I Need Advice With New PC Spec
I’m a big fan of XMBC, the great open source media center for Xboxs. But, I stopped using it over the last 12 months because my needs had out-stripped the capabilities of the Xbox, which can’t support native HD content. Because of this, I now use PCs running Windows Vista Media Center [...]
11Feb2008 | Everton | 1 comment | Continued10 Simple Ways To Speed Up Windows Vista
Windows Vista is a rather heavy operating system with many neat features, but unfortunately they all come at a price. Right out of the box it requires a pretty hefty system to run (arguably).
Before you run out and buy a new computer just so you can run your base operating system, check out these [...]
What’s Eating Your Computer’s Resources? Don’t Blame MS Quite Yet
Everyone is always looking for ways to make their computer faster. Whether it’s linux, OSX or the ubiquitous Windows, no matter how many times you upgrade, how much more RAM you add, whatever, computing, for all its increases in speed in the past years, is still not fast enough.
It’s all crap. There are bigger [...]
The Secret Is Out, Sprint PPC 6800 Coming Soon!
Expected to be released next month, the Sprint PPC 6800 has kept many wireless fans on their toes with anticipation for some time now.
The PPC 6800, a version of the HTC Titan, is expected to replace the PPC 6700, bringing some additional features and eliminating the large external antenna.
Zolved - Free Online Support
Zolved is yet another service that allows normal users like you and me to ask questions about tech, hardware and software problems that we can’t find the answer to. The service is free and questions submitted to the Zolved community tend to get answered within 24 hours.
26Apr2007 | Everton | 2 comments | ContinuedMBL Community: How To Fix File Copying Problems In Windows Vista
I spotted a very useful tip on One Tip A Day to fix the problems introduced by Windows Vista when large files are moved, copied or deleted. Within Windows Vista this a very slow process, due to problems with Vista’s Auto-Tuning feature.
This was the only major outstanding issue I had with Vista. I [...]
ShareYourScore.com: Show Off Your Vista Experience Index Score
Windows Vista has provided a new way for PC owners to settle who has got the better PC through the Windows Vista Experience Index Assessment, and ShareYourScore.com is making this even easier to do by allowing users to upload their scores to see how they rank against other Vista owners.
20Feb2007 | Everton | 4 comments | ContinuedThe Complete Guide To Optimising Windows XP
Over the last 12 months I’ve made several posts that list ways in which you can optimise XP - 10 Simple Ways To Speed Up Windows XP, 10 Intermediate Ways To Speed Up Windows XP and More Ways To Speed Up Windows XP.
I thought that now that I’ve already moved one of my PCs over [...]
Improve Windows Vista Memory Performance
Martin over at gHacks has managed to get his hands on a copy of Windows Vista through his day job, and he’s already setting about getting to grips with the new OS.
So far, he doesn’t appear to be very impressed with the new visual eye-candy that is wasting lots of RAM. He has managed to [...]

