Following on from a suggestion from Eric Odom, I have installed Ubuntu as a second operating system on my new portable laptop. I encourage you all to try using Linux at one point. Years ago Linux users were not catered for by software designers but most scripts now cater for windows, mac and linux users [...]

I still believe that XP is the best Windows operating system however my main laptop has Vista and my new HP 2133 laptop has vista installed too. Whilst my main laptop (Asus G1S) has a 2.2 Ghz Core 2 Duo processor, my new portable laptop has a miserable 1.6GHz Via 7 processor. It really should [...]

Microsoft released XP Service Pack 3 yesterday but it was quickly pulled back and delayed. It seems like you can download XP SP3 from the Windows XP Service Pack 3 Overview page. Apparently it was delayed because of a glitch in the way it works with MS Retail Management Systems (RMS).
Chris Keroack announced in [...]

Today I got my new Antec MX 1 sata hard drive enclosure delivered from Misco. I had considered the Coolermaser Xcraft 360 but after reading some reviews I opted for the MX 1.
I have to admit it’s a very nice product and well worth the money (about £34).

I have two old sata drives which [...]