As a general guideline, these temperatures are really the maximum I would consider safe for a laptop… 0-104F (40C) = Cold. 122F – 158F [50-70C] = Typical-ish use, still safe. 159F – 185F [70-85C] = Heavy use, consider moving to flat surface, elevating, or cooling it. 185F+ [85]+ = Hot! Go take a break. If […]
Seriously, have you wondered what the mobsyc.exe process is in Windows? Â It is a process that assists with the Microsoft Sync Center & the Offline Files feature. Â Typically it is used when you have a Windows Mobile Phone, a SL Server, or have Internet Explorer set to synchronize web pages for viewing offline. It is […]
Take this quote from Macworld: When we connected the MacBook Pro to a 2TB Western Digital My Book Studio drive and copied a 1GB file to it from the internal hard drive, we found that it took 23 percent less time over FireWire 400 than over USB 2.0. Duplicating that file using FireWire 400 on […]
Here’s how to clear the web browser cache, on the majority of the web browsers… Internet Explorer 8 From the Safety menu in the upper right, click Delete Browsing History… . Check Temporary Internet files, Cookies, and History, and then click Delete. Internet Explorer 7 From the Tools menu in the upper right, select Delete […]
VVMware has released an update to Fusion Desktop v3.0. v3.01 is now available, the highlights of the changes are: Improved 3D & Video Performance: Improved WDDM driver and 3D backend improvements speed up some applications and tests up to 80% on Mac OS X Snow Leopard Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala): Full support for Ubuntu 9.10 […]
What’s a monitor refresh rate? And what does it do? That’s a multifaceted question, but here we go. The “Vertical Refresh Rate” is the number of times a second that the video is displayed on the CRT monitor. (On LCD monitors, a vertical refresh is a fixed rate, and does not change…) Older CRT monitors […]
I’m about to buy a Macbook as my main computer. But I also use Access a lot, especially the mail-merge function (Word/Access). I’ve read your comments in MacRumors about the likelihood of Microsoft creating Access for Macintosh. What do you recommend instead? Can you run Microsoft Access natively on the Macintosh? Â No. Â Microsoft does not […]
If you notice your computer connecting to OSCEX-en.url.trendmicro.com, presumably from installing a firewall, or other security component… Â Don’t worry. That is, assuming your using a security / antivirus suite from Trend Micro. Â That server, is part of their new clound initiaitive, and used for virus pattern detection. Â So don’t block this server, or your antivirus […]