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Nearing the End….
ch_client = "manojt"; ch_width = 300; ch_height = 250; ch_type = "mpu"; ch_sid = "Chitika Default"; ch_alternate_ad_url = "http://www.theunrealuniverse.com/ads/ads1.php?size=300x250&kwds="; ch_color_site_link = "#164675"; ch_color_title = "#164675"; ch_color_border = "#B0C9EB"; ch_color_text = "#333333"; ch_color_bg = "#FFFFFF"; Our PC is nearing the end of it’s life. It has served me well for 5 years (and within those years, has served my wife and me for nearly 2). Hopefully, my wife and I can extract our data soon. The face is really starting to fade (monitor has lost brightness). There are times that it barely has enough strength to do anything (power supply doesn’t want to power up). The memory is going (memory module is acting up). The poor guy can’t even read it’s own handwriting (hard disk is failing). My wife and I are planning on getting a Mac for our next computer. It’s really … Read entire article »
Filed under: Macs
Legal Computing
ch_client = "manojt"; ch_width = 300; ch_height = 250; ch_type = "mpu"; ch_sid = "Chitika Default"; ch_alternate_ad_url = "http://www.theunrealuniverse.com/ads/ads1.php?size=300x250&kwds="; ch_color_site_link = "#164675"; ch_color_title = "#164675"; ch_color_border = "#B0C9EB"; ch_color_text = "#333333"; ch_color_bg = "#FFFFFF"; Looking back three years ago, I never thought I would be able to it. Microsoft products were an essential part of my software requirements. But of course except for operating system which came with the PC, the MS Office installation was something that I wasn’t really proud of. The same goes for bootleg copies of Photoshop and other software. I had thought of purchasing legit copies but the cost of software would have caused me to declare bankrupcy. I was already trying out different flavors of Linux even before. The only hindrance was those Linux versions apperently did not support my hardware. My first attempt was using Slackware. … Read entire article »
Filed under: iSeries