Laptop buying guide – notes

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HP Envy 14 14.5″ Radiance display Sony VAIO PCZ +13.1″ -Runs too hot -Short battery life +Internal DVD drive Dell XPS L501x (1080p B+GR) Dell XPS L501x: DISPLAY An Excellent Mainstream Notebook – AnandTech http://www.anandtech.com/show/3999/dell-xps-15-l501x-review/6Wrapping up the test results, we have the B+GR LED (i.e. WLED) backlit 1080p display. We can’t comment on the standard 768p panel, but considering all the results we’ve… […] we’re awarding the Dell XPS L501x our Gold Editors’ Choice award—but only with the $130 1080p

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List of AMD Fusion Brazos: Zacate/Ontario Notebooks and Motherboards

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Update 2011.Sep.8th very nice new AMD systems from MSI and HP released, they may make for nice budget poor-man-ultrabooks 🙂 Newegg.com – MSI X Series X370-206US Notebook AMD Dual-Core Processor E-450(1.65GHz) 13.4″ 4GB Memory DDR3 500GB HDD 7200rpm AMD Radeon HD 6320http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834152288&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-Notebooks-_-MSI-_-34152288&AID=10440897&PID=4095568&SID=Newegg.com – A great place to buy computers, computer parts, electronics, software, accessories, and DVDs online. With great prices, fast shipping, and top-rated customer service… HP Pavilion dm1 refreshed: pricing, release date, pictures, and hands-on preview | This is

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Olympus E-P1 & E-PL2 Photography Links (2011/01/25)

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A couple photography links. The first has a nice technique of combining RAW+JPEG to deal with high ISO noise on the E-P1. The second link is a lovely review of the Olympus E-PL2, checkout the nice photography in the review :-). It’s a pleasant change from the regular dpreview style review! The Online Photographer: Can You Get Good ISO 6400 from an Olympus E-P1? http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2010/06/iso-6400-from-an-ep1.htmlI’ve just hit upon something rather cool and somewhat unexpected. Some of you will recall a

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Welcome to this world

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This week Samantha and I welcomed a beautiful baby girl into this world. She’s the most precious and adorable thing I’ve ever seen. You always hear “nothing can prepare you for having a baby”. I have to agree, because I’ve hardly ever had as exciting of a week as this week. Nothing could have prepared me for all the joy, concern and love that was involved with having a baby. This was just the first week, I can’t imagine all

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Development tips and links for iPhone apps

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Description: This is a an entry where I keep a list of misc development tips for iPhone app development. SDK XCode can’t find base SDK – Stack Overflow http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3034912/xcode-cant-find-base-sdkIf you can’t choose the SDK at the top left of x-code you have to first set the base SDK in the the project settings. Project -> Edit Project Settings. Then choose the “General” tab. At the bottom you can choose “Base SDK for all Configurations:” Buttons Improved Gradient Buttons http://www.iphone4gapp.net/improved-gradient-buttons.htmlThere are

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Windows 7 ethernet goes to sleep! [solved]

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Question. Hello! I have a problem with my network connection in Windows 7. Everything works great until the computer has been at rest for a while, then my ethernet connection drops out! As soon as I move my mouse or keyboard the ethernet comes back on. My laptop is NOT in sleep/hibernate mode when all this occurs! Please help!? Answer. Great question :-). Here’s a potential solution for your Ethernet woes 😉 Go to Control Panel -> Network and Internet

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