Blog Category Archives: Pooters

hardware hell

Thanks for all the great comments on my post Convince me to get a Mac. I actually saw the Mac mini in real life last weekend at the Apple Store and they are every bit as lovely as they appear in photos … I may just be convinced … and I fear that the other [...]

Convince me to get a Mac

My main issue with switching to Mac has always been cost. I don’t like laptops to work on all day, the iMacs are funny looking and the towers complete overkill for most of what I do – which is essentially to edit text files all day. However the Mac Mini is a great price and [...]

TheOpenCD

If you are a Windows user and interested in trying out some Open Source software without needing to scour the web, then you might like to download TheOpenCD, which is a collection of open source and free software that runs on Windows.

Fixed the random rebooting problem

The computer that had rebooted itself on Friday was fine all day and then the second I turned the monitor off yesterday – it did it again. Turning off your monitor really shouldn’t reboot your machine should it?! It was then I realised that plugged into the USB hub in the monitor was my Sharp [...]

Why is my computer so slow?

I installed XP Pro on my Windows box a couple of weeks ago. I’ve managed to de-uglify it but my main problem is that my machine, which ran perfectly quickly under Win2K, now crawls. It’s not the newest machine in the world (Athlon 1.4/768MB RAM) but it should be able to handle XP … I [...]