Ever wondered what all the different memory types are that are shown in the pie chart at the bottom of the system memory tab in your Mac OS X Activity Monitor? If you’re used to the memory usage information that Windows shows, then the OS X descriptions might be a bit confusing. The reason for [...]

I know a lot of people don’t like iTunes and the restrictions on iPods and iPhones that require you to use iTunes to utilise all of their functionality, or even just to synchronise your music. That’s a fair call (and yes I know you can set it up to bypass iTunes for music but I’m [...]

I got the Cooler Master X Craft 250 (eSATA and USB) when I was planning the hard drive transplant for my Macbook Pro, and after my excellent experience with the Cooler Master X Craft 350 Lite, I was quite happy to get the baby brother, the 250 Lite and give it a try.
The 250 shares [...]

I recently set up an external hard drive to use with Time Machine on my Macbook Pro. As nice as the wireless backups of an Apple Time Capsule would be, I don’t need it and thus can’t justify spending the extra on one.
My Macbook Pro had a 120gb hard drive in it at the time [...]

The Cooler Master X Craft 350 Lite is an external USB (there is an e-SATA version as well) enclosure for 3.5″ hard drives. It has a fairly schmick design and comes with an upright stand, however, if you have more than one, they are designed to be stackable as well.
I picked one up about a [...]

Hard drive line up
I have been working on my new baby since I got home after watching Sweeney Todd this evening, trying to get it up and running. It’s been over a week since I bought the parts, that’s the longest it is has ever taken me to get a new computer up and running! [...]

My current workspace as you can see in the photo on the left is quite crowded, with both the old and new computers, the laptop, 2 keyboards and 2 mice. Yes, I have a KVM switch, but I prefer to work with separate gear for each computer where possible.
Getting an OS to work has [...]

Putting the new computer together was really no more complicated than any of the computer’s I have put together in the past, except, the video card is gigantic.
Normally, I build in this order:

Power supply
Motherboard
CPU
Front panel cables
Video card
RAM
Data devices, any expansion cards
Power and data cables

As you can see in the first picture though, the video card [...]

Well, I decided to come into uni on a Saturday night, that’s right, a Saturday night, like the good little student I am, and of course, the one thing I need in order to be able to work on this assignment for KIB104 (Media Technology 2), is not available. I have 16gb of raw video, [...]

Well, I decided to come into uni on a Saturday night, that’s right, a Saturday night, like the good little student I am, and of course, the one thing I need in order to be able to work on this assignment for KIB104 (Media Technology 2), is not available. I have 16gb of raw video, [...]