WeeManDan

The lounge is looking a little different with a small desk in it now and my mini plus monitor sat on it. At the moment both iPods are syncing and charging and if anyone were to walk in it could well be mistaken for an Apple demo stand. That’s all really but it should make [...]

It’s interesting working for a global company at this time. No doubt many of you will have seen the recent Register articles about some of the ways in which HP is dealing with the ‘crunch’. Obviously there’s a lot I could say but seeing as this is a very public place and finding it on [...]

So tested the original Mac mini drive this afternoon and it seems the upgrade was also a replacement. The drive is fine reading CD’s and DVD’s of all flavours but writing is something of a different matter, ho hum. On the plus side my new NUS card arrived in the post today and they do [...]

So ebuyer got back to me yesterday agreeing that yes the drive had failed. Unfortunately they no longer stock the item or have anything suitable as a replacement so I’m getting a refund. I can’t remember if the old drive (DVD/CD-RW) failed or if I just really wanted a DVD±RW. I’m hoping that the old [...]

The Mini RAM upgrade was a real success, in and out in about 5 minutes and the speed jump is really noticeable. One thing I thought over the weekend was this, it is the first machine I have owned that has a whole GB of RAM, for just memory rather than being cut up and [...]