Computer Spot

For about 10 years now, Apple has been trying to go with a theme when naming its products. For all its mobile devices and some of its computers, it uses the iDevice naming convention.

As for its computer operating systems, it likes to name them after jungle cats (as opposed to house cats). In its operating system world, the names are all about Cheetahs, Jaguars, Panthers and Leopards.

For its latest operating system though, the company brings in a new kind of cat – the lion. This what they call the latest avatar of the Mac – the Mac OSX Lion.

Microsoft is known for charging outrageous sums of money for its operating systems. Apple on the other hand charges an extremely reasonable $30 (okay, $29.99). Of course, you’ll get it preinstalled on any new Mac that you buy. If you wish to run it on an earlier Mac, is this an upgrade that’s worth the price?

The simple answer to that question would be – yes, it is. But you knew that already. Let’s get into why it is worth your time and money.

To begin with, Apple calls the Mac OSX Lion an operating system that’s completely set to change the computer paradigm for you. Read the rest of this entry →

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What kind of effect does it have on a person to be constantly fed politically correct statements? For instance, you know that Apple’s Mac OS is supposed to be far ahead of any OS made by Microsoft.

When you open any tech magazine and you see the words Windows and Mac together in an article, everything in your life up to that point that you’ve been exposed to forces you to believe that it’s an article about how there is a new way in which Mac wiped the floor yet again with that poor joke of an OS by Microsoft.

Well, that’s not how this is going to go. With version 7, Microsoft really has made a truly mature and well-designed operating system that even the Mac OS X, that has always been the last word in operating systems, could learn a trick or two from.

Let’s look at a few features that 7 has that the Macintosh should kill for, but doesn’t have to  (because there are ready-made apps that port those kinds of features right over).

Windows does cut-and-paste just about anywhere. In Windows Explorer, you can cut, copy and paste files to your heart’s content. Somehow, OS X doesn’t allow any cutting. Read the rest of this entry →

Even people who hate Macintosh desktop computers (for how overpriced they are compared to Windows computers with similar hardware) find it hard to deny that Mac OS X is a work of art.

There are all kinds of ways out there that you can use to make your Windows computer look like a Mac (chief among which is the Snow Transformation Pack); what do you do if you wish to have your Windows computer actually work like a Mac? If that’s where your interest lies, try these ways out.

Devotees of Macintosh desktop computers often take one look at what it’s like to manage all of one’s open windows on a Windows computer and take a step back in horror at how cluttered everything seems.

There is no equivalent on Windows for instance, for Spaces and Expose, two popular OS X features that allow you to manage windows on the Mac.

If you crave that kind of easy functionality on Windows, Dexpot is an app that’s just for you. Install it, and you can right away substitute Alt-Tab for the features Dexpot gives you.

You get a quick list of all the open windows you got going on, you can keep tabs on all the virtual desktops you have, you can turn on the screensaver at the touch of a button; you can even set up keyboard shortcuts exactly as you wish. Read the rest of this entry →

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If there is one thing that people like it is something that is available to them for free. This especially goes for computer software.

Various places offer free software programs for people on a trial period or shareware versions of products that are free. These can range from business products to games. There are many places that you can visit and start downloading computer software off the Internet.

CNet’s Download.com is one of the world’s top places to go for downloading computer software off the Internet. They have different types of software on this site.

These programs include developer tools, web browsers, spyware and virus protection programs and drivers for hardware programs. Some fun software, like screensavers or games, can be found on Download.com too. Read the rest of this entry →

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If you are looking for a camera that is powerful, but compact, you should take a look at the Canon Powershot SD 11001S. This is a casual camera (not designed for professional photographers), but it is still very powerful.

It takes photos at 8 Mega Pixels, which is the current “big” for your average camera. 10 megapixel cameras are also cropping up, but of course are going to cost more. It is small and compact, and very easy to use.

Having only a small experience using digital cameras (you understand how to turn one on and how to take a picture), you should be able to use the Canon Powershot SD 11001S. Read the rest of this entry →

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