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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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Computers today are always forward moving. Seldom are those who want to downgrade their computers. Usually, those who downgrade their computer systems use it for a purpose like server setups and alike.

But most of the time, people want to upgrade and upgrade to maximize the speed of their computers. Of course, more speed, more work done.

There are a couple of different reasons why computers who are suppose to run at high speed get slower than ever. If you want to speed up your computer, here is some “Speeding up your computer tips”. Read the rest of this entry →

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As we all know, open source software’s source code is available to the general public for modification or use from its original design or structure free of charge.

One of the famous open source softwares is Linux operating systems.  But open source is not just about access to the source code.  It has free distribution and it does not restrict other software.

Have you ever wonder why you should use open source software?

This article sites the top reasons why you should use open source software.

• First, open source programs are RELIABLE.

Open source software’s source code availability to the public makes the program reliable.

Whenever there is a bug detected, developers or users tried to fix those bugs within a couple of hours, report it to the maintainers of the software and release an updated version.

Users may opt to choose to use the fixed version or the official version (including the fix releases). Read the rest of this entry →

Many people who rushed into the download and installation of the new Windows Vista are having second thoughts. Like everything new, the bugs are not quite worked out. Microsoft has a great concept in Windows Vista, except it has some potential problems.

Many businesses run Windows XP or Windows 2000 and have established great success with their current product and tend to be a little apprehensive about installing the new Windows.They may have good reason.

The Window Systems they are using now have been around longer, are tested and have been proven to work for the businesses with IT technicians. Many businesses are waiting for the Service Pack 1 to become available before installing Windows Vista.

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