Category: 669: Snow Leopard Is Coming, What is VRAM?, Repair of the Week, Parallels Desktop 4.0

*Small Dog is donating $10 to the VT Food Bank for every copy of Parallels Desktop for Mac 4.0 sold!* There’s never been a better time to get Parallels for your Mac. At just $69.99, Parallels 4.0 is one of the leading applications available for the Mac. __”It’s an intuitive, easy-to-use vitalization platform for switchers…

Power Mac G5s are becoming increasingly scarce, and other than the occasional liquid cooling system (LCS) failure, we don’t see many in for repair. The other day, though, I received a June 2004 Power Mac G5 with some interesting freezing issues. This machine and its apple desktop connection (ADC)-based display were both checked in and…

One of the hardest differences in computers to explain is the video cards. A lot of companies will expound the virtues of “xyz” video card as a selling point for higher end computers. In reality, this part is not really ever going to be a concern to most average users. I often see the graphics…

In October of 2007 Apple released their fifth revision of Mac OS X; tilted Leopard, it became Apple’s biggest update to OS X since its initial release in 2001. Leopard boasted over 300 new features for both developers and consumers. Time Machine’s automated backups, Spaces’ virtual desktops, and the ability to run Windows operating systems…

Happy Tuesday, We have reached the end of June and Independence Day is upon us. I started the celebration this past weekend by taking my two boys to the Waterbury 4th celebration, always held on the Saturday prior to the actual date. We spent a good four hours in the Rusty Parker Park watching the…