That's true, but it's rare that the whole system fails at once. I'm not saying it's foolproof, because nothing is when it comes to tech. I guess RMAs are kind of a huge pain in the ass, and being able to go to the apple store and complain is nice. It's a labor of love, but one that anyone with minimal knowledge can…

It's a lot of fun, and extremely educational, and overall simple. If you can use a screwdriver and read instructions, you can build an insanely powerful computer for very little money.

If you had a mac that was running os 9, this would be a problem. Also try running OSX Snow Leopard or Lion on a PPC mac. Not possible, while you could run XP on a very old x86 machine. Why are Apple users so ignorant (long time Apple user here, so no it's not about being a fanboy)?

This is actually a favor MS is doing for lots of large enterprises and government systems around the world, because they warned them years ago that the OS would be at end of life. I would hardly call it a bribe, they are paying for continued support. Think about it like if you had a 13 year old toaster that had a long…

To access the Ctrl panel easily: Windows logo > type "cont" > right click control panel icon > "pin to task bar" > windows logo + whatever number in the sequence the icon for ctrl panel is in on the task bar. if it's the first, windows logo + 1, the second then windows logo +2, etc. you can do this for any of your…

It's funny how many people don't realize this. You just can't click on the endpoint of the path you want to go to (otherwise it will take you there), click on the outer edge, same exact function as XP. People are dumb.