Month: May 2010

VMWare Reboot

Posted on May 6, 2010 By Scott

For those times when NOTHING will restart your VMWare Win XP virtual machine. This is the equivalent of reaching around the back of your computer and pulling the power cord out of the wall. Do this: Under VMWare Settings, open the Virtual Machine drop down menu. Then hold down the…

Upgrading Your Black MacBook

Posted on May 1, 2010May 14, 2013 By Scott

Are you ready to put your Mac laptop on an iceberg and send it off to the great Apple store in the sky? Has it reached that time in its life when it’s just too old to crunch, flip, burn, batch and boot? If YOU are ready to buy a new…

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