I’ve been using Parallels for some time, and as i explained in a previous blog (http://thatcomputerguy.ca/2008/11/19/parallels-desktop-4-for-mac-it-works/) the previous version, Version 3, broke and wouldn’t let me use the same virtual machine in BootCamp and Parallels as it had been doing prior to the WinXP SP3 update. It was rather annoying, so i settled for just [...]
Archive for November, 2008
Parallels 4 – Works for me
Posted: 25th November 2008 by admin in Mac OSX, software, WindowsTags: Mac OSX, Parallels, winxp
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Xbox 360 – Renewed and rejuvinated
Posted: 24th November 2008 by admin in UncategorizedTags: consoles, gaming, microsoft
After our little flood in the basement, we had taken all the electronics out and put them in the loft to dry, in the hopes nothing was damaged, but we were expecting at least the Xbox360 to be pooched, the power brick was sitting in the water and plugged into a surge suppressor that was [...]
Parallels Desktop 4 for Mac – it works!
Posted: 19th November 2008 by admin in Mac OSX, softwareTags: Mac OSX, parallels desktop, winxp
I’ve been a Parallels user for a while now, pretty much ever since it’s first release, mainly because Virtual PC sucked so much – it was brutally slow, and when M$ bought it, it pretty much spelled the end for that app, but i digress… i get so easily sidetracked sometimes, like just the other [...]
Life, it happens. Be ready for it.
Posted: 16th November 2008 by tcg in backupTags: backup, be prepared, hardware, software
I was just opening up my web browser and in the menu bar are all the sites i typically visit daily to keep in touch etc, one of which is a link to this blog. That’s when i realized i hadn’t posted in a while. I know i was redesigning my website (www.thatcomputerguy.org) using RapidWeaver [...]
The final piece in place – for now at least
Posted: 11th November 2008 by admin in blogging, softwareTags: blogging, RapidWeaver, website design
Well,… i finished the importing and recreating of all my old blogs on the weekend. It was an arduous experience, but i wanted to make the switch complete, so i muddled through the monotonous task of copy-clipping the text, the images, etc and reformatting to try to match the original layouts. I’ve been blogging for [...]