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Apple’s Macbook Pro line of laptops are considered by many to be the cream of the crop because of their unique blend of power, durability and ease of use.
Well, the New 13″ Apple MacBook Pro (#ad) is no exception.
This sleek, yet powerful machine has plenty to offer in a 13 inch laptop.
Do you have a blog that’s powered by WordPress?
If so, you probably know that WordPress is the most powerful and most customizable blogging platform there is.
By selecting a quality theme and customizing it to your liking you can give your blog its own distinctive look and feel – in other words, give it its own personality.
The thing is, to really customize all the various aspects of your blog’s theme you’ll need to make changes to its style.css file.
In a nutshell, the style.css file contains the Cascading Style Sheet (aka CSS) code that controls virtually every aspect of how your blog will look and respond to visitors when they arrive at one of the pages on your blog.
The following short snippet from this blog’s style.css file will give you an idea of what I’m talking about: [Read more…]
The lines between notebook computers and tablets are becoming more blurred by the day.
“Convertible laptops” can also be used as fully-functioning tablets, offering you the best of both computing worlds in a single device.
The HP Elitebook X360 1030 G2 13.3″ Flip Design Notebook (#ad) is one of the more powerful “convertible” notebooks on the market today.
Like other convertibles, you can either flip up the lid and use it like a traditional notebook PC or fold it all the way back and use it as a tablet. The choice is yours.
This little gem weighs in at a mere 2.8 pounds but it packs plenty of power into its relatively small frame. Here’s a quick run-down of what’s inside: [Read more…]
Do you enjoy the retro sound of music played from a good old fashioned vinyl record?
Or do you have a stack of old LPs and “single” records that you’d love to transfer onto CDs?
If the answer to either of these questions is yes, a high-quality USB turntable will allow you to listen to your favorite vinyl records using the latest in modern audio technology.
I have checked out several very nice USB turntables, and one that I really like is the Audio Technica AT-LP60XUSB-GM Turntable. (#ad)
The sound quality produced by this turntable is superb, and the built-in pre-amplifer lets you plug it directly into a set of powered speakers or a stereo system with standard phono inputs. [Read more…]
Regular readers of this blog know I’m always talking about how replacing a computer’s hard drive with an SSD provides more “bang for the buck” than just about any other hardware upgrade you can make.
The only other upgrade that even comes close is a RAM upgrade, and that’s only true if the machine is running low on RAM in the first place.
Luckily, swapping out the hard drive for an SSD in most laptops is a breeze. Since both drives are typically 2.5 inch drives it’s literally as easy as removing the hard drive and installing the SSD in its place. A fast and easy process.
However, that isn’t the case with most desktop PCs. [Read more…]