GoogleTalk Released
If having Yahoo Messenger, MSN Messenger, AIM, ICQ, Ineen (EyeBeam), Gizmo, Skype and Hamachi weren’t enough, Google has just release GoogleTalk. This is Google’s own IM application which incorporates voice capabilities. It is also very closely tied with GMail which is an added bonus. Download it here and give it a try. I believe the service is based on Jabber/XMPP so you can use other clients (i.e. Trillian Pro, Adium, GAIM, etc.) to connect to the service if you desire. The only downside is that Google’s own client is the only one to support voice capabilities.
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Mac OS X on a Dell? It’s true. (Picture & Video Proof)
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Apple announced many weeks back that they were switching to normal Intel hardware in their computers instead of IBM’s processors. It was no surprise to some in the tech industry because it was common knowledge that Apple had a working version of Darwin (OS X Kernel) for Intel processors freely downloadable for quite some time. Having a full version of OS X for Intel hardware (better known as: OSX86) in some hidden lab at Apple wasn’t that much of a stretch but always provided for a good debate.
Is it now possible to ditch your copy of Windows for a brand new copy of OS X? Not if Apple has anything to say about it. Apple has implimented hardware level security that will prevent normal users from installing the operating system on off-the-shelf Intel computers. However, some have managed to break the security and now have semi-working copies on certain types of hardware. The problem now is a wide number of drivers are not in the wild for devices so the chances of having all the hardware working on a given computer is not a certainty. Fortunately, this situation is changing because OS X is based on BSD so some people have began projects to write their own drivers. Below I have included both a screenshot of a desktop and video of an unnamed person dual booting Windows XP and Apple OS X on his Dell laptop. (None of the items are hosted on my server.)
Screenshot (click to enlarge):
Video (hit “play”):
Update (2.19.06): Original host for the video is down. Link updated.
As always, I don’t condone piracy so please don’t do anything illegal.
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JVC 7310 Assembly Sheet and Part Numbers
The JVC 7310 has to be the single best laptop I ever bought. It’s about 2 pounds and about the size of half a sheet of notebook paper. It’s been rock solid for almost 2 years now and I wouldn’t trade the portability for anything. The only two problems that have crept up are a noisy ball-bearing within a fan assembly inside the laptop and screen hinges that are loose. Anyway, I found a spec sheet which shows how it is assembled with part numbers (I’ll be doing the ‘repair’ myself). The file is here.
I have some part numbers (with prices) as well (for my own info, complete list is in the PDF above):
04-N6K1KJPN3 KEYBOARD JPN $190.79 EACH PLUS TAX
13-N6R1AP011 TOP CASE ASSY $118.95 EACH PLUS TAX
13-N6R1AP030 BOTTOM CASE $171.60 EACH PLUS TAX
#37 – 13-N6R10P031
#24 – 70-N6L1B1000P
#18 – 13-N6K10P141
#19 – 13-N6K10L220
#36 – 13-N6R10P081
#17 – 13-N6R1AM010
There are a few reviews on the web worth looking at if you are interested.
Here is a link to buy it from Dynamism or Kemplar.
Note: The JVC 741 replaces the JVC 7310. It has a faster processor (1.1Ghz vs. 1.0Ghz ULV Pentium M), bigger hard drive (60gig vs. 40gig), and faster wireless (802.11b/g vs. 802.11b). If you are technically savvy, the hard drive, ram and wireless can all be upgraded on the JVC 7310 (the cpu is soldered not socketed).
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