• Apple in Shanghai

    Here is where they are in Xujiahui at the Taipingyang Shopping Mall is the Apple outlet on the first floor Macsimum News – People’s Republic of Mac; The East is Mac The East is Mac. I’ve yet to see a place on the mainland where the Mac is more felt…

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  • OK, so here is an interesting shootout, take the Dell XPS 410 that has the Core Duo and compare it with the Apple iMac. The “iMac”:http://store.apple.com/1-800-780-5009/WebObjects/EducationIndividual.woa/6224004/wo/gp2Z3rHpoCgE2Jnw5rC1jaAK5BG/2.?p=0 is $2200, has a 2.16GHz Intel Core 2 Duo with 4MB cache, 1GB of 667MHz DDR2-SDRAM (PC2-5300), 250GB 7200rpm SATA Drive , nVidia GeForce…

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  • We’ll, our primary 75GB drive looks like its failing, I took a new 750GB (!!) drive and made a 700GB data and 50GB system area, but in order to install Windows XP on the 50GB section, I need to make it recognizable. Apparently, only certain types of partitions can be…

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  • Beware of theses guys at “Mobile sidewalk”:http://www.mobilesidewalk.com/ a buddy of mine, Brian, told me about them, I browsed their site and then they asked me for my mobile number. Little did I realize that they would start charging me $10/month via T-mobile for a service I never used. Amazing that…

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  • ipod backup

    “Ilounge”:http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/articles/comments/copying-music-from-ipod-to-computer/ covers iPod backup and copying utilities. It recommends the $15 PodPlus or the 10 pound Podutil.

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  • iPod Speakers

    !http://common.ziffdavisinternet.com/util_get_image/12/0,1425,i=127093,00.jpg!:http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1927961,00.asp * “Think Outside BoomTube H2O1 review by PC Magazine Think Outside BoomTube H201 looks like the Apple Hifi, but according to PC Magazine, this $150 portable sounds much better. It is round and has dual subwoofers (if you can call 2.2 inch drivers subwoofers). * Apple iPod Hi-Fi. Super…

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  • iPod Nano 2G

    Mystery chips, no PortalPlayer inside new iPod nano the new second-generation iPod nano has three Apple-marked chips of unknown origin and no chip from PortalPlayer. According to a Wedbush Morgan Securities report, one of the Apple-marked chips is a Samsung ARM processor, occupying the socket formerly supplied by PortalPlayer. Earlier…

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  • “Lu Bo Lang”:http://www.lubolang.com/ Restaurant (?????) lu4 bo1 lang2 jiu3 lou2 or literally green wave porch) was one of first restaurant we ever visited in Shanghai. It is right next to the famous “Yu Gardens”:http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide-2761741-yu_gardens_shanghai-i and has been host to lots of Presidents most recently Clinton. There is a huge picture…

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  • It is so hard to tell with Dell’s what you are really getting because there are really very few reviews and they are outdated as the hardware changes, still for about $1600 you can get a really amazing machine in china from Dell. Dell Dimension 9200 Product Details Here’s an…

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  • W22n51.sys BSOD

    I tried to upgrade to the latest driver on the Sony site for my VGN-TX140P and there is now something wrong, the Intel Pro Wireless application doesn’t come up and I now will get blue screen of death with a W22n51.sys stop message. Upgrading to the Intel generic driver doesn’t…

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