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Display Name: jdechko
Member Since: 3/18/11

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While I agree that in some instances, the "champ" isn't the best selling device in that segment, the premise is still valid. For every device in "A", there is at least one alternative (contender) in "B". The word "Champ" is figurative in this case.


The Apple Hater’s Buyer’s Guide
8/11/11 3:10 PM

This is why I wish more retailers (electronics or not) would be like Apple and offer to email you a copy of your receipt. A lot of retailers already have your email address to send you promotions, so why not take it half a step further and offer to send a copy of your receipts. The storage space is effectively free.


How Long You Should Keep Tech Receipts
7/28/11 1:20 PM

jmorey, Yeah, the article should have said that the operating temperature should be between 50 and 95. But I live in the PNW and it hardly ever gets above 95 (maybe for a week out of the whole year), so no biggie.


Why You Might Want to Leave the A/C On During Vacation
6/30/11 12:40 PM

About 4 months ago, we bought a Brother 2270DW for the Home. It includes automatic duplexing like the one above, but it's wireless.

We started printing pictures from Walgreens instead. Probably cheaper than printing them from home and its easy to upload them to a different Walgreens (like in another state) for family members to pick up.


Why a Monochrome Laser Printer Might Make More Sense
6/28/11 6:52 PM

I know this is weird, but one of my favorite things about my job is my Aeron chair. I love mine so much that I want one for my future home office.


How to Pick the Perfect Home Office Task Chair
Lifework
6/3/11 3:41 PM

Several newer wireless routers have guest networks. Check to see if yours is set up and have the password already written down for your guests. If they've got a laptop or smartphone it makes it much easier. Also, one tip I recall reading is to have simple instructions written down for how to operate the TV/DVD/Xbox if your guest will be at home without you.


4 Tech Preparation Tips When Hosting Overnight Guests
5/12/11 2:29 PM

I know my system allows me to increase or decrease channels independently to allow for a non-perfect speaker placement. The other effect of this is that you can increase the volume of the center channel independently. My system goes from -6 to +6 so my Center channel could be a whopping 12db louder than my other speakers.


Maximizing Dialogue Without Maxing Out the Volume
5/4/11 11:23 PM

I agree, while this is good advice for say, someone with a netbook, this makes little sense for anyone with a desktop or a laptop with a big enough hard drive. Mechanical disks are cheap storage, and cloud services are getting better too.

If you've got a desktop at home and constantly carry a laptop with you, there are a ton of ways to get back at your data without carrying it everywhere.


Use Your iPhone to Save Space on Your Laptop
4/18/11 7:34 PM

We are moving in a few weeks and our Comcast digital cable won't be coming with us. We will still have basic cable as the price for Internet alone is the same price for Internet + Basic Cable. Which is good for the few network shows and news/weather. Still, we only watch about 2 shows a week now that we have Netflix.

Netflix's on demand stuff is great because it's got a ton of kid's stuff (like Phineas and Ferb), and between Hulu and Netflix, there's more content than we need. We set up a Plex media server on the MacBook Pro, and added a ton of plug-ins, including Hulu. Throw in an HDMI adapter and with this setup, about the only thing we will be missing is live sports.


Why We Cut Cable And Aren’t Looking Back
4/13/11 6:54 PM

Unfortunately, Disk Utility won't do an incremental clone the way that CarbonCopyCloner or SuperDuper! will do. CCC and SD! are additionallly useful for having a working, up-to-date clone of the system in case the hard drive dies in the middle of something.


Mac Hard Drive Cloning the Easy Way...
3/18/11 6:50 PM