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Me and a Mac

The words I never expected to speak. I might be buying a Mac. I have been reading a lot about them lately and have actually even changed my desktop theme over to mimic a OSX theme, including the dock at the bottom. Its actually pretty cool.

So obviously the first Mac I looked at was the new Macbook Air. I am not impressed at all. The lack of an optical drive makes no sense to me. We have not yet reached the age where these are no longer needed. Granted a lot of applications can now be downloaded but Im not yet comfortable with that idea yet. The lack of multiple USB ports is another kicker for me. I use multiple USB devices and one port just doesn’t work for me. I shouldn’t have to buy a separate USB Hub just to use certain devices. And I know Wifi is huge and getting bigger and better these days but not having an Ethernet port!!! Not Cool Apple.

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Call of Duty: World at War

The Call of Duty series is back after an award winning Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, with Call of Duty: World at War. Not much has been released in details yet, but it appears to be set in either the Korean War Japan or Vietnam. Is this a good move for the CoD series. After the much praised Modern Warfare, most people expected a follow-up in the same era. I am curious to see how this will play out in the minds of gamers around the world. It is to be released on the XBox 360, PS3, and PC on an as yet unreleased date.

Check out the trailer below and tell me what you think.

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Are You 3G?

Im not going to write a long drawn out post about the new iPhone 3G. Its pretty simple. It has built in 3G network capability. Wow, Great, Wonderful. Yes there are other new features too, but my understanding is those features will be available on the current gen iPhones. I don’t want you to think I am dogging the new or original iPhone, but I do want to give you a heads up. Not everyone will have 3G capabilities. Do you?

Before you go and drop your cash on a new phone, make sure your area has 3G coverage. Go to this link and check your area. Its simple. If you do have coverage then great. I would recommend that if you already have an iPhone and are happy with it, then don’t bother unless you have the funds to throw away, but if you are in the same category as me, those without iPhones, then maybe the 3G is the right one for you.

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Firefox Download Day

With release candidate 2 for Firefox 3.0 just being released, it shouldn’t be much longer until we are blessed with the greatness that is Firefox. Mozilla is trying to set a new world record with the most software downloads in one by staging “Download Day” for the official launch of Firefox 3. The date has not yet been set but as mentioned before it should be soon.

Some of the new features include “one-click bookmarking, the smart location bar and lightning fast performance.” Security is also being amped up for the new release. “Firefox 3 includes phishing and malware protection, plus new instant site ID info.”

It couldn’t be better.

*Facts for this post were pulled directly from here

-TheYoungGuy

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HBP Giveaway or Sale?

So I won’t lie to you all, I am thinking about ways to generate more traffic to my RSS Feed. I have been thinking of ways to create returning readers and commentators. So something came to mind. I just rebuilt my PC. I was sitting here looking around the room and it caught my eye, every piece of hardware that I just removed from my PC (all still good and running great) sitting there waiting to be put back into action.

So here is what I am thinking. I can 1) rebuild a new PC with those parts, 2) sell the parts individually or together, or 3) I can have some sort of contest on my blog(s) to giveaway each piece of equipment. Here is the list of parts below:

• Motherboard: ASUS A8n-SLi Premium
• CPU: AMD Athlon X2 4800+
• Graphics Card: Evga 7800 GTX KO
• Power Supply: Ultra Xfinity 600 Watt
• RAM: 2.5 GB or Corsair DDR w/ heat spreaders

Total value of the whole package is approximately $903.00 retail cost brand new. Each piece was used for approximately 1 year and never overclocked. The package together ran Crysis on mid settings smoothly on Windows XP Pro. If anyone is interested in purchasing the total package please email me at TheYoungGuy@gmail.com or leave me a comment on this post.

Otherwise I will base my decisions on what to do with this stuff on the comments you all leave on the site. So its up to you to tell me which of the 3 choices I should make. I look forward to hearing your opinions.

-TheYoungGuy

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Guitar Hero With Drums

Its now official. The next version of Guitar Hero will have drums and more. There are actual raised pads to resemble cymbals. I mean whats next, double bass? I can’t say anything more about this new addition that this video doesn’t. So Check it out.

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