Computers

Michael Dell vs Steve Jobs

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

In 1997, at the Gartner Symposium and ITxpo97, when asked what he would do if he were in charge of Apple, Michael Dell told a crowd of several thousand technology execs, “What would I do? I’d shut it down and give the money back to the shareholders.” Read more here.
Fast forward to 2008,  during an [...]

2 must-try internet browsers

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008

Well, they aren’t exactly new, but they have been improved from their previous versions. They are Firefox 3 Beta 4 and Safari 3.1.
I have personally downloaded Firefox 3 Beta 4 and tried it out, and it gave me a noticable speed boost. Putting Safari 3.1 and Firefox 3 browser windows side by side and comparing [...]

Snippets about my silence, and insights on Vista

Tuesday, March 4th, 2008

Alright haven’t found much time to blog lately (for 3-4 days already) and due to my crazy working hours… starting at 2 pm and ending at 11 pm everyday. And yes I cannot get up in the morning and usually I get up in time for lunch or for driving lessons (YES I AM ONLY [...]

COOLIRIS PREVIEWS & PICLENS: RECOMMENDED ‘MUST TRY’ ADD-ONS

Saturday, February 2nd, 2008

I want to share a browser feature called Cooliris with all you ErnSheong.com readers! Cooliris is a company founded in 2006 with the mantra “Think Beyond the Browser.” Their headquarters are in Menlo Park, California, and their team consists of seasoned developers, entrepreneurs, and Stanford computer engineers.

Enhance your browsing performance with Cooliris!
The two core products [...]

Apple unveils Macbook Air

Wednesday, January 16th, 2008

Steve Jobs unveiled Macbook Air in Macworld 2008 yesterday. It is 0.76 inches thin and has a 13.3″ screen.
Specs:
1.6GHz or 1.8GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor
4MB on-chip shared L2 cache running at full processor speed
* 800MHz frontside bus
* 2GB of 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM onboard
Storage
# 80GB 4200-rpm Parallel ATA hard disk drive2
# Optional 64GB solid-state drive
Built-in [...]

My Dell Inspiron 630m gets a slight boost!

Tuesday, January 15th, 2008

Bought a DDR2 1GB RAM for my notebook yesterday at Digital Mall, PJ. Noticed a speed bump in my laptop performance, and this brings my total RAM to 1.24GB from the previous 512MB. =) Good to last me for another year or so before i buy a Macbook Pro for my next laptop. Now, I’m [...]

I want a Mac badly

Wednesday, December 12th, 2007

My next laptop would definitely be a Mac.

If I ever go to the US, this could be the Macbook Pro that I will buy. Expensive but loving it! Dreaming about it! (The price is quoted in US Dollars)
Oh no, wait… I also need to get software for the Macbook Pro… which means more dollars. Might [...]