Recent content by Mike Friesen

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    Installing OS X on a Macbook via flash drive.

    Hi, a friend gave me a 2010 macbook pro that would crash upon boot in hopes that I could repair it. It wouldn't boot to the desktop, but we could still get into disk utility, and it showed the laptop's hard drive was corrupted or not working properly. I tried to repair the disk but the disk...
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    Laptop for $300

    Yes, but barely. The celeron is an intel atom based part with only 4 eu's. It'll push only ~20 to 35 fps in minecraft, and it'll do slightly better in lol. Edit: those two were used. Sorry. Actually, if you don't mind giving your money to best buy, things are cheaper there...
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    Alienware Alpha Game Console Hits This Holiday for $549

    REALLY??? They put the amount of g-ram over which gpu it is?
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    ICE's xPC: The Smartphone-Sized Computer

    Smartphone sized computer... Reeally? I'm pretty sure they'd pass the Turing test too, just saying.
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    U.S. Charges Chinese Army Officers With Cyberespionage

    227 possible years for hacking??? Ridiculous. Man I'm glad I live in Canada. (So long as I don't anger the states)
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    Looking to buy the Nexus 5

    Well, the nexus 5 has a slightly shorter battery life and worse camera, but is significantly cheaper. However, the nexus also comes with 'stock' android 4.4, and awesomely fast updates. The G2 also has buttons on he back, a turnoff for some people. Really, they're both good phones, but as a...
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    6 Reasons the Tech Companies' 'Reform Government Surveillance' Effort Will Fail

    I like how Americans talk about their Constitution with a capital C. (sarcasm) So here are my rants against the American ideology. It's a freaking piece of paper! Yes it was awesome that they drafted up a bunch of rules to hold people's rights, and tradition has followed, etc, but (here's the...
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    Tech Giants Launch Site for Government Surveillance Reform

    I like how Americans talk about their Constitution with a capital C. (sarcasm) So here are my rants against the American ideology. It's a freaking piece of paper! Yes it was awesome that they drafted up a bunch of rules to hold people's rights, and tradition has followed, etc, but (here's the...
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    How to Hack Other People's Drones for Less Than $400

    Haha "So, my drone is flying around, finds drones, takes them over and then begins controlling them under my command," that is the coolest thing i've heard all day.
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    Vuzix Smart Glasses Beat Google Glass to Market

    Wrong article and I can't delete arrgh....
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    Vuzix Smart Glasses Beat Google Glass to Market

    "like a wrestling match or a Michael Bay film" hahaha
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    Review: 'BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea – Episode 1'

    Tom37, I don't know about you, but few cars, especially new ones, cost less than $5600.
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    Best Smartphones on the Market Now

    The Note 3 has a better camera than the iphone 5s, and where is the Sony Z1? Best camera on a premium phone, and tied for the fastest chip, etc.
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    Best gaming laptop around $600

    Try to get something with an A10 processor. If you want to splurge, the y510 and y410 can be bought from lenovo for $750, roughly. That gets you a 755m, able to handle tomb raider on med/high settings. It's the cheapest true GAMING laptop, other laptops, with an a10 or a8, will play games on Low...
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    Buying my first gaming laptop! Budget: $2500

    A portable 15.6" gaming laptop? Unless you want to go for some 'slim' gaming laptop with a gtx 765m, I don't think there is such a thing. And for that kind of money, a gtx 765m might not be the performance you're looking for, because it has the performance of a radeon 7770, which costs ~$100. I...