Multimedia-PCs

Lifehacker and Gizmodo posted their Windows Vista score. So I thought I would post mine. This is my work computer. Pentium D, 3GB of memory, 160GB hard drive. The graphics card is what’s hurting me. Since it’s my work computer and I don’t play games for a living I couldn’t [...]

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070130-8730.html
I posted a link here about newegg.com selling Vista Ultimate for $199. There are probably things you should now about that $199 price tag. It is an OEM version of Vista. Not everyone knows what OEM is and what the limitations are. Arstechnica has a post of exactly what OEM is [...]

http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/winvista_which.asp
Paul Thurrott has a very nice post on determining which version of Windows Vista is right for you. I wont go into detail on his thoughts. But if your thinking about upgrading to Vista or buying a new machine because of Vista read the post. He has it broken down into pros [...]

http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/software/win-our-microsoft-vista-swag-bag-232600.php
Gizmodo has a contest where you can win some cool Microsoft products. This includes Vista Ultimate and Office 2007. The above picture is what I decided to submit. I thought about loading up over 100 laptops into XP but I thought the iMacs running Windows looked a little better. I’m just [...]

http://www.lifehacker.com/software/video/edit-recorded-tv-shows-in-vista-movie-maker-232293.php
Lifehacker has a post about using movie maker in windows vista to edit your recordings. This is a good thing if you want to record an entire season and edit it for DVD backup. Since I don’t have vista yet at home I’ll keep everyone posted on tips around the Internet.

http://www.missingremote.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1031&Itemid=1
Over at missing remote there is a post about how to fix commercial skip in Windows Vista. Most people that used MCE 2005 regularly had this installed on their machine. Now you can have it if you have upgraded to vista. He even has directions on how to get it to work with an extender [...]

http://hauppauge.com/pages/support/vista.html
Do you have a WinTV card or thinking about buying one? Hauppauge has a page up that will tell you if your card is currently compatible with Windows Vista. I’m glad my cards are compatible. Now I just need my copy of Vista.

I talk a lot about Windows media center. That’s because I use it and really do like it a lot. Well I can’t have a good multimedia site if I just use one platform. I use Mac everyday but when it came to my digital content I looked to MCE as my [...]

http://www.mini-box.com/
If you want a computer in your car go and visit that site. They have a ton of hardware and cases to choose from. Now you can buy a barebone system for only $395. That’s cheap for what you get. I have been interested in doing this for awhile, but money [...]

We finally got our Nokia N800. We ordered two of them here at work. I have been playing around with it this evening. I’m not going to post a bunch of pictures of it because there are pictures all over the place online. So far I am really happy with it. [...]