Maxtor BlackArmor Portable Hard Drive

For those who wanted more space for personal files, music and videos, here’s another external hard drive to watch out for. It’s Maxtor BlackArmor, which incorporates Seagate’s hard drive. What I like about this external hard drive is that it has a backup software, in order for users to trust their hard drive in keeping valued files. Not only does a user entrust its files but surely the hard drive repays the trust by properly creating a backup of the files that is added on it. This feature of the Maxtor BlackArmor gives an edge over other external hard drive available on the market today.

The Maxtor BlackArmor also provides users with an encryption, wherein they have the option whether to allow password or not. Now, that’s not only keeping data but protecting it from undesired use. The design itself is elegant and provides users with 5400 rpm bus rate. The capacity is up to 320 GB, as of now.

For more details on this product, click here.

HP TouchSmart IQ504t series

“The PC is personal again”, this is the tag line of HP to their new TouchSmart PC series. I really like this PC! If I had the money, I would buy one of these (totally!). Why? It uses the touch screen technology and also wireless technologies to the keyboard and mouse. The CPU case is built-in in the PC’s monitor. It uses Windows Vista and HP’s own software (for the touch screen capability, image editing, video recording, and many more). It has a cool, stylish all black design!

Oh wow, how I wish I could buy this PC. I’ve always wanted an all-black colored PC, but this is so stylish and so cool to use! If you’re also interested in this TouchSmart PC, you can go to HP’s website to view the product information, or you can click here, to go directly to the products’ page.

Sony VAIO's PC/TV All-in-one Desktop

This is Sony’s new VAIO Desktop, the VAIO LT Series PC/TV All-in-One. It is new from Sony, and it has a cool design, adapting wireless technology, and it’s a PC and at the same time a Television. How cool is this new VAIO Desktop? Well, besides from using Wireless keyboard and mouse, it also has a very slim 22” monitor that can be mounted on the wall or you can use the stand behind it. It has a build in camera and microphone, it has card slots and CD drive. Looking for the CPU case? Take a look at its monitor, there, there’s the CPU case you are looking for. It does not occupy a lot of space since the CPU case and the monitor are put in one place.

Okay, I won’t tell you everything about this new product by Sony, just go to their website to find out more about this Sony PC/TV all in one.

Click here to go to the product’s page.

My New External Hard Drive

What you see right here is my new external hard drive. It’s very different from what I have really wished for, but, I am really happy having this, because it was a gift from my parents for my birthday (weee!). Before, I have posted here that I was wishing to buy a Western Digital MyBook Essential or Western Digital Home Edition with a capacity of 320 GB. However, due to an insufficient source, I wasn’t able to get one! Insufficient since I was not really entertained well by the seller, I won’t tell the whole story, but one thing is for sure, I was really disappointed. Oh well, no bothers, since I have what I have really wished for, and that’s an external hard drive.

This external hard drive has a 320 GB Seagate Barracuda, and an HD Enclosure. It only cost Php 3,800. And now, I’m enjoying saving a lot of files, especially movies, and music on my external hard drive.

Gigabyte Motherboards

When I was still in high school, our computer got screwed up, and the motherboard was the one that was really destroyed. So, we have no choice but to buy another one. During those time, I haven't got the idea on motherboards, or any computer parts. We asked a computer technician to buy a durable and long life motherboard. So, he did. But apparently, I was shocked, because the motherboard was too expensive. Eight months later, our pc with the new motherboard got screwed up again!

Now, that I'm an IT student, I realized how stupid we were. There's a lot of motherboards out there, that aren't too expensive, and are of best quality. And the one that I recommend is Gigabyte motherboards. Gigabyte motherboards are best for normal PC units, heavy duty PC units, and absolutelu fit for one's gaming PC. It has the newest technology for motherboards, which also includes a cool design, low temperature, low power loss and has a longer life.They have Intel and AMD compatible motherboards.

For those who wanted to know more about Gigabyte motherboards, click here.

For current models, (gamer's choice), click here.

Western Digital External Hard Drives

For a couple of days now, I have been looking for good quality hard drives, that comes in a cheap price (reasonable cheap price that is). I have planning to buy an external hard drive for almost a year now, but I haven't bought one because I haven't got enough money! So, I asked my mama if she can give me one, as a birthday gift. And luckily, she agreed! Yes! I can finally have my own external hard drive.

So, to have an idea on what to buy, I have searched through the world wide web, looking for best quality hard drives. I have visited a lot of online markets, namely tipidpc.com, pcbodega.com and davaosale.com. Finally, I have decided what to buy. Actually, I have decided on the brand, but haven't decided on what model. It's Western Digital's My Book Essential Edition 320 GB, or My Book Home Edition 320 GB. They have different prices, and a little difference in their specifications.

Why have I chosen this? Let's see:

• It's quite cheap (3950 for the Essential Edition and 4850 for the Home Edition)
• It has a shock proof enclosure
• Nice black color
• Compatible with Windows and Mac
• Easy to use (according to users)
• A nice design
• The My Book Home Edition has FireWire, perfect for Macintosh
• The My Book Home Edition has an indicator of how much of the hard drive is used
• The My Book Home Edition has an automatic back-up
• It turns on and off with the PC
• Portable
• And.. It is recommended by users

So, if you are also looking for an external hard drive, I recommend the brand Western Digital, and My Book Essential and My Book Home Editions, for basic use of storage.

If you click here, you can see there's a lot more models you can choose from. And.. they have 1TB and 2TB capacities! You can also go to the online markets I have mentioned (preferably for Filipino buyers).

Western Digital My Book Essential Edition

Western Digital My Book Home Edition

Adding Desktop RAM to your PC

As the technology world continues to grow, and is still one of the best fields in business right now, users, such as myself, wanted to cope up with changes that each of these technologies has to offer. And one strategy to cope up with the changes is getting to upgrade, especially if you’re really obsessed with the technology that you are using. Let’s take for example, computers, men or women, young or old, expert or not, what computer enthusiasts want for their personal computers is that it has something to brag about. What is something to brag about is the speed, the capacity, the interface, the looks, and all of that stuff. Because one is so enthusiastic about upgrading, he is also enthusiastic on searching for resources of computer parts, and the best ones are the most reliable and, maybe the cheapest, considering the quality of course.

Let me share with you this site that offers great deals of memory. Since adding computer RAM is one of those that we look for, especially in upgrading our personal computers. They have a lot of memory deals, like if you want to add iMac memory for your Apple computers, for a much greater memory capacity of running several applications, like your iTunes, Safari internet explorer, your word processing applications, games, and a lot more. Or if you can choose DDR PC2700 Memory, with a 1 GB capacity, you can even browse through to other memories available on the site. They offer great deals, and a reliable source, indeed.

(OFF TOPIC) Defense Mechanism Slides

To the class of PSY 111, code 1-231, schedule of 7:40 am - 8:40 am, at room F709:

You can download the "Defense Mechanisms" slide presentation, here.

You can also go to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defense_mechanism for further readings on the topic.

Go to http://www.advisorteam.com/temperament_sorter/register.asp for the Keirsey Temperament Sorter Test (Assignment).