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Review of Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 by Garrick Chow I have been working on web sites for over five years. My first training was at a state university extension class. It was a great introduction but I quickly realized that web site design would require a lot more effort, a lot more books for me to read. Over time, I was amazed at how web site development has changed and for anyone not making a good effort at keeping current; your…
This is an RF mouse, not Blue Tooth. It requires a USB dongle be inserted into the computer which I think is somewhat dangerous as it protrudes just over two inches. The specifications give this mouse a two foot range, I believe. I found that it was often times less than one foot. When playing World of Warcraft the mouse would loose contact causing numerous drop outs. I was embarrassed when I could not help other characters on quests and…
Dear Members (SBMUG), My friend has a G3, 12″ laptop which she feels is overheating. She heard that the problem might be one of three things: The Battery The Fan Dust inside the case. Does anyone have experience with this? Are there members that can fix this problem? Off list replies are welcome. Thanks. David ________________________________ David, Have your friend get this Widget: iStat Pro. It will show the temperatures inside the computer and if the fans are running or…
Product review Date 9/30/07 Manufacturer: Western Digital Model: WD Passport 160 GB/Go Computer used for test: 1.67 GHz PowerPC G4 Macintosh laptop running 10.4.10 system. Review summary: Not recommended for computers that cannot support 500 ma or more of power on the USB bus. As soon as I purchased this hard drive from COSTCO, I plugged this hard drive unit into my iMac laptop USB 2 connector and the hard drive would not mount. It made a clicking noise over…
I was notified at the begriming of June, 2007 that Firefox offered an upgrade. I completed the upgrade and then decided upon including some free accessory software packages to enhance the browser. I noticed that when I went into use WordPress, my formatting tools were missing. I finally decided upon looking at the accessories that I had installed. Right away I chose to look at NoScript. I went into the preferences and decided to add my…
I had to create five edit bays, a few years back, for a Broadcast Journalism program that allegedly got kicked out of a college lab facility for political reasons. Each new edit room was a closet sized room, close to being square in shape which was bad for standing waves. The small size was a problem as each edit bay would have a microphone available for voice overs to video and the close in walls would throw any ambiant sound…
