I am used to Ubuntu, I like it, I know my way around it. I am looking forward to upgrade my work laptop. I find the awesome hardware that a Macbook Pro is made of, a turn-on. Now, having never used a mac before, I'd like to know how easy it is to move my development environment to a mac from being on Ubuntu. My work is primarily web ...
I am using compaq presario cq40 laptop with windows seven ultimate(32-bit OS). I would like to access the 15 pin VGA port using Matlab (preferrably using the Data Acquisition Toolbox). Do I require extra drivers or should download anything from Mathworks.com ?? I have already developed a program for sending digital signal through parall...
Possible Duplicates: Which Laptop and spec , suitable for SQL Server , Programming ( Visual 2003 and Object Oriented ) and designing dynamic web laptop brand, screen size, keyboard etc. for Programming What is a good laptop for a Java programmer? I am asking this question here since I would like to get some feedback from...
What I'm looking for is a device that does the following: One end has a male VGA and a USB cable. This end gets plugged into any pc or server device that has the correct outputs. The other end is just USB and gets plugged into a laptop cable. In between is a "something" that grabs the VGA output and can pass USB back to the target fro...
Ultimately I want to determine if the machine my program is running on is a laptop or desktop. I'd like to do this with JNA and msn's PowrProf lib, GetPwrCapabilities Function using the LidPresent flag. Part of the SYSTEM_POWER_CAPABILITIES struct (which is the argument for the GetPwrCapabilities method) BYTE spare...
My laptop (HP DV-1211tu series) is more than 1 year old but was working fine. Then about couple of months back, there appeared ONE vertical line on my screen and I was told that I might have to change the screen!! So I ignored it and continued to work on my laptop. In the past week though there have been more lines appearing and its abou...
Most IBM (and some Dell) laptops have built-in accelerometers to stop any moving parts during a sudden fall, but I was unable to find a standardised Windows API to access this data. I assume that each manufacturer would provide a driver to interface with the sensor. Which popular laptop brands come standard with accelerometers accessib...
My laptop has a microphone in it. Is there any method of obtaining numbers in Python from it? For example pitch, volume, or the duration of a noise. I'm trying to use ambient noise to create random numbers. ...
I remember, earlier CPU speed was the most important thing. But today I am confused. Which features determine the most if a laptop can smoothly run Eclipse with lots and lots of projects open? CPU clock speed vs number of cores? What is faster, 4 cores at 1 Ghz or 2 cores at 2,3 Ghz? Which configuration needs more power = less battery...
Hi , I wrote simple audio playback application on c++ via latest DirectX SDK. On PC it working fine (Windows xp, Vista, Windows 7), but when I execute application on laptop it produce only silence. What differnce between audio on PC and laptop? ...
I have two laptops here. One is running Vista, the other Windows 7. I need to get the specifications on the batteries in both, how do I go about that? The reason I'm asking is that I'd like to know if they're lithium ion or something else. Supposedly other types of batteries may have adversely affected charge capacities if left plugged...
but a repair on key popping off a laptop keyboard is under warranty? ...
Hi everyone, I am using visual studio 2008 and developing a windows forms application in C# using .net 3.5 I am doing serial communication and on a button click the application getting a list of all the comm ports available. I then scan for the device i am looking for by opening each port in turn, sending my custom handshake request c...
what configurations can make differ between a local host server like phpMyadmin and a web hosting server is it possible or convenient if a laptop [instead a desktop computer] is converted into a serverHost is there a php script provided for an automatic backup or sync of files in a web-based application, which is better? running the co...
Hi All, I am not able to on my laptop. I am using 30 days trail OS.Now I neet product key of Window Vista premium. Please provide product key. ...
My Acer Aspire Laptop is unbootable. I'm trying to reinstall Ubuntu 10.04.1. Boot options accessible OK via F2. In fact, it still leads me into the olg grub2 menu, but I can't use any of the options because of corrupted installations on the various partitions (hence my wish to reinstall). Any type of LiveCD hangs in the middle of the ...
I want to do some home development with SharePoint 2010. This requires a 64 bit computer, and hence a new computer for me. I also like to do my development in VM's - I've found that VS 2010 on a VM runs nicely, and keeps down the amount of "clutter" in the development environment. So, on my new computer I would like to run several ser...
I need some advice on Dell laptops - what are your experiences (Oct 2010)? I am looking for a heavy-duty laptop (sorry, has to be Dell) for software development. I need high CPU throughput due to client-based development like Silverlight. I using all of the MS stack tools. Any and all advice will be greatly appreciated. ...
Hello, i am a developer who use Visual studio 2008 C# for my works. i am using my own laptop. the question is what is the proper power option that i can use to increase the lifetime of laptop ? as you know the laptop is on and working for over 15 hours a day. so i think taking the proper power option is important . Thanks. ...
I have a Windows Vista Sony Laptop. When I turn it on, the screen shows up for one second and then disappears and never comes back. Can anybody help me please. I really need your help. Thanks. ...