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Written by Carl Campos
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Wednesday, 09 April 2008 13:43 |
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The average desktop PC uses about 100 watts of power while it's running. Computers still take a long time to start up, so I understand why some people leave their PCs on rather than shut them down after every use. But when you start to add up the costs, leaving your computer on actually adds up to quite a bit of money over the course of year. With the improvements in Sleep mode in Windows Vista SP1 and the excellent power management built-in to Mac OS X, you can save money, power and have a PC that starts up quickly. Continue reading to find out how.
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Written by Carl Campos
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Thursday, 27 March 2008 12:47 |
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In my second Mac OS X and Windows integration article, I cover how to add your Mac to Active Directory with Apple's built-in tools. Adding Macs to your AD domain allows users to login to all of your local Macs rather than creating local or guest accounts on every Mac.
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Written by Carl Campos
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Tuesday, 25 March 2008 18:51 |
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Macs are increasing in popularity, and I think that will eventually lead to more Macs running on Windows-based business networks. Running Mac OS X clients with Windows server creates interoperability challenges that I'll address in a series of articles. In this article, I show how to automatically mount a Windows share in Mac OS X Tiger.
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