Building a hackintosh — that is, installing Mac OS X on non-Apple hardware — used to require extremely restricted hardware choices and quite a bit of know-how. Now your options are vast and the installation process is fairly simple. With that in mind, here is our always up-to-date guide to building a hackintosh that will walk you through purchasing compatible parts, building your machine, and installing OS X all on your own. Thanks to a new process, it’s even easier than before. More »
ALDI has one of its periodic Medion PC specials tomorrow — an AMD-powered desktop box with a 1TB hard drive, 4GB of RAM and Windows 7. At $499 it looks keenly priced, but could you do better elsewhere? More »
John Linton, the founder of one-time Aussie PC market leader Osborne and more recently of ISP Exetel, has passed away following a stroke. More »
If you have a video game controller that’s worn down so much that the buttons barely work, you can give it new life with a few small pieces of aluminium foil. All you need to pull this off is a torx scredriver (something every techie should have on hand), a hole puncher, and a bit of glue or tape. More »
Overclocking is a great way to eke a bit more gaming power out of your computer, and Windows users have quite a few tools to help them do it easily. Our favourite of the bunch is the insanely easy to use, feature-filled MSI Afterburner. More »
No matter how clean a house you keep, your computers and gadgets are bound to get a little dirty over time. Here’s what you need to clean them, and how to do it without hurting them. More »
Windows: If you use multiple OSes and prefer using an Apple keyboard you’ll know that many Windows key options such as PrtSc do not work in Windows. Apple Wireless Keyboard Helper is a free executable program that restores many of those keys. More »
We’ve looked at how to find the right parts for a hackintosh on your own, but now hackintosh expert tonymacx86 has posted a comprehensive list of builds and parts for creating Intel-based machines of all kinds. It includes a quite a few sample builds as well as a very helpful, long list of compatible graphics cards. More »
If your computer is running a little loud for your tastes, it’s probably because your fans are running at full speed — even if they don’t need to be. Here are a few ways to manage your fan’s speed so they’re keeping your computer cool when they’re necessary and silent when they’re not. More »
