Hey guys, I got another review for you on the Logitech V220 that I picked up at Staples a week or two ago. I got in in the red. And I must say, I am very impressed with this mouse. I got it because the mouse that I had before it, I made a review on it. The battery died real quick on it because you can't turn it off. So I got this since it's small and the receiver is just like a little flash drive.
The battery life is fantastic. Its supposed to last a few months so will have to see how that goes. And it only takes one battery, I believe it's a AA battery. Another feature that I like about this mouse is that you can slide the usb receiver under it when your not using it, and doing that automatically turns it off. And the next time you use it, you slide the receiver out, and that turns it on, quite nice I must say.
Next, the design is very nice, it has a sleek rubberized ergonomic design, so it fits your hand very nicely. The tracking is great and very accurate, I highly suggest this to everybody.
Here Staples link to it - its the blue flourish design http://www.staples.com/Logitech-V220-Cordless-Optical-Mouse-%28blue-flourish%29/product_792417?cmArea=FEATURED:SC3:CG18
JT
Friday, August 21, 2009
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Review: The Logitech Wirleess Optical Mouse
Hey guys, I got another review here. It's on the Logitech Optical Mouse. The mouse is wireless and once again I picked it up at Target and it was only 17 dollars.
As for stuff you need in a mouse, this one is great, it works perfectly with a Mac. It has 3 buttons and an up and down scroll wheel (Im used to the 360 degree ball of the Mighty Mouse!). It has very nice tracking and there really isn't any big technical problems.
There is one problem that I find with it (and it's partially my fault) and its that the USB receiver is like 2 feet long. So its hard with a laptop to have this huge long receiver. But it's really not THAT big of a deal since I'll only use the mouse if I'm on a desk or dresser, or a good position to use it.
Once again, I recommend this mouse. Especially to the Desktop users, Laptop users, you might want the mouses with the small receiver
Link - http://www.target.com/Logitech-Optical-Mouse/dp/B000RF4PNQ/qid=1247457005/ref=br_1_16/175-8330601-0772851?ie=UTF8&node=15960511&frombrowse=1&rh=&page=1
J.T.
As for stuff you need in a mouse, this one is great, it works perfectly with a Mac. It has 3 buttons and an up and down scroll wheel (Im used to the 360 degree ball of the Mighty Mouse!). It has very nice tracking and there really isn't any big technical problems.
There is one problem that I find with it (and it's partially my fault) and its that the USB receiver is like 2 feet long. So its hard with a laptop to have this huge long receiver. But it's really not THAT big of a deal since I'll only use the mouse if I'm on a desk or dresser, or a good position to use it.
Once again, I recommend this mouse. Especially to the Desktop users, Laptop users, you might want the mouses with the small receiver
Link - http://www.target.com/Logitech-Optical-Mouse/dp/B000RF4PNQ/qid=1247457005/ref=br_1_16/175-8330601-0772851?ie=UTF8&node=15960511&frombrowse=1&rh=&page=1
J.T.
Quick Review: GE All-in-One Screen Cleaner
Hey guys John here, and I got a little review for you here, on the General Electric All-in-One Screen Cleaner.
I picked up the screen cleaner a couple of days ago at Target for only like 5 bucks. And after trying out on my laptop screen, it is a very handy little screen cleaner.
It consists of a cloth like pad that is attached to a thing that holds a bottle of cleaning fluid that contains alcohol and ammonium. Among other things. And after reading this ingredient list, I thought the damn thing was gunna burn my screen. But it really cleans well. There isn't much fluid so you shouldn't use it everytime you clean it, but the cloth alone is great and it gets all smudges off of the computer, I also found it useful on the body of the laptop
The product isn't only for computers. You can use it on phones, tvs, iPods, anything like that. Heck, it actually cleaned off a pair of glasses pretty well.
Great Product, and I would highly suggest it to anybody with cleaning needs.
Here's a link to it http://www.jascoproducts.com/products/pc/viewPrd.asp?idproduct=727&IDCategory=16 its Ten Bucks on this site, so if you want to see it just look here, but if you really want to buy it, I'd say just go to Target.
J.T.
I picked up the screen cleaner a couple of days ago at Target for only like 5 bucks. And after trying out on my laptop screen, it is a very handy little screen cleaner.
It consists of a cloth like pad that is attached to a thing that holds a bottle of cleaning fluid that contains alcohol and ammonium. Among other things. And after reading this ingredient list, I thought the damn thing was gunna burn my screen. But it really cleans well. There isn't much fluid so you shouldn't use it everytime you clean it, but the cloth alone is great and it gets all smudges off of the computer, I also found it useful on the body of the laptop
The product isn't only for computers. You can use it on phones, tvs, iPods, anything like that. Heck, it actually cleaned off a pair of glasses pretty well.
Great Product, and I would highly suggest it to anybody with cleaning needs.
Here's a link to it http://www.jascoproducts.com/products/pc/viewPrd.asp?idproduct=727&IDCategory=16 its Ten Bucks on this site, so if you want to see it just look here, but if you really want to buy it, I'd say just go to Target.
J.T.
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Video Game Survey
How many gaming consoles do you own? I have owned many in my time but I always trade stuff in to Game stop if I don't use it anymore. So right now its PS3 and Wii. I don't use my Wii that much but my dad does
Which console do you use most? Ps3
What was your first one? N64
What do you think is the best game ever made? Socom 2
What is the best console? Ps3
Do you consider yourself a hardcore gamer? To an Extent yes
What is your favourite retro game? Sarges Heros
Which companies do you think make the best games? EA, UbiSoft, Zipper
Which is better the metal gear solid series or halo? Haven't played either but I'd have to say MGS
Playstation 3 or Xbox 360?? And why? Ps3, I own one
What is the oldest console you own? It was a N64 but I recently sent that to Swagbucks
What age were you when you got into gaming? maybe five, six or seven.
How often you play a day? hour or two
Do you play online a lot? Yes
Do you like the wii? No
Do you have figurines of famous game characters? No
What was the first game you played? Pokemon (Sorry I forgot to mention Gameboys, To Lazy to go back and change :\)
Would you like a job in game design? Sure why not
Did you ever go to any game convention? (e.g. Tokyo Game Show) - No
Mario or Zelda? - Mario
Which console do you use most? Ps3
What was your first one? N64
What do you think is the best game ever made? Socom 2
What is the best console? Ps3
Do you consider yourself a hardcore gamer? To an Extent yes
What is your favourite retro game? Sarges Heros
Which companies do you think make the best games? EA, UbiSoft, Zipper
Which is better the metal gear solid series or halo? Haven't played either but I'd have to say MGS
Playstation 3 or Xbox 360?? And why? Ps3, I own one
What is the oldest console you own? It was a N64 but I recently sent that to Swagbucks
What age were you when you got into gaming? maybe five, six or seven.
How often you play a day? hour or two
Do you play online a lot? Yes
Do you like the wii? No
Do you have figurines of famous game characters? No
What was the first game you played? Pokemon (Sorry I forgot to mention Gameboys, To Lazy to go back and change :\)
Would you like a job in game design? Sure why not
Did you ever go to any game convention? (e.g. Tokyo Game Show) - No
Mario or Zelda? - Mario
Bryan's Tech Survey (Courtesy of theCreativeOne)
1. What was your first computer? Did you like it? & what were the specs?
Oh man, I forget what it was it was just some old black and green screen apple that I played a couple games on when I was really young. But the first one I did alot of stuff on was a Aqua iMac G3 (BondiBlue) I don't remember the specs, you could prolly just Google em though.
2. Why do you hate/love it?
I liked it just because it was my first computer, at the end of it's life I hated it just because it's dial up and im sure we all know what a pain that was.
3. What computer did you ever wish to have?
Anything Mac...I guess.
4. Why are you into that kind of brand?
They are the best IMHO and I could go on but you could prolly guess what I would say
5. What is your use for it? Like, what do you usually want to use it for? Editing, Gaming? & Why
I use it for the general stuff like the web browing, email, and iChat. I little Music and editing. I have gotten into gaming more.
6. If you had a choice between a fully loaded Window’s pc and a Mac Pro, which would you pick?
Mac Pro, DUH
7. What is your opinion on apple’s iPhone 3.0 SDK?
It is very nice, although I have yet to download it for my iPod Touch since it's 10 bucks
8. What are your usual everyday tasks’s on the computer? Myspace, Bloging, Email etc.
Forums, Youtube, Email, AIM, This, Facebook, etc
9. Are you an apple hater, or a pc hater?
PC Hater
10. What is your favorite computer accessories company? Logitech, Microsoft etc.
Logitech and Apple.
11. If you have more than one computer, which computer would you pick to be your favorite?
My Macbook Pro
12. What kind of hard drives would you prefer, Internal or External hard drives?
Internal
13. Would you build you own PC if you cant find the right one for you? If so, what kind of specs are you looking forward too?
If I new how to...sure
14. If you had a choice between a 80gb Zune and a iPod Video 30gb, which one would you pick?
IPod Video
15. Are you a desktop or a laptop fan?
It depends. They both have their pros and they both have there cons
16. Which would you rather prefer, a PS3 80 GB, or a 40 GB Xbox 360?
PS3, although I am tempted to try an xbox 360 since I have been playing playstation for so many years now.
J.T.
Mac Tech Survey
1. Blue or Graphite? - Blue
2. Highlight Color - Blue
3. Scroll Arrows Together or apart? - Together (I rarely use the actual arrows
4. If you click on a space in the scroll bar does it go where you click? - Yes
5. Does window minimize when you double click title bar? - Yea, I use it all the time
6. Wallpaper? - Beautiful skylines of Chicago New York Boston and other cities from interfacelift.com I highli recommend this site
7. Screen Saver? Oh one of the ones it came with, I dont remember the exact name
8. Is your menu bar translucent? - No
9. Screen Saver show clock? - Yes but its rarely in screensaver mode/
10. Dock Magnification? - No
11. Where is your dock? - Bottom
12. Genie Effect - Yup
13. Hide Dock - No.
14. Hotcorners - No, I think that they would become annoying.
15. What are your dashboard and expose shortcuts? - Well I have a laptop so they are already the deafaukt F 3 and 4.
16. Spaces? - Yes but I haven't used it yet
17. How many spaces? - The standard 4
18. Are applications assigned to spaces? - No
19. Top five in spotlight? - I don't know what you mean
20. Whats your spotlight shortcut? - None.
More surveys to come!
J.T.
2. Highlight Color - Blue
3. Scroll Arrows Together or apart? - Together (I rarely use the actual arrows
4. If you click on a space in the scroll bar does it go where you click? - Yes
5. Does window minimize when you double click title bar? - Yea, I use it all the time
6. Wallpaper? - Beautiful skylines of Chicago New York Boston and other cities from interfacelift.com I highli recommend this site
7. Screen Saver? Oh one of the ones it came with, I dont remember the exact name
8. Is your menu bar translucent? - No
9. Screen Saver show clock? - Yes but its rarely in screensaver mode/
10. Dock Magnification? - No
11. Where is your dock? - Bottom
12. Genie Effect - Yup
13. Hide Dock - No.
14. Hotcorners - No, I think that they would become annoying.
15. What are your dashboard and expose shortcuts? - Well I have a laptop so they are already the deafaukt F 3 and 4.
16. Spaces? - Yes but I haven't used it yet
17. How many spaces? - The standard 4
18. Are applications assigned to spaces? - No
19. Top five in spotlight? - I don't know what you mean
20. Whats your spotlight shortcut? - None.
More surveys to come!
J.T.
Harry's Tech Survey
This is a tech survey that was circling around Youtube awhile ago. Created by iHarrison30. Taken by famous Youtubers like Jon4Lakers. And I though I'd bring it to a blog. Here we go......
1. What is the main OS you use today - OS X Leopard for Mac
2. How many desktops do you own - One iMac (the white one with iSight) Its the family computer
3. How many Laptops do you own - One 13in Mac Book Pro - My personal computer
4. What is the highest spec system you currently use - MacBook Pro
5. What is the highest spec system you have ever used - MacBooko Pro
6. Which piece of software do you run, that is the most system hungry i.e Photoshop, Final Cut etc. - The Sims 3
7. Software you use for photo editing - iPhoto and PhotoShop altough I rarely use each and I dont have PS on my Laptop yet
8. Software you use for Movie editing - Haven't yet but I plan to use iMovie
9. What is your current web browser - FireFox
10. Is your current browser the best you have ever used, if not; which was - Yes
11. Which do you prefer Mac OSX, MS Windows, Linux, Unix, BeOS or any other - Mac OSX
12. If you have used windows before which has been your favorite version, i.e Win 95, Win 98 etc. - I have never owned a Windows System
13. If you have used Mac's before which has been you favorite version, i.e OS9, Panther, Tiger etc - Leopard for sure
14. Do you have any Tech related qualifications - Hell No.
15. Out of all the technology revolutionaries, who do you most think inspires you. (S. Jobs, B. Gates, S. Wozniak, P. Allen etc etc) - Steve Jobs
16. If you could have any gadget in the world not yet invented to help you what would it be and do for you. - It seems everything has been invented these days....
17. Which search engine do you use - Google
18. What is your favorite Apple product of all time - iPod Touch and Macbook Pro (tie)
19. Have you ever tried a Linux distribution - I hardly even know what it is....
20. Can you program and if so what languages - I know a bit a BBCode just from simple forums
21. Have you ever developed your own Web Page or for another person - Ive tried and may try again
22. Which Office suite do you use, MS Office, Neo, Lotus 123 etc - I used to use office, and I use it at school. But I have iWork on my laptop (Office on the iMac)
23. Have you ever opened a Laptop to repair or upgrade - No but I might in the future
24. Do you own an iPhone or iPod Touch - Touch
25. If you answer yes to above what is you favorite App for the iPhone or iPod Touch - facebook
26. Do you hold stocks with a Technology Company, just Yes or No, no personal details. - No
27. What do you see for the future of Technology. - I see great things, I think everyone will become one with technology
28. Do you have a network running in your Home - I dont think so.
29. Favorite Computer related movie - hmm... idk
30. What is your opinion of the Apple logo - Very nice actually
31. What is your opinion of the Windows logo. - Its alright I guess
32. Do you own a Tech Tool Kit for computers - I think I do although I never use it
33. Which games consul do you prefer - PS3
34. How long have you been using computers for - Ive been using them hardcore since '06 maybe, I've had one for many years before though ('06 is when my family first got DSL)
35. Do you have external Storage backing up your work. - No I may invest in it in the future though.
36. Is your network wireless or hard line - Mostly Wireless
37. Do you use your computer for your main source of income (No personal details) - Oh man I wish
38. Would you class yourself as a Geek - Ha, Yeah
39. Would you class your computer usage as an obsession - To an extend, possibly
40. Have you watched Pirates of Silicon Valley and if so what did you think. - No but I really do want to see it
J.T.
1. What is the main OS you use today - OS X Leopard for Mac
2. How many desktops do you own - One iMac (the white one with iSight) Its the family computer
3. How many Laptops do you own - One 13in Mac Book Pro - My personal computer
4. What is the highest spec system you currently use - MacBook Pro
5. What is the highest spec system you have ever used - MacBooko Pro
6. Which piece of software do you run, that is the most system hungry i.e Photoshop, Final Cut etc. - The Sims 3
7. Software you use for photo editing - iPhoto and PhotoShop altough I rarely use each and I dont have PS on my Laptop yet
8. Software you use for Movie editing - Haven't yet but I plan to use iMovie
9. What is your current web browser - FireFox
10. Is your current browser the best you have ever used, if not; which was - Yes
11. Which do you prefer Mac OSX, MS Windows, Linux, Unix, BeOS or any other - Mac OSX
12. If you have used windows before which has been your favorite version, i.e Win 95, Win 98 etc. - I have never owned a Windows System
13. If you have used Mac's before which has been you favorite version, i.e OS9, Panther, Tiger etc - Leopard for sure
14. Do you have any Tech related qualifications - Hell No.
15. Out of all the technology revolutionaries, who do you most think inspires you. (S. Jobs, B. Gates, S. Wozniak, P. Allen etc etc) - Steve Jobs
16. If you could have any gadget in the world not yet invented to help you what would it be and do for you. - It seems everything has been invented these days....
17. Which search engine do you use - Google
18. What is your favorite Apple product of all time - iPod Touch and Macbook Pro (tie)
19. Have you ever tried a Linux distribution - I hardly even know what it is....
20. Can you program and if so what languages - I know a bit a BBCode just from simple forums
21. Have you ever developed your own Web Page or for another person - Ive tried and may try again
22. Which Office suite do you use, MS Office, Neo, Lotus 123 etc - I used to use office, and I use it at school. But I have iWork on my laptop (Office on the iMac)
23. Have you ever opened a Laptop to repair or upgrade - No but I might in the future
24. Do you own an iPhone or iPod Touch - Touch
25. If you answer yes to above what is you favorite App for the iPhone or iPod Touch - facebook
26. Do you hold stocks with a Technology Company, just Yes or No, no personal details. - No
27. What do you see for the future of Technology. - I see great things, I think everyone will become one with technology
28. Do you have a network running in your Home - I dont think so.
29. Favorite Computer related movie - hmm... idk
30. What is your opinion of the Apple logo - Very nice actually
31. What is your opinion of the Windows logo. - Its alright I guess
32. Do you own a Tech Tool Kit for computers - I think I do although I never use it
33. Which games consul do you prefer - PS3
34. How long have you been using computers for - Ive been using them hardcore since '06 maybe, I've had one for many years before though ('06 is when my family first got DSL)
35. Do you have external Storage backing up your work. - No I may invest in it in the future though.
36. Is your network wireless or hard line - Mostly Wireless
37. Do you use your computer for your main source of income (No personal details) - Oh man I wish
38. Would you class yourself as a Geek - Ha, Yeah
39. Would you class your computer usage as an obsession - To an extend, possibly
40. Have you watched Pirates of Silicon Valley and if so what did you think. - No but I really do want to see it
J.T.
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
The Sims 3
Hello All, John Here. I got a Review for you. And it is on the new Electronic Arts PC/Mac Computer game "The Sims 3"
Now, I haven't been playing this game for all that long (about a week) So this is just kind of a first look.
Anyway. As you could probably guess.... I LOVE this game. It is very entertaining, and there are sooooo many things you can do with it. Lets break it down in to some segments
Graphics - This game has some pretty solid graphics, the people look like actual people. While I could be tacky on some graphic places, Im not because they are very tacky, like I said. I have a NVIDA 9400 GT Graphics Card in my laptop or something like that. So I don't know if that really helps anything or not.
Gameplay - The Gameplay can take some getting used to. This may be a biased opinion since I'm playing on a laptop and I don't have a mouse for it yet. There are alot of keyboard shortcuts that can make life easier though.
Overall - Out of Five Stars, I give the Sims 3 a 4....out of......5
J.T.
Now, I haven't been playing this game for all that long (about a week) So this is just kind of a first look.
Anyway. As you could probably guess.... I LOVE this game. It is very entertaining, and there are sooooo many things you can do with it. Lets break it down in to some segments
Graphics - This game has some pretty solid graphics, the people look like actual people. While I could be tacky on some graphic places, Im not because they are very tacky, like I said. I have a NVIDA 9400 GT Graphics Card in my laptop or something like that. So I don't know if that really helps anything or not.
Gameplay - The Gameplay can take some getting used to. This may be a biased opinion since I'm playing on a laptop and I don't have a mouse for it yet. There are alot of keyboard shortcuts that can make life easier though.
Overall - Out of Five Stars, I give the Sims 3 a 4....out of......5
J.T.
13in Macbook Pro
Hey guys John here, felt like starting a blog, My first entry will be about my new 13in MacBook Pro. I will say I very impressed with it. It is very fast. Even on 2 Gigs of RAM, it still runs Video-Games like The Sims 3. I notice that applications open almost instantly (With the exception of Downloaded ones) It is a lot faster than my famlies old iMac (G5?).
I love the TrackPad, you can press it pretty much anywhere, sure there are some spots where its hard to click. But the new features and the multi-Touch is great.
Although this a great laptop, there are a few Cons, and I will not say price because you get what you paid for and I got something great. First is that the battery life isn't the greatest, sometimes its hard to understand it because I have it set to show the Time left and it seems the times drastically change every minute.
Thats all I have now. If you have any questions or need any advice, shoot me an e-mail at thompson.john.p@att.net or AIM me at urbyballin25jt.
J.T.
I love the TrackPad, you can press it pretty much anywhere, sure there are some spots where its hard to click. But the new features and the multi-Touch is great.
Although this a great laptop, there are a few Cons, and I will not say price because you get what you paid for and I got something great. First is that the battery life isn't the greatest, sometimes its hard to understand it because I have it set to show the Time left and it seems the times drastically change every minute.
Thats all I have now. If you have any questions or need any advice, shoot me an e-mail at thompson.john.p@att.net or AIM me at urbyballin25jt.
J.T.
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