Monthly Archives: February 2012

Messing about with Ubuntu 11.10 under VMware

I like to mess about with other OSes in my spare time and have recently downloaded the latest Ubuntu release. I’ve been a fan of Ubuntu since about v4, this time around they’ve changed the interface and I was a bit lost… I use VMware Server 2 at home on my Windows 7 “server” as… Read More »

Restoring a MacBook to its former glory….

I’ve learnt some fairly painful lessons today on my Mac, thought I’d share them.. (1) Snow Leopard discs are tied to the model of Mac they are sold with (2) wiping a Macs hard disc doesn’t necessarily remove all vestiges of the previously installed OS. (3) scratched cd and dvd discs are %##}{#%%!!! The key… Read More »