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My macbook Pro 2011 is slowly dying. I've bought a new 500gb samsung SSD to go in there. My friend is telling me to take out the CD drive (as has never even been used) and to add it in that bracket instead and keep both hard drives in my macbook. In one sense Im like yeah that's well resourceful of space, time (not having to move all my files etc) but then Im thinking... that my macbook is going to be HEAVY I don't know what do you guys think? Thanks

I had an issue while connecting my 2 year old HP printer to my brother's laptop that I had borrowed for starting my own business. I used a quick Google search to fix the problem but that did not help me. I then decided to get professional help to solve my problem. After having received many quotations from various companies, I decided to go ahead with Online Tech Repair (http://www.onlinetechrepairs.com/). Reasons I chose them over the others: 1) They were extremely friendly and patient with me during my initial discussions and responded promptly to my request. 2) Their prices were extremely reasonable. 3) They were ready and willing to walk me through the entire process step by step and were on call with me till i got it fixed. How did they do it? 1) They first asked me to state my problem clearly and asked me a few questions. This was done to detect any physical connectivity issues with the printer. 2) After having answered this, they confirmed that the printer and the laptop were functioning correctly. 3) They then, asked me if they could access my laptop remotely to troubleshoot the problem and fix it. I agreed. 4) One of the tech support executives accessed my laptop and started troubleshooting. 5) I sat back and watched as the tech support executive was navigating my laptop to spot the issue. The issue was fixed. 6) I was told that it was due to an older version of the driver that had been installed. My Experience I loved the entire friendly conversation that took place with them. They understood my needs clearly and acted upon the solution immediately. Being a technical noob, I sometimes find it difficult to communicate with tech support teams. It was a very different experience with the guys at Online Tech Repairs. You can check out their website http://www.onlinetechrepairs.com/ or call them on 1-914-613-3786. I would definitely recommend this service to anyone who needs help fixing their computers. Thanks a ton guys. Great Job....!! ID: OTR214402

Hello,I'm using Ubuntu 9.04 - the Jaunty Jackalope released in April 2009 -, since a few years, and I was really glad to have a so good system and did never have any major issues, it was just fantastic... But, since a few months I noticed that I can't install or update any program using the synaptic package manager, my VLC doesn't work anymore, etc. Well, I still using it, and I tried some new distributions like Ubuntu 12.04, which is long term supported... but I didn't find everything I liked in 9.04. As I use it in some old laptops, I would like to find an OS at least as good as Ubuntu 9.04.Which distribution do you recommend me?

I have an old Asus EEE PC (1005PE I think) and I've been considering integrating it into my car. Why you ask? I'll run a GPS on it, while also getting real time MPG, Engine temp, and all that fun stuff. If I get one of these (diagnostic cable/software) along with one of these (laptop GPS Unit). I want to "hypermile" in my 2001 Civic and also get GPS/real time weather. Has anyone done this? What are some things I should consider? The issues at hand now are placement (its a manual), and power (a nice 8 hour battery life, but I often drive 16hr+). Every time someone asks a question like this people respond "why not just by X?" or "this is silly, dont do it!". Ok ok, dont waste our time with assessing my plan, I'm just looking for help executing the plan.

I have started to feel that my battery is reducing the backup time with each passing week. My laptop is about a year and half old and I think it is quite natural for my battery to start wearing at this point of time but just for my knowledge, I would like to know that what is the better way of using a laptop with AC power. I mean to say that What should I do when the battery is fully charged and I am still using the AC power. THe possible options would be: I should remove the battery from the laptop and continue working on AC power I shold remove the AC power (even if it is available) and start using the laptop on my battery until recharge is needed. I should leave the battery in and also keep the AC power plugged in and keep using my laptop this way. Let me discuss each of theshe options separately: The first option ("Removing the battery") is not really a valid option for me because the electricity is not reliable here and you won't know when the power fails. So in this case if remvoe the battery and a power failure occurs, I will lose all my unsaved data and there is likelihood of damaging my hard drive and other computer components. The second option ("I should remove the AC power") is quite valid for me but I don't like it. The reason is that sometimes you won't get the AC power for many hours at a time and if you have already removed the AC power the charge left on you battery is 50% and then a power failure occurs (which do occur all the time), then I won't have much battery backup left to work with and I would be left without any charge after and hour or so. The third option ("keep both battery and AC plugged in") is what I normally do. I have tried to research about using this method and I have become more confused than I was before. There are sites which would tell you that it is a good method and you won't damage your battery even if you keep it plugged in after it has charged completely, but you just have to make sure that the batter doesn't get heated up too much. Other sites would tell you that keeping the battery plugged in (while on AC power) after it has charged completely would damage your battery and you should either remove the battery or remove the AC power. It is very confusing and I am unable to find any authentic information on this subject. SO anyone, please share your views on this and tell me which method you use when you are working with your laptop. For those who might want to help, The laptop I use is HP DV6 3040us and the battery is Li-ion battery.