About Computers: Happy Earth Day

Computers In the Spotlight | More Topics |   from Paul Gil Happy Earth Day, readers! I had a funny conversation with an environmental advocate at work yesterday. He was working on a PC, but had wallpaper from an Apple Mac. I asked him: "is Apple a proponent of environmental awareness?". Suffice it to say, he kept me in his office for another 30 minutes to explain Apple's green hardware to me.   In the Spotlight Is Mac Pro the Right Power Desktop for You? The Mac Pro is an 8-core powerhouse desktop, expandable to 32 GB of RAM, with 11 hard ports for Firewire and multiple USB peripherals. The 8-core system fully supports multiprocessing, which means graphics and media software run dramatically faster. This is definitely a powerful machine worth looking at. Read more about the Mac Pro here...              More Topics Celebrate Earth Day by Recycling an Old Computer PC Hardware/Reviews What Is (and Isn't) Graphics Software? Graphics Software How Pros Search Effectively at Google Google Beware: Facebook "Profileye" is a Worm Personal Web Pages Youtube, Explained Google The 2% Business Model of Spam Internet/Network Security Which PC VoIP Service Do You Like the Most? Voice Over IP Apple's iMac: a Computer for People Who Just Want to Compute Being a PC person often means that you have to tinker with hardware, and constantly deal with the instability of connecting this XYZ component with that ABC component. The Apple iMac was made for everyone else: no tinkering required, just start it and begin computing. If a no-tinkering machine sounds appealing, then definitely check out this About.com profile of the Apple iMac computer...   Run Windows or Linux on a Mac PC users find Macs attractive, but are reluctant to give up what is familiar to them. But if you like the look and ergonomics of Macs, you'll be pleased to know that Macs also run Windows and Linux quite well. It's called "virtualization software", and it works like this...     Sponsored Links   Best Moves in a Bad Economy Save & Invest the Right Way Find out how to beat a bear market, make smart choices, and keep your cool even when the economy is unpredictable. Computers Ads Earth Day Facts Apple Mac Computers Mac Software Computer Worm Virus Mac Laptops Advertisement     Visit Related About GuideSites: Business Software Email Internet Conferencing Personal Web Pages Shareware/Freeware Web Clip Art Web Search     Search About      Sign up for more free newsletters on favorite topics. You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About Computers newsletter as johnson398@GMAIL.COM. If you wish to change or remove your email address, please visit: http://www.about.com/nl/usgs.htm?nl=computersl&e=johnson398@GMAIL.COM About respects your privacy. Our Privacy Policy. Our Contact Information. 249 West 17th Street New York, NY, 10011 © 2008 About, Inc.