Category Archives: Windows

Adobe Audition 3 on a modern Mac

Posted on July 5, 2015 by blogmywiki

I wrote previously about getting CoolPlay to run on a Mac. CoolPlay is WindowsXP software used for playing audio clips, developed for BBC Radio, but it has other uses too, and I don’t know of any Mac software that does … Continue reading →

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CoolPlay for MacOS X

Posted on April 5, 2015 by blogmywiki

What is CoolPlay? A Coldplay tribute band? Well, yes it is – but it’s also a piece of Windows audio play out software written for BBC News between 2000 and 2010. At its simplest, it allows you to load audio … Continue reading →

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Simple dual-boot OSX and WindowsXP on Lenovo IdeaPad

Posted on February 21, 2010 by blogmywiki

If you want OS X running on your Lenovo S10 then a retail copy of Snow Leopard and the Snow Leopard Enabler are clearly the way to go. So far pretty much everything seems to work except sleep and ethernet … Continue reading →

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Triple-boot OS X, WindowsXP and Linux on a Lenovo Ideapad S10-2

Posted on January 5, 2010 by blogmywiki

The aim: to get my Lenovo IdeaPad S10-2 netbook to allow me to boot into Mac OS X, Windows XP or Ubuntu Netbook Remix as and when I need each OS – and to get a nice clean Windows install … Continue reading →

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Why is Windows WiFi so slow?

Posted on October 19, 2009 by blogmywiki

A friend of mine has just bought a netbook – a Samsung… I tell everyone I love my Lenovo and they buy Samsungs anyway – and he noticed how slow its wireless networking was compared to his MacBook. I fired … Continue reading →

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