Skip to content

Recent Articles

2
gen
apple keyboard

Apple Keyboard Function Keys work on Windows (Apple Wireless Keyboard Helper) | 19 Visite

In my continous seek for the best keyboard for my programming and writing tasks, I’ve become addicted to the Apple keyboard family.

Sleek design, well-separated keys and so on.

But since I’ve been using this kind of keyboards I’ve always had one great regret: not to be allowed to use those practical function (backlight and volume control, process manager, etc.) keys on Windows.

Telling the truth I found and tried a solution that used AutoHotkey, but they required AHK to be installed and configured and, sometimes, it didn’t work at all.

Said that, let’s focus on the news: thanking its programmers, a new tool come to save the day! Read moreRead more

17
nov
UL30A

Finally! Snow Leopard 10.6.8 on my UL30A | 52 Visite

It’s a long time I’ve been trying to install — getting 100% working functionality — Mac Os X on my notebook, the light-weight-shamefully-MacBookAir-imitating UL30A.

The — not particularly MAC friendly – Hardware set is (mainly) composed by:

  • CPU – Intel Core 2 Duo SU7300 1.3GHz
  • RAM – 4GB DDR3-800 (2 DIMMs)
  • Chipset – Intel GS45 Express
  • GPU – Integrated Intel GMA 4500MHD with 64MB dedicated memory
  • Display – 13.3″ TFT with WXGA (1366×768) resolution and LED backlight
  • Storage – Seagate Momentus 5400.6 320GB 2.5″ 5,400-RPM hard drive
  • Audio – Stereo HD audio via Realtek codec
  • Ethernet – 10/100 Ethernet via Atheros AR8132
  • Expansion slots 1 SD/SDHC/MMC/MS/MSPRO/xD
  • WiFi - 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi via Atheros AR9285
  • Trackpad – Elantech trackpad with multi-touch scrolling
  • Camera 0.3 megapixel webcam

Read moreRead more