Drea

Drea is the founder and editor of Tech Leopard and various other blogs. Learn more about her here, visit her personal blog here and connect with her on Twitter at @Starfury.

Tech Survey: 19 Nov 2012

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Greetings everyone! Two glorious weeks of annual leave are upon me again, and apart from the usual stuff that needs done around the house & the copious amounts of gaming I hope to get done during this pre-festive period, I DO have a lot of content I want to get up here on Tech Leopard and on my other blogs. For now, I’m including a little fun in the form of a tech survey which has been floating around & winged itself my way. If the mood strikes, please feel free to comment with your own answers or blog it yourself.

1. What is your favorite Apple product?
MacBook Pro! As pretty as the iMac is, and dinky as the Mac Mini is, I’m still a laptop girl at heart and nobody makes them as gorgeous as Apple.

2. Which version of Mac OS X did/do you enjoy using the most?
I’m outta the loop a little since my main Mac is still an old, late 2007, white MacBook. I started out on Leopard and upgraded to Snow Leopard – this model of MacBook won’t support Lion or Mountain Lion, though if it did I think I’d be seriously enjoying me some Mountain Lion goodness right now.

3. Do you prefer using a mouse or a trackpad?
Mouse!

4. 10-inch tablet or 7-inch tablet?
10’s nice, but 7’s that bit more portable and comfortable to hold in your hand for extended periods.

5. Do you think you could go an extended period of time (4-7 days) without two monitors?
Ooookay now don’t freak out, but I don’t have 2 monitors to use at home. *ducks* I’m still using a single 22″ monitor here hooked up to my gaming PC and my MacBook via a KVM switch. I get to use dual screens in my job now & feel like it’s spoiled me a bit, so hopefully I’ll be able to add a nice new monitor to my current setup someday soon!

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Site Updates: Nov 2012

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Happy November everyone! I trust you all had a good October and a fangtastic Halloween! Again I apologise for the lack of updates, but between having 2 weeks off work where I became completely sucked into Minecraft and my Tekkit server and carrying out my gaming PC’s case swap, I haven’t had the inclination to … Read more

Tech Pickups: Oct 2012

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After a long debate over what to do when it comes to my gaming PC, I’ve held back on frequent urges to blow a load of cash on upgrading the entire thing. It’s 4yrs old, it’s running an old socket 775, DDR2 motherboard in an Antec 1200 full tower case. Let me begin by saying I’ve LOVED the Antec 1200 case to bits, you’ve no idea the geekjoy I’ve experienced over the years tinkering with hardware in it, but alas its time has come. The case is fantastic, but I’ve reached the point where I’m fed up with the entire thing roaring like an aircraft carrier even with the fans on their lowest setting. It never used to bother me that much, but after building the gorgeously, sleek & silent ANBU earlier this year, I’ve come to appreciate the quiet you can achieve with PCs!

Antec 1200 Case
Antec 1200 Case

Since the hardware’s pushing dated, I’m still adamant I’ll get another year out of it, but I WILL be looking at a full, new gaming build next year. For now, I’ve done a bit of a tidy and stuck a lot of old tech, games, etc up for sale to garner some spare cash for future upgrades and just in time for Christmas. Currently, a new Antec 1200 case still gets around £120! Granted, mine is several years old, but I’ve taken very good care of it and at this point in time I’m feeling the need for a change. This won’t be an upgrade, it’ll be an interim case to fit my needs initially and see me through until the new build next year.

Tonight, to this end, I’ve ordered the following goodies:

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