, but sometimes I look over at a Mac and wish I had just a few of their features on my Windows machine. After doing some searching, I have been able to find four applications that give me the few things that I wanted to have on my Windows PC but has traditionally only been available on a Mac.<br>Rocketdock<br><img style=border-width: 0px; src=http://www.makeuseof.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/rocketdock-ss-thumb.png alt=rocketdock ss width=421 border=0 height=314><br>As you can tell, Rocketdock is an application launcher that functions in the same way as the Dock does on Mac computers. I have always really liked the Dock on Macs, because it helped keep your desktop and task bar clear of clutter that can get built up over time. Rocketdock also has several docklets available that allows you to customize it to your liking.<br>RocketDock has been previously mentioned on Make Use Of, such as Tina here.<br>Yahoo! Widgets<br><br><img style=border-width: 0px; src=http://www.makeuseof.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/yahoo-widgets-ss-thumb.png alt=yahoo widgets ss border=0><br>Widgets have always interested me with their ability to keep you up to date on whatever you want while still being hidden behind your desktop. A simple press of a hotkey opens up a world of tools and knowledge. Yahoo! Widgets allows you to bring this functionality to your Windows XP PC. There are almost 5,000 widgets available from Yahoo so you will definitely be able to find what you need.<br>DExposE2<br><img style=border-width: 0px; src=http://www.makeuseof.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/dexpose2-ss-thumb.png alt=dexpose2 ss border=0><br>Expose has always been such a nice feature on Macs that serves as a great alternative to alt+tab. Alt+tab has traditionally served me well, but as I have gotten more and more into being a geek, I tend to have more and more applications open at the same time. This can make alt+tab not as useful when switching between windows or applications. DEexpose2 brings great expose functionality to your Windows computer to give you an alternative to alt+tab.<br>Launchy<br><img style=border-width: 0px; src=http://www.makeuseof.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/launchy-ss-thumb.png alt=Launchy ss border=0><br>Quicksilver was the first keyboard application launcher I ever heard about, but it was only available for Macs. Quicksilver allows users to quickly perform many different types of tasks through just a couple of keystrokes. In early 2007, Launchy was released and brought Quicksilver-like functionality to Windows XP. Since its release, Launchy has received critical acclaim, and it was also recently written about on Make Use Of by Shankar. You might also want to check out Enso Launcher that was covered by Jimmy. We also talked about it in latest MakeUseOf Podcast as well.<br><br>What Mac features would you like to see brought over to the PC?)
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IhavebeenaWindowsuserfromthetimeIwasalittletot.IamstillaWindowsuser(andamperfectlyhappywithit),butsometimesIlookoverataMacandwishIhadjustafewoftheirfeaturesonmyWindowsmachine.Afterdoingsomesearching,IhavebeenabletofindfourapplicationsthatgivemethefewthingsthatIwantedtohaveonmyWindowsPCbuthastraditionallyonlybeenavailableonaMac.
Rocketdock
Asyoucantell,Rocketdockisanapplicationlaunc...[
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Losingyourvaluablefilesasaresultofaharddrivefailure,virusattackorevenaccidentalfiledeletioncanbeverydevastating.Whetherit’syourphotos,giantmusiccollection,importantdocuments-datalossisalwayscostlyandstressful.Harddrivesalwayscrash,it’sjustamatteroftime,thereforeDOregularbackups.Especiallywhentherearesomanyfreebackupsoftwareoptionsthatcanrunregularbackupsautomatically.Justsetitoncetorunsc...[
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 Connecting Port<br><br>This may seem obvious, but you should connect to the internet though an ethernet port, rather than a serial, parallel or USB port. If ethernet is not an option, it may be advisable to update your hardware.<br>(2) Enough RAM<br>Make sure your system memory can handle the load! If you want to browse fast, you will need to close other applications in case your RAM is maxed out.<br>(3) Fast Browser<br>Mozilla based browsers generally are among the fastest browsers, while still being comfortable to use. Whichever open source browser you pick, make sure you don’t overload it with extensions or addons, those will just slow your browser down dramatically. On the other hand, if speed and RAM are not an issue, go for the luxury!<br>Also there are a number of tweaks and addons to increase the speed of your browser.<br>(4) Increase Speed under Windows XP Pro<br>Windows XP Professional reserves 20% of your bandwidth for services like updates or spyware checks. If you would like to exploit this reserve, do the following:<br><br><br>1. Click [Windows] + [R] and type gpedit.msc in the Run window.<br><br>2. Under Computer Configuration expand the Administrative Templates.<br><br>3. Go to Network and click the QoS Packet Scheduler tab.<br><br><br>4. Double-click on Limit Reservable Bandwidth and enable it.<br><br>5. Finally change the Bandwidth limit to 0% and click Apply.<br><br>6. Reboot your computer and enjoy.<br><br><br>(5) Tweak Tools<br>There are a number of programs that promise to increase your internet speed. They may work, they may not. They all apply a number of changes to optimize your network settings. Whether or not they will really improve your internet speed or which one will work the best for you greatly depends on your system, hence it’s difficult to recommend an application.<br>For further reading I will refer you to a set of articles found on About.com. Start with DSL and Cable Broadband Speed Tweaks and work your way through the links at the bottom.<br>Which tools and tweaks worked best for you?)
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DoesyourISPdeliverthespeedyoupayfor?It’srathereasytotestyourbroadbandinternetspeed.However,thereareafewthingstokeepinmind.Forone,ISPsusuallypromisean“upto”speed,soyoucan’texpecttopperformanceatalltimes,that’spartofthedeal.DuringhightraffictimesyourISPwillsufferfromhighloadsandwillcertainlynotbeabletodeliverthemaximumspeed.Thusyou’dbestperformdifferentspeedtestsatdifferenttimepoin...[
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 Connecting Port<br><br>This may seem obvious, but you should connect to the internet though an ethernet port, rather than a serial, parallel or USB port. If ethernet is not an option, it may be advisable to update your hardware.<br>(2) Enough RAM<br>Make sure your system memory can handle the load! If you want to browse fast, you will need to close other applications in case your RAM is maxed out.<br>(3) Fast Browser<br>Mozilla based browsers generally are among the fastest browsers, while still being comfortable to use. Whichever open source browser you pick, make sure you don’t overload it with extensions or addons, those will just slow your browser down dramatically. On the other hand, if speed and RAM are not an issue, go for the luxury!<br>Also there are a number of tweaks and addons to increase the speed of your browser.<br>(4) Increase Speed under Windows XP Pro<br>Windows XP Professional reserves 20% of your bandwidth for services like updates or spyware checks. If you would like to exploit this reserve, do the following:<br><br><br>1. Click [Windows] + [R] and type gpedit.msc in the Run window.<br><br>2. Under Computer Configuration expand the Administrative Templates.<br><br>3. Go to Network and click the QoS Packet Scheduler tab.<br><br><br>4. Double-click on Limit Reservable Bandwidth and enable it.<br><br>5. Finally change the Bandwidth limit to 0% and click Apply.<br><br>6. Reboot your computer and enjoy.<br><br><br>(5) Tweak Tools<br>There are a number of programs that promise to increase your internet speed. They may work, they may not. They all apply a number of changes to optimize your network settings. Whether or not they will really improve your internet speed or which one will work the best for you greatly depends on your system, hence it’s difficult to recommend an application.<br>For further reading I will refer you to a set of articles found on About.com. Start with DSL and Cable Broadband Speed Tweaks and work your way through the links at the bottom.<br>Which tools and tweaks worked best for you?<br>)
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DoesyourISPdeliverthespeedyoupayfor?It’srathereasytotestyourbroadbandinternetspeed.However,thereareafewthingstokeepinmind.Forone,ISPsusuallypromisean“upto”speed,soyoucan’texpecttopperformanceatalltimes,that’spartofthedeal.DuringhightraffictimesyourISPwillsufferfromhighloadsandwillcertainlynotbeabletodeliverthemaximumspeed.Thusyou’dbestperformdifferentspeedtestsatdifferenttimepoints...[
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WindowsVista除了繼承Windows家族一些貫有的快捷鍵外，還新加入了一些新的快捷鍵。下麵這一份WindowsVista快捷鍵大全將幫助你輕鬆使用Vista的快捷鍵。
常規快捷鍵
這些快捷鍵能夠讓你的計算機更容易使用。
Alt+雙擊：顯示選中項目的屬性
Alt+Enter：顯示選中項目的屬性
Alt+Esc：當項目打開時按順序切換
Alt+F4：關閉當前活動項目或退出活動[
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很牛X，利用Google地圖駕車環遊世界
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你或許經常用GoogleEarth“環遊”世界，看到了很多奇觀。你也或許經常玩賽車遊戲，例如極品飛車、拉力賽、F1等等。或許你會抱怨F1遊戲裏隻有不到20條賽道，極品飛車隻能在一個城市裏飆車，你想在全球任意一個角落飆車。顯然對於普通人這是不現實的。那麽，何不將賽車遊戲和Google地圖結合在一起呢？至少能得到精神上的滿足。[
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《PCWorld》網站日前評出了2008年最佳IT產品100百強，結果，蘋果iPhone手機、Facebook和WindowsXP等紛紛上榜。
該評選活動始於1983年，至今已進入第25個年頭。期間，盡管產品名稱或種類不斷更新，但獲獎產品始終是集設計、功能、性能和創新為一體，當然價格也要合理。
排在首位的是新聞集團與NBC聯合推出的視頻網站Hulu，蘋果iPhone位居第二，Facebook網站排名第三，微[
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