Zac Garrett

I help a ton of random people solve their technology problems. One thing that I’ve picked up on is a lot of odd stats, such as the amount of time it takes to completely infect a brand new computer to the state it has to be worked on. Continue Reading »

David Pogue of the New York Times and blogging fame takes a look at the XO Laptop. For those who have not been following the news of the XO, it is a laptop designed by the One Laptop Per Child Foundation. This computer has been designed from the ground up for children in poor countries.

When you are an early adopter of technology there are a few things you need to know. One of those facts is that the technology you are buying is expensive. The other major fact is that it is going to be outdated quickly. Knowing these two facts going into buying anything technology wise you will save yourself some grief later. Continue Reading »

For the last few years whenever you hear anything about Apple you inevitably hear about Steve Jobs. All of this talk makes me wonder how much influence the man actually has on the products. The Apple community treats the guy like he can do no wrong and that he is the company. Continue Reading »

<p>I hate captchas and think they should be kicked off the internet. </p>

<p><!– s9ymdb:52 –><img width=”290″ height=”60″ style=”float: left; border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;” src=”http://zacgarrett.com/uploads/captcha.gif” alt=”" />To understand my hatred of these one will have to know the definition of a <a href=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captcha”>captcha</a>. They are those little images that one has to type in to prove they are a human. Everyone knows them, but most do not have a name for them. </p> Continue Reading »

In the world of technology today one may wonder if they should build a desktop or buy something from a large manufacturer. The answer to this question can be debated, but in my eyes it is determined by the user’s skill level. If the person is a complete computer novice, then by all means buy a prebuilt computer. It will better suit their needs and not cause a massive headache when it does not function properly. On the other hand, if the user is looking to get the best bang for the buck is building a computer the best option? Continue Reading »

Recently I was in need for an external keyboard for my home system. I was looking at quite a few keyboards on the market, but the issue was almost all of them were for Windows. Being used to typing on a MacBook Pro I decided to go with the new wired keyboard from Apple. Continue Reading »

When you’ve been running OS X with a single gig of ram for the entire time you’ve ran the operating system you start to believe that things are just inevitably slow. Well, I finally went out and got two extra gigs of ram for my laptop, giving it a total of three gigs. Holy flying hippos this computer is fast. The first thing I noticed was about thirty seconds off the boot time. This pretty much cut my boot time in half. Continue Reading »

The last few months Apple has releaed quite a few new gadgets. Most notably is the iPhone and now the iPod Touch. These two devices are very similar in the function of the screen is the main control and both ran on a slimmed down version of OS X.

The problem lies in the fact that they’ve limited the functionality of each of these devices. At this point in time you are unable to create third party applications without hacking the device. People state that Apple does not want to allow third party due to a deal with AT&T. The question is then; why does every other smart phone on the market allow third party applications? Continue Reading »

I’ve been in search of a new mobile phone for quite a while now. Being the geek that I am I had to get the best phone out on the market within a few specifications: not running Windows and not Sony. These rules almost immediately removed all popular phones in the US. Continue Reading »