Something on my mind...

    Lately I have been thinking about multiple things for a new project to work on during my off time.  I have been thinking about buying an old MacBook pro and building it back up to its former out of the box condition. I was thinking maybe a 2015 and older MacBook Pro. Finding devices that old can be tricky since they are either so beat up they can't be repaired, on the other note they are still somewhat expensive. Other than that, this is all for now. 

It has been awhile....

It has been awhile since I last posted anything on here. There are some new things I have tried and some things I am willing to talk about. 2 years ago I installed MacOS Mojave on my 2008 Apple MacPro. I so far its still going strong. I also purchased a MacOS flashed Nvidia graphics card. I believe it is a Nvidia GTX 650 or something like that. It is not the best of the best but it is doing what I want it to. I have also started my own GTA V RP server for PC gamers. So far it is still in development. Most likely going to open the server in the next few months. Working out some the kinks with the little time I have between school and work. I have reviewed a new device recently. The device is a Lenovo 300e 2nd Gen Windows device with the AMD CPU and sadly 4GB of DDR4 RAM. Overall it is really a solid device and portable. This device is perfect for the college student that needs a laptop small and light. It has enough horsepower for web browsing and word processing. The way I am using this device is making it struggle a little bit. I am using multiple web browsers, word documents and occasionally playing Sim City. With everything this device has been thrown at so far is handling it really nicely other than the gaming. Well that is all for now! 

My Experience with Windows

Ive started using windows my 6th grade year which was 2012-2013, I got introduced to windows 7, then Windows 8.1, then  Windows 10. My experience with windows 7 was the best experience anyone who came from the Mac OS X operating system could ever come to. When I started using Windows 7 I had a basic idea how to navigate through the different menus and little shortcuts that Windows users would know. To this day I still have at least 1 computer running windows 7. When I got introduced to windows 8.1 it was at the middle school I was attending. My first thought of windows 8.1 was this is cool new task bar look. The only think I don't like about Windows 8.1 is the full screen start menu, but other than that I would say Windows 8.1 is similar to windows 7 in the User Interface. When I got introduced to Windows 10 is when Microsoft was offering a free upgrade in June of 2015. I upgraded my Lenovo A300 from Windows 7 Professional to Windows 10 Professional. At the time i though that windows 10 was the best. But after I used windows 10 for a couple of months, I decided to back all my files up and go back to Windows 7 because I just didn't like that Windows 10 didn't have a built in software for creating DVD's that can be played in DVD players. So I do have at least 1 computer that I own running all 3 Windows Operating System.

Customizing Windows cursors

So i just recently found out how to change the cursors, so I found where the cursors were located in windows under the C drive in the windows folder. I changed the default windows 10 cursors to the windows 7 cursors in windows 10. It is truly amazing how many differences windows has between windows 7 and windows 10.


To change the cursors for Windows 7/8/8.1/10 go to Control Panel  find Mouse then click on Pointers
Make sure that you have the different cursors that you want to use. To change the cursor you will have to click on the cursor that you want to change and click browse to locate the cursor.

You can also use Mac OS cursors on your windows computer, you will just have to search for a Mac OS cursor pack.

My Experience with the iPhone 7 Plus

I recently fixed a damaged screen on a iPhone 7 Plus and it was a good experience for me to get my hands into fixing another Apple device. The screen replacement went successful and the screen works like its brand new. Here are some pictures of the repair.

As you can tell the battery in this iPhone is huge but it lasts a long time.

I had a lot of fun with this little project and I hope that I have more like this coming soon!

My thoughts on Apple's new 2017 MacBook Pro

I  previously had hands-on experience with the 2017 MacBook Pro. With the time that I had with the MacBook Pro was okay, there are some things that I like about it and some things that I don't like about it.

1st I will talk about what I like about it. One of the new add-ons to the MacBook Pro that I like is the size of the trackpad. I also like how the screen has a retina display and the speed of the MacBook Pro. Another thing that I like about the new MacBook Pro is that it starts up quickly from being shut down.

Now I am going to talk about the things that I don't like about the new MacBook Pro. The 1st thing that I don't like about the new MacBook Pro is that the keyboard has a different feel to it and the keys are kind of sunk into the keyboard. There are no USB ports on it, it is all USB-Type C. You will need a dongle to go from USB-C to whatever you need. The new MacBook Pro is very light and the Apple logo on the back of the lid no longer lights with the LCD screen. That was one of Apple's trademarks and now it's gone.

I think that Apple should have kept the regular USB ports on the MacBook Pro and also had an HDMI port on the Macbook Pro like the Mid 2013 13 inch - 2015 and the 15-inch models from Mid 2012-2015. Apple should have also made the Apple logo in the middle of the lid light with the LCD screen.

MacOS High Sierra

MacOS High Sierra is similar to Sierra in a way but it also acts like Mac OS X El Capitan. In my opinion High Sierra is a great operating system there are some new features in the operating system like in Disk Utility it Shows you how much storage is on the HDD (Hard Drive Disk) or SSD (Solid State Drive). Another feature is High Sierra takes the Advantage of your processor to make your Mac work at its highest potential. MacOS high Sierra takes your graphics card to an entire different level and using that to its highest potential. Other than that the other features from other Mac operating systems are included in High Sierra. MacOS High Sierra is basically Sierra but built better for performance for your Mac.