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If you ever wanted to Backup or Restore a particular game or application settings on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch, below is an application that will help you do just that. iPhone Explorer does this FREE and without having to Jailbreak your iDevice.

Below is a small video that will show you step by step how to do this and also below are the links to Macroplant which is the company that makes iPhone Explorer. They also make other applications for your iDevices.

The application works on Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7. There is also a version for Mac OS X. One small requirement for the whole thing to work correctly is that you must have iTunes already installed.

FEATURES:

Modify files & folders on iPhone

Works with all iPhones, iPod Touch, and iPads

USB iPhone Disk Mode (Use an iPhone as a Thumb or Pen Drive)

View Pictures and Photos

Preview Files Before Transferring

Tiny Download

Drag and Drop Interface

E-mail, SMS, voicemail, address book access! (THIS IS ONLY IF YOU JAILBREAK YOU iDevice)

Mac Requirements:

• Mac OSX 10.5, 10.6 or later
• iTunes 8, 9 or later
• A USB Connector for the iPod device

Windows Requirements:

• Windows 7, Windows Vista or Windows XP
• iTunes 9 or later
• A USB Connector for the iPod device

iPod Compatibility:

• iPad (all generations)
• iPhone (all generations)
• iPod Touch (all generations)

iPhone Explorer Download Page: http://macroplant.com/iphoneexplorer/

Backup Mirror download: WINDOWS VERSION    MAC OS X VERSION

The new emachine ET1831-07 is a great starter computer, it comes with plenty of ram 4GB and a large 750GB Hard drive. In my opinion emachines has been making pretty good computers lately. In the video below I will show you all the cool features of this computer. Also below is information about the computer specs as well as links to where you can get it. In the video I mention that you can get this computer for about $460 and that was because there was a sale at Best Buy for $469 which included an 18” lcd monitor. The computer actually cost a little under $400.

SPECS:

CPU:
Intel® Pentium® Processor E5400
(2.70GHz, 2MB L2 cache, 800MHz FSB)

Operating System:
Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium 64-bit

Chipset:
NVIDIA® GeForce® 7050

Memory:
4GB DDR2 dual-channel (2 × 2GB)
(2 DDR2 slots total, 0 DDR2 slots available)

Hard Drive:
750GB 7200rpm SATA

Optical Drive:
16x DVD±R/RW SuperMulti drive
Write max: 16x DVD±R, 6x DVD-RW, 8x DVD+RW, 8x DVD±R DL, 5x DVD-RAM, 48x CD-R and 32x CD-RW
Read max: 16x DVD-ROM, 40x CD-ROM

Media Reader:
Multi-in-one digital media card reader
CompactFlash® I & II, CF+™ Microdrive, Secure Digital™ (SD) Card, miniSD™ Card, MultiMediaCard™(MMC), MMCmobile™, MMCmicro™, Reduced-Size MultiMediaCard™ (RS-MMC), Memory Stick™ (MS), Memory Stick Pro®™ (MS Pro), Memory Stick Duo™ (MS Duo), Memory Stick Pro® Duo™ (MS Pro Duo), Memory Stick Micro™ (MS Micro), xD-Picture Card™

Video:
Integrated NVIDIA® GeForce® 7050 graphics

Audio:
8-channel (7.1) high-definition audio support

Network:
10/100 Fast Ethernet LAN (RJ-45 port)

Peripherals:
eMachines® PS/2 keyboard and mouse

Ports:
6 – USB 2.0 (2 front, 4 rear)
2 – PS/2 (keyboard and mouse)
1 – VGA
1 – High-definition headphone jack
1 – Microphone jack
6 – Audio ports
1 – RJ-45 Ethernet

Dimensions:
14.2" H x 7.1" W x 16.2" D

Weight:
18 lbs. (system unit only)

Warranty:
1-year parts and labor limited warranty with toll-free tech support

Software :

• Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium 64-bit
• Microsoft® Works
• Microsoft® Office Home and Student 2007 Trial
• Norton Internet Security™ 2009 Trial
• Norton™ Online Backup (30-day Trial)
• eMachines® Recovery Management
• Adobe® Flash® Player
• Adobe® Reader®
• Google Toolbar™
• Nero® 9 Essentials
• WildTangent® Demo Games

WHERE TO BUY:

AMAZON.COM $389.00: http://www.amazon.com/eMachines-ET1831-07-Desktop-Black/dp/B00313JCUC

BESTBUY.COM $399.00: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/eMachines+-+Desktop+with+Intel%26%23174%3B+Pentium%26%23174%3B+Processor/9703523.p?id=1218153427158&skuId=9703523&st=et1831&cp=1&lp=2

The new 13” MacBook Pro is a really great computer for all your computing needs. It has enough power to do most of the things you will need, including editing your videos, customizing your music, editing photos and much more.

The 13” MacBook Pro comes in 2 flavors, one goes for $1,199 and has an Intel core 2 duo 2.26 and the other has a 2.53 which will cost you $1,499. In the video below I will show you the features of the macbook pro and how to upgrade the hard drive and memory on the unit.

TECHNICAL SPECS BELOW

LINK TO BUY: http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/shop_mac/family/macbook_pro?mco=MTM3NjU3MDM

SMALLER PACKAGE: $1,199.00

13-inch: 2.26GHz Intel Core 2 Duo

2GB Memory

160GB hard drive¹

SD card slot

Built-in 7-hour battery²

NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics

2 USB 2.0 Ports

1 Firewire Port

1 8X Superdrive

1 built in Camera

Backlight Keyboard

LARGER PACKAGE: $1,499.00

13-inch: 2.53GHz Intel Core 2 Duo

4GB Memory

250GB hard drive¹

SD card slot

Built-in 7-hour battery²

NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics

2 USB 2.0 Ports

1 Firewire Port

1 8X Superdrive

1 built in Camera

Backlight Keyboard

UPGRADES:

Hard drive 500GB: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=5509442&CatId=1277

Hard drive 640GB: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=5307741&CatId=1277

Memory: http://www.crucial.com/store/listparts.aspx?model=MacBook%20Pro%202.26GHz%20Intel%20Core%202%20Duo%20%2813-inch%20DDR3%29%20MB990LL/A%20Mid-2009

Features and benefits

Form factor
ATX (12.00 inches by 9.60 inches [304.80 millimeters by 243.84 millimeters])

Processor
Click View supported processors for the most current list of compatible processors.
At product launch, this desktop board supports:

• Support for a Intel® Core™ i7 processor in an LGA1366 socket

Memory

• Four 240-pin DDR3 SDRAM Dual Inline Memory Module (DIMM) sockets
• Support for DDR3 1600 MHz?, DDR3 1333 MHz?, DDR3 1066 MHz
• Support for up to 16 GB? of system memory

Chipset

• Intel® X58 Express Chipset

Audio
Intel® High Definition Audio subsystem in the following configuration:

• 10-channel (7.1) Dolby Home Theater* Audio subsystem with five analog audio outputs and two S/PDIF digital audio outputs (coaxial and optical) using the Realtek* ALC889 audio codec

Video

• Nvidia SLI* and ATI CrossFire* multi-GPU platform support enables two graphics cards to work together for ultimate 3D gaming performance and visual quality
• Full support of next-generation ATI CrossFire* and Nvidia SLI*

LAN support
Gigabit (10/100/1000 Mbits/sec) LAN subsystem

Peripheral interfaces

• Twelve USB 2.0 ports (8 external ports, 2 internal headers)
• Six Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s ports, including 2 eSATA port with RAID support supplied by a Marvell* controller
• Two IEEE-1394a ports (1 external port, 1 internal header)
• Consumer IR receiver and emitter (via internal headers)

Expansion capabilities

• One PCI Conventional* bus add-in card connectors (SMBus routed to PCI Conventional bus add-in card connector)
• One primary PCI Express* 2.0 x16 (electrical x16) bus add-in card connector
• One secondary PCI Express 2.0 x16 (electrical x16) bus add-in card connector
• One PCI Express* 1.0a x16 (electrical x4) bus add-in card connector

Related products

Processors

• Intel® Core™ i7 processor
• Intel® Core™ i7 processor Extreme Edition

Chipsets

• Intel® X58 Express Chipset

WHERE YOU CAN BUY:

AMAZON.COM $219.99: http://www.amazon.com/Intel-Extreme-Tri-Channel-CrossFireX-Overclocking/dp/B001ISJONM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1266903306&sr=8-1

TIGERDIRECT.COM $229.99: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4240073&CatId=4070

SPECS:

Model
AM-932-RWN1-GP

Available Color
RED / Black

Dimension (W / H / D)
(W)9.6" X (H)22.5" front half, 21.5" back half X (D)22.7"

Weight
29.1 lbs

Motherboards
Micro – ATX / ATX / E-ATX (does not support Dual Xeon Nocona)

5.25" Drive Bay
6 (without the use of exposed 3.5" drive bay)

3.5" Drive Bay
5 hidden 1 exposed (converted from one 5.25" drive bay)

Cooling System
Front: 230 x 30 mm red LED fan x 1, 700 RPM, 110 CFM, 19 dBA
Side: NO FAN AVAILABLE 
Top: 230 x 30 mm standard fan x 1, 700 RPM, 110 CFM, 19 dBA (support 120 mm fan x 3 or 120 mm x 1 + 230 x 30 mm x 1)
Rear: 140 x 25 mm standard fan x 1, 1200 RPM, 60 CFM, 17 dBA (support 120 mm fan x 1), 35,000 hours life expectancy

Power Supply
Standard ATX PS2 / EPS 12V (optional) – It is not included.

I/O Panel
USB 2.0 x 4, IEEE1394a x 1, eSATA x 1, Mic x 1, Audio x 1

WHERE TO BUY:

NEWEGG.COM $159.99: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119212&cm_re=coolermaster_932-_-11-119-212-_-Product

AMAZON.COM $149.99: http://www.amazon.com/Haf-Amd-Edition-Red-Dragon/dp/B002YEWX00/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1266543431&sr=8-1-spell

POWER SUPPLY 750WATT $79.99 AT COMPUSA.COM: http://www.compusa.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3276567