An Apology and a solution for the OrbiCam Problem
- posted by Michael Walsh on June 12th, 2007
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UPDATE: I will shortly be closing the comments to this thread as 190 answers is more than enough and it’s hard for anyone to find what they’re looking for, even if it is written in the first twenty lines of this post. There is a 99% probability that you will find the answer to your [...]
Acer Orbicam Fix
- posted by Michael Walsh on May 29th, 2007
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UPDATE 3: I have closed comments on this thread as the argument has moved on. The solution can be found by reading through the (long) thread below.
UPDATE 2: I have had an explanation of this problem from the tech support guys at Acer and the solution below is only OK for the Aspire 9300 and [...]
Windows Vista on The Acer Guy
- posted by Michael Walsh on April 23rd, 2007
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Here’s an interesting fact: Nearly half of the visitors to The Acer Guy are using Windows Vista.
I am assuming these Vista visits have a lot to do with the surge in interest over the Orbicam problems under this same operating system. And, as these Orbicams “stopped working”, I’m assuming all these people upgraded from XP.
Well, [...]
Orbicam driver for Windows Vista
- posted by Michael Walsh on April 14th, 2007
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More Vista worries here.
I have noticed a HUGE demand for “Acer OrbiCam driver” in my swicki. We’re talking a LOT of people: 759 searches (number 1 spot) compared to 130 for the second-placed “customer support” request.
I have found this link to DriverZone.com for the Acer OrbiCam driver. According to this page, the supported systems are:
Operating [...]
Empowering Pareto’s Principle
- posted by Michael Walsh on October 3rd, 2006
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It has been mentioned more than a few times that 80% of the components of competing PCs are all the same.
Think about it: LCD screens, processors, hard disks, graphics cards (and dare I say it, batteries)… they’re all shipped in from one manufacturer or another and assembled in various combinations to offer optimum solutions at [...]
