Laptops

Disable Your Touchpad When You're Typing with AutoHotkey [Annoyances]

Windows: Back in November we highlighted TouchFreeze, a small utility designed to prevent you from accidentally moving your mouse cursor and messing up text that you're typing while you're typing. Reader bobbo33 made an improved version with a clever AutoHotkey script.

Convert Your Old Laptop into a Digital Projector [DIY Week]

Some people have an extra $1,000 just lying around to buy a digital projector. Unfortunately, most of the people that I know, myself included, do not. Here's how you can build your own digital projector on the cheap.

Add a DIY MagSafe Connector to Protect Your Laptop [Hacks]

If you're envious of the MagSafe connectors on MacBooks—the magnetic break-away safety connection that keeps tripping on your laptop cord from sending your laptop to its death—this polished DIY hack will put a MagSafe connector on any laptop.

Five Best Netbook Operating Systems [Hive Five]

Netbooks—the low-power and lightweight mini-notebooks that have surged in popularity—practically beg for some tweaking and customization to increase the functionality of their diminutive screens and relatively wimpy processors. Find yourself the perfect netbook operating system from this fine selection.Photo by nDevilTV.

Best Netbook Operating System? [Hive Five Call For Contenders]

Just because your netbook came with an operating system pre-installed doesn't mean you're stuck with it. If you've swapped out your OS—or stuck with it because it rocks on the netbook!—now's your chance to rave about your netbook-friendly operating system.Photo by Thales Barreto.

LaptopFriendlyCafes Finds Great Wi-Fi Spots Worldwide [Laptops]

Not every coffee shop is friendly to laptop toters these days. Then again, some are absolutely great to set up inside. LaptopFriendlyCafes.com lists more than 300 places around the globe that have plugs, Wi-Fi, 3G, and, oh yes, coffee.

DIY PVC Laptop Stand for Exercise Equipment [DIY]

When TV just gets too boring, there's little else you can do to entertain yourself while on your exercise equipment. Reader Andy decided to stick it to boredom and build a laptop stand out of just some PVC pipe and some wire.The design is fairly simple, and doesn't even require any detailed directions. All you need to do is make sure you measure the size of your laptop, and build accordingly:

Desktop Computers Edge Out Laptops Among Lifehacker Readers [What You Said]

On Tuesday we asked you which you used more regularly as your main computer—a desktop or laptop. Nearly 18,000 responses later, the results are in: And here we thought the desktop was dead!

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