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Apple dominated the news with another Steve Jobs media event unveiling revisions to the MacBook Pro and MacBook product lines. However, this time not everybody was caught up in the reality distortion field. Many folks are upset about the prices and the lack of FireWire on two of the new MacBook models.

The weekend is a good time to take stock and decide exactly how you feel about these new Mac laptops. Then you can wade into the Mac versus PC arguments armed with the facts to support your side. Start by reliving the announcement with our live blog postings, then move on to our most popular Apple stories from there.

Many people are familiar with the whole process of stopping programs and there are several ways to tackle this task. From reading some answers, by far the most popular answer is using Windows msconfig to stop programs from loading start-up, and while this is fairly simple task given the instruction from our members, many users don’t exactly know what programs (besides the obvious one, of course) are the ones to disable. That seems to be where the confusion lies for people using this method. So as some folks pointed out, if you are unfamiliar with the start-up item, leave it alone or do an Internet search on the item and see exactly what it is for. Most certainly you’ll know if the program is needed or if you can safely disable it.

In addition to the msconfig suggestions, there are also many members who recommend certain software that they use to disable programs in the background. While those are great suggestions, I believe the best way to go about accomplishing the task to learning it without having to rely on any third-party app to do it. This way you can understand your system better and get the satisfaction of knowing you accomplished it all on your own. There are many great answers all over the world, including ones that do not have to do with the programs  running in your background but are general good practices to your system running lean and clean, so read as you can.

Seat back and enjoy! have a nice day!