0 Steelseries Sensei RAW

Hello! My old faithful Logitech G9X broke as of yesterday, so I decided to set sail for a new mouse. I ended up buying a Steelseries Sensei RAW since I'm a big fan of Steelseries products. I have to say, I really loved the G9X, and I always thought I would buy a new one if the one I had broke, but I just felt like I should go for a change this time.

First things first, I must say I'm really impressed with the product. It comes in a nice small box with its manual, a Steelseries sticker, and the mouse itself. It works as soon as you plug it in with no problems at all. I suggest you download Steelseries Engine from the website to fine tune your mouse. The mouse cable is braided like many other good mice, so that you don't rip the cable apart at some point.

There are two versions of Steelseries Sensei RAW, glossy and rubber. I picked the glossy one up since I don't really like the rubber feeling, but it's different for everyone I suppose. The mouse has 7 buttons, (LMB/RMB/MMB/M5/M6/M7/M8) where M5/M6 is placed at the left side, and M7/M8 is placed at the right side. The buttons are easily reachable without any problem even though the right side buttons look uncomfortable at first glance. There's also a button right under MMB, which allows you to toggle between 2 DPI modes. (you can set them in Steelseries Engine) You can also configure every button as you like, to execute some macros, or launch applications. I use my M7/M8 for Next/Previous song in Winamp.

The mouse has a nice LED Steelseries logo, which is also fully configurable via Steelseries Engine. You can change the intensity of the illumination, and make it blink if you want. I personally keep it illuminated all the time, since it looks quite good.

Technically speaking, the mouse is 5700 DPI, which is a lot more than enough. There are mice with over 10000 DPI now, and I just don't get why anyone would something like that. I think even 5700 DPI is a lot, and I doubt many people use it that fast.

I thought it would be hard to get used to this mouse after using the G9X for so long, but once I set the DPI to the value it was on my old mouse, I got used to it with no problem at all. I can even say that I like the glossy surface more than the surface of the G9X.

The mouse is quite lightweight, (lighter than G9X with no weights attached) which I like. As someone who plays games a lot during the day, a light mouse makes my arm feel like heavens. I would categorize it as a medium-large size mouse. If you have a small hand, you might not be so comfortable with it.

All in all, I recommend this mouse with my whole heart. I'm glad that I went for a change instead of buying another G9X. I'm not saying this mouse is better than G9X by any means, (I can't betray the old faithful this fast!) but I can say it's as good. If you're looking to buy a new mouse, and if it fits your budget (60$ in Amazon), make sure you give Steelseries Sensei RAW a chance!

0 Virtual Private Servers (VPS)

Hello everyone! After a week, we are together with a new post again. Today's topic is Virtual Private Servers. First things first, as always, let's start with learning what a Virtual Private Server (VPS) is. A VPS is a Virtual Machine, hosted on the internet. It's like having your own computer which you can access remotely via the internet.

You can use a VPS for many things, such as hosting a (IRC, games, VoIP, web, email, etc.) server, using it to test software out without modifying your own computer, downloading & uploading, (if your internet is slow, you can download stuff on your VPS and use it instead) or just playing around on it.

A big advantage of using a VPS is that they're really cheap, and you can have plenty of them running different operating systems for full flexibility. That way, you'll be able to do everything you need without even touching your main computer. Virtual Private Server also come with disadvantages like anything else. They usually have really low resources since many Virtual Private Servers are being ran on one computer to reduce expenses. If you are looking for something with high resources, then I suggest you buy a dedicated server instead of a VPS. Although, buying a dedicated server will cost you a lot more than a VPS.

There's also a confusion between VPN and VPS which I would like to clear out. First of all, they aren't the same thing. A Virtual Private Server is a virtual machine, hosted on the internet like we've talked about before. A Virtual Private Network (VPN) is a tunnel. Basically, it's an IP address which you can use to connect to the internet instead of using your own. This way, you can use country-specific services which you can't use in your country by using a VPN.

That would be all about Virtual Private Servers, at least for now.

See you later in a different post!

0 Managed Server

Hello there! Haven't been able to write lately because of New Year's Eve and all that stuff. Happy (late!) New Year to everyone to start with, I hope you had fun! Today's topic is Managed Server, also known as Managed Dedicated Server.

I want to share information about what a managed server is, since I talked too much about data recovery for long time, and it feels like it's a good time to change that.

A managed server is a server, as you might appreciate, where the hardware and the software is already included. They also have system administrators which are working on the servers all the time, and they are obligated with maintaining the server. In this case, of course, they are more expensive than unmanaged servers, for obvious reasons.

Although they are more expensive, I believe it's always better to choose managed over unmanaged, since you might have problems that you can't overcome on your own with an unmanaged server, and spend hours on it to solve the issue. In the other hand, the administrators in managed servers are always there in order to fix your problems.

Security is also a concern in unmanaged servers since there isn't anyone on the spot who can access the servers, and all you got is remote access. When you consider all of these things, it's a smarter move to choose a managed server over an unmanaged one.

This way, you won't have to worry about things like software & OS updates, firewall & antivirus services, backups, database management and server monitoring.

So, if you're looking to buy a server, make sure that you buy a managed one. Even the most experienced users & developers sometimes stumble upon problems which they can't solve on their own.

I will have to keep today's post short since I am really busy with other stuff at the moment. I will write more about this subject later on in a different post.

Until the next time, see you!