June 10, 2009
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What are the five best things about Vista SP2? 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) Sorry. I couldn’t resist. That joke out of the way, have you wondered why there’s been almost no reviews of Vista SP2? Well, one reason for … Continue reading
June 8, 2009
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As I write this, the new Mac news is coming out and Microsoft just decided to back down from limiting Windows 7 Starter Edition to no more than three applications. So, why do I think you may want to buy … Continue reading
June 2, 2009
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As expected, there’s a flood of Linux netbook announcements at the Computex trade show in Taipei, Taiwan. What wasn’t expected was for one of the top netbook companies, Asus, to turn its back on one of its own netbooks running … Continue reading
June 1, 2009
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Believe it or not, I rather like Windows 7. I still think XP SP3 is what you want if performance matters most to you, but 7 does OK on the racetrack, and most of Vista’s biggest annoyances have either been … Continue reading
May 15, 2009
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It’s official. Bill Veghte, Microsoft’s senior VP for Windows business, told an audience of the Microsoft faithful at TechEd that Windows users should not switch to Vista. Veghte said, “If you’re just starting your testing of Vista, with the [Windows … Continue reading
May 12, 2009
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Microsoft made XP Mode so that you can run XP applications from inside Windows 7. Ah… OK, doesn’t Win 7 run XP applications anyway? Let me check. I’m currently running Office 2003, OpenOffice 3.1, Quicken 2008, iTunes 8.1.1, ooVoo, (a … Continue reading