Amazon is having a rebate sale on some of Apple’s laptop computer systems. But you have to hurry since the sale ends on March 11th, 2008. Even the new Mac Air has a small rebate of $50! Here are some of the sale items:
Apple MacBook Pro MA895LL/A 15.4″ Laptop (2.2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, […]
Most of us have already read he reports about the release of the memo’s from Microsoft in which there is much discussion about Vista and Vista Capable computers. These memo’s were released by the corut after it was decided that a class-action status would apply to all who purchased Vista Capable computers.
But there is one […]
Depending on which news articles you read, Microsoft is going to lower the pricing on their Vista operating system between 20% to 40% or more. One source in silicon valley states the cuts will be as high as 48% on some products. The versions which will feel the cuts are Home Premium and Ultimate. Only […]
I had a client ask me an interesting question yesterday afternoon, in that they wanted to know if there was a safe way to test their anti-virus program. The eicar test virus has been around for many years and is a simple way to confirm that your AV program is in fact working. On the […]
I thought I would mention this and also provide a link to the Microsoft article referencing this fact. Will you have to reactivate your copy of Vista after installing SP1? I did. Microsoft mentions the following circumstances in which you may need to reactivate:
Cause 1: Changes to hardware or to hardware device drivers are detected
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Now that a court has decided that a suit against Microsoft revolving around its Vista Capable logo has gone to class action status, it seems that Microsoft is now clarifying some of the logo’s that you may see. There are logo’s for both hardware and software plus a logo for Vista Basic. Hopefully this clarification […]
There doesn’t seem to be any good economic news lately including a new report about Google and shrinking revenues. It seems that in a recent survey the search giant has suffered a reduction of about 7.5% in the number of clicks people are making on Google Ads. Because of this, Google is suffering a dip […]
This morning I received a comment in which the writer stated he had a new PC using Vista and he tried to record a show and the system froze and would not come out of sleep mode. Also with a question as to why is this? If this was an isolated incident I would not […]
Unless Congress has a mental break down and extends the date for all digital TV signals, there is only about 356 days left before the big change. Most of us have seen the local advertisements with some vague advice about how to handle the change over. But the feds have a very good site for […]
I really had to laugh when I read Ed Bott’s article about when Windows XP originally came out and all of the complaints users had at the time. It is also funny to read his take that many users proclaimed they would not upgrade to Windows XP from either 2000, 98 or whatever they were […]
