Vista

Can We Accurately Compare XP, Vista and Windows 7 When It Comes To Performance? One writer over at the ExtremeTech web site did what I believe is an accurate, as possible, comparison of the three operating systems. The writer took a Toshiba Satellite laptop which used a Pentium 1.73 GHz processor, 1 GB of Ram [...]

Over at InfoWorld there is an article about who is making the switch over to Windows 7. It is no surprise that the bulk of those who are switching are Windows Vista users. It is also no surprise that those who are using Windows XP are still hanging onto to their older operating system.
InfoWorld makes [...]

I wanted to pass this on in case you missed it from last week. On October 31, 2009, The Oracle aka Marc passed on a free piece of software [here] in an article that I think is great. What it basically does is it changes the start menu so that you can view all of [...]

As technology writers, bloggers and just about everyone who is interested in computers write all about the new operating system from Microsoft known as Windows 7, we fail to remember that good old reliable Windows XP still is the operating system of choice. Consumers are holding on to Windows XP, some even proclaiming that XP [...]

It should be no surprise to anyone, least of all Microsoft, that sales of their new Windows 7 operating system is already out selling Vista by a wide margin. Vista started out on a bad foot, with so many problems, that it was soon realized by many that this was a bad OS. However, once [...]

Whether you have just bought yourself a new computer system, or have completed a clean install of a new operating system, there is an online application that can make installing free software easy. Called Ninite you just select the software you want and it will be installed for you. On their site the people at [...]

Over at PC world they have an article about what they describe as the ‘killer’ feature of Windows 7. I read with interest on their test methodology and the conclusions that were made after the testing was complete. I also gave some thought to what they reported and wanted to see what others thought.
In their [...]

Last week my wife and I were watching the TV when up popped one of those Microsoft Bing commercials. I am sure you have seen the commercial where the teenage daughter asks Dad a question and in a zombie stare he goes off in a tangent babbling out obscure facts. The girl turns to her [...]

Yesterday I received an email from an old friend of mine asking for some advice about a Toshiba laptop computer that Best buy has on sale. My friend asked whether or not this cheap laptop would be a wise buy and would meet their needs of email, surfing the web and light word processing ? [...]

I have discussed many times before about how a computer ‘feels’ and how this ‘feel’ determines, at least for me, how a computer is performing. During the past 20 years or so, I have read a multitude of reviews, bench marking tests, comparisons between operating systems, charts, graphs and other statistical information that is complied [...]

I have been using two email programs since about 2003 on the personal computers that I own. I use Outlook 2003 for my personal emails and also for my MSN account through Microsoft. I also have used Outlook Express for my gmail account. I get Google alerts daily which accounts for the bulk of my [...]

As the world wide recession lingers on and more people struggle to make ends meet, more people are hanging on to their older computer systems. We are all aware that businesses failed to embrace Windows Vista and continue to use the reliable, though aging, Windows XP. But no matter how many consumers or businesses try [...]

It seems that there is some confusion for students who chose to try the super cheap $29.95 edition of Windows 7. A misunderstanding by some has led some students to try upgrading from a 32 bit version of Vista to a 64 bit version of Windows 7. Unfortunately there is not an upgrade process and [...]

The conspiracy theorists are already out in force trying to convince us that there is another conspiracy being hatched by Microsoft. This plot suggests that Microsoft purposely priced the Windows 7 upgrade high in order to dissuade people from upgrading. The plot suggests that Microsoft wants people to buy new computers instead.
In a recent article [...]

I am going to be quick and to the point. This is from Neowins HomeGroup site:

Remember that HomeGroup works only with Windows 7 machines and it does not support Vista or XP.

If you try to use HomeGroup it will not work with other machines on the network. Unless of course they are W7 boxes.
How to [...]

Today is the day that Microsoft officially launches its new operating system. As of midnight, Windows 7 has launched and is now available on new computers as well as packaged DVDs for users to upgrade their current systems. But will Windows 7 be enough of an enticement for most users to upgrade their systems? Or [...]

Decisions, decisions, and more decisions. My wife and I finally made a decision of what we were going to do to replace her four-year-old Gateway laptop. At first she was going to take my one-year-old Toshiba 17″ laptop and I would buy a new one for myself. But I really like my lappy, which runs [...]

Last evening I started up my Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate edition computer and bang! Up popped the infamous Blue Screen Of Death. You know the screen. The one with the cryptic codes that flash on the screen before you can even read it and the computer reboots. What was odd was that this same box [...]

It seems that Steve Ballmer, the current CEO of Microsoft, is stating that it is the testers’ failure to provide feedback for the reason that Vista was not well received. He also states the the testing results for Vista was good, as it is for Windows 7. Therefore one cannot judge how good an operating [...]

In what I can only describe as a surprising statement, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has actually admitted that Vista was less than a stellar operating system. In a recent statement Mr. Ballmer said:
The company’s reputation took a beating after the release of Vista, which caused machines to stall indefinitely while deleting, copying [...]