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Virtual Machines

I love virtual machines.  The virtual machines that I have are used for many purposes.  My primary home computer is an early 2008, 15” MacBook Pro.  It has Mac OS X Leopard as it’s primary operating system, Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 in Boot Camp, and Windows XP Professional SP3 in VMware Fusion.  My primary office […]

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Save XP

Today I got an e-mail from InfoWorld about their "Save XP" campaign.
Dear "Save XP" petition participant —
Thank you for signing our "Save XP" petition. You’re getting this message because you told us you wanted updates on new developments in the "Save XP" campaign. Here’s what’s happening:
Close to 200,000 people have signed the petition […]

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Windows Vista Enterprise

As I have previously stated, I work as a Computing Consultant at a local University.  Since we have so many computers, we use volume license keys for Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office.
Dell and other OEMs are under pressure from Microsoft to stop including Microsoft Windows XP as the installed operating system that is installed by […]

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Mac vs. PC Challenge

Working at a University is so much fun.  I get to spend research grant money like crazy. During this time of the year, professors are asking me to spend their money like crazy because the fiscal year is over at the end of June.  This means that money that they have in a particular account […]