Windows

Pre-order Windows 7 upgrade for half off!

June 26, 2009

Windows 7 pre-orders start today. While the software itself will not ship until October, you can get a great deal if you order it now.
I wrote down my first impressions of Windows 7 earlier this year. Unlike Vista, I think Windows 7 is a necessary upgrade for every Windows user, especially those still using XP. [...]

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First impressions of Windows 7

January 11, 2009

Microsoft Windows Vista has been, most everyone agrees, a huge disappointment. Even though, in the years leading up to the release of Vista, everyone complained loudly about Windows XP, by comparison, the old, familiar, and reliable XP stayed on everyone’s computer.
So can Microsoft do better? If the buzz about Windows 7 is any indication, the [...]

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A Windows I am looking forward to

November 8, 2008

I confess, I am actually looking forward to Windows 7. When Vista came out, I jumped ship to Ubuntu. I was tired of boring, clumsy old XP, and Vista’s system requirements were ridiculous. But Microsoft has apparently dialed back the system requirements, so that most circa-2007 computers should have no problem running it.
That alone makes [...]

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Windows will not actually speed up if you do the following . . .

August 6, 2008

From Lifehacker, nine things that will not actually speed up Windows. Among them, disabling Microsoft processes, clearing out your registry, and memory “optimizer” programs.
What will work: running SpyBot every now and then to clear out resource-hogging spyware, and using Firefox instead of Internet Explorer so you get less spyware in the first place.
Debunking Common Windows [...]

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Switching from Windows to a Mac

July 24, 2008

Thinking of adding a Mac to your stable of computers, or just ditching Windows entirely? Lots of people are doing it. Macs—especially the laptops—also have a lot of advantages over Windows computers for the solo practitioner.
My wife recently got a MacBook after using Windows for years, and the switch was relatively painless. But there are [...]

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KOffice: a free office suite available soon on Windows

July 11, 2008

KOffice was originally developed for Linux, but one of the primary goals for KOffice 2.0 is for it to run on all three major operating systems: Windows, Apple OSX, and Linux.
Like OpenOffice.org and Microsoft Office, KOffice is a full office suite. KOffice is free software and offers a full suite of applications, including for word [...]

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Intel won’t use Vista—so neither should you

June 26, 2008

This summary pretty much says it all:
“When a company as tech savvy as Intel, with full source code access and having written several large chunks of the OS, says get stuffed, you know you have a problem. Well, everyone knows MS has a problem, but it is nice to see it codified in such a [...]

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One year with Linux in a Windows world

June 4, 2008

Mike Kavis switched to Linux to prove that people can be productive at work without using Microsoft products. One year later, he has proved the point.
I have been Microsoft free* for a couple of months now, as well, using Ubuntu GNU/Linux as my primary operating system, with OpenOffice.org as my office suite. I have not [...]

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Windos XP Service Pack 3: come and get it!

April 29, 2008

If you have been steadfastly holding on to Windows XP (and really, who could blame you?), you have probably been looking forward to the promised Service Pack 3, which will bring some of Vista’s polish to the venerable XP, as well as tidy up the old OS generally.
Download it via Windows Update today.
Windows XP SP3 [...]

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