Let’s Blame The Computer Manufacturers

Feb 5, 2014 | computers, Microsoft, updates, Windows7, Windows8

Desktop computer sales are plummeting. Windows 8 is preparing to slink offstage after a fairly disastrous time in the spotlight, to be replaced in early 2015 by the Newer! Brighter! Better! Windows 9. No one is enthusiastic about buying a computer any more. It’s just...

Rules For Computer Safety 2014

Feb 2, 2014 | computers, Internet, security, Vista, Windows7, Windows8, WinXP

These are the rules for being safe using a Windows computer in 2014. The bad guys are even scarier this year. You will get phony email messages that look perfect – nothing to give away that the messages don’t really come from your bank, the IRS, UPS, Microsoft, or,...

The Tablet Takeover

Jan 12, 2014 | Android, Apple, computers, Google, hardware, laptops, Microsoft, mobile, tablet, Windows8

The world is changing. Here’s an anecdote to help you understand just how fast it’s happening. My wife was at a conference last week attended by a hundred medical and legal professionals. Each person had a device for viewing the speaker slides and taking notes. Three...

Why Is It So Difficult To Buy Windows 8 On A Business Desktop Computer?

Dec 11, 2013 | computers, Dell, hardware, HP, laptops, shopping, Windows7, Windows8

For reasons that I can’t comprehend, it is almost impossible to buy Windows 8 on many mainstream business desktop PCs. The tech press finds it endlessly entertaining to chart the slow sales progress of Windows 8. The most recent collection of articles from last week...

Looking Forward: Computing Without A Computer

Nov 19, 2013 | computers, hosted desktops, remote, web_services

Previously: Looking Forward: Why You Might Never Buy Another Computer This is one possible future for small business computing. WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO COMPUTE WITHOUT A COMPUTER You sit down at a monitor and keyboard. There’s no computer in sight but there’s a login...

Looking Forward: Why You Might Never Buy Another Computer

Nov 17, 2013 | computers, hosted desktops, remote, web_services

Science fiction readers are familiar with novels that describe a near-future built on an outlandish concept, followed by an Afterword where the authors reveal that they are describing very real technology that is further developed than you realized. (Recent examples,...