Sep 10, 2009 | computers, hardware, laptops, netbooks, Windows7
Here’s an article that sums up the reasons to wait two months before you buy a notebook or netbook. It covers all the things I’ve been telling you recently: WIndows 7 looks great. Plus, new laptops will have power-saving and performance features optimized for Windows...
Sep 10, 2009 | computers, hardware
Intel introduced new processors this week, one of the fundamental upgrades that is going to change the whole industry in the next couple of months. Remember when we used to talk about Intel processors? In the early days, each new generation sparked endless...
Sep 3, 2009 | Adobe, computers, IE, software, Vista, Windows7
Many of you – most of you – will get the 64-bit version of Windows 7 on your next computer, so you can use more than 4Gb of RAM. Even if you don’t buy more memory than that at first, you’ll want the comfort of knowing you can add more later. You’ll recall that many...
Aug 25, 2009 | computers, hardware, Vista, Windows7
I got a copy of Windows 7 last week through one of Microsoft’s partner programs. On Saturday I had a lovely day converting my primary office computer from Vista to Windows 7. There are a lot of ways to do that – I’ll tell you what I did, because I may suggest the same...
Aug 16, 2009 | Apple, computers, hardware, Microsoft, software, Vista, Windows7, WinXP
I wish we could count on the software and hardware vendors to play fair and treat us well, but it’s not happening. We have to take responsibility for our computers. When Windows XP/Vista/7 is installed on a freshly formatted hard drive, it is secure, rock-solid,...
Aug 9, 2009 | computers, Vista, Windows7, WinXP
There was some confusion when I wrote about Windows 7 upgrades a couple of months ago, so let me try to be completely clear about how you should plan to get Windows 7 later this year. You should get Windows 7 with a new computer. You should not plan to upgrade a...
