With the upcoming release of Windows 7 this October I’ve been facing a flurry of questions about what version to choose. Ultimately 95% of you will want to stick with Home Premium, this is half of the battle. The other half of the decision is deciding which architecture you will use, 64-bit or 32-bit. Most [...]
As you may remember in part 1 of this experiment I outlined the general purpose and my expectations. With that said if you’ve not read it please go back and do so. This part will cover the post-experiment review and also compare Windows 7 to Leopard.
Using Windows 7 full time was hard, at [...]
Keeping Your Windows PC at Peak Performance
posted by Pfkninenines on 7th April 2009, at 11:55pm | 10 Comments
Chances are, you’re not using a freshly installed copy of your OS, and you’re probably already noticing a decrease in system performance since when you first installed your operating system. With a few free utilities and tweaks, you can get your PC back to a like-new if not better performance level.
Review of the Pre-Beta releases of Microsoft’s new OS, Windows 7.
No, not really. There’s a recently updated Apple support document that recommended Mac users adopt an antivirus utility. It was later found that the article had just changed ID’s and is the same article that was published in 2007. Nevertheless I figured it would be something suitable to talk about.
The [...]
I’m a PC and I’m not a stereotype
posted by Pfkninenines on 11th October 2008, at 11:32pm | 5 Comments
After being beaten down by the ‘Get A Mac’ ads, Microsoft finally strikes back with several new ads in support of their latest operating system, Vista. The I’m a PC commercials intend to break the stereotypes that some people have towards the PC user…
1 Year with Windows Vista : A User’s Experiences
posted by Pfkninenines on 3rd June 2008, at 7:45pm | 2 Comments
When I first knew I was getting a laptop for the freshman year of college, I was told the specifications, many of which I liked. Reading through I saw a decent graphics card, huge hard drive, a nice screen…And Vista. Up to this point, I had never used Vista in any environment, let alone used the Operating System for my main computer. As many people would imagine, I was a bit skeptic about making the move…
Hello again my dear friends. I am back temporarily or permanently as a tech writer. I figured I can’t just let the tech articles disappear while we are looking for applications. As I’m sure some of you know I am a Mac user. I still use Windows once a week to [...]
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