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Recommendation for Dwight Silverman's $300 PC upgrade

Recommendation for Dwight Silverman's $300 PC upgradeWould his OS allow this?I thought XP and up would have a fit if you made too many hardware changes, and if you replaced a motherboard...well, just add another $200 or so for Vista, just to slow everything down again! Of course, if he...

Tags: Operating systems, Processors, Dwight Silverman, PC Upgrade, operating system, PC

Discussion threads 2009-03-03

Recommendation for Dwight Silverman's $300 PC upgrade

Dwight Silverman's in the mood to upgrade his Windows desktop PC. He's looking to refresh the CPU, motherboard and RAM, and doesn't want to spend more than $300 ... let's see what's out there! by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Tags: PC, Overclocking, Motherboard, CPU, Dwight Silverman, Dwight, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2009-03-03

Vista sucks - reality or perception?

Dwight Silverman asks an interesting question - Does Vista suck, or is this just a perception? Depending on who you talk to, Microsoft's Vista problem has its root in one of two versions of reality: 1. The operating system really does suck. 2....

Tags: Operating System, Microsoft Windows Vista, Perception, Dwight Silverman, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-01-10

Which is more hassle to set up - Mac or PC?

Is it more hassle to set up a Mac or a PC?Dwight Silverman offers both sides of the argument: How I get a Windows Vista machine ready to use How I get a Macintosh ready to useDwight’s put a lot of effort into these two posts and I think that he captures well...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, PC, Hassle, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2007-08-16

Dwight Silverman really wants an 8-core Mac Pro desktop

Dwight Silverman really wants an 8-core Mac Pro desktopA great machine no doubt ...Last Monday I went to the Apple site and it stood there in great evidence.The configurator does tell an expensive story ...Just the option for two Quad cores is something like 1498$00 over the base two...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, MAC Pro, Dwight Silverman, computer, desktop

Discussion threads 2007-04-05

Dwight Silverman really wants an 8-core Mac Pro desktop

If youre not already a regular reader of Dwight Silvermans TechBlog (if you dont, I highly recommend you add it to your RSS reader), you really should check out his latest post. Gadget lust has hit him hard and he really "needs" an 8-core Mac Pro desktop. ...

Tags: Links, Apple

Blog posts 2007-04-05

What does Windows Vista reduced functionality mode look like?

Over the past few days a project that Ive been working on has mean that I needed to experience for myself Windows Vistas reduced functionality mode so I could see what it looked and felt like. This, combined with posts by Dwight Silverman on TechBlog and Ed Bott on...

Tags: DRM, Microsoft, Vista

Blog posts 2007-02-26

Windows Vista Beta 2? Pass the Maalox, please

In about two weeks, Beta 2 of Windows Vista will be officially released to the public. And when it does, Microsoft will officially enter uncharted territory.The last time the hoi polloi were allowed to tinker with an unfinished version of Windows was March of 2001. That, as it turned out,...

Tags: Dwight Silverman, Microsoft Windows Vista

Blog posts 2006-05-10

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News to know: Palm; Google; Apple; Yahoo's Bartz; Hacking Safari

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: Palm: Demand tanks ahead of Pre launch; Pre needs to save the day Andrew Nusca: Google CEO Schmidt: China 'obvious prize,' Twitter 'poor...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Apple Macintosh, Hacking, Apple Intel Mac Mini, Yahoo! Inc., Palm Inc., Apple Inc., Desktops, Hardware

Blog posts 2009-03-04

Clearing up the 32/64-bit memory limit confusion

Today Dwight Silverman ran a great piece on TechBlog which examines whether folks buying a new PC are best sticking with 32-bit Vista or making the leap to 64-bit Vista. It's a good piece but there's one bit that I feel deserves some clarification. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Tags: 32-bit, Video Card, 64-bit, RAM, Dwight, Memory, Flash Memory, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-12-04

iPhone 2.0 - Time for some wild speculation!

So, the iPhone 2.0 announcement is mere hours away, it's time for the rampant guessing and speculation to hit high-gear! Dwight Silverman has done a good job of covering the possible features: Almost certainly, it will connect to AT&T's 3G network. Apple and AT&T...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Microsoft Exchange Server, AT&T Corp., 3G, E-mail Servers, Groupware, GPS, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Enterprise Software, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-06-06

Handicapping Windows 7's effect on Vista upgrades

There is an off chance that the recent disclosures about Windows 7 could give folks a little more comfort in their decision to upgrade to Vista once you wade through the various crosscurrents coming from Microsoft. Based on various nuggets emanating from the D6 conference, various leaks...

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Kernel, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-05-28

Puncturing the myth of the invulnerable OS

I keep trying to come up with explanations for why rational technical publications continue to amplify the nonsensical research coming out of Australian security vendor PC Tools in the past few weeks. Jedi mind tricks? Post-hypnotic suggestions embedded in web pages served from the Southern Hemisphere? Sunspots? There's certainly...

Tags: Operating System, PC Tools, Microsoft Windows Vista, Malware, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Viruses And Worms, Security, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Ed Bott

Blog posts 2008-05-20

Does running Vista make you feel safe from malware?

[UPDATE - This is a reposting of a TalkBack comment I made on Ed Bott's post "Puncturing the myth of the invulnerable OS": Are we disagreeing? ??? I start the post by referring to the PC Tools report (at the...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Malware, UAC, UAC Prompt, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Security, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-05-20

Friday Rant - Sony and Apple/iTunes, you're on the wedgie list!

It's Friday and that means time for another Friday Rant! Sony and iTunes, I just thought it polite to let you know that as of today you've made it onto the wedgie list.  What's the wedgie list?  Well, it's pretty straightforward really.  It's a list containing the names...

Tags: Sony Corp., Apple Safari, Sony Vaio, Desktops, Hardware, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-03-21

Twitter's true magic

Looking at the Twitter homepage, one might assume it's little more than a self-indulgent dumping ground for trivial details about the activities of complete strangers. Journalists, including the Houston Chronicle's Loren Steffy, and industry analysts, such as top-flight enterprise software commentator, Judith Hurwitz, sometimes draw this conclusion....

Tags: Twitter, Action, Enterprise Software, Software, Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2008-01-05

Just what's so special about Apple RAM to justify the crazy price?

Sheesh!  What is it about Apple RAM that makes it so ridiculously expensive.  $700 to upgrade a 2GB iMac to 4GB.  What is this, RAM for millionaires?  Is it coated with precious metals and stones and come in a box lined with albino tiger cub fur or something? ...

Tags: Apple Inc., RAM, Memory, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2007-12-31

Five secrets to faster Vista starts

Oh, great. Here we go again. The wise old men of mainstream tech journalism are once again repeating the conventional wisdom that Vista is slow to start up and slow to shut down. They're wrong. I proved this to my satisfaction last spring (see also the first...

Tags: Sony Corp., Network, Minute, Start-up, Problem, Microsoft Windows Vista, Leopard, Startup Time, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Notebooks, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Ed Bott

Blog posts 2007-11-26

Is Grandma's Linux called Mac OS X?

This morning I came across an interesting post by Dwight Silverman TechBlog.  Here Dwight is thoughts related to the trouble he encountered trying to get VMware Tools to run on Ubuntu loaded into a Fusion virtual machine on a Mac.  Here's the background: In Windows, this process...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Operating System, Apple Mac OS X, Linux, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, UNIX, Open Source, Apple Mac OS, Desktops, Software, Hardware, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2007-10-22

We need less whining, more complaining about Vista

We need less whining, more complaining about VistaExcellent post!I wish lots of people read your article, specially all those bloggers and technical writers that spent half their time criticizing Vista. Even mild critics, like Dwight Silverman, can be a real PITA some times when the start whining.Vista is already betterI've...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, VISTA IS

Discussion threads 2007-08-20