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Puget Systems: Independent PC Building is Very Much Alive

My post from Monday about the imminent collapse of the system builder ecosystem and the death of homebrew rattled more than a few feathers, including the folks over at Puget Systems, who's $16,000 PC became the object of my ire when one of their PR people shot it across my...

Tags: Costco, PC, Computer, System Builder, Jason, Productivity, Desktops, Hardware, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-03-11

System builders get XP extension

PC system builders get an XP extension from Microsoft and can continue to buy the OS until May 30 2009. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Tags: Microsoft Corp., System Builder, Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-12-23

Microsoft to allow custom PC makers to stock XP through mid-2009

In yet another reprieve for Windows XP, Microsoft is allowing system builders to continue to obtain copies of Windows XP to preload on PCs through June 30, 2009. by Mary Jo Foley

Tags: PC, Stock, Microsoft Corp., System Builder, Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-12-21

Microsoft extends XP downgrade rights date by six months

Microsoft is sending some very confusing signals about Windows Vista -- the latest of which it issued via a statement on October 3. by Mary Jo Foley

Tags: Media, OEM, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., System Builder, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-10-03

Local PC retailers prep Vista system give-aways

Not all of the new PCs preloaded with Windows Vista are going to come from major PC makers like Dell and Hewlett-Packard. Microsoft is trying to make sure local system builders have something new to offer customers, too. The latest iteration of the Microsoft-backed "Buy Local" campaign will kick...

Tags: Vista, Windows client, Corporate strategy, Channel, System builders, OEMs, Systems integrators, Resellers, system builder, Microsoft Windows Vista

Blog posts 2007-01-24

Vista, Office 2007 holiday coupons coming this week

Microsoft, a handful of big-name PC partners and various system builders announced on October 24 their long-awaited plans for making holiday coupons available for both Windows Vista and Office 2007. Microsoft's goal with the program: Appease partners and customers who had been hoping to see new Vista PCs under their...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, OEM

Blog posts 2006-10-24

Additional Resources

Seven perfectly legal ways to get Windows 7 cheap (or even free)

RE: Seven perfectly legal ways to get Windows 7 cheap or even freeGreat post, Ed! Seeing how you outlined the cheapest way to get Microsoft Windows 7 there should be no reason why anyone would not want to upgrade now. Price is no longer an issue. This would be...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, legal way, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-11-06

ProteinID Finder Lite 1.7.0 (Mac)

ProteinID Finder is a proteomics analyzation software capable of extracting information from the online universal protein resource database UniProt. ProteinID Finder imports your mass spectrometer analyzed protein lists uniprot accession numbers into experiments and organizes your proteomics experiments into workspaces. You can share workspaces with your collaborators so everyone is...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Experiment, Tool, Proteome Solutions, ProteinID Finder, Productivity, Microsoft Windows 7, Storage, Apple Mac OS X, Databases, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Hardware, Apple Mac OS, Enterprise Software, Data Management

Software downloads 2009-11-03

Vvidget 10.6.1 (Mac)

Vvidget Pro is a programming framework for making applications which report data in graph, custom map, table, form, and textual formats. Vvidget Pro includes the interactive layout application Vvidget Builder and pre-built objects. Vvidget Pro accepts real-time data from any source and serves as an information visualization engine for real-time...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Programming, VVI, Vvidget Pro, Development Tools, Product Development, Apple Mac OS X, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Research & Development, Business Operations, Operating Systems, Software, Apple Mac OS

Software downloads 2009-11-03

Maingear unleashes Shift desktop, child-sized 'personal supercomputer' for $2,199 (or $13,394)

Without demonstrated Linux or OSX support......what's the point? Who does video stuff on Windows?Plenty do.....You just don't get out much. My XP system with cakewalk software did me just fine and that was on a P4 system that couldn't keep itself cool, ever. But my audio quality...

Tags: Desktops, Maingear, personal supercomputer, supercomputer, desktop

Discussion threads 2009-11-02

Allbuttons CSS Menus 2.2 (Windows)

Allbuttons CSS Menu Builder lets you create CSS menus for your web site in minutes. Our menus can be added to your website in any HTML editor and will work on any system and any browser. Our CSS Web menus are SEO friendly, and 100% compatible across all browsers, and...

Tags: Menu, Microsoft Windows, Web Site, AllButtons, CSS, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Web Browsers, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Internet

Software downloads 2009-10-30

Advanced eLearning Builder 3.6.12 (Windows)

Create eTests in visual mode and compile them to standalone EXE form for easy distribution. The Advanced eLearning Builder authoring tool is designed for creating e-learning materials such as e-tests, tutorials, and quizzes. The system enables the creation of e-tests, just with several mouse clicks, which contain several types of...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, EduIQ, Advanced eLearning Builder Authoring Tool, E-learning, Training And Certification, Enterprise Software, Software

Software downloads 2009-10-26

Microsoft to ease Windows 7 upgrades to netbooks with USB key solution

Now if we can just get this "Incredible Offer" for $19.95 .........BUT WAIT! There is more!For an additional $100.00 we will even "activate" it for you!RE: Microsoft to ease Windows 7 upgrades to netbooks with USB key solution$119 is way too expensive for my netbook which cost $299I don't...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, USB Key, netbook, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-10-22

Auto Backup Enterprise Edition 9.8.16 (Windows)

Auto Backup Enterprise Edition makes it ease to implement the automatic file backup program to multiple client computers. Auto Backup Enterprise Edition provide a Client Installer Builder, you can create an installer program which contain the predefined backup profile template and default scheduling, and use it to install the auto...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Auto Backup, Backups

Software downloads 2009-10-11

Jet Service Desk 1.60 (Windows)

Jet Service Desk is a high-speed Help Desk / Service Desk system which includes following workflows: Request Management, Incident Management, Problem Management, Change Management, Service Asset and Configuration Management, Service-Level Management, Knowledge Management. Jet Service Desk main module corresponds to classic Windows application which takes 4-9 MB of memory and...

Tags: Service Desk, Microsoft Windows, Da COBRA Software, Fast Report, It Services

Software downloads 2009-10-06

Malibal Veda series

It seems that boutique notebook builder Malibal (pronounced mal-la-bull) is ready to see desktops die. The company specializes in custom-built desktop replacements. No thin-and-lights. No ultraportables. No "mainstream" models. The Veda series is its largest, with an 18.4-inch LCD that can be loaded with Core 2 Quad Extreme QX9300 (ours...

Tags: Keyboards, Notebooks, Desktops, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), NVidia Corp., DDR3, desktop

Product reviews 2009-10-02

GroundWork Monitor 6.0 offers new view into virtual data center

GroundWork is a leading open source systems and network provider and recently enhanced its platform with JBoss and Microsoft System Center support. That's not all.  GroundWork Monitor 6.0, which shipped on September 2, offers a new "Seurat" view designed to allow administrators to access the status and...

Tags: Virtual Data Center, Performance, Dashboard, Microsoft Corp., JBoss, GroundWork, Data Center Virtualization, Virtualization, Performance Management, Open Source, Storage, Hardware, Data Centers, Data Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2009-10-01

What will the fallout be from Microsoft Security Essentials?

a new antitrust lawsuitthis is a shining example of monopoly squashing competition on price.Incorrectas the product isn't being bundled. Additionally if your car maker sold you seat belts prone to failure you wouldn't expect to pay someone else to fix them.I agree about validation.It would realy help to stop...

Tags: Corporate law, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, UNIX, MSE, Microsoft Corp., Linux, antitrust, security

Discussion threads 2009-09-29

Windows 7 OEM pricing emerges ... some serious discounts available

You forgot to mention ...... That OEM means it must be pre-installed on the machine that was purchased by the end user ... meaning it cannot LEGALLY be purchased for installation by your average Joe ... I own a small IT company in Canada, and I have a...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, pricing strategy, Microsoft Windows, OEM, Microsoft Windows 7

Discussion threads 2009-09-28

Windows 7 early on custom PCs? Maybe, maybe not

One thing I hate about Microsoftis when they make these blanket statements, when they haven't even contacted builders down the chain.Why is it that Puget Systems is always used as Microsoft's model system builder anyway?That's a silly question - it's because they're located in Seattle.Think MJF Is Selling Activation....hummmm. COMPRESS...

Tags: Microsoft Windows XP, PC, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7

Discussion threads 2009-09-25